Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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
Venini Anni Trenta Ceiling Light in Milk White with Black Chrome Hardware
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ceiling light in handmade-blown glass.
Year of Manufacture: 2002
Metal: Black chromium plated gold-plated
Light source: 6 x max 60W E14
Color: Milk-White
Measurements: Ø 20.08...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini Abaco Applique Wall Light in White by Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin
By Venini, Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wall light in handmade-blown glass.
Year of manufacture: 1998
Metal: White painted
Color: Milk-white, sphere gray-milk-white
Measurements: 15.75” 8.27” H 13.78""
Code: 823.02
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Blown Glass
One Pair Venini 1970s Patchwork Glass Sconces
By Venini
Located in Montclair, NY
One pair of elegantly designed and documented glass sconces by famous Italian designer Tony Zuccheri for Venini circa 1970. Origianly two pair available. Only one pair now for sale. ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Iron
$2,800 / set
Massimo Vignelli for Venini Yellow Onion Glass Uplighter Wall Sconce
By Venini, Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Hanover, MA
Since yellow Murano glass wall lamp designed by Massimo Vignelli for Venini, mid-1950s. Original hefty brass wall bracket. Porcelain socket for single standard Edison screw lightbulb...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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Brass
Several Venini Style Clear Gold Brass Glass Sconces, 1970
By Venini
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful half-round glass wall sconces featuring multiple long crystal clear glass tube-like rods, with brass details and back plate. Illuminates beautifully. High-end pieces.
Dime...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Murano Flush Mount by Toni Zuccheri for Venini, 2 Available
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano flush mount or wall light with blue details / Made in Italy by Toni Zuccheri for Venini, circa 1960s
Measures: width 8 inches, length 8 inches, height 5.5 inch...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Venini “Toni Zuccheri “ Sconces Metal Crome Murano Glass, 1970, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini sconces.
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini “Toni Zuccheri “Sconces Murano Glass Brass, 1950, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini "Toni Zuccheri" sconces Murano glass brass, 1950, Italy.
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1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Tolboi - Belboi - Stilboi Wall Light in Milk-White/Tea by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
It hangs quietly on the wall, glancing down from above. It’s Stilboi. Light passes through Milk White glass, spreading its soft yet strong glow, and revealing the tones of Red and Te...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
21st Century Abaco Wall Light in Grey/Milk-White
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Calculations, numbers, man’s endless attempt to rationalize an otherwise intuitive world. All this enclosed in a unique work by Monica Guggisberg and Philip Baldwin. Crafted with sph...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
$2,857 / item
Midcentury wall light model "802" by Tobia Scarpa for Venini, Italy 1970
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Rare single Midcentury wall light model "802" by Tobia Scarpa for Venini, Italy 1970
Stunning hand blown glass and metal structure.
This light can be re-oriented to point up as wel...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
$7,114 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Sconces Swan Murano Glass by Tina Aufiero for Venini, Italy, 1990s
By Tina Aufiero, Venini
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of wall lights lamps sconces model Swan in white and clear Murano glass, by the designer Tina Aufiero for the italian design manufacture Venini. engraved signed and dated 1995. ...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
21st Century Triedri Wall Light in Crystal by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
From 1958 to 1960, the Fornace has witnessed the encounter between geometry and art with Triedri. Structures designed based on clear rules trap light inside thin strips of glass with...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
$3,047 / item
Pair of Clear Gold Glass Sconces in the style of Venini, Italy 1970
By Venini
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful wall sconces of crystal glass pipes with brass details. Illuminates beautifully. High-end pieces.
Cleaned and well-wired, in full working order and ready to use. The glass...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Chrome
21st Century Fragments Small Wall Light in Multicolour by Fernando
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Born and reborn from glass. This work by Fernando and Humberto Campana perfectly reflects the Brazilian spirit: in transformation and creativity, it finds a way to fight and emerge from the crisis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
VENINI Sconces Murano Glass Brass 1930 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Sconces.
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Murano Glass
$5,335 / set
Venini Sconce Murano Glass Brass, 1930, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Sconce.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Toni Zuccheri Ceilling Light Sconces Murano Glass Brass Metal 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Toni Zuccheri ceilling light sconces Murano glass brass metal 1950 Italy.
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1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Murano Glass
Anni Trenta Luce Large Wall Applique by Venini in White Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Beautiful and large "Anni Trenta" wall applique in white Murano glass.
This very nice shaped lamp is designed and manufactured by Venini 1997.
