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The Barovier dynasty began in 1295, when Jacobello Barovier, mentioned in historical documents as a master glassblower, began pinching, cutting, blowing and twisting a molten mixture of sand and minerals into incandescent works of art.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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Creator: Barovier&Toso
Glass Vase by Barovier and Toso in Murano
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Glass Vase by Barovier and Toso in Murano
Additional Information:
Material: Glass
Style: Mid century, Italian
Produced by Barovier & Toso in Murano, Italy
Dimensions (W x D x H): 13...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass
Barovier and Toso Italian Glass Twisted Column Table Lamp on Giltwood Base
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century Italian glass table lamp in twisted column form with an extended brass stem topped by an upturned cupped finial, two functioning light sockets with beaded pulls, and scal...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
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.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
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...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
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...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
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...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass
Barovier and Toso Italian Handblown Green Glass Hourglass Form Table Lamp
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century Italian handblown green glass table lamp in hourglass form, wired to a brass stem and nonfunctioning cupped light switch socket protruding from the top. The transparent g...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Medusa Table Lamp by Ercole Barovier for Barovier Toso 1935 Murano
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in London, GB
Medusa table lamp by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) circa 1935 for Barovier Toso and Co. Venetian crystal blown glass with iridescent surface designed like a torch of fire.
Barovier made his mark on the company, the glass-works industry and history. The lamp executed by Barovier and Toso shows the technical complexity of a company founded in 1295. Barovier and Toso have held the realm of its glass works for 750 years in Italy as Vetreria Artistica Barovier...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase Primavera Model by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milan, Italy
Vase from the Primavera series, in white and translucent blown Murano glass and black and gold glass edges. Production Barovier & Toso. Signed.
Biography
Barovier & Toso is a Murano...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso Hand Blown Murano Glass Table Lamp with Avventurina, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York, NY
Murano art glass table lamp with avventurina on brass base by Barovier & Toso. Italy, 1950s. Shows age and wear. Lampshade not included.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Barovier&Toso Murano glass bicolor vase circa 1950
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible Barovier&Toso "Laguna gematta" Murano glass bicolor vase circa 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Ercole Barovier EFESO Vase, Murano
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Ercole Barovier (Italian, 1889-1974); Barovier & Toso (Italy)
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent
Materials: glass
Dimensions (H, W, D): 11.25"h,...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Signed Barovier & Toso Mid-Century Murano Art Glass Candy Cane Ribbon Vase
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This signed art glass vase was done by the renowned Barovier & Toso of Murano Italy and done in approximately 1965 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The vase is done i...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Barovier & Toso Murano Glass Blocks with Gold Rosettes Chandelier, 1940
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rome, IT
Wonderful Barovier and 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 ...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase Primavera Model by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milan, Italy
Vase from the Primavera series, in white and translucent blown Murano glass and black and gold glass edges. Production Barovier & Toso. Signed.
Biography
Barovier & Toso is a Murano...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Toso Murano Ravishing Statuette in Murano Glass "Chinese"
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Toso
Murano
Ravishing statuette in Murano glass
Chinese
Murano and gold flakes
Perfect condition
circa 1980
Measures: H 16 x D 10 x W 6 cms
390 euros.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Chandra Vase, Roberto Caddeo for Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Uccle, 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
Wall Lamp Model Shell Barovier & Toso, 1960, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Oirlo, LI
Wall lamp Model Shell Barovier & Toso, 1960, Italy
Vintage design gilded glass wall lamp from the 1960s.
We attribute this wall lamp to Barovier because the glassware is truly characteristic of the brand.
It is of very good quality and offers soft and warm lighting.
A white metal base on which the thick, very good quality frosted glass is attached. This wall lamp will look beautiful in a bedroom, living room, hallway or next to a beautiful mirror.
The fitting is an E14.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal
Etched glass vase by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Torino, IT
Etched glass vase from the Murano glassworks Barovier & Toso.
Refined murano glass vase with 4 layers of enameling.
The technique of glass embedding consists of hot overlapping lay...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Sconce w/ Layered Murano Amber Graniglia Glass Leaves by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage sconce with layered Murano amber graniglia glass leaves mounted on cream colored metal frame, by Barovier e Toso / Made in Italy, circa 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid Century Modern Glass Vintage Flush Mount by Barovier and Toso Italy 1960s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern flush mount from blown glass designed and executed by Barovier & Toso, Murano, Italy, circa 1960.
While the frame shows golden lacquered metal, the screws between ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ercole Barovier, model 'Pezzato', 1950
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Zurich, CH
Ercole Barovier (1889 - 1974), model 'Pezzato', 1950
amber and red tesserae
produced by Barovier & Toso, Murano, Italy
20 cm (height)
marked with old 'Barovier & Toso' label, numbe...
