Why are Murano glass chandeliers famous?

Murano glass chandeliers became famous through royal palaces, grand hotels, and wealthy European homes. Murano glass workshops produced luxury lighting from the seventeenth century onward, with Venice serving as a trade centre for rich clients. Early chandeliers used candlelight reflected through coloured glass arms and hanging decorations. By the 1700s, Murano masters created huge pieces with flowers, leaves, and twisted branches made from molten glass and some palace chandeliers weighed more than 200 kilograms. Transport crews moved them by boat from Murano through Venetian canals before export across Europe. During the twentieth century, Murano lighting entered cinemas, cruise ships, casinos, and fashion houses and hotels in Dubai, Paris, and Las Vegas later ordered custom chandeliers with thousands of hand-made parts. A large Murano chandelier may take several months to finish, where teams work together at the furnace, with each worker handling one stage and broken pieces often get remade from the start.