Venini Glass
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
Murano Blown Glass Contemporary Pendant Light Design by Peter Marino for Venini
By Venini, Peter Marino
Located in murano, IT
ROTONDO 893.50
Peter Marino’s work is notoriously provocative. The Rotondo, Cilindro, and Parallelo lamps are no exception: using the “Fasce” technique, the artist hot-works coloure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Tapio Wirkkala Cup Filigrana for Venini Murano Signed, 1980s
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Rare Murano hand blown dark amethyst/black "Filigrana Nera" cup. Excellent and very fine cylindrical cup with "black filigree" designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, Murano, circa 19...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Handblown Italian Midcentury Murano Glass Vase by Napoleone Martinuzzi & Venini
By Venini, Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, Italian Mid-century, hand blown Murano Amphora form, glass vase in the Modern Neoclassical style designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini, c...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Simbiosi Artist Proof Glass and Marble Sculpture by Emmanuel Babled for Venini
By Emmanuel Babled, Venini
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 Glass
Materials
Carrara Marble
Murano blown glass contemporary pendant light design by Peter Marino for VENINI
By Venini, Peter Marino
Located in murano, IT
PARALLELO 893.76
Peter Marino’s work is notoriously provocative. The Rotondo, Cilindro, and Parallelo lamps are no exception: using the “Fasce” technique, the artist hot-works colour...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
MARKED Venini Murano Purple & White Glass Zanfirico Fazzoletto Vase
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Bolton, GB
Here is an exquisite 1950's Venetian purple & white glass "Fazzoletto" (handkerchief) vase. Made on the island of Murano, near Venice, Italy, by famous manufacturers Venini, designed...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Sommersi Oro Vase, Italy, 1993
By Laura Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Laura Diaz de Santillana (b. 1955) for Venini rare Sommersi Oro vase from "Laura" series, Italy, 1993. This elegant hand-blown Murano glass vase is an exquisite blue color with gold ...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Signed Venini Murano Blue Birds Doves Designed by Tyra Lundgren
By Venini
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Designed by Tyra Lundgren circa 1930s, this signed pair of whimsical full sized doves was made by Venini in Murano, Italy. The pair are well proportioned, each one unique in design i...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Vase Spiral Canes Murano Glass 1990
By Venini
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading :Venini vase – Murano Glass
Date : 1990
Origin : Murano
Bowl Features : Canne retirti- Alternating spiralled blue and red glass separated by...
Category
1990s Italian Other Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Very Large Vetro Soffiato Glass Dish by Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Murano
By Venini, Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Very large Vetro Soffiato glass dish by Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Murano ca. 1925
A very large 'vetro soffiato' glass dish in amethyst transparent glass, designed by Vittorio Zecchin in 1925 and manufactured by Venini, Murano Venice. Acid stamped signature 'venini murano' on the base. Venini model number 1306. The dish has been manufactured in different sizes, this is the larges version which is very rare. One of the early 20th century designs of Zecchin for Cappellin and Venini which motivated the muranese glass companies to set out for new shores. Good condition with some surface scratches. The last picture shows it together with a mid size version with 14.29" inches as comparison of the sizes.
Measures:
Height: 3.35" (8.5 cm)
Diameter: 20.08" (51 cm)
Literature Reference:
Marino Barovier, Vittorio Zecchin: Transparent Glass for Cappellin and Venini, Milano 2017, pages 326, 336 and 357
Vittorio Zecchin (1878 - 1947) was a native Muranese and son of a glasswork technician. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Together with the painter Teodoro Wolf Ferrari...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Venini, Mid-Century Latticino Handkerchief Vase, Unsigned, Italy, C.1950
By Venini
Located in Chatham, ON
VENINI - mid-century studio glass latticino 'handkerchief' vase - striking pink ribbons with copper aventurine edges - unsigned - Italy (Venice) - circa 1950.