Category
1950s European Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Barovier e Toso Torcheres
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of clean and elegant Murano glass torcheres by Barovier & Toso. Column, base and rim of shade are white. Shade is creamy beige and mauve. Bronze metal accents on the base and ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass
Rare Flush Mount in Murano with Gold Inclusion by Barovier&Toso, Italy, 1930s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in London, GB
A rare flush mount ceiling light by Barovier&Toso in Murano glass. The rare lamp is made of 20 mouth-blown hand-formed leaf-form with gold inclusion plus a huge glass as a bottom. Th...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso "Tessere" 1956
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Zurich, CH
Tessere ambra' vase, 1956
Cylindrical, flattened shape on two sides. H. 20.3 cm. Execution: Barovier & Toso. Clear glass with fused rectangular platelets in ocher brown and opal whi...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano glass bowl with grapes by Ercole Barovier & Toso, 1930
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Zurich, CH
Murano glass bowl with grapes by Ercole Barovier & Toso, 1930
Bowl by Barovier & Toso, 1930, red, white and gold.
Very high quality
Size: 10 x 20 cm.
Excellent condition
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier e Toso Murano Smoking Set of Four Pieces
By Barovier&Toso
Located in North Miami, FL
Vivid pink interior with gold flake exterior handblown glass Murano set of four pieces. Large ashtray for cigars, mid-size vessel for cigarettes and smaller vessel for matchsticks. G...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso, piece from 'Polyvase' series, ca. 1962
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Zurich, CH
Barovier & Toso, piece from 'Polyvase' series, ca. 1962
incalmo glass in blue and colourless glass with millefiori murrine band
produced by Barovier & Toso, Murano, Italy
ca. 32 x 8....
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Barovier e Toso Signed Tall Gray Murano Lamps, Pair
By Barovier&Toso
Located in North Miami, FL
These tall gray Murano glass table lamps are Vintage Barovier e Toso signed to top. All original and in excellent condition. Very importa...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Silk, Murano Glass
Murano blown Glass Wall Sconce, Black Venetian Crystal
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Venice, IT
A metal structure with a minimal design takes the place of the traditional glass chassis from where the arms depart.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass
Barovier&Toso Murano glass iridized basket circa 1950
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible Barovier&Toso Murano glass iridized basket with flower circa 1950
Category
1950s Italian International Style Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Original Torciglione Glass Picture Frame by Barovier & Toso, Murano, c.1935
By Barovier&Toso
Located in London, GB
An original 1930s 'Torciglione' clear glass picture frame produced by one of the most prestigious glass manufacturers in Italy, Barovier & T...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Barovier & Toso Murano Lamps
By Barovier&Toso
Located in San Francisco, CA
Murano glass lamp with gold inclusions by Barovier & Toso. Nice proportions with elegant elongated body. Rewired. Shades not included.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso, rare double neck vase
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Zurich, CH
Barovier & Toso, rare double neck vase
drop vase with oval cross-section and double neck; decorated with vertical polychrome strands
32 cm (height)
e...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Barovier Murano Glass Moorish Figures
By Barovier&Toso
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine pair of Moorish Figures in Venetian Dress. Hand blown Black Murano Glass with Gold accenting by Barovier, Italy, 1930s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass
Rare ‘Venexiana’ Hand-Blown Murano Glass Wall Sconce by Barovier & Toso, Stock o
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Voorburg, NL
Very rare and highly sophisticated hand-blown Murano Glass Wall Sconce produced in Italy by Barovier & Toso in the early ‘90’s. The lamps are designed by Marco Mencacci...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Ercole Barovier Early Porpora Glass Dish, Italy, 1968
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in New York, NY
Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso early Porpora glass dish with gold inclusions, Italy, 1968. This lovely glass dish or bowl comes from a series commenced in 1954, colored in pink...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Set of Four Italian Sconces w/ Clear Murano Glass & Brass By Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of Vintage Italian sconces or flush-mount with clear Murano glasses with textured crocodile pattern and brass details, designed by Barovier e Toso, circa 1960s, includes original...
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1960s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Unique Iron and Murano Glass Wall-Mounted Sculpture by Barovier e Toso, Signed
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York, NY
Extraordinary wall-mounted sculpture featuring a hand-wrought iron structure of a citrus tree with Murano glass oranges and lemons inset into the tree.
...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
1970 ‘Cup, Murano Crystal Purple and Gold, Signed Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Paris, FR
Cup of Murano with bubbles and gold inclusions, good condition, purple crystal and gold, signed Toso,
circa 1970
Measures: Length 34 cm
Width 32 cm
Height 14 cm.
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century White Murano Glass Table Lamp by Barovier & Toso, Italy 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-century White Murano glass table lamp by Barovier & Toso - Italy 1950s
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier e Toso Table Lamp
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Barovier e Toso table lamp with hand blown bubbles inside the glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown 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...
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1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Barovier/Barbini Large Hand Blown Crystal Shell Bowl
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This hand blown crystal shell is a large example and very heavy. The internal layer is filled with gold leaf and the outer cased layer is extremely well executed controlled bubbles, ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Crystal
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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