Venini Furniture
Italian
Beginning in the 1930s — and throughout the postwar years especially — Venini & Co. played a leading role in the revival of Italy’s high-end glass industry, pairing innovative modernist designers with the skilled artisans who created extraordinary chandeliers, sconces and other lighting in the centuries-old glass workshops on the Venetian island of Murano.
While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international designers to Murano’s hallowed workshops to create Venini pieces — among them Gio Ponti, Massimo Vignelli, Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearns of the United States and Fulvio Bianconi.
Paolo Venini trained and practiced as a lawyer for a time, though his family had been involved with glassmaking for generations. After initially buying a share in a Venetian glass firm — he and antiques dealer Giacomo Cappellin established Vetri Soffiati Cappellin Venini & C. in 1921 — Venini took over the company as his own in 1925, and under his direction, it produced mainly classical Baroque designs.
In 1932, Venini hired the young Carlo Scarpa— who would later distinguish himself as an architect — as his lead designer. Scarpa, working in concert with practiced glass artisans, completely modernized Venini, introducing simple, pared-down forms; bright primary colors; and bold patterns such as stripes, banding and abstract compositions that utilized cross sections of murrine (glass rods).
Paolo Venini’s best designs are thought to be his two-color Clessidre hourglasses, produced from 1957 onward, and the Fazzoletto (“handkerchief”) vase, designed with Bianconi in 1949. Bianconi’s masterworks are considered by many to be his Pezzato works — colorful vases with patterns that resemble those of a patchwork quilt.
Other noteworthy and highly collectible vintage Venini works include Ponti’s dual-tone stoppered bottles (circa 1948); rare glass sculptures from the Doge series by Stearns, the first American to design for the firm; Vignelli’s striped lanterns of the 1960s; the Occhi vases with eyelet-shaped patterns by Tobia Scarpa (son of Carlo); and, with their almost zen purity, the Bolle (“bubbles”) bottles designed by Wirkkala in 1968.
With these works — and many others by some of the creative titans of the 20th and 21st centuries — Venini has produced one of the truly great bodies of work in modern design.
Find antique and vintage Venini chandeliers, serveware, table lamps, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Period: Mid-20th Century
Creator: Venini
Venini Vase “Zanfirico“ Murano Glass 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini vase “Zanfirico“ Murano glass 1950 Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Model 802.1 Sconces by Tobia Scarpa for Venini
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model 802.1 Sconces by Tobia Scarpa for Venini. Designed and manufactured in Italy, 1965. Satin glass diffuser with brushed glass incalmo strip...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass, Nickel
1930s Venini "Torchon" Twisted Murano Glass Art Deco Table Clock
By Venini
Located in Brescia, IT
Twisted murano glass frame with silver detail.
Junghans hand-wound watch.
Nickel brass base.
Perfect working order.
Perfect condition.
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Six Mid-Century Modern "Patchwork" Glass Sconces by Toni Zuccheri for Venini
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Six Mid-Century Modern sconces 'Patchwork' model designed by Toni Zuccheri for Venini and manufactured circa 1970, in clear and blue Murano glass.
Priced individually.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Carlo Scarpa for Venini Filigrana Murano Glass pendant, Italy, 1930s
By Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Intricate Carlo Scarpa for Venini Filigrana murano glass pendant,
Italy, 1930s.
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Murano Art Glass Bowl with White Stripes from Venini, 1960s
By Venini
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Circular clear glass bowl decorated with white incapsulated glass stripes. Technique: (Italian) Canne/Canne Retorte. It was made by Venini in Murano Italy during the 1960s and was pr...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Chandelier “Toni Zuccheri“ Murano Glass Metal Iron, 1950, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini chandelier “Toni Zuccheri“ Murano glass metal iron, 1950, Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Four Toni Zuccheri Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Sconces for Venini, 1960s
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Four wall lamps produced in the 1960s by Venini based on a design by Toni Zuccheri. White painted metal structure. Bark glass diffuser. Brass screws.
