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 Marito E Moglie Vase in Glass and Marble by Ettore Sottsass
By Venini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Marito E Moglie vase in tea/black/milk-white with marble base by Ettore Sottsass. Limited edition 99 art pieces. Composition of portoro-marble base and blown glasses finished ...
Blown Glass
Venini Satin 706.24 Large Te/Crystal - Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
Brand: Venini Designer: Venini Model: Satin 706.24 - Large Collection: Opaline Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this iconic Murano glass ...
Glass
Venini Ritagli 552.00 Snow Murano Glass Vase Fulvio Bianconi - Damiani
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 Satin 706.38 Small Venice Red/Gold Leaf/Crystal - Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
Brand: Venini Designer: Venini Model: Satin 706.38 - Small Collection: Opaline Made in: Italy Add an artistic and sophisticated touch to your interior with this iconic Murano glass ...
Glass
Venini vase Opulus Aquamarine Murano Glass, Signed 1992, Made in Italy
By Karlsson Brigitta, Venini, Ove Thorssen
Located in Venezia, IT
Venini vase Opulus Aquamarine Murano Glass, Signed 1992, model 611.01, designed by Brigitte Carlsson and Ove Thorssen, accompanied by its original Venini box and paperwork. A refine...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Opalino 706.38 Small - Amethyst - Murano Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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
21st Century Ritagli Blown Glass Vase in Aquamarine by Fulvio Bianconi
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
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...
Blown Glass
Venini Ritagli 552.00 Lilac/Mint Murano Glass Vase Fulvio Bianconi - Damiani
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini Fasce Orizzontali Bottle Model 4315 Green Red Glass
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini Fasce Orizzontali large bottle model 4315 in transparent blue green glass decorated on the body by two horizontal bands in opaq...
Blown 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...
Glass
Venini Opalino 706.22 Medium - Indigo - Murano Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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
Bolle Collection by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini 1966
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Landscapes of glass and colour. Below and above. Before and after. Bolle ( Bubbles ) transforms air into matter, in two distinct chromatic areas, physically united with the incalmo t...
Murano Glass
Venini Bolle 502.02 Glass Vase, Amethyst & Talpa - Design Tapio Wirkkala
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
Brand: Venini Design: Tapio Wirkkala Model: Bubbles 502.02 Collection: Bubbles Year: 1966 Made in: Italy Create a magical atmosphere with a unique piece of Murano glass. The Bolle c...
Glass
Venini Fazzoletto 700.00 Large Horizon - Glass Vase Fulvio Bianconi - Damiani
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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
21st Century Labuan Glass Vase in Black by VeniniRiedizione
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Drawing inspiration from exotic destinations in the Far East, Paolo Venini opted for a rich and intense color palette to present the Labuan vase to the world, sure to impress. A jour...
Glass
VENINI Opalino vase Opaline Orange Glass Limited Edition 93/199 year 2010
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Venezia, IT
Exceptional Venini Opalino vase, model 706.22, produced in 2010 as a limited edition of only 199 pieces. This example is numbered 93/199, signed on the base, and accompanied by its o...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Bolle 503.02 Glass Vase, Apple Green & Pagliesco - Design Tapio Wirkkala
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 Opalino 706.38 Small - Moka - Murano Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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
21st Century Anni Trenta Small Glass Vase in Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Designed in 1930, this blown glass creation flaunts essential, sinuous and well-balanced lines. As a tribute to the Golden Age, it reflects a "return to order...
Blown Glass
Venini Deco 707.08 Small Ginkgo Biloba - Glass Vase Napoleon Martinuzzi Damiani
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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
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...
Murano Glass
Venini Pezzato Grande 704.08 Glass Vase - Design Fulvio Bianconi - Damiani
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 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 Deco 707.08 Small Black - Glass Vase - Napoleone Martinuzzi - Damiani
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 Opachi 513.03 Nero Murano Glass Vase design Tobia Scarpa - Damiani
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
Brand: Venini Designer: Tobia Scarpa Model: Opaque 513.03 Collection: Opaque Made in: Italy Add an artistic and refined touch to your interior with this iconic Murano glass vase. Th...
Glass
Venini Occhi Vase in Coral Red by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana & Tobia Scarpa
By Venini, Ludovico Diaz de Santillana and Tobia Scarpa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Occhi glass vase in coral red by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Tobia Scarpa. Blown handmade glass vases with the “Murrine” technique. Color: Cor...
Blown Glass
21st Century Fazzoletto Small Glass Vase in Blood Red/Rosa Cipria
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...
Glass
Venini Happy Pills 027.29 Glass Sculpture, Violet & Pagliesco - Fabio Novembre
By Fabio Novembre, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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
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: ...
Blown Glass
Venini Deco 707.10 Large Horizon - Glass Vase - Napoleone Martinuzzi - Damiani
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 Veronese 600.01 Glass Vase, Iceberg - Design Vittorio Zecchin - Damiani
By Vittorio Zecchin, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
Brand: Venini Design: Vittorio Zecchin Model: Veronese 600.01 Collection: Veronese Year: 1921 Made in: Italy Add an artistic touch to your home with this iconic Murano glass vase. T...
Glass
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Venini Labuan 706.01 Lattimo - Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
Brand: Venini Designer: Venini Model: Labuan 706.01 Collection: Labuan Made in: Italy Add an artistic touch to your home with this iconic Murano glass vase. The Labuan collection ev...
