Antique Glass in ColorTraces the fascinating development of colored glass in Europe from the height of the Roman Empire to the epoch of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, showing how the glassmaking art survived the fall of Rome and was brought to a peak in the 16th century Venice. |
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Acknowledgements | 7 |
Venetian Glass | 20 |
German Glass to the end of the 18th Century | 38 |
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