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Caravaggio Cup Murano Glass Centerpiece by Barovier & Toso from the 1980s

Name: Caravaggio Cup Murano Glass Centerpiece by Barovier & Toso from the 1980s
Brand: Barovier&Toso
Price: 1951.51 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Centerpiece cup in very fine blue Murano glass, made in inspiration of the Caravaggio cup by Barovier and Toso, in the 1980s Ø 22 cm h 17 cm Barovier & Toso is a glass factory, known for its handcrafted collections of decorative Murano glass in the 20th century. The chemical innovations of Angelo Barovier's crystalline glass production characterized the first collections composed of bottles and objects in colored glass. Subsequently, further innovations led to the creation of a series of designs using multicolored murrine. In the 1930s they began experimenting with heavier glass shapes with irregular surfaces and handles. In 1942 Barovier joined forces with the Toso brothers, other leading glassmakers, to form Barovier & Toso based in Palazzo Contarini in Murano. The company maintains traditional techniques but at the same time incorporates contemporary styles and forms. This table lamp is made entirely of Murano glass, both the bottom and the base, with a brass insert. The colors of the glass are perfectly worked and give warmth to the environment.

Creator:

Barovier&Toso (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 6.7 in (17 cm)Diameter: 8.67 in (22 cm)

Style:

Romantic (In the Style Of)

Materials and Techniques:

Murano Glass

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1980-1989

Date of Manufacture:

circa 1980

Condition:

Seller Location:

Milano, IT

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU7537236156842

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Partnerships come and go within the community of glass-making artisans on the Venetian island of Murano, where business relationships seem as complex as the shifting alliances in the notoriously acrimonious Italian parliament. Formed in 1942 by members of families with centuries of experience in the craft, Barovier, Toso & Co. has proven to be one of the most enduring and prosperous Italian glass manufactories of recent decades. Under the nearly 50-year artistic directorship of cofounder Ercole Barovier (1889–1974), the company created buoyant traditional pieces such as chandeliers and sconces, and it pioneered an array of innovative modernist designs with bold colors, patterns and surfaces.

To appeal to gentler, more conservative tastes, Barovier Toso produced a range of lilting, sinuous lighting pieces that are often described as embodying “Liberty Style” — the Italian term for Art Nouveau, taken from the name of the famed London department store that promoted 19th-century organic textile designs in the manner of William Morris. The hallmarks of the style in Barovier & Toso works are elements of glass in the shape of thick leaves, fronds and flower petals, deployed along with other naturalistic ornament in sconces, pendants and chandeliers.

Ercole Barovier began his personal aesthetic transition toward modernism in the 1930s with his Primavera series of vases and animal sculptures — idiosyncratic milky-white and clear glass filled with tiny bubbles and hairline interior fissures that he produced for Artisti Barovier, a firm headed by his father and uncle. Later, with Barovier Toso, he would explore such novel styles as the mosaic-like Pezatto glass; fluid Spiral patterns; the pebbly textured Barbarico line and the complex, layered and highly colored abstractions of the Oriente series of vases and bowls.

Traditional or modern, Barovier Toso — still under family control — has produced one of the finest and most diverse catalogues of Murano glass in the last 100 years.