History of glass

colored glass used as an art material

German physicist (1840-1905)

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. ( or ) is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris as the Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs, and today headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, at La Défense and in Courbevoie. Originally a mirror manufacturer, it also produces a variety of construction, high-performance, moderate-performance, lower-performance and other materials. Saint-Gobain is present in 76 countries and employs more than 170,000 people.

thumb|A glassworker blows air into the glass, creating a cavity inside.

glassmaking tradition from Venice, Italy

German chemist, glass technologist, and inventor (1851–1935)

thumb|Historic rhinestone copy of the Florentine Diamond, made in 1865 in Paris by the L. Saemann company thumb|Rhinestones on a tiara thumb|Rowenta enamel rhinestone compact

English embroiderer and artists' model (1839–1914)

molded glass jar used in home canning to preserve food

material; type of glass

Rayonnant was a very refined style of Gothic Architecture which appeared in France in the 13th century. It was the defining style of the High Gothic period, and is often described as the high point of French Gothic architecture. French architects turned their attention from building cathedrals of greater size and height towards bringing greater light into the cathedral interiors and adding more extensive decoration. The architects made the vertical columns and supports thinner, made extensive use of pinnacles and moldings. They combined the triforium gallery and the clerestory into single spa

Potash lime glass

study of the development of optics with lenses and theories of light and vision over time

type of Ancient Egyptian sintered-quartz ceramic

late medieval glass produced in northwestern and central Europe using potash from wood ashes

ancient glass covered by a patina responsible of their iridescent hues of blue, green, and orange

type of glass artifact made in the Islamic world, especially in periods up to the 19th century

aspect of history

glass produced in Hebron as part of an art industry established in the city during Roman rule

mental disorder from the Middle Ages

museum in Corning, New York

early type of window glass

type of glass beaker originating in the Middle East or Norman Sicily and dating from the 10th-12th centuries AD

stone enclosure with vitrified walls

planetarium in Jena, Thuringia, Germany

Glass artisian (c.1490-1541)

French manufacturer of fine crystal

type of drinking vessel used in early medieval Europe

American inventor (1859–1923)

medieval compilation of recipes for metal, glass, mosaic and stain work

alleged lost invention

German glass artist

English naturalist and microscopist