Archimede Seguso redefined a 650-year family history of Murano glass-making with brilliance and novel techniques, elevating him to an exemplar for the maestros of his time as well as for future generations of glassmakers. This next generation included his sons and grandsons, who carried on and further expanded the family legacy of Venetian art glass. The survival and revival of traditional glassblowing combined with unique design are the legacies left behind by a master.
Seguso grew up in the family furnaces of the Soffieria Barovier Seguso and Ferro, where his training began at age 11. By the time he turned 20, he was a maestro in his own right, joining the family business as a partner.
In 1933 the company changed its name to Seguso Vetri D’Arte, and Seguso gained sole control. He collaborated with designers Flavio Poli and Vittorio Zecchin, which allowed him to achieve artistic sovereignty leading to the opening in 1946 of his own furnace, Vetreria Seguso Archimede. There, he could explore his design ideas with creative freedom. In 2007, the 23rd generation of Seguso glassmakers took the lead at Seguso Vetri D’Arte. Brothers Gianluca, Pierpaolo and Gianandrea Seguso carry a six-century dynasty of Seguso glass into the 21st century.
Archimede Seguso’s art glass pays homage to tradition. Seguso studied and mastered techniques from centuries past, but he also pioneered innovative approaches, such as submersion and unconventional color constitutions. He awarded future generations with stunning and unprecedented effects, such as ribbed textures, rings, needle shapes and the appearance of embedded objects.
A lifetime of achievement created by Seguso is honored in museums worldwide, such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, MoMA in New York and Museum Kunstpalast in Dusseldorf, to name a few. His exhibit resume spans decades, beginning with XX Biennale, Venezia, in 1936. It includes a 1989 exhibit of “Il Maestro dei Maestri” at Tiffany & Co., New York, and 2013 exhibitions at Musée Maillol in Paris and Museo della Basilica di San Marco in Venice.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Archimede Seguso glass, decorative objects, lighting and mirrors alongside a collection from his brother Angelo Seguso and his grandsons’ firm Seguso Viro.
Antique and Vintage Furniture, Handcrafted Wood, Elegant Design, 1900s
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Seguso, Archimede Seguso
Located in Palermo, IT
A large and elegant Murano glass centerpiece by Seguso, made in Italy around 1930. The piece is crafted from golden amber-colored blown glass, using a refined controlled-bubble tech...
Murano Glass, Sommerso
Seguso Murano Cobalt Blue a Bollicine Pulegoso Italian Art Glass Bowl Vide-Poche
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Flavio Poli, Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso clear bubbles over cobalt blue Italian art glass decorative bowl, vide-poche. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, with worn original...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Seguso Murano Pink Teal White Twisting Ribbons Italian Art Glass Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Zanfirico twisted ribbons Italian art glass abstract bowl / vide-poche. The piece is documented to designer Archimede Seguso, circa 1955. It has a...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Flavio Poli for Seguso Freeform Uranium Murano Glass Basket Bowl Sommerso
By Flavio Poli, Archimede Seguso, Seguso
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A striking freeform Murano glass basket bowl or vide poche designed by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy, circa 1950s–1960s. This exceptional example showcases Poli's celebr...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
Decorative Object Vide-Poche Seguso Murano Glass Midcentury Modern Italy 1950s
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Palermo, IT
Vide-poche/decorative object by Archimede Seguso produced in Italy in the 1950s. The pocket emptier was made of transparent massive Murano glass with a circular body and external pro...
Murano Glass
$400Sale Price / set|33% Off
Seguso Murano Sommerso Green Italian Art Glass Sculptural Seashell Dishes, Salts
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful set of three vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso green Italian art glass sculptural seashell ring dishes / master salt set. Documented to designer Ar...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass
$255Sale Price|25% Off
Seguso Murano Glass 1960s Clam shaped Shell Bowl, Italy
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Toronto, ON
Transparent blue green art glass Archimede Seguso decorative bowl made by Murano. This striking decorative bowl resembles the shape of a clam. It was de...
