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Lighting For Sale
Creator: Venini
Creator: Charlotte Perriand
Charlotte Perriand 'Applique Cylindrique Longue' Wall Lamp in Anthracite Grey
Located in Glendale, CA
Charlotte Perriand 'Applique Cylindrique Longue' wall lamp in anthracite grey. Perriand's iconic 'Applique Cylindrique' features a unique pivotin...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Lighting

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Metal, Aluminum

Pair of Venini Poliedri Chandeliers, Italy, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Mid-century chandeliers by Venini made with their iconic poliedri Murano glasses. The glasses are a mix of light rose and clear mounted on a white lacquered frame holding seven E12 c...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

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Glass

Italian mid century glass Poliedri chandelier by Carlo Scarpa for Venini, 1958
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid century modern light pink and yellow polyhedral elements glass Poliedri chandelier or ceiling lamp by Carlo Scarpa for Venini, 1958. Glass chandelier, suitable as a ceili...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Metal

Charlotte Perriand 'Applique Cylindrique Longue' Wall Lamp in Light Blue
Located in Glendale, CA
Charlotte Perriand 'Applique Cylindrique Longue' wall lamp in light blue. Perriand's iconic 'Applique Cylindrique' features a unique pivoting sha...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Lighting

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Metal, Aluminum

Tobia Scarpa for Venini 802.1 Pendant
Located in New York, NY
Hand blown frosted glass, chromed metal.. *2nd matching pendant available.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Postmodern Pair of Cream Color Encased Murano Glass Table Lamps by Venini, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy by Venini, 1970s - 1980s. These table lamps are made in cream colored encased Murano glass with twisted canes. They might show slight traces of use since they're vinta...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Lighting

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Murano Glass

Large yellow Murano glass pendant lamp by Massimo Vignelli for Venini
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This yellow glass cylindrical pendant lamp was designed by Massimo Vignelli for Venini in the 1960's. It was made in 2 sizes with a heig...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Glass, Murano Glass

Classic swirl white murano glass ceiling or wall lamp Vetry Murano 022 by Venini
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
The beautiful white Murano glass ceiling or wall lamp Vetry Murano 022 by Venini was made in Italy in the 1970s. Can be used as a ceiling or wall lamp. The electrical system is fully...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

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Murano Glass

Venini Murano Glass Brass Conical Flush Mount, Italy, 1960s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A large Venini flush mount or pendant attributed to Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Series -Tessuto-, Italy, 1960s. Hand blown from white and clear Murano glass in conical shape, brass ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

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Brass

Midcentury Carlo Scarpa Poliedri Chandeliers for Venini, Murano, Italy, 1960s
Located in Almelo, NL
MiCarlo Scarpa Poliedri Chandeliers for Venini, Murano, Italy, 1960s. We have two exquisite mid-century Venini Murano glass chandeliers for sale, designed by Carlo Scarpa in Italy...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

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Metal

Murano Glass Flush Mount by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana for Venini, Italy, 1970s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Murano Reticello glass Flush mount by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana for Venini, Series -Tessuto-, Italy, 1970s. Hand-blown from white and clear Murano glass in spiral shape, ceiling mo...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Metal

20st Century Venini Murano Glass "Tolboi" Floor Lamp in Green
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Floor lamp in blown and handmade glass, produced and signed by Venini. Lattimo diffuser, stem and decoration in crystal with green core. Base and supports in brass.
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of Venini 1970s Esprit Ceiling Mount Fixture by Toni Zuccheri
Located in New York, NY
Pair of designed by Toni Zuccheri for Venini is this Esprit ceiling mount light. Venini describes the model “Esprit” as an explosion of flowers and stars in hand blown, handcrafted g...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Metal

An Italian 1970s Venini Murano glass swirl ball lamp on brass base
Located in London, GB
An Italian 1970s Venini Murano glass swirl ball lamp on brass base, re wired with new fittings, antique gold cord flex and switch.
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1970s Italian Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass

Vintage 1970s Large Murano Tronchi Venini Glass Chrome 5 Tier Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage 1970s Murano Venini glass chandelier. 10 lightbulbs. 5 tiers of glass. 62 pieces of glass. No broken or chipped glass. Chrome cage with ceiling cap. Tested, working order. Ac...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass

Pair of Murano Glass Sconces by Toni Zuccheri for Venini
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Murano Glass Sconces by Toni Zuccheri For Venini. This beautiful pair of Italian mid-century sconces have been newly wired with new sockets for the U.S. market.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Midcentury wall light model "802" by Tobia Scarpa for Venini, Italy 1970
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Rare single Midcentury wall light model "802" by Tobia Scarpa for Venini, Italy 1970 Stunning hand blown glass and metal structure. This light can be re-oriented to point up as wel...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass

Murano Flush Mount / Sconce by Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian flush mount or wall light with a single milky white Murano glass shade with brown border / Made in Italy by Venini, circa 1960s Measures: diameter 12 inches, height 5...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Pair of Toni Zuccheri for Venini Murano Glass Sconces
Located in Houston, TX
Pair Of Toni Zuccheri For Venini Murano glass sconces. This large pair of Italian Murano sconces have chrome structures, long oval tubular glass with each having 3 Edison based sockets. These chic midcentury Murano sconces...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Pair XXL Venini Wall Chandeliers with Murano Amber and Ice Glass, Italy 1960
Located in Almelo, NL
Pair XXL Venini Wall Chandeliers with Murano Amber and Ice Glass, Italy 1960 We're selling a pair of gorgeous Venini Wall chandeliers from the 1960s, each featuring hand-blown Murano glass in amber and ice tones. These Italian-made lamps are ideal for any space, from midcentury to Hollywood Regency. Choosing Mid-Century Lighting is a sustainable and eco-friendly option that breathes new life into a quality product with a rich history. The signs of wear add character and tell a story of the previous owner's life. These elegant lights are compatible with US/UK/ASIA standards and LED lighting, featuring three E27 sockets. We've cleaned and wired them for immediate use, and the frames are in excellent condition, with a minor patina on the metal parts. You can easily disassemble the sconces for transport, and each glass piece can be wrapped individually. They measure 38 cm in width, 20 cm in depth, and 80 cm in height. Make a statement in your space with these delicate yet beautiful lights. - Priced for a pair of two wall lights...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal

Original Jumo 600 Chrome Lamp Selected by Charlotte Perriand
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
The 600 desk lamp by the French manufacturer JUMO is one of Charlotte Perriand's most famous lamp designs. Designed in 1935, it was selected by Perriand hi...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Chrome

Set of three pendants by Massimo Vignelli for Venini in Murano Glass
Located in Milan, IT
Set of Three pendants mod. 4041 in light blue etched Murano Glass designed by Massimo Vignelli and produced by Venini since 1954. Perfect condition, original electrical system and or...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Large Venini Murano Glass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Large Venini Murano Glass Chandelier $12,500.00 Large Murano glass chandelier by Venini from the 1960s. Its composed of several colorless hand blown ribbed glass sections that come t...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Lighting

Materials

Glass

"Esprit" Chandelier by Toni Zuccheri for Venini
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Chandelier "Esprit" in Murano hand blown glass and chrome metal. Designed by Toni Zuccheri and produced by Venini in the 1970s. Bibliography: - Domus 436 (marzo 1966), advertising...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Metal

A large 1960s Italian Venini Murano glass shaded brass arc lamp
Located in London, GB
A large 1960s Italian Venini Murano glass shaded brass arc lamp, with barley twist brass stem mounted on a black lacquer base. Re wired with antique gold cord flex, switch and PAT te...
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1960s Italian Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of Venini Tronchi Sconces or Wall Lights by Toni Zuccheri, 1970s
Located in Palermo, PA
Indulge in the timeless elegance of this remarkable pair of Venini Tronchi wall lights, expertly crafted by the talented Toni Zuccheri during the 1970s. These captivating sconces fea...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal

Italian 1970s Toni Zuccheri for Venini Sconces "Patchwork" Murano Glass
Located in Firenze, FI
Ceiling or wall lighting system made up of 8 Murano glass elements, "Patchwork" model, designed by Toni Zuccari for Venini. The structure is in white painted metal on which the tran...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Metal