Excellent vintage co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Vase Forato by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano, 1950s
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Tan France Auction Pick
A Forato vase in green, and amber colored glass designed by Fulvio Bianconi in 1951, manufactured by Venini, Venice, Italy ca. 195...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Opalino Large Horizon Milk White Inside Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Satin glass vase, designed and manufactured by Venini, features the same shape of the iconic opalino vase with a frosted finish.
Indoor use only.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
Murano Blown Glass Chandelier Design by Gio Ponti for Venini Official
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in murano, IT
The models in the 99.81 collection were designed by Gio Ponti, who in 1946
applied to the contemporary style the refined colours introduced in the
Venini palette by the great desig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Large Venini Sommerso Murano Vase
By Venini
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A large murano glass vase marked Venini, most likely by Fulvio Bianconi, in the Sommerso technique, clear glass with red, yellow and orange canes.
Category
20th Century Italian Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Opalino Large White Milk White Inside Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Satin glass vase, designed and manufactured by Venini, features the same shape of the iconic opalino vase with a frosted finish.
Indoor use only.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
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 Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Eight Murano Stackable Glass Vases for Venini
By Timo Sarpaneva, Venini
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Eight stackable glass vases attributed to Timo Sarpaneva for Venini. Each glass vase measures about 6.5" high and 5" diameter.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Opalino Large Indigo Milk White Inside Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Satin glass vase, designed and manufactured by Venini, features the same shape of the iconic opalino vase with a frosted finish.
Indoor use only.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
Tomaso Buzzi Venini Venetian Large Tall Peach & Aventurine Art Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and large Venetian Murano art glass vase in peach colored translucent overlaid glass with gold aventurine inclusions made by...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
MARKED Venini Murano Blue Sommerso Glass Slab Bowl
By Venini
Located in Bolton, GB
Here is an exquisite Venetian blue and clear sommerso glass shallow 'slab' bowl. Made on the island of Murano, near Venice, Italy, by famous manufacturers Venini. Has the Venini thre...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano 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 Glass
Materials
Murano 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 Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano Glass Bottle / Decanter, Signed, Label
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
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 Glass
Materials
Glass
Large Venini Vase 'Kukinto', Designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1991
By Venini, Timo Sarpaneva
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Venini Vase 'Kukinto', Designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1991
A monumental vase from the Kukinto series. Designed in 1991 by Timo Sarpaneva and produced 1992 by Venini, Murano. In...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Large Vetro Soffiato Glass Dish by Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Murano ca. 1925
By Vittorio Zecchin, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Vetro Soffiato Glass Dish by Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Murano ca. 1925
A very large 'vetro soffiato' glass dish in amethyst transparent glass, designed by Vittorio Zecchin in 1925 and manufactured by Venini, Murano Venice. Acid stamped signature 'venini murano ITALIA' on the base. Venini model number 1306. The dish has been manufactured in different sizes, this is the second largest version which is very rare. One of the early 20th century designs of Zecchin for Cappellin and Venini which motivated the muranese glass companies to set out for new shores. Good condition with some surface scratches.
Vittorio Zecchin (1878 - 1947) was a native Muranese and son of a glasswork technician. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Together with the painter Teodoro Wolf Ferrari...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
"Cane" Stopper Bottle by Paolo Venini
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Blown glass bottle form created with canes of blue & green colors.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Paolo Venini Pair of Opalino Vases for Venini in Light Grey, Italy 1950s
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Monumental Paolo Venini vase model 3556 for Venini in light grey Opalino glass.
The second smaller vase measures Diameter 13 x H 38 cm.
Both vases carry the Venini label and are Acid etched Venini Murano Italia...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Incise Glass Bottle in Violet by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A multitude of shapes and colours. Every bottle has its own, chosen with care by Paolo Venini in 1956. Skilfully etched to conceal their imaginary content, they pique the curiosity o...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
MARKED Venini Murano White Glass Zanfirico Fazzoletto Vase
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Bolton, GB
Here is an exquisite 1950's small Venetian white glass "Fazzoletto" (handkerchief) vase. Made on the island of Murano, near Venice, Italy, by famous manufacturers Venini, designed by...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Midcentury Black Vase Sergio Asti Style for Venini Blown Murano Glass
By Sergio Asti, Venini
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Black vase Sergio Asti style for Venini in blown Murano glass, circa 1960s.
