Italian designer and architect Renato Toso creates beautiful mid-century modern and modern pendant lights and sconces out of creamy Murano glass. His designs have a chic retro appeal characterized by soft curves and effortless elegance. He is part of the design firm Toso, Massari & Associates, which he founded with his wife, designer Giovanna Noti Massari.
Toso was born in 1940 in Murano, Italy. Murano is a Venetian island with a long glassmaking tradition. Both Toso and Massari studied architecture in Venice and founded Toso, Massari & Associati in 1966. The studio specializes in architecture and lighting design for interior and industrial spaces.
Toso, Massari & Associati has partnered with numerous companies over the years, including lighting company Leucos, which Toso and Massari participated in founding. The studio has designed collections for historic lighting manufacturer Vistosi, one of Murano’s most prominent glassmakers. In 2007, Toso, Massari & Associati created a series of modular lamps called Ecos for the company. This series was followed up in 2013 by the Noon lamp collection, based on the moon’s phases.
The studio has won first place in several design competitions and shows, including the Venice Biennale, the Milan Triennial XII and the National Design Competition in Trieste. Its work has been exhibited at the Louvre in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Palazzo Grassi in Venice.
Today, Toso and Massari’s children — Anna, Marco, Pio and Tito —are all part of Toso, Massari & Associati.
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Murano glass Renato Toso for Leucos ceiling pendant, Italy 1960s
By Leucos, Renato Toso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Murano glass Renato Toso for Leucos ceiling pendant. Made in Italy in 1960s. Murano glass black on the top and white inside the shade with a clear edge. Ver...
Glass
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H 60 in Dm 23 in
Murano glass Renato Toso for Leucos ceiling pendant, Italy circa 1960s
By Leucos, Renato Toso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Murano glass Renato Toso for Leucos ceiling pendant. Made in Italy in 1960s. Murano glass black on top, white inside the shade with a clear band on the edge. Very impressive glass qu...
Metal
Murano Glass Pendant Lamp by Roberto Pamio and Renato Toso for Leucos
By Renato Toso, Gino Vistosi, Leucos, Noti Massari, Roberto Pamio
Located in München, DE
Impressively beautiful Murano glass lamp from the 1960s. Exceptionally successful design and very high-quality workmanship. The special glass and decorative red rim create a spectacu...
Metal
Micene Table Lamps by Renato Toso & Noti Massari for Leucos
By Noti Massari, Leucos, Renato Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Micene Table Lamps by Renato Toso & Noti Massari for Leucos. Designed and manufactured in Italy; contemporary re-edition (no longer being produced). Marble carrara base and thick for...
Marble
Tinta by Renato Toso and Noti Massari for Leucos, 1971, Italy
By Leucos, Noti Massari, Renato Toso
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Renato Toso and Noti Massari's original vintage Tinta pendant light is made of Murano glass in Italy. Hand blown glass with multicolor murrine. Leucos' original label. 1971. Cable length is adjustable. Very good vintage condition. No chips or cracks. Chandelier height with a cable: 90 cm (max height 220 cm). Width: 37 centimeters Height: 40 centimeters The lamp is 6.7 kg heavy. Renato Toso (1940) and Noti Massari (1939), both Venetians by birth, culture, and choice, received their architecture degrees from Carlo Scarpa's (1906-1978) class in 1967 and got hitched the following year. Since then, they have built an architecture, engineering, and design studio inside the Venetian Lagoon with the help of their kids. At the Fratelli Toso 1854 glass works, which was a pioneer in embracing art...
Murano Glass
Large Aella table lamp by Noti Massari & Renato Toso for Leucos, 1960s
By Renato Toso, Noti Massari, Leucos
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Large Aella 50 table lamp designed by Noti Massari & Renato Toso for Leucos at the end of the 1960s. The lamp consists of two main parts; the metal cylinder shaped base and a diffus...
Metal
$2,434 / set
H 16.93 in W 3.94 in D 8.27 in
1980s Modern Murano Glass and Metal Italian Big Wall Sconces by Leucos
By Leucos Design Lab, Leucos, Renato Toso
Located in Aci Castello, IT
These sleek and elegant 1980s modern wall sconces by Leucos showcase the exquisite craftsmanship of Murano glass by Renato Toso. The cylindrical forms are crafted from glossy white M...
Metal
Leucos Round Murano Glass Pendant Lamp by Renato Toso Model “Melania”
By Renato Toso
Located in Berlin, DE
Leucos Round Glass Pendant Lamp by Renato Toso Model “Melania”. Murano glass shade with black exterior, white interior, and clear rim. Heavy, hand-blown glass construction. Excellen...
Glass
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