1384659

Art Deco Era Murano Pleated Latticinio Glass #1384659

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Art Deco Era Murano Pleated Latticinio Glass #1384659
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From the Art Deco era,this bowl represents the revival at that time of the latticinio technique of Venetian glass.</em></td>
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This bowl is mesmerizing in its colors and design!<p>

From the Art Deco era of the early part of the 20th century (1920s-1930s), this bowl represents the revival at that time of the latticinio technique of Venetian glass. In an adaptation of that technique, threads of light and darker blue and green colored glass appear as a lace-like pattern within clear glass. The latticinio technique was first used during the Italian Renaissance. Latticinio has been used in vases and bowls, paperweights, and marbles.<p>

Within this piece, the latticinio design appears in concentric circles around the walls of the bowl within various colors and shapes. The pattern can be read from the base to the top or from the top to the base.<p>

On the base is a central daisy surrounded by green cross-hatching. Closest to the base is a ladder-like circle of light blue; above it is a ring of perceptible flowers interspersed with random-appearing drops and drips and streaks--perhaps petals, perhaps water drops. At this point, it is unclear whether the artist intended this to be a flowered or water design--or both--for the pattern seems to set up, then break, visual expectations.<p>

That this is a kind of sea scape is borne out by the spattering and streaking of the colors (some with converge into "fishtails") as well as the pleated edging on the top edges which resembles waves. That is is not simply that is indicated by the obvious flowers encircling the bowl and centering the bottom.<p>

That it is a ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Near Mint</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1920s-1930s</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Art Deco Era Murano Pleated Latticinio Glass</td></tr>


<tr><td>Type:Murano</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Hillsboro, Ohio USA</td></tr>
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