Measure cm: H 28 Diameter 30.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
1950 Tyra Lundgren Venini Murano Glass White Filigrana Leaf Bowl
By Tyra Lundgren Carolina, Venini
Located in Brescia, IT
"Leaf" Bowl
Tyra Lundgren
Venini, 1950
White Glass "Mezza Filigrana"
Showed at Biennale of Venice 1938
Excellent Condiction
No cracks
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Small Dish in Green Glass, Venini Murano, Ca. 1930s
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Small dish in green glass, Venini Murano ca. 1930s
A small glass dish in transparent green glass, most probably designed by Carlo Scarpa. Manufacture...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Murano Signed Red Fingers Rim Italian Art Glass Sculptural Flower Vase
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown, deep red and controlled bubbles Italian art glass signed sculptural vase. Documented to the Venini Company, and attributed to designer Paolo Veni...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Murano Glass Cup Vase Yellow Black 1989 Mendini Attributed Italian Design
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Murano glass cup vase yellow black 1989 Mendini attributed Italian design.
Signed.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Tobia Scarpa Battuto Bowl, Set of Three, Venini, Italy
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in Chicago, IL
Tobia Scarpa Battuto Bowls, Set of Three, Venini, Italy, Wheel-Carved Glass
1962-97 Blue and pink signed underside Venini, Yellow Unsigned
literat...
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
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 Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Art Glass Vase of the "Quarzi" Series, Murano, 2004
By Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Venini Art Glass Vase of the "Quarzi" Series, Murano, 2004
A large vase of the "Quarzi" series by Venini, Murano 2004. Coral red glass with superimposed decoration in gold and silve...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
MARKED Venini Murano Orange Glass Spiral Filigree Bowl
By Venini
Located in Bolton, GB
Here is an exquisite 1950's Venetian orange & clear glass bowl with spiralling filigree pattern. Made on the island of Murano, near Venice, Italy, by famous manufacturers Venini, and...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Murano Art Glass Egg 50° ConfArtigianato Series Egg, 1997
By Venini
Located in Rome, IT
Stunning workmanship by Venini for the 50th anniversary of Conf Artigianato in 1997; egg with blue and yellow twisted cane decorations.
A truly well executed sculpture only in Venini...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Murano Italian Dark Red Glass Bottle Incisi Serie, 1980
By Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian glass bottle with stopper, “Incisi” series, in two-color submerged glass with surface entirely worked by grinding produced by Venini Murano.
Venini 80 engraved signature unde...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Tobia Scarpa Vase 'occhi' for Venini, ca. 1970
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Tobia Scarpa Vase 'occhi' for Venini, ca. 1970
A white 'occhi' murrine vase designed by Tobia Scarpa in 1960, manufactured by Venini, Venice ca. 1970. Etched signature 'venini itali...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Glass Liquore Set, Attributed Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini, Italy 30s
By Venini, Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Lucija, SI
Rare Murano glass liquore set in red and black color. Designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini in the 30s.
In good vintage condition with minor signe of use and age.
Dimentions:...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Tall Laura de Santillana for Venini Blown Glass Klee Vase 1984
By Laura de Santillana, Venini
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 Glass
Materials
Glass
Venini Vase 'Fazzoletto Zanfirico Lattimo", Venice Murano 1950s
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A large Fazzoletto (handkerchief) vase in transparent glass with white rod decorations called "Zanfirico Lattimo". Manufactured ca. 1950s by Venini, Venice after a design of Fulvio B...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
"Anatra" Sculpture, Figure of a Male Duck
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Uccle, BE
Blown glass sculpture, multi-color cane rods, carved by wheel. Murrine eyes. This series requires very high skills and were produced in very small quantities....
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Large Glass Dome Pendant Light by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana
By Venini
Located in Montclair, NY
A documented Venini chandelier designed by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, the director and designer of famed glass house Venini from 1959-1985. Dome shade is hand blown clear glass with green stripes suspended from a gold plate on brass metal rod and dome ceiling canopy.
