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" (thousand) and "fiori" (flowers). Apsley Pellatt in his book Curiosities of Glass Making was the first to use the term "millefiori", which appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1849; prior to that, the beads were called mosaic beads. While the use of this technique long precedes the term "millefiori", it is now most frequently associated with Venetian glassware.
Millefiori beads, 1920s
Roman era millefiori style bowls in Museum Höfli, Bad Zurzach
Mosaic glass bowl fragment, Roman, late 1st century B.C.– early 1st century A.D., Metropolitan Museum of Art
Glass art
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Glass art refers to individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made of glass. It ranges in size from monumental works and installation pieces to wall hangings and windows, to works of art made in studios and factories, including glass jewelry and tableware.
Dale Chihuly sculpture, Kew Gardens, London
19th-century glass from Persia, The Hague Municipal Museum
Timo Sarpaneva sculpture. Sarpaneva and the Iittala glassworks explored new techniques in glass art during the 20th century.