Architect, urban planner, glass, furniture and landscape designer, and interior decorator — Tomaso Buzzi was a 20th-century renaissance man. Buzzi, along with his frequent collaborator Gio Ponti, led Italy’s Novecento Milanese movement of the 1920s and ‘30s — an approximate equivalent to France’s Art Deco movement. While Buzzi is prized for chairs, tables and other furnishings that modernized the majestic lines of 18th-century designs, he is best known for the remarkable, jewel-toned glassware he produced in a two-year stint as the artistic director of the Venini glassworks on the Venetian island of Murano.
Buzzi was born in 1900 in the town of Sondrio in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. He studied at the Milan Polytechnic, and soon after he graduated joined a lively Milanese decorative arts scene. In 1927, he and Ponti joined fellow designers Paolo Venini and Michele Marelli to form a design collaborative called Il Labirinto (the Labyrinth), Italy’s answer to the Wiener Werkstätte. In 1932, when Venini's glass company lost the design services of the sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi, who left to start his own factory, he turned to Buzzi. The young architect’s careful study of lighting design and a love for experimentation yielded major innovations in Murano glass fixtures. The forms of his wares were inspired by sources from antiquity as diverse as Persian urns and animal-shaped Etruscan jugs. Buzzi developed a complex glass-layering method that produced deep, glowing pastel colors that ran from pink to peach, to sea-green and slate blue.
Buzzi furniture has a noteworthy elegance and nobility. Delicate chairs with arrow-shaped backs and elaborate burled wood armoires are typical of his aesthetic, and would add a sophisticated note to any room, modern or traditional. And an exemplary piece of Buzzi’s vibrant, lustrous glassware would merit a place of honor in every design collection.
VENINI rare vase Aurati Red & Gold Murano Glass, Signed 2006, handmade in Italy
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Venezia, IT
Venini Aurati vase in Red Murano Glass, model 706.50, produced in 2006 and accompanied by its original Venini box and paperwork. A refined reissue of a historic Venini design, this ...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Rare Venini Art Glass Bowl in Light Blue and Lattimo Glass
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Rare Venini Art Glass Bowl in Light Blue and Lattimo Glass A vintage Venini bowl made of thin light blue and lattimo glass. Probably designed by Tomaso Buzzi in the 1930s. Signed o...
Art Glass
Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, Italy, 1985
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Part of the Blue Catalog production, this piece was originally designed in 1933.
Murano Glass
Venini Opalini series vase 1983
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Torino, IT
Venini Opaline Vase. Glass from the Opalini series designed by Tomaso Buzzi in 1932 for Venini. Made by the process of etching i.e. overlaying a colored glass to a white opaline. ...
Glass
$1,341Sale Price|33% Off
Venini Murano Glass Vase Re-edition of Tomaso Buzzi from 1988
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Milano, MI
Vase in light blue Murano glass and gold leaf, made by Venini as a re-edition of the model designed by Tomaso Buzzi. Ø 18 cm h 37 cm
Murano Glass
Tomaso Buzzi for Venini Vase
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in New York, NY
“Incamiciato” vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini, 1933-1984. Designed in the 1930s this example was executed in 1984. Cased-glass vase of mauve exterior ...
Glass
Large Venini Gold and Blue Laguna Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Italian art glass vase. By Venini. After the orginal design by Tomaso Buzzi. Model: 3316 from 1933. This is a reissued vase from 2001. In light blue glass with pale gold/...
Glass, Art Glass
Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in New York, NY
"Incamiciato" Italian art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Cased glass, clear, white and grey, deep purple foot. Marked: Venini itali...
Art Glass
Incamiciato vase mod. 3314, signed VENINI Italia, design by Tomaso BUZZI. 1982
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Torino, IT
Blown glass vase Wrapped 3314, signed VENINI Italy, design by Tomaso BUZZI. ORIGIN Italy PERIOD 1982 DESIGNER Tomaso BUZZI MARK Venini MODEL 'Wrapped' 3314 MATERIALS Blown glas...
