Venetian Glassblowing & Glass Bead Craft of Murano
Italy
Lagoon furnace soda-lime glassblowing, murrine cane-fusing, and lampwork lume bead-making on the island of Murano, Venice.
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The tradition & historical record
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Concentrated on Murano since the Venetian Republic's 1291 furnace decree, maestro glassmakers gather molten silica-soda-lime glass on iron blowpipes (canna da soffio) to execute filigrana twisted-cane vessels, lattimo milk glass, and millefiori mosaic canes. 1
The allied art of Venetian glass beads (perle di vetro) worked at flame torches and blown canes was inscribed by UNESCO in 2020. 1
