Toso Chess Set (family) [electronic resource] / Corning Museum of Glass.

Title: 
Toso Chess Set (family) [electronic resource] / Corning Museum of Glass.

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Publisher: 
Corning, N.Y. : Corning Museum of Glass, 2011.
Description: 
1 streaming video file (2 min.) : digital, sd., col.
Other Authors: 
Corning Museum of Glass.
Format of Material: 
Video
Subjects: 
Corning Museum of Glass.
Toso, Gianni.
Chess sets.
Lampwork.
Glass blowing and working Technique.
Glass blowing and working History.
Bib ID: 
134394
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Title from resource description page.
Mode of access: internet.
The pieces in Gianni Toso's Chess Set, made in about 1981, are in the form of Jewish and Roman Catholic worshippers. The kings are a rabbi and a bishop. The tiny details of the figures were made by softening glass in a flame and molding it into the desired shapes.
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Object/Material Note

Object/Material Note: 
Related to CMoG object: 81.3.125.

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Toso Chess Set - Family
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