You...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Venini Vase Iridescent Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini vase iridescent Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Set of Seven Sconces in Murano Glass Toni Zuccheri for Venini, Italy, 1960s
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Rome, IT
Set of seven wall sconces applique in murano glass with blue details by Toni Zuccheri for Venini. Made in Italy in the 1960s.
The sconces come in three different dimensions: three ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Filigrana Vase Murano Art Glass Multi-Color Venini Style 1960s Italian Design
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Filigrana Vase Murano Art Glass Multi-color Attributed to Venini 1960s Italian design.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Chandelier 8 Lights Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini chandelier 8 lights Murano glass 1940 Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Venini Murano Fulvio Bianconi Handkerchief White Latimo
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Brussels, BE
This is a vintage circa 1950 fazzoletto (handkerchief) vase designed by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini Murano in Italy.
The vase is made from white latimo glass
The shape of old handke...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Glass Wall Lamp Sconce by Toni Zuccheri for Venini, Italy, 1960s
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Rome, IT
Large wall sconce designed by the Italian designer Toni Zuccheri for Venini, circa 1960s. This piece comes with the original metal brackets for mounting and installation. Made of Mur...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
MCM "Fazzoletto" Chandelier in "Zanfirico" Glass by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Beautiful Mid-Century Modern pendant light or lantern designed by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini in white Murano glass.
The shade of the chandelier is called "Fazzoletto" that translate...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venetian Lantern Chandelier "Reticello" Glass, Murano, 1950s
By Venini
Located in Budapest, HU
Extraordinary piece in Murano glass. Handblown "reticello" glass, typical example of the renowned Venetian glassworks. Measures: Total height 95 cm. Height glass lantern: 34 cm. Large glass lantern...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of Six Venini Drinking Glasses in Blue and Yellow Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Set of six Venini champagne drinking glasses in blue and yellow mezza filigrana Murano glass.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Chandelier 8 Lights Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini chandelier 8 lights murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Macchie Vase 'Model 4321', Fulvio Bianconi, Venini Murano, 'Italy'
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Brussels, BE
Vase in thick transparent glass, one side of the vase decorated with a "stain" forming an abstract design (macchie means stain in Italian), this stain is dark in color, on the other ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Set of Three Gold-Plated Piramide Venini StyleFlush Mounts, 3 sizes, Italy
By Venini
Located in Rijssen, NL
An exceptional set of three gold-plated Venini flush mounts with faceted clear crystal tubes of Murano glass. Modulated in the form of a pyramid. The flush mounts are designed and pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Chrome
Decorative Glass Box with Murrine Lid, Ludovico Diaz de Santillana Venini Murano
By Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in Brussels, BE
Pretty and rare decorative box or candy box in transparent straw-colored glass topped with a lid with delicate murrine work in coral tones.
The design of the murrine imagined by Lu...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini Table Lamps Couple Murano Glass Metal, 1965, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini table lamps couple Murano glass metal, 1965, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Vase Forato by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano, 1950s
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Tan France Auction Pick
A Forato vase in green, and amber colored glass designed by Fulvio Bianconi in 1951, manufactured by Venini, Venice, Italy ca. 195...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
VeArt 1960s Italian Pair of Copper Silver Speckles Black Murano Glass Urn Lamps
By Venini, VeArt
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Italian vintage lamps commissioned to VeArt by Pauly & C. (VeArt-Venini and Pauly & C. labels), in black blown murano glass worked with the highest quality of technique cal...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Silver, Copper
Venini Triedri Chandelier Murano Glass Iron 1960 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini “Triedri” chandelier Murano glass iron 1960 Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Paolo Venini Inciso Bowl
By Venini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vibrant Acid Green color enhances the inciso technique.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Venini Murano Signed Red Cocktail Pitcher
By Venini
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful Murano cocktail pitcher or carafe by Venini. It is cranberry red with an acid etched signature. Wonderful vintage condition with no chips, cracks, or chiggers. There is some shelf wear to the bottom. Please see photos. Circa 1960s.
