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.
On 1stDibs, find Renato Toso lighting, decorative objects, serveware and more.
Vistosi Ecos Flush Mount in Crystal Striped Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
By Noti Massari, Renato Toso, Vistosi
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
One ring, infinite combinations. The concept of the Ecos collection is just in one element: the glass ring. The chromatic and texture variations that the designers Renato Toso, Noti ...
Glass
$3,816Sale Price|15% Off
Laguna Lamp by Renato Toso for Fratelli Toso , Murano , Collectible Design
By Renato Toso, Fratelli Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Floor Lamp - Table Lamp - Murano Lamp - Glass Lamp - Collectible Design LAGUNA lamp was designed by Renato Toso and made in the historic Murano glass factory of the Fratelli Toso. ...
Metal
Model MICO Murano White & Red Glass Ceiling Lamp by Renato Toso for Leucos, 1972
By Renato Toso, Leucos Design Lab
Located in Barntrup, DE
A famous Italian ceiling lamp, model MICO, is also suitable as a wall or table lamp. Designed by Renato Toso and manufactured by Leucos. Made of handmade glass from the masters of Mu...
Metal
Vistosi Ecos Flush Mount in White Striped Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
By Vistosi, Noti Massari, Renato Toso
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
One ring, infinite combinations. The concept of the Ecos collection is just in one element: the glass ring. The chromatic and texture variations that the designers Renato Toso, Noti ...
Glass
Vistosi Ecos Flush Mount in White Striped Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
By Renato Toso, Vistosi, Noti Massari
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
One ring, infinite combinations. The concept of the Ecos collection is just in one element: the glass ring. The chromatic and texture variations that the designers Renato Toso, Noti ...
Glass
Vistosi Ecos Flush Mount in Crystal Striped Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
By Noti Massari, Renato Toso, Vistosi
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
One ring, infinite combinations. The concept of the Ecos collection is just in one element: the glass ring. The chromatic and texture variations that the designers Renato Toso, Noti ...
Glass
$841Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 8.2 in Dm 13.2 in
‘Rituals 2’ Blown Opaline Glass Flush Mount Ceiling Lamp in White for Foscarini
By Foscarini, Ludovica + Roberto Palomba 1
Located in Glendale, CA
‘Rituals 2’ blown opaline glass flush mount ceiling lamp in white for Foscarini Designed by Ludovica + Roberto Palomba and pro...
Metal
Large Aella table lamp by Noti Massari & Renato Toso for Leucos, 1960s
By Noti Massari, Renato Toso, 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
Vintage Fratelli Toso Millefiori Desk Lamp, Murano, circa 1950
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Fratelli Toso Millefiori Desk Lamp, Murano circa 1950 A rare millefiori murrine glass desk lamp manufactured by Vetreria Fratelli Toso, Murano around 1950. Made of blue glass with melted white and green glass threads and polycrome murrine. Surface with satinated finish. The lamp is an authentic example of early 20th century Murano art glass. It was part of a large Fratelli Toso glass collection with over 600 pieces - collected since the 1970s. Working condition. It features an E14 European socket. Fratelli Toso was one of the leading art glass manufacturers of Murano in the 20th century. In the early 1900's Fratelli Toso started to produce glasses in murrine technique. Murrine and Millefiori glasses remained a major product field of Fratelli Toso. In 1912 a very successful series of liberty inspired art glasses, designed by Hans Stoltenberg Lerche...
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Murano Glass Pendant Lamp by Roberto Pamio and Renato Toso for Leucos
By Renato Toso, Gino Vistosi, Noti Massari, Leucos, 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
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
$3,040Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 60 in Dm 23 in
Murano glass Renato Toso for Leucos ceiling pendant, Italy 1960s
By Renato Toso, Leucos
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
Textured Square Milk Glass Flush Mounts
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Great Austrian square flush mounts made of textured milk glass with black metal frame. Newly re-wired. 8 available and priced individually.
Milk Glass
Mid-Century Modernist Crystal Dome and Brass Flush Mount Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A Mid-Century Modernist flush mount chandelier with polished brass fittings. A diamond shape faceted crystal dome is supported by a polished brass fitting and contouring frame. It ha...
Crystal, Brass
Modernist Chrome Flush Mount Chandelier w/ Handblown Murano Glass Discs
Located in New York, NY
This stunning modernist chandelier was hand fabricated in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. It features a...
Chrome
Kalmar Flush Mount Light, Brass and Brown Glass, 1970
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A unique and large ceiling light fixture by J.T. Kalmar, Austria, manufactured in Mid-Century, circa 1970 (1960s-1970s). A large brown and...
Brass
$1,054Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 9.5 in Dm 15.7 in
‘Rituals XL’ Blown Opaline Glass Flush Mount Ceiling Lamp in White for Foscarini
By Ludovica + Roberto Palomba 1, Foscarini
Located in Glendale, CA
‘Rituals XL’ blown opaline glass flush mount ceiling lamp in white for Foscarini Designed by Ludovica + Roberto Palomba and produced by Foscarini, the Italian lighting firm founded ...
Metal
Lightolier German Glass and Brass Flush Mount Chandelier
By Lightolier
Located in New York, NY
German cut glass dome flush mount chandelier with brass rim and finial by Lightolier, circa 1960s. Paper label attached.
Brass
Murano Pair of Sconces, Renato Toso for Leucos, circa 1972, Italy
By Renato Toso
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice Murano pair of sconces, Din Punto model, Renato Toso for Leucos, circa 1972, Italy. White Murano glass with round red tip, round metal bas...
Metal
Murano Pair of Sconces, Renato Toso for Leucos, circa 1972, Italy
By Renato Toso
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice Murano pair of sconces, Din Linea model, Renato Toso for Leucos, circa 1972, Italy. White Murano glass with red line, round metal base. O...
Metal