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Venini set of two of Eight wall Lamps, Victor Model 80 s
By Venini
Located in bari, IT
Wall lamp in Murano Lattimo glass with peach-colored cube. Craftsmanship. Engraved signature: Venini Italia 84. Modern antiques Made in Italy. Availability: one black one white
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Chandelier from the "Tessuto" series, design L. DIAZ DE SANTILLANA for VENINI. 1970s
By Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in Torino, IT
Glass Chandelier of Murano from the Cloth ludovico design DIAZ DE SANTILLANA for VENINI. ORIGIN Italy PERIOD 1970s DESIGNER Ludovico DIAZ DE SANTILLANA (1931-1989) Graduated in ar...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Murano Glass

Pair Mid Century Venini Handles Brass Satin and Murano Glass 1950s Made in Italy
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair Mid Century Venini Handles Brass Satin and Murano Glass 1950s Made in Italy
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Doors and Gates

Materials

Brass

Vintage Italian "Membrane" Valet Tray in Clear Murano Glass by Toni Zuccheri
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Murano glass valet tray / vide poche / sculpture, created by celebrated Italian designer Toni Zuccheri for glassmaker Venini as part of the "Membrane" collection, which inclu...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass

Pair of Venini handles in Murano glass Torcello and Brass 1940s Gold
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of Venini handles in Murano glass Torcello and brass 1940s Gold
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Doors and Gates

Materials

Brass

Pair of Venini handles in Murano glass Torcello and Brass 1940s Gold
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of Venini handles in Murano glass Torcello and Brass 1940s Gold
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Doors and Gates

Materials

Brass

Carlo Scarpa Venini Murano Bollicine White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Vase
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown Sommerso clear white bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass mini vase / vide poche. Documented to the Venini company, and created by master des...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Decorative Bowls

Materials

Gold Leaf

Venini Bianconi Murano Pink White Italian Art Glass Fazzoletto Handkerchief Vase
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white Zanfirico ribbons with pink and black lines Italian art glass decorative fazzoletto / handkerchief vase. Documented to designer Fulvio Bianc...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Murano glass plate by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, Murano Italy, 1980
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Vicenza, VI
Piatto di Tapio Wirkkala per Venini, lavorato in vetro soffiato ad incalmo con filigrana. The incalmo technique consists of hot coupling two blown shapes along their circumference, s...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Other Glass

Materials

Murano Glass

Venini Bianconi Murano Yellow Black Ribbons Italian Art Glass Fazzoletto Vase
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Filigrana stripes Italian art glass mini decorative fazzoletto handkerchief vase. Documented to designer Fulvio Bianconi, for the Venini Company, ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Italian Mid-Century Murano Pair of Wall Sconces by Zuccheri for Venini, 1970s
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Stunning and beauty Italian Pair of Murano glasses Wall Sconces by Toni Zuccheri. These fixtures were designed and manufactured during the 1970s in Italy by Venini. Venini is one of ...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

Italian Ceiling Ball Chandelier Venini Yellow Brass Chain, Italy, 1950s
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian ceiling ball chandelier venini yellow brass chain, Italy, 1950s.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Round Venini Vase Murano Glass 1985 Multi-Color Italian Design
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Venini vase Murano glass 1985 multi-color Italian design.
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Murano Glass

"Membrane" table lamp by Tony Zuccheri for Venini circa 1960
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR
Venini is one of the most famous and luxurious brand of Murano glass lightings. It collaborated with Toni Zuccheri since the beginning of 1960's. From this association came out the "...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Venini Signed Fulvio Bianconi Murano Black White Swirl Italian Art Glass Bowl
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and black stripes optic swirl Italian art glass bowl or vide-poche. The bowl has been documented to designer Fulvio Bianconi, for the Venini...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass

Venini Mid Century Italian Modern Triedri Murano Glass Flush Mount Chandelier
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Escalona, Toledo
Magnificent Italian ceiling lamp from the Venini brand. This ceiling lamp consists of a brass-plated steel structure with four heights and four E27 bulbs. Composed of beautiful Tried...
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Mid-20th Century Flush Mount