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$1,890
Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Originally designed in the 1930s by noted Milanese architect and designer Tomaso Buzzi, this stunning example is from a limited-edition 1990s reissue by Venini, one of Murano’s most ...
Art Glass
Vase #3315 by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Cased glass in dark brown & gold. 3-line acid etched stamp to bottom date the production of this vase somewhere between 1945-1966.
Art Glass, Blown Glass
"Incamiciato" Italian Art Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
"Incamiciato" Italian Art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Clear, white and purple. With original label. Signed: Venini Italia '85.
Art Glass
Venini Mezza Filigrana Vase by Tomaso Buzzi, Art Glass, Italy, 1932
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in SYDNEY, AU
A Venini Mezza Filirana vase. Clear glass with spirally applied filigree lines of opaque white and light blue with opaque white collar and foot with gold leaf.
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Venini Gold Leaf Vase by Tomaso Buzzi, Glass, Italian Design, 1985
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in London, England
Tommaso Buzzi, Venini Gold Leaf Vase Designer: Tommaso Buzzi Place of origin: Italy Design period: Model from 1933, 1985 Edition. Condition: E...
Glass
Venini Murano glass vase - signed "Venini Italia," ca. 1960s-70s.
By Venini
Located in Vicenza, IT
Elegant Murano blown glass vase, Venini production, with engraved signature on the base "Venini Italia".The body, with a flattened globular shape, has a delicate amethyst hue with a ...
Glass
Paolo Venini Inciso Vase
By Venini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This is a clean example with pleasing proportions
Art Glass
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 6 in W 3.5 in D 4.75 in
Paolo Venini Signed Murano Sommerso Blue Inciso Technique Italian Art Glass Vase
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful Murano hand blown Sommerso navy blue Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Paolo Venini for the Venini Company, circa 1950s. It is fully signed with the "Ve...
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Venini Vase “Bugne” Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Venini vase “Bugne” Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Murano Glass
$3,725
H 18.51 in W 7.88 in D 6.3 in
Italian Murano Glass Vase Kelo Model by Timo Sarpeneva for Venini, Italy
By Venini, Timo Sarpaneva
Located in Milan, Italy
Murano glass vase designed by Timo Sarpeneva for Venini in 1988. Exhibited at Tingo design gallery in 2008 for the exhibition Murano a go-go. Out production. Original label and signed.
Murano Glass
$693 / item
H 8.08 in Dm 7.09 in
Venini Monofiore Balloton Large Vase in Horizon Red Thread Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monofiore Balloton Large Vase in Amber Murano Glass by Venini. It looks soft, but it’s not; it’s glass. The optical illusion of Monofiori by Venini from 1970 lies in its name: Ballot...
Murano Glass
Venini Italian Murano Vase
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Murano art glass handkerchief vase by Venini Murano, circa late-20th century, Italy. A beautiful combination of green art glass hues - Emerald green and chartreuse green m...
Murano Glass
$2,619
H 14.57 in Dm 8.67 in
VENINI vase Veronese Green Murano Glass Limited Edition 188/199, Signed 1996
By Venini, Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Venezia, IT
Exceptional Venini Veronese vase, model 600.05, produced in 1996 as a limited edition of only 199 pieces. This example is numbered 188/199, signed on the base, and accompanied by its...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Kukinto Vase by Timo Sarpaneva for Venini, Murano Glass, 2006
By Timo Sarpaneva, Venini
Located in Milan, Italy
Kukinto vase designed by Timo Sarpaneva for Venini. Signed. Like a dancer's skirt. Like the corolla of a Nordic flower moved by the wind. The colors of these works chase each other, ...
Murano Glass
$180Sale Price|40% Off
H 2.5 in W 7.5 in D 8 in
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Bowl, Lattimo w/ Copper Aventurine
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Bowl, Lattimo w/ Copper Aventurine. ***NOTE: Our Shop is Closing end May; items will not be available thereafter.*** ...
