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The Barovier dynasty began in 1295, when Jacobello Barovier, mentioned in historical documents as a master glassblower, began pinching, cutting, blowing and twisting a molten mixture of sand and minerals into incandescent works of art.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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Item Ships From: Europe
Creator: Barovier&Toso
Original Large Ceiling Flush Mount Light by Barovier & Toso, Murano, 1940s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Budapest, HU
Fantastic and original Barovier & Toso Murano Italy art glass ceiling light. The rare lamp is made of 26 mouth-blown hand-formed leaf-form ice ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal
Barovier e Toso Table Lamp “Rostrato” Murano Glass brass 1940 Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso Table Lamp “Rostrato” Murano Glass Brass 1940 Italy
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Single Cylinder Sconce by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian wall light with hand blown amber and milky white Murano glass shade mounted on brass frame / Made in Italy by Barovier e Toso, circa 1950s
Original mark on the backpl...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
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 “Rostrato” Table Lamp Murano Glass Brass, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso “Rostrato “ table lamp murano glass brass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier e Toso Portafoto Murano Glass Brass, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso Portafoto Murano glass brass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier e Toso “Rostrato” Table Lamp Murano Glass Metal Crome 1940 Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso “Rostrato “ table lamp Murano glass Metal Crome 1940 Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier Bowl Glass Murano, Italy, 1940s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Glass Barovier bowl with rainbow surface and silver details. The bowl has a ribbinig finishing on a cicular and rounded base.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass
Barovier e Toso Centerpiece Murano Iridescent, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso centerpiece Murano iridescent, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Very Large Memphis Glass Object by Matteo Thun for Tiffany & Co., 1987
By Matteo Thun, Barovier&Toso
Located in Tilburg, NL
Extraordinary and very large (86cm in height) blue glass object by famous designer and Memphis Group founding member Matteo Thun (1952 – Italy). Rina...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, 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
Pair Original Large Ceiling Flush Mount Lights by Barovier & Toso, Murano, 1940s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Budapest, HU
Fantastic and original pair Barovier & Toso Murano Italy art glass ceiling lights. The rare lamp is made of 26 mouth-blown hand-formed leaf-form ice glass panels plus a huge glass as...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal
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 Mid-Century Modern Opaline Murano Glass Chandelier, 1972
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Murano, Venezia
Designed in 1972 by Barovier & Toso, this chandelier contains 65 opaline-colored elements.
The chandelier can be reconditioned according to the country of destination. It has 10 lig...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Stunning Gold Dusted Murano Chandelier, by Barovier Toso Murano, Italy, 1960s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Stunning exceptional large Murano glass chandelier. Made by Barovier Toso in Murano, Italy, circa 1960s. The Chandelier requires six European E14 candelabra bulbs, each up to 40 watt...
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vase by Ercole Barovier
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Vase of the "barbarici" series in grey glass with the gilded surface corroded with the application of metal oxides under heat. The central hole and the applied foot are rimmed with b...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Barovier e Toso Table Lamp Murano Glass Metal Crome 1940 Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso table lamp Murano glass metal crome 1940 Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Rex 5359 Suspension Lamp in Glass and Polished Chrome, by Barovier&Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Venice, IT
Large ceiling lamps with hanging lamps and wall sconces to match, all using typical Barovier&Toso materials. Metal parts in polished brass. If you are interested in the wall sconce 5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chandeliers "The King", Gold Inclusion by Barovier & Toso, Murano, 1940s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair of lantern of incredible beauty in massive Murano glass with inclusions of gold.
Three pieces are available.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Graniglia Shield Sconce by Barovier e Toso - Pair Available
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian wall lights with Murano glass shield diffusers hand blown in Graniglia technique to produce granular textured effect, mounted on brass frames / Made in Italy by Barov...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Multi-Color Murano Flower Glass Big Ceiling Light, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rome, IT
Barovier e Toso style Murano flower glass ceiling light, 1950s. Basket consists more 200 flowers Murano glass.
Available also a pair of extraordinary scones published with a referen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown 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
Riquadri Vase Azur Yellow, Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Brussels, BE
Large “Riquadri” vase designed and manufactured by the Barovier and Toso studio in 1999.
This vase takes its inspiration from a historical model of the "a tessere" technique of the r...
Category
1990s European Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown 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
Flush Mount with Clear and Gold Brown Murano Glass by Barovier & Toso, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rijssen, NL
An elegant hand blown Murano glass flush mount by Barovier & Toso. Mounted on a brass frame. Many of tiny glass herds which are molded into the glass during its manufacture giving th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Barovier & Toso Murano Glass Blocks with Gold Rosettes Chandelier, 1940
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rome, IT
Wonderful Barovier & Toso ice blocks chandelier. There are 5 tiers, each element is made as a sculpture "a caldo".
Each element is separate by a white glass sphere and each chain of...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Twin-Handled Vase by Ercole Barovier for Barovier and Toso, 1956
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in London, GB
The double handled trumpet shaped vase designed by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) for Barovier and Toso 1956-57 is set in a layer of clear glass over a layer of white, over a layer oyst...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Footed Bowl Gold Leaf and Grapes, Ercole Barovier for Barovier Toso & Co 1949
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in London, GB
Classically shaped oval bowl is a master class of technique and elegance, designed by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) circa 1948 for Barovier, Toso & Co. It has an edging of white on the...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Small Table Lamp Barovier & Toso Murano Art Glass Yellow Color
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Small table lamp Barovier & Toso Murano art glass yellow color.
