Important Design Including Post War + Contemporary Art 
5 June 2019
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Important Design Including Post War + Contemporary Art 
Carlo Scarpa, Reticello chandelier, model 5417 - Image 1 of 2
Carlo Scarpa, Reticello chandelier, model 5417 - Image 2 of 2
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Carlo Scarpa

Reticello chandelier, model 5417

Venini
Italy, c. 1931
reticello glass, brass 32 h × 15½ dia in (81 × 39 cm)
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $30,000
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provenance: Private Collection | Wright, Design, 10 December 2015, Lot 184 | Private Collection
literature: Venini Glass: Its History, Artists and Techniques, Deboni, blue catalog, pg. 138 illustrates model

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Lighting fixtures designed by Carlo Scarpa were a mainstay at Venini in the 1930s. In this case, the Reticello technique, first developed on Murano in the sixteenth century, is used to great effect while the sphere and cone forms reference modernism. 

Drawing from Venini Blue Pages, 1931–1935

Scarpa’s mastery at combining historical stylistic conventions is a tribute to the depth of his knowledge as a scholar and vision as a designer.

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