KalaRara

Rare and important vase in amethyst glass, exquisitely painted in gilt enhanced with enamelling and glass beads. The painted design of a Mimosa branch in bloom extends to three sides of the vase. The gilt painting is enhanced with glass beads and white enamel flowers. Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé...

This large unique Murano glass vase was made using the "Ghiachciato" technique, that gives the surface of the glass an irregular crackled appearance. The effect is created by submerg...

Stunning green Pulegoso Murano glass "Urn" vase with applied glass decoration. The base, mouth, decorations and handle were rolled gold gold leaf during hot phase of creation, leavin...

Rare and impressive "Crepuscolo" Murano glass vase from the late 1930's. Designed by the legendary Creative Director Ercole Barovier, employing his technique of inserting steel wool ...

Mid-Century Modern iridescent transparent vase, signed Franco Moretti, Murano – Venice, 1970's. Triangular-shaped vase with round base and bubble inclus...

This demilune flower pot or bough pot for forcing springtime bulbs, is adorned with three landscape panels. Each panel, painted in pink lustre, depicts the same cottage in a pastoral setting from three different vantage points. Moulded into the top and bottom rims are acanthus leaves. Pieces in this shape, color and style have been attributed to the Hackwood company, and usually pieces like these, are not marked. William Hackwood & Son was an earthenware factory in Shelton, England, from 1818 until 1853. In addition to lustre ware...

Originally designed by architect, designer and artistic director Guido Andlovitz in 1936 for Società Ceramica Italiana Laveno, this pair of vases are indeed the rarest of finds. The vases were manufactured in 1942, as attested to by the marking "N - 42" on the base of each vase. The gold rims and aquatic scenes that surround each vase, are unique to each piece and were painted by hand in 1943. They are both signed by the artist "Miruccia". One of the vases has the words “Anni di Guerra” (Year of War) written on the base in reference to the Second World War . Founded in Laveno in 1856 by Severino Revelli and some former employees of the "Richard" manufacturer in Milan. The "SCI" (Italian Ceramic Society) began its activity as a manufacturer of wall tiles and fine tableware. In 1883 it became a limited company and obtained its first successes at numerous national exhibitions. In 1895, Cavalier Luciano Scotti took over the company and, thanks to his intuition and his entrepreneurial skills, the factory grew substantially in a few years. In those years, some Liberty-style pieces designed by Giorgio Spertini, the author of noteworthy elegant "whiplash" creations, were created in the Laveno factory. In 1906 "SCI" presented numerous works at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Milan. Other collaborators from the beginning of the century were Silvio and Piero De Ambrosis, Felice Palucco, Giancarlo Jacopini and the brothers Marco and Luigi Raggiori. However, it was in 1923 that, under the direction of Guido Andlovitz, the company reached the peak of its fame and in 1925 was a resounding success at the 2nd Monza Biennale. Andlovitz, who collaborated with the manufacturer for almost forty years, applied to the production process the principle of seriality, a concept also put into effect by Giò Ponti at "Richard-Ginori", adopting various types of decoration which, although moulded and decal stamped, still retained an undeniable elegance. In 1924 the "Società Ceramica Revelli" became a consortium with the "SCI", the partnership would continue until 1932 and saw Franco Revelli's company marketing pottery and table porcelain on behalf of "SCI". From 1925 porcelain and crockery began to appear in the factory's catalogs. In 1927 the company was present at the 3rd Biennial of Decorative Arts in Monza. Between the end of the 1920's and the beginning of the 1930's, the decorators Giuseppe Bellorini and Daniela Ferretto began to collaborate with the "SCI". As of 1932 the company managed two factories: that of Laveno, which, with over 1300 employees, produced strong pottery, tableware and artistic ceramics and the smaller factory of Verbano, which employed about 400 people and produced, in addition to ceramics for the electrotechnical industry, excellent table porcelain. The products were marketed in the company owned stores in Rome, Genoa and Naples. This was an initiative realised by Andlovitz himself. In the mid-thirties, the decorators Ada Corsi and Ida Fonini among others, collaborated with the "SCI". From 1936 to 1940 the artistic direction of the company was entrusted to the sculptor and modeler Angelo Biancini. In 1939 about 1300 people worked in the Laveno plant and in 1951 about 2300. In the years between the two wars among the collaborators of the factory were Sirio Tofanari...