Art Glass
Seguso Murano Sommerso Blue Green Italian Art Glass Lotus Flower Bowl Dish
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso green and blue glass Italian art glass Lotus flower shaped bowl, vide-poche. The piece is documented to designer Archimede Seguso. This o...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
Murano Seguso Vintage 1956 Sapphire Blue Tan Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown sapphire blue over light taupe / tan, and gold flecks, Italian art glass decorative bowl. The piece is documented to designer Archimede Seguso. Th...
Gold Leaf
Archimede Seguso Murano White Alabastro Gold Dust Art Glass Bowl, Italy 1950s
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Murano glass opalescent white round bowl with gold dust manufactured by Archimede Seguso. Italy, 1950s. An exquisite hand blown Murano art glass bowl lovely to be used as rings bowl, vide-poche, candy bowl or ashtray. Mint condition. Original Archimede Seguso label at the bottom. This Murano glass bowl it is much more beautiful face-to-face ( It has been very difficult to show in images how pretty beautiful it is) Great gift idea! Overall Measures: 13 cm diameter x 4.8 cm height. Seguso Murano Gold Dust Art Glass Bowl // Round Midcentury Murano Glass Dish...
Gold Leaf
$220Sale Price|35% Off
Murano Ruby Red Bullicante Glass Ashtray by Archimede Seguso, 1960s
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Glasgow, GB
This Murano glass ashtray in ruby red bullicante glass by Archimede Seguso was hand-blown in Italy during the 1960s and reflects the technical precision associated with post-war Vene...
Murano Glass
Murano Seguso Vintage 1956 Sapphire Blue Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown sapphire blue over bright pink, and gold flecks, Italian art glass decorative bowl. The piece is documented to designer Archimede Seguso. The tech...
Gold Leaf
Venetian Murano Seguso Art Glass Vintage Cased Red and White Ashtray Italy 1960
By Archimede Seguso, Compagnia Di Venezia E Murano (C.V.M.)
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Double Cased Red and White Venetian Murano ARCHIMEDE SEGUSO Art Glass Ashtray Italy. Vintage Cased Red and White Venetian Murano Seguso Art Glass Ashtray Italy 1960. A beautiful large vintage Murano red glass cased ashtray or pinched glass bowl...
Blown Glass
Seguso Murano Red Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Pear Dish Apple Paperweight Set
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown red-orange and gold flecks Italian art glass pear shaped ring dish and apple paperweight set. The pieces are documented to designer Archimede Segu...
Gold Leaf
$562Sale Price|25% Off
Seguso Murano Dark Amethyst Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Conch Seashell Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown dark amethyst and gold flecks Italian art glass decorative shell vide-poche bowl. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, circa 1950s. Published ...
Gold Leaf
$488Sale Price|24% Off
Seguso Vetri d'Arte Poli Murano Red Gold Flecks Italian Art Deco Glass Dish Bowl
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Flavio Poli, Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso ruby red, bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass decorative personal ashtray / bowl. Documented to designer to Flavio Poli for Seguso ...
Gold Leaf
Archimede Seguso Cranberry Red Controlled Bubbles with Gold Fleck Inclusions
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Verviers, BE
This is the importer Ebeling and Reuss of Philadelphia, founded in 1886. They imported Italian paperweights probably beginning in the 1950s, includi...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Archimede Seguso vide-poche green in Murano glass with gold circa 1950
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible Archimede Seguso green vide poche in Murano glass with gold circa 1950.
Murano Glass
Mid Twentieth Century Murano Glass 2 piece bowl set by Archimede Seguso
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Winnetka, IL
Mid -Twentieth Century Italian Murano Art Glass 4 -piece bowl set with gold dust (most likely) aventurine designed -by Archimede Seguso . The large dish is a figural leaf form The ...
