Archimede Seguso belongs to that line of gentlemen glass-makers recorded from the early Renaissance until the end of the 18th century, who survived the fall of the Republic of Venice to re-emerge as leading figures in the world of contemporary glass-making. They are gentlemen glass-makers for the respect that they enjoyed and still enjoy in Venetian and Murano society, but above all for their urbanity and cultivation. In this book, the expert Rosa Barovier Mentasi describes ten years of new masterpieces produced in Murano. Seventy-four colour plates illustrate some of Seguso's finest works, produced between 1950 and 1959.