Recent Articles
Here in “The Articles” pages, you’ll find an extensive variety of posts which detail diverse aspects of Chalet. Not only are there thousands of pictures of Chalet and other glass house pieces, there are amazing resources such as original catalog pages, biographies of and interviews with the Chalet artists, historical photographs, videos, advertising... To help sort the information and pinpoint a subject, here is an index of all posts, organized by date with the most recent first.
Just click on a title to directly access that topic. Below that, there’s a running summary of the newer posts with clickable thumbnails that also link right to articles. Please note that the oldest articles may not show a thumbnail in that part of the directory but they are still there and can be accessed directly through the date function. Happy reading and come back often as new articles are added twice monthly!
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December 2024
- Dec 9, 2024 The Christmas Colours of Chalet Dec 9, 2024
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November 2024
- Nov 26, 2024 The “Big 3” Italian/Canadian Glasshouses - Chalet Artistic Glass, EDAG and Lorraine Glass Industries at a Glance Summary Chart Nov 26, 2024
- Nov 11, 2024 In Remembrance Nov 11, 2024
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October 2024
- Oct 25, 2024 International Artists’ Appreciation Day Oct 25, 2024
- Oct 15, 2024 The Chalet Pedestal Animal Figurines Oct 15, 2024
- Oct 1, 2024 The Age of Aquarius and Chalet Oct 1, 2024
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September 2024
- Sep 20, 2024 Chalet to be grateful for Sep 20, 2024
- Sep 10, 2024 The Leaves Sep 10, 2024
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August 2024
- Aug 26, 2024 Chalet Dog Figurines Aug 26, 2024
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July 2024
- Jul 29, 2024 Chalet beaver figurines Jul 29, 2024
- Jul 15, 2024 The Chalet Oranges Jul 15, 2024
- Jul 3, 2024 Chalet “Back in the Day” Jul 3, 2024
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June 2024
- Jun 18, 2024 A Chalet Celebration of Pride Jun 18, 2024
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May 2024
- May 20, 2024 The Chalet Sailboats May 20, 2024
- May 7, 2024 A Bevy of Baskets May 7, 2024
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April 2024
- Apr 23, 2024 Chalet Apples are the “Best Medicine” Apr 23, 2024
- Apr 9, 2024 The Chalet Bowls Apr 9, 2024
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March 2024
- Mar 28, 2024 Chalet Cat Figurines Mar 28, 2024
- Mar 12, 2024 The Chalet Lamps Mar 12, 2024
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February 2024
- Feb 27, 2024 The Chalet polar bear figurines Feb 27, 2024
- Feb 19, 2024 “Look at me. I’m so groovy.” Feb 19, 2024
- Feb 6, 2024 The Chalet/Rossi Connections and Confusions Feb 6, 2024
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January 2024
- Jan 22, 2024 Chalet Purple – A Second Jan 22, 2024
- Jan 9, 2024 Chalet and Eaton’s Jan 9, 2024
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December 2023
- Dec 28, 2023 Cock a Doodle Chalet - the rooster figurines. Dec 28, 2023
- Dec 11, 2023 The Chalet Christmas Trees Dec 11, 2023
- Dec 6, 2023 “Glassy old Saint Nicholas” Dec 6, 2023
- Dec 1, 2023 Glasshouse Ghosts of Christmas Past Dec 1, 2023
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November 2023
- Nov 21, 2023 The Chalet Kaleidoscope Nov 21, 2023
- Nov 6, 2023 Chalet and Modern “Vintage Inspired” Chinese Reproductions Nov 6, 2023
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October 2023
- Oct 23, 2023 Chalet and Vintage Chinese Reproductions Oct 23, 2023
- Oct 11, 2023 How to “Cultivate” a Glass Buddy Oct 11, 2023
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September 2023
- Sep 25, 2023 Chantili – a Canadian Chalet Distributor Sep 25, 2023
- Sep 11, 2023 The Chalet for Riekes Crisa Bears Sep 11, 2023
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August 2023
- Aug 29, 2023 Chalet uranium “smalls” – the animals and bonboniere Aug 29, 2023
- Aug 14, 2023 Chalet Fruit Forms Aug 14, 2023
- Aug 12, 2023 The Chalet Elephant Figurines Aug 12, 2023
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July 2023
- Jul 18, 2023 “Vetro Bello” Jul 18, 2023
- Jul 4, 2023 The Chalet Owl Figurines Jul 4, 2023
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June 2023
