Editing Steuben Glass Works (section)

{{Short description|American art glass manufacturer}}
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[[File:Steuben glass at Chrysler Museum.jpg|thumb|Various Steuben pieces displayed at the [[Chrysler Museum of Art]]]]
'''Steuben Glass''' is an American [[art glass]] manufacturer, founded in the summer of 1903 by [[Frederick Carder]] and Thomas G. Hawkes in [[Corning (city), New York|Corning, New York]], which is in [[Steuben County, New York|Steuben County]], from which the company name was derived. Hawkes was the owner of the largest [[cut glass]] firm then operating in Corning. Carder was an Englishman (born September 18, 1863) who had many years' experience designing glass for [[Stevens & Williams]] in England. Hawkes purchased the [[glass blank]]s for his cutting shop from many sources and eventually wanted to start a factory to make the blanks himself. Hawkes convinced Carder to come to Corning and manage such a factory. Carder, who had been passed over for promotion at Stevens and Williams, consented to do so.

In 1918, Steuben was acquired by Corning Glass Works and became the Steuben Division.<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Glass of Frederick Carder|last = Gardner|first = Paul|publisher = Crown Publishers, Inc.|year = 1971|isbn = 0-517-504405|location = New York}}</ref>

In July 2008, Steuben was sold by [[Corning Incorporated]] for an undisclosed price to [[Schottenstein Stores]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ek|first1=Derrick|title=Steuben Glass sold, will stay in Corning|url=http://www.the-leader.com/homepage/x790643113|access-date=July 10, 2014|work=The Online Leader|date=July 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802002140/http://www.the-leader.com/homepage/x790643113|archive-date=August 2, 2008}}</ref> which also owns 51% of Retail Ventures, a holding company for DSW, Filene's Basement, and formerly Value City Department Stores; Value City Furniture, which changed its name to American Signature Furniture; 15% of American Eagle Outfitters, retail liquidator SB Capital Group, some 50 shopping centers, and 5 factories producing its shoes, furniture and crystal.

On September 15, 2011, Schottenstein announced it was shutting down Steuben's Corning factory and Manhattan store, ending the company's 108-year history.<ref>{{Citation
  | last = McGeehan
  | first = Patrick
  | title = Steuben Glass Factory and Store to Close
  | newspaper = The New York Times
  | date = September 15, 2011
  | url = http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/steuben-glass-factory-and-store-to-close
  }}</ref> Soon after, Corning Incorporated repurchased the Steuben brand. In early 2014, The [[Corning Museum of Glass]] announced that it would work with independent contractors to reproduce Steuben using a new, lead-free formula and their classic leaded crystal.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Steuben
| url = http://www.steuben.com/
| website = Steuben Glass
| publisher = Steuben
| access-date = March 16, 2016
}}</ref>