Fazzoletto (Handkerchief) Vase

Object Name: 
Fazzoletto (Handkerchief) Vase

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Object Name: 
Fazzoletto (Handkerchief) Vase
Accession Number: 
51.3.139
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 23.8 cm, D: 15.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 1949
Web Description: 
The Venini glassworks was founded in 1921 by Paolo Venini (1895-1959) and the Venetian antiques dealer Giacomo Cappellin. The company’s first artistic director, Vittorio Zecchin, established a new, bold, and very modern look for Venetian glass that was immediately popular. Venini was among the few Italian manufacturers of applied art invited to exhibit at the landmark 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris. It was the only glassworks on Murano to invite outside artists, designers, and architects to work on its premises. Paolo Venini infused Muranese glass making with new life, and under his guidance, the firm’s artistic directors helped to revolutionize glass design in Italy. The fazzoletto (handkerchief) vase, created by Paolo Venini and his artistic director, Fulvio Bianconi (1915-1996), was one of Venini’s most popular designs. This example is made in zanfirico glass, an Italian style of cane decoration that is generally called filigrana (filigree).
Provenance: 
House of Italian Handicrafts, Source
1951-01-29
Material: 
Primary Description: 
Fazzoletto (Handkerchief) Vase. Colorless and opaque white glass; fused and blown. Vase blown of fused colorless and white filgrana (filigree) "zanfirico" canes with wavy, uneven walls and rim. Ground base and pontil.
The illustrated encyclopedia of glass (2011) illustrated, pp. 88, 219; BIB# 128671
Il Corning Museum (2005-06) illustrated, p. 23 top middle; BIB# AI98014
The Encyclopedia of Glass (2001) illustrated, p. 80, p. 179; BIB# 69319
20th Century Glass (Collector's Compass) (2000) illustrated, p. 54; BIB# 66055
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, pp. 122-123, #121; BIB# 35679