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: 1960s
Creator: Venini
1 of 2 Large 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, the 1960s.
Wonderful light effect.
The heavily textured glass dome is held in place by 4 chrome knob...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
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Metal
Venini 7 Lamps Mod, Patchwork in Hand Blown Murano Glass
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Set of seven incredible wall lights designed by Toni Zuccheri and produced by Venini Murano, model Patchwork.
These beautiful glass handmade sconces a...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
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Metal
Six Vintage Italian Sconces with Clear Tronchi Murano Glass by Venini
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Wall Lights with 12 clear murano glasses blown in Tronchi technique, mounted on antiqued gold metal frames, designed by Venini, circa 1960s. Made in Italy.
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1960s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Original 'CALZA' Glass Chandelier by Venini, Italy 1960's
By Venini
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Original large Venini glass chandelier. Italy, Murano, 1960.
A large chandelier with hand-blown "CALZA" amber and clear glass tubes. Made in Murano Italy. Metal frames with glass ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Wall Lamp "Quilt" Design Toni Zuccheri for Venini, 1960s
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in taranto, IT
"Quilt" model wall lamp, Toni Zuccheri design for Venini, original from the 1960s, made of bark glass in shades of ocher
it measures about 40x40 cm, prot...
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1960s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Venini Table Lamp Brass Murano Glass Fabric Lampshade 1960 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini table lamp.
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1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Suspension Lamp Trihedron Murano Glass, 1960's
By Venini
Located in taranto, IT
Extraordinary 60's original venini chandelier with 46 transparent trihedron elements of 15 cm, lobe cm. 3.5, arranged in several rows to form a single, harmonious, complex game of re...
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1960s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass Oval Chandelier
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
Stunning 1960s Mid-Century Modern Venini glass chandelier with brass frame and amber and clear glass rods.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini Striped Glass Pendant Fixture, Italy
By Venini
Located in Riverdale, NY
Attractive Venini Italian Glass Fixture in milk and chrome yellow vertical stripes.
Excellent condition. 1960's Italy.
13.5" high, 11" wide at widest, 5" at top. 22" original wiri...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Vennini 1960s Pendant Reticello Glass Pendant
By Venini
Located in London, GB
Large and exquisite blown crystal clear Murano glass dome shape lampshade decorated with spiraling white stripes of using the highly skilled Reticello technique that involves the mer...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Mid Century Modern Venini "Tree Bark" Pattern Wall Sconces
By Venini
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Venini Murano wall sconces in a clear thick ribbed pattern, Tree Bark. Stainless steel back plate with a double socket, incandesce...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Venini Pair of Murano Transparent Glass Wall Sconces Italian Design, 1960s
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Venini pair of Murano transparent glass wall sconces Italian design, 1960s.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Trihedron Glass Vintage Wall Light Produced by Venini, 4 Available, 1960s
By Venini
Located in taranto, IT
Extraordinary batch of 4 huge appliques
These original Venini 1960s, composed of a metal structure, with inserts on the upper edge, and about 80 trihedron glasses, most of them 28 c...
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1960s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Venini Sconces Murano Glass Iron Metal Chrome, 1960, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini sconces Murano glass iron metal chrome, 1960, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Chandelier in Trefoil Glass Produced by Venini, 1960s
By Venini
Located in taranto, IT
Splendid original venini 60s chandelier, a cascade of trefoil glass of mixed shades of amber and white arranged on several levels, elegant, harmonious, timeless
overall height just under 70 centimeters, carefully and scrupulously preserved, in excellent storage conditions, all pendants are without damage
there are 43 glasses in all 28 pieces of 24cm and 15 pieces of 12cm
diameter of the chandelier 40...
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1960s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Venini Obelisk Murano Glass, 1960, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini obelisk murano glass 1960 Italy.
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1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Signed Camer Eight-Tier Glass Prism Chandelier, 1960s, Italia
By Camer Glass, Venini
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Massive Camer/ Venini optical glass quality prism chandelier.
Solid, well made handcrafted steel structure.
8 regular E26 size ceramic socket rated at 100 watt.
