
Lot 91Ω
Studio B.B.P.R. Ceiling light, designed for the Olivetti showroom, New York, circa 1954
12 October 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £7,000
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Studio B.B.P.R.
Ceiling light, designed for the Olivetti showroom, New York, circa 1954
Opaque glass with applied coloured glass band, painted metal.
45 x 20 x 20.5 cm
Produced by Venini & C., Murano, Italy.
Opaque glass with applied coloured glass band, painted metal.
45 x 20 x 20.5 cm
Produced by Venini & C., Murano, Italy.
Footnotes
Literature
'Italia a New York', Domus, no. 298, September 1954, pp. 3-9
'Venini vasi, Venini lampade', Domus, no. 314, January 1956, p. 45
Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Italiano Degli Anni '40 e '50, Bari, 1992, p. 95
Franco Deboni, Venini Glass: Its History, Artists and Techniques, Catalogue 1921-2007, Volume 1, Turin, 2007, p. 61