Translator
Initial translation by Carol F. Adams
First Page
69
ISSN
0843-5499
Last Page
84
Abstract
One of the earliest detailed descriptions of the Venetian bead industry is contained in an obscure book published in French in 1847 by the Venetian glassmaker Domenico Bussolin. Intended as a "Guide for the Foreigner," this work contains much useful information concerning bead manufacturing techniques and the socioeconomic aspects of the industry. To make this text generally available, a translation prepared by Karklins and Adams is provided here.
Publisher Information
The Society of Bead Researchers is a non-profit scientific-educational corporation founded in 1981 to foster historical, archaeological, and material cultural research on beads and beadwork of all materials and periods, and to expedite the dissemination of the resultant knowledge. Membership is open to all persons involved in the study of beads, as well as those interested in keeping abreast of current trends in bead research.
Repository Citation
Karklins, Karlis
(1990).
"Dominique Bussolin On The Glass-Bead Industry Of Murano And Venice (1847)."
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
2: 69-84. Available at:
https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol2/iss1/7
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