Pair of custom-made monumental Art Deco style floor lamps from the mid 1970's. They were handcrafted from maple wood. Resting on stair stepped bases the squ...

L’UNIVERSO” is a one-of-a-kind table, designed and manufactured by KalaRara. The tabletop is completely made of crushed Murano glass and acrylic. An inset extra-clear tempered glass ...

“Juno” is a one-of-a-kind coffee table, that combines minimalist modern design with classic Roman iconography. Designed by Vincent Copeland as part of KalaRara’s “ICONS” Luxury Colle...

“FRAGMENTS IN TIME” is a one-of-a-kind coffee table, that combines minimalist modern design with classic Roman iconography. Designed by Vincent Copeland as part of KalaRara’s “ICONS”...

Eye catching and whimsical, this very limited edition elephant rocker is a spectacular showpiece. Lifelike down to its most minute details, this exquisite piece is equally at home in a child's room, living room or entryway. Made in Germany, between 2000 and 2010, the meticulously detailed elephant is cast in fiberglass which was then been painted by hand. The saddle as well as its straps are also finely detailed. The saddle is gilded, the silver neck and rear saddle straps embellished have a raised scalloped cording painted in antique gold. Inset in each scallop is a large faceted resin jewel alternating red and green. The rendering of the elephant's skin is painstakingly detailed both in the cast of the fiberglass as well as the hand painting. The elephant is mounted on hand forged and hand painted cast iron...

This modern (mid-1990's) Murano Glass floor lamp is composed of three tiers of clear "triedi" Murano glass rods. The perfectly clear, mouth-blown rods were made in glass making studi...

“Abstraction # 1 "is both a rectangular coffee table and a functional piece of art. This unique piece is born from the research of materials, such as: Stucco infused with glass powde...

"ABSTRACTION #2” is a one-of-a-kind rectangular low coffee table as well as a functional piece of art. The hand-forged iron table base has a sat...

This pair of large faceted oval mercury glass mirrors from France was made in the 1940’s . Each of the large oval mirrors is framed by 48 pieces of cut mercury glass mirror mounted o...

These one-of-a-kind pair of ottomans are statement pieces that add sophisticated elegance and dramatic flair to any room they inhabit. The extremely comfortable attached top cushions...

“Once in a Blue Moon” is a one-of-a-kind table designed and manufactured by KalaRara. The tabletop is created on canvas using a palette applied composite of pulverised Ligurian black...

“TURNER'S DREAM” is a one-of-a-kind table designed and manufactured by KalaRara. The striking color palate of pale blues, burnt orange, copper and steel grey combine seamlessly with ...

“THAT DAY BY THE LAKE” is a one-of-a-kind table designed and manufactured by KalaRara. Recalling days spent watching the light dapple across an aquatic landscape, the tabletop was cr...

“CALLISTO CROSSING’S” is a one-of-a-kind table, designed and manufactured by KalaRara. The tabletop is realised in fragmented Murano glass with insets of weathered and distressed lea...

“AURORA” is a one-of-a-kind coffee-table, designed and manufactured by KalaRara. The tabletop realised on an aluminium sheet covered in gold, silver and copper leaf overlaid with Mur...

“A Delicate Balance” is a one-of-a-kind two-piece wall sculpture. The outer circle is made with fragmented Murano glass and acrylic over a base of rec...

“Still In Play” is a one-of-a-kind two-piece wall sculpture. The outer circle is made with fragmented Murano glass and acrylic over a base of reclaimed wood framed by two thin bands of stainless steel polished to a mirror finish. The inner circle made of fragmented Murano glass and acrylic over a base of reclaimed wood framed with a thin band mirror finished stainless steel...