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.
Venini Deco 707.10 Large Horizon - Glass Vase - Napoleone Martinuzzi - Damiani
By Venini, Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Napoleon Martinuzzi Model: Deco 707.10 - Large Collection: Deco Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this iconic Mura...
Glass
Venini Fazzoletto 700.00 Large Ambra - Glass Vase Fulvio Bianconi - Damiani
By Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini Model: Handkerchief 700.00 - Large Collection: Handkerchief Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your int...
Glass
Venini Fazzoletto 700.02 Medium Ambra - Glass Vase Fulvio Bianconi - Damiani
By Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini Model: Handkerchief 700.02 - Medium Collection: Handkerchief Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your in...
Glass
Venini Deco 707.10 Large Black - Glass Vase - Napoleone Martinuzzi - Damiani
By Venini, Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Napoleon Martinuzzi Model: Deco 707.10 - Large Collection: Deco Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this iconic Mura...
Glass
$36,347Sale Price|20% Off
Thomas Stearns rare Incalmo vase, 1962 Venini
By Thomas Stearns, Venini
Located in Zurich, CH
Venini 1962 doppio incalmo glass 7 h × 6¼ w × 2½ d in (18 × 14 × 6 cm) Acid signature to underside: venini, mutamo. ITALIA literature: Murano Glass Themes and Variations (1910-1970)...
Murano Glass
Signed Italian Venini Murano Multi Color Ribbon Paperweight
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Murano Paperweight by Venini Italy. This piece is a stunning compliment to any desk or work station. Hand Crafted with multi colored Ribbons and of a good weight. Could actually ...
Murano Glass, Blown Glass
White Fulvio Bianconi Handkerchief Bowl, Zanfirico Filigree Glass, Venini Murano
By Venini
Located in Stockholm, SE
Handkerchief ''zanfirico'' bowl/vase designed by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano. This fazzoletto bowl features zanfirico glass with lattimo white netted vertical cane and white ...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Venini Deco 707.08 Small Black - Glass Vase - Napoleone Martinuzzi - Damiani
By Venini, Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Napoleon Martinuzzi Model: Deco 707.08 - Small Collection: Deco Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this iconic Mura...
Glass
Venini Frozen 707.08 Small Crystal - Glass Vase - Napoleone Martinuzzi - Damiani
By Venini, Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Napoleon Martinuzzi Model: Frozen 707.08 - Small Collection: Deco Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your home with this iconic Murano...
Glass
A Sculptural Transparent BLOWN GLASS VASE, VENINI, MURANO, ITALY 1980-1990
By Venini
Located in PARIS, FR
An enormous and sculptural Post-Modernist vase, Free Form, in thick blown glass with ovoid bubbles and 2 turquoise lines, Venini, Murano, Italy 1980-1990.
Murano Glass
Venini Black Belt Plate 699.71 Black Murano Glass Plate Peter Marino - Damiani
By Venini, Peter Marino
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Peter Marino Model: Flat Black Belt 699.71 Collection: Peter Marino Collection Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your home with this ...
Glass
Venini Fazzoletto 700.00 Large Viola - Glass Vase Fulvio Bianconi - Damiani
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini Model: Handkerchief 700.00 - Large Collection: Handkerchief Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your int...
Glass
Venini Opalino 706.22 Medium - Moka - Murano Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Venini Model: Opaline 706.22 - Medium Collection: Opaline Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this iconic Murano gla...
Glass
Venini I Paladini 789.20 Multicolor Murano Glass design Emmanuel Babled Damiani
By Venini, Emmanuel Babled
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Emmanuel Babled Model: The Paladins 789.20 Collection: The Paladins Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this unique ...
Glass
Venini Battuto a Nido d'Ape 524.26 Pg. Murano Glass Vase Carlo Scarpa - Damiani
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Design: Carlo Scarpa Model: Honeycomb Wrought 524.26 Collection: Honeycomb Wrought Made in: Italy Add an artistic touch to your home with this iconic Murano glass vase...
Glass
Venini Cutouts 552.00 Ginkgo Biloba Murano Glass Vase Fulvio Bianconi - Damiani
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Fulvio Bianconi Model: Clippings 552.00 Collection: Clippings Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this iconic Murano...
Glass
Venini Vase Regina Lattimo White Murano Glass with Applied Metal Foil 2010
By Rodolfo Dordoni, Venini
Located in Venezia, IT
VENINI vase Regina 515.14 Satin white color and metallic leaf decoration, Signed 2010 and accompanied by its original Venini box and paperwork. Part of the iconic Re–Regina–Principe...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Opalino 706.38 Small - Paraiba - Murano Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Venini Model: Opaline 706.38 - Small Collection: Opaline Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this iconic Murano glas...
Glass
Venini Opalino 706.24 Large - Indigo - Murano Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Venini Model: Opaline 706.24 - Large Collection: Opaline Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this iconic Murano glas...
