Description
Applied festoon filament decoration dates back to the early days of the history of glass and was used on both pearls and containers.
Incandescent glass filaments are pulled out of a crucible and applied on the object with a short and thin pontil, which in Murano is called a spiral 'speo' (spear) or vertical 'speo' or other depending on the various decorative motifs.
The threads can be in relief or incorporated into the wall by marvering the object, that is, rolling it on a metal or marble surface.
