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Millefiori

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Millefiori process in three minutes

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millefiori - Luce (Tramonti a Nord Est)

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How Murano Millefiori Glass Is Made In A Glass Factory In Venice, Italy

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Making Murano Millefiori by Hand in an Artisan Workshop on Murano Island | www.GlassOfVenice.com

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millefiori - Ciao

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. The beads were before then called mosaic beads. While the use of this technique long precedes the term "millefiori", it is now most frequently associated with Venetian glassware.
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