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: 1940s
Creator: Venini
Venini 1940s Ceiling Lamp, Murano Cordonato Glass and Brass, Italian Design
By Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Elegant and timeless, Murano glass ceiling lamps are varied and diverse but each carries with it the aura of the wisdom of the lagoon's master glassmakers. This chandelier created by...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Applique Murano Glass Corteccia Model by Venini, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milan, Italy
A pair of Corteccia model wall lamps designed and produced by Venini in 1940.
Category
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Diamante Glass Bowl by Venini, Italy 1940s
By Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Diamante Glass Bowl by Venini, Italy 1940s
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini clear Murano glass and brass ceiling lamp, Italy 1940s
By Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Venini Glass ceiling lamp.
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
1950 Tyra Lundgren Venini Bianco Filigrana Vetro Murano Ciotola Foglia
By Tyra Lundgren Carolina, Venini
Located in Brescia, IT
"Foglia" ciotola
Tyra Lundgren
Venini, 1950
Vetro Bianco "Mazza Filigrana"
Presentata per la prima volta alla Biennale di Venezia del 1938
Eccellenti condizioni
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Venini handles in Murano glass Torcello and Brass 1940s Gold
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of Venini handles in Murano glass Torcello and Brass 1940s Gold
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Venini handles in Murano glass Torcello and Brass 1940s Gold
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of Venini handles in Murano glass Torcello and brass 1940s Gold
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Venini handles in Murano glass Torcello and Brass 1940s Gold
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of Venini handles in Murano glass Torcello and Brass 1940s Gold
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
VENINI Pulegoso Glass N 3 Appliques Metal Crome Opaline Glass 1940 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
N. Three 1940 VENINI Appliques In Pulegoso Glass
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Chandelier by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
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...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Murano Sommerso A Bollicine Vase, designed by Carlo Scarpa for Venini 1930s
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Bochum, NRW
Murano Sommerso A Bollicine Vase, designed by Carlo Scarpa for Venini &C circa 1936
Carlo Scarpa, Sommerso vase featuring ribbed internal glass l...
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1940s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini 1940s Photo Frame Wall Mirror with Brass Parts
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Wall mirror Venini 1940s photo frame parts in brass, it can be used as a wall mirror or wall photo frame according to your choice.
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1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chandelier Murano 12 Lights 1940, Color Ambra Red Profiles, Round Shape, Glass
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Exceptional 1940 chandelier. Murano Venini. Amber red borders.
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1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Venini Centerpiece Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Centerpiece VENINI.
Category
1940s Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Couple Chandeliers Murano Glass Iron Brass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini chandes.
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1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Carlo Scarpa for Venini Reticello Murano Glass Globe, Italy, circa 1940
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in New York, NY
A hand blown glass globe / sphere with stunning reticello glass design, wiith brass stem and canopy. Designed by Carlo Scarpa for Venini, circa 1940. A c...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Applique Murano Glass by Venini, 1940
By Venini
Located in Milan, Italy
Wall lamp in Murano glass by Venini, 1940.The applique is made up of several glass modules to be inserted inside a brass structure.There is no electrical system which can be made on ...
Category
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Applique Murano Glass by Venini, 1940
By Venini
Located in Milan, Italy
Wall lamp in Murano glass by Venini, 1940.The applique is made up of several glass modules to be inserted inside a brass structure.There is no electrical system which can be made on ...
