Archimede Seguso (1909-1999)
Pair of large three-armed wall sconces in blown straw-yellow glass with wall mounts and brass details.
Seguso Vetri d'Arte, ca. 1940.
Archimede Seguso (1909-1999)
Pair of large, three-armed straw-colored blown glass sconces with wall mounts and molded brass details.
Seguso Vetri d'Arte, ca. 1940
Archimede Seguso was one of the most important Venetian glass masters of the 20th century, renowned for his innovation in Murano artistic glassmaking. He founded his own glassworks in 1944, reinterpreting ancient techniques such as filigree and creating renowned designs. His works, characterized by intense colors and technical experimentations such as Sommerso, have been exhibited in major international exhibitions and held in museums around the world.
Active since the early 1900s, Seguso Vetri d'Arte is a historic Murano artistic glassworks, founded in the 1930s from the evolution of the Seguso family tradition, which had been active in glassmaking since the Middle Ages. The company rose to fame thanks to the mastery of Archimede Seguso and his collaboration with innovative designers like Flavio Poli. The furnace stood out for its production of high-quality artistic glass, experimenting with modern techniques and refined processes such as Sommerso, decisively contributing to the international fame of Murano glass in the twentieth century.
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