Artisans at Saint-Louis have been handcrafting iconic glass and crystal pieces in rural France for nearly 450 years. Their chandeliers and tableware decorated French palaces in the 19th century. But as customers started embracing more casual glassware, Saint-Louis struggled to stay afloat.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:54 - Melting Ingredients
01:25 - Shaping Crystal
02:32 - Paperweights
03:30 - Making a Wine Glass
04:31 - Cutting Crystal
06:23 - Chandeliers
07:01 - Saint-Louis’s History
09:31 - Quality Inspection
10:33 - Lead Concerns
11:25 - Saint-Louis’s Legacy
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