Architect, urban planner, glass, furniture and landscape designer, and interior decorator — Tomaso Buzzi was a 20th-century renaissance man. Buzzi, along with his frequent collaborator Gio Ponti, led Italy’s Novecento Milanese movement of the 1920s and ‘30s — an approximate equivalent to France’s Art Deco movement. While Buzzi is prized for chairs, tables and other furnishings that modernized the majestic lines of 18th-century designs, he is best known for the remarkable, jewel-toned glassware he produced in a two-year stint as the artistic director of the Venini glassworks on the Venetian island of Murano.
Buzzi was born in 1900 in the town of Sondrio in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. He studied at the Milan Polytechnic, and soon after he graduated joined a lively Milanese decorative arts scene. In 1927, he and Ponti joined fellow designers Paolo Venini and Michele Marelli to form a design collaborative called Il Labirinto (the Labyrinth), Italy’s answer to the Wiener Werkstätte. In 1932, when Venini's glass company lost the design services of the sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi, who left to start his own factory, he turned to Buzzi. The young architect’s careful study of lighting design and a love for experimentation yielded major innovations in Murano glass fixtures. The forms of his wares were inspired by sources from antiquity as diverse as Persian urns and animal-shaped Etruscan jugs. Buzzi developed a complex glass-layering method that produced deep, glowing pastel colors that ran from pink to peach, to sea-green and slate blue.
Buzzi furniture has a noteworthy elegance and nobility. Delicate chairs with arrow-shaped backs and elaborate burled wood armoires are typical of his aesthetic, and would add a sophisticated note to any room, modern or traditional. And an exemplary piece of Buzzi’s vibrant, lustrous glassware would merit a place of honor in every design collection.
Tomaso Buzzi for Venini Floor Lamp in Glass and Gold Leaf
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, floor lamp, model '502', alga glass, brass, gold leaf, Italy, 1933-38 This remarkable Italian floor lamp, designed by the Milanese multidisciplinary artist ...
Brass, Gold Leaf
$7,200Sale Price|20% Off
Model No. B-30 Floor Lamp by Franco Buzzi for Oluce
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model No. B-30 floor lamp by Franco Buzzi for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa the 1950s. Enameled metal, brass, marble base. Original co...
Marble, Metal, Brass
$2,074 / item
H 80.7 in Dm 6.7 in
Tito Agnoli Model #387 'Agnoli' Floor Lamp in Nickel and Travertine for Oluce
By Oluce, Tito Agnoli
Located in Glendale, CA
Tito Agnoli model #387 'Agnoli' floor lamp in nickel and travertine for Oluce. Designed in 1954, this ultra-refined lamp is now considered to be a key forerunner of minimalism. Executed in nickel-plated metal and travertine base. This newly produced authorized re-edition features a detachable Cornalux glass element covering a G9 bulb capable of directing beautifully diffused light in a highly precise manner. The bulb can be rotated and adjusted up or down Model 387 has always been referred to as the 'Agnoli,' named after its designer Tito Agnoli. It is one of the most historic lamps in the Oluce catalog. As a precursor of minimalism, the Agnoli lamp used the “Cornalux” light bulb, capable of directing light in an extremely precise manner, by mounting it on top of a sliding mechanism positioned on a stem. The sophisticated travertine base represents the component that adds a touch of elegance to an object in which simplicity and functionality become elements of pure poetry. Price is per item. Three lamps in Los Angeles...
Travertine, Metal, Nickel
$4,935
H 39.38 in Dm 11.82 in
Attributed to Tomaso Buzzi Art Dèco Style Brass Murano Glass Lantern Chandelier
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Art Deco style lantern chandelier with brass structure and roped glass diffuser, attributed to the architect and designer Tomaso Buzzi, ceiling lamp mod. 5265, from 1936. Height of g...
