Murano Glass Masters 2014 - L'Isola del Vetro
Saturday 12 th and Sunday 13 th July 2014 in Murano don't miss the first "Murano Glass Masters 2014 - The isle of Glass". The Murano Glass Museum - with the exhibition "The enchantment of glass" (L'incanto del vetro), a selection of the most valuable artworks made by the Promovetro...
The rosebud legend
The writer Alberto Toso Fei, and artist Elena Tagliapietra, both from Venice, will give life - on April 25 th in St. Marco Square at 2pm - to the fifth edition of "Venice Revealed", a two-year project of reading and body painting. This year a "human rose" composed of 1200...
Murano Prize 2014
The Scuola Abate Zanetti is sponsoring also this year the Murano Prize, a Venetian historic event that honors the art of Murano glass. The award, back in 2012 after a 21 years hiatus, is organized to enrich the artistic tradition of Murano glass and its experimentation, to provide a meeting...
Murano glass aquariums
Have you ever wanted an aquarium, with lots of tropical fishes in your livingroom? Just to adorn a corner of the room, reproducing a small piece of nature on a fine piece of forniture. Well, having an aquarium in your own home is a symbol of good taste and elegance...
Murano glass mirrors
Mirrors are not only functional but also works of art thanks to their frames and decorations. They also make a room appear larger and brighter. They can even be used to create some fantastic pieces of furniture. But how has it all began? Nowadays Murano glass mirrors are based upon...
A.Ve.M.
Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.Ve.M) emerged from the liquidation of Successori Andrea Rioda in November 1931. In 1932 a group of master glassblowers decided to open a new glass factory, A.V.E.M. The founding partners were Antonio Ferro with his sons Egidio and Ottone, Galliano Ferro, and Emilio Nason. The first products, mostly...
C.V.M. - Compagnia Venezia Murano
The company was founded in 1877 and is mainly concerned with the sale not only of glasswares but also of furniture, bronzes, marbles ad luxury items in general. It has imported from the most European countries, dealing with the most prestigious firms, including the great names of French glass, Galle' and Daum....
Frères Daum
Very well known as the frères Daum glass factory, this firm has been recently renamed Cristalleries de Nancy. It was established in Nancy in 1875 by Jean Daum. His sons Jean Louis Auguste and Jean-Antonine made glassware in the "Art Nouveau" style similar to those of Émile Gallé : very...
Fratelli Toso
One of the oldest glass factories on the island, already open in 1854, the firm was mostly typical at first for its production of classic blown glass and, in the early years of 20th century, for vases executed with the murrine technique. Between 1910 and 1914 an important event was...
Vetreria Franchetti
Franchetti, Raimondo (Vetreria Veneziana Barone Raimondo Franchetti) Murano, Venice, Italy (1826 - ? ) a.k.a. Cristalleria Franchetti. Mainly industrial glass, some cut & engraved crystal services. Supplied Italian Royal Navy with services, lamps, globes & lenses (1892). Alfredo Barbini trained here (c 1930) Vetreria Franchetti
Fucina degli Angeli
This began as an artist's cooperative in 1950, Centro Studi Pittori Arte del Vetro , set up by Egidio Costantini , Fioravante Seibezzi , Armando Tonello , Gino Krayer , Mario Carraro , Aldo Bergamini , and others, with the intent of having permanent place of business and showroom in...
I.V.A.M.
Founded in the early 20s at Fondamenta Navagero by Libero Vitali , the glass factory had a short but intense life, from both a technical and an artistical viewpoint, for the influence that its productions would have in the future Murano panorama. In the mid 20s the furnace cooperated with...
I.V.R. Mazzega
The exact starting date of the glasswork cannot be established. According to Esperia Mazzega. Daughter of Romano, it goes back to the early 30s. In 1937 Romano sold the firm to Aureliano Toso and the following year, together with his brothers Gino and Maria, he established the F.lli MazzegaAfter the...
Loetz
Glassworks that has established in 1836 at Klostermeuhle in Bohemia, by Eisensteine. In 1840 Johann Loetz purchased it, and when he died, his wife Suzanne took over. In 1870 his grandson, mAx Ritter Von Spaun expanded procuction both in quantity and quality, and exported throughout the world. During the decade...
