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
Mid-Century Modern Murano Swirl Glass Sconces Attributed to Venini, 1970s
By Venini
Located in Palermo, PA
Pair of elegant round wall sconces with hand blown swirl Murano glass set on a metal frame. Manufactured in Murano, Italy 1970s.
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Creator: Murano
Dimensions: Diameter: 29...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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Stainless Steel
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
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Glass
$3,853 / item
21st Century Carlo Scarpa 99.37 3-Light Wall Sconce in Crystal by Carlo Scarpa
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
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
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Glass
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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
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Murano Glass
21st Century Poliedri Wall Light in Crystal by Carlo Scarpa
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in murano, IT
Poliedri 951.27 APPLIQUE CR
Additional Information:
Color: Crystal
Light Source: 2 x max 8W LED E14
Finishes: Chrome metal
Dimensions: W 27 x D 27 x H 39 cm.
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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Venini “Toni Zuccheri “ Sconce Murano Glass Metal Crome 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini sconce.
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1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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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
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Murano Glass
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
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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 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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Massimo Vignelli for Venini Yellow Onion Glass Uplighter Wall Sconce
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Venini
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
Horizontal Italian Mid-Century Venini Sconce
By Venini
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Italian Mid-Century Modern 52 inch horizontal sconce by Venini. Having a brass frame with beautiful 6 inch glass prisms.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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
$2,893 / item
Mid-century Venini Murano patchwork wall appliques 'Cheerio'-4x pieces available
By Venini
Located in SON EN BREUGEL, NL
A fabulous Venini Murano patchwork wall lamps 'Cheerio'.
Venini's masterful craftsmanship! Beautifully textured glass in various colors.
Mounted on a ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
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
Pair of Italian Mid-Century Two-Tier Venini Murano Glass Sconces
By Venini
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern sconces by Venini. Having a brass frame and two-tier of beautiful glass prisms.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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
$14,514 / item
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
$5,378 / item
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
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Murano 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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Murano Glass Venini Curved Sconces
By Venini
Located in Austin, TX
Italian hand blown Murano glass sconces by Venini made of eight curved rods in clear glass with a deep black glass core in the ‘Filigrana’ technique. The light bounces beautifully of...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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Murano Glass
$6,900 / set
Venini Rare Pairs of Petali Gold Leaf Murano Glass Sconces Model 5825
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
Rare pairs of exquisite midcentury 1970s 'Petali' Venini sconces model 5825 in transparent Murano glass with gold leaf inclusions. These sculptural wall lights have a lovely organic...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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Brass, Gold Leaf
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
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Crystal, Aluminum, Brass
Venini Murano Glass ‘Swan’ Wall Sconce by Tina Aufiero, Stock of 5
By Venini, Tina Aufiero
Located in Voorburg, NL
Very rare and highly sophisticated Murano Glass Wall Sconce produced in 1999 in Italy by Venini and designed by Tina Marie Aufiero in the early ‘90’s. The name of the lamp is called ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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Stainless Steel
Venini Sconce Brass Murano Glass 1930 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini sconce.
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1930s Italian Other Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
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
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
Pair of Sconces by Toni Zuccheri, Italy, Venini, circa 1960
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Transparent gray glass, cast in a heavily textured square shape and held with two copper mounts to the enameled metal backplate.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal, Copper
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
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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 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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
Vintage Pair of Sconces w/ Milky White Murano Glass Designed by Venini, 1960s
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage pair of sconces with milky white Murano rectangular glasses with textured contortions / Designed by Venini circa 1960’s / Marked "VENINI" on the frame / Made in Italy
Can be...
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1960s Italian Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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Murano Glass
Pair of Applique Murano Glass Corteccia Model by Venini, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milan, Italy
A pair of Corteccia model wall lamps designed and produced by Venini in 1940.
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1940s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Wall Lights and Sconces
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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
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Murano 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
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Murano Glass
Three Large "Quilt" Sconces/Flush Mount by Toni Zuccheri for Venini, Italy 1960s
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
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
Pair of Clear Ridged Gold Glass Sconces in the style of Venini, Italy 1970
By Venini
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful halfround ridged glass wall sconces 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
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Chrome
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.