“Millefiori: (It., a thousand flowers) Glassmaking technique in which rods of colored glass are fused, after which the bundled mass is cut transversely. The flower-like sections are used for beads and also embedded in clear glass for decorative effects.”
Excerpted from: Diamond, David G. The Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.
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