Murano Glass Chandeliers and Pendants

Elegant huge cascading Murano ice glass waterfall chandelier. Chandelier illuminates beautifully and offers a lot of light. Gem from the time. With this light you make a clear statem...

“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...

Italian oval shaped sputnik chandelier with Murano glass globes mounted on metal frame in polished nickel finish / Designed by Fabio Bergomi for Fabio Ltd / Made in Italy 24 lights ...

Housing 5 lights, sitting in crystal bobeches. Will be newly rewired using certified UL US sockets for the USA and appropriate sockets for other countr...

An iconic design pendant by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, Model 1933, Italy, 1961. Organically shaped double lens cut panels of thick profiled polished Murano glass with sandblasted ...

Large in size and stunning design, bouquet of flowers and six light chandelier. This entirely hand-crafted chandelier is another one of our recent statement-piece-finds. This rare a...

Fluted and frosted Murano glass bulb form pendant ceiling fixture. Measured without chain.

Zero Quattro chandelier.

Italian oval shaped sputnik chandelier with Murano glass globes mounted on metal frame in polished nickel finish / Designed by Fabio Bergomi for Fabio Ltd / Made in Italy 24 lights ...

Murano glass chandelier from Italy with hand-blown glass elements in the “tronchi” shape. This fixture has amber, smoked, and clear glass and has been newly wired to fit US standards.

Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano ceiling light in 'Psychedelic' Rainbow colored art glass. Details Creator: Murano Dimensions: Height: 25 cm Width: 54 cm Depth: 54 cm Material...

Italian Palmette chandelier shown in clear Murano glass leaves mounted on unlacquered natural brass finish frame with frosted bottom glass diffusers / Made in Italy Length 66 inches...

Fascinating Murano chandeliers. It is composed of 30 star shaped panes of pure Murano glass. The height is adjustable according to the height of the ceiling. At no extra cost we will...

Fabulous Italian, midcentury in clear and amber Murano beaded glass Art Deco/Art Nouveau chandelier Measures: Diameter 52 cm Height 95 cm Seven light bulbs E14/ good working condi...

A large, vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian Sputnik chandelier, pendant made of hand blown smoked Murano glass, in good condition. Each glass rays, spikes are halted by the round pol...

Beautiful Italian midcentury in clear and amber Murano beaded glass Art Deco / Art Nouveau chandelier Measures: Diameter 11.8 in/30 cm Height 35.5 in (chain/11.8 cm)/ 90 cm (chain...

Chandelier of refined elegance inspired by the colours of the Costa Smeralda (Sardinia). Made of pure Murano glass elements. A larger version is also available. Also available for 22...

Chandelier of refined elegance. Pink is charming and sophisticated. Made of pure Murano glass elements. A larger version is also available. Also available for 220 volts outside the USA.

Venini Trilobo Murano glass and steel chandelier circa 1960 Made in Italy Will require four chandelier bulbs. Venini—the world famous Italian gl...

A Minimalist Italian structural lighting fixture in Mid-Century Modern design, entirely handcrafted recalling Gino Sarfatti style. The asymmetrically positioned four ovoid globes in ...

Beautiful chandelier in by Paolo Venini with cut glass droplets and a brass frame The chandelier emits a spectacular light and is in good condition. It takes 6x E27 light bulbs...

This is an exclusive organic design, entirely handcrafted in Murano - Italy, in the shape of a lotus flower with textured white frosted reeded Murano glass leaves coming out of a cor...

Fascinating Murano chandeliers. It is composed of 30 star shaped panes of pure Murano glass. The height is adjustable according to the height of the ceiling. At no extra cost we will...

Fascinating Murano chandeliers. It is composed of 30 star-shaped panes of pure Murano glass. The height is adjustable according to the height of the ceiling. At no extra cost we will...

Large suspension in hand blown opaline glass with chromed metal structure. Strongly attributed to Vico Magistretti (Italian 1920.2006) Well famous urbanist, designer, and architect...

Housing 6-lights. Will be rewired with appropriate sockets for country and ready to hang. (for USA, we install UL US certified sockets) Chippy Gilt tole with Murano glass flowers in ...

A set of Brutalist pedant light fixtures by Tom Ahlström & Hans Ehrlich, Sweden, 1960s, A absolute strong and sculptural design! The handwrought iron surround has a good patinati...