Glass
Venini Ritagli 552.00 Moka Murano Glass Vase design Fulvio Bianconi - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Fulvio Bianconi Model: Clippings 552.00 Collection: Clippings Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this iconic Murano...
Glass
Venini Opalino 706.38 Small - Ginkgo Biloba - Murano Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Venini Model: Opaline 706.38 - Small Collection: Opaline Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this iconic Murano glas...
Glass
Fasce Orizzontale Bottle with Stopper by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo 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: ...
Blown Glass
Venini Opalino 706.38 Small - Amethyst - Murano Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Venini Model: Opaline 706.38 - Small Collection: Opaline Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this iconic Murano glas...
Glass
Venini Murrine Opache 488.11 Murano Glass Centerpiece table Carlo Scarpa Damiani
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Carlo Scarpa Model: Opaque Murrine 488.11 Collection: Murrine Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this unique Murano...
Glass
Venini Ando Time 032.98 Grape/Orizzonte/Bamboo Glass Hourglass Tadao Ando Damiani
By Venini, Tadao Ando
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Tadao Ando Model: Ando Time 032.98 Collection: Tadao Ando Collection Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this unique...
Glass
Venini Pezzato Grande 704.08 Glass Vase - Design Fulvio Bianconi - Damiani
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Design: Fulvio Bianconi Model: Pezzato Grande 704.08 Collection: Pezzati Year: 1950 Made in: Italy Add an artistic touch to your home with this iconic Murano glass vas...
Glass
Venini Veronese 600.01 Glass Vase, Verde Mela & Crystal Vittorio Zecchin Damiani
By Venini, Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Design: Vittorio Zecchin Model: Veronese 600.01 Collection: Veronese Year: 1921 Made in: Italy Create a magical atmosphere with this unique Murano glass vase. First bl...
Glass
Incalmo e murrina by Riccardo Licata
By Venini, Riccardo Licata
Located in Uccle, BE
Incalmo e murrina Riccardo Licata – Blown glass vase – Venini Murano. Vase using incalmo technique. The lower part of clear glass with white and black murrines. Top of the vase made ...
Blown Glass
Venini Coppa 516.12 Acquamare Murano Glass Bowl Tobia Scarpa - Damiani
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Designer: Tobia Scarpa & Ludovico Diaz De Santilliana Model: Cup 516.12 Collection: Beats / Canoes Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your inter...
Glass
Venini Puzzle 787.20 Acquamare/Corallo Murano Glass Vase Ettore Sottsass Damiani
By Venini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Design: Ettore Sottsass Model: Puzzle 787.20 Collection: Ettore Sottsass Collection Made in: Italy Add an artistic touch to your home with this iconic Murano glass vas...
Glass
Venini Anelli 542.00 Murano Glass Vase - Green - Design Venini - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Design: Venini Model: Rings 542.00 Collection: Rings Made in: Italy Add an artistic touch to your home with this iconic Murano glass vase. Anelli is a decorative piec...
Glass
Vase Double incalmo with central murrine band by Riccardo Licata
By Venini, Riccardo Licata
Located in Uccle, BE
Rare double incalmo vase with a central murine. Body of the vase is made of Murano blown mole grey glass. A central white and yellow murine is fixed between the two glass bands. The ...
Blown Glass
Venini Happy Pills 027.29 Glass Sculpture, Violet & Pagliesco - Fabio Novembre
By Venini, Fabio Novembre
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Design: Fabio Novembre Model: Happy Pills 027.29 Collection: Happy Pills Made in: Italy Create a magical atmosphere with a unique piece of Murano glass. The Happy Pill...
Glass
Venini Veronese 600.01 Glass Vase Rosso Venezia & Rosa Vittorio Zecchin Damiani
By Venini, Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Design: Vittorio Zecchin Model: Veronese 600.01 Collection: Veronese Year: 1921 Made in: Italy Add a touch of magic to your home with this unique Murano glass vase. Th...
Glass
$2,391Sale Price|50% Off
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...
Glass
Venini Veronese 600.01 Glass Vase, Sapphire & Crystal - Vittorio Zecchin Damiani
By Venini, Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Design: Vittorio Zecchin Model: Veronese 600.01 Collection: Veronese Year: 1921 Made in: Italy Create a magical atmosphere with this unique Murano glass vase. First bl...
Glass
Venini Hourglass 420.06 Glass Hourglass Pagliesco & Apple Green - Damiani
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Design: Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini Model: Hourglass 420.06 Collection: Hourglass Year: 1957 Made in: Italy Create a magical atmosphere with a unique piece of Muran...
Glass
Venini Bolle 503.02 Glass Vase, Apple Green & Pagliesco - Design Tapio Wirkkala
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Design: Tapio Wirkkala Collection: Bubbles Year: 1966 Made in: Italy Create a magical atmosphere with a unique piece of Murano glass. The Bolle collection by Tapio Wir...
