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Glass, objects > Mosaic glass > Millefiori glass

Preferred term

Millefiori glass  

Definition

  • Objects made with slices of colored canes, usually in flowerlike designs, embedded in clear molten glass; also, objects made with canes cut lengthwise or diagonally instead of crosswise, creating mingled stripes of various colors; the cane used is called murrini cane

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Millefleurs glass
  • Mosaic glass, millefiori
  • Mosaic, millefiori, glass
  • Murrhina glass, millefiori
  • Murrhine glass, millefiori
  • Murrina glass, millefiori
  • Murrine glass, millefiori
  • Murrini glass, millefiori
  • Venetian millefiori

Notation

  • 118127

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-KBMKKHHV-N

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