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- ↑ "Glass Collection | Corning Museum of Glass". www.cmog.org.
- ↑ "Window Necklace". collections.madmuseum.org.
- ↑ Savig, Mary; Atkinson, Nora; Montiel, Anya (2022). This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 228–238. ISBN 9781913875268.
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