Deboni, Franco I Vetri Venini: Venini Glass (2 Vol in Slipcase) (Hardback); Umberto Allemandi & Co: Torino; 2007; 35x35cm; English language, 2 volumes, clothbound in a case, pp. 512, b/w and col. ill., 385 col. Plates


An enlarged two volume reprint of the Venini catalogue raisonné first published in 1989 which was one volume 221 pages. This is over double the length with sections on lighting (lamps and chandeliers), a Dictionary of artists, the Red Catalogue, the Green Catalogue and the extended Blue Catalogue (doubled compared to the earlier edition). These three catalogues contain all the reproductions of Venini items as distributed in shops; the most important pieces are grouped together on a scale of 1:10, in chronological order, accompanied by notes on the technique and materials used (blown, pulegosi, pietra dura, in corpo, flowers and fruit, lattimi, a mezza filigrana, a bollicine, sommersi, pesanti, diamante, corrosi, frames, a treccia, clocks, a rilievi, handles and ash trays). Since these catalogues are not for sale, they have become extremely rare, but indispensable for the historical and technical information they contain.

Condition: new old stock.


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