Join Tom and Mike from Take Time to Travel as they embark on a captivating day trip from Venice to Murano, the renowned ...

Description: Murano glass is famous the world over for its history as well as the expert creations that artisans from the ...

Some of Barovier&Toso’s work can be seen in chandeliers for Louis Vuitton stores and Four Seasons hotels. Working glass in the Barovier&Toso furnace. The company markets itself as the oldest of its ...

Murano has been Venice’s glorious glass-making island since the 13th century. Tolerating life in Venice means constantly navigating its delicate collection of islands, bridges, boats and canals.

You might say that Murano glass is sort of like cryptocurrency: Everyone talks about it, but nobody knows where it comes from. In fact, true Murano art glass is made in Italy and is likely to be ...

The Venetian island, famous for its glass, has long been on the wane, but 700 years of expertise is a terrible thing to squander. By Ray Mark Rinaldi This article is part of our Design special report ...

MURANO, Italy — There has been an unusual silence within the world-famous glass factories of this Venetian island. On a late December day, at the site of the largest producer, all that could be heard ...

Tracy Chevalier’s new novel, “The Glass Maker,” is her most ambitious yet. Occurring over a grand sweep of 500 years — all experienced by her long-lived heroine, Orsola Rosso (the name Orsola, no ...