Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Italian, 1900-1981
Architect, urban planner, glass, furniture and landscape designer, and interior decorator — Tomaso Buzzi was a 20th-century renaissance man. Buzzi, along with his frequent collaborator Gio Ponti, led Italy’s Novecento Milanese movement of the 1920s and ‘30s — an approximate equivalent to France’s Art Deco movement. While Buzzi is prized for chairs, tables and other furnishings that modernized the majestic lines of 18th-century designs, he is best known for the remarkable, jewel-toned glassware he produced in a two-year stint as the artistic director of the Venini glassworks on the Venetian island of Murano.
Buzzi was born in 1900 in the town of Sondrio in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. He studied at the Milan Polytechnic, and soon after he graduated joined a lively Milanese decorative arts scene. In 1927, he and Ponti joined fellow designers Paolo Venini and Michele Marelli to form a design collaborative called Il Labirinto (the Labyrinth), Italy’s answer to the Wiener Werkstätte. In 1932, when Venini's glass company lost the design services of the sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi, who left to start his own factory, he turned to Buzzi. The young architect’s careful study of lighting design and a love for experimentation yielded major innovations in Murano glass fixtures. The forms of his wares were inspired by sources from antiquity as diverse as Persian urns and animal-shaped Etruscan jugs. Buzzi developed a complex glass-layering method that produced deep, glowing pastel colors that ran from pink to peach, to sea-green and slate blue.
Buzzi furniture has a noteworthy elegance and nobility. Delicate chairs with arrow-shaped backs and elaborate burled wood armoires are typical of his aesthetic, and would add a sophisticated note to any room, modern or traditional. And an exemplary piece of Buzzi’s vibrant, lustrous glassware would merit a place of honor in every design collection.
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Creator: Tomaso Buzzi
Tommaso Buzzi for Venini "Incamiciato" Murano Glass Vase, Italy, 1989
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Naples, IT
"Incamiciato" Italian Art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Clear, white and green. With original label.
Signed: Venini Italia '89.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Tomaso Buzzi for Venini Floor Lamp in Glass and Gold Leaf
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, floor lamp, model '502', alga glass, metal, gold leaf, Italy, 1933-38
This remarkable Italian floor lamp, designed by the Milanese multidisciplinary artist ...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Large Venini Gold and Blue Laguna Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Italian art glass vase.
By Venini.
After the orginal design by Tomaso Buzzi.
Model: 3316 from 1933. This is a reissued vase from 2001.
In light blue glass with pale gold/...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
rare original Large pair of Tomaso Buzzi sconces in italian Murano glass
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Large pair of Italian sconces by designer Tomaso Buzzi from the 60s. Structure and shade in thick Muranno glass in gold / yellow hues. Very fine vintage condition, with slight traces...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Feather shaped glass sconces Murano glass by Tomaso Buzzi
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in London, GB
These stunning wall lights feature a pair of feather-shaped glass shades, hand blown from clear and frosted white glass. The shades elegantly mount on an original brass structure, cr...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Chandelier by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chandelier by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa the 1940s. An extremely striking elegantly crafted chandelier comprising of multiple pressed glass in...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Brass
20th Century, Tomaso Buzzi Set of Three Plant Holder
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Turin, Turin
Tomaso Buzzi (1900-1981), a figure of great humanistic and literary culture, distinguished himself as one of the main designers of the Italian twentieth century, garden architect, re...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Incamiciato vase mod. 3314, signed VENINI Italia, design by Tomaso BUZZI. 1982
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Torino, IT
Blown glass vase
Wrapped 3314,
signed VENINI Italy,
design by Tomaso BUZZI.
ORIGIN
Italy
PERIOD
1982
DESIGNER
Tomaso BUZZI
MARK
Venini
MODEL
'Wrapped' 3314
MATERIALS
Blown glas...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Model No. B-30 Floor Lamp by Franco Buzzi for Oluce
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model No. B-30 floor lamp by Franco Buzzi for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa the 1950s. Enameled metal, brass, marble base. Original co...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
Vintage Green Cased Alga Glass Vase with Gold Leaf by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, Murano, 1930s.
Between 1932 and 1933 the Milanese architect Tomaso Buzzi, a spirited protagonist of the Milan “neoclassicist” movement, a friend and associate of Gio Ponti, and a partner of Il Labirinto, established a fruitful collaboration with the Venini glassware company, which would continue, albeit episodically, in later years. The architect’s creative contribution was evident both in the glass forms and in their innovative manufacturing technique. When Buzzi arrived at the Venini company in Murano, in 1932, he brought with him a remarkable cultural baggage and a thorough knowledge of ancient art, particularly the Etruscan period...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Green Cased Alga Glass Vase with Gold Leaf by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, Murano, 1930s.
Between 1932 and 1933 the Milanese architect Tomaso Buzzi, a spirited protagonist of the Milan “neoclassicist” movement, a friend and associate of Gio Ponti, and a partner of Il Labirinto, established a fruitful collaboration with the Venini glassware company, which would continue, albeit episodically, in later years. The architect’s creative contribution was evident both in the glass forms and in their innovative manufacturing technique. When Buzzi arrived at the Venini company in Murano, in 1932, he brought with him a remarkable cultural baggage and a thorough knowledge of ancient art, particularly the Etruscan period...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vase #3315 by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Cased glass in dark brown & gold. 3-line acid etched stamp to bottom date the production of this vase somewhere between 1945-1966.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Tomaso Buzzi, a rare 'Coppa delle Mani', model no. 3416, 1932 / Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Zurich, CH
Tomaso Buzzi, a rare 'Coppa delle Mani', model no. 3416
model no. 3416
laguna glass with applied gold leaf
executed by Venini & C., Murano, Italy
22 x 34 cm (diameter)
signed with t...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Model 3321 Red and Black Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, 1950s
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare Rosa e Negro model number 3321 glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
1950s or 1960s.