These particular appliques are manufact...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Murano Glass
$939 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Pair of Venini Brass and Red Murano Glass Italian Sconses 1930
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Excepitional pair of appliques, 1930, Venini. Brass and glass... special color Red.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Venini Eclectic Glass and Iron Applique
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Italian eclectic wall sconce designed by the great master glassmaker Venini, from the 1960s, of fine Italian manufacture.
It has the supporting structure made of durable iron, which...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Iron
$1,422 Sale Price / item
20% Off
21st Century Zoe Wall Light in Violet by Doriana E Massimiliano Fuksas
By Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas, Venini
Located in murano, IT
From the ancient tracks of desert rocks to present-day Venice. Zoe – designed by Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas in 2014 – is a paradigm, a place where different times and spaces com...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
21st Century Tolboi, Belboi, Stilboi Wall Light in Milk-White / Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
It hangs quietly on the wall, glancing down from above. It’s Stilboi. Light passes through Milk White glass, spreading its soft yet strong glow, and revealing the tones of Red and Te...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
21st Century Nastri Wall Light in Crystal by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Nastri is an orderly arranged path of glass that gives meaning to its own complexity. Regardless of its size, small or large, the structure is monumental in appearance, just as the l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
$5,312 / item
21st Century Porpora 2-Light Wall Sconce in Crystal by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Essential decorations and a sleek structure with simple arms and cups, for a minimalist design by VENINI. Born in 1924 yet timeless, it has stood the test of time. It is just as mode...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
21st Century Esprit Wall Light in Crystal by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Viewers feel compelled to touch every single petal of its flowers and every single point of its stars, to make sure they’re real. Esprit conveys the power of nature and of light. Esp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
$14,335 / item
Pair of Large Italian Mid-century Murano Glass "Bambu" Wall Sconces by Venini
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Large, Italian Mid-Century Modern Murano / Venetian glass wall lights or sconces in a thick, opaque clear glass; and composed in an abstracted tree bark pattern, known as "...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century Gio Ponti 99.81 2-Light Wall Sconce in Green/Opalin Mole
By Venini, Gio Ponti
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.81 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
21st Century Trilobi Wall Light in Crystal by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
They recall ice stalactites or pendant quartz formations unusually shaped in the form of long triangular strips of glass with rounded corners. All hud...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
$5,335 / item
21st Century Carlo Scarpa 99.37 3-Light Wall Sconce in Crystal by Carlo Scarpa
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in murano, IT
An innovative designer with a passion for experimentation, Carlo Scarpa turned this work into the utmost expression of his artistic and artisanal knowledge. The linearity of glass me...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
21st Century Anni Trenta Luce Large Wall Light in Straw-Yellow by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Art Nouveau, Charleston, the dawn of a new design era. The 1930s, celebrated by VENINI in 1997 and wistfully recalled with essential and innovative shapes like those that marked the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
21st Century Argea Glass Wall Light in Milk-White by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Through the power of fire, glass encloses silver or golden leaves, glowing brightly and creating unique optical illusions that evoke the sea. Argea shines its inner light, and become...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
21st Century Vittoriale 3-Light Wall Sconce in Crystal by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Construction of Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Vittoriale degli Italiani started in the 1920s. In the same decade, Napoleone Martinuzzi designed a unique work that draws inspiration and owes ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
21st Century Zoe Wall Light in Grey by Doriana E Massimiliano Fuksas
By Venini, Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas
Located in murano, IT
From the ancient tracks of desert rocks to present-day Venice. Zoe – designed by Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas in 2014 – is a paradigm, a place where different times and spaces com...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
21st Century Porpora 3-Light Wall Sconce in Crystal by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Essential decorations and a sleek structure with simple arms and cups, for a minimalist design by VENINI. Born in 1924 yet timeless, it has stood the test of time. It is just as mode...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
21st Century Argea Glass Wall Light in Straw-Yellow by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Through the power of fire, glass encloses silver or golden leaves, glowing brightly and creating unique optical illusions that evoke the sea. Argea shines its inner light, and become...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
21st Century Balloton Lamp Wall Light in Crystal by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
The latest re-edition features bright new elements, complex shapes and different uses. But it stays true to the Balloton technique, which lends a unique ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
21st Century Nastri Wall Light in Crystal by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Nastri is an orderly arranged path of glass that gives meaning to its own complexity. Regardless of its size, small or large, the structure is monumental in appearance, just as the l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
$3,806 / item
21st Century Anni Trenta Luce Small Wall Light in Straw-Yellow by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Art Nouveau, Charleston, the dawn of a new design era. The 1930s, celebrated by VENINI in 1997 and wistfully recalled with essential and innovative shapes like those that marked the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
21st Century Esprit Wall Light in Amber Yellow / Crystal by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Viewers feel compelled to touch every single petal of its flowers and every single point of its stars, to make sure they’re real. Esprit conveys the power of nature and of light. Esp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
21st Century Anni Trenta Luce Large Wall Light in Milk-White by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Art Nouveau, Charleston, the dawn of a new design era. The 1930s, celebrated by VENINI in 1997 and wistfully recalled with essential and innovative shapes like those that marked the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Large Pair of Hand Blown Murano Glass Sconces by Venini
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
we have over three thousand antique sconces and over one thousand antique lights, if you need a specific pair of sconces or lights, use the contact dealer button to ask us, we might ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
3 Venini Grey Sconces
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(3) 1960s modern Venini grey sconces from Italy with hand blown Venini glass shades. Single E26 medium based socket per sconce. Original finish, partially ...
