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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$5,149Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century Laguna Lamp by Renato Toso for Fratelli Toso, Murano glass
By Fratelli Toso, Renato Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Laguna ceiling Lamp by Renato Toso for Fratelli Toso, Murano Collectible Design Ceiling Lamp - Murano Lamp - Glass Lamp - Collectible Design LAGUNA lamp was designed by Renato Tos...
Metal
$3,779Sale Price|15% Off
Laguna Lamp by Renato Toso for Fratelli Toso, Murano - 20th Century
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
Vistosi Ecos Flush Mount in Crystal Striped Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
By Renato Toso, Noti Massari, 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
Vistosi Ecos Flush Mount in White Striped Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
By Noti Massari, Vistosi, 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
Model MICO Murano White & Red Glass Ceiling Lamp by Renato Toso for Leucos, 1972
By Leucos Design Lab, Renato Toso
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, Renato Toso, 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, Vistosi, 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
$1,052 / item
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 Los Angeles, CA
‘Rituals 2’ blown opaline glass flush mount ceiling lamp in white for Foscarini Designed by Ludovica + Roberto Palomba and pro...
Metal
Pair of Gill Sconces By Roberto Pamio And Renato Toso For Leucos, 1970s
By Leucos, Roberto Pamio & Renato Toso
Located in ECHT, NL
Pair of wall lights lamps sconces or ceiling flush mount model Gill by Roberto Pamio for the editor Leucos. Blown Murano glass. Complimentary US rewiring upon request.
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
$1,318 / item
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 Los Angeles, 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
$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
$1,855
H 14.38 in Dm 12.6 in
Model "2008" Ceiling Lamp by Paavo Tynell for Idman, Finland Mid-20th Century
By Idman Oy, Paavo Tynell
Located in Utrecht, NL
Paavo Tynell was a pioneering lighting designer whose work in the mid-20th century defined modern Nordic lighting aesthetics. Known for his delicate, poetic approach and innovative u...
Brass, Nickel
$2,574
H 15.75 in Dm 11.82 in
Murano Glass Ceiling Flush Mount, Model Ebe by Giusto Toso, Leucos, 1972, Italy
By Leucos, Giusto Toso
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR
Ebe model is quite a rare found. This flush mounted light for wall and ceiling was edited by Leucos and designed by Guisto Toso in 1972. It was declined in table lamps and flush moun...
Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Art Glass, Milk Glass, Opaline Glass
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
Fratelli Toso "Millefiore" Table Lamp in Murano Glass, Italy 1950's
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Beautiful "Millefiori" Murano glass table lamp, fabricated by Fratelli Toso in the 1950's, Italy. The elegant shape makes it look like a mushroom. The multi colored Murano glass giv...
Murano Glass
$2,475
H 3.5 in W 10 in D 10 in
Mid-Century Modernist Glass Cube Flush Mount Chandelier by Sciolari in Chrome
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
This brilliant Mid-Century Modern flush mount chandelier by Sciolari features four thick clear glass cubes with inset bulbs fixed to a close fitting chrome backplate. The design has ...
Chrome
Large Flush Mount Bronze and Glass Light Fixture, American Circa 1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large bronze flush mount ceiling light with egg and dart outer border and bead rim around the ivory frosted star burst cut glass shade. American, Circa 1920. In excellent antique co...
Bronze
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