Glass
Venini Bolle 503.00 Glass Vase, Violet, Amber & Apple Green - Tapio Wirkkala
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Venini Design: Tapio Wirkkala Model: Bubbles 503.00 Collection: Bubbles Year: 1966 Made in: Italy Create a magical atmosphere with a unique piece of Murano glass. The Bolle c...
Glass
Fulvio Bianconi Blue Handkerchief Bowl from Venini, Murano Italy
By Venini
Located in Stockholm, SE
Handkerchief bowl/vase designed by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano. This fazzoletto bowl features zanfirico glass with lattimo white netted vertical cane and light blue ribbons, s...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
VENINI vase Fazzoletto Black Murano Glass, Signed 2013, handmade in Italy
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Venezia, IT
Iconic Venini Fazzoletto vase, model 700.00, in Black opalino glass, Signed 2013 with box and paperwork. Hand-blown and finished by master glassmakers in Murano, with the characteri...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
VENINI vase Fazzoletto Iceberg & White Murano Glass, Signed 2013
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Venezia, IT
Iconic Venini Fazzoletto vase, model 700.00, in Iceberg and White opalino glass, Signed 2013 with box and paperwork. Hand-blown and finished by master glassmakers in Murano, with th...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Sculptural Murano Murrine Glass Faraona (Guinea Fowl) by Toni Zuccheri - Venini
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Uccle, BE
Sculpture – Faraona (Guinea Fowl) in murrine resting on bronze legs by Toni Zuccheri. Murano blown glass sculpture executed in the murrine technique, designed by Toni Zuccheri for Ve...
Blown Glass
VENINI Vase Murano Glass iridato 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Exceptional Iridescent Murano Glass Vase 1950 Italy
Murano Glass
VENINI vase Odalische Red and White color Murano Glass, Signed 2009 with box
By Leonardo Ranucci, Venini
Located in Venezia, IT
Venini Odalische vase in Red and Milk White Murano Glass, model 706.81, produced in 2009 and accompanied by its original Venini box and paperwork. Odalische is a collection of vases...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Opulus Vase by Brigitta Karlsson & Owe Thorssen for Venini
By Ove Thorssen, Karlsson Brigitta, Venini
Located in Torino, IT
Opulus model vase produced by Venini. Refined vase designed by Owe Thorssen and Brigitta Karlsson for Venini in 1976. Norwegian designer couple who worked for venini in the 1970s/8...
Murano Glass
Wonderful Aquamarine Venini Opalino Art Glass Signed Dated Vase
By Venini
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Venini Art Glass Aquamarine Vase, Signed And Dated On Bottom Of Vase: Venini 2008 H: 14 1/8", W: 6 3/8"
Art Glass
Two White Handkerchief Vases/bowls, Zanfirico Filigree Glass, Venini, Murano
By Venini
Located in Stockholm, SE
Two white handkerchief vases/bowls, featuring zanfirico filigree glass from Venini, Murano. These Venetian glass vases/bowls showcase delicate ...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage Royal Blue Opaline Glass Vase by Paolo Venini, "Anni Trenta" series
By Venini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, Murano, 1990s. This vase is made in light blue opaline glass inside and a royal blue opaline glass outside. It features a darker glass base and it's been hand-blown i...
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Venini “ Filigrana “ Murano Glass 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Vase.
Murano Glass
Venini Centerpiece Murano Glass Gold 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Centerpiece.
Murano Glass
Venini Vase Zanfirico Murano Glass 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini vase Zanfirico Murano glass 1950 Italy.
Glass
$1,721Sale Price|20% Off
Tapio Wirkkala Vintage Blue and Transparent Glass Vase for Venini
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
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...
Glass
$9,800
"Kelo" Art Glass Vase
By Timo Sarpaneva, Venini
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).
Art Glass
"F" Crystal Letter by Massimo Vignelli for Venini, Italy, 1980s
By Massimo Vignelli, Venini
Located in Milan, IT
"F" crystal and colored capital letter by Massimo Vignelli for Venini. Part of the "NEON" collection, with original fabric case. Also available from the same collection four other le...
Murano 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" .
Murano Glass
Venini Vase “Battuto “ 1959 Murano Glass Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Vase Venini.
Murano Glass
$2,000
Venini Glass Paperweight
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
This egg-shaped Venini glass paperweight has a purple spiral encased in an orange spiral. It still bears the original Venini label with the Veronese va...
Glass
$6,504Sale Price|20% Off
Carlo Scarpa, bowl model 'Battuto', 1940-42
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Zurich, CH
Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978), bowl model 'Battuto', 1940-42 hand-blown glass, battuto surface produced by Venini & C., Murano, Italy 16 x 10 x 10 cm signed with four-line acid stamp to ...
Murano Glass
Rare Set of Two Murano Glass Bottles by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini, 1950s
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Rare set of two bottles with stopper "A Fasce Verticali" by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini.
Murano Glass