M.V.M. Cappellin & Co.
Ceramiche Lenci
Ceramics factory established in 1928 by Elena Scavini and her husband, in charge of the artistic direction to this day. Production has strictly modern taste. Over the years they have reached a numbers of awards at both italian and foreign exhibitions. In 1929 they showed their creations at the Sambuco...
Pauly & Co.
We often get contacted for news of this glorious ateler. Unfortunately the company after being renamed Miva Srl went bankrupt on 26 April 2016.Since its foundation (1866), Pauly & C. has stood for elegance, creativity and Venetian luxury. The ancient Roman technique known as “murrine”, which today is the symbol...
Orrefors Glasbruk
Swedish glassworks specialized in the manufacture of cheap glasswares. Founded in 1898, it was acquired in 1913 by Johan Ekman who improved the quality of production thamks to the cooperation of artists such as Simon Gate after 1916 and Edward Hald after 1917, both pupils of the maestro Knut Berqvist....
S.A.L.I.R. - Studio Ars Labor Industrie Riunite
Founded in 1923 by Giuseppe D'Alpaos , Decio Toso and Guglielmo Barbini . Its specialities were glass engraving, sandblasting, enamel and engraving application of gold leaf. In 1927 the firm began cooperating with Balsamo Stella and Franz Pelzel who, after a two years stay in Florence, opened their own laboratory...
S.A.I.A.R. Ferro-Toso & Co
The firm started in 1895 and produced the first known objects having a "modern" taste, a series of murrine vases, executed on the design of the Swedish artist Anna Akerdhal, wife of the graphic artist Guido Balsamo Stella; that items were exhibited in 1920 at the Exhibition of the Italian...
Salviati & Co.
In 1866 Antonio Salviati, a lawyer from Vicenza (Italy), in cooperation with some English financing partners, constituted the Vetreria Salviati & Co. The firm took the english name of The Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Company and divided its activities into two clearly distinct parts: blown glass on one...
Seguso Vetri d'Arte
In 1933 a group of master glassblowers who had left the Barovier & Co . firm decided to open its own glass factory, making the begnnings of the Artistica Soffieria e Vetreria Barovier Seguso Ferro. Production was constituted by encased blown glass, stylized figurines, animals and cactus plants, vaguely in...
V.A.M.S.A.
The V.A.M.S.A. firm Vetreria Artistica Muranese Societa' Anonima founded in 1925 by Augusto Hreglivh under the name of S.A.V.A.M. Societa' anonima Vetri Artistici Murano, produced blown glass of classic type. In 1936 it was transformed into V.A.M.S.A. (Vetreria Artistica Muranese Societa' Anonima) and had Alfredo Barbini among its partners, in...
Vetreria Vistosi
Vistosi family represents one of the oldest dynasties of Murano glassblowers; their origins go back to the XVIII century. In 1945 Guglielmo Vistosi opened his furnace, taking with him some really innovative concepts both at the design and at the production level. Fascinated by industrial design, he attempted to put...
Vetreria Zecchin Martinuzzi
The firm Zecchin Martinuzzi Vetri Artistici e Mosaici was founded in 1932 by the sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi and by the engineer Francesco Zecchin, both of whom had worked at Venini's, where Martinuzzi had held the art director position until 1926. Production was at once characterized away from the other Murano...
Zanetti Vetreria Artistica
Zanetti Vetreria Artistica was founded in 1956 by the glass master Oscar Zanetti (nickname: Saor) and his son Licio. The furnace quickly distinguished it self for the artistic quality of master Licio Zanetti's glass sculptures, and soon took its place among the most prestigious companies on Murano. In 1989 master...
Vetrofusione at the Piero Ragazzi atelier
The history of Murano glass boasts a very long list of techniques that have improved and evolved over the centuries. One of the most recent techniques dates back to the 1930s and is the vetrofusione. Glass melting is a technique used to join pieces of glass by partially melting them:...
Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro
Each furnace has its jealously guarded secrets. In addition to the manufacturing processes, the companies also carefully store the recipes for composing the glass mixtures. The Stazione Sperimentale was born after the war (in 1956 and since 2000 scientific laboratories also in Marghera) The station was established at the same...