Manufacturer · USA · Corning (New York) · est. 1903
Steuben Glass
Steuben Glass (est. 1903) – American glass and crystal manufacturer from Corning, New York, part of Corning Glass Works from 1918.
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About the manufacturer
- Years active
- est. 1903
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Corning (New York)
The glassworks was founded in summer 1903 in Corning, New York, by Frederick Carder and Thomas G. Hawkes; its name comes from Steuben County. In 1918, the company was acquired by Corning Glass Works, creating the Steuben Division. In 1932, Carder was replaced by John MacKay, and from 1933 the president was Arthur A. Houghton Jr.
Houghton abandoned coloured glass in favour of colourless crystal with a high refractive index (the 1932 formula). He entrusted design responsibility to John Monteith Gates, while the design department operated in New York, away from the glassworks, until its reorganisation in 1989. Sidney Waugh designed Gazelle Bowl (1935); in 1940, the exhibition “27 Contemporary Artists” brought together designs by, among others, Matisse, O’Keeffe, Noguchi and Dalí. Subsequent series included Studies in Crystal (1955), Moby Dick by Donald Pollard and Sidney Waugh (1959), Masterworks Series (1966) and Archaic Vessel Collection by Michael Graves (1989).
Products were signed with an engraved inscription “Steuben” on the base and sold in flannel pouches bearing the LOGO. In 1938, four objects, including Gazelle Bowl, entered the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while the Louvre displayed more than 150 works by Steuben in the exhibition “L’Art du Verre”. In 2008, the company was sold to Schottenstein Stores; in 2011, the glassworks closed, and the brand was acquired by Corning Inc. Since 2014, Corning Museum of Glass has been recreating Steuben designs with the involvement of subcontractors.
