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Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

Italian, 1900-1981

Architect, urban planner, glass, furniture and landscape designer, and interior decorator — Tomaso Buzzi was a 20th-century renaissance man. Buzzi, along with his frequent collaborator Gio Ponti, led Italy’s Novecento Milanese movement of the 1920s and ‘30s — an approximate equivalent to France’s Art Deco movement. While Buzzi is prized for chairs, tables and other furnishings that modernized the majestic lines of 18th-century designs, he is best known for the remarkable, jewel-toned glassware he produced in a two-year stint as the artistic director of the Venini glassworks on the Venetian island of Murano.

     Buzzi was born in 1900 in the town of Sondrio in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. He studied at the Milan Polytechnic, and soon after he graduated joined a lively Milanese decorative arts scene. In 1927, he and Ponti joined fellow designers Paolo Venini and Michele Marelli to form a design collaborative called Il Labirinto (the Labyrinth), Italy’s answer to the Wiener Werkstätte. In 1932, when Venini's glass company lost the design services of the sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi, who left to start his own factory, he turned to Buzzi. The young architect’s careful study of lighting design and a love for experimentation yielded major innovations in Murano glass fixtures. The forms of his wares were inspired by sources from antiquity as diverse as Persian urns and animal-shaped Etruscan jugs. Buzzi developed a complex glass-layering method that produced deep, glowing pastel colors that ran from pink to peach, to sea-green and slate blue.

     Buzzi furniture has a noteworthy elegance and nobility. Delicate chairs with arrow-shaped backs and elaborate burled wood armoires are typical of his aesthetic, and would add a sophisticated note to any room, modern or traditional. And an exemplary piece of Buzzi’s vibrant, lustrous glassware would merit a place of honor in every design collection.

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Creator: Tomaso Buzzi
Italian Mid Century Modern Venini White Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi, 1983
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
"Incamiciato" Italian art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Stunning white glass in original Venini box and with "Certificate of Authenticity."
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Art Glass, Blown Glass

Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, Italy, 1985
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Milan, IT
Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Part of the Blue Catalog production, this piece was originally designed in 1933.
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1980s Italian Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Murano Glass

Venini Murano Glass Vase Re-edition of Tomaso Buzzi from 1988
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Milano, MI
Vase in light blue Murano glass and gold leaf, made by Venini as a re-edition of the model designed by Tomaso Buzzi. Ø 18 cm h 37 cm
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Murano Glass

Tomaso Buzzi for Venini Vase
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in New York, NY
Large Scale Laguna Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Incamciato glass, gold leaf. Opaque pale green glass with internal gold exterior, and turquoise glass interior. Applied black glass foot. Vietri Murano...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Gold Leaf

Tommaso Buzzi for Venini "Incamiciato" Murano Glass Vase, Italy, 1989
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Naples, IT
"Incamiciato" Italian Art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Clear, white and green. With original label. Signed: Venini Italia '89.
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Murano Glass

Vintage Green Cased Alga Glass Vase with Gold Leaf by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, Murano, 1930s. Between 1932 and 1933 the Milanese architect Tomaso Buzzi, a spirited protagonist of the Milan “neoclassicist” movement, a friend and associate of Gio Ponti, and a partner of Il Labirinto, established a fruitful collaboration with the Venini glassware company, which would continue, albeit episodically, in later years. The architect’s creative contribution was evident both in the glass forms and in their innovative manufacturing technique. When Buzzi arrived at the Venini company in Murano, in 1932, he brought with him a remarkable cultural baggage and a thorough knowledge of ancient art, particularly the Etruscan period...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Gold Leaf

Vintage Green Cased Alga Glass Vase with Gold Leaf by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, Murano, 1930s. Between 1932 and 1933 the Milanese architect Tomaso Buzzi, a spirited protagonist of the Milan “neoclassicist” movement, a friend and associate of Gio Ponti, and a partner of Il Labirinto, established a fruitful collaboration with the Venini glassware company, which would continue, albeit episodically, in later years. The architect’s creative contribution was evident both in the glass forms and in their innovative manufacturing technique. When Buzzi arrived at the Venini company in Murano, in 1932, he brought with him a remarkable cultural baggage and a thorough knowledge of ancient art, particularly the Etruscan period...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Gold Leaf

Venini Gold Leaf Vase by Tomaso Buzzi
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in London, England
Tommaso Buzzi, Venini Gold Leaf Vase Designer: Tommaso Buzzi Place of origin: Italy Design period: Model from 1933, 1985 Edition. Condition: E...
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1980s Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Glass

Vase #3315 by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in New York, NY
Cased glass in dark brown & gold. 3-line acid etched stamp to bottom date the production of this vase somewhere between 1945-1966.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Art Glass, Blown Glass

Tomaso Buzzi for Venini Vase
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in New York, NY
Incamiciato” vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, 1933-1984. Designed in the 1930s this example was executed in 1984. Cased-glass vase of mauve exterior ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Glass

"Incamiciato" Italian Art Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
"Incamiciato" Italian Art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Clear, white and purple. With original label. Signed: Venini Italia '85.
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Art Glass

Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
"Incamiciato" Italian art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Cased glass, clear, white and grey, deep purple foot. Marked: Venini itali...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

Model 3321 Red and Black Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, 1950s
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare Rosa e Negro model number 3321 glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. 1950s or 1960s. Unsigned. (Likely originally bore a factory sticker.) Base has a rough pontil mark an...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Art Glass

Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, Italy 1930's
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in New York, NY
Rose-colored baluster-shaped glass vase with gold fleck inclusions throughout, raised on a clear and gold glass base. Similar model pictured in Marc Heiremans’ Murano Glass” page 43 and Venini...
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1940s Italian Vintage Tomaso Buzzi Decorative Objects

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Blown Glass

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Tomaso Buzzi decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.

Tomaso Buzzi decorative objects are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Tomaso Buzzi decorative objects, although gold editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original decorative objects by Tomaso Buzzi were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider decorative objects by Effetre International Company, Lino Tagliapietra, and Ludovico Diaz de Santillana. Prices for Tomaso Buzzi decorative objects can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $890 and can go as high as $10,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,800.

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