Venini Furniture
Italian
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.
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Creator: Venini
White Fulvio Bianconi Handkerchief Bowl, Zanfirico Filigree Glass, Venini Murano
By Venini
Located in Stockholm, SE
Handkerchief ''zanfirico'' bowl/vase designed by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano. This fazzoletto bowl features zanfirico glass with lattimo white netted vertical cane and white ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Venini Empty Pockets Murano Glass, 1950, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Empty pockets murano glass 1950 Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Vase "Regina" Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Venini, Murano
By Venini, Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vase "Regina" Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Venini, Murano
A vase of the "Re and Regina" series designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Venini in 1996. Satin finished antique white glass...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Flush Mount by Toni Zuccheri for Venini, 2 Available
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano flush mount or wall light with blue details / Made in Italy by Toni Zuccheri for Venini, circa 1960s
Measures: width 8 inches, length 8 inches, height 5.5 inch...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Several Clear Gold Glass Chrome Sconces by Venini, Italy 1970
By Venini
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful glass wall sconces featuring eleven long crystal clear glass tube-like rods, with chrome details and back plate. Illuminates beautifully. High-end pieces.
Cleaned and well...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Chrome
VENINI - CARLO SCARPA - Ceiling Light Murano Glass Brass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini - Carlo Scarpa - ceiling light Murano glass brass, 1940, Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Gio Ponti "A Canne" Glass Pitcher for Venini
By Venini, Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Gio Ponti "A Canne" Glass Pitcher for Venini, Italy. "A Canne" translates to "With Reeds". Blue and Green stripes. Excellent vintage condition with age related wear. No chips, cra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Sommersi Oro Murano Glass Vase, Italy, 1990
By Laura Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Laura Diaz de Santillana (b. 1955) for Venini Sommersi Oro vase from Laura series, Italy, 1980. This elegant hand-blown Murano glass vase is an exquisite celadon green color with gol...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Several Venini Style Clear Gold Brass Glass Sconces, 1970
By Venini
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful half-round glass wall sconces featuring multiple long crystal clear glass tube-like rods, with brass details and back plate. Illuminates beautifully. High-end pieces.
Dime...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini Blown Glass Pendant, Italy, 1950
s
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
Venini, Italy 1950's
A blown clear glass lantern with delicate woven spiral patterns in colored Zanfirico glass; nickeled mounts
Measures: 12 diameter x 38 height ( Height can be a...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Hourglasses by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini
By Paolo Venini, Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Busnago, IT
Pair of Acquamarina and Grigio murano glass hourglasses by Paolo Venini & Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini. A large one and a small one. Little grains of sand, impalpable and unnoticea...
Category
1980s Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Pair of Mid Century Modern Venini "Tree Bark" Pattern Wall Sconces
By Venini
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Venini Murano wall sconces in a clear thick ribbed pattern, Tree Bark. Stainless steel back plate with a double socket, incandesce...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Alessandro Mendini Murano glass bowl/centerpiece for Venini . Signed
By Venini, Alessandro Mendini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great post modern bowl in bright red color , by the well known artist / designer Alessandro Mendini .signed Venini 94.
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Double incalmo e murrina by Riccardo Licata
By Riccardo Licata, Venini
Located in Uccle, BE
Double incalmo e murrina Riccardo Licata – Blown glass vase – Venini Murano.
Vase with an irregular flattened cross-section in double incalmo blue and green transparent glass.
Centra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini "Piume" Vase
By Venini, Ove Thorssen
Located in New York, NY
Chalice-form vase, designed by Ove Thorssen and Birgitta Carlsson for Venini, Murano, 1974. Deep blue-green glass streaked with gray swirl-stripes. Unusual form, signed.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
$1,800
Vase Opulus, Brigitta Carlsson and Ove Thorssen for Venini, 1972
By Karlsson Brigitta, Venini, Ove Thorssen
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A vase of the opulus series designed by Brigitte Carlsson and Ove Thorssen for Venini, 1972. Ribbed blue glass fused in incalmo technic. Venini, Murano, circa 1970s. incised signatur...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
VENINI - TONI ZUCCHERI - Table lamp model Membrane - Murano 1970
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Milano, IT
VENINI Murano - A beautiful table lamp designed by TONI ZUCCHERI and produced by VENINI in MURANO, in the 1970s.
