New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Fazzoletti (Handkerchief) Vase

Artist Paolo Venini (Italian, 1895 - 1959)

Manufacturer Venini & Cie

CultureItalian

Dateca. 1950

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
Base: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)

InscribedAcid stamped across polished pontil: "Venini/Murano/Italia".

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated in memory of Patricia G. Slaasted

Object number85.58

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 59

DescriptionVase of blown gray-green tinted glass. Zanfirico technique using sixteen groups of three white spiral filigree designs. Embedded in clear. Flattened and fused together and cupped into loose folds to form a linen effect. Called vetro a retorti. Fazzoletti (handkerchief) series.

Label TextPaolo Venini Italian, 1895–1959 Venini & C. Venice, Italy Fazzoletti (Handkerchief) Vase, ca. 1950s Blown glass Museum purchase with funds donated in memory of Patricia G. Slaasted 85.58 Published ReferencesA. Polak, MODERN GLASS, pp. 66-67, ill. 64B. Venini International & Smithsonian Exhibit, VENINI GLASS CATALOG, 1981, #57, pp. 24-25.