Murano’s glass industry produced a lot of functional and industrial glass, like bottles, mirrors, and other objects that had a useful purpose.

51 x 37.5 in. (129.5 x 95.2 cm.) This fabulous Venetian Mirror will be produced by world-renowned Fratelli Tosi, of Murano, Italy. It was designed by Fratelli Barbini (the Barbini's created the Hall ...

This vintage glass is sure to set off a new aesthetically pleasing trend. Here's a breakdown of its design and the ...

Of course, like sand, the main component of glass, such expertise was impossible to fully contain. Murano lost its dominance by the 18th century, as countries including France, England and Germany ...

In the 12th century, the Venetian island of Murano was famed for its glassmakers. They made chandeliers for palaces; glass mirrors and colourful jewellery for the ruling class. But in recent years, ...

A survey at the museum’s main building, meanwhile, “Sargent, Whistler and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano,” explores the revival of the Venetian glass movement of ...

When I visit their atelier on the Venetian island of Murano, I watch while one artisan picks up a 10cm-wide glass disc and presses it on to a small stone wheel that rotates on a device similar to ...

The Romans figured out how to make mirrors with glass, but it was not until early 16th-century artisans on the Venetian island of Murano refined a process of coating clear glass with mercury ...

41 x 20 in. (104.1 x 50.8 cm.) This fabulous Venetian Mirror will be produced by world-renowned Fratelli Tosi, of Murano, Italy. It was designed by Fratelli Barbini (the Barbini's created the Hall of ...