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 Esprit Toni Zuccheri XL Original Glass Flower Chandelier, Italy 1970
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Vienna, AT
Original vintage majestic 39" Esprit ball chandelier in wonderful refurbished condition, Venini 1960-1969
One of kind unique giant Esprit chandelier...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel, Nickel
3 Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Sconces Signed by Venini, circa 1960
By Venini
Located in Merida, Yucatan
3 Mid-Century Modern Murano glass sconces manufctured by Venini, circa 1960, in clear and amber thick Murano glass slabs.
Metal hardware has been lacquered white but it was original...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Tobia Scarpa Vase 'occhi' for Venini, ca. 1970
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A white 'occhi' murrine vase designed by Tobia Scarpa in 1960, manufactured by Venini, Venice ca. 1970. Etched signature 'venini italia' on the base.
Measures:
Width: 3.94" (10 cm)
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Glass Chandelier by Venini
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Outstanding three tiered rippled Murano glass chandelier by Venini.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Three Mid-Century Modern Chrome and Murano Glass Sconces signed Venini, ca 1960
By Venini
Located in Merida, Yucatan
3 Mid-Century Modern chrome and Murano glass sconces by Venini.
Manufacured circa 1960, in clear and amber thick Murano glass slabs and stamped Venini in the chromed hardware.
It i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Venini Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Venini “Toni Zuccheri “ Sconce Murano Glass Metal Crome 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini sconce.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Tobia Scarpa Battuto Vase for Venini
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Chicago, IL
Tobia Scarpa Battuto Vase for Venini, model no. 8067, blown glass with acid frosted surface, engraved 'venini italia'.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
VENINI Sconces Murano Glass Brass 1930 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Sconces.
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Chandelier Murano Glass Iron, 1950, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Chandelier.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Siderale, Sommerso and Battuto Glass Sculpture by Giorgio Vigna
By Venini
Located in Brussels, BE
Sculpture in translucent glass whose interior has a "cavity" in blue sommerso glass.
The blue color causes a slight exterior reflection.
The entire exterior of the piece is wheel engraved.
Giorgio Vigna...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Chandelier Ball Murano Glass Venini Italian Design Brass Chain Gold 1960s
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian Murano glass ball chandelier, with gold brass chain.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass and Brass Chandelier, 1950s
By Venini
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Rare example of a Murano glass and brass chandelier, produced by Venini in the 1950s. Twenty-two curved arms in Murano crystal. Four E27 bulbs.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Soffiato Vase in Yellow and Lattimo Glass ca. 1950s
By Venini, Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Soffiato Vase in Yellow and Lattimo Glass ca. 1950s
A Venini soffiato (mouth blown) glass vase with very thin opaque yellow ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini “Triloba” Murano Glass Brass Model 963, 1965, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini chandelier.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
3 Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Sconces by Venini, circa 1960
By Venini
Located in Merida, Yucatan
3 Mid-Century Modern Murano glass sconces manufctured by Venini, circa 1960, in clear and amber thick Murano glass slabs.
Metal hardware lacquered white.
It is shown with warm and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Sconces Brass Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini sconces.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini Frame Brass Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini frame brass Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Venini Sconce Murano Glass Metal 1940 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Sconce.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Art Glass Bottle with Fasce Decoration in Yellow, Murano 1950s
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Venini art glass bottle with Fasce decoration in yellow, Murano 1950s
A large art glass bottle in white opaque glass with yellow stopper and a yellow "a fascia" band on the body as ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
1960's Murano Glass and Brass Chandelier by Venini
By Venini
Located in Amsterdam, NH
Looking for lighting that makes an impression? This is the one. From the practical, chunky chain and canopy, underneath we get to a spectacular arrangement of hanging crystal-glass c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini “Battuto” Vase Murano Glass, 1959, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini vase.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Venini Egg by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana for Pierre Cardin, Vintage 1960
By Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Venini egg by ludovico diaz de santillana for pierre cardin - vintage 1960
on its plexiglass base.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Reticello Glass Chandelier by Venini
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Murano glass chandelier decorated in reticello glass, made by Venini Glass and Att. to be designed by Carlo Scarpa. An elegant spherical design with br...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Camer, Venini Solid Glass Chandelier or Pendant, 1960s, Italy
By Venini
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Thick mouth blowed triad shaped optical grade glass bar.
Prime quality material, solid sturdy steel structure.
Contain two regular ceramic E26 size socket rated at 100 watts ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Steel
Patchwork Murano Wall Sconces by Venini, 3 Available
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare vintage Italian Patchwork wall lights with Murano glass plates mounted on painted metal frames, designed by Toni Zuccheri and made by Venini in Italy, in 1960s
Each piece can b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Carlo Scarpa Poliedri Ceiling Lamp for Venini in Yellow and Grey, Italy 1950s
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Milan, IT
Carlo Scarpa Murano Glass Poliedri ceiling lamp for Venini in yellow and Grey, Italy 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Venini Wall Lights by Carlo Scarpa
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in London, GB
Beautiful textured opalescent glass wall lights by Carlo Scarpa.