Midcentury Murano Glass Chandelier Tronchi by Toni Zuccheri for Venini Italy 19
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
The elegant Murano glass chandelier made in Italy in the 60s. Designer Toni Zuccheri for Venini & Co. Venini & Co. played a leading role in the revival of Italy’s high-end glass indu...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

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Murano Glass

Murano Chandelier Calla Lily by Venini, Italy, 1960s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
The unique Murano chandelier Calla or Lily by Venini was made in Italy in the 1960s. Beautiful chandelier with glass flowers that seem to fall from a chrome stand. This lamp with its...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Vintage Italian Chandelier with Clear & Gold Trilobo Glasses by Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian chandelier with clear and gold Trilobo glasses suspended from white metal ceiling plate. Made by Venini, Italy, c. 1960's. Dimensions: 61"H x 10"D
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1960s Italian Vintage Lighting

Materials

Metal

Pair of Charlotte Perriand, Mid-Century Modern Red Metal Cp-1 Wall Light, 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall sconces with rotating shades by Charlotte Perriand for Galerie Steph Simon, circa 1960. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) she was born in Paris in 1903 and attended the E´cole de l'Union centrale des Arts de´coratifs from 1920-1925. Charlotte Perriand designed furniture made of anodized aluminium and chromium-plated steel, showing it at the 1927 "Salon d'Automne" in Paris. After meeting Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand worked with him and Pierre Jeanneret until 1937. The revolutionary tubular steel furnishings and system furniture designed by the three were presented as "E´quipement de l'habitation" (home equipment) at the 1929 "Salon d'Automne," where they were widely acclaimed. In 1930 the Union Des Artistes Modernes (UAM) was founded in Paris, a group that viewed itself as a countermovement challenging such establishment organizations as the "Salon d'Automne" and also advocated Art Deco and Modernism. From 1931 Charlotte Perriand showed her own work solo there. In 1937 Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret collaborated on designing a mountain chalet of sheet aluminium, which they showed at the "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne" and later they came up with plans for prefab houses...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Metal

Italian Midcentury Murano Glass Chandelier, Venini "Tronchi" by Toni Zuccheri
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Toni Zuccheri's design for Venini's chandelier in the late 1960s is truly remarkable. The combination of Murano glass, brass, and chromed steel creates a stunning visual effect that ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Brass, Steel

Murano Glass Sconces by Venini
Located in Austin, TX
"Triete" glass stems were curved on both ends while in fusion to give these pieces a great dynamic shape. A beautiful pair of wall sconces in crystal clear glass on a chromed steel s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Cylinder Shaped Amber Murano Glass Pendant by Venini, 1980s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
A cylinder shaped amber coloured pendant designed and produced by glass specialist Venini. This model is designed in the 1950s, but this is a more recent production. The lamp i...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Metal

Triedri Curvati Murano Glass Flush Mount by Carlo Nason for Venini, Italy
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
An amazing flush mount chandelier crafted in Murano glass and gilded brass, designed by Carlo Nason for Venini, Italy. Measurements: diameter 17.3" in. (44 cm), height 21.65" in...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

21st Century 2 Level Veliero Table Lamp in Crystal / Milk-White by Tadao Ando
Located in murano, IT
Veliero comprises 6 modular elements; the simplicity of the original square remains unchanged, and is actually enhanced by the encounter with the other elements, expressing itself in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Lighting

Applique Murano Glass by Venini, 1940
Located in Milan, Italy
Wall lamp in Murano glass by Venini, 1940.The applique is made up of several glass modules to be inserted inside a brass structure.There is no electrical system which can be made on ...
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1940s Italian Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Applique Murano Glass by Venini, 1940
Located in Milan, Italy
Wall lamp in Murano glass by Venini, 1940.The applique is made up of several glass modules to be inserted inside a brass structure.There is no electrical system which can be made on ...
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1940s Italian Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Venini Table Lamp Murano Glass Brass Lampshade, 1940, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Lampada da tavolo Venini Misure solo della struttura vetro senza paralume. Height 38cm. Large 18 cm.
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1940s Italian Other Vintage Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Large Orange Hand Blown Fungo Table Lamp by Massimo Vignelli for Venini, 1950s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
A hand blown orange colored glass Fungo table lamp designed by Massimo Vignelli at the start of his impressive career in design and executed by Murano glass specialist Venini. This is the largest size of the Fungo table lamp. The Fungo lamp...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Murano Glass

Charlotte Perriand 'Pivotante À Poser' Table Lamp in Red
Located in Glendale, CA
Charlotte Perriand 'Pivotante À Poser' table lamp in red. Originally designed in 1950 by the iconic Charlotte Perriand, these newly produced authoriz...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Tronchi Murano Glass Flush mount light Design Venini for Kalmar, Austria, 1960s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Stunning Murano glass chandelier designed by Venini for Kalmar, 1960s Two tiers gather many structured glasses, beautifully refracting the light very heavy quality. High quality and...
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Brass

Italian modern Glass Chandelier Firenze by Ettore Sottsass for Venini, 1990s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern glass chandelier Firenze by Ettore Sottsass for Venini, 1990s Chandelier mod. Firenze (Florence) composed of a series of...
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1990s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal

Charlotte Perriand 'Pivotante À Poser' Table Lamp in Light Blue
Located in Glendale, CA
Charlotte Perriand 'Pivotante À Poser' table lamp in light blue. Originally designed in 1950 by the iconic Charlotte Perriand, these newly produced authorized re-editions are still made in France by Nemo with the highest level of integrity and attention to detail. Executed in blue, yellow or white painted metal with a 360 degree rotating shade. Innovative design for the 1950s but still a contemporary table lamp. The lighting output is adjusted by the opening or closure of the volets. Its cylindrical body opens on two sides on which two diffusers rotate allowing the opening and closing of the light beam to adjust the light in a direct or indirect way. Steel base painted in matte grey, body in rolled painted metal sheet. Price is per item. Accommodates a single medium base e26 60w bulb. Switch on cable. 8.2' of cord. US wall plug. Available in unlimited quantities in choice of white, yellow, light blue, royal blue, or carmine red. This listing is for the light blue lamp...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Lighting

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Metal, Aluminum

Italian Lighting Eliche Chandelier by Venini Murano, 1960
Located in Milan, Italy
Suspension lamp with metal structure and modular elements in Murano glass from the Elica series. Designer Toni Zuccheri. Signed. Produced by Venini, Italy, circa 1960. Biography To...
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Lighting

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Metal

CP-1 Wall Lights by Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic enameled wall lights by Charlotte Perriand with adjustable reflectors in rare yellow finish, optional horizontal or vertical m...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Metal

VENINI Table Lamp Brass Murano Glass Lampshade Fabric 1950s Italy
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI table lamp
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1940s Italian Other Vintage Lighting

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Murano Glass

Murano Glass Pendant Light by Venini, 1970s
Located in Palermo, PA
Stunning and rare Murano ceiling lamp by Venini, 1960s. Off-white glass with a white decor. Details Creator: Venini, Murano Materials and Techniques: Brass, Murano Glass Width...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

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Metal, Brass

Carlo Scarpa Poliedri Applique Chandelier for Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Poliedri applique, suspension lamp and wall sconce, designed by Carlo Scarpa and manufactured by Venini, were originally designed in 1958. Indoor use only. Dimensions: Ø 81 cm, H...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Glass

Midcentury Italian Post Modern Clear Glass Murano Vetri Chandelier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunning Venini midcentury Murano Triedri Chandelier. In a very desirable whale tail form. Features glass crystal prisms on polished steel frame. Takes 7 standard bulbs. Lead wire is...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Steel

Venini Cascade Flush Mount Murano Glass Triedri Midcentury Italian Chandelier
Located in Escalona, Toledo
Spectacular, dazzling, elegant, beautiful. All is little for this flush mount chandelier. Piece by Venini made up of a brass-plated base with chains from which hang 48 Venetian Tri...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

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Brass

Carlo Scarpa for Venini Reticello Murano Glass Globe, Italy, circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
A hand blown glass globe / sphere with stunning reticello glass design, wiith brass stem and canopy. Designed by Carlo Scarpa for Venini, circa 1940. A c...
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1940s Italian Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass

VENINI Chandelier Filigrana Murano Glass 1950 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Chandelier
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1940s Italian Other Vintage Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Carlo Scarpa Green Poliedri Chandelier in Murano Opaline Glass for Venini, 1958
Located in Vicenza, IT
“Poliedri” chandelier designed by Carlo Scarpa and produced by the Italian manufacturer Venini in, 1958. Made of opaline Murano glass. Born in Venice on June 2nd, 1906, Carlo Scarpa began working at a very early age. Only a year after he had first qualified as an architect in 1926, he began working for the Murano glassmakers Cappellin & Co. in a consultative capacity; from 1927, he began to experiment with the Murano glass, and this research not only gave him excellent results here but would also inform his progress for many years to come. Between 1935 and 1937, as he entered his thirties, Carlo Scarpa accepted his first important commission, the renovation of Venice’s Cà Foscari. He adapted the spaces of this stately University building which stands on the banks of the Grand Canal, creating rooms for the Dean’s offices and a new hall for academic ceremonies; Mario Sironi and Mario De Luigi were charged with doing the restoration work on the frescos. After 1945, Carlo Scarpa found himself constantly busy with new commissions, including various furnishings and designs for the renovation of Venice’s Hotel Bauer and designing a tall building in Padua and a residential area in Feltre, which are all worth mention. One of his key works, despite its relatively modest diminished proportions, was the first of many works which were to follow in the nineteen fifties: the [bookshop known as the] Padiglione del Libro, which stands in Venice’s Giardini di Castello and shows clearly Scarpa’s passion for the works of Frank Lloyd Wright. In the years which were to follow, after he had met the American architect, Scarpa repeated similar experiments on other occasions, as can be seen, in particular, in the sketches he drew up in 1953 for villa Zoppas in Conegliano, which show some of his most promising work. However, this work unfortunately never came to fruition. Carlo Scarpa later created three museum layouts to prove pivotal in terms of how twentieth-century museums were to be set up from then on. Between 1955 and 1957, he completed extension work on Treviso’s Gipsoteca Canoviana [the museum that houses Canova’s sculptures] in Possagno, taking a similar experimental approach to the one he used for the Venezuelan Pavilion at [Venice’s] Giardini di Castello which he was building at the same time (1954-56). In Possagno Carlo Scarpa was to create one of his greatest ever works, which inevitably bears comparison with two other museum layouts that he was working on over the same period, those of the Galleria Nazionale di Sicilia, housed in the Palazzo Abatellis in Palermo (1953-55) and at the Castelvecchio in Verona (1957- 1974), all of which were highly acclaimed, adding to his growing fame. Two other buildings, which are beautifully arranged in spatial terms, can be added to this long list of key works that were started and, in some cases, even completed during the nineteen fifties. After winning the Olivetti award for architecture in 1956, Scarpa began work in Venice’s Piazza San Marco on an area destined to house products made by the Industrial manufacturers Ivrea. Over the same period (1959-1963), he also worked on renovation and restoration of the gardens and ground floor of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, which many consider being one of his greatest works. While he busied himself working on-site at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Carlo Scarpa also began work building a villa in Udine for the Veritti family. To shed some light on the extent to which his work evolved over the years, it may perhaps be useful to compare this work with that of his very last building, villa Ottolenghi Bardolino, which was near to completion at the time of his sudden death in 1978. Upon completion of villa Veritti over the next ten years, without ever letting up on his work on renovation and layouts, Scarpa accepted some highly challenging commissions which were to make the most of his formal skills, working on the Carlo Felice Theatre in Genoa as well as another theatre in Vicenza. Towards the end of this decade, in 1969, Rina Brion commissioned Carlo Scarpa to build the Brion Mausoleum in San Vito d’Altivole (Treviso), a piece he continued to work on right up until the moment of his death. Nevertheless, even though he was totally absorbed by work on this mausoleum, there are plenty of other episodes which can offer some insight into the final years of his career. As work on the San Vito d’Altivole Mausoleum began to lessen from 1973, Carlo Scarpa began work building the new headquarters for the Banca Popolare di Verona. He drew up plans that were surprisingly different from the work he was carrying out at the same time on the villa Ottolenghi. However, the plans Carlo Scarpa drew up, at different times, for a monument in Brescia’s Piazza della Loggia commemorating victims of the terrorist attack on May 28th, 1974, make a sharp contrast to the work he carried out in Verona, almost as if there is a certain hesitation after so many mannered excesses. The same Pietas that informs his designs for the Piazza Della Loggia can also be seen in the presence of the water that flows through the Brion Mausoleum, almost as if to give a concrete manifestation of pity in this twentieth-century work of art. Carlo Scarpa has put together a highly sophisticated collection of structures, occupying the mausoleum’s L-shaped space stretching across both sides of the old San Vito d’Altivole cemetery. A myriad of different forms and an equally large number of different pieces, all of which are separate and yet inextricably linked to form a chain that seems to offer no promise of continuity, rising up out of these are those whose only justification for being there is to bear the warning “si vis vitam, para mortem”, [if you wish to experience life prepare for death] as if to tell a tale that suggests the circle of time, joining together the commemoration of the dead with a celebration of life. At the entrance of the Brion Mausoleum stand the “propylaea” followed by a cloister which ends by a small chapel, with an arcosolium bearing the family sarcophagi, the main pavilion, held in place on broken cast iron supports, stands over a mirror-shaped stretch of water and occupies one end of the family’s burial space. The musical sound of the walkways teamed with the luminosity of these harmoniously blended spaces shows how, in keeping with his strong sense of vision, Carlo Scarpa could make the most of all of his many skills to come up with this truly magnificent space. As well as a great commitment to architectural work, with the many projects which we have already seen punctuating his career, Carlo Scarpa also made many equally important forays into the world of applied arts. Between 1926 and 1931, he worked for the Murano glassmakers Cappellin, later taking what he had learned with him when he went to work for the glassmakers Venini from 1933 until the 1950s. The story of how he came to work on furniture design is different, however, and began with the furniture he designed to replace lost furnishings during his renovation of Cà Foscari. The later mass-produced furniture started differently, given that many pieces were originally one-off designs “made to measure”. Industrial manufacturing using these designs as prototypes came into being thanks to the continuity afforded him by Dino Gavina, who, as well as this, also invited Carlo Scarpa to become president of the company Gavina SpA, later to become SIMON, a company Gavina founded 8 years on, in partnership with Maria Simoncini (whose own name accounts for the choice of company name). Carlo Scarpa and Gavina forged a strong bond in 1968 as they began to put various models of his into production for Simon, such as the “Doge” table, which also formed the basis for the “Sarpi” and “Florian” tables. In the early seventies, other tables that followed included “Valmarana”, “Quatour” and “Orseolo”. While in 1974, they added couch and armchair “Cornaro” to the collection and the “Toledo” bed...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Glass, Murano Glass

Monumental Italian Murano Glass "Tronchi" Chandelier by Venini
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stunning monumental Italian Murano glass “Tronchi” chandelier by Venini and manufactured in Italy, circa 1970s. This chandelier has a capt...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

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Metal

12 Light Chandelier Designed by Carlo Scarpa for Venini, Signed Venini 2009/16
Located in Merida, Yucatan
12 Light chandelier designed by Carlo Scarpa for Venini , Model 99.37 in Murano Italy. This Chandelier originally designed in 1940 was manufactured in 2009. All the pieces are in ...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass

Venini Midcentury Italian Flushmount Murano Glass Bubbles and Brass Chandelier
Located in Escalona, Toledo
Luxurious and Spectacular Flushmount Murano Hand Blown Bubbles and Brass Chandelier designed and produced by Paolo Venini in 1960 in Italy. With an exquisite design, it is a multitu...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

Venini Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass chandelier
Located in Palermo, PA
Mid-Century Modern chandelier by Venini. 42 Murano glasses set on a metal base consisting of 2 tiers. The light has 7 bulbs. Details Creator: Venini, Murano Dimensions: Height...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Vintage and Antique Lighting for Sale: Unique Table Lamps, Floor Lamps, Sconces and Other Lighting for Your Home

The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.

Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.

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Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.

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