Millefiori bowl

ca. 1880

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556

The term millefiori (“thousand flowers”) describes modern Italian imitations of ancient Roman mosaic glass. Multicolored glass rods, known as canes, are cut into slices, with the design revealed in the cross section. These are fused together to form the bowl and create the delicate pattern seen here.

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Title: Millefiori bowl
Artist: Vincenzo Moretti (Italian, 1835–1901)
Maker: Venezia-Murano Company (Italian 1872–1909)
Date: ca. 1880
Culture: Italian, Venice (Murano)
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: Overall: 3 1/4 × 5 in. (8.3 × 12.7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of James Jackson Jarves, 1881
Object Number: 81.8.212
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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