Barovier & Toso Furniture
Italian
Partnerships come and go within the community of glass-making artisans on the Venetian island of Murano, where business relationships seem as complex as the shifting alliances in the notoriously acrimonious Italian parliament. Formed in 1942 by members of families with centuries of experience in the craft, Barovier&Toso has proven to be one of the most enduring and prosperous Italian glass manufactories of recent decades. Under the nearly 50-year artistic directorship of cofounder Ercole Barovier (1889–1974), the company created buoyant traditional pieces such as chandeliers, sconces and other lighting fixtures, and it pioneered an array of innovative modernist glass designs with bold colors, patterns and surfaces.
The Barovier dynasty began in 1295, when Jacobello Barovier, mentioned in historical documents as a master glassblower, began pinching, cutting, blowing and twisting a molten mixture of sand and minerals into incandescent works of art. It remained entirely family-owned until the mid-20th century, when it merged with another glassworks to become Barovier&Toso.
To appeal to gentler, more conservative tastes, Barovier&Toso produced a range of lilting, sinuous lighting pieces that are often described as embodying “Liberty Style” — the Italian term for Art Nouveau, taken from the name of famed London department store Liberty & Co., which promoted 19th-century organic textile designs and Arts and Crafts-style furniture in the manner of William Morris. The hallmarks of the style in Barovier&Toso works are elements of glass in the shape of thick leaves, fronds and flower petals, deployed along with other naturalistic ornament in sconces, pendants and chandeliers.
Ercole Barovier began his personal aesthetic transition toward modernism in the 1930s with his Primavera series of vases and animal sculptures — idiosyncratic milky-white and clear glass filled with tiny bubbles and hairline interior fissures that he produced for Artisti Barovier, a firm headed by his father and uncle. Later, with Barovier&Toso, he would explore such novel styles as the mosaic-like Pezzato glass; fluid Spiral patterns; the pebbly textured Barbarico line and the complex, layered and highly colored abstractions of the Oriente series of vases and bowls.
Traditional or modern, Barovier&Toso — still under family control — has produced one of the finest and most diverse catalogues of Murano glass in the last 100 years.
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Color: Gray
Creator: Barovier&Toso
Murano Glass Table Mirror by Barovier & Toso, Signed
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Barovier & Toso table mirror with frame in Murano Glass Torchon.
Mirror with a gorgeous frame entirely in Murano Glass, worked in the way of "Torchon".
The structure is in brass w...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Ercole Barovier Toso Murano Iridescent Italian Art Deco Glass Conch Shell Bowl
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Rare large vintage Murano hand blown clear iridescent Italian art glass conch seashell sculptural bowl. Documented to designer Ercole Barovier, for Barovier e Toso circa 1940s, in th...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso, Wall Mirror, Brass, Murano Glass, Mirror Glass, Italy, 1940s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and murano glass wall mirror designed and produced by Barovier & Toso, Italy, 1940s.
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Murano Bullicante & Gold Aventurine Wall Sconce by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite sconce is crafted by the legendary Murano glass studio, Barovier and Toso.
The clear shade is decorated with "Bullicante", which in Italian literally means "full of bubbles". To get the controlled bubble effect, a metallic mold with spikes comes in contact with molten glass. The spikes create small holes on the surface of the glass, creating a pattern. After it’s been left to cool down for a few moments, the whole piece is submerged in molten glass again. This second layer completely covers the first one. The layering process is repeated several times. The holes previously impressed on the first layer are not covered, thus causing air to be trapped between the layers of glass in the desired pattern.
It is finished off with a finial of gold aventurine, whereby the glass has gold inclusions. Aventurine, as its name suggests, is a decoration made by "aventitius" surface effects with flecks of gold, a 15th century technique. The result is this magnificent, exquisitely crafted, wall light, full of subtle texture and dynamism.
Has been rewired to meet US electrical standards and uses one base light bulb with a maximum of sixty watts. We recommend using LED lights because they help preserve the antique fixture...
