Important Barovier & Toso floor lamp, Murano, blown opaline glass shade, Italy circa 1980

Italian floor lamp signed Barovier & Toso, Murano, with original label preserved  (Barovier & Toso lozenge logo + certification label “Vetri Murano VM 007”, label of the Consorzio Venezia Vetro used between 1981 and the early 2000s).

The conical shade in blown opaline glass, with the granular texture characteristic of Venetian work, is adorned with a frieze of waves acid-etched on its lower third, drawing upon techniques and a decorative vocabulary inherited from the great years of Venetian glassmaking. It rests upon a sphere of colourless Murano glass, blown and cut with twisted ribs, which closes it onto the brass stem — a torchère-type floor lamp, the light being diffused upwards through the glass.

The shaft, in brass, descends to a circular base in white lacquered metal. Original foot dimmer.

Good general condition consistent with use. The lacquered base shows visible marks of use and micro-scratches (see photographs), without any effect on the structure or the functioning.
Glass and crystal sphere intact, without chip or crack.

Original electrics in working order.

Origin: Italy, Murano — Barovier & Toso, circa 1980.

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