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Nickel
$1,800 / item
Three Large "Quilt" Sconces/Flush Mount by Toni Zuccheri for Venini, Italy 1960s
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and impressive set of three large "Quilt" sconces designed by Toni Zuccheri for Venini in the 1960's. Each wall light features a square-shaped, heavily textured clear Murano g...
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1960s Italian Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Flush Mount / Sconce by Venini
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian flush mount or wall light with a single milky white Murano glass shade with brown border / Made in Italy by Venini, circa 1960s
Original mark on the frame
Measures:...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Italian Mid-Century Venini Murano Glass Sconces
By Venini
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning Italian Mid-Century Modern sconces by Venini. Having a brass frame and beautiful glass prisms. Each of the prisms are solid glass, measuring 11 inches each. Three available.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
$2,100 / item
Venini Dome Flush Mount, Belgium, 1960
By Venini
Located in Bronx, NY
1950s Val Saint Lambert flush mount ceiling plate is white metal with 2 Edison sockets the shade is a dome shaped pressed glass that is clear with glass flakes on the inside of the d...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Crystal, Aluminum, Brass
Pair of Large Venini Smoked and Clear Triedri Glass Sconces
By Venini
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Large Venini glass prisms in a combination of clear and smoked. The glass triedri prisms alternate in height to create a Cascade effect. The sconces are lit by three newly wired candelabra...
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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Murano Glass
Corner wall lamp by Paolo Deganello for Venini
By Paolo Deganello, Venini
Located in Lugo, IT
Wall sconce for wall corner by Paolo Deganello for Venini.
It has been re-elected and the replaced parts are present.
Thank you
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Sheet Metal
21st Century Balloton Lamp Wall Light in Grey by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
The latest re-edition features bright new elements, complex shapes and different uses. But it stays true to the Balloton technique, which lends a unique ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
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.
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1960s Italian Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Murano Glass
Applique Murano Glass by Venini, 1940
By Venini
Located in Milan, Italy
Wall lamp in Murano glass by Venini, 1940.The applique is made up of several glass modules to be inserted inside a brass structure.There is no electrical system which can be made on ...
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1940s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Murano glass pair of sconces circa 1950
By Venini
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible pair of Venini sconces in Murano glass circa 1950.
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1950s Italian International Style Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini wall lights and sconces for sale on 1stDibs.
Venini wall lights and sconces 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 wall lights and sconces, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 165 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 47 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original wall lights and sconces 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 wall lights and sconces by Stilnovo, Gino Sarfatti, and Barovier&Toso. Prices for Venini wall lights and sconces can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $561 and can go as high as $116,498, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,117.
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Questions About Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024To identify Venini glass, first look for markings, usually found on the base or interior of glassware. Over its long history, Venini used dozens of labels and acid-stamped marks on its pieces. You can find images of these marks on the pages of trusted online resources to compare to your piece. Keep in mind that Venini's foil labels tend to come off over the years, so a lack of a marking or label doesn't necessarily mean that your piece is not a Venini. However, there are many convincing replicas of Venini glassware. As a result, experts recommend consulting a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer for assistance with the identification process, especially if you can't locate a label or acid mark. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Venini glass.
- Where is Venini glass made?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025Venini glass is made in Italy. Specifically, its workshop is on the Venetian island of Murano. Beginning in the 1930s — and throughout the postwar years especially — Venini & Co. played a leading role in the revival of Italy’s high-end glass industry, pairing innovative modernist designers with skilled artisans who created extraordinary chandeliers, sconces and other lighting in the centuries-old glass workshops. While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international designers to Murano’s hallowed workshops to create Venini pieces — among them Gio Ponti, Massimo Vignelli, Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearns and Fulvio Bianconi. Shop a variety of Venini glass on 1stDibs.