Total weigh...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Steel
Venini Glass And Brass Pendant
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
1960's Mid-Century Modern Venini glass and brass pendant, in vintage condition with minor wear and patina due to age and use, newly rewired and ready to use.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Mid-Century Murano Ball Glass Pendant Lamp by Toni Zuccheri, 1960s
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stylish Italian mid-century blown Murano glass, ball shape pendant lamp designed by Toni Zuccheri in the 1960s per Venini fashion house and named th...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel
Iconic Venini Esprit Chandelier, 1970
By Venini
Located in Rome, IT
This striking esprit chandelier was produced by Venini during the 1970s.
Explosion of flowers, made with amber and clear precious Murano glasses.
C...
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Amber Glass Venini Pendant, Italy, 1960s
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
A classic simple glass pendant light with a wonderfully warm color.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown 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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Murano Glass Pendant Milky White Pattern, Style of Venini, c 1970's
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian murano glass globe pendant blown with milky white pattern on chrome hardware, style of Venini, c 1970's.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Chandelier Rare, Murano Glass 1955 Iron Metal, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini rare chandelier Murano glass 1955 iron metal, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Centerpiece Murano Glass, 1960, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini centerpiece murano glass, 1960, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Chandelier Murano Glass Iron Metal Crome, 1960, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini chandelier Murano glass iron metal crome, 1960, Italy.
Category
1960s 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
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
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 ...
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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
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
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
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 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
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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
VeArt 1960s Italian Pair of Copper Silver Speckles Black Murano Glass Urn Lamps
By VeArt, Venini
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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Silver, Copper
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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
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
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.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini, Murano, 1970 Cup Designed for Philips
By Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini
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...
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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
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
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
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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
1960s Italy Paolo Venini Sputnik Chandelier Murano Glass & Chrome
By Venini
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant starburst pendant lamp designed by Paolo Venini. Chromed stems and hardware and steel fixture. Newly rewired with six sockets. Star-shaped Murano glass resembles flowers. Cha...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Chrome
1960s Venini "Trilobi" Murano Glass Italian Design Pair of Ceiling Lamps
By Venini
Located in Brescia, IT
42 glass pendant for each lamp
7-light for each
Original 1960s
Great manufacture
Excellent condition
2 small chips (look the picture)
One metal hook not original (look the ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
1960s Tapio Wirkkala for Venini Art Glass Egg Sculpture Italy
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Chula Vista, CA
glass art egg designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini.
Includes original mounting stand.
Signed on the bottom from Italy
2.75 tall x 2diameter, Base .25H x 1.5in diameter.
Original v...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Gold
Midcentury Caliari Venini Inciso Art Glass Cube Eyeball Sculpture Paperweights
By Venini
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful pair of Italia glass artworks. Heavy etched glass pieces, one is signed.
Measures: LG 2.38 x 2.38 x 2.5 in.
SM 1.75 x 1.75 x 1.75 in.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Large Venini Triedri Glass Flush Mount Chandelier
By Venini
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A substantial hexagon form Venini chandelier comprised of two sized of glass prisms, suspended from a metal frame. Six standard light sockets within the cage of glass prisms give a s...
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
3 Venini Grey Sconces
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(3) 1960s modern Venini grey sconces from Italy with hand blown Venini glass shades. Single E26 medium based socket per sconce. Original finish, partially ...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Nickel, Steel
"Morandiane" Glass Bottle by Venini, Italy, 1960s
By Venini
Located in Brussels, BE
"Morandiane" glass bottle by Venini, Italy, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Mid Century Brown Murano Glass Drops Chandelier by Paolo Venini, 1960s
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
This large Murano brown glass drops and caramel colour crystals chandelier was made and designed by Venini in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Large Venini Table Lamp 'Model 832' by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, 1960s, Italy
By Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in Munich, DE
Extremely rare, large and elegant Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass table lamp. Designed by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana for Venini, 1960s, Murano, Italy.
Executed in Murano glass shad...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini Chandelier Murano Glass Metal Chrome, 1960, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini chandelier Murano glass metal chrome, 1960, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Midcentury Black Vase Sergio Asti Style for Venini Blown Murano Glass
By Sergio Asti, Venini
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Black vase Sergio Asti style for Venini in blown Murano glass, circa 1960s.
Measure cm: H 28 Diameter 30.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
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.