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Flavio Poli for Luigi Mandruzzato Murano block vase 8-sided red green blue yello

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Murano Square Vase 8-sided Red/Green/Blue/Yellow Murano block vase, 8-sided, is predominantly red with green, blue and yellow. This vase is in pristine condition, made by Crystal Glass master Flavio Poli. Vintage design vase Murano square block vase red/blue, pristine, made by Crystal/Glass master Flavio Poli (1900-1984). He was an Italian artist, known for his designs in glass. The history of Murano glass dates back to the 8th century. Around the 12th century, Venice had become very popular for beautiful glass products. To keep the trade in glass products unique and profitable, a law was introduced in 1271 that stated that no foreign glass could be imported for production and no foreign glass workers could be employed. In the 13th century, however, all glass production facilities were moved by law from Venice to Murano, because the fire from the kilns posed a major risk to Venice's wooden structures. These two laws ensured that Murano glass is still unique today; Made by artists and craftsmen from a small Italian archipelago. The secrets of glass making are passed on from father to son and from master to apprentice. Additional information: Dimensions: 10 W x 10 D x 30 H cm Period of Time: 1960 Country of origin: Italy Condition: Good

Creator:

Mandruzzato (Manufacturer),Flavio Poli (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 11.82 in (30 cm)Width: 3.94 in (10 cm)Depth: 3.94 in (10 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Art Glass,Blown Glass,Glass

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1960

Condition:

Seller Location:

Oostrum-Venray, NL

Reference Number:

Seller: 2305111stDibs: LU5799235519102

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Flavio Poli

Italian glass artist Flavio Poli’s innovative use of the sommerso technique during the 1950s added a dimension of exquisite beauty and refined elegance to mid-century-era Murano glass design. Today Poli’s vintage table lamps, glass vases, ashtrays and other objects are highly collectible.

Born in Chioggia in 1900, Poli attended the prestigious Istituto d’Arte di Venezia where he trained as a ceramist before turning his attention toward glass art. His career in glass began in 1929 when he worked at the Industrie Vetrerie Artistiche Murano, designing and creating large-scale glass sculptures, urns and bowls.

During the 1930s, Poli was a glass artist for manufacturer Barovier, Seguso and Ferro (later known as Seguso Vetri d’Arte), where he worked alongside pioneering glass master Archimede Seguso. Poli was later appointed artistic director at the Venetian glassworks.

Inspired by Seguso, Poli began to experiment with his own glassblowing techniques. In the 1950s, he helped popularize the decades-old sommerso style, which sees overlapping layers of transparent handblown glass melded through a heating process and immersed in pots of molten colored glass. The style yields a sophisticated and mesmerizing effect — it's as if colored fluids have been trapped inside the layers of clear glass. Poli made use of variations on the technique in many of his pieces, including in designs for vases, bowls, sculptures and more.

Poli’s unparalleled designs and innovative work with the sommerso technique garnered numerous awards and accolades throughout his career. He won five Grand Prix awards at the Milan Triennale and was awarded the Compasso d’Oro prize in 1954. Poli’s designs were also presented at the World’s Fair in Brussels and the Venice Biennale in 1958.

Today, Poli’s work can be found in museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Murano Glass Museum in Venice, Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi in Rome and the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia.

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