36 White Discs Chandelier –

Gino Vistosi 36 white discs chandelier chrome wire frame Murano glass AV Mazzega 1960s 1970s ItalyVistosi 36 white discs chandelier on a chrome frame by AV Mazzega Murano 1960s 1970s

36 White Discs Chandelier – 1970s AV Mazzega Catalogue Picture

The original design of this many times copied chandeliers: Models LS 130, LS 131, LS 132, LS 133.

Triennale Milan 2015 – Carlo Nason Expo

Carlo Nason – 2023 Interview

36 White Discs Chandelier

Materials: 36 hand blown white and translucent crystal Murano glass discs. Square chromed metal (iron) wire frame. Chrome chain and canopy. Bakelite E14 sockets.

Chain Length: 60 cm / 23.62’’

Height: 58 cm /22.83”

Width: 58 x 58 cm / 22.83 x 22.83”

Electricity: 8 bulbs E14, 8 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, but clear or bright bulbs are preferred.

Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: After a Carlo Nason design.

Manufacturer: AV Mazzega, Murano, Italy – attributed.

Other versions: This 36 white discs chandelier exists in many different sizes and colours. Produced with more or less discs, as a wall lamp, a flush mount and a table lamp.

In Germany and some other countries in Europe acrylic discs chandeliers were produced among others by Aro Leuchte (Arnold Licht GmbH) from Borken.

Gino Vistosi

Gino Vistosi was not the designer of these disc lamps, despite everybody says it. Vistosi made glass discs lamps, but they have all much smaller discs.

Several lamp producers on the Murano island made these chandeliers. In all probability, most of them are made by AV Mazzega. Carlo Nason designed the LS 130, LS 131, LS 132, LS 133 chandelier, all similar to this one, but without the colours and made in clear & opal iridescent glass, as you can see in the catalogue picture.

These lamps were a big hit and they were made for more than 30 years. Few are marked with a label. Today new chandeliers are in production, beware!

AV Mazzega

AV Mazzega was founded in 1946 by Angelo Vittorio Mazzega. In 1950 his son Gianni Bruno Mazzega started working in the family’s glass factory. Gianni Bruno Mazzega is responsible for the creation of many beautiful lamps.

Today, under the watchful eye of Andrea Mazzega, grandson of Angelo Vittorio, the company works together with high-level international designers. Andrea is the president of the company since 2000. The company is renamed in Mazzega 1946; the year AV Mazzega was founded.

Designers that worked for AV Mazzega – Mazzega 1946 are among others Carlo Nason, Aldo Nason, Christophe Pillet, Michele De Lucchi, Giovanni Barbato, Paolo Piva, Sam Baron, Gasmi Chafik, Oriano Favaretto and Riccardo Giovanetti.

Carlo Nason

Born in Murano in 1935 he grew up in one of the oldest families of Murano glass makers, where experts introduced him to the most refined techniques. His father’s factory was just the right place to familiarise himself with the structure of work and experimentation. His works from the 1950s were famous and are still in the collections of the Corning Museum in New York today.

In the 1960s he worked for the family glass works V. Nason & C.

He quickly started to collaborate with other glass workshops, with special attention for modern design and achieving a combination of technique and craftsmanship which characterizes all his projects. Carlo has always shown an attitude for innovation without losing his tradition.

From 1965 until the 1980s he designed the complete collection of AV Mazzega, that today is an icon of vintage: the creation of the highest quality at the level of its design.

In 2015, on his 80th birthday, he was invited by the Milan Triennale to exhibit a selection of his most important designs.

Carlo Nason designed for Vistosi, De Majo, Kalmar Franken, Leucos, Alt Lucialternative, Gallery Vetri D`Arte, Murano Due, Vetreria Vistosi, Vetreria Carlo Moretti, Vetreria Livio Seguso, Gruppo Firme di Vetro di Salzano, Selenova and several other companies.

Not only he designed glass objects, he designed ceramics for Baldelli, a ski-boot for Garmont; consultant for Casinos Austria International in Vienna, perfume flacons for fashion designers and worked on graphics for several companies.

iTRE

In 1975 he founded his own company iTRE. Since 2002 the company is owned by FDV Group S.p.A., better known as LEUCOS. Many well-known designers worked for the iTRE company.

Not only is he a designer, he is also passionate about photography. In the 60s and 70s he has won numerous competitions.

Carlo’s work can be found in several museums. The Museum of Modern Art MoMA in New York, USA, the Triennale Design Museum in Milan, Italy. The Corning Museum of Glass in New York has a large collection of his works.