| Murano Italy, a small town north of
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| | the bead. Some beads are straight
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| Venice, has set the world standard for
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| | striped, some are spiral and may then be
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| glasswork and beads, including Murano
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| | shaped into balls and teardrop shapes. In
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| Rosary Beads, making it the glass capital
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| | modern times the glass created though the
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| of the world,. Tracing back to the 9th
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| | 1950s is considered one of the most
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| century, Murano glass and beads have a
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| | sought after.
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| long history. The artwork, innovation and
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| | In the late 20th century, the problem of
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| craftsmanship have grown in tradition
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| | counterfeiting Murano Glass entered the
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| though the centuries.
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| | market. Asia was making replicas of the
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| Murano was a large port, along with
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| | glassware, vases and millefiore, a
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| Venice allowing it to use the glass as a
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| | process where buy an image is placed into
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| trading state with its is Asian and
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| | the glass rod itself and then becoming
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| African neighbors. One of the earliest
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| | part of the blown bead, Prior to 1849, it
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| uses and stories was about how glass was
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| | was called mosaic. Millefiori in Murano
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| blown into the shape of bottles dating
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| | beads always contain a very distinctive
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| back as far as 1083 and elevated to the
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| | flower pattern.
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| glass capital of the world in the 13th
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| | In response the Promovetro, or
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| century.
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| | glassmakers consortium, came up with a
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| In the 1930s there was a distinctive
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| | Murano trademark, a lilac sticker that
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| shift in Murano Glass, lead by Ermanno
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| | displays a cana de soffio or glass
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| Toso. He changed the focus of the items
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| | blowers pipe and the Italian words,
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| made to a more modern theme. Murano glass
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| | Artistic Glass Murano so that it is
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| and the island itself has withstood the
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| | difficult to copy. This was registered
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| test of two world wars, and in the 40s
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| | with the European Union.
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| was reinvigorated post World War II,
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| | In 2003 it was necessary for the city of
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| making the 1950s one of the more
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| | Venice to once again make a new Trademark
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| artistically memorable sets of years.
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| | designed by the French artist, Mathieu
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| Among the artist techniques employed,
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| | Thibautto. This allowed for Murano glass
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| glass blowers used the technique called
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| | stay exclusive and making counterfeits
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| filigrana, where the glass blower takes
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| | lacking in the quality and history that
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| the glass blowing pipe and roll over the
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| | Murano glass beads have come to
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| canes of glass each a unique striping for
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| | represent.
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