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The Barovier dynasty began in 1295, when Jacobello Barovier, mentioned in historical documents as a master glassblower, began pinching, cutting, blowing and twisting a molten mixture of sand and minerals into incandescent works of art.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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Style: Modern
Creator: Barovier&Toso
Barovier Flooted Bowl Murano 1950's
By Barovier&Toso
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Beautiful and rare Barovier and Toso double flooted bowl. Gold flecks and stripe decoration, heavy, made ca' 1950. Quite large at 11.5" wide.
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Modern Transparent Bullicante Murano Art Glass Vase by Barovier&Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
Delicate triangular transparent Bullicante Murano art glass vase with "lateral morise" by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso.
The “bullicante” effect is amongst the most famous gla...
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1950s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Petite Barovier Toso Pendant Light Chandelier Murano Glass Basket, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A petite hand blown Italian Barovier & Toso pendant light with brass fittings. Clear ribbed glass elements. The Fixture requires one European E14 / 110 Volt Candelabra bulb, up to 60...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal
Barovier & Toso Chandelier Mod. "Fireworks" Murano Glass Opaline With Gold
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Pair Signed Barovier & Toso Murano 'Primavera' Bowls
By Barovier&Toso
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair Signed Barovier & Toso Murano 'Primavera' Bowls*
Primavera Murano glass designed by Ercole Barovier and produced by Barovier & Toso, 1980s
Each one signed Barovier & Toso Mura...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Pink Murano Glass Rope Frame Pendant Light by Barovier
By Barovier&Toso
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant, modern, Murano glass, pendant light by Barovier & Toso circa 1940-1950. A simple, linear design: translucent pink, twisted-rope stem and frame holding a flora bowl up-lig...
Category
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of large two tier handblown Murano glass feather sconces Barovier et Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York City, NY
A pair of large double tier Barovier et Toso hand-blown crystal leaf sconces.
(Seven or possibly eight single sconces available)
Each sconce features tiered palm fronds or leaves...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Set of four large two tier handblown Murano feather sconces by Barovier et Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York City, NY
A set of four of large double tier Barovier et Toso hand-blown crystal leaf sconces.
(Seven or possibly eight single sconces available)
Each sconce features tiered palm fronds or lea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Venetian Murano Glass Palmette Chandelier Flush Mount by Barovier Toso, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Very elegant, vintage estate, midcentury Venetian Murano art glass chandelier features 2 round tiers of overlapping, large, curved, hand-blown clear palm leaves frosted in the "Grani...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
CARAFE WITH TWO TUMBLERS by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in London, England
Description: Made in the 1960s. The Barovier & Toso Bottle with Two Tumblers is an exquisite set that exemplifies the craftsmanship and elegance of the renowned Italian glassmaker B...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair 2 Tier Murano Glass Palmette Chandelier Flush Mount by Barovier Toso, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A pair of very elegant, vintage estate, midcentury Venetian Murano art glass chandelier features 2 round tiers of overlapping, large, curved, hand-blown clear palm leaves frosted in ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Lighting Primavera Model by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milan, Italy
White Murano glass chandelier with black and gold glass edges, Primavera model by Barovier&Toso.
The glass bell measures H 50 cm x Diameter 40 cm
With original label.
About Barovier...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Wonderful B.A.G Barovier & Toso Czech Republic Art Glass Signed Vase
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful B.A.G Barovier & Toso Czech Republic Art Glass signed vase.
Etched on the underside of the vase it reads "B.A.G" but I cannot make out ...
Category
20th Century Czech Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Barovier & Toso Murano Glass Italian "Fireworks" Chandelier, 1990s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Fireworks is a Murano blown glass chandelier by Barovier e Toso. Armrests adjustable in all positions up or down, Italy, 1990s.
The Barovier artistic glassworks has existed since ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier And Toso Primavera Lamps
By Barovier&Toso
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A set of two elegant up lights/table lamps by Barovier& Toso. Beautifully made art glass with swirls and trim with gold flecks.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Barovier Toso Flush Mount Murano Glass Gold and Ice Flowers Basket, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A hand blown Italian flush mount chandelier featuring overlapping crystal flowers, gold with 23-carat gold leaf fleck inclusions, mounted on a basket frame. The fixture requires two ...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Barovier & Toso Chandeliers, Italy, C. 1970s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Murano glass chandeliers by Barovier & Toso. Made in Italy, c. 1970's.
*Includes original stickers
Dimensions:
23"H x 22'D.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Petite Barovier Toso Pendant Light Chandelier Murano Glass Basket, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A petite hand blown Italian Barovier & Toso pendant light with brass fittings. Clear ribbed glass elements. The Fixture requires one European E27 / 110 Volt Edison bulb, up to 60 wat...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Rostrato vase in clear Murano glass by Barovier and Toso, Italian 1960s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
"Rostrato" vases are a peculiar 1930s design by Ercole Barovier, then owner and designer of the eponymous brand Barovier & Toso, based on the island of Murano. The brand is still act...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Tea Morosati pendant light by Stilnovo with Barovier & Toso glass, Italy, 1964
By Stilnovo, Barovier&Toso, Tea Morosati
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A rare pendant light designed by Tea Morosati and manufactured by Stilnovo in the early 1960s.
