Venini Lighting
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
Italian Midcentury Double Murano Glass, Etched Pendant / Flush Mount by Venini
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern double Murano / Venetian glass pendant / flush mount by Venini
The piece is composed of 2 hand blown Murano glass shades with inserted 1 inside the othe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
3 Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Sconces by Venini, circa 1960
By Venini
Located in Merida, Yucatan
3 Mid-Century Modern Murano glass sconces manufctured by Venini, circa 1960, in clear and amber thick Murano glass slabs.
Metal hardware lacquered white.
It is shown with warm and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
VENINI Sconces Murano Glass Brass 1930 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Sconces.
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Blown Glass Pendant, Italy, 1950's
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
Venini, Italy 1950's
A blown clear glass lantern with delicate woven spiral patterns in colored Zanfirico glass; nickeled mounts
Measures: 12 diameter x 38 height ( Height can be a...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Amber Glass Venini Pendant, Italy, 1960s
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
A classic simple glass pendant light with a wonderfully warm color.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
VENINI “Poliedri” Carlo Scarpa Murano Glass Iron 1955 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI “Poliedri “ Carlo Scarpa Murano glass iron 1955 Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Wall Lamp Bark Glass Design Toni Zuccheri for Venini, 1968
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in taranto, IT
splendid original Venini applique, signed at the base, made up of 10 bark glasses designed with sugar tones
Measures: height about 35 centimeters, excell...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Chandelier Murano Glass Iron, 1950, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini chandelier Murano glass iron, 1950, Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Alioth Floor Lamp by Alessandro Mendini, Limited Series, Venini Murano
By Alessandro Mendini, Venini
Located in Brussels, BE
Alioth is a luminaire from the “Galassia” series designed by Alessandro Mendini and presented by Venini at the Euroluce fair in Milan.
The base is in matt black metal, the very thin...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Lighting
Materials
Metal
Venini 7 Lamps Mod, Patchwork in Hand Blown Murano Glass
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Milan, IT
Set of seven incredible wall lights designed by Toni Zuccheri and produced by Venini Murano, model Patchwork.
These beautiful glass handmade sconces a...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Metal
Venini or Murano Wall Mounted Chandelier
By Vintage Murano Gallery, Venini
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Venini or Murano wall mounted chandelier with six-light sources.
Leafs of glass with gold details. Extra ones included, one of the extras wi...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Glass
1950's Brass and Glass Pendant in style of Venini
By Venini
Located in Amsterdam, NH
This elegant piece consisting of a brass frame and two glass reflectors/dishes.
The lower round curved glass reflectors is decorated with white lines that create swirl effect. Where...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass
Venini “Filigrana “Chandelier Murano Glass Metal Brass 1930 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Chandelier.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Willy Rizzo for BD Lumica Glass Teardrop and Brass Pendant 1970's
By Venini, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Murano glass pendant with Venini tear drops and brass frame by Willy Rizzo for BD Lumica, Italy 1970's. A remarkable chandelier with hand-blown glass and cubist frame.
M...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass
Four Toni Zuccheri Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Sconces for Venini, 1960s
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Four wall lamps produced in the 1960s by Venini based on a design by Toni Zuccheri. White painted metal structure. Bark glass diffuser. Brass screws.
You...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Metal
Tomaso Buzzi Sconces for Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Rovereta, SM
Early four of sconces by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass
Single VENINI Sconce design Tommaso Buzzi 1923 ca,
By Venini
Located in Sacile, PN
Single Venini sconce with bubble glass cup and support, wall bracket nickel-plated metal, dated 1923-1925.
Designed by Tomaso Buzzi.
References:
Tomaso Buzzi alla Venini, Skira ca...
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Metal
Chandelier Ball Murano Glass Venini Italian Design Brass Chain Gold 1960s
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian Murano glass ball chandelier, with gold brass chain.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass
Sphere Table Lamp by L. Diaz De Santillana for Venini, Tessuti Series, 1970s
By Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern sphere table lamp byLudovico Diaz De Santillana for Venini Tessuti series, 1970s
Table lamp with white painted meta...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Metal
Six Vintage Italian Sconces with Clear Tronchi Murano Glass by Venini
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Wall Lights with 12 clear murano glasses blown in Tronchi technique, mounted on antiqued gold metal frames, designed by Venini, circa 1960s. Made in Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Mid Century Modern Venini "Tree Bark" Pattern Wall Sconces
By Venini
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Venini Murano wall sconces in a clear thick ribbed pattern, Tree Bark. Stainless steel back plate with a double socket, incandesce...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel
Murano Reticello Glass Chandelier by Venini
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in New York, NY
Murano glass chandelier decorated in reticello glass, made by Venini Glass and Att. to be designed by Carlo Scarpa. An elegant spherical design with br...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass
Venini Ceiling Light/Sconces Murano Glass Brass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini ceiling light /sconces murano glass 1940 Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Martinengo Thirty-two-light Chandelier in Crystal
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Majestic chandeliers in handmade-blown glass.
