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Margaretologist 11(2) Issue 26 1998 (2 of 2) |
The Venetian Bead Story
Part 1: History
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Frontispiece of the 1889 Latin edition of Neri's L'Arte Vetraria, published in Amsterdam. It shows a typical glass furnace of the time. From Robert J. Charleston 1978 1. Glass Furnaces Through the Ages, Journal of Glass Studies 20, p. 17. |
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16th century glass furnace from De Re Metallica by Georgius Agricola, 1556. |
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Close-up of the picture above showing a mold for a glass gather. Somewhat deeper ones are used to build chevron beads. |
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