Glass
Vase Venini Murana 030.57 Glicine design Fabio Novembre - READY FOR SHIPMENT
By Fabio Novembre, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
Venini - Murana Vase Mod. 030.57 Design: Fabio Novembre The Murana Vase features, at the heart of its elegant silhouette, a mask that evokes the rich iconography of the Venetian Car...
Glass
21st Century Deco Small Glass Vase in Red by Napoleone Martinuzzi
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
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...
Glass
Venini Deco 707.10 Large Paraiba - Glass Vase - Napoleone Martinuzzi - Damiani
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 Wrought Honeycomb 524.26 Orizz. Murano Glass Vase Carlo Scarpa Damiani
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 Coppa 516.12 Acquamare Murano Glass Bowl Tobia Scarpa - Damiani
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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
21st Century Fuochi Boreali Vase in Red & Crystal Multicolour by Giorgio Vign
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Explosions of colour casting thousands of different hues, in glass like in nature. Flowers, with their countless shapes and long stems, inspired Gio...
Glass
21st Century Veronese Glass Vase in Apple Green / Crystal by Vittorio Zecchin
By Venini, Vittorio Zecchin
Located in murano, IT
From «The Annunciation» by Paolo Veronese to the Fornace (Kiln): a wonderful journey for this fine vase by Vittorio Zecchin. A complex shape, curved beyond imagination: Veronese defi...
Glass
Venini Veronese 600.01 Glass Vase, Sapphire & Crystal - Vittorio Zecchin Damiani
By Vittorio Zecchin, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 Monofiori Balloton 100.18 Medium Purple - Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
Brand: Venini Designer: Venini Model: Monofiori Balloton 100.18 - Medium Collection: Monofiori Balloton Made in: Italy Add an artistic touch to your home with this iconic Murano gla...
Glass
VENINI Dogon Vase Ivory color Murano Glass, Signed 2009, Made in Italy with box
By Venini
Located in Venezia, IT
Venini Dogon vase, model 706.86, produced in 2009 and accompanied by its original Venini box and paperwork. The Dogon vases belong to Venini’s latest generation of opaline glass crea...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Deco 707.10 Large Verde Rio - Glass Vase - Napoleone Martinuzzi - Damiani
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 Veronese 600.01 Glass Vase, Red & Crystal Design Vittorio Zecchin Damiani
By Vittorio Zecchin, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 Labuan 706.01 Glossy Lattimo - Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
Brand: Venini Designer: Venini Model: Labuan 706.01 Collection: Labuan Made in: Italy Add an artistic touch to your home with this iconic Murano glass vase. The Labuan collection ev...
Glass
Venini Fazzoletto 700.02 Medium Iceberg - Glass Vase Fulvio Bianconi - Damiani
By Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 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...
Blown Glass
Venini Opalino 706.24 Large - Verde Mela - Murano Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 I Paladini 789.20 Multicolor Murano Glass design Emmanuel Babled Damiani
By Emmanuel Babled, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 Monofiori Balloton 100.29 Large Purple - Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
Brand: Venini Designer: Venini Model: Monofiori Balloton 100.29 - Large Collection: Monofiori Balloton Made in: Italy Add an artistic touch to your home with this iconic Murano glas...
Glass
Venini Deco 707.10 Large Ginkgo Biloba Glass Vase - Napoleone Martinuzzi Damiani
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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 Monofiori Balloton Frozen 100.29 Large Crystal - Glass Vase - Damiani
By Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
Brand: Venini Designer: Venini Model: Monofiori Balloton 100.29 - Large Collection: Monofiori Balloton Made in: Italy Add an artistic touch to your home with this iconic Murano glas...
Glass
Venini Deco 707.10 Large Pesca - Glass Vase - Napoleone Martinuzzi - Damiani
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
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
21st Century Fazzoletto Medium Glass Vase in Aquamarine/Horizon
By Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini, 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...
Glass
Tobia Scarpa Vase Occhi Cristalo Zolfo, Venini, Murano, Italy 1960s
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in Bochum, NRW
Tobia Scarpa Occhi Vase, Venini, Murano, Italy 1960s. An Occhi Zolfo vase, made of colorless, sulfur yellow, and olive-edged glass, Tobia Scarpa for ...
Murrine
21st Century Gemme Glass Vase in Green 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...
Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase Model Medusa by Ettore Sottsass for Venini.
By Ettore Sottsass, Venini
Located in Asti, Piemonte
A beautiful Murano vase designed by Ettore Sottsass and produced by Venini in 1997. Limited edition 99 piece. Signed and numbered 71/99. Original label. Model out production. Exposed...
Murano Glass
21st Century Veronese Glass Vase in Crystal/Red by Vittorio Zecchin
By Vittorio Zecchin, Venini
Located in murano, IT
From «The Annunciation» by Paolo Veronese to the Fornace (Kiln): a wonderful journey for this fine vase by Vittorio Zecchin. A complex shape, curved beyond imagination: Veronese defi...
Glass
Alla Morandi set of 3 by Venini in Wisteria, Sand, and Grape (limited Edition)
By Venini, Matteo Thun
Located in Vancouver, BC
Alla Morandi, a collaboration with Venini with artist Matteo Thun, is the atemporal atmosphere of Morandi paintings in glass works. The blown glass bottle...
Blown Glass
21st Century Deco Large Glass Vase in Aquamarine by Napoleone Martinuzzi
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
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...
Glass