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Originally Posted by john70t
Chihuly glass was the same I think. The process may have been "signature" at the time...? Chippendale as well, though that would be a company and on the other side of a grey area.
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No grey area at all. Apprentices have been common in the art world since, at least, the Renaissance, e.g., Rubens, many of whose paintings were painted to one degree or another by apprentices and then signed by him.
Glass work requires a team. Chihuly's team, he's the artist leading the team.