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Venetian Glassmaking Craft

Type Object Region Venice Time 1361

Glassmaking on Murano, Venice, matured in the 14th century; by the 1360s artisans mastered transparent cristallo glass, gold-leaf inlay, and complex …

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  1. 1271Island of Murano · MuranoThe Republic of Venice issued decrees relocating all the city's glass workshops to the island of Murano and strictly forbidding artisans from leaving to teach the recipes abroad, laying the foundation for the later glass monopoly and system of trade secrecy.
  2. 1361Island of Murano · MuranoMurano artisans perfected transparent cristallo glass and filigrana filigree-patterned blowing techniques; vessels, beads, and mirror components were exported through the port of Venice to the courts of Byzantium, France, and the Holy Roman Empire.

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