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Tracy Chevalier: Murano’s glassmakers are a dying breed – and searching for their soul
The oldest glass piece I own is a bead made by Phoenicians 3-4,000 years ago. Glass has been made in Venice for more than a thousand years, and on Murano since 1291, the year the Doge – head of ...
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For the Canadian Pavilion, Kapwani Kiwanga Considers the Hefty Historical Importance of the Tiny Venetian Seed Bead
Another well-known history is that of the city's renowned glass factory on Murano island ... conterie or Venetian seed beads, ...