Category
1940s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Venini Applique Brass Murano Glass 1930 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Applique.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Ceiling Ball Chandelier Venini Yellow Brass Chain, Italy, 1950s
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian ceiling ball chandelier venini yellow brass chain, Italy, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
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.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Art Deco Handblown Murano Glass Rod and Brass Sconces Signed by Venini
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
This of Art Deco Handblown Murano Glass Rod and Brass Sconces were produced and signed by the fabled atelier of Venini in Italy, cir...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Mid 20th Century Italian Art Glass Picture Frame for Venini by, Carlo Scarpa
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Englewood, NJ
A fine Italian Mid Century Modern glass "Mezza Filigrana" picture frame designed by, Carlo Scarpa for Venini. The mirror frame is internally decorated with pink lattice decoration an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Venini Murano Toni Zuccheri Italian Blown Glass Shade Pendant
By Venini
Located in Toledo, OH
Vintage Venini Murano hand blown art glass single socket pendant by Toni Zuccheri. Circa 1960's -1970's. New wiring and chrome ceiling cap. 13.5" in dia...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
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...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
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 ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini Table Lamp Brass Murano Glass Fabric Lampshade 1960 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini table lamp.
Category
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...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Venini 1940, Chandelier, Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Large chandelier Venini Murano glass. Structure iron. The difference in color is to have deliberately put different light bulbs.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Venini Vase “Battuto “ 1959 Murano Glass Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Vase Venini.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Fulvio Bianconi Bowl Pezzato Americano, Venini, Murano 1950s
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A Pezzato Americano bowl in yellow, green, straw and black colored glass designed by Fulvio Bianconi in 1950. Manufactured by Venini, Venice ca. 1950s. With acid etched signature "Ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass
Venini Mezza Filigrana Bottle
By Venini
Located in Riverdale, NY
Lovely, period Venini Mezza filigrana bottle circa 1950's of spiraling threads in yellow and black on crystal with elongated neck, conical stopper, po...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Murano Glass Chandelier by Venini for Camer Glass
By Camer Glass, Venini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic 1970s Venini Murano glass chandelier will make a definite statement with its clear and smokey topaz prisms which catch the light beautifullly.
Note: Dimension...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Venini Chandelier, 1955 Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Chandelier, Murano glass 1955, brass and glass.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini Murano Pair of Figurines Arlecchino and Arlecchina
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Brussels, BE
A rare pair of figurines designed by Fulvio Bianconi, manufactured by Venini Murano in Italy, circa 1955.
In lattimo glass with polychrome decoratio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Sconce Murano Glass Brass, 1930, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Sconce.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
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.
Category
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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini “Toni Zuccheri” Ceilling Light Murano Glass Brass 1955 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini ceilling light.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Giade Bowl by Tony Zuccheri for Venini, Murano, 1964
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A bowl of the Giade series designed by Tony Zuccheri in 1964 and manufactured by Venini, Venice, Italy ca. 1960s. Multilayered glass with copper inclusions against a dark blue opaque...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano 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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Tobia Scarpa for Venini Murano Blown Glass Midcentury "Occhi" Murrine Vase
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in Brussels, BE
A beautiful "occhi" brown and clear Murano Murrine glass vase.
Murrine is the name given to these pieces, the name comes from the technique used.
The technique consists of an arrangement of transparent glass pieces with a brown
strapping, these pieces are then melted to give shape when the material is melted.
Tobia Scarpa is the son of Carlo Scarpa, he worked at the Venini and reinterpreted forms and techniques developed by his father before the war...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Vase Murano Glass “Flavio Poli” 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Vase.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
1950s Venini Ruby Red Murano Glass, Decorated with Rose Window, Very Particular
By Venini
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1950s Venini ruby red Murano glass, decorated with rose window, very particular centerpiece
Excellent conditions
Measures cm: cm Height 4, diameter 24
History and curiosity...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Paolo Venini Murano Italy Midcentury Glass Vase “Incisi” Serie, 1956
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Truncated cone vase from the “Incisi” series designed by Paolo Venini for Venini Murano, heavy blown glass with overlapping colors of amethyst, crystal and carnelian, etched on the o...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Murano Toni Zuccheri Giada Italian Art Glass Coral Red Perfume Bottle
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and very rare, vintage Murano hand blown coral red with copper filaments Italian art glass perfume / cologne bottle. Documented to designer Toni Zuccheri for Venini, circa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Copper
‘Fungo’ Murano Glass Table Lamp by Massimo Vignelli for Venini, Italy, 1950s
By Massimo Vignelli, Venini
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This beautiful ocean blue Murano glass table lamp, model 'Fungo', was designed by Massimo Vignelli for Venini in Italy in the 1950s. It was in ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass, 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.