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1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Smoky Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso - 2 Available
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage picture frame with hand blown clear and smoky Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy
Measures:...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Murano Light Blue Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage photo frame with hand blown clear and light blue Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy
Measur...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Art Deco, Large Murano Intreccio Glass Centerpiece by Barovier&Toso, Italy 1940
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in Catania, CT
Great vintage condition with normal trace of age and use for this murano intreccio glass centerpiece designed by Ercole Barovier and produced in Italy during the 40s
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage round photo frame in handblown Murano "Torciglione" clear glass border infused with gold flecks / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / "Barov...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Table Mirror Vanity with Brass Photo Frames by Barovier and Toso
By Vintage Murano Gallery, Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Spectacular pair of 1950's Italian table mirrors made by Barovier and Toso. The pair of mirrors can also serve as vanity mirrors for a makeup desk. The mir...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Murano Gold Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso, 4 Available
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage photo frame with hand blown clear Murano "Torciglione" glass border infused with gold / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy
Me...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Elegant Mid-Century Modern Wall or Vanity Mirror by Barovier & Toso Italy, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Munich, DE
Lovely Mid-Century Modern table / wall / vanity mirror with elegant Murano glass frame. Manufactured by Barovier & Toso, Italy, 1950s.
Executed in Murano glass and brass.
Condi...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Murano Dark Blue Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso - 3 Available
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage picture frame with hand blown clear and dark blue Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy
Measu...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Murano Smoky Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso - 4 Available
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage picture frame with hand blown clear and smoky Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy
Measures:...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Murano Pink Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso, 4 Available
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage photo frame with hand blown clear and pink Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy
Measures: H...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Murano Green Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso - 3 Available
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage picture frame with hand blown clear and green Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy
Measures:...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso Iridescent Glass Bowl, Italy 1948
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Naples, IT
Bowl or "a large costolature" cup in heavy iridescent Murano glass, designed by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso in 1948.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
20th Century Barovier & Toso Table Mirror with frame in Murano Glass Torchon
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Turin, Turin
Wodnerful Table mirror designed in '50s by Barovier & Toso, masters of Murano Glass. This mirror has a gorgeous frame entirely in Murano Glass, worked in the way of "Torchon". The st...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Barovier Toso Murano Iridescent Italian Art Glass Sculptural Conch Seashell Bowl
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, rare, vintage Murano hand blown clear iridescent Italian art glass sculptural conch shell bowl. Documented to designer Ercole Barovier for Barovier e Toso, circa 1940s. Cr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Barovier et Toso Murano Glass Dish
By Barovier&Toso
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This large scale, violet colored Murano glass dish dates to the 1980s and was created by Barovier et Toso.
Note: The piece retains its origianl ma...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier e Toso Murano Cordonato D' Oro Sea Mist Turquoise and Gold Glass Bowl
By Barovier&Toso
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning and magnificent color of sea mist turquoise and gold in this vintage Murano Italian Mid-Century Modern bowl is by the maestros; Barovier e Toso. It is of the Cordonato d' Oro technique where twisted ropes of gold are applied in each section of glass. From the 50's. This can be used for serving or just as a beautiful Murano object. Very rich looking and a gorgeous color. This is a very desirable color palette and a very special Murano vintage bowl...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Gold
Barovier e Toso “Centerpiece “ Murano Glass “ “Rostrato” 1940 Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso “ Centerpiece “ Murano Glass “Rostrato” 1940 Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier Et Toso Ashtray/Centerpiece/Pocket Emptier Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier et Toso ashtray /centerpiece/pocket emptier Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier Toso Murano Iridescent Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Scissor Cut Bowl
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and unusual vintage Murano hand blown slight iridescent surface Italian art glass decorative bowl. Documented to designer Ercole Barovier for Barovier e Toso. The bowl has a scissor cut...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
