VENINI
Commemorative bowl in zanfirico glass with applications in lattimo glass.
Coats of arms decorated in gold.
The glass pieces in this series were made using the filigrana a retortoli technique, also called zanfirico after the antiquarian, Antonio Sanquirico. Employed in Murano since the end of the 16th-century, it involved joining the characteristic transparent canes under heat, with variously interwoven threads incorporated within them, to obtain a unique glass pattern then manipulated and blown into the desired form.
Designed by Paolo Venini for Venini.
Murano, 1957 ca.
H. cm. 8 x Diam. cm. 19,5.
H. In. 3,14 x Diam. In. 7,67