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The Vistosi history can be found on their website
Murano glass Museum on the Murano island
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Many thanks to Peter from BGgalleries for the catalogue picture, you can find his website over here.
Vistosi Sebenica Table Lamp
Materials: White opal hand blown crystal Murano glass concave base. Aluminium bottom. Opal glass diffuser inside/on top. Metal (galvanised iron) rod inside. Bakelite E27 socket.
Height: 53 cm / 20.86”
Width: ∅ 38 cm / 14.96”
Base: ∅ 19 cm / 7.48”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 150 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, preferably a white/opaque bulb.
Period: 1960s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: Enrico Capuzzo.
Manufacturer: Vistosi, Murano, Italy.
Other versions: This Vistosi Sebenica table lamp was also made in a version with a closed top, made in one piece. Made in several colours and made with stripes (L 189) and spotted (L 188). This one is model L 190.
In the USA this lamp was sold by Koch & Lowy.
Enrico Capuzzo
Enrico Capuzzo designed several lamps and items for the Vistosi company. His most well known lamp is this Sculpture table lamp, most of the time named Sebenica (model T-253), the reason is unclear. Other lamps by is hands are, among others, the Bianca table lamp (model L-252), the Futura table lamp (model L-248), the Venetian table lamp (model L-239) and the Cumulus table lamp (model L-249), you can find it over here, on Vintageinfo. All designed around 1965.
Enrico Capuzzo also designed glass objects and lamps for the other famous Murano company Venini, together with Paolo Venini.
Capuzzo is/was an architect and he designed many buildings such as the Palasport Giobatta Gianquinto (Palasport Arsenale) in Venice, Italy in 1977.
Vistosi
Vistosi was created by Guglielmo Vistosi in Murano in 1945 focusing on lighting. After his premature death his sons Gino and Luciano, joined their uncle Oreste in the founding of the Vistosi company.
In 1956 Alessandro Pianon, a Venetian Architect, joined the company. Together with second generation Luciano and Gino Vistosi they gave a swing to the company focusing on innovation and design.
The company has employed some very relevant designers such as Angelo Mangiarotti, Gae Aulenti. Peter Pelzel, Ettore Sottsass Jr., Adalberto Dal Lago. Vico Magistretti, Enrico Tronconi and so on.
In 1989 Giancarlo Moretti, a businessman from Murano with a long experience in the glass sector with Vetrofond and Punto Luce, acquires the prestigious brand, giving birth to Vetreria Vistosi. In the 1990s the factory closed for a couple of years. It was reopened by Matteo Moretti, Giancarlo’s son, who relaunched the Vistosi brand. During the same period Vistosi acquired the brands Alox, G2 and Triade. Today, the company still produces the most beautiful lamps, some of them old classics.
The sole survivor of the original founders, Luciano, born 24 February 1930, dedicated himself to research and glass sculpture until his death (in Venice) on 14 Mai 2010.
Vistosi Sebenica Table Lamp (Sculpture) – 1972 Catalogue Picture