Materials

Brass, Steel

Venini Murano Italy Blue Glass Bottle Vase Serie “Velati” 1992
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Amazing and fabulous very rare Italian handmade and blown bottle in light blue color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produced by Venini Murano in 1992. Log...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Bottles

Materials

Glass

Signed Camer Eight-Tier Glass Prism Chandelier, 1960s, Italia
By Camer Glass, Venini
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Massive Camer/ Venini optical glass quality prism chandelier. Solid, well made handcrafted steel structure. 8 regular E26 size ceramic socket rated at 100 watt. Total weigh...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Steel

Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini Green Apple Glass Sculpture, Italy, 1926, signed
By Paolo Venini, Venini, Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini Murano Art Glass Green Apple Sculpture, Italy, c. 1926. acid-etched signature; Murano green cased glass with applied gold leaf. 2.75 h x 4 w x 4.5 d ...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

Italian Red and White Murano Glass Vase by Venini
By Venini
Located in Meda, MB
Vase in blown opal glass, red on the outside and white on the inside, produced by Venini in Murano, Venice (Italy). Signed under the base 'Venini 2006'.
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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Murano Glass

Italian 1970s Toni Zuccheri for Venini appliques "Patchwork" Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Firenze, FI
Ceiling or wall lighting system made up of 8 Murano glass elements, "Patchwork" model, designed by Toni Zuccheri for Venini. The structure is in white painted metal on which the tran...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

Midcentury wall light model "802" by Tobia Scarpa for Venini, Italy 1970
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Rare single Midcentury wall light model "802" by Tobia Scarpa for Venini, Italy 1970 Stunning hand blown glass and metal structure. This light can be re-oriented to point up as wel...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

1 of 2 1970 Germany Palwa Tear Drop Chandelier Murano Glass and Brass
By Christoph Palme, Palwa, Venini
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant teardrop chandelier made by Venini of clear Murano glass drops mounted on a gilt-brass frame. Chandelier illuminates beautifully and offers a lot of light. A real eyecatch...
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Vintage 1970s German Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Gold Plate, Brass

Venini by Pierre Cardin, big Murano Glass Sculpture, Egg Shaped, Italian 1960s
By Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini, Pierre Cardin
Located in Milan, IT
Spinzi is a Milano based creative atelier specialised in furniture design as well as sourcing and trading relevant mid-century collectible design. Check out our storefront and websit...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Venini vase Colletti series 70’s
By Alessandro Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in bari, IT
Colletti series vase in greenish blown glass with two-tone incalmo band decoration designer Alessandro Diaz de Santillana. Venini engraved signature. After graduating in architecture...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Murano Glass

Venini vase Colletti series 70’s
Venini vase Colletti series 70’s
$1,235 Sale Price
20% Off
Tobia Scarpa Battuto Vase for Venini
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Chicago, IL
Tobia Scarpa Battuto Vase for Venini, model no. 8067, blown glass with acid frosted surface, engraved 'venini italia' Dimensions: 12.25" high 7.25" diameter
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Vintage 1960s Italian Vases

Materials

Blown Glass

Tobia Scarpa Battuto Vase for Venini
Tobia Scarpa Battuto Vase for Venini
$7,600 Sale Price
52% Off
Venini Murano Glass Brass Pendant by Carlo Scarpa, Italy, 1950s
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A Venini hand blown Murano glass "Filigrana" sphere pendant, Italy, 1950s, atributed to designer Carlo Scarpa. Brass mounted in conical shape showing its elegant and clean lines desi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Pair Gae Aulenti Venini Murano Blue Green Glass Brass Pendants circa 1970
By Venini
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of Murano glass pendants in the style of Gae Aulenti, Italy circa 1970. Featuring thick blue/green colored glass and brass hardware. Restored and newly rewired, 100W Max- excell...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Venini by Emmanuel Babled 2004 Women Torso Tall Vase in Cased Art Glass
By Venini, Emmanuel Babled
Located in Miami, FL
Art glass vase designed by Emmanuel Babled (1967-) for Venini. An extremely rare artistic vase, created in the island of Murano by the sculptor Emmanuel Babled, back in the 2004. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Vintage Crystal Cascading Chandelier by Paolo Venini for Venini, 1970s
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Lisboa, PT
This pendant lamp was designed by Paolo Venini for Venini during the 1970s, in Italy. It features a brass plate were dozens of frosted glass drops fall creating a layering effect wit...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Tapio Wirkkala Polipo Venini Plate Murano Sculpture, 1990
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare beautiful Tapio Wirkkala “Polipo” plate for Venini, from the serie “Piatti di Tapio” signed and dated Venini TW 90 on the back, made of Murano glass using Incalmo technique. The...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Murano Glass