White and Clear "Mezza Filigrana" Murano Glass Plate by Barovier & Toso, 1980s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Murano glass centerpiece /decorative plate handmade in "mezza filigrana" technique. Perfect condition.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier e Toso Centerpiece “Rostrato” Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso centerpiece “Rostrato“ Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier e Toso Centerpiece “Rostrato” Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso centerpiece “Rostrato” murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Barovier e Toso Signed Tall Gray Murano Lamps, Pair
By Barovier&Toso
Located in East Hampton, NY
These tall gray Murano glass table lamps are Vintage Barovier e Toso signed to top. All original and in excellent condition. Very importa...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Silk, Murano Glass
Pair of Sconces by Barovier & Toso, Murano, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Budapest, HU
Gorgeous pair of sconces by Barovier e Toso. Words are not needed, just look at them.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Barovier e Toso Couple Centerpiece “Rostrato“ Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso couple centerpiece “Rostrato“ Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso Ashtray Empties Pockets Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier et Toso ashtray pockets Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier e Toso Murano Glass Rostrato Centerpiece, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso Murano glass Rostrato centerpiece, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier Toso Murano Clear Iridescent Italian Art Glass Chunky Ribbed Bowl
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, elegant, vintage Murano hand blown clear and iridescent / aurene Italian art glass bowl. Documented to the Barovier e Toso company. The piece is made with thick glass, and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Barovier & Toso Barbarico Murano Glass Vase, Italy 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milan, IT
Barovier & Toso Barbarico Murano glass vase, Italy, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Set of 12 Finger Bolws and Saucer by Barovier & Toso, circa 1940s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Brussels, BE
Set of 12 finger bowls and saucer by Barovier & Toso, circa 1940s.
Measures: Cup height 6.5 cm
Cup diameter 13 cm
Saucer diameter 16.5 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass
Barovier & Toso, Threaded Yellow/Gold Murano Glass Wall/Table, Vanity Mirror
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very nice, wall/ vanity/ table mirror, Murano glass twisted /rope pattern with yellow bright cord inside. This mirror was designed with dual purpose, to be hang and also on a table, ...
Category
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass
Barovier & Toso Vase, 1980s, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful vase blown in a filigran white spiral and light blue on the top in clear glass designed by Ercole Barovier, 1980s Barovier & Toso, Murano.
Dimension: Height 34 cm (13-1...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Chandeliers "the Princess", Gold Inclusion by Barovier & Toso, Murano, 1940s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Budapest, HU
Lantern of incredible beauty in massive Murano glass with inclusions of gold.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
"Torchon" Murano Art Glass Mirror, Signed Barovier-Toso Murano, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Brescia, IT
"Torchon" clear glass and brass details
Perfect condition.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Stunningly Large Murano Barovier & Toso Gold Aventurine Lamp for Marbro Lamp Co.
By Barovier&Toso
Located in San Francisco, CA
A stunningly large Murano Barovier & Toso mid-century gold aventurine lamp for Marbro Lamp Co; the well-crafted lamp of quilted glass with gold inclusi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass
Murano Table Service for 11+ by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful stemware service with centerpiece garniture by Barovier including (11) wine stems, (13) champagne stems, (2) candlesticks and (1) footed bowl in a vintage grape design of g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Stunning Pair of Barovier & Toso Murano Lamps with Gold Flecking
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Beautiful pair of Barovier & Toso Murano lamps, glass is clear over white with gold flecking. We love the refined glass with the shabby chic patinated bases.
Category
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Midcentury Murano /Venetian Opaque Glass Chandelier or Pendant, Barovier
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Italian modern neoclassical opaque blown glass pendant or chandelier by Barovier with a large clear/opaque bubbled blown glass disc / bowl.
The fixture has 3 8" clear gla...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier Murano Glass Ducks, Italy, 1970s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Munich, DE
Two beautiful Murano glass ducks signed by Barovier & Toso, Italy 1970s.
Measures: 12 H x 25 B x 9 D cm.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso White Ribbed Murano Glass Lamp with Gold inclusions, 1950's
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Italian Modern Barovier et Toso White and Gold Venetian Glass Table Lamp with Turquoise neck banding and painted wooden base. Featuring a ribbed hourgl...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Barovier&toso furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Barovier&Toso furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Barovier&Toso furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 759 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 7 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Barovier&Toso were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Stilnovo, Gaetano Sciolari, and Vico Magistretti. Prices for Barovier&Toso furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $90 and can go as high as $90,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,768.
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