Venini Esprit Wall Light in Crystal
View Similar Items
Venini Esprit Wall Light in Crystal
About the Item
- Creator:Venini (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 67 in (170.18 cm)Diameter: 34 in (86.36 cm)
- Style:Modern (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:Contemporary
- Production Type:New & Custom(Current Production)
- Estimated Production Time:7-8 weeks
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Brooklyn, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: 959.041stDibs: LU3950312323861
Venini
Beginning in the 1930s — and throughout the postwar years especially — Venini & Co. played a leading role in the revival of Italy’s high-end glass industry, pairing innovative modernist designers with the skilled artisans in the centuries-old glass workshops on the Venetian island of Murano. While the company’s founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international designers to Murano’s hallowed workshops to create Venini pieces — among them Giò Ponti, Massimo Vignelli, Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearnsof the United States and Fulvio Bianconi.
Paolo Venini trained and practiced as a lawyer for a time, though his family had been involved with glassmaking for generations. After initially buying a share in a Venetian glass firm, he took over the company as his own in 1925, and under his direction it produced mainly classical Baroque designs. In 1932, he hired the young Carlo Scarpa— who would later distinguish himself as an architect — as his lead designer. Scarpa, working in concert with practiced glass artisans, completely modernized Venini, introducing simple, pared-down forms; bright primary colors; and bold patterns such as stripes, banding and abstract compositions that utilized cross sections of murrine (glass rods).
Paolo Venini’s best designs are thought to be his two-color Clessidre hourglasses, produced from 1957 onward, and the Fazzoletto (“handkerchief”) vase, designed with Bianconi in 1949. Bianconi’s masterworks are considered by many to be his Pezzato works — colorful vases with patterns that resemble those of a patchwork quilt. Other noteworthy and highly collectible vintage Venini works include Ponti’s dual-tone stoppered bottles (circa 1948); rare glass sculptures from the Doge series by Stearns, the first American to design for the firm; Vignelli’s striped lanterns of the 1960s; the Occhi vases with eyelet-shaped patterns by Tobia Scarpa (son of Carlo); and, with their almost zen purity, the Bolle (“bubbles”) bottles designed by Wirkkala in 1968.
With these works — and many others by some of the creative titans of the 20th and 21st century — Venini has produced one of the truly great bodies of work in modern design.
- Venini Stilboi Wall Light in RedBy VeniniLocated in Brooklyn, NYWall light in handmade-blown glass. Year of manufacture: 1995 Metal: Gold-plated Available colors: Milk white/crystal/red Measurements: 11.82” - 5.90” H 5.90” Code: 847.19.Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBlown Glass
$1,600 / item - Venini Stilboi Wall Light in TeaBy VeniniLocated in Brooklyn, NYWall light in handmade-blown glass. Year of manufacture: 1995 Metal: Gold plated Available colors: Milk white/crystal/tea Measurements: 11.82” - 5.90” H, 5.90” Code: 847.19.Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBlown Glass
$1,600 / item - Venini Gio Ponti Two-Light Wall Light in MulticolorBy VeniniLocated in Brooklyn, NYWall light in multicolor handmade-blown glass. Numbered Edition Year of Manufacture: 1946 Metal: Gold-plated with chain Color: Multicolor Wall light: 2 lights x max 60W E14 C...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBlown Glass
$5,460 / item - Venini Gio Ponti Three-Light Wall Light in Multi-ColorBy VeniniLocated in Brooklyn, NYWall light in multi-color handmade blown glass. Numbered edition Year of manufacture: 1946 Metal: Gold-plated with chain Color: Multi-Color Wall light: 3 lights x max 60W E14 ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBlown Glass
- Venini Argea Ceiling Light in Milk White with Crystal SphereBy VeniniLocated in Brooklyn, NYCeiling light in handmade-blown glass with submerged silver leaves. Metal: Chromium-plated Light source: 6 x max 60W E14 Color: Milk white/sphere crystal silver leaves Measurem...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBlown Glass
- Venini Argea Wall Light in Milk White with Chrome HardwareBy VeniniLocated in Brooklyn, NYWall light in handmade blown glass. Year of manufacture: 2000 Metal: Chromium-plated Light source: 1 x max 100W E27 Color: Milk white/crystal silver leaves Measurements: 9” 4....Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBlown Glass
- 21st Century Esprit Wall Light in Crystal by VeniniBy VeniniLocated in murano, ITViewers feel compelled to touch every single petal of its flowers and every single point of its stars, to make sure they’re real. Esprit conveys the power of nature and of light. Esp...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
$13,279 / item - 21st Century Esprit Wall Light in Amber Yellow / Crystal by VeniniBy VeniniLocated in murano, ITViewers feel compelled to touch every single petal of its flowers and every single point of its stars, to make sure they’re real. Esprit conveys the power of nature and of light. Esp...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
- 21st Century Nastri Wall Light in Crystal by VeniniBy VeniniLocated in murano, ITNastri is an orderly arranged path of glass that gives meaning to its own complexity. Regardless of its size, small or large, the structure is monumental in appearance, just as the l...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsGlass
$4,920 / item - 21st Century Nastri Wall Light in Crystal by VeniniBy VeniniLocated in murano, ITNastri is an orderly arranged path of glass that gives meaning to its own complexity. Regardless of its size, small or large, the structure is monumental in appearance, just as the l...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsGlass
$3,525 / item - 21st Century Trilobi Wall Light in Crystal by VeniniBy VeniniLocated in murano, ITThey recall ice stalactites or pendant quartz formations unusually shaped in the form of long triangular strips of glass with rounded corners. All hud...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsGlass
$4,942 / item - 21st Century Triedri Wall Light in Crystal by VeniniBy VeniniLocated in murano, ITFrom 1958 to 1960, the Fornace has witnessed the encounter between geometry and art with Triedri. Structures designed based on clear rules trap light inside thin strips of glass with...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsGlass
$2,822 / item