A design or image created by using minute pieces of colored glass or stone called tesserae. Antique inlaying of this type was associated with workshops in Rome.
A term coined by Arthur Gilbert to refer to Roman mosaics with the smallest tesserae, sometimes as many as 1,500-5,000 per quare inch.
Small pictures or decorations composed of tiny colourful tiles made of stone, glass, or other materials.
A mosaic made from very tiny pieces of tesserae.
Ancient Roman mosaic created by using minute pieces of colored glass or stone called tesserae, up to 1400 per square inch. Micromosaics were used for brooches and pins.
mosaic made of tiny tesserae (at times less than one millimetre long) obtained from thin rods of uniformly cut polychrome glass paste or filati. millefiori
Micromosaics are pictures or decorations that are made out of extremely small pieces (tiles) of stone, glass or other materials. Italian micromosaics were common souvenirs. Older examples are much more intricate, have smaller mosaic tiles, and generally have better workmanship.