Miniature di Vetro: Murrine 1838-1924
Venice: Arsenale, 1990. Softcover. White and color illustrated wraps with black spine and white lettering, 194 pp., color illustrations. VG- (minor shelf wear to wraps, all pages clear and intact). Item #182729
ISBN: 9788877430809
Text is entirely in Italian.
"The murrine, real glass miniatures, are one of the oldest expressions of glass art and still represent a fascinating technical mystery for many glass lovers. In a disk that can have a diameter of even a few millimeters, the murrine contain the most varied designs: simple geometric decorations, flowers, animals, faces and human figures. This volume, which is the first complete monograph on the subject, documents, with a large number of color reproductions, all the murrine produced in the period from 1838 to 1924 and is therefore proposed as a fundamental text for the knowledge and study of this suggestive chapter in the history of glass." - blurb on back of book translated into English.
OCLC: 22984390
Price: $185.00