L743 Interi fused glass

fused glass

green earth on board

Size: 12" high x 5

18th century Italian spolvero fresco pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an antique red frame and adorned with red ruby stones

The support is wood

L743 Interi fused glass17th century Italian fragment mounted with mica cluster with garnets on a petrified wood base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. The piece has been naturally distressed from the flood. The piece is mounted with the rare mica cluster and adorned with garnets. It sits on the petrified wood base. The story and history of this piece and Interi's collection of Florence