In its Fifth Avenue store, bathed in soft white light and filled with quiet music, Manhattan's Steuben (rhymes with "new Ben") Glass Inc. last week showed off its 16 new designs for the fall and winter trade. Recessed into the store's grey, black and white walls, or set out on square pedestals and tables, the glassware ranged from a chubby crystal mug ($8.50) to a graceful three-tiered waterless fountain ($1,500).
Immortality. With not a cash register, counter, or order book in sight, thick carpeting (changed four times a year) covering the floors,...
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