If you want to serve your guests their cocktails in high style, you need this gorgeous carafe! This is a Venini carafe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Murano Light Blue Table Lamp Marked Venini, 1950s
By Venini
Located in IT
Italian Murano light blue table lamp marked Venini, 1950s
Murano light blue glass table lamp. From Italy, from mid-20th century. It is signed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Massimo Vignelli Style Striped Murano Glass Pendant Lamp, Midcentury, Italy
By Massimo Vignelli, Venini
Located in Vienna, AT
Large glass tear-drop pendant light, Italy, probably circa 1960's
Well-sized glass pendant fixture consisting of a beautiful blown glass shade with white on white stripes which al...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini Murano Signed Green Cocktail Pitcher
By Venini
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous Murano cocktail pitcher or carafe by Venini. It is emerald, green with an acid etched signature. Wonderful vintage condition with no chips, cracks, or chiggers. There is some shelf wear to the bottom. Please see photos, Circa 1960s.
If you want to serve your guests their cocktails in high style, you need this fabulous pitcher! This is a Venini carafe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini Original Tronchi and Gold Triedi Chandelier or Lantern, Murano, 1960
By Venini
Located in Rome, IT
Stunning Italian Mid-Century Modern chandelier by Venini with long Ice color hand blown "Tronchi "and shiny gold "trilobi"
The original metal structure with chain and canopy.
Three...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini Toni Zuccheri Chandelier Murano Glass Brass 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Tony Zuccheri chandelier Murano glass brass 1950 Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Round Venini Style Big Drops Gold Structure Chandelier Italian Design, 1960s
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Venini big drops gold structure chandelier Italian Design, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate
Seven Venini Tronchi Five Point Glass Shades
By Murano 5, Venini
Located in Garnerville, NY
Need extra shades? If you own or are trying to sell one of these signature chandeliers or sconces, then you probably need extra shades. Clear glass, five point drop shade, tree bark ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
1960s by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana for Venini Murano Glass Paperweight
By Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in Brescia, IT
Venini Murano Cannette glass paperweight, designed by Ludovico De Santillana.
Clear bubble over a heavy base decorated with applied filigrana cane segments.
Perfect condition.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Cascade Hand Blown Murano Glass Six-Light Chandelier, Italy, 1960s
By Venini
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A 1960s Venini cascading chandelier with three-tier hand blown milk and clear Murano glass spirals pendants, chrome mounted. Perfect vintage condition a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini, Murano, 1970 Cup Designed for Philips
By Venini, Ludovico Diaz de Santillana
Located in Brussels, BE
A rare large cup designed for Philips, circa 1968-1970 by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana.
A rectangular cup on a cylindrical high foot.
The centre decorated with concentric bands of orange, blue and green glass.
This designed ordered by the company Philips at Venini circa 1968 remind the beginning of color televisions...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Venitian Vase, Hand Painting Gold 24-Karat, 1970, Venini
By Venini
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This vase is a perfume bottle, that can be used with the cap, as it, or as a vase if we put off the cap.
The painting is handmade, it is a gold 24-karat painting.
This is a product...
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Vintage Membrana Floor Lamp by Zuccheri, 1960s
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Renens, CH
A lamp produced by the Italian lighting company Venini, design Toni Zuccheri.
