Millefiori is Italian for "1000 flowers." This type of bead is made using slices of multicolored glass rods (canes), pressed smooth while hot into the surface of a core piece of glass. Shades may vary.
Millefiori glass beads are made using slices of multi-coloured glass rods (canes) which are pressed smooth while hot into the surface of a core piece of glass. Millefiori is Italian for "1000 flowers"