Italian Palmette chandelier with clear Murano glass leaves arranged in two tiers and mounted on chrome finish metal frame / Made in Italy 6 lights / E26 or E27 type / Max 60W each Di...

Mid Century Modern large sky blue & clear Murano glass chandelier, attributed to Venini, Italy 1980s The large chandelier has 8 lights/arms and gold plated & brass mounts. The Medite...

Venini chandelier in partly frosted clear glass with six lights emerging from scroll arms; linear stem, six leaves pointing upward. Piece of great refinement. In the background works...

Hanging lamp. Material: Chrome, murano Style: 1950 Country: Italian To take care of your property and the lives of our customers, the new wiring has been done. We have specialized i...

"Luce Scultura" Italian Post-Modern Sculpture Work of Art, entirely handcrafted, a contemporary organic lighting fixture, an architectura...

Fascinating Murano chandeliers. It is composed of 30 star-shaped panes of pure Murano glass. The height is adjustable according to the height of the ceiling. At no extra cost we will...

This glamorous pair of 1960 flush mount chandeliers feature one tier of Murano glass around three brass frames which support one chandelier bulb each suspended from a hexagonal stain...

Lungomare - the new lighting project from Carlo Moretti. This collection was created with the designer Diego Chilo in a synergic workshop with the glass Master. In the "factory of o...

Contemporary Italian Art Deco Design customizable round chandelier/pendant of drum shape, entirely handcrafted, with a dark steel pewter metal finish. The nicely scalloped airy struc...

Cascade La Murrina Italian midcentury chandelier multicolor Murano glass.

A beautiful six-arm Art Deco chandelier made of brass and handblown amber tone Murano glass. It is in very good condition and ready to use. Measures: Height of body without chain:...

Fascinating Murano chandeliers. It is composed of 30 star shaped panes of pure Murano glass. The height is adjustable according to the height of the ceiling. At no extra cost we will...

Chandelier in white lacquered metal with pink tainted and sculpted Murano glasses. Creation by Studio Glustin.

This large 35 inch diameter glass ceiling mounted chandelier # 1508 by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte is very RARE and ALL original vintage. Wonderful patina to brass ring diffuser - l...

Charming Murano chandelier. The ruby red color makes the chandelier magnetic and fascinating..The height without chain is 72 cm.

Fascinating Murano chandeliers. It is composed of 30 star shaped panes of pure Murano glass. The height is adjustable according to the height of the ceiling. At no extra cost we will...

Suspension lamp produced in Italy in the 1980s. The suspension lamp was made of multicolored and wavy hand-blown Murano glass with traditional Venetian techniques. Note: We try to...

The beautiful murano glass chandelier fazzoletto made in Italy in the 70s. Despite its weight, the chandelier looks very airy and delicate. It will undoubtedly decorate your home and...

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Pair Italian vintage Murano chandeliers made by 41 glass petals (light blue crystal, smooth outside, with powder and then rough inside.) in a chrome frame. Period: late 20th century...

Murano glass chandelier.

Collection of "Classic" inspiration made up of individual grouped pendants. Drawing from the decorative samples of the classic Murano chandelier, blown and worked. The technique of m...

Fascinating Murano chandelier. It is composed of 30 star shaped panes of pure Murano glass. The height is adjustable according to the height of the ceiling. At no extra cost we will ...

Stunning chandelier with handmade glass murano leaf shaped glasses with white flaking to give a cool effect. Beautifully crafted and the chandelier emits a stunning light. Good...

Sculptural Italian chandelier from the famous house Venini dating from the 40/50s. Structures in white lacquered metal (original paint) and rectangular diffusers in transparent Muran...

Charming ceiling light, composed of a golden base adorned with white Murano glass flowers. Every flower is unique in it's shape since the are hand blown. Glass are without any chip...

Vintage Italian pendant with clear and amber Murano glass tiles hand blown with bubbles within the glass, mounted on chrome frame. Designed by Mazzega, circa 1960s. Made in Italy ...

Elegant Murano chandelier. The ruby red is flamboyant and bewitching. The height without chain is 112 cm.

Murano Chandelier around 1970 The height is adjustable original condition signed

A very pretty four light chandelier in Murano glass with gold metal work. The central column leads down to four twisted glass arms holding candle light bulbs. Tested and in ful...

Gian Paolo Canova, Carlo Moretti Murano Glass Chandelier in Brass, 6 Lights Offered for sale is a rare and important "San Basilio" six-light chandelier d...