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Seguso Vetri d'Arte

Members of the Seguso family have been leading figures in the manufacture of glass on the Venetian island of Murano since the late 1300s, but for most collectors of vintage design the name evokes two companies formed in the first half of the 20th century. Seguso Vetri d’Arte, born from a small consortium of master glass artisans that included Archimede Seguso (1909–99), thrived under the artistic directorship of Flavio Poli (1900–84), a designer with an eye for modern forms, color and pattern. Vetreria Archimede Seguso, meanwhile, was founded in 1946, when Seguso opened his own atelier in order to employ classical techniques in the making of modern glassware.

The owners of Seguso Vetri d’Arte were justly proud of their skills as craftsmen, but they were not worldly aesthetes — and they knew it. Poli had studied at the Art Institute of Venice, originally working in ceramics before switching mediums and taking up the art of glass. He introduced new simple forms to the genre — the best known of his designs being the Valva, which resembles a clamshell in profile — and employed several novel techniques such as corroso, which gives glass a rough, emery-board-like finish. Poli’s most collectible works are his sommerso pieces, made with a layering process in which clear and colored-glass vessels are “submerged” within one another, producing a kind of nesting-doll effect in striking, elegant vases with bands of separate and overlapped hues.

At his eponymous workshop, Archimede Seguso often favored highly decorative, age-old techniques employed with modern restraint. His layered-glass Losanghe vessels have the look of an abstract checkerboard while his free-form Merletto vases have delicate, lacy patterns created by painstakingly twisting two heated glass straws to create helixes around the walls of the piece.

Though different in their scope and mission, both of these furnaces bearing the Seguso name created some of the most beautiful, alluring and exquisitely crafted works in all of modern design.

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Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano Iridescent Italian Art Glass Seashell Sculptures
By Flavio Poli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
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Please note, priced per item (7 available), beautiful vintage Murano hand blown iridescent art glass seashells. Documented to designer Flavio Poli f...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seguso Vetri d'Arte

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Seguso. N.14 Murano Glass Chandeliers ”Dew” 1940 Brass, Italy
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
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Seguso Murano glass chandeliers ”Dew“, 1940, Italy.
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Seguso Vetri d`Arte Bitta Door Handle Murano Glass
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Pierpaolo Seguso
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Bitta Murano glass door handle by Seguso Vetri d'Arte. Handmade, blown Murano glass in an elegant, modern shape. The round door handle has a g...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Seguso Vetri d'Arte

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Seguso Murano Glass Green 1960s Clam shaped Shell Bowl, Italy
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Compagnia Di Venezia E Murano (C.V.M.)
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Transparent Green art glass Archimede Seguso decorative bowl made by Murano. This striking decorative bowl resembles the shape of a clam. It was designed by Archimede Seguso and made...
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Murano Smoked Glass Chandelier by Seguso
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Murano smoked glass chandelier with six branches and whimsical leaves rising from a central base. Six candelabra lights, rewired for the US. Hei...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Seguso Vetri d'Arte

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Karl Springer Rare Pair of "Venetian Glass Table Top Torcheres" 1980s
By Karl Springer, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in New York, NY
Rare pair of large illuminating hand-blown “Venetian Glass Table Top Torcheres” with scavo finish and uplights inside by Seguso Vetri d'Arte (Murano) for Karl Springer, American 1980...
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Seguso Vetri d'Arte Poli Murano Sommerso Yellow Topaz Italian Art Glass Vase
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Flavio Poli
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso topaz and yellow Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Flavio Poli for the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company. According to the ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Seguso Vetri d'Arte

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso

Seguso Mid-Century Modern Large Textured Italian Green Murano Glass Vase 1980s
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Absolutely stunning and rare Seguso large, heavy vintage Mid-Century Modern textured Italian glass vase by Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano, Italy, circa 1980s / early 1990s. Elegant in fo...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Seguso Vetri d'Arte

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Blown Glass, Murano Glass

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Seguso Vetri D'arte furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Seguso Vetri d'Arte 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 Seguso Vetri d'Arte furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 398 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 47 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Seguso Vetri d'Arte 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 Archimede Seguso, Cenedese, and Aldo Tura. Prices for Seguso Vetri d'Arte furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $160 and can go as high as $221,909, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,372.

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