Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Italian, 1934-2008
Italian glassmaker Carlo Moretti elevated glassmaking to an avant-garde art form. He is known for his decorative vases, striking centerpieces and elegant table lamps. The bright, rich colors and sophisticated silhouettes of mid-century modernism that characterize his works brought high prestige to the Moretti name.
Moretti was born in 1934 on Murano, a series of islands in the Venetian lagoon, a place famous for its glassmaking. Six years later, in 1940, his brother Giovanni Moretti was born. The older Moretti brother initially studied to become a lawyer, but he fell in love with the glassmaking tradition of his birthplace.
In 1958, the two brothers opened the Carlo Moretti glassmaking company together in Murano. Carlo headed the company's creative side, but he was also a savvy entrepreneur. The Carlo Moretti company became known for its innovative techniques, creativity in design and refined style.
Over the next 50 years, Moretti earned a name for himself as one of the Venetian glass masters. He was the recipient of the 1966 Internationalen Handwerksmesse Gold Medal, the 1966 Internationales Kunsthandwerk Award, the 1976 Macef Award and the 1984 Arango International Design Competition. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Musée Ariana and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
When Moretti died in 2008, Giovanni took over the company. Giovanni sold the Carlo Moretti company in 2013 and passed away in 2014. The company continues to introduce new glassware collections in the characteristic style of its founder. It also operates a showroom called L’ISOLA in Venice.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Carlo Moretti decorative objects, serveware, lighting and more.
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Creator: Carlo Moretti
Monumental Carlo Moretti SATINATO Floor Vase, 33"H, Leslie Pina Collection
By Carlo Moretti
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Carlo Moretti (Italian, b. 1934)
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent
Materials: glass
Dimensions (H, W, D): 33"h, 8.5"dia
Additional Information:...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Ellisse Vase in White, Grey and Black by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
Created as the evolution of the Ogiva vase, Ellisse is an object that, thanks to its complex working while hot, achieves the perfect balance between its chromatic components, arousin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Small Ellisse Vase in Grey, Red and Ivory by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
Created as the evolution of the Ogiva vase, Ellisse is an object that, thanks to its complex working while hot, achieves the perfect balance between its chromatic components, arousin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Medium Troncosfera Vase in Lapis, Ivory, and Blue by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
Troncosfera is the result of the combination of two geometrical forms that have always been present in the Carlo Moretti collections: an expression of the greatest stability that uni...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Medium Troncosfera Vase in White by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
By putting three layers of glass on one another in three distinct moments colored opaque glass, clear crystal and colored crystal one achieves the amazing effect of a material that plays with the light and changes thickness, consistency and chromatic effect.
Two-colored objects...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Large Troncosfera Vase in Grey by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
By putting three layers of glass on one another in three distinct moments colored opaque glass, clear crystal and colored crystal one achieves the amazing effect of a material that p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Small I Cinesi Vase in Grey by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
By putting three layers of glass on one another in three distinct moments colored opaque glass, clear crystal and colored crystal one achieves the amazing effect of a material that p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
$350 / item
Standard I Cinesi Vase in Grey by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
By putting three layers of glass on one another in three distinct moments colored opaque glass, clear crystal and colored crystal one achieves the amazing effect of a material that p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Small Troncocono Vase in Grey and White by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
This vase sums up the essential qualities of stability, beauty, color, price and distinction of the Carlo Moretti brand. Made for the first time on the basis of transparent-colored s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Anbel I Piccoli Vase in Red and Orange by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
Originating from the idea of offering a collection of objects that are small in size but give considerable cause for reflection. ‘Small but Precious’. All the objects are in a limite...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Large Ovale Vase in Red, White, and Grey by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
Ever since the 1970s the Ovale has been one of the Carlo Moretti company’s exclusive and distinctive forms. Functional and elegant, over the years it has been embellished with applic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Large Ogiva Vase in White, Grey and Black by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
The elegance of simplicity. Ogiva is an axially symmetrical slender vase that catches your eye from every angle. The version uniting the transparency of the steel crystal with the op...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Medium Ogiva Vase in Red and White by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
The elegance of simplicity. Ogiva is an axially symmetrical slender vase that catches your eye from every angle. The combination orange/ivory and crystal spirals crossed by a red str...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
$1,050 / item
Small Troncosfera Vase in White by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
By putting three layers of glass on one another in three distinct moments colored opaque glass, clear crystal and colored crystal one achieves the amazing effect of a material that plays with the light and changes thickness, consistency and chromatic effect.
Two-colored objects...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Millebolle Carlo Moretti Mouthblown Murano Transparent Glass Vase Made in Italy
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
Oval free hand shaped vase in Murano transparent glass with detailed hand cut irregular opaque bubbles designed in 1976 by Carlo Moretti.
Carlo Mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Carlo Moretti SATINATO Vases / Vessels, Leslie Pina Collection, Priced Each
By Carlo Moretti
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Carlo Moretti (Italian, b. 1934)
Marking(s); notes: Sunset 66 label (2)
Materials: glass
Dimensions (H, W, D): largest: 13.75"h, 2.75"dia
Additional In...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Small Sfera Vase in Grey and Ivory by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
The sphere is an archetype that has always been an object of desire. Offered in a variety of colors from the Moretti family’s secret book or in different transparencies, it is an eve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
$1,050 / item
Small Eclissi Vase in Red, Ivory, and Grey by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
The alternating interplay between transparent and opaque colors and Murano crystal give this fattened sphere the identity of Carlo Moretti. A sequence of ivory streaks bound together...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Eclissi Vase in Orange and Red by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
The alternating interplay between transparent and opaque colors and Murano crystal give this fattened sphere the identity of Carlo Moretti. A sequence of orange streaks bound togethe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Ellisse Vase in Grey, Red, and Ivory by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
Created as the evolution of the Ogiva vase, Ellisse is an object that, thanks to its complex working while hot, achieves the perfect balance between its chromatic components, arousin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Ellisse Vase in White, Grey and Black by Carlo Moretti
By Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
Created as the evolution of the Ogiva vase, Ellisse is an object that, thanks to its complex working while hot, achieves the perfect balance between its chromatic components, arousin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Carlo Moretti Vase, Leslie Pina Collection
By Carlo Moretti
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Carlo Moretti (Italian, b. 1934)
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent
Materials: glass
Dimensions (H, W, D): 8.5"h, 7"w, 3.5"d
Additional Informat...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Monumental Carlo Moretti SATINATO Floor Vase, 33"H, Leslie Pina Collection
By Carlo Moretti
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Carlo Moretti (Italian, b. 1934)
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent
Materials: glass
Dimensions (H, W, D): 33"h, 8.5"dia
Additional Information:...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carlo Moretti Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Carlo Moretti decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Carlo Moretti decorative objects 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 Carlo Moretti decorative objects, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 53 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 139 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original decorative objects by Carlo Moretti were created in the modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider decorative objects by Gaetano Pesce, Driade, and Ettore Sottsass. Prices for Carlo Moretti decorative objects can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $120 and can go as high as $44,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $875.
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