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The millefiori technique involves the production of glass canes or rods, known as murrine, with multicolored patterns which are viewable only from the cut ends of the cane. [2] [9] A murrine rod is heated in a furnace and pulled until thin while still maintaining the cross section's design. It is then cut into beads or discs when cooled. [2] [9]
The cooled glass cane is cut into short segments which reveal a star pattern in cross-section. The segments may be beveled or ground, to reveal the characteristic chevron pattern from which the English name is derived. The chevron pattern becomes apparent after the beads' ends have been ground.
A Peking glass vase with lotus pattern from the Daoguang period. The color is named "Imperial Yellow" in reference to the banner of the Qing dynasty.. Peking glass, also known as Kangxi Glass, Qianlong Glass or Tao Liao Ping, [clarification needed] is a form of Chinese glassware that originated in 18th century Beijing, China (then romanized as "Peking" in European writings).
Glass-making and -decoration in County Tyrone can be dated back to the early medieval period, where Dunmisk outside Carrickmore was a centre for manufacture and provides the first evidence of glass work in Europe [1] Modern glass work dates to 1771, when Benjamin Edwards founded a company in County Tyrone, Ireland. Tyrone Crystal was set up two ...
An example of a glass pattern design by Sakier is the Colony pattern 2412. This pattern was produced in crystal from the 1930s until 1983. It was reissued as Maypole in the 1980s using colored glass. [58] Patterns can be a style of glass, an etching on the glass, or a cutting on the glass.
Collectors call the pattern, and similar patterns by other companies, Hobnail or Hobnail glass. [88] The Dew Drop/Hobnail pattern is considered "an innovation in glass" and was very popular. [89] It was made in at least 18 different colors, which is more than any other Hobbs' pattern. [90]
A pendant made from modern dichroic glass. Dichroic glass is glass which can display multiple different colors depending on lighting conditions.. One dichroic material is a modern composite non-translucent glass that is produced by stacking layers of metal oxides which give the glass shifting colors depending on the angle of view, causing an array of colors to be displayed as an example of ...
Later Viking jewelry also starts to exhibit simplistic geometric patterns. [27] The most intricate Viking work recovered is a set of two bands from the 6th century in Alleberg, Sweden. [26] Barbarian jewelry was very similar to that of the Vikings, having many of the same themes. Geometric and abstract patterns were present in much of barbarian ...