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The bands of white opaque glass that swirl around this vase are an example of filigree decoration. The first records for filigree glass in Venice date to 1527. Netted versions called reticello resemble lacework. Though the bead maker Dominique Bussolin first revived the technique in 1838, it initially found little commercial success until the Risorgimento.
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Title: Vase with filigree decoration
Date: ca. 1860
Culture: Italian, Venice (Murano)
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: Height: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1883
Object Number: 83.7.98
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