Venetians attempted to control its export from the beginning. Competition from Terraferma glasshouses at Padua, Ravenna, Treviso, and Vicenza was always a challenge, as was maintaining supremacy over the larger Italian glassmaking centers established at Naples, Florence, and especially Altare, near ...
Dale Chihuly’s Rotunda Chandelier – the Grand Entrance If you look up as you enter through the main museum entrance from Cromwell Road, it’s hard to missDale Chihuly‘s spectacular 27ft (8.2m) sculptured-glass chandelier suspended airily above the information desk. The Rotunda Chandelier in ...