Murrine Opache decorative glass plate

Murrine Opache decorative glass plate by Venini

Inscrutable and enigmatic, the finest hues of Black and Coral chase each another, giving life to an interplay of irregular symmetries: mysterious tiny dots meet slanted surfaces and bevelled edges.
Countless Black and Coral pieces are woven together to form a symmetric yet imperfect pattern on slanted surfaces. VENINI’s glass grinding technique creates a typical shading effect that enhances the exquisite beauty of murrine.

MURRINE - This is one of the most ancient decorative techniques, known already by the Romans and recovered in Murano in the early 1880s. It consists in combining several Canes (in Italian, Canne) of glass in different colours into a pre-established pattern. The composition is heated up until it melts into one single cane, which is then carefully cut into small sections. These glass sections are then placed in a specific order and heated up again in order to work and blow them into the final shape of the object.

BATTUTO (BEATEN) - This is the cold-crafting technique that most challenges the skill and delicacy of the master glassmaker. The distinctive characteristic of Beaten glass is that its surface is “sculpted” by hand with a grinding wheel. This creates countless small and apparently irregular marks on the glass surface.

Murrine Opache decorative glass plate by Venini official dealer, 2 years warranty.
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