Acquisitions and Dispositions (Additional Information) (Detail) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 05, 2014 USD ($) employee Facility distribution_center concessionaire store	Mar. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncash Pension Settlement Charge - before tax												$ 968	$ 0	$ 0
Business Acquisition Cost Of Acquired Entity Purchase Price Including Cash To Be Paid				$ 43				$ 371				$ 43	371	189
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life												24 years
Total purchase price, net of cash acquired												$ 349	320	2,113
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual												900
Proceeds from separation of business											$ 1,735	1,100
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Equity Investments												40	0	0
After-tax proceeds from divestiture of business											1,500
Share of net earnings (loss) of equity affiliates												12	11	101
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) from Disposal of Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax											1,468
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax											946
Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect of Income (Loss) from Disposal of Discontinued Operation											522
discontinued operations tax on disposal - deferred portion											262
Discontinued operations, transactions costs incurred in divestiture											$ 55
Term Of Dye Supply Agreement											5 years
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax												313	68	1,050
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests												22	21	57
Discontinued operations				267	$ 17	$ 19	$ 10	19	$ 18	$ 18	$ 13	313	68	$ 1,017
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net				263								263
MetoKote Corporation [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Fair Value				38								38
Property, plant, and equipment				73								73
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill				86								86
Total purchase price, net of cash acquired				166								166
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net				(12)								(12)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets				351								351
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Current				(23)								(23)
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Noncurrent				(22)								(22)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities				(45)								(45)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net				$ 306								306
Comex acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price, net of cash acquired	$ 1,950
Cash Acquired from Acquisition	$ 69
Repayments of Assumed Debt								$ 280
Number of Stores | store															4,200
number of concessionaires | concessionaire															700
Entity Number of Employees | employee															3,900
Number of manufacturing facilities | Facility															8
Number of Distribution Centers | distribution_center															6
Property, plant, and equipment															$ 229
Total purchase price, net of cash acquired															1,950
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities															$ (1,065)
Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Financial Liabilities												$ 3
Plaka Plasterboard Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues													30
Entity Number of Employees				0								0
Flat Glass Manufacturing Facility [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal		$ 22
Flat Glass Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from separation of business				$ 740
European Fiber Glass
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncash Pension Settlement Charge - before tax				$ 46
Fiber Glass Asian Joint Ventures [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Equity Investments												$ (36)
Sunlens Optical Business
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent																100.00%
Transitions Optical Business
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent																51.00%
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Revenue													247
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) from Disposal of Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax													1,468
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation During Phase-out Period, before Income Tax													104
Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect of Discontinued Operation													570
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax													1,002
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests													(33)
Discontinued operations													$ 969
Pittsburgh Glass Works L L C [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Equity Investments												$ (20)
Share of net earnings (loss) of equity affiliates			$ 94
Proceeds from Equity Method Investment, Dividends or Distributions			$ 41