Hanging Lamp

Object NameHanging Lamp

Maker Massimo Vignelli (Italian, 1931-2014)

Manufacturer Venini Glassworks

Made FromGlass

Datedesigned about 1958

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

TechniqueMold-blown, cased, drilled

SizeOverall H: 30.55 cm, Diam: 15.8 cm

Accession Number61.3.302

Credit LineGift of Venini Glassworks

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass

Making Ideas: Experiments in Design at GlassLab

On ViewModern Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

The lamp is decorated with thin stripes called a canne (with canes). The popular suspension lamps created by Venini are iconic examples of 1950s Italian design.

Physical DescriptionHanging Lamp. Translucent white, yellow and red glass cased with colorless glass; mold-blown, cased, drilled. Flat top surface with diamond core drilled hole; slight conical swells to rounded shoulder; larger cylindrical body tapers inward to base rim; white inner glass cased by vertical cane stripes of red and yellow; large ground and polished opening at bottom.
Provenance

Source Venini Glassworks - 1961