When Angelo Orsoni set out for Paris in 1889, little could he have guessed at the success his courageous, original idea was to bring him. With his strong and resolute air, at the age of forty, he was taking a crucial gamble: showing the world that, alongside the most avant-garde techniques and within the vast enclosures of the Great Exhibition in Paris, the ancient and noble medium – mosaic could have be assigned a place of honor. His success was enormous! He presented a multicolored panel created for his sample collection of smalti and gold mosaic which immediately acquired artistic status and was considered a sign of its maker’s genius.