The Picardie tumbler

Why this French classic is the only glass you need: good for everything from red wine to coffee via ice-cream and chocolate pudding #simplehomemusthave

The 'Picardie' tumbler is a tableware icon. Beloved of French brasseries, it’s eternally modern, well-designed, practical, virtually-indestructible, beautiful and affordable, what's not to love! So what's its story?

The adventure begins in the 1930s when Saint-Gobain, a company renown to this day for being innovative with glass, took over the La-Chapelle…