Venini 1930s Tyra Lundgren Murano Iridescent Italian Art Glass Fish Sculpture
By Tyra Lundgren Carolina, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Very rare and large, antique Murano hand blown "A Fasce" striped Italian art glass fish with iridescent surface sculpture. Documented to Tyra Lundgren circa 1935-1936, fully signed "...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Glass

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Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Blown Glass

Gio Ponti Venini Murano Glass Bottle Morandiana Series 1960s
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare Gio Ponti bottle for Venini designed in the 1950s from the Morandiana series. This example is a 1960s edition, acid-etched venini murano italia signature under the base, origina...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles

Materials

Glass

Round Lantern Brass Gold and Murano Glass Venini Design, 1950s
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Lantern brass gold and murano glass Venini design 1950s.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lanterns

Materials

Brass

Venini Midcentury Italian Flushmount Murano Glass Bubbles and Brass Chandelier
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Escalona, Toledo
Luxurious and Spectacular Flushmount Murano Hand Blown Bubbles and Brass Chandelier designed and produced by Paolo Venini in 1960 in Italy. With an exquisite design, it is a multitu...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Venini Large Glass Dome Pendant Light by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana
By Venini
Located in Montclair, NY
A documented Venini chandelier designed by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, the director and designer of famed glass house Venini from 1959-1985. Dome shade is hand blown clear glass wit...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Brass

Venini Cascade Flush Mount Murano Glass Triedri Midcentury Italian Chandelier
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Escalona, Toledo
Spectacular, dazzling, elegant, beautiful. All is little for this flush mount chandelier. Piece by Venini made up of a brass-plated base with chains from which hang 48 Venetian Tri...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Paolo Venini Murano Signed Blue Inciso Technique Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso blue and peachy color Italian art glass flower vase. Designed by Paolo Venini, circa 1955 for Venini e. Co. The vase has an elegant taper...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass

Venini Murano Glass Book Ends with Red and White Murrine, Italy 1969
By Venini, Ludovico Diaz de Santillana
Located in Milan, IT
Venini Murano Glass Book Ends with Red and White Murrine, Italy 1969 Reference: Catalogo Ragionato Venini
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass

Materials

Nickel

Laura de Santillana for Venini Blown Glass Klee Vase, 1984
By Laura de Santillana, Venini
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare Laura de Santillana for Venini blown glass designed in the 1980s, “Klee” model, signed Venini Italia Laura 84. This beautiful murano piece featured eye-catching colors, using fu...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass

Tall Laura de Santillana for Venini Blown Glass Klee Vase 1984
By Laura de Santillana, Venini
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare Laura de Santillana for Venini blown glass designed in the 1980s, large “Klee” model, signed Venini Italia Laura 84. This beautiful murano piece featured eye-catching colors, us...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass

Camer, Venini Solid Glass Chandelier or Pendant, 1960s, Italy
By Venini
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Thick mouth blowed triad shaped optical grade glass bar. Prime quality material, solid sturdy steel structure. Contain two regular ceramic E26 size socket rated at 100 watts ...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Steel

Vintage Murano Glass Bowl by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, 1980s signed
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Murano glass bowl designed by Tapio Wirkkala for the fine Italian manufacturer Venini in the 1980s. The vase is part of the "Coreani" series. The workmanship is particular, in tran...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Murano Glass

Murano Glass Cup Vase Yellow Black 1989 Mendini Attributed Italian Design
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Murano glass cup vase yellow black 1989 Mendini attributed Italian design. Signed.
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Murano Glass