This particular Stilnovo lighting fixture has a very elegant brass structure with a di...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Barovier Toso Sconce Murano Glass Gold and Ice Flowers Basket, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful hand blown Italian Sconce featuring overlapping crystal flowers, gold with 23-carat gold leaf fleck inclusions, mounted on a basket frame. The Fixture requires a European...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso, Murano Glass Primavera Vase, Italy 1980
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Catania, IT
Amazing, Vase in blown Murano glass BAROVIER & TOSO.
Vase from the Primavera series.
"Primavera" vase in Murano glass designed by Ercole Barovier and produced by Barovier & Toso in...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Artistic Fan-Shaped Murano Glass Bowl Sculpture with Sunken Gold, 1980s Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Villaverla, IT
Artistic Fan-Shaped Murano Glass Bowl Sculpture with Sunken Gold, 1980s Italy.
This is a rare and authentic Venetian work of art, entirely handcrafted in the island of Murano in the ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Blown Glass, Glass
Venetian Murano Glass Palmette Chandelier Flush Mount by Barovier Toso, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Very elegant, vintage estate, midcentury Venetian Murano art glass chandelier features 2 round tiers of overlapping, large, curved, hand-blown clear palm leaves frosted in the "Grani...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
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
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier Toso, Monumental "Bolloni" Murano Glass Vase, Signed
By Angelo Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great Barovier Toso " Bolloni" murano Vase. Signed in bottom. Large clear vase with large lens.
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Monumental Barovier e Toso Murano Modern Glass Vase
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier, Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Culver City, CA
A monumental blue red and clear Murano art glass vase made by Ercole Barovier for Barovier e Toso. Italy, circa 1990s. This elegant, yet still whimsical vase features a gorgeous wavy / curvy design and a fantastic graduated shape.
The body of this Barovier e Toso Murano vase...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown 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 Wall Lamps with Blue Arms
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These unusual wall lamps are made of Murano glass by Barovier & Toso in Venezia. The body is made of white glass and 2 blue arms come out on each side. Inside you can install an E27 ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
2 Pairs of Barovier Et Toso Italian Murano Gold Dusted Glass Wall Sconces
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York, NY
2 Pairs of Italian Mid-Century (1940s) gold dusted Murano glass wall sconces with fluted and swirl torch form shapes, cobalt blue bowl form shades, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
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 Murano Glass Vase Spacco Model by Toni Zuccheri for Barovier e Toso
By Toni Zuccheri, Barovier&Toso
Located in Milan, Italy
Murano glass vase designed by Toni Zuccheri and produced by Barovier e Toso in 1985. Exhibited at Tingo design gallery in 2008 for the exhibition Murano a go-go. Original label and ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
"Neomurrino" Italian Glass Vase by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York, NY
"Neomurrino" Italian art glass vase by Barovier & Toso.
Clear Murano glass with fused marbled
Murrine in hues of white and black.
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Three-Tier Murano Glass Chandelier by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Stamford, CT
A Murano blown glass chandelier by Barovier & Toso, circa 1965.
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
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
Murano Glass Vase Primavera Model by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso.
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milan, Italy
Primavera Murano glass vase designed by Ercole Barovier and produced by Barovier & Toso in 1980.
Signed.
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano 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
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
Pink and Gold Ombre Modern Italian Murano Barovier Toso Art Glass Vase
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Barovier e Toso, this beautiful, small and substantial Modern Italian Murano art glass vase has a controlled bubble design, and pink 'Ombre' coloring with shimmering go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Art 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
Murano Glass Bonbonniere Dish
By Barovier&Toso
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic Murano glass bonbonniere dates to the 1950s-1960s and was created by Barovier et Toso and sold by Camer Glass. The piece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso Monumental Handblown Blue Glass Table Lamp, 1950s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York, NY
Monumental handblown blue glass table lamp, footed with channelled body by Barovier & Toso, Murano Italy, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Barovier e Toso Vintage Murano Glass Wall Lamp -
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Barovier & Toso dated 1993 sconce mod. Flu - glasse mottled brown, very elegant. Photo cannot bring out tle glass processing !
Interesting price for closing activities.
It is not nec...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Barovier et Toso Italian Mid-Century Metal and Glass Chandelier
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century (1940s) chandelier with horizontal metal frame having 4 Pair of feather form clear glass arms supporting large internal bubble design oval shades with a tiered ce...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass
Italian Mid-Century Et Toso Glass Lantern
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York, NY
Italian 1940s lantern with a conical shaped centered woven form clear glass shade surrounded by a clear swirl glass ring with metal fittings (BAROVIER ET TOSO).
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Glass
Barovier et Toso Italian Murano Brass and Glass Chandelier
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York, NY
Italian (1930's) Murano "RETICELLO" clear glass and brass chandelier with 5 inverted scroll arms ending with a scalloped bowl shade with white fishnet design. (att: BAROVIER E TOSO)
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
Brass
Barovier 3 "Scavo" Female Sculptures
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Great Barrington, MA
These three black glass female nude sculptures were made by Barovier and de-accessioned from the Jones Museum, still retaining the original labels. The glass technique, called "scavo...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Furniture
Materials
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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