Rectangular Barovier e Toso Hand Blown, Frosted Glass Leaf Chandelier

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Rectangular Barovier e Toso Hand Blown, Frosted Glass Leaf Chandelier

About the Item

Outstanding Italian 26-leaf Venetian glass chandelier with tubular rod center. A phalanx of individually blown long curled leaves bearing cross hatch Design Line a semi-cylindrical bullet shaped reeded glass rod center. The original armature in polished nickel over bronze ends with a decorous crystal canopy. Can be used over a kitchen island, a dining table, billiard room or for any place a dramatic and striking statement is desired. 28 lights, can use candelabra based incandescent or LED bulbs. Wired for American standards More lighting. About Barovier&Toso (Designer) 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 manufacturers of recent decades. Under the nearly 50-year artistic directorship of co-founder 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.

Attributed to:
Barovier&Toso (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 54 in (137.16 cm)Depth: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)
Style:
Art Deco (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Murano Glass
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1940
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
New York City, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU901319512332