Venini Decorative Objects
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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Creator: Venini
Paolo Venini Inciso Vase
By Venini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This is a clean example with pleasing proportions
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$4,250
White Venini Handkerchief Bowl, Zanfirico Filigree Glass, Venini Murano
By Venini
Located in Stockholm, SE
Handkerchief ''zanfirico'' bowl/vase attributed to Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano. This fazzoletto bowl features zanfirico glass with lattimo white netted vertical cane and whit...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century Coccio Glass Vase in Ivory/Tea by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
It should belong to the Paleolithic collection of a Museum of Prehistory. A mysterious artifact smuggled by some art dealer. A modern archeological discovery made from murrine in 198...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century Monofiori Balloton Medium Glass Vase in Indigo/Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
It looks soft, but it’s not; it’s glass. The optical illusion of Monofiori by VENINI from 1970 lies in its name: Balloton, a special technique that lends a unique matelassé effect to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
21st Century Opalino Large Glass Vase in Apple Green by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
The Opalino vase is all about sophisticated and unique colors, thanks to the use of the traditional Opalino technique. This method was first introduced in the 15th century to make gl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
21st Century Large Clessidra Hourglass in Grey/Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Little grains of sand, impalpable and unnoticeable as a whole yet so real, like time ticking away. Clessidra – designed by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini in 1957 – evolves in 2015,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
21st Century Monofiore Glass Vase in Tea by Laura de Santillana
By Laura de Santillana, Venini
Located in murano, IT
Different shapes, different colours. But all bursting with energy. Their caps recall the shapes and patterns of nature. Every Monofiore by Laura De Santillana is unique: a small prec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
VENINI Table Clock /Scrivania Brass Murano Glass 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Desk or Table Clock
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Paolo Venini and Riccardo Licata Banded Murrine Vase
By Venini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Incalmo vase is a rare collaboration between Paolo Venini
and Riccardo Licatta.
Presented at the XXVII Biennial of Venice in 1956.
Provenance: collecti...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Vase Sculpture 'Geacolor' by Gae Aulenti for Venini 1970s
By Venini, Gae Aulenti
Located in Milano, IT
'Geacolor' sculpture vase designed by Gae Auelenti for a Venini production.
The vase, made of glass through the technique of flying and hot color carryover, is characterized by uneve...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Murano Venini "Ellittici" Art Glass Vase, 2000
By Venini
Located in Astoria, NY
Murano Venini "Ellittici" Art Glass Vase, 2000, in red and yellow, titled and dated "Ellittici / 2000" to underside and "Made in Italy / Venini Murano" label to the top rim. 11.75" H...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Battuto a Nido D'ape Vase in Straw-Yellow by Carlo Scarpa
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in murano, IT
Inspired by nature and designed by Carlo Scarpa, it turns into Battuto a Nido D'Ape only in the hands of master glassmakers, who skilfully shape glass into a honeycomb pattern using ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
"Veronese" vase 1633, by V Zecchin, Venini Murano 43 cm produced 1930s 40s
By Venini, Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Milano, MI
Murano vase model "Veronese" designed by Vittorio Zecchin for Venini around the mid-1920s.
This specimen has 2 aspects of rarity related to the size of 43 cm in height and the presen...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Other Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
$6,278 Sale Price
30% Off
21st Century Ando Cosmos Vase in Grey/Red/Tea by Tadao Ando
By Venini, Tadao Ando
Located in murano, IT
Three glass elements blend together to create the geometry of a sphere concealed by their conjunction. Have you ever seen the cosmos so close? Space in matter. Matter in space. Finit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
21st Century Regina Large Glass Vase in Milk-White by Rodolfo Dordoni
By Venini, Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in murano, IT
Classy and chic, she is the wife of a monarch; she is thinner than him, but is always the most elegant. Her feminine shapes are clad in a satin mantle recalling pure gold. To complem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Giade Bowl by Tony Zuccheri for Venini, Murano, 1964
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
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 background. The artglass is with incised signature 'venini italia' on the base. Venini model number 8667. Inside there is an open air bubble caused during production - see pictures.
