Object/Work Type
Exhibition Kiosks

Title Text
Saint-Gobain Kiosk

Alternate Title Text
Desmarais Frères

Creation Date
1910-1911

Descriptive Note Text

The Manufactures des Glaces et Produits Chimiques de St. Gobain, Chauny, et Cirey by Desmarais Frères is a historic company, manufacturing high-quality mirrors and glass for the luxury market. By the mid nineteenth century, Saint-Gobain began to diversify their products to include glass panes for skylights and room dividers, glass for windows, laminated mirrors and glass, and embossed mirrors and windowpanes.

Some of the more famous buildings that Saint-Gobain contributed to during that period were the Crystal Palace in London, Jardin des Plantes, the Grand Palais and Petit Palais in Paris, and the Milan Central railway station.

Saint-Gobain cast the glass blanks of some of the largest optical reflecting telescopes of the early 20th century, including the Hale telescope and the Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory (United States), among several others.

By 1911, Saint-Gobain was at the peak of its success. The St. Gobain Kiosk was located in the gardens of the French section.

Code in the 1911 Map
SIM a (19 French Map)