VeArt 1960s Italian Pair of Copper Silver Speckles Black Murano Glass Urn Lamps
About the Item
- Creator:
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Diameter: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1960s
- Condition:
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:
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.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: New York, NY
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 14 days of delivery.
- 1960s Italian Vintage Pair of Veneered Walnut Black Cream Lacquer Table LampsLocated in New York, NYItalian Mid-Century Modern pair of 1960s vintage wood grand tour design lamps, urn-shaped, in high quality black and ivory cream lacquer boxwood, the organic turned rounded body made...Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsFabric, Boxwood, Walnut
- Contemporary Italian Pair of Diamond Cut Black and Crystal Murano Glass LampsLocated in New York, NYVenetian pair of modern geometric table lamps, entirely handcrafted in Italy, the body with an interesting geometric diamond shape design is in blown crystal clear Murano glass so ex...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Italian Pair of Silver Color Nickel Lamps with Aqua Blue Murano Glass SwirlsLocated in New York, NYOrganic pair of modern table lamps, entirely handcrafted in Italy. The chrome color structure has a cube base, raised on a black lacquer wood plinth and supporting a central pole emb...Category
2010s Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsNickel
- Contemporary Italian Pair of Brass and Cobalt Blue Murano Glass Table LampsLocated in New York, NYA tall modern pair of blown beehive Murano glass lamps, high quality of craftsmanship, organic design with blown royal blue bodies, preciously decorated with a diamond cut pattern an...Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Contemporary Italian Monumental Pair of Brass & Red Murano Glass Console LampsLocated in New York, NYA pair of highly decorative tall table lamps of grand size, entirely handcrafted in Italy, with an enticing geometric design, the body consisting of an open circle in hand-hammered b...Category
2010s Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Contemporary Italian Monumental Pair of Brass & Smoked Murano Glass Table LampsLocated in New York, NYThe Murano glass globes can be chosen in different colors, see image - A contemporary highly decorative pair of tall big table lamps of grand size, entirely handcrafted in Italy, wit...Category
2010s Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Murano Glass Table Lamp by VeArt, 1960s, ItalyBy VeArtLocated in Brussels, BEVeArt is a Murano Workshop which designed and produced Glass artefacts. The present lamp is made of white opaline glass. It has three on positions, bottom, top, and both on. The bas...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Venini Murano Big Blown Striped Glass Table Lamp, 1960s, ItalyBy VeniniLocated in Biebergemund, HessenHuge elegant table lamp manufactured in Murano by Venini, Italy. Made of mouth-blown white and clear striped art glass with very fine brass elements. The lamp provides smooth large a...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Black and White Pair of Italian Murano Table Lamps 1960sLocated in Villaverla, ITPair of amazing and rare Italian Venetian Murano glass table lamps, in very excellent original condition, entirely realized in blown and handcrafted glass in the Venetian Murano isla...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps
MaterialsArt Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
- Giant Pair of Italian Table Lamps in Murano glass Black and Cream color 1960sLocated in Villaverla, ITGiant Pair of Italian Table Lamps in Murano glass Black and Cream color 1960s. The set is composed by an elegant pair of table lamps, in large size called Giant, composed by a gene...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsGlass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
- VeArt Murano Table Lamp 1960s Colored BallBy VeArtLocated in Palermo, SicilyVeArt murano table lamp, 1960s colored ball.Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Pair of Noti Massari Murano Glass "Tecla" Italian Table Lamps for Leucos, 1960sBy Toso, Massari & Associates, Leucos Design LabLocated in Roma, ITPair of table lamps Tecla Leucos Design Noti Massari 1965 in Murano glass. These items are able to create a soft atmosphere light with white glass and crystal glass round decorati...Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsGlass, Murano Glass
