favrile

favrile — noun

1. a type of hand-blown art glass that shines with shifting rainbow colours on its

1.名詞C2
釋義

a type of hand-blown art glass that shines with shifting rainbow colours on its surface, created by Louis Comfort Tiffany in the late 1890s and known for its rich, jewel-like finish.

例句

Constanza inherited a small favrile vase that her grandmother had bought in New York in 1905.

favrile + [vessel noun] — attributive use naming a Tiffany glass object

The museum's new gallery displays twenty pieces of favrile alongside other Art Nouveau treasures.

pieces of favrile — uncountable measure phrase

同義詞
  • iridescent glass

    general descriptive term; favrile is one specific branded type with a distinctive Tiffany pattern

  • art glass

    broad category covering many decorative glass styles; favrile is one famous subtype

文法句型

a piece of favrile

favrile glass / vase / lamp

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable; rarely pluralised. Frequently used attributively before another noun (favrile vase, favrile glass, favrile lamp). Often capitalised as 'Favrile' in art catalogues because the term was originally a Tiffany Studios trademark.

常見錯誤

❌She collects three favriles from the 1900s.
✅She collects three pieces of favrile from the 1900s.
💡favrile is uncountable; count it with 'pieces of' or name the object (vases, lamps).
❌The window is made of favrile crystal.
✅The window is made of favrile glass.
💡favrile refers specifically to art glass, not to lead crystal.