The Tour de France, an annual multi-stage bicycle race set primarily in France, is perhaps the most well-known cycling event in the world. But did you realize the 2014 course has a connection to the history of glassmaking? Looking at a … Read more →
The Rakow Library has acquired a trade catalog produced by the DeVilbiss Company of Toledo, Ohio. DeVilbiss produced luxury glass items, considered elegant and sophisticated due to the tall and sleek shape of many of the glass bottles. The perfume bottles, perfume … Read more →
My name is Kelley Elliott. In March, 2012, I began work as the curatorial assistant of modern glass at The Corning Museum of Glass. Part of my job as curatorial assistant is to make sure that the information we have … Read more →
This week’s object is a favorite of Diane Dolbashian, Librarian, Rakow Research Library Recently, research librarian Gail Bardhan surprised me with a group of original drawings by Auguste Herbst, a designer and artistic director at the glass firm founded by Emile … Read more →