Medium:

glass

Dimensions:

Overall: 4 x 4.3 cm (1 9/16 x 1 11/16 in.)

Type:

glasswares

Decorative Arts

Fragment

Object Name:

Fragment

Made in:

Alexandria, Egypt

Date:

1st century

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Irregular four-sided fragment of burgundy -colored millefiori glass incorporating one complete and parts of nine other four-lobed ornaments in layers of white, burgundy, white, and yellow. The ornaments vary in size, shape, and angular orientation. Both surfaces polished.

Credit Line:

Gift of Count S. Colonna Walewski

Accession Number:

1951-35-1

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46b21e823-6c15-40da-8774-b086a3dac49d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1951-35-1