Blown Glass
$600
H 6.7 in W 35.44 in D 15.36 in
Large Antique Hungarian Dough Bowl – Hand-Carved Bowl, Early 1900s
Located in BRIGHTON, AU
This large antique Hungarian dough bowl, is a striking example of early 20th-century rural craftsmanship. Hand-carved from solid wood around the early 1900s, the bowl measures just u...
Wood
Post-Modern Murano Glass Vide-Poche Dish, Italy, 1990s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Beautiful Murano art glass square shaped vide-poche plate in deep red, cream white and black colors. Original label on both sides: "Chromia Glass. Hand made. Vetro di Murano". An ey...
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Decorative Ceramic Vide-Poche by Pol Chambost, circa 1950s
By Pol Chambost
Located in London, GB
Decorative ceramic vide-poche by Pol Chambost (circa 1950s). Small yet elegant seashell-shaped form with white base and dark, grape-purple outline and lip. Outside of the centre, the...
Ceramic
Seguso Emerald Green Murano Glass Seashell Decorative Dish
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in New York, NY
Hand blown emerald green Murano glass seashell bowl with inclused bubbles by Seguso, Italy, circa 1960s.
Art Glass
Murano Seguso Sommerso Green Art Glass Triangular Bowl / Ashtray
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Barcelona, ES
A beautiful handblown Murano glass bowl in emerald green color cased into clear glass. Attributed to Seguso factory. Italy, 1960s. It has a central swirl decoration and triangular sh...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Archimede Seguso Murano Blue Sommerso Glass Bowl
By Archimede Seguso, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hand blown Murano glass Sommerso bowl / ashtray in blue color with a cased rim in dark blue glass. Design attributed to Archimede Seguso for Seguso Factory, Italy, 1960s. A highly de...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Archimede Seguso Murano Purple Sommerso Art Glass Bowl
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Archimede Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hand blown Murano glass Sommerso bowl / ashtray in purple color with a cased rim in pink/ blue glass. Design attributed to Archimede Seguso for Seguso Factory, Italy, 1960s. A highly decorative geode round bowl lovely to be used as rings bowl, jewelry bowl, vide-poche or ashtray. An interesting piece placed with other Murano glass pieces or decorative objects on a mirror tray to use in a vanity table, powder room our courtesy bathroom. It can be used also it as hand soap bowl...
Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
$302Sale Price|30% Off
H 3.15 in W 5.12 in D 5.12 in
Murano Sommerso Red Faceted Glass Bowl by Flavio Poli 1960´s
By Seguso, Flavio Poli
Located in Lucenec, SK
1960s gorgeous green ashtray or catch-all By Flavio Poli for Seguso in Murano Sommerso Glass. Made in Italy It seems a diamond The item is in very good condition, no chips. Dimension...
Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$887Sale Price|20% Off
H 2.76 in W 5.12 in D 3.75 in
Flavio Poli Seguso Murano Sommerso Purple Blue Multi Faceted Bowl
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Flavio Poli
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte multi faceted purple and soft blue Murano glass Sommerso bowl, Italy, 1960s. This hand blown glass bowl is made of purple glass...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Saint Gobain Green Glass Vide Poche, France 1950s
By Saint Gobain
Located in Chicago, IL
Chic light green Saint Gobain glass vide poche.
