Carlo Scarpa, a rare "Tessuto bicolore" glass vase, model 4551, Venini, Murano, Italy 1945-48.

A rare "Tessuto bicolore" glass vase, model 4551, Venini, Murano, Italy 1945-48.

Clear glass with threads in yellow, white, and brownish-purple glass, matte wheel-carved surface in battuto technique, etched signature venini murano ITALIA. Height 25 cm.

Provenance

Probably acquired during a honeymoon trip to Venice in 1954, thence by descent within the family.

Literature

Marino Barovier, "Venetian glass by Carlo Scarpa: The Venini company 1932-1947", The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2013, cf. the model illustrated from the Chiara and Francesco Carraro collection, Venice, p. 268.

More about Carlo Scarpa

Carlo Scarpa was an Italian architect and designer. He was born and educated in Venice and primarily worked in the Veneto region. His modernist architecture exhibits almost poetic qualities, a sensitivity to detail, and shows great appreciation for craftsmanship. This is something he carried with him from working at the Venini glassworks between the 1933-1947. He worked first as a designer and later on as the artistic director. At Venini, Scarpa explored together with the glassblowers how they could push the boundaries of what had previously been done and further developing the various techniques.

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