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Mosaic glass

Scope note

Glass made with slices of colored canes which can be used as inlays for walls and furniture, fashioned into beads and various kinds of jewelry, or arranged in molds and fused together to form vessels. Distinguish from "millifiori glass" which is glass made with slices of colored canes embedded in clear molten glass, usually creating flowerlike designs.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000260731

Broader Terms used

<glass by technique>

Term used for

glass, mosaic

Created

12yrs ago

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