Measures:
Height: 1.97" (5cm)
Diameter: 4.72" (12cm)
Literature Reference:
Marino Barovier with Carla Sonego, Toni Zuccheri at Venini, Milano 2021, page 98.
Toni Zuccheri (1936 – 2008) was the artist with the special spirit for birds and nature. His passion is reflected in many of his glass artworks. During his education he had the chance to work with Carlo Scarpa, Franco Albini and Ignazio Gardella. Animals and especially birds (such as hens...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Vase “Battuto “ 1959 Murano Glass Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Vase Venini.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Ando Time Hourglass in Amber Yellow/Light Pink/Violet by Tadao Ando
By Venini, Tadao Ando
Located in murano, IT
A colorful hourglass enclosed in glass. Space meets time in its architecture. The sand flow carries with it the thoughts of the past and the future that Tadao Ando wished to capture.
Additional Information:
Material: Glass
Color: Amber Yellow/Light Pink/Violet
Dimensions: W 13.5 x D 13.5 x H 54 cm
Available in other color options: Grey/light pink,/red...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Murano Glass Bottle with Stopper by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Milan, Italy
Murano glass bottle designed by Tapio Wirkkala and produced by Venini.
Signed and with original label.
Biography
Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) became famous in the early 1950s, Followi...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Deco Large Glass Vase in Aquamarine by Napoleone Martinuzzi
By Venini, Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in murano, IT
"Rhythm" is the watchword for the vases from the Dèco line by VENINI. An endless series of rings, one after the other. They alternate at a pace that rises and falls, then rises again...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Venini Zanfirico pencil neck Murano Glass vase , signed " Venini Italia"
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Venini vase in this canes twisted work, zanfirico technic that makes lattice patterns . This vase has a neck shape and is signed in bottom diamond point "Venini Italia" .
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
XL Glass Bullicante "Red" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Venini Murano, Italy, 1970
By Venini, Flavio Poli, Alessandro Mandruzzato
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Producer: Venini glass, murano
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original glass shell bowl was produce...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Gemme Glass Vase in Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
In the expert hands of the blowers, glass turns into precious gemstones of various colours – Green, Grass Green, Purple, Red, Aquamarine, Sapphire, Tea and Grey. Unique and sparkling...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Laura de Santillana for Venini Blown Glass Klee Vase, 1984
By Venini, Laura de Santillana
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare Laura de Santillana for Venini blown glass designed in the 1980s, “Klee” model, signed Venini Italia Laura 84. This beautiful murano piece feat...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
21st Century Opalino Medium Glass Vase in Milk-White by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
The Opalino vase is all about sophisticated and unique colors, thanks to the use of the traditional Opalino technique. This method was first introduced in the 15th century to make gl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
21st Century Ritagli Blown Glass Vase in Amber/Light Pink by Fulvio Bianconi
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in murano, IT
This work by Fulvio Bianconi stems from the most innovative glassmaking technique in the 1900s: thin rectangular strips of glass are placed one on top of the other and then hand-appl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
21st Century Where Are My Glasses XXL, Double Lens Vase in Multicolour
By Venini, Ron Arad
Located in murano, IT
Limited edition - 1 of XX
So, where are my glasses? Can’t you see them? Blown glass is wearing them. It tapers, becoming narrower and narrower, then flows through both lenses of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Murano Glass "Inciso" Amber Vase by Paolo Venini for Venini, Italy, 1960s
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Milan, IT
"Inciso" vase model 4838 by Paolo Venii for Venini.
Amber glass with carved surface providing a vibrant effect.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Where Are My Glasses, Double Lens Vase in Grass Green/Mint Green
By Venini, Ron Arad
Located in murano, IT
Intense hues of Aquamarine and Horizon, Red and Purple, Mint Green and Grass Green. Coloured glass elements flow through the two lenses, blending unexpectedly together into a vase. S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
21st Century Labuan Small Glass Vase in Indigo by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
It draws inspiration from faraway places, halfway between fantasy and reality. Paolo Venini opted for a unique palette of Aquamarine, Horizon and other fine hues to present it to the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Murano Glass Vase by Emmanuel Babled for Venini, 1996
By Venini, Emmanuel Babled
Located in Milano, IT
Rare and wonderful Murano glass vase by Emmanuel Babled for Venini of 1996.
