The vast and variegated de Boos-Smith Collection, never previously exhibited, offers a comprehensive and fascinating panorama of Nineteenth-Century Murano glass production, from filigree to millefiore, from avventurine to chalcedony, that will also appeal to a non-expert audience. The book will be grouped according to different techniques to allow a better understanding of how ancient works were revived in Murano in the Nineteenth Century. Given the small, sometimes tiny, size of many of the pieces in the de Boos-Smith Collection, responding to the taste for small, precious objects typical of the period, the book displays a selection of 250 items.
