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cious materials such as gems, marble, or chalcedony.
Traditional Types of Murano Glass
It would be easy to fill an entire topic with terminology pertaining specifically to Murano
glass. Murano glass is an exceptionally complex art with many different techniques and
combinations. Without diving too deeply into the minutiae of technique and terminology,
here are some of the main types of glass that you will come to recognize if you take the
time to have a careful look.
Avventurina
Avventurina
refers to colored glass that incorporates iridescent particles, sometimes gold,
copper, chrome, or other metals. This process has been used on Murano since the early sev-
enteenth century and is sometimes called
pasta stellaria
, referring to its star-studded ap-
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