past items
Etched, gilded and silvered glass framed mirror. These mirrors are first etched, then gilded and finally silvered. The process of etching with a metal wheel was so intensive that each mirror took hundreds of hours. The process heated the wheel to the point that the glass could crack. The company took out a patent on [...]
chandeliers
A Cane Pendant lamp, model #4034, from a design by Massimo Vignelli for Venini, c. 1955. Internally decorated glass. Remnant of original Venini paper label affixed. C. 1955 Shown in Exhibition Catalog Venini Light 1921-1985 Marino Barovier and Carla Sonego Skira Published for the Exhibition at Le Stanze del Vetro Isola del San Giorgio Maggiore [...]
Pair of Massimo Vignelli hanging pendants. Model #4040 with affixed original stickers marked 9132. Italy, C. 1955 Provenance. Venini Light 1921-1985, Barovier and Sonego, pg. 259-261, 502 Repertorio 1950-1980, Gramigna, pg. 105 Murano: Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection, Olnick and Spanu, fig. 139 Paolo Venini and his Furnace, Barovier and Sonego, pg. 481 illustrates [...]