Vase with filigree decoration
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.
Artwork Details
- 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
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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