Name: Mid-Century Modern Pair Of Murano Table Lamps, Venini
Brand: Venini
Rating: 4.8 (37 reviews)

Mid-Century Modern Pair Of Murano Table Lamps, Venini

View Similar Items

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps Attributed to Venini, Murano, circa 1970

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps Attributed to Venini, Murano, circa 1980

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Venini Table Lamps "Tesutto" Murano Glass, circa 1970

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp Attributed to Venini, Murano, circa 1970

Venini Style Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Mushroom Table Lamp, 1970s

Italian Mid Century Modern Chrome Glass Table Lamp Sciolari Venini Murano 1960

Pair Italian Mid-Century Modern "Ice Cube" Glass Table Lamps, Venini

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Venini Table Lamps in Brass and Murano Glass

Paolo Venini Pair of Antique Pink Opalino Murano Glass Table Lamps for Venini

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Table Lamps

VENINI Pair of Murano Glass Table Lamps Gold Brass Inclusions

Pair of Mid Century Modern Murano Barovier & Toso Table Lamps

Shop All Venini

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 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. in 1921 — Venini took over the company as his own in 1925, and under his direction, it produced mainly classical Baroque designs.

In 1932, Venini 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 centuries — Venini has produced one of the truly great bodies of work in modern design.

Find antique and vintage Venini chandeliers, serveware, table lamps, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

More From This Seller

View All

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Bronze Table Lamps

Located in Brussels, BE

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Bronze Table Lamps

Category

20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Bronze Table Lamps

$3,134 / set

Pair of Large Mid-Century Modern Brass and Bamboo Table Lamps

Located in Brussels, BE

Pair of Large Mid-Century Modern Brass and Bamboo Table Lamps

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Large Mid-Century Modern Brass and Bamboo Table Lamps

$3,598 / set

Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Table Lamp, Mazzega, 1960s

Located in Brussels, BE

Mid-Century Modern Murano glass table lamp, Mazzega, 1960s.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass

Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Table Lamp, Mazzega, 1960s

$1,654

Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Pencil Table Lamp by Murano Due, 1980s

By Murano Due

Located in Brussels, BE

Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Pair of Armchairs, Wood and Straw, 1960s.

Category

Vintage 1980s Table Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass

Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Pencil Table Lamp by Murano Due, 1980s

$2,089

Mid-Century Modern Pair Of Candlestick Table Lamp, Crystal, 1930s

Located in Brussels, BE

Mid-Century Modern Pair Of Candlestick Table Lamp, Crystal, 1930s

Category

Vintage 1930s Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal

Mid-Century Modern Pair Of Candlestick Table Lamp, Crystal, 1930s

$1,683

Mid-Century Modern Table lamp

Located in Brussels, BE

Mid-Century Modern Table lamp

Category

20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Table lamp

$1,723

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps Attributed to Venini, Murano, circa 1970

$1,250 / set

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps Attributed to Venini, Murano, circa 1980

By Venini

Located in Merida, Yucatan

Pair of Space Age one-light, egg-shaped table lamps attributed to Venini, circa 1980. Hand blown in white, clear and black Murano glass and chromed bases. They each hold one E14 bulb.

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Space Age Table Lamps

Materials

Chrome

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps Attributed to Venini, Murano, circa 1980

$1,190 / set

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Venini Table Lamps "Tesutto" Murano Glass, circa 1970

By Venini

Located in Merida, Yucatan

Space age pair of table lamps by in hand blown clear and white 'Tessuto' technique Murano glass attributed to Venini, circa 1970.

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps

Materials

Blown Glass

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Venini Table Lamps "Tesutto" Murano Glass, circa 1970

$1,470 / set

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp Attributed to Venini, Murano, circa 1970

By Venini

Located in Merida, Yucatan

Mid-Century Modern one-light, 'Sphere' table lamp attributed to Venini, circa 1970. Hand blown in the 'Tessuto' and swirl technique in white and clear murano glass, with a brass bas...

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp Attributed to Venini, Murano, circa 1970

$860

Venini Style Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Mushroom Table Lamp, 1970s

By Venini

Located in Puglia, Puglia

Murano Mushroom Lamp made with the vortex technique. The vortex features 2 colors of glass, gray and white, beautifully wrapped around the white glass base. Murano art glass is consi...

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass

Venini Style Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Mushroom Table Lamp, 1970s

$1,485

Italian Mid Century Modern Chrome Glass Table Lamp Sciolari Venini Murano 1960

By Venini, Sciolari Lighting

Located in Portland, OR

A sleek Mid Century Modern Italian chrome & glass table lamp by Sciolari with Venini glass, circa 1960. The lamp having ten 'cracked ice' glass shades in a circle surrounding one lar...

Category