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Mezza Filigrana, no. 3547

Carlo Scarpa Italian
ca. 1934
Not on view
Between 1932 and 1947, Carlo Scarpa worked closely with Paolo Venini and other master glassblowers to pioneer techniques, silhouettes, and colors that thoroughly modernized the ancient traditions of the glass-making Venetian island Murano. New methods of surface decoration were invented and each vessel is named for the techniques employed in their making, emphasizing the fact that experimentation was crucial to producing such a dazzling array of visual and material effects.

Mezza Filigrana (half-filigree) glass is a technique used since the sixteenth century in which a series of clear glass rods are fused with a piece of lattimo (milky) or colored glass at the center. Because the glass is blown into the thinnest possible structures, the vessels weigh just a few ounces each. In this piece, clear and white glass are threaded together to create a sense of lightness and movement, as if the atmosphere has been captured in glass.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mezza Filigrana, no. 3547
  • Artist: Carlo Scarpa (Italian, Venice 1906–1978 Sendai, Japan)
  • Manufacturer: Venini & Co., Murano, Italy, established 1921
  • Date: ca. 1934
  • Medium: Glass, metal layer/leaft, paint layer
  • Dimensions: 15 3/4 × 6 5/16 in., 3.5 lb. (40 × 16 cm, 1.6 kg)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of Marie-Rose Kahane and David Landau, 2014
  • Object Number: 2014.208.14
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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