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Word: millefiori (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...best weights were made in a single decade, from 1840 to 1850, in France. Among the many designs: the "candy" types, i.e., a scattering of diverse ornaments, like candies in a box; "millefiori," a glittering array of glass flowers; and "faceted overlay" weights, encased in opaque, colored glass, with tiny, cut-out windows revealing the bouquets inside. Rarest and most valuable: sprawling lizards, green and red salamanders, coiled serpents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Treasures in Trunks? | 7/6/1953 | See Source »

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