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eBay Items under consideration are a set of 4 very elegant Baccarat Crystal Red Wine Goblets presented in the Mille Nuits pattern. Hand crafted in France by Baccarat, designed by Baccarat's chief design authority Mathias. The name of Mille Nuits designated for this gorgeous, labor intensive, pattern is in reverence to the collection designer’s childhood exposure to the Oriental environment unique to the 1001 Tales of The Arabian Nights. The Mille Nuits design features wonderfully cut crystal that emphasizes its exceptional light scattering properties, the diffusion of light. The unique pattern design presents to the viewer a barely perceptible, vertical, clear glass, stripings (ribbons of light). Striping that starts at the rim and continues down the body, through the diamond cut stem and is visible on the base of the goblet. Place the goblet on a table under a light source and it just glitters.The focal point of each Mille Nuit stemware item features a labor intensive, diamond-cut piece of crystal that constitutes the stem of each goblet.Note: The base contains the etched Baccarat-France round logo in the center, Baccarat scribed in cursive on the one edge, and the designer Mathias' signature in script on the opposite edge Details:Height 6 1/8 inches Diameter across rim- 3 1/8 inch.Weight of 4 goblets- 5 pounds, 14 ounces. Signed by designer MathiasMathias, Baccarat designer of the Mille Nuit started working with Baccarat in 1996, when the first Rencontres collection was created. This collection includes exceptional pieces made by members of Baccarat's meilleurs ouvriers de France, the exclusive title given to France's most distinguished craftsmen. After the success of the Rencontres collection, there was no doubt that Mathias would design Baccarat’s new Mille-Nuits collection. Mathias, who had lived in Syria and Turkey with his grandfather as a child, designed Mille-Nuits partly inspired by his childhood memories of a universe filled with a peculiar magic, where sparkling lights evoked the atmosphere of legends from the 1001 Tales of the Arabian Nights. “The baroque spirit of the Mille Nuits expresses all the allure of the Orient, ” states the Baccarat website.About in 1764, Baccarat is renowned the world over for its magnificent and innovative works of crystal. Baccarat has become a national symbol of France's art de vivre, and the company's heritage of excellence in design is matched only by its continuing efforts to cultivate creativity in the next generation of great artists. The Baccarat collection is full of timeless masterpieces, from jewelry to sculptures for the home, which translate beautifully in any language. (Condition: Pre-Owned)

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