Tracy Glover, a Rhode Island-based glassblower, makes drawer pulls in multicolored glass, in eight color combinations; $40 each from tracygloverstudio.com or (401) 461-1560.
He was serving tea, raising and lowering the teapot over three tiny multicolored glasses.
In 1894 Tiffany introduced his striking favrile technique, the multicolored, almost molten-looking glass that became, after leaded-glass lamps, his signature work.
The foyer leads to the grand lobby, which is approximately oval, accented by a stepped curving ceiling detail and a central light fixture with multicolored glass.
The ornametations follow the old and medieval Jain style, with the major innovation being the use of multicolored glass and mirrors.
The firm responded with a design for a 45-story tower enclosed in multicolored glass and split top to bottom by a curving beam of light that appears to burst into the sky.
Businesses connected by the skyways co-own them, and most try for some originality in appearance, using multicolored glass and metal designs.
Mr. Anderson, for example, invokes the "furniture artist" R. M. Fischer with a lamp that is a stiffened hose topped by an irregular pancake of multicolored glass.
The mascot of the games was Bagaleu, a white owl with multicolored glasses.
From the metal spokes of old umbrella frames hanging from the ceiling, the artist has suspended hundreds of multicolored glass and plastic fragments to create surprisingly captivating chandeliers.
