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- Title
The French-American Origins of Mechanized Glass Cutting, 1850-1880: Jean-Pierre Colné, Rediscovered.
- Authors
Simmonds, Ian
- Abstract
Jean-Pierre Colné, formerly of Baccarat, arrived in New York City in 1848. He received a United States patent, Machinery for Cutting Glass, in 1851. Until 1855, his machinery was used at the New York factory of Joseph Stouvenel and Company to cut blanks made by the Brooklyn Flint Glass Company. After failing to establish a factory in La Salle, Illinois, Colné returned to his inventions in the 1870s. He presented a display at Philadelphia's Centennial Exhibition in 1876 and at Paris's Exposition Universelle in 1878. His Paris display was a frequent topic in the official report on glass at the exposition, written by his son Charles. In 1880, Colné's machinery was licensed to Val St. Lambert of Belgium, where it was used for over 12 years. This article includes illustrations of glass cut by the machinery and an explanation of how the machinery was used to cut a wide variety of forms and patterns.
- Subjects
GLASS cutting; COLNE, Jean-Pierre; HISTORY of the glass industry; CUTTING equipment; GLASS making materials; GLASS craft; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of Glass Studies, 2013, Vol 55, p167
- ISSN
0075-4250
- Publication type
Article