Brass
Large Architectural Glass and Concrete Floor Lamp for in and Outdoors
Located in Berlin, DE
We found this lamp in France and it was installed at a modernist 1960s house close to Bordeaux. Very unique. Please note: Lamp should be fitted professionally in accordance to local...
Concrete
$1,703Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 74.81 in W 6.7 in D 6.7 in
Agnoli Floor Lamp by Tito Agnoli for Oluce
By Oluce, Tito Agnoli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Agnoli floor lamp by Tito Agnoli for Oluce. The lamp gets its name from the designer who was nominated twice for the Compasso d’Oro award and was...
Metal
Model No. B-30 Floor Lamp by Franco Buzzi for Oluce
By Franco Buzzi, Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model No. B-30 floor lamp by Franco Buzzi for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1950s. Enameled metal, brass, marble base. Original EU cor...
Marble, Metal, Brass
Chandelier by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chandelier by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa the 1940s. An extremely striking elegantly crafted chandelier comprising of multiple pressed glass in...
Brass
Italian Art Deco Ceiling Light Attributed to Tomaso Buzzi, 1930s
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Milan, IT
Elegant and sculptural Italian ceiling light from the 1930s, attributed to Tomaso Buzzi. This striking Art Deco fixture features a dynamic composition of polished chrome elements com...
Chrome, Nickel
$3,040Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 68.9 in Dm 11.03 in
Superluna Floor Lamp by Victor Vasilev for Oluce
By Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Superluna floor lamp by Victor Vasilev for Oluce. Inspired by Vico Magistretti’s work, Vasilev focused on iconic shapes to improve the potential of the ...
Metal
Pair Venini Feather Sconces by Tomaso Buzzi 1930
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
Located in Hanover, MA
Graceful original pair of glass "feather" sconces from Venini Murano and designed by Tomaso Buzzi circa 1930. Gold air twist down the centre stem. Bronze mounts. Rewired. Ready to mo...
Bronze
Tomaso Barbi Conchiglia Floor Lamp, Italy
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tommaso Barbi design Conchiglia floor lamp in patinated brass for Bottega Gadda, Italy.
Brass
Carlo Scarpa Floor lamp for Venini, Murano, 1930s. Design n.502
By Paolo Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in BARCELONA, ES
This 1930s Venini Floor Lamp, design No. 502 from the Blue Furnace catalog, is an extraordinary example of Carlo Scarpa’s visionary design and Murano glass craftsmanship. Created for...
Brass
Joe Colombo Model #3321 'Coupé' Floor Lamp in Black for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo Model #3321 'Coupé' floor lamp in black for Oluce. Comprising a lacquered metal base, chrome stem, and adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminum, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury and a defining icon for Colombo. With a highly adjustable floor light...
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
Venini Floor Lamp by Tommaso Buzzi
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Naples, IT
Architect, urban planner, glass, furniture and landscape designer, and interior decorator Tomaso Buzzi was a 20th century renaissance man. Buzzi, along with his frequent collaborator Gio Ponti, led Italy’s Novecento Milanese movement of the 1920s and 1930s. An approximate equivalent to France’s Art Deco movement. While Buzzi is prized for chairs, tables and other furnishings that modernized the majestic lines of 18th-century designs, he is best known for the remarkable, jewel-toned glassware he produced in a two-year stint as the artistic director of the Venini glassworks on the Venetian island of Murano. Buzzi was born in 1900 in the town of Sondrio in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. He studied at the Milan Polytechnic, and soon after he graduated joined a lively Milanese decorative arts scene. In 1927, he and Ponti joined fellow designers Paolo Venini and Michele Marelli to form a design collaborative called Il Labirinto (the Labyrinth), Italy’s answer to the Wiener Werkstätte. In 1932, when Venini's glass company lost the design services of the sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi, who left to start his own factory, he turned to Buzzi. The young architect’s careful study of lighting design and a love for experimentation yielded major innovations in Murano glass fixtures. The forms of his wares were inspired by sources from antiquity as diverse as Persian urns and animal-shaped Etruscan jugs...
Brass