Metal: Chromium Plated
Color: Crystal
32 lights x max 60W E14
Code: 99.50.01.32.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Suspension Lamp Trihedron Murano Glass, 1960's
By Venini
Located in taranto, IT
Extraordinary 60's original venini chandelier with 46 transparent trihedron elements of 15 cm, lobe cm. 3.5, arranged in several rows to form a single, harmonious, complex game of re...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Metal
Venini Applique Brass Murano Glass 1930 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Applique.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Pair of Murano Transparent Glass Wall Sconces Italian Design, 1960s
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Venini pair of Murano transparent glass wall sconces Italian design, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini “Triloba” Murano Glass Brass Model 963, 1965, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini chandelier.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Esprit Toni Zuccheri XL Original Glass Flower Chandelier, Italy 1970
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Vienna, AT
Original vintage majestic 39" Esprit ball chandelier in wonderful refurbished condition, Venini 1960-1969
One of kind unique giant Esprit chandelier...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass, Steel, Nickel
1970 Germany Palwa Tear Drop Chandelier Murano Glass & Gilt-Brass
By Christoph Palme, Venini, Palwa
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant teardrop chandelier made by Venini of transparent Murano glass drops mounted on a gilded brass frame with golden leafs. Chandelier illuminates beautifully and offers a lot of...
Category
1970s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
1960's Murano Glass and Brass Chandelier by Venini
By Venini
Located in Amsterdam, NH
Looking for lighting that makes an impression? This is the one. From the practical, chunky chain and canopy, underneath we get to a spectacular arrangement of hanging crystal-glass c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass
Venini Table Lamp Brass Murano Glass Fabric Lampshade 1960 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini table lamp.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Art Deco Handblown Murano Glass Rod and Brass Sconces Signed by Venini
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
This of Art Deco Handblown Murano Glass Rod and Brass Sconces were produced and signed by the fabled atelier of Venini in Italy, cir...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass
Venini Chandelier Murano Glass Iron, 1950, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Chandelier.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Ceiling Ball Chandelier Venini Yellow Brass Chain, Italy, 1950s
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian ceiling ball chandelier venini yellow brass chain, Italy, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass
20th Century Venini Murano Blown Glass Table Lamp, Italy, 1976
By Venini
Located in Cagliari, IT
These table lamp is a vintage piece, therefore it may show slight traces of use, but they can be considered as in excellent original condition and ready to give a beautiful ambiance ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Metal
Large Original 'CALZA' Glass Chandelier by Venini, Italy 1960's
By Venini
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Original large Venini glass chandelier. Italy, Murano, 1960.
A large chandelier with hand-blown "CALZA" amber and clear glass tubes. Made in Murano Italy. Metal frames with glass ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Seven Venini Tronchi Five Point Glass Shades
By Venini, Murano 5
Located in Garnerville, NY
Need extra shades? If you own or are trying to sell one of these signature chandeliers or sconces, then you probably need extra shades. Clear glass, five point drop shade, tree bark ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage Venini Murano Toni Zuccheri Italian Blown Glass Shade Pendant
By Venini
Located in Toledo, OH
Vintage Venini Murano hand blown art glass single socket pendant by Toni Zuccheri. Circa 1960's -1970's. New wiring and chrome ceiling cap. 13.5" in dia...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Venini Lighting
Materials
Glass
Huge Rectangular Murano Glass Chandelier by Venini, circa 1980s
By Venini
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
Huge rectangular five - tiered Murano glass chandelier by Venini, Italy, circa 1980s.
This heavy height- quality light fixture is made of 160 Murano glass elements hanging on nickel...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Italian Wall Sconces, Ice and Pink Triedri by Venini, Murano, 1980s
By Venini
Located in Budapest, HU
Fantastic pair of vintage Murano wall sconces composed of 19 Murano crystal prisms (triedri) for each sconce in a chrome metal frame. The shape of the sconces is column. The glasses ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Venini Lighting
Materials
Metal
Venini Zoe Small Swing Light by Doriana e Massimiliano Fuksas
By Venini, Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Swing light in handmade-blown glass.
