La Murrina Table or Floor Lamp

Materials: Big globe made of thick Murano hand blown crystal clear glass with white stripes. Tubular fabric lampshade. 2 Bakelite sockets.

Height: 74 cm / 29.13”

Height base: 32 cm / 12.59”

Width: ∅ 38 cm / 14.96”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 75 watt maximum. 1 bulb E14 – 1 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt. Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred. This table lamp has an E14 socket in the base and an E27 socket on top of the base. They work separate or together. It has a double switch (photo on the left).

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

Designer: Lino Tagliapietra – attributed.

Manufacturer: La Murrina, Murano Italy – attributed.

This table or floor lamp is most likely designed by Lino Tagliapietra, who is a master in this technique. Hand blown Murano glass; none of these lamps are exactly the same.

Lino Tagliapietra was born August 10, 1934 in Murano, Italy and has also worked extensively in the United States. As a teacher and mentor, he has played a key role in the international exchange of glass blowing processes and techniques between the principal American centres and his native Murano, but his influence is  apparent in the whole world.

Lino Tagliapietra:
“I don’t invent anything new; I personalise something … and that makes it something that nobody has done before.”

La Murrina

The La Murrina company was founded in 1968 as a small business started by a group of glass-worker masters. La Murrina is renowned for its innovative lighting designs, combining traditional Murano glass techniques with modern design elements.

The company has collaborated with several prominent designers and architects, including Ettore Sottsass, Lino Tagliapietra, Dorian & Massimiliano Fuksas, Marcello Albini, Matteo Thun, Antonio Rodriguez, Paolo Deganello, Oscar Tusquets Blanca, and Karim Rashid. These collaborations have resulted in a diverse range of contemporary glass art, lighting fixtures, and decorative items that showcase the unique craftsmanship of Murano glass.

In 1974, La Murrina was bought by a family from Milan. Today they are located at Via Isonzo, 26, 22078 Turate (Co), Italy. The furnace is still on the Murano island and located at Riva Longa, 17 – Murano Venice, Italy.

Lino Tagliapietra is the most well known designer of the company. He designed numerous lamps and objects for La Murrina in the seventies.

It is unclear whether the company still exists. The official website has been offline since 2021.