Category
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
VENINI Table Lamp Brass Murano Glass Lampshade Fabric 1950s Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI table lamp
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Table Lamp Murano Glass Brass Lampshade, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Lampada da tavolo Venini Misure solo della struttura vetro senza paralume. Height 38cm. Large 18 cm.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
VENINI Chandelier Filigrana Murano Glass 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Chandelier
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Venini Sconces, 1940s
By Venini
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare large Venini wall lights from the 1940s. Minimal patinated brass hardware with large tapered textured glass diffusers which have an iridescent coatin...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Paolo Venini Twisted Rope Round Murano Wall Mirror
By Venini
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Murano 1940s round glass vanity wall mirror surmounted by thick finely twisted blown glass with brass straps by Paulo Venini. The mirror has a newer wood ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini, Table Mirror, Murano Glass, Brass, Mirror Glass, Italy, 1940s
By Venini
Located in High Point, NC
A murano glass and brass table mirror designed and produced by Venini, Italy, 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Large Italian Chandelier of the 40s/50s Signed Venini Murano Pendants
By Venini
Located in Lyon, FR
Sculptural Italian chandelier from the famous house Venini dating from the 40/50s. Structures in white lacquered metal (original paint) and rectangular diffusers in transparent Muran...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Venini Sconces Murano Glass Metal Crome, Italia, 1940
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Sconces Venini.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini “ Pulegoso “ Chandelier/ Cheilling Light Brass Iron Murano Glass 1940 Ita
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini chandelier.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini 1940s Ceiling Lamp, Murano Corteccia Glass and Brass, Italian Design
By Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Elegant and timeless, Murano glass ceiling lamps are varied and diverse but each carries with it the aura of the wisdom of the lagoon's master glassmakers. This ceiling light from th...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Venini Chandelier Murano Glass Metal Brass 1940 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Chandelier VENINI.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Green Gold Flecked Sommerso Glass Bonbonnière / Bowl by Venini, Italy
By Venini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This tiny bonbonniere is made in sommerso Murano glass, with gold flakes and few bubbles due to the process of glass blowing.
It is a vintage piece, but it can ...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Venini Picture Frame Brass Murano Glass Gold 1940 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini frame.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Stunning and Original Chandelier by Venini, Murano, 1940s
By Venini
Located in Budapest, HU
Majestic and extremely rare 12-light chandelier from the celebrated Venetian furnace of Venini. A huge composition composed of eight "pulegoso" glass leaves. The visual effect is imp...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
VENINI Chandelier Murano Glass Iron 1940 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Chandelier
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Milk Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Centerpiece Murano Glass Gold, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI centerpiece.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Chandelier Murano Glass Iron 1940 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Chandelier.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage 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
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 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
Large Venini Wall Lights by Carlo Scarpa
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Large wall lights designed by Carlo Scarpa for Venini in the 1940s. Each is composed of five hand blow Murano glasses made in the “Corteccia” technique. The color of the glass is amb...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Tomaso Buzzi Sconces for Venini
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Rovereta, SM
Early four of sconces by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini Ceiling Light/Sconces Murano Glass Brass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini ceiling light /sconces murano glass 1940 Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Cendrier in Deep Red Glass by Carlo Scarpa circa 1942 for Venini
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in London, GB
Rare deep red cased and iridized glass, bowl complete with stubber (cendrier / ashtray), designed by Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978) circa 1942, for Venini, with acid stamp on its underside 'Venini Murano MADE IN ITALY'
From 1933 to 1947 Scarpa became the artistic consultant to Venini from 1933 to 1947 the glass manufacturer, one of the great celebrated glass works in the history of design. Carlo Scarpa’s highly inventive use of traditional Murano techniques resulted in this original sculptural and sensually formed crimson dish companied by its pestle. Scarpa's success was to look to the past with an innovative approach towards technique and creativity giving birth to the avant-garde.
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Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
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 “Bugne” Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini vase “Bugne” Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
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
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
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
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
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 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
Venini Ceiling Light Murano Glass Brass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini ceiling light Murano glass brass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Chandelier Glass Metal Crome, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini chandelier glass metal crome, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Venini Ceiling Light/Sconce Murano Glass Brass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini ceiling light/sconce Murano glass brass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Couple Table Lamp Murano Glass Brass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini couple table lamp Murano glass brass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Multicolored Chandelier by Gio Ponti for Venini
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Murano multicolored chandelier by Gio Ponti for Venini. Murano, colorful glass, with gold flecks and brass trim.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
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.