Corelle is a brand of glassware and dishware. It is made of Vitrelle, a tempered glass product consisting of two types of glass laminated into three layers.[3][4] It was introduced by Corning Glass Works in 1970, but is now manufactured and sold by Corelle Brands.[5]
Material
editCorelle is best known for its three-layered glass. Nevertheless the Corelle product line includes items of other materials, such as stoneware and plastic.
Vitrelle is the brand name specific to the three-layered glass material. The outer layers are clear glass, while the inner layer is opaque white. For those items with colored decoration, the decoration is a glassy ink applied on the outside of the three-layered item. The resulting tableware is strong and lightweight. [4]
Patterns
editCorelle dishware has come in many different patterns over the years since it was introduced, but most of these were retired when Corning divested itself of the Corning Consumer Products Company. Many of the patterns were also used in CorningWare cookware. Retired patterns are still widely available.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Corelle Profile: Butterfly Gold (1970)". Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
- ^ "Collection Search | Corning Museum of Glass". www.cmog.org. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ Productions MAJ, Inc. (2009). "Gears, Leather Watchbands, Vitrelle Dishes, Kitchen Shears". How It's Made. Season 13. Episode 162.
- ^ a b Bolt, Marvin (2020-09-01). "Three Unbreakable Layers: The Secret of Corelle". Behind the Glass. Archived from the original on 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
- ^ Reckert, Clare (23 June 1970). "Corning Glass Profit Declines; Sales Set Record for the Half". The New York Times. p. 81.
- ^ Coroneos, Kyle (2006). The complete guide to Corning ware & Visions cookware. Paducah, KY: Collector Books. ISBN 1-57432-468-3. OCLC 61495500.