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Celebrate the beauty of glass with three inspiring books that showcase some of the best designs Fulvio Bianconi at Venini traces the erade ning collaboration between designer Bianconi and Paolo Venini. Dip into the Murano archives and discover exhilarating 20th- century design. (Skira, £ 32.50) Glass: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art highlights 75 items from the museum, renowned for its 19th- century American, French, and English collections. (Chrysler Museum of Art, £ 38.50) With colour and vim, antiques expert Mark Hill’s new book Sklo: Czech Glass Design from the 1950s–70s recounts the explosion in Czech glass design between the 1950s and 1970s. (Mark Hill Publishing, £ 27)