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Saturday, 22 December 2012

All About Aubergine

Posted on 21:00 by Ashish Chaturvedi


Call it Purple, call it Plum, call it Aubergine, call it what you will...but this "Mauve-u-lous" color is hot for interior designers and, of course, among the most difficult hue to find in Empoli cased glass. Here we present a generous sampling of our vintage Italian wares...just an idea of how to mix shapes in groups of three for an instant plummy collection from The End of History.
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