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Tribute to a Master in the City of Murano Glass
by Naharnet Newsdesk 20 September 2012, 11:33

When a famous U.S. architect visited Venice's celerated Venini glass works in 1951, he was so entranced by a green and black bowl that turned red in the light he ordered 25 replicas.

But the glaziers never managed to reproduce it and today the bowl has pride of place at an exhibition paying tribute to a golden age of 20th century glassmaking through the experimental work of architect Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978).

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