Unsigned. (Likely originally bore a factory sticker.)
Base has a rough pontil mark an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Vanity Dresser by Tomaso Buzzi, 1930s
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Milano, IT
Wooden dresser from the 1930s designed by Tomaso Buzzi made by fine Italian manufacture.
The structure is completely in wood, at the sides there are two drawer units, composed of four drawers on each side, with metal handles.In the middle there is a single drawer that connects both sides. The feet of the vintage vanity dresser...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Metal
Tomaso Buzzi Sconces for Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
Early four of sconces by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gio Ponti Tomaso Buzzi Sofa
By Gio Ponti, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Red Lion, PA
Truly beautiful one of a kind authorized copy of Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi 1930 Sofa.
Walnut frame upholstered in satin silk.
Manifactured by Carpani F.ll inc
Literature: Mobili De...
Category
1930s Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Satin, Silk, Walnut
Exceptional Tomaso Buzzi Mahogany Bench
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in North Miami, FL
In original velvet upholstery, this simple X-shape mahogany bench is perfect for a vanity or any other use.
By Tomaso Buzzi.
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Velvet
Tomaso Buzzi, glass bowl, ca. 1929 for Compagnia Venezia Murano (C.V.M.), Murano
By Tomaso Buzzi, Compagnia Di Venezia E Murano (C.V.M.)
Located in Zurich, CH
Tomaso Buzzi (1900-1981), Murano glass bowl, ca. 1929
glass bowl with application made of lattimo glass
produced by Compagnia Venezia Murano (C.V.M.), Murano, Italy
16 x 23 cm
exce...
Category
1920s Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
"Incamiciato" Italian Art Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in New York, NY
"Incamiciato" Italian Art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Clear, white and purple. With original label.
Signed: Venini Italia '85.
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Tomaso Buzzi 1929 Pair of Wooden Structure Chairs
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Paris, FR
Tomaso Buzzi (Sondrio, 1900 - Rapallo, 1981) Italian architect and Designer ( Well Known for the conception of Famous "La Scarzuola" in Italy)
Pair of wood sculpted structure and ne...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Wood
Tomaso Buzzi Set of eight chairs - 1954 Italian Design from a private commission
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Milan, IT
Tomaso Buzzi was the real designer for the Italian and Milanese upper middle class in the post-World War II period. His creations, as in this case, were often commissioned creations, designed for a specific family and on the occasion of an overall furnishing project, to be followed from A to Z.
This set of eight chairs together with a fine dining table was designed for an apartment on Via Conservatorio, deep in the heart of bourgeois Milan, near Villa Necchi...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Rare Set of Two Wood Armchairs by Tomaso Buzzi, Italy, 1930s
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Milan, IT
Mid 1930s armchairs by Tomaso Buzzi.
Literature and provenance available upon request.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Tomaso Buzzi Marble dining table - 1954 Italian Design from a private commission
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Milan, IT
Tomaso Buzzi was the real designer for the Italian and Milanese upper middle class in the post-World War II period. His creations, as in this case, were often commissioned creations, designed for a specific family and on the occasion of an overall furnishing project, to be followed from A to Z. This fine dining table is designed with its eight chairs for an apartment on Via Conservatorio, deep in the heart of bourgeois Milan, near Villa Necchi...
Category
1950s Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal
Venini Murano Glass Vase Re-edition of Tomaso Buzzi from 1988
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Milano, MI
Vase in light blue Murano glass and gold leaf, made by Venini as a re-edition of the model designed by Tomaso Buzzi.
Ø 18 cm h 37 cm
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Tomaso Buzzi for Venini Vase
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in New York, NY
“Incamiciato” vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, 1933-1984. Designed in the 1930s this example was executed in 1984. Cased-glass vase of mauve exterior ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Glass
Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
"Incamiciato" vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Originally designed in the 1930, this example was from a re edition they did for a limited time during the 199ps. Cased glass in a da...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, Italy 1930's
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in New York, NY
Rose-colored baluster-shaped glass vase with gold fleck inclusions throughout, raised on a clear and gold glass base. Similar model pictured in Marc Heiremans’ Murano Glass” page 43 and Venini...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Tomaso Buzzi, Table lamp, prod. Venini 1981
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Rivoli, IT
Murano glass inverted bell table lamp, Prod. Venini 1981.
In shades of blue/verse, with gold leaf inserts.
Iconic model by Tomaso Buzzi.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, Italy, 1985
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Milan, IT
Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Part of the Blue Catalog production, this piece was originally designed in 1933.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in New York, NY
"Incamiciato"
Italian art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Cased glass, clear, white and grey, deep purple foot.
Marked: Venini itali...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Gold Leaf Vase by Tomaso Buzzi
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in London, England
Tommaso Buzzi, Venini Gold Leaf Vase
Designer: Tommaso Buzzi
Place of origin: Italy
Design period: Model from 1933, 1985
Edition.
Condition: E...
Category
1980s Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Furniture
Materials
Glass
Tomaso Buzzi furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Tomaso Buzzi furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Tomaso Buzzi furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Tomaso Buzzi were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Anzolo Fuga, Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, and Pino Signoretto. Prices for Tomaso Buzzi furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $890 and can go as high as $228,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,381.
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