(Part 2 in our series on Italy!)
Also in Venice is the Orsoni tile company. Founded in the nineteenth century by Angelo Orsoni, originally a glass maker, the company soon gained fame after Orsoni was invited to work for a famous French mosaic company that had set up shop in Venice. Since then, the shop has been passed down through the generations. These mosaics are found from Westminster Abbey to places in Saudi Arabia and Thailand, as well as the gallery in Venice, where there are original Orsoni smalti, gold mosaic, and other glass works on display.
Orsoni Tile panel displayed in Paris in 1889
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