This floor lamp has two light sources which can be controlled individually with the original external...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Massimo Vignelli Pendant Lamp for Venini, Italy, 1950s
By Venini, Massimo Vignelli
Located in Milan, IT
Massimo Vignelli pendant lamp for Venini, Italy, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Mirror 1940 Murano Glass Metal Crome, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini mirror 1940 Murano glass metal crome, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Square Venini Oval Shaped Gilt-Plated Flush Mount, Italy
By Venini
Located in Rijssen, NL
This stylish three-tiered faceted Murano flush mount with 58 clear crystal glass prisms was designed and produced by Venini in Italy from the 1970s. The Venin Murano prisms are suspe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Chandelier Murano 12 Lights 1940, Color Ambra Red Profiles, Round Shape, Glass
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini exceptional 1940 chandelier. Murano Venini. Amber red borders.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Venini Water and Wine Bottles Murano Glass, 1950, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini water and wine bottles Murano glass, 1950, Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Murano Big Blown Striped Glass Table Lamp, 1960s, Italy
By Venini
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Huge elegant table lamp manufactured in Murano by Venini, Italy. Made of mouth-blown white and clear striped art glass with very fine brass elements. The lamp provides smooth large a...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Tomaso Buzzi for Venini Vase
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
“Incamiciato” vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, 1933-1984. Designed in the 1930s this example was executed in 1984. Cased-glass vase of mauve exterior ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
J.T. Kalmar Floor Lamp, Brass Emerald Green Murano Glass, 1960
By J.T. Kalmar, Venini
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A fantastic and floor lamp 'Glasschaft' (engl. 'glass rod'), no. 2134 by J.T. Kalmar, Austria, Vienna, manufactured in midcentury, in 1960s.
The Stand is made of an emerald green twi...
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Wall Sconces by Toni Zuccheri
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Midcentury wall sconces by Toni Zuccheri
Brass structure with Murano glass diffusers.
Produced by Venini Italy in 1960s.
Measures: Height 1...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Big Carlo Scarpa Venini Murano Glass Vase "Battuto" Series Acid Signed
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Rovereta, SM
Big Carlo Scarpa Venini Murano glass vase "Battuto" series acid signed cm 33.5.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Venini Table Lamps “Triptych“ Murano Glass Metal, 1965, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini table lamps “Triptych“ Murano glass metal, 1965, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
1960 Italy Venini 'Swirl' Chandelier with Twisted Amber & Clear Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant swirl chandelier designed by Paolo Venini with thirty-seven large, twisted, amber and clear Murano glasses suspended in two stages around a chromed brass frame, which thanks ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Venini Oval Murano Glass Chandelier 12-Light, 1930, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Rare and exceptional Venini oval Murano glass chandelier 12-light, 1930, Italy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Centerpiece/Pocket Emptier Murano Glass Gold, 1950, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Centerpiece/Pocket Emptier Murano glass gold, 1950, Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Flush Mount, Brass and Curve Glass with Black Stripe, 1970
By Murano 5, Venini
Located in Rijssen, NL
An elegant Italian Murano flushmount by Venini. Manufactured in the 1970s the flushmount is made of 11 crystal Murano glasses in different lengths. The glasses have a black stripe.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini Ceiling Lights Attributed to Carlo Scarpa for Venini, 1950s
By Venini
Located in Aachen, NRW
Venini ceiling lights attributed to Carlo Scarpa for Venini, 1950s.
Wonderful light effect.
The heavily textured and slightly iridescent glass dome is held in place by brass knob
...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Toni Zuccheri Chandelier Murano Glass Brass 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Toni Zuccheri chandelier Murano glass brass 1950 Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Sconce 1940 Murano Glass Metal Crome Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini sconce 1940 Murano glass metal crome Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Riccardo Licata Venini Murano Black Orange Murrine Italian Art Glass Large Bowl
By Venini, Riccardo Licata
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, large and rare, vintage Murano hand blown mosaic white, black and orange murrines Italian art glass bowl. Documented to designer and painter Riccardo Licata for Venini, ci...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass, Murrine
Venini furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Venini 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 Venini furniture, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 1,141 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 1,298 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Venini were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Ettore Sottsass, Artemide, and Vistosi. Prices for Venini furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $11 and can go as high as $377,941, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,694.