Category
1990s Italian Modern 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
Small Table Lamp Barovier & Toso Murano Art Glass Violet Color
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Small table lamp Barovier & Toso Murano art glass violet color.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Midcentury Floor Lamp by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in bari, IT
Floor lamp in worked glass and brass by Barovier & Toso form late 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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
Charming Italian Chandelier by Barovier & Toso, Murano, 1940
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Budapest, HU
Chandelier with sober and elegant shapes. An authentic jewel out of the Murano furnaces.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chandra Vase, Roberto Caddeo for Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Brussels, BE
Somewhere between the vase and the contemporary glass sculpture, we present “Chandra” imagined by Roberto Caddeo for Barovier and Toso in 1995.
Chandra is part of a series of piec...
Category
1990s Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Barovier Toso Neoclassic Obelisk Iridize & Gold Infused Murano Glass Table Lamps
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful pair of large monumental table lamps or side table lamps. Made of iridize and gold infused Murano glass, made by Barovier & Toso Murano, Italy. Each light requires one Euro...
Category
1960s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
1950 Barovier e Toso "Zanfirico" Glass and Silver Italian Murano Bowl
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Brescia, IT
White "Zanfiro" glass
Silver stand
"Barovier & Toso" signed
Perfect condition.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Riquadri Vase Clear and Opaque Orange, Barovier Et Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Brussels, BE
Large “Riquadri” vase designed and manufactured by the Barovier and Toso studio in 1999.
This vase takes its inspiration from a historical model of the "a tessere" technique of the ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Art Deco Barovier Rostrato Murano Glass Chandelier Gio Ponti Style 1940
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rome, IT
Superb Italian Art Deco Rostrato Murano Glass Gio Ponti Style Chandelier By Barovier & Toso .
Four Elegant handblown cups supported by a li...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Barovier e Toso Table Lamp Murano Glass Brass “Rostrato”, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso table lamp Murano glass “Rostrato”, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Aquamarine and Ice Murano Glass Flowers Basket Ceiling Light by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing Mid-Century Modern hand blown Italian flush mount chandelier featuring overlapping crystal flowers, Aquamarine and ice, mounted on a webbed white painted frame.
3 x E27 \ 4 w...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Barovier e Toso Sconces Murano Glass Brass, 1930, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso sconces Murano glass brass, 1930, Italy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Pink and Ice Flowers Basket Murano Glass Ceiling Light by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing Mid-Century Modern hand blown Italian flush mount chandelier featuring overlapping crystal flowers, pink and ice, mounted on a webbed white painted frame.
Measures: Height...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of Amazing Venetian Ceiling Flowers Basket by Barovier & Toso, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rome, IT
Multi-color Murano glass flowers basket. Two E27 bulb 6W.
Wired for US standards.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Medusa by Barovier & Toso, Murano, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Budapest, HU
Extraordinary piece with the appearance of a Medusa by Barovier & Toso, circa 1950s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Stunning Huge Extra Large Wall Lights by Barovier & Toso, Italy
By Barovier&Toso, Murano 5
Located in Rijssen, NL
Exceptional pair of huge wall lights by Barovier & Toso. Dimensions: 14" W × 4.5" D × 41.5" L
A re-edition of one of the most celebrated of the Cla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Graceful Pink and Ice Midcentury Flowers Basket Murano Glass Ceiling Light
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing Mid-Century Modern hand blown Italian flush mount chandelier featuring overlapping crystal flowers, pink and ice, mounted on a webbed white painted frame.
Measures: Height...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Murano Glass Flower Basket Flush Mount Wall Lamp by Barovier & Toso, 1960s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Antwerp, BE
Decorative and rare Mid-Century Modern Italian flush mount ceiling fixture or wall lamp from circa 1960s. Manufactured by Barovier & Toso, I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Barovier & Toso Glass Blocks with Gold Tulip Sconces, 1940
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding pair of Barovier sconces with glass blocks ending and delicious hand blown gold tulips.
We have 2 pairs and available also a magn...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Barovier e Toso Sconces Murano Glass Brass, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso sconces Murano glass brass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso Multicolor Murano Flower Glass Big Ceiling Light, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rome, IT
Barovier e Toso Murano flower glass ceiling light, 1950s. Basket consists more 200 flowers Murano glass.
Available also a pair of extraordinary scones published with a reference num...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Grand Hotel Ceiling Flush Mount by Barovier & Toso, Murano, 1980s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Budapest, HU
Grand Hotel is a ceiling lamp designed by Barovier & Toso. One of the most celebrated of our Classic collections, its elegant design and the color range enabling attractive and impre...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal
Barovier e Toso Table Lamp Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso table lamp Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Midcentury Trio of Sconces Grand Hotel by Barovier & Toso, Murano, 1960s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Budapest, HU
Gorgeous Trio of sconces 24-karat gold by Barovier & Toso.
Measures: The big one 105 cm height, 12 cm depth, width 35 cm
Two pair 50 cm height, 12 cm depth, width 35 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Lovely Venetian Ceiling Flowers Basket by Barovier & Toso, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rome, IT
Multi-color Murano glass flowers basket. Two E27 bulb 6W.
Wired for us standards.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Barovier e Toso Table Lamp Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso table lamp Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
1970 Pair of Vases Or Similar Murano Crystal Pink and Gold Signed Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Murano vases or similar with bubbles and gold inclusions, good condition, pink crystal and gold, signed Toso.
circa 1970
They have a small difference in size
Length 26 c...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Imposing Rare Barovier Fountain Chandelier, White Puligoso, 1930s, Murano Deco
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Sophisticated chandelier from Ercole Barovier.
A rare beautiful chandelier, the bottom bowl is in horizontal ribbed hand opened clear etched glass crowned by a set of 12 large and h...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass, Milk Glass, Murano Glass
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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