AV Mazzega Eclipse pendant lamp – Other colours
Carlo Nason expo – Triennale Milan 2015
Carlo Nason – 2019 Interview
Photo of the old factory on the Murano island, taken in October 2014
Many thanks to Max from AfterMidnight for the catalogue picture.
Many thanks to I Muranesi for the Carlo Nason interview.
AV Mazzega Eclipse Pendant Lamp Model LS 113
Materials: 2 hand blown crystal green and yellow circular Murano glass parts. Transparent coloured on the outside, white on the inside (incamiciato). Metal chain and aluminium parts. Bakelite socket.
Chain Length: 80 cm / 31.49’’
Height: ∅ 40 cm / 15,75”
Width: ∅ 40 cm / 15,75”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 100 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb with an E27 screw base can be used. For this pendant lamp preferable a opaque/white or frosted globe bulb.
Period: 1960s, 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: Carlo Nason.
Manufacturer:AV Mazzega, Murano Italy.
Other versions: This AV Mazzega Eclipse pendant lamp exists in many colours. It was made with many different suspensions during the years of production. Also made in a smaller version and made as a pendant chandelier with several lamps together. A version with chrome rings surrounding the glass was also made. This pendant lamp is model LS 113.
Incamiciato: overlay lattimo glass (= milky looking glass) with a layer of transparent coloured glass.
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.
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. Today the company is named Mazzega 1946.
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.
AV Mazzega Eclipse Pendant Lamp Model LS113 – 1970s Catalogue Picture
Links (external links open in a new window)
Mazzega 1946 (AV Mazzega)
I Muranesi – Interviews with great Murano glass artists and designers