Available colors: Red – Violet – Gray
Alogene 1 x max 70W E27
Suitable for CFL
Measurements: Ø 7.87"" H 13.97"" ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Poliedri Chandeliers by Venini - 2 Available
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian chandelier with clear and amethyst polyhedron/polyhedral shaped Murano glasses, mounted on white metal frames / Made in Italy by Venini, circa 1960s
6 lights / E12 or E14 typ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Clear Murano Glass Large Sconces, by Venini - set of four
By Venini
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of large geometrical Mid-Century Modern Murano glass sconces, by Venini Italy 1980s.
Two pairs available. Sold and priced by pair.
A modern design for these Triedri clear Murano...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Two Modern Murano Table Lamps by Ettore Sottsass for Venini, Signed ca. 1994
By Ettore Sottsass, Venini
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Beautiful table lamp in white and blue swirl hand-blown Murano glass.
Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Venini and manufactured in 1994.
The glass shade is signed "Venini ".
Priced ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Iconic Venini Esprit Chandelier, 1970
By Venini
Located in Rome, IT
This striking esprit chandelier was produced by Venini during the 1970s.
Explosion of flowers, made with amber and clear precious Murano glasses.
C...
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Glass
Spiral Murano Glass Chandelier by Venini
By Venini, Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Rijssen, NL
Italian Venini Murano "Triedri" cascade chandelier, manufactured, circa 1970s.
It is decorated with 81 long amber and clear crystal triedro glass tubes on a chrome metal structure.
...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Chrome
Hollywood Regency Italian Venini Murano Brass Crystal Prism Spiral Chandelier
By Venini, Camer Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and impressive Italian spiral chandelier produced by Camer in the 1970s. It features gold-plated brass framing with crystal glass prisms in a spiral form. Tested and working....
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Large Vennini 1960s Pendant Reticello Glass Pendant
By Venini
Located in London, GB
Large and exquisite blown crystal clear Murano glass dome shape lampshade decorated with spiraling white stripes of using the highly skilled Reticello technique that involves the mer...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass
Carlo Scarpa Poliedri Ceiling Lamp for Venini in Yellow and Grey, Italy 1950s
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Carlo Scarpa Murano Glass Poliedri ceiling lamp for Venini in yellow and Grey, Italy 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Metal
Trihedron Glass Vintage Wall Light Produced by Venini, 4 Available, 1960s
By Venini
Located in taranto, IT
Extraordinary batch of 4 huge appliques
These original Venini 1960s, composed of a metal structure, with inserts on the upper edge, and about 80 trihedron glasses, most of them 28 c...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Ludovico Diaz de Santillana Very Rare Murano Glass Table Lamp for Venini 1960s
By Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in Tilburg, NL
Ludovico Diaz de Santillana Venini Table Lamp, Italy, 1960s.
This rare table lamp shows the exquisite finesse of the work of Ludovico Diaz de Santillana (1931-1989). Its large sha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass
Model 802.1 Sconces by Tobia Scarpa for Venini
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model 802.1 Sconces by Tobia Scarpa for Venini. Designed and manufactured in Italy, 1965. Satin glass diffuser with brushed glass incalmo strip...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Venini Martinengo Twenty-Light Chandelier in Crystal
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Majestic chandeliers in handmade-blown glass.
Metal: Chromium Plated
Color: Crystal
20 lights x max 60W E14
Code: 99.50.01.20.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini Sconces Murano Glass Iron, 1950, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini sconces Murano glass iron, 1950, Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Chandelier, 1955 Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Chandelier, Murano glass 1955, brass and glass.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Glass
Venini Abaco Five-Light Suspension Light by Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin
By Venini, Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Abaco five light suspension light by Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin.
Suspension: Ø 7.48” H 231.89”
5 x max 40W E14 – dimmer
Year of manuf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Venini 1940, Chandelier, Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Large chandelier Venini Murano glass. Structure iron. The difference in color is to have deliberately put different light bulbs.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Lighting
Materials
Glass
Venini lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Venini lighting are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of silver and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Venini lighting, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original lighting by Venini were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider lighting by Stilnovo, Fabio Ltd, and Gaetano Sciolari. Prices for Venini lighting can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $11 and can go as high as $377,941, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,552.