Millefiori
Detail of a glass paperweight with millefiori or ‘thousand flowers’ canes which are produced by layering molten glass into a pattern in a fat cylindrical shape, then pulling the cylinder to create an elongated pencil-thin rod. When the rod is sliced, the pattern is seen in cross section.
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Millefiori
Detail of a glass paperweight with millefiori or ‘thousand flowers’ canes which are produced by layering molten glass into a pattern in a fat cylindrical shape, then pulling the cylinder to create an elongated pencil-thin rod. When the rod is sliced, the pattern is seen in cross section.
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Uploaded on June 21, 2020
Taken on June 21, 2020