I used to have some bed sheets that were printed on one side so that there was a clear front and back. I never knew which side should face up, and which down. So I asked my mother.

She told me that when she was younger she asked my grandmother the same question. My grandmother said, "It's up to you, but I like to put the nice side down, so it's next to me."

The Dearborn collection is made in the same spirit—ornament inward. It's as if the glasses were designed for the pleasure of the wine, water, and