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millefiori
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millefiori [ˌmɪlɪˈfjɔːrɪ]
n
a.  decorative glassware in which coloured glass rods are fused and cut to create flower patterns: an ancient technique revived in Venice in the sixteenth century and in France and England in the nineteenth century
b.  (as modifier) a millefiori paperweight
[from Italian: thousand flowers]


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Sadly, many of the classic vases, glassware and millefiore objects are being counterfeited in Asia, for sale overseas.
Asia was making replicas of the glassware, vases and millefiore, a process where buy an image is placed into the glass rod itself and then becoming part of the blown bead, Prior to 1849, it was called mosaic.
Crossed garlands of millefiore and canes arranged in a way that look like mushrooms were other hallmarks of St Louis weights, while tightly packed canes covering the base, known as "close millefiore" was popular with Baccarat, as were butterflies.
 
 
 
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