Located in showplace antique + design center...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Glass Bowl by Venini, Italy
By Venini
Located in London, GB
Beautiful vintage well sized Murano hand blown glass bowl. The bowl is fashioned using the famous Sommerso technique, creating clear bubbles in champagne or caramel colour with gold flecks. This is most likely the work of the famous Venini glass foundry. This technique has been published in various Venini books. Created in the "a Bollicine...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Vase "Regina" Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Venini, Murano
By Rodolfo Dordoni, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vase "Regina" Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Venini, Murano
A vase of the "Re and Regina" series designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Venini in 1996. Satin finished antique white glass...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Tapio Wirkkala Polipo Venini Plate Murano Sculpture, 1990
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare beautiful Tapio Wirkkala “Polipo” plate for Venini, from the serie “Piatti di Tapio” signed and dated Venini TW 90 on the back, made of Murano glass using Incalmo technique. The...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Murano Sommerso Collectible Sculpture Venini in Aquamarine glass
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
While some Murano ashtrays come in simple shapes, others have more ornate and sculptural styles. The skilled glassblowers and artisans of the venetian island can effortlessly obtain ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Murano Signed Teal Green Blue Italian Art Glass Teardrop Ring Dishes
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage set of 3 Murano hand blown teal green or blue Italian art glass small bowls or dishes. Documented to the Venini company, with 1 of them signed underneath. Would mak...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
"Incamiciato"
Italian art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Cased glass, clear, white and grey, deep purple foot.
Marked: Venini itali...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Art 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 Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Incise Glass Bottle in Cornelian Orange by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A multitude of shapes and colours. Every bottle has its own, chosen with care by Paolo Venini in 1956. Skilfully etched to conceal their imaginary content, they pique the curiosity o...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
Large Fazzoletto Vase by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini Murano
By Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Vienna, AT
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini Fazzoletto glass-vase Murano from 1981. Colorless glass with tape paterns. Signed on the buttom: Venini Italia 81. Dimensions approx. Height 19.5 cm, width...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Soldato Di Vetro Glass and 18k Gold Sculpture by Alessandro Mendini for Venini
By Alessandro Mendini, Venini
Located in murano, IT
"The fine, elongated and ambiguos shape of their eyes on the colored background has them looking thoughtfully at our complicated world. The similar shape of their mounth hints at a w...
Category
2010s Italian Arts and Crafts Venini Glass
Materials
Gold
Sogni Infranti Bowl by Mario Bellini for Venini Murano, 1992
By Mario Bellini, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Sogni infranti bowl by Mario Bellini for Venini Murano 1992
A large bowl "Alzata" of the "Sogni infranti" (broken dreams) series. Designed by Mario Bellini and manufactured by Venini Murano Venice in 1992. Clear iridescent glass with applications of remnants in polycrome glass. With company lable and incised signature "venini Mario Bellini 1992 / 39" on the base. This is one of the rare examples without any defect.
In 1921 Paolo Venini and Giacomo Cappellin founded a company that would become world famous. Under the artistic directions of Vittorio Zecchin the Vetri Soffiati Cappellin Venini & C. become the whiz kid of the golden 1920s. Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sottsass have enthusiastically worked for Venini, designing something very special with each of their new techniques and designs. The creations of Venini were honored with several awards. Till today Venini is one of the leading art glass manufacturies on Murano.
Measures:
Height: 10.63" (27 cm)
Diameter: 20.87" (53 cm)
Literature reference:
Franco Deboni, Venini Glass Volume 2, Turin 2007, platr 361
Fondatione Musei Civici Venetia, Mario Bellini A Murano, Milano 2018, page 25...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini glass for sale on 1stDibs.
Venini glass 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 glass, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 184 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 26 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original glass by Venini were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider glass by Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier, and Archimede Seguso. Prices for Venini glass can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $142 and can go as high as $307,566, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,640.
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- 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.
- 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.