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Millefiori glass

Scope note

Glass made with slices of colored canes embedded in clear molten glass, usually creating flowerlike designs. Distinguish from "mosaic glass" which uses slices of colored canes as inlays for walls and furniture, beads, jewelry, and to form vessels when arranged in molds and fused together.

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Material

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3000207352

Broader Terms used

<glass by technique>

Created

13yrs ago

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