Series model MEMBRANE, steel frame , original.
Working order.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Steel
Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Soffiato Vase in Yellow and Lattimo Glass ca. 1950s
By Venini, Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Soffiato Vase in Yellow and Lattimo Glass ca. 1950s
A Venini soffiato (mouth blown) glass vase with very thin opaque yellow ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Modernist Venini Patchwork Hand Blown Panel by Toni Zuccheri from 70s
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Catania, CT
Great vintage condition with normal trace of age and use on the metal parts and no cracks or chips on the glasses. Very rare and luxury Italian wall light designed by Toni Zuccheri a...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Ando Time Hourglass in Aquamarine/Crystal/Green by Tadao Ando
By Tadao Ando, Venini
Located in murano, IT
A colorful hourglass enclosed in glass. Space meets time in its architecture. The sand flow carries with it the thoughts of the past and the future that Tadao Ando wished to capture....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
VENINI Vase Murano Glass iridato 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Exceptional Iridescent Murano Glass Vase 1950 Italy
Category
1950s Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
VENINI Vase "Pirelli" Murano Glass 1990 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Murano Glass Vase
Category
1990s Italian Other Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Chandelier “Calza” Ludovico Diaz de Santillana Murano Glass, 1970, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Exceptional Venini chandelier “Calza” Ludovico Diaz De Santillana Murano glass, 1970, Italy.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Other Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Reticello Glass Chandelier by Venini
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Murano glass chandelier decorated in reticello glass, made by Venini Glass and Att. to be designed by Carlo Scarpa. An elegant spherical design with br...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Poliedri Chandeliers by Venini - 2 Available
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian chandelier with clear and amethyst polyhedron/polyhedral shaped Murano glasses, mounted on white metal frames / Made in Italy by Venini, circa 1960s
6 lights / E12 or E14 typ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
$3,950 / item
Fulvio Bianconi vase
Scozzese
, 1954-57
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Zurich, CH
Fulvio Bianconi vase 'Scozzese', 1954-57
Vase model "Scozzese". Venini, Murano, 1954-57. Blown glass with polychrome twisted sapphire, opaque red and lattimo bands, crossed with wide...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
$32,995 Sale Price
20% Off
Venini Centerpiece Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Centerpiece VENINI.
Category
1940s Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Pair of Sputnik Chandeliers in Chrome with Artisan Glass Rods 1970s
By Camer Glass, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Chic pair of Sputnik chandeliers, model N3001, in polished chrome with artisan glass rods by Venini (Murano, Italy) for Camer Lighting, American 1970's. This is a timeless design. It...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Chrome
21st Century Veronese Glass Vase in Crystal/Grey by Vittorio Zecchin
By Vittorio Zecchin, Venini
Located in murano, IT
From «The Annunciation» by Paolo Veronese to the Fornace (Kiln): a wonderful journey for this fine vase by Vittorio Zecchin. A complex shape, curved beyond imagination: Veronese defi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Venini Centerpiece Murano Glass Gold 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Centerpiece.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Yemen Glass Vase in Multicolor by Ettore Sottsass
By Venini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in murano, IT
A black sphere is reflected in Coral and in delicate tones of light green, celebrating the country that inspired it. Volumes reflecting each other like mirrors. In his mind, Ettore S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Venini
89 Murano Glass Centerpiece, Italy, 1989
By Venini
Located in Naples, IT
Glass ashtray or centrepiece worked with the submerged glass technique.