Emmanuel Babled's rare vase is a prototype and it's a real work of art.
It has been realized with a set ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
$7,654 Sale Price
20% Off
Venini Centerpiece Murano Glass Gold 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Centerpiece.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Tommaso Buzzi Jacketed Glass Vase, 1950, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Tommaso Buzzi jacketed glass vase, 1950 Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Contrasto Glass Vase in Crystal/Grape by Michela Cattai
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Sleek and opaque blown glass – crafted using the "Mano Volante" technique – is juxtaposed with a shimmering multifaceted gem made from "cotisso" glass. An interplay that lends character and uniqueness to the work. Glass comes to life in a work that is almost organic. These two pieces by Michela Cattai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Tapio Wirkkala Vintage Blue and Transparent Glass Vase for Venini
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid glass vase designed by Tapio Wirkkala for the prestigious Italian manufacturer Venini. The designer's signature is clearly visible on the bottom.
The vase has a very simple...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$1,722 Sale Price
20% Off
"Kelo" Art Glass Vase
By Venini, Timo Sarpaneva
Located in New York, NY
"Kelo" Italian art glass vase by
Timo Sarpaneva for Venini & Co.
Glass, clear, black, white and red. Marked: Venini 90 Sarpaneva (engraved).
Category
1990s Italian Modern Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$9,800
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano Glass Bottle / Decanter, Signed, Label
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an original bottle without stopper, by the well known designer Fulvio Bianconi, has 3 acid marks and on top original foil label as shown in pictures.
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
21st Century Pigmenti Large Glass Vase in Blood Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
With the Pigmenti collection, Venini aims to send out a sign of renewal through the development of a classic form as the expression of a contemporary interior design accessory. Pigme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Inciso Glass Bottle with Stopper by Paolo Venini
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Wheel carved glass. Venini label adhered to bottom. Provenance: Private collection, FL.
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Tapio Wirkkala for Venini 'Coreani' Vases, circa 1970s
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Parma, IT
Pair of Venini vases "Coreani" design Tapio Wirkkala, circa 1970s.
In two-tone blown glass with overlapping spirals.
Signature engraved on bottom and Venini label...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase Gonzaga Model by Emmanuel Babled for Venini
By Venini, Emmanuel Babled
Located in Milan, Italy
Glass vase designed by Emmanuel Babled and produced by Venini, 1994s. Signed. With original label.
Biography
Born in France in 1967, Emmanuel Babled graduated in 1989 from Industria...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Tall Laura de Santillana for Venini Blown Glass Klee Vase 1984
By Venini, Laura de Santillana
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare Laura de Santillana for Venini blown glass designed in the 1980s, large “Klee” model, signed Venini Italia Laura 84. This beautiful murano piec...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
21st Century Labuan Small Glass Vase in Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
It draws inspiration from faraway places, halfway between fantasy and reality. Paolo Venini opted for a unique palette of Aquamarine, Horizon and other fine hues to present it to the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
21st Century Pavoncella Sculpture in Multicolour by Toni Zuccheri
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in murano, IT
Mother Nature gave it a striped appearance with hints of brown, black, white and green. A crest playfully sticks up on its head. For his bestiary, Toni Zuccheri captured its restless...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
21st Century Occhi Small Glass Vase in Coral/Crystal by Tobia Scarpa
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in murano, IT
Tobia Scarpa creates a fine exchange of glances: glass lenses with thin coloured rims form an interplay of softly rounded volumes. Tall or short, rounded or slender, this vase never ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Simbiosi Artist Proof Glass and Marble Sculpture by Emmanuel Babled for Venini
By Venini, Emmanuel Babled
Located in murano, IT
Simbiosi is an edition of unique glass and marble pieces, marrying the two materials into vases It is in the border between manufactured products and one of sculptures. The functiona...
