Italian glassmaker and master Murano craftsman Toni Zuccheri’s lifelong passion for nature and animals contributed to the development of some of the finest modernist works in Murano glass history. His mid-century-era chandeliers, wall sconces, table lamps and vases showcase his penchant for experimentation and exceptional skill in color and form.
Zuccheri was born in 1936 in San Vito al Tagliamento. His father was Luigi Zuccheri (1904–74), a renowned painter known for his depictions of animals (and friend of artist