Tapio Wirkkala Vintage Blue and Transparent Glass Vase for Venini
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid glass vase designed by Tapio Wirkkala for the prestigious Italian manufacturer Venini. The designer's signature is clearly visible on the bottom. The vase has a very simple...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass

Venini Bianconi Murano White Purple Zanfirico Italian Art Glass Fazzoletto Vase
By Paolo Venini, Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage murano hand blown white and purple ribbons Italian art glass fazzoletto / handkerchief vase. Documented to designer Fulvio Bianconi, and signed "Venini Murano Itali...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass

Rare Large Pair Murano / Venini Torchon Picture Frames, c.1950
By Venini
Located in Bath, GB
A rare and very large pair of vintage Italian Venini photograph frames, extremely heavy and in beautiful condition. The twisted glass is flecked with gold with gilded brass fittings....
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Blown Glass

Pair of Venini Triedri Floor Lamps
By Venini
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful pair of Venini Triedri glass lamps with chrome accents. These lamps each feature 8 bulbs inside and one has 32 glass triangular pieces and the other 33. The acrylic finia...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps

Materials

Glass

Pair of Venini Triedri Floor Lamps
Pair of Venini Triedri Floor Lamps
$10,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1970 Germany Palwa Tear Drop Chandelier Murano Glass and Silver Brass
By Palwa, Venini, Christoph Palme
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant teardrop chandelier made by Venini of transparent Murano glass drops mounted on a silver plated brass frame with silver leafs. Chandelier illuminates beautifully and offers...
Category

Vintage 1970s German Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Silver Plate, Chrome

Italian Mid-Century Murano Ball Glass Pendant Lamp by Toni Zuccheri, 1960s
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stylish Italian mid-century blown Murano glass, ball shape pendant lamp designed by Toni Zuccheri in the 1960s per Venini fashion house and named this piece "Membrana". The hanging l...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Steel

Venini Cascade Hand Blown Murano Glass Six-Light Chandelier, Italy, 1960s
By Venini
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A 1960s Venini cascading chandelier with three-tier hand blown milk and clear Murano glass spirals pendants, chrome mounted. Perfect vintage condition and fully working. Six-light: ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Chrome

Round Venini Style Big Drops Gold Structure Chandelier Italian Design, 1960s
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Venini big drops gold structure chandelier Italian Design, 1960s.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Gold Plate

Tapio Wirkkala Cup Filigrana for Venini Murano Signed, 1980s
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Milano, IT
Rare Murano hand blown dark amethyst/black "Filigrana Nera" cup. Excellent and very fine cylindrical cup with "black filigree" designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, Murano, circa 19...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Serving Bowls

Materials

Murano Glass

Toni Zuccheri, Membrane Table Lamp, Venini, 1960s, Museum Piece
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
I believed Membrane were part of Toni Zuccheri collaboration with VeArt in the 1970s. This table lamp shows the Membrane sphere over a Classic Midcentury base. Iconic piece with a pe...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Chrome

Ludovico Diaz De Santillana and Venini Murano Glass Mirror for Pierre Cardin
By Pierre Cardin, Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Ludovico Diaz De Santillana / Venini Murano Glass Mirror made for Pierre Cardin, Italy 1970s The mirror can be used as a table mirror with the original steel stand or a wall mirror....
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Mirrors

Materials

Murano Glass

Massimo Vignelli Pendant Lamp for Venini, Italy, 1950s
By Venini, Massimo Vignelli
Located in Milan, IT
Massimo Vignelli pendant lamp for Venini, Italy, 1950s.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Murano Glass

Venini Murano Toni Zuccheri Giada Italian Art Glass Coral Red Perfume Bottle
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and very rare, vintage Murano hand blown coral red with copper filaments Italian art glass perfume / cologne bottle. Documented to designer Toni Zuccheri for Venini, circa...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles

Materials

Copper

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Venini On Sale For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic venini on sale available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of glass, murano glass and metal, every venini on sale was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a venini on sale — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A venini on sale, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Modern or Hollywood Regency style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.

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Venini for sale on 1stDibs

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.