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Insect pattern lampwork

Glass artists found that they could create butterfly wings with millefiori cane slices that they stretched into a wing shape. These examples are by Baccarat.

Lampworked Butterfly on a ClematisFranceBaccarat, circa 1845-55Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches)(702144)Lampworked butterfly with a deep purple body, light blue eyes, and multicolored sliced millefiori cane wings, hovers over a white and salmon-colored clematis blossom with green leaves and stem Lampworked Butterfly on FiligreeFranceBaccarat, circa 1845-55Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 inches)(702338)Lampworked butterfly with deep purple body, black head, light blue eyes, and multicolored sliced millefiori cane wings; encircled by a ring of alternating red and white composite millefiori canes; on a white filigree ground Lampworked ButterflyFranceBaccarat, circa 1845-55Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 inches)(702339)Lampworked butterfly with a deep purple body, black head, light blue eyes, and multicolored sliced millefiori cane wings; encircled by a ring of alternating red and white millefiori canes; star-cut base Lampworked Butterfly on ClematisFranceBaccarat, circa 1845-55Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 inches)(702277)Small butterfly with a transparent purple body, black head, and multicolored sliced millefiori cane wings, hovers over a white clematis blossom with green leaves and stem; deep star-cut extends to perimeter of base; cut with six circular printies, one on top

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