Venini Vintage Red Orange Yellow & White Crystal Murano Glass Photo Frame
View Similar Items
Venini Vintage Red Orange Yellow & White Crystal Murano Glass Photo Frame
About the Item
- Creator:Venini (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)Width: 8.75 in (22.23 cm)Depth: 2.25 in (5.72 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1970s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: 798PD1stDibs: LU911214284151
Venini
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 in the centuries-old glass workshops on the Venetian island of Murano. While the company’s 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 Giò Ponti, Massimo Vignelli, Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearnsof 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 took over the company as his own in 1925, and under his direction it produced mainly classical Baroque designs. In 1932, he 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 century — Venini has produced one of the truly great bodies of work in modern design.
- Italian Barovier Toso Brass & Turquoise Crystal Murano Glass Modern Photo FrameBy Cosulich Interiors & Antiques, Barovier&TosoLocated in New York, NY21st century modern sophisticated and elegant contemporary picture frame in thick blown Murano glass: the crystal clear glass frame worked with “torchon” technique, handcrafted twist...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames
MaterialsBrass
- 2000s Italian Vintage Aquamarine Blue Twisted Murano Glass & Brass Picture FrameBy Barovier&TosoLocated in New York, NYA sophisticated Venetian modern design vertical photo frame in thick blown Murano glass worked in a luscious baby blue turquoise jewel color, by B...Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames
MaterialsBrass
- 2000s Barovier Toso Italian Royal Blue Twisted Murano Glass Brass Picture FrameBy Barovier&TosoLocated in New York, NYA sophisticated Venetian modern design vertical photo frame in thick blown Murano glass worked in a luscious deep blue jewel color, by Barovier Toso, signed piece. The elegant texture of the tightly twisted glass frame...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames
MaterialsBrass
- Barovier Toso 21st Century Multicolor Filigrana Murano Glass Photo FrameBy Barovier&TosoLocated in New York, NY21st century modern sophisticated and elegant contemporary picture frame in thick blown Murano glass: the crystal clear glass frame worked with “torchon” technique, handcrafted twisted blown Murano glass that amplifies the reflections, is accentuated with the use of filigrana technique in multicolour. Thin lines that like a ribbon twist around the crystal glass frame. "Filigrana' is a traditional technique, which dates back to the 16th century. Long glass rods (transparent, coloured or lattimo glass) are superimposed, intertwined and fused. The rod is wrapped around a glass cylinder and blown into shape and /or formed with glass-making tools. A master blower is recognised through their ability to keep each line of color separate, with same thickness and curvature around the glass, as all is carried out with speed as the glass cools. On a manufactured bronze support bearing the engraved Barovier Toso signature. A collector piece. Photo placement: 4.3 inches W x 6.25 H. Other colors available. Visit 1stdibs Cosulich Interiors & Antiques store front.Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames
MaterialsBrass
- Salviati Vintage Green Orange Purple Crystal Murano Glass Sculpture Work of ArtBy SalviatiLocated in New York, NY1970s Mid-Century Modern mouth blown Murano glass organic sculpture by Salviati, a crystal clear glass "stone" decorated in the interior with swirls of colors in lime green and red o...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsArt Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine, Blown Glass
- 1950 Italian Pair of Organic Crystal, Yellow & Red Murano Art Glass Flower VasesBy Seguso Vetri d'ArteLocated in New York, NYA pair of organic Murano glass vases of clean rectangular modern shape, attributed to Seguso, the linear design enhanced by the triple Sommerso technique: the crystal clear blown gla...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
MaterialsArt Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass
- Italian Photo Frame Red and White Plexiglass, Sharing RedBy Laura G Art with HeartLocated in Sarezzo, ITSharing Red is a limited edition of art with Heart collection of pop recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is decorated fron...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Picture Frames
MaterialsPlexiglass
- Murano Photo Frame by Barovier e TosoBy Barovier&TosoLocated in Los Angeles, CAVintage round photo frame in handblown Murano "Torciglione" clear glass border infused with gold flecks / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / "Barov...Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames
MaterialsBrass
- Italian Handmade Photo Frame Red White Plexi, Otto Sharing RedBy Laura G Art with HeartLocated in Sarezzo, ITSharing Otto Red is a unique multiples edition of Art with Heart collection of pop recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Picture Frames
MaterialsPlexiglass
- Italian Photo Frame Yellow White Plexi , Sharing Yellow RoundBy Laura G Art with HeartLocated in Sarezzo, ITSharing round yellow is a unique multiples edition of Art with Heart collection of pop recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Picture Frames
MaterialsPlexiglass
- Modern Photo Frame in Yellow and White Plexiglass , Sharing YellowBy Laura G Art with HeartLocated in Sarezzo, ITSharing yellow is a photo frame Art with Heart collection by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is decorated front and back, a typical example of Art with Heart photo frame. It is realized in yellow and white artistic plexiglass, with guilloche' rays hand worked into yellow fluo plexiglass, giving light to the whole piece. Sharing yellow is a postmodern photo frame where traditional crafts are combined with contemporary material, plexiglass and create an unexpected and quite new concept of photo frame. Photo size diameter 5 inches (13 cm). If you like Italian artisanal craftsmanship, you will find out that Photo Frames Laura G are an example of quality and beautiful design. Collectors of Art with Heart photo frames...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Picture Frames
MaterialsPlexiglass
- Mid 20th Century Italian Art Glass Picture Frame for Venini by, Carlo ScarpaBy Carlo Scarpa, VeniniLocated in Englewood, NJA fine Italian Mid Century Modern glass "Mezza Filigrana" picture frame designed by, Carlo Scarpa for Venini. The mirror frame is internally decorated with pink lattice decoration an...Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames
MaterialsBrass