Production: Venini, Italy.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Table Lamp Murano Glass Brass Lampshade, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Lampada da tavolo Venini Misure solo della struttura vetro senza paralume. Height 38cm. Large 18 cm.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Pigmenti Small Glass Vase in Blood Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
With the Pigmenti collection, Venini aims to send out a sign of renewal through the development of a classic form as the expression of a contemporary interior design accessory. Pigme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Rare Venini "Diamante" Table Obelisk
By Venini
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A rare table decoration by Venini in the Diamante pattern. Used in several project by Frances Elkins, this piece has a barely discernible etched signature to the base.
Category
20th Century Italian Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Fazzoletto Medium Glass Vase in Blood Red/Rosa Cipria
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Paolo Venini
Located in murano, IT
An exclusive new take on the Opalini technique from the 15th century makes its colour unique. The creative genius of Fulvio Bianconi makes its shape inimitable, recalling skirts swaying in the breeze. Every Fazzoletto Opalini is truly unique: there's not another one like it anywhere.
Additional Information:
Material: Glass
Color: Blood red/rosa cipria
Dimensions: Ø 20 x H 24 cm
Available in other color options: Black, sapphire, orange, indigo, Green rio, rosa cipria, Amber, indigo/orange, grey/indigo, opaque pink/red, grey, apple green, aquamarine/horizon, horizon, apple green/red, red, milk-white...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Venini Triedri Chandelier Murano Glass Iron 1960 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini “Triedri” chandelier Murano glass iron 1960 Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Murano Glass and Varnished Metal 3-Light Pendant by Toni Zuccheri for Venini
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This 3-light Membrana pendant features Murano glass shades and a steel structure.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but the g...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Midcentury pair of Murano chandeliers attributed to Toni Zuccheri for Venini
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Elegant pair of Murano glass chandeliers attributed to Toni Zuccheri for Venini.
Its metallic structure mounts exceptionally refined Murano glass diffusers in clear and orange that c...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Corner wall lamp by Paolo Deganello for Venini
By Paolo Deganello, Venini
Located in Lugo, IT
Wall sconce for wall corner by Paolo Deganello for Venini.
It has been re-elected and the replaced parts are present.
Thank you
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Sheet Metal
Carlo Scarpa for Venini Filigrana Murano Glass pendant, Italy, 1930s
By Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Intricate Carlo Scarpa for Venini Filigrana murano glass pendant,
Italy, 1930s.
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Floor Lamp Murano Blue and Red Glass by Fulvio Bianconi, 1950s
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Floor Lamp made of fine Murano Blue and Red Glass, realized by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini in 1950s.
Very good condition.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini for Veluce Opaline Glass Floor Lamp, Italy, 1980s
By Veluce, Venini
Located in Naples, IT
A rare, elegant and refined floor lamp in opaline white Murano glass and black lacquered metal frame, a classic example of 1970s Italian lighting...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
21st Century Battuto A Nido D
ape Vase in Horizon by Carlo Scarpa
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in murano, IT
Inspired by nature and designed by Carlo Scarpa, it turns into Battuto a Nido D'Ape only in the hands of master glassmakers, who skilfully shape glass into a honeycomb pattern using ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
Modern Murano Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Venini, Signed ca. 1994
By Venini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Beautiful table lamp in shades of light grey-white hand-blown Murano glass.
Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Venini and manufactured in 1994.
The glass shade is signed "Venini ".
Etto...
Category
1990s Italian Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Glass pendant lamp by Venini
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
This stunning pendant lamp, crafted in the 1970s by Venini, embodies the excellence of Murano glass artistry. Its design is pure and essential-a perfect glass globe that encapsulates...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
"Striade" Murano Glass Floor Lamp by Massimo Vignelli for Venini, Italy, 1950s
By Massimo Vignelli, Venini
Located in Milan, IT
"Striade" standard lamp by Massimo Vignelli for Venini.
