Venini – Toni Zuccheri – Lamp – patchwork – Muranoglas

Zeldzame vintage Italian Patchwork muurlamp in Murano glas platen gemonteerd op een metalen frame.Ontworpen door Toni Zuccheri en gemaakt door Venino in Italië in de jaren 60's.Originele stempel op het frameHeight : 30 cmWidth : 30 cmDepth : 15 cm1 light / E14 type / max 40WMist 1 copper ball vijsVeniniBeginning 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 who created extraordinary chandeliers, sconces and other lighting in the centuries-old glass workshops on the Venetian island of Murano.While the company’s co-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 Gio Ponti, Massimo Vignelli, Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearns of 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 and antiques dealer Giacomo Cappellin established Vetri Soffiati Cappellin Venini & C.... lees verder bij Catawiki