Category
2010s Italian Arts and Crafts Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
Fasce Orizzontale Bottle with Stopper by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini
By Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Hand blown incalmo glass decanter in red and green with stopper. Unsigned. Bottle top appears to have been neatly ground down at some point. Provenance: ...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
21st Century Opalino Large Glass Vase in Milk-White by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
The Opalino vase is all about sophisticated and unique colors, thanks to the use of the traditional Opalino technique. This method was first introduced in the 15th century to make gl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
21st Century Opalino Small Glass Vase in Sapphire by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
The Opalino vase is all about sophisticated and unique colors, thanks to the use of the traditional Opalino technique. This method was first introduced in the 15th century to make gl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Large Venini Murano glass gray, black and gold circa 1950 vase
By Venini
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible large VENINI Murano glass gray, black and gold circa 1950 vase.
Category
1950s Italian International Style Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Mosaici blown glass vase by Rodolfo Dordoni
By Venini, Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Uccle, BE
Mosaici blown glass vase by Rodolfo Dordoni, Venini Murano.
“Mosaici” vase in transparent blown glass with a quadrangular shape. Composed of an arrangement of green, blue, and white ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Original Versace for Venini Rivoli Vase
By Venini, Versace
Located in North Miami, FL
Documentation and original Venini Murano brochure for this exquisite and rare Versace designed vase. Numbered and limited edition.
Marked with Venini l...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Fazzoletto Large Glass Vase in Sapphire by Fulvio Bianconi E Paolo
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini
Located in murano, IT
An exclusive new take on the Opalini technique from the 15th century makes its colour unique. The creative genius of Fulvio Bianconi makes its shape inimitable, recalling skirts sway...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Murano Signed Venini Turquoise, Sapphire Blue, Orange Green Rare Glass Sculpture
By Venini
Located in North Miami, FL
This unbelievable rare vintage glass Italian Murano object or sculpture or glass sword has the most gorgeous colors, signed Venini Murano Itlalia". A piece de resistance. It looks even more amazing in person; the color saturation and brilliance is exquisite. The range of colors are: sapphire blue from the middle to the tip turquoise, emerald green, red, amber/orange, black with gold aventurine, white, etc. Most likely one of a kind. It is fantastic! This could be great displayed in a custom lucite box...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Veronese Vase by Vittorio Zecchini for Venini 1921
By Vittorio Zecchin, Venini
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Blown for the first time in 1921, thanks to the intuition of the art director of Venini 1921-1925: the painter Vittorio Zecchin. A 1580 painting by Paolo Veronese " Annunciation " in...
Category
2010s Italian Art Deco Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Clessidra Hourglass in Apple Green/Straw-Yellow
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini
Located in murano, IT
Little grains of sand, impalpable and unnoticeable as a whole yet so real, like time ticking away. In 1957, Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini captured time and shaped it into Clessidr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Murano Art Glass Fish Sculpture designed by Ken Scott for Venini
By Ken Scott, Venini
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a very rare Murano art glass figurine of a blue fish with the black stripes. It was designed by Ken Scott for V...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Tessuti Battuti Large Vase in Coral by Carlo Scarpa.
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in murano, IT
Alternating light and dark coloured lines on shades of Coral, harmoniously following the guidelines produced by Carlo Scarpa. And reproduced by VENINI’s master glassblowers by using ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Venini decorative objects 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 decorative objects, although blue editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 364 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 933 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original decorative objects by Venini were created in the modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider decorative objects by Fulvio Bianconi, Matteo Thun, and Napoleone Martinuzzi. Prices for Venini decorative objects can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $142 and can go as high as $125,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,499.
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Questions About Venini Decorative Objects
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024To identify Venini glass, first look for markings, usually found on the base or interior of glassware. Over its long history, Venini used dozens of labels and acid-stamped marks on its pieces. You can find images of these marks on the pages of trusted online resources to compare to your piece. Keep in mind that Venini's foil labels tend to come off over the years, so a lack of a marking or label doesn't necessarily mean that your piece is not a Venini. However, there are many convincing replicas of Venini glassware. As a result, experts recommend consulting a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer for assistance with the identification process, especially if you can't locate a label or acid mark. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Venini glass.
- Where is Venini glass made?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025Venini glass is made in Italy. Specifically, its workshop is on the Venetian island of Murano. 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 skilled artisans who created extraordinary chandeliers, sconces and other lighting in the centuries-old glass workshops. 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, Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearns and Fulvio Bianconi. Shop a variety of Venini glass on 1stDibs.