Gae Aulenti Ceiling Pendant lamp of the series "Neverrino". Produced by Vistosi, Murano, 1970s

Gae Aulenti Ceiling Pendant lamp of the series "Neverrino". Produced by Vistosi, Murano, 1970s. Blown glass with blue, green murrine and the lattimo rim applied in blue transparent glass.

Neverrino vase

Vistosi

Italy, 1977

glass with internal murrine decoration

Vistosi: Arte e magia del Vetro attravesoi secondi, Arcari and Maggiolo, ppg. 48-49 illustrate series

Murrine is an Italian term for colored patterns or images made in a glass cane( long rods of glass) that are revealed when cut in cross-sections. An 4000 years old ancient Mideast technique revived by venetian glass makers in Murano in the early 16th century. Gae Aulenti called Gae Italian architect and designer was renowned for her renovation (1981-1986) of the Gare d'Orsay an ornate Beaux Arts style train station constructed in 1900 in Paris turned into the famous Musee d'Orsay to house and display primarily French Art from late 19th and 20th century. Gae was also an outstanding prolific designer of furnitures and lighting and theatre sets.

DIMENSIONS

16" H 12" DIA

48"cord fully extended 64"

Condition: very good original condition, works well