- Jun 19, 2023 Chalet corporate advertising and marketing Jun 19, 2023
- Jun 6, 2023 Chalet in June - opals, moonstones and pearls Jun 6, 2023
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May 2023
- May 22, 2023 Why there are Variations in Chalet’s Designs, Production and Markings May 22, 2023
- May 11, 2023 From Murano to Cornwall May 11, 2023
- May 11, 2023 A Chalet artist, Roberto De Marchi, talks to us about the Chalet Mushrooms May 11, 2023
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April 2023
- Apr 28, 2023 A Chalet “Rhapsody in Blue” Apr 28, 2023
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March 2023
- Mar 29, 2023 Chalet Candleholders Mar 29, 2023
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December 2022
- Dec 13, 2022 Music and Magic Dec 13, 2022
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July 2022
- Jul 31, 2022 Art Glass Damage and Flaws Jul 31, 2022
- Jul 13, 2022 Never say Never Jul 13, 2022
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June 2022
- Jun 2, 2022 My “Top 10” Jun 2, 2022
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May 2022
- May 15, 2022 A little Chalet “out of the ordinary.” May 15, 2022
- May 7, 2022 A rarer Chalet basket May 7, 2022
- May 1, 2022 “Riddle me This” May 1, 2022
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April 2022
- Apr 17, 2022 Packing your glass for moving, storage or shipping Apr 17, 2022
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March 2022
- Mar 28, 2022 If the Alphabet was Glass Mar 28, 2022
- Mar 7, 2022 Breaking news - we now know who blew the rare olive green/sapphire blue ‘divided’ pieces! Mar 7, 2022
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February 2022
- Feb 27, 2022 The more the merrier! Feb 27, 2022
- Feb 10, 2022 Classic music and vintage glass - a perfect pairing. Feb 10, 2022
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January 2022
- Jan 17, 2022 Generic “Made in Canada” Labels Jan 17, 2022
- Jan 3, 2022 Chalet “fingertip” forms Jan 3, 2022
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December 2021
- Dec 12, 2021 “Rocking around the Chalet Christmas Tree” Dec 12, 2021
- Dec 6, 2021 Chalet and “Similar yet Different” Bomboniere Dec 6, 2021
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November 2021
- Nov 15, 2021 Shapes and Colours - a living room walk through Nov 15, 2021
- Nov 1, 2021 Chalet influences, influencers and influenced Nov 1, 2021
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October 2021
- Oct 21, 2021 Chalet Artistic Glass and other Canadian glasshouses of its era Oct 21, 2021
- Oct 3, 2021 Unboxing of a rare Chalet “forato” piece. Oct 3, 2021
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September 2021
- Sep 22, 2021 More Conversations with the Artists Sep 22, 2021
- Sep 13, 2021 Chalet Opaline Pieces Sep 13, 2021
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August 2021
- Aug 29, 2021 Chalet Mouth Blown Pieces Aug 29, 2021
- Aug 2, 2021 The Chalet Eucharist sets Aug 2, 2021
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July 2021
- Jul 21, 2021 Angelo Tedesco engraved pieces Jul 21, 2021
- Jul 18, 2021 A Chalet “butterfly” Jul 18, 2021
- Jul 12, 2021 Chalet ‘Firecrackers’ – uranium pieces Jul 12, 2021
- Jul 2, 2021 Chalet and its “vintage” timeline Jul 2, 2021
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June 2021
- Jun 20, 2021 From Concept to Catalogue Jun 20, 2021
- Jun 16, 2021 Building Resource References Jun 16, 2021
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May 2021
- May 31, 2021 Chalet Gold May 31, 2021
- May 21, 2021 Chalet glass blowing design techniques May 21, 2021
- May 14, 2021 The Chalet “Pincher” Centerpiece May 14, 2021
- May 3, 2021 Chalet “unicorns”. May 3, 2021
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April 2021
- Apr 27, 2021 The ashtray form-a 60’s art glass icon Apr 27, 2021
- Apr 13, 2021 Chalet and FASCINATION PAR C.M. Apr 13, 2021
- Apr 7, 2021 Chalet Ring Trees Apr 7, 2021
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March 2021
- Mar 26, 2021 Chalet Paperweights Mar 26, 2021
- Mar 18, 2021 In the Words of the Artists Mar 18, 2021
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February 2021
- Feb 18, 2021 The Faces of Chalet Feb 18, 2021
- Feb 18, 2021 Cleaning and Handling Art Glass Feb 18, 2021
- Feb 18, 2021 Chalet bookends Feb 18, 2021
- Feb 18, 2021 Chalet Surface Finishes and Treatments Feb 18, 2021