Medusa Table Lamp by Ercole Barovier for Barovier Toso 1935

Medusa Table Lamp by Ercole Barovier for Barovier Toso 1935

Code: 10766

Dimensions:

W: 31cm (12.2")H: 31cm (12.2")D: 19.5cm (7.7")

£6,950.00 Approx $8764.19, €8109.68

Medusa table lamp by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) circa 1935 for Barovier Toso and Co. Venetian crystal blown glass with iridescent surface designed like a torch of fire. Barovier made his mark on the company, the glass-works industry and history. The lamp executed by Barovier and Toso shows the technical complexity of a company founded in 1295. Barovier and Toso have held the realm of its glass works for 750 years in Italy as Vetreria Artistica Barovier & Co. Literature Attilia Dorigatu, 'Ercole Barovier 1889-1974: Vetraio Muranese', Marsilio Editori, 1989, p. 67

Creator; Barovier&Toso (Manufacturer),Ercole Barovier (Designer)

Style; Art Deco (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques; Art Glass,Blown Glass,Glass,Murano Glass

Place of Origin; Italy

Date of Manufacture; 1935