Roman and Byzantine are the two mosaic
styles known today. In the Byzantine
tradition mosaics were made of colored
glass, gold and Mother of Pearl which
gave them an incomparable beauty. This
was, without doubt, the most significant
moment for mosaics.
Small pieces of glass or marble, called
"tessera," are used to build a mosaic.
Marble tessera is much harder and more
suited for floor mosaics, while glass
tessera offers a larger variety of
colors.Artistic "tessera"
is still produced by hand on the island
of Murano (near Venice, Italy), home of
the artistic mosaic glass. Colors are
melted directly into the glass, which is
flattened out and cooled down and
finally cut into many small pieces. The
work is done entirely by hand, thus
making the glass tessera extremely
valuable.
See below for
examples of Mosaic products and contact
The House of Francis for more
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