A large hand blown milky glass shade with red, green and blue stripes on crystal top edge.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
"Kelo" Art Glass Vase
By Venini, Timo Sarpaneva
Located in New York, NY
"Kelo" Italian art glass vase by
Timo Sarpaneva for Venini & Co.
Glass, clear, black, white and red. Marked: Venini 90 Sarpaneva (engraved).
Category
1990s Italian Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
$9,800
Italian modern yellow glass chandelier Firenze, Ettore Sottsass for Venini, 1990
By Venini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern yellow glass chandelier Firenze, Ettore Sottsass for Venini, 1990.
Florence model chandelier composed of a series of transparent and yellow glass spheres of different ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Murano Amber and Clear Tronchi Chandelier Venini
By Venini
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Murano Amber and Clear Tronchi Chandelier Venini. The chandelier has a missing piece from the bottom row.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Bookends by Venini, Italy, 1960s
By Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of bookends manufactured by Venini Murano.
A solid crystal glass block is connected to a brass plate.
Labelled pieces.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
$1,769 / set
Macchie Vase
Model 4321
, Fulvio Bianconi, Venini Murano,
Italy
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Uccle, BE
Vase in thick transparent glass, one side of the vase decorated with a "stain" forming an abstract design (macchie means stain in Italian), this stain is dark in color, on the other ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
VENINI Chandelier Murano Glass Iron 1940 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Chandelier
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Milk Glass, Murano Glass
Boletus Table Lamp by Mario Ticcò for Venini, Italy, 1970s
By Mario Ticcò, Venini
Located in Roma, IT
Table lamp from the series Boletus realized by Mario Ticcò for Venini, Murano, in 1970s.
Chromed metal and blown and engraved glass.
Fully working and in very good condition.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Metal
Modern Elegant Venini "Bluino" Chandelier Crystal Glass and Brass
By Venini
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
Modern elegant VENINI "BLUINO" chandelier crystal glass and brass.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Venini Toni Zuccheri Chandelier Murano Glass Brass 1950 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini Tony Zuccheri chandelier Murano glass brass 1950 Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Tapio Wirkkala Vintage Blue and Transparent Glass Vase for Venini
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
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...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
$1,721 Sale Price
20% Off
21st Century Porpora 9-Light Chandeliers in Crystal by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
Essential decorations and a sleek structure with simple arms and cups, for a minimalist design by VENINI. Born in 1924 yet timeless, it has stood the test of time. It is just as mode...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Furniture
Materials
Glass
No. 4029 Pendant by Massimo Vignelli for Venini
By Venini, Massimo Vignelli
Located in New York, NY
Blown glass, brass. Internally decorated blown glass shade. Brass mounts and 1 x E26 socket.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini Couple Chandeliers Murano Glass Iron Brass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini chandes.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Venini Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Venini 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 Venini furniture, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 1,141 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 1,298 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Venini were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Ettore Sottsass, Artemide, and Vistosi. Prices for Venini furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $11 and can go as high as $377,941, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,694.
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Questions About Venini Furniture
- Where is Venini glass made?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025Venini glass is made in Italy. Specifically, its workshop is on the Venetian island of Murano. 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 skilled artisans who created extraordinary chandeliers, sconces and other lighting in the centuries-old glass workshops. 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, Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearns and Fulvio Bianconi. Shop a variety of Venini glass on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024To identify Venini glass, first look for markings, usually found on the base or interior of glassware. Over its long history, Venini used dozens of labels and acid-stamped marks on its pieces. You can find images of these marks on the pages of trusted online resources to compare to your piece. Keep in mind that Venini's foil labels tend to come off over the years, so a lack of a marking or label doesn't necessarily mean that your piece is not a Venini. However, there are many convincing replicas of Venini glassware. As a result, experts recommend consulting a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer for assistance with the identification process, especially if you can't locate a label or acid mark. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Venini glass.