Carder Steuben Glass Association

Association members and other collectors have contributed images of vintage lighting from an array of glassmakers and manufacturers, including Steuben, Tiffany, Quezal and others. Now you will see how people use these lamps, shades, and fixtures in their homes and the decorative elements surroun...

Steve’s long career included care and cleaning of thousands of glass objects, as well as repair and re-repair of broken objects. He introduced new materials and techniques for repairing and restoring broken objects and presented these developments to the conservation world through lectures, teach...

The history of Loetz is an interesting story of a glasshouse with a curious name – Johann Loetz Witwe, (widow). Loetz began as a family business which rose to become one of the greatest glass works in Bohemia and Central Europe. Karen will endeavor to describe the firm’s journey from its incepti...

Using materials from contemporary newspapers, magazines, and trade publications, the presentation will share views of the founding, growth, and products of the Steuben Glass Works and of the life and accomplishments of Frederick Carder during the years from 1903 to the mid-1930’s. These publicati...

The Studio at CMOG opened in 1996 with the vision of being a place for artists to create, learn, and share. For almost 30 years its programs have played a pivotal role in developing, supporting and shaping the international field of glass – from its intensive classes and leading-edge glass making...

In 1915 Dorflinger Glass Company launched its Reproduction line – pastel-colored glass inspired by Venetian designs – a departure from the firm’s traditional brilliant cut glass. In 1924, glass company H. Northwood Co. published “The Lure of Rainbow,” a promotional pamphlet devoted to his radiant...

Lighting glass for photography requires an understanding of how this unique material transmits, refracts, reflects, and distorts light. With an understanding of these optical properties, we can reveal detail by exploiting the ways glass interacts optically with its surroundings in a carefully con...

Spotlighting trends beginning in the 1920s to create new glass colors utilizing rare earth oxides that varied when viewed in natural or artificial light, Amy will tract the evolution of these technological and artistic developments in Steuben Glass Works under Frederick Carder’s artistic leadersh...

Who were the employees at Steuben Glass Works? Where did they come from and what were their dreams? Founded in 1903, Steuben Glass Works existed in a time of great change and upheaval in the United States. The period from roughly 1880 to the First World War witnessed three large changes that tra...

Bolislav Manikowski’s career at Steuben began during the Carder years and continued through the transition period.  As styles changed from the colorful and classical forms Carder preferred to the modern silhouettes of later Steuben, Manikowski adapted his design style.  The Bolislav Manikowski Dr...

All of us are familiar with glass in many different forms, from collectible art glass to the utilitarian objects we use each day. But how much do you really know about glass and why it behaves the way it does? In this talk, Dr. Chris Dartt will break down the science of glass and its properties. ...

Member collectors in this Collector’s Choice presentation will share some of their favorite glass pieces and stories.  Participants include Mike Moline, Sue and Steve Maynard, Beth Shaut, Dwight and Jeanette Little, Gordon Hancock and others.

In 1978, award-winning photojournalist Elliott Erwitt filmed a documentary at the Steuben Glass Factory tracing the development of three major glass sculptures from design meeting to completed, handmade masterworks.  Steuben designers Donald Pollard, David Dowler and Lloyd Atkins were featured al...

In his Glass of Frederick Carder, Paul V. Gardner writes that Carder “quietly arranged” for glassworkers to come from the Stourbridge district of England to America and that they were “denied admission” and deported.  The details of this venture were largely unknown.  James Measell has used conte...

Founded by a young immigrant glassblower named Christian Dorflinger, the Dorflinger glass companies operated in Brooklyn, New York and White Mills, Pennsylvania from 1852 until 1921, producing luxury cut and engraved glass tableware for the White House, foreign governments, and wealthy Gilded Age...

Frederick Carder created hundreds of cologne bottles, powder boxes, bath salt and cold cream jars in an array of shapes, sizes and colors – all for a lady’s vanity table. Most of these items were utilitarian but each of these pieces are a work of art with intricate decorations, color combinations...

Founded in 1993, the New Bedford Museum of Glass is developing an extensive collection of beautiful art glass, including fine examples by Steuben, Tiffany, Durand, Quezal, and New Bedford’s celebrated Mt. Washington and Pairpoint glass factories. Mr. Nelson will present highlights of the collecti...

Building on the mission of the Corning Museum of Glass, to “inspire people to see glass in a new light,” the Curatorial team of the Museum challenged themselves to see our rich collection in new ways. The result is an exhibition of objects from the permanent collection which tell diverse and evol...

When the Durand Art Glass Division of the Vineland Flint Glass Works was founded in December 1924 by company owner Victor Durand, it was the last American competitor to Frederick Carder’s Steuben Glass Works. Tiffany Furnaces, Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company, Union Glass Company, Imperial...

Rob Cassetti’s love affair with glass began as a college intern when he first encountered molten glass flowing from the furnace at the Steuben Glass factory. When he was hired by Steuben a decade later, he realized his design training and previous design experience had not prepared him for creati...

When Eugene Sullivan introduced young Bob Rockwell to Fred Carder it was on the golf course. During those weekly games, Bob would learn about community issues and about “all the possibilities of glass” from these two glass technology titans. Jenny Monroe will weave together stories of how Rockwel...

During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Frederick Carder’s Steuben Division produced architectural glass for a variety of buildings—usually skyscrapers—for both interior and exterior applications. Architectural glass was used both for its beauty as well as for its functionality. The Frederick Card...