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Water Fall chandelier on the Mazzega 1946 website
Mazzega 1946 (AV Mazzega)
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Amber Glass Teardrops Chandelier
Materials: Metal brass, gold coloured frame. Brass chain and canopy. Brown, amber, orange and clear crystal hand blown Murano glass. Flat rods inserted with real gold flakes of gold foil. Decorated with an amber coloured droplet. Gold coloured Bakelite E14 sockets.
Chain: 80 cm / 31.49”
Height: 50 cm / 19.68”
Width: ∅ 43 cm / 16.92”
Electricity: 3bulbsE14, 3 x 40 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Anytypeof light bulb canbeused, not a specific one preferred.
Period: 1970s.
Designer: Carlo Nason – attributed.
Manufacturer: AV Mazzega, Murano, Italy – attributed.
Other versions: This amber glass teardrops chandelier exists in several varieties. Bigger and smaller versions and different colours with some variations. Also produced as a wall lamp.
A comparable clear glass version was named Water Fall. Since 2019, it is back in production. It is not certain that this is an AV Mazzega chandelier, although it is strongly reminiscent. Do you have an idea? Please let us know through the contact form and help improve the websites exactitude. Your help is much appreciated.
AV Mazzega (Mazzega 1946)
AV Mazzega was founded in Murano in 1946 by Angelo Vittorio Mazzega. Initially devoted to traditional Murano glass, the company shifted in the 1960s toward contemporary lighting design under the leadership of his children Lidia and Gianni Bruno Mazzega.
Gianni Bruno in particular recognized the talent of Carlo Nason, who went on to define the company’s creative direction. With Nason ’s groundbreaking experiments in layered glass and vetro in piastra, AV Mazzega gained international recognition in the 1960s and 1970s. Their lamps became synonymous with Italian design innovation, bridging tradition and modernity.
In 2000, Andrea Mazzega, grandson of the founder, became president. Today the company operates under the name Mazzega 1946, working with leading international designers while continuing to reissue Nason’s classics.
Designers who collaborated with AV Mazzega / Mazzega 1946
Carlo Nason, Aldo Nason, Massimo Rioda, Christophe Pillet, Michele De Lucchi, Giovanni Barbato, Paolo Piva, Sam Baron, Gasmi Chafik, Oriano Favaretto, Michelle Liccese, Gianfranco Gianetti, Amerigo Lorini, Claudio Marturano, Paolo Franzin, Anki Greib, Luisa Bocchietto, Gordon Guilaumier, Oriano Favaretto, Giovanni Barbato and Riccardo Giovannetti, among others.
