Millefiori
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Millefiori is a glasswork technique which produces distinctive decorative patterns on glassware. The term millefiori is a combination of the Italian words mille and fiori. Apsley Pellatt in his book C
Vase (1872) manufactured by the Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co. (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Roman glass cups from the necropolis of Todi, first half of the 2nd century BC
Fragments of tile from the Jawsaq al-Khaqani palace, Abbasid Samarra, Iraq, c. 836 AD
Venetian millefiori bead Murano (1850–1950)
Millefleur
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Millefleur, millefleurs or mille-fleur refers to a composition with many different small flowers and plants in the background, usually against a green ground, as though growing in grass. It is primari
The Triumph of Death, or the Three Fates, Flemish tapestry with a typical mille-fleurs background, c. 1510–1520
The birds and animals at inconsistent scales are a feature of the style
À mon seul désir, from the set The Lady and the Unicorn, late 15th century
15th-century tapestry