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Venini glass is made in Italy. Specifically, its workshop is on the Venetian island of Murano. Beginning in the 1930s — and throughout the postwar years especially — Venini & Co. played a leading role in the revival of Italy’s high-end glass industry, pairing innovative modernist designers with skilled artisans who created extraordinary chandeliers, sconces and other lighting in the centuries-old glass workshops. While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international designers to Murano’s hallowed workshops to create Venini pieces — among them Gio Ponti, Massimo Vignelli, Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearns and Fulvio Bianconi. Shop a variety of Venini glass on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025
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Paolo Venini Venini wall lighting Glass murano with métal structure, Italie 1960
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in La xara, VC
Large Venini wall lighting Murano glass ! Very rare model original first periode of Paolo Venini Design . Pièce iconique of the work of venini Maker . Pièce of Art Glass of Murano 19...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
$885 Sale Price / item
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Venini 1930s "Vetro Soffiato" Chandelier
By Venini
Located in London, GB
An Italian glass chandelier with five curved arms mounted for electricity. Stamped VENINI, Murano. 20th century. H. 63 cm. Diam. 61 cm.
Presumably 1930s edition.
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Nouveau Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Blown Glass
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini "Fazzoletto" Vase, ca. 1950
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Bochum, NRW
A vintage Murano hand blown 'fazzoletto'/handkerchief art glass vase. Deigned by Fulvio Bianconi, for the Venini Company, circa 1950, the vase has a red and white decoration of alte...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
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Glass
Mid-century modern murano glass "Filigrana" wall light sconce Venini Italy 1950
By Venini
Located in Nicolosi, IT
Mid-century modern murano glass "Filigrana" wall light sconce Venini Italy 1950
The Mid-Century Murano Glass "Filigrana" Wall Sconce by Venini (Italy, 1950s) is a remarkable example ...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Beautiful 6 Light Murano Glass Flush Mount Pyramid Chandelier, Venini 1970s
By Venini
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful square ceiling light with faceted clear crystal rods made of Murano glass. Modulated in the shape of a pyramid. The ceiling lights were designed and manufactured by Venini in Italy in the 1970s. The Murano rods...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
Venini Murano 1930s "Vetro Soffiato" Wall Sconce Lamp
By Venini
Located in London, GB
“Vetro Soffiato”. Smoke coloured glass two-branched wall lamp with prisms. Model 2191. This example made approx. 1930–1940s by Venini, Murano, stamped...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Nouveau Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Blown Glass