millefiori
or mil·le·fi·o·re
[ mil-uh-fee-awr-ee, -ohr-ee ]
/ ˌmɪl ə fiˈɔr i, -ˈoʊr i /
noun
decorative glass made by fusing multicolored glass canes together, cutting them crosswise, joining them into new groups, embedding the groups in transparent glass, and blowing the resultant mass into a desired shape.
Words nearby millefiori
mille-feuille, millecent, milled, milledgeville, millefeuille, millefiori, millefleur, millefleurs, millenarian, millenarianism, millenary
Origin of millefiori
1840–50; < Italian, equivalent to mille thousand (< Latin) + fiori, plural of fiore < Latin flōri- (stem of flōs) flower
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Examples from the Web for millefiori
The central pendant, also circular, is ornamented with a section from a rod of Roman millefiori glass set in gold.
Jewellery|H. Clifford Smith,
British Dictionary definitions for millefiori
millefiori
/ (ˌmɪlɪˈfjɔːrɪ) /
noun
- decorative glassware in which coloured glass rods are fused and cut to create flower patterns: an ancient technique revived in Venice in the sixteenth century and in France and England in the nineteenth century
- (as modifier)a millefiori paperweight
Word Origin for millefiori
C19: from Italian: thousand flowers
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