Copper
Italian in Style of Venini Vase Murano Glass Holographic Iridescent, 1970s
By Venini
Located in Nicolosi, IT
Decorative Italian glass vase from the 1970s, designed in the refined spirit of Venini style glassmaking. The piece features a rounded cylindrical body with soft shoulders, a short n...
Murano Glass
Venini Murano Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning Murano glass vase by Venini, featuring luminous cobalt blue glass with a vibrant red rim. A bulbous, spherical form with saturated sapphire color and a contrasting red glass rim provide striking visual punctuation, while the hand-blown construction displays the fluid, organic quality that defines masterful Murano glass. Venini represents the pinnacle of Murano glassmaking tradition, combining centuries-old Venetian techniques with contemporary design sensibility. Founded in 1921, the house became renowned for pushing glass as an art form through collaborations with leading designers and architects. The bold color saturation and clean modernist form exemplify Venini's approach—honoring traditional Murano craftsmanship while creating pieces that feel thoroughly modern and sculptural. In excellent condition with minor surface scuffs consistent with age and display. Etched "VENINI 2000" signature on base with "VENINI MURANO...
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H 5.32 in Dm 4.73 in
Vintage Green Cased Alga Glass Vase with Gold Leaf by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, Murano, 1930s. Between 1932 and 1933 the Milanese architect Tomaso Buzzi, a spirited protagonist of the Milan “neoclassicist” movement, a friend and associate of Gio Ponti, and a partner of Il Labirinto, established a fruitful collaboration with the Venini glassware company, which would continue, albeit episodically, in later years. The architect’s creative contribution was evident both in the glass forms and in their innovative manufacturing technique. When Buzzi arrived at the Venini company in Murano, in 1932, he brought with him a remarkable cultural baggage and a thorough knowledge of ancient art, particularly the Etruscan period...
Gold Leaf
Green Cased Alga Glass Vase with Gold Leaf by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, Murano, 1930s. Between 1932 and 1933 the Milanese architect Tomaso Buzzi, a spirited protagonist of the Milan “neoclassicist” movement, a friend and associate of Gio Ponti, and a partner of Il Labirinto, established a fruitful collaboration with the Venini glassware company, which would continue, albeit episodically, in later years. The architect’s creative contribution was evident both in the glass forms and in their innovative manufacturing technique. When Buzzi arrived at the Venini company in Murano, in 1932, he brought with him a remarkable cultural baggage and a thorough knowledge of ancient art, particularly the Etruscan period...
Gold Leaf
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H 11.42 in Dm 5.52 in
Tommaso Buzzi for Venini "Incamiciato" Green Murano Glass Vase, Italy, 1994
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Naples, IT
Murano glass vase series ‘Opalino’ by Tommaso Buzzi for Venini, with engraved signature 1994. Nile green colour and white interior. The Opalino vase is made of hand-blown and hand-wo...
Murano Glass
Italian Mid Century Modern Venini White Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi, 1983
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
"Incamiciato" Italian art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Stunning white glass in original Venini box and with "Certificate of Authenticity."
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Tommaso Buzzi for Venini "Incamiciato" Green Murano Glass Vase, Italy, 1985
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Naples, IT
"Incamiciato" Italian Art green glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Signed: Venini Italia '85.
Murano Glass
Tommaso Buzzi for Venini "Incamiciato" Murano Glass Vase, Italy, 1989
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Naples, IT
"Incamiciato" Italian Art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini. Clear, white and green. With original label. Signed: Venini Italia '89.
Murano Glass
Venini Gold Leaf Vase by Tommaso Buzzi
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in London, England
Tommaso Buzzi, Venini Gold Leaf Vase Designer: TOMMASO BUZZI Place of origin: Italy Design period: model '3506' from 1933, 1985 edition. Con...
Glass
Tomaso Buzzi for Venini Laguna Vase
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Amazing Tomaso Buzzi Laguna Vase signed with three line acid stamp "Venini murano Italia"
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