"Ruba Rombic" Vase

1928–32

Designed by Reuben Haley (American, 1872–1933)
Made by Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company (American, 1893–1932)
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania

After it was introduced to the American public in 1928, the Ruba Rombic line of glass tableware was acclaimed for its highly inventive forms. Consisting of 37 pieces available in several different colors, including this jade green vase, the Ruba Rombic pattern not only embodied the frenetic spirit of the 1920s, but also captured the dramatic angles and geometric planes of Cubism.

Status: On View, Gallery 271
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Reuben Haley
Title: "Ruba Rombic" Vase
Place: Pennsylvania (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1928–1932
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: 23.2 × 20.3 × 19.1 cm (9 1/8 × 8 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Raymond W. Garbe Fund in honor of Carl A. Erikson; Shirley and Anthony Sallas Fund
Reference Number: 2000.136

Jennifer M. Downs, “‘The New Modern Feeling’: A Catalogue of the Collection,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 27, 2 (2001), 21, 23, 36–38, no. 8.
Judith A. Barter, et al., American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago, From World War I to 1955 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), cat. 77. 62.

Art Institute of Chicago, The Modern Series: Shatter Rupture Break, Feb. 15–May 3, 2015, no cat.

Historical Design Inc., New York, by 2000; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2000.

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