Art Glass
$794Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.7 in W 4.14 in D 4.14 in
Archimede Seguso Murano Sommerso Blue Clear Glass Geode Bowl, Italy, 1960s
By Archimede Seguso, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hand blown Murano glass Sommerso triangle geode bowl in dark blue and turquoise blue glass . Italy, 1960s. A darker blue in the central part contrasting with the edge in turquoise b...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$836Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.97 in W 3.94 in D 3.94 in
Archimede Seguso Murano Sommerso Pink Purple Square Geode Glass Bowl
By Archimede Seguso, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hand blown Murano Sommerso square shaped geode bowl in purple pink fuchsia glass. Italy, 1960s. Eyecatching colors in shades of pink and purple using the "sommerso" technique. Manufa...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
1960s Large Signed Seguso Gold Centrepiece
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A beautiful hand-blown 1960s Archimede Seguso hand-blown Murano glass centrepiece. This large bowl is gold infused with large decorative bubbles throughout. A truly beautiful piece w...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Archimede Seguso Murano Glass Bowl Turquoise Purple Sommerso Geode
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Glasgow, GB
A Murano glass bowl by the famed glass maestro Archimede Seguso, Italy, circa 1960s. Handcrafted in the geode style using the renowned sommerso technique, this piece showcases a str...
Murano Glass
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H 2.38 in W 4.75 in D 4.75 in
Seguso Murano Millefiori Flower Canes Italian Art Glass Pink Incalmo Rim Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and rare, vintage Murano hand blown Millefiori flower canes and pink "Incalmo" rim Italian art glass bowl. The piece is documented to designer Archimede Seguso. I have owne...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Green Murano Sommerso Glass Bowl Signed by Archimede Seguso, Italy, 1960s
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic mouth-blown Midcentury bowl or vide-poche or ashtray in a stunning Murano aqua green glass. This stunning piece is signed by Archimede Seguso on the bottom and was made in ...
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
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H 2.25 in Dm 5.25 in
Murano Glass SEGUSO Gold Polveri & Bullicante Sculptural/A Bugne Bowl / Dish
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Murano Glass SEGUSO Gold Polveri & Bullicante Sculptural/A Bugne Bowl / Dish We found no chips or cracks. Nice vintage condition. Color changes appearance ...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Archimede Seguso Glass Bowl with Filigree Sculptural Detailing
By Archimede Seguso
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful and sophisticated modernist bowl by archived seguso was realized in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production- during the latter half of the 20th century. It features an amorphic kidney form in translucent Murano glass with an undulating indented side. There is a woven filigree pattern (like a fishing net) present throughout the substrate of the glass in opaque white (perhaps a maritime theme) as well as an abstract sculptural embellishment in relief suggestive of a nudibranch or sea slug...
Murano Glass
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H 1.38 in W 3.25 in D 4.38 in
Seguso Murano 1954 Sky Blue Merletto Ribbons Italian Art Glass Ring Dish Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and rare, vintage Murano hand blown blue ribbons Italian art glass decorative vide-poche, ring bowl. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, in the Merletto design, circa ...
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Ribbon, Blown Glass
Archimede Seguso Murano Appliqué Glass Vase Blue and Green Swirl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Torquay, GB
Delightful Murano glass vase by Archimede Seguso for Seguso. Small round chunky blown glass with appliqué textured ribbed blue a...
Blown Glass
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H 2.96 in W 7.49 in D 6.5 in
Archimede Seguso Murano Sommerso Opal Blue Art Glass Ovoid Centerpiece Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Massive hand blown opalescent blue ovoid shaped geode Murano glass art bowl / centerpiece with inner bubbles. Archimede Seguso, 1950s. This magnificent Sommerso opalescent iridescen...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
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H 2.25 in W 4.75 in D 4.75 in
Seguso Murano Incalmo Pulveri Maroon Purple Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown maroon purple pigments and gold flecks Italian art glass dish or vide-poche. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso. Created in the "Pulveri" tec...
Gold Leaf
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H 2.13 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
Archimede Seguso Murano Opal Pink White Italian Art Glass Apple Ring Dish Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent pink and white Italian art glass apple shaped decorative bowl. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, from the “Alabastro” series. Ca...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass, Glass
Seguso Murano Large Crystal Centerpiece Signed
By Archimede Seguso
Located in CA, CA
Stunning in its simplicity this large Murano baluster shaped centrepiece of clear hand blown crystal with a wonderful gold and silver flecked rim and stem. Signed Seguso Vetri d'Arte...
Blown Glass