# @corningmuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJSH5XnJgwo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30190389-corningmuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b9219899c9.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-05T19:12:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Corning Museum of Glass (@corningmuseum) — https://gondola.cc/corningmuseum

## Caption

Take a look into this mesmerizing kaleidoscope, once admired by Emperor Napoleon III and his wife, Empress Eugénie, as it transforms light into dazzling, ever-changing symmetrical patterns. ✨ 

With flameworked glass gems, beads, and intricate canes reflecting endlessly in angled mirrors, it’s a glimpse into 19th-century wonder!
 
You can experience the magic of glass and color in this kaleidoscope at our new exhibition, Brilliant Color, opening this weekend at Corning Museum of Glass! 🪄🌈🔮✨ 

Kaleidoscope, 1865–1870. Manufactured by Maison Oudin A. Charpentier (France) Lampworked glass, mirror; brass, engraved, gilded; steel; assembled. 2024.3.17

#brilliantcolours #colorfulart #kaleidoscopeart #napoleoniii #19thcentury #corningmuseumofglass

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colorfulart, kaleidoscopeart, brilliantcolours, napoleoniii, corningmuseumofglass, 19thcentury

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