Cesare Toso Pearl Rezzonico Chandelier 9 Arms All in Gold Leaf over Clear, 1980s

After many requests of customization in all brass and patina of the orbitale chandelier I decided to go ahead with a separate listing. This all br...

Great color combination. The filigree/filigrana glass is a cane with a color inside. Usually clear on the outside with a core in colored or opaque glass. Most used are white or black filigrana. This is a self-made filigrana as there is a green coating over an Amethyst core, making the Amethyst almost a dark bronze color. The other cane is clear with amethyst. The twisting (mena in muranese, or ritorto) makes a lay with the back of the vase almost as it is a reticello (once called filigrana, so that explains the term mezza filigrana). The special color combination was then rolled over pure gold leaf, highlighted with the iridescence smoke and then covered with another layer of high temperature glass to make the gold vivid. The vase is quite large and carries a squared mouth, in a way of Carlo Scarpa mezza filigrana vases...

As artists, one of the joys in life is to fall in love with a color, shape, or idea. That is what happened with the pillow light. Once in hand it became a fun exercise to see how man...

“It was a funny project because it wasn’t intended to be sold. It was totally free of rules you want as a designer or artist. It’s a project born only from the desire to do it, and I...