Seguso Vetri d'Arte Centerpieces

A wonderful Sommerso red and yellow hand blown Murano glass teardrop large vase. Designed by Flavio Poli and manufactured by Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy, 1950s. Amazing teardrop shape...

Mid-Century Modern Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte pentagon green and amber Murano glass Sommerso bowl, Italy, 1950s. This pentagon shaped hand blown glass bowl is made of green...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso topaz and yellow Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Flavio Poli for the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company. According to the ...

Please note, priced per item (7 available), beautiful vintage Murano hand blown iridescent art glass seashells. Documented to designer Flavio Poli f...

Exquisite Murano sommerso glass bowl by Venetian artist Flavio Poli. Created for Seguso Vetri d´Arte, this is a spectacular piece indeed, featuring an organicists design line and a b...

This stunning handblown vase was handblown on the Venetian island of Murano by Seguso- one of Italy's most illustrious producers. The Scavo finished glass, realised in a beautiful aq...

Hand blown midcentury Murano blue vase from 1960s.

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...

1980’s Italian Scavo Murano glass vase by Seguso Vetri d'Arte. Hand blown Murano glass with rough texture finish. The vase is marked Seguso Vetri d'Arte. Dim: 11” High, 10” Diame...

Small Murano sommerso vase designed by Flavio Poli. The vase is clear, red and violet one of the nicer color combinations of this series.

Rare multi-colored ribbed vase by Archimede Seguso for Seguso Vetri d'Arte with possible hand of Flavio Poli. The dynamics and color change as you move this large vase around from ye...

Murano with gold Attributed to Seguso - Barovier We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All From Seller'. And you can see more objects to the style for sale. The history of "Seguso Vetri D' Arte" is directly linked to the "Vetreria Artistica­ Barovier" company. When the Barovier workshop was forced to reduce production in 1929, due to a financial crisis in America, the original group of ten partners had to separate and Antonio Seguso in 1931, assisted by his sons Ernesto and Archimede opened a small workshop of his own. They were joined by Luigi Olimpio Ferro and Napoleone Barovier the following year. Together the craftsmen establish the "Artistica Soffieria e Vetreria Barovier Seguso & Ferro" company as equal partners. In 1934 Flavio Poli joins the firm as artistic director and within only a brief period of time a distinct style of designs emerged. The close collaboration between Flavio Poli, Archimede Seguso and Alfredo Barbini played an important part in the success of the company. New glass techniques are developed which include never before seen color applications. The companies innovative designs constantly received awards and during the 1935 World Fair in Brussels and the 1936 Milan Triennale they did attract the interest of a new group of clientele. One of them is the French wholesale company "Veronese" from Paris which would play a defining role in the history of the company. The demand for an increase in production requires additional investments and the partners felt that there is a need to multiply their investment tenfold. Luigi Olimpio Ferro subsequently decided to withdraw from the company and his shares are acquired by Flavio Poli, which makes him a full partner. As a result, the company name is changed to Seguso Vetri D’ Arte and it is officially recognized in 1937. A period of great success and prosperity ensues, lasting until the outbreak of World War II. The post ­war period is a time of great change in Europe and the rebuilding of the economical structure in Italy requires major investments which result in the introduction of new import duties and taxes. To safeguard the copyright of the Seguso Vetri D'Arte designs an application for a second entry into the commercial registers of Venice is made by the partners in 1945. Strict export regulations curb international business relations for many years after the war and the company decides to focus on the domestic market instead. In 1946 a large retail location is opened at the Piazza Diaz in Milan where in addition to the art glass, German porcelain and Italian pottery is offered. In 1950 Flavio Poli develops a new sommerso glass technique, which consists of an overlaying of transparent layers of glass. The overlapping creates new shades of color which prior to the introduction of this technique had not been seen. Flavio Poli's most iconic design is the "Valve", which resembles an upright, slightly opened clam shell. The design was introduced in 1951. Mario Pinzoni joins the company in 1953 as a personal assistant to Flavio Poli and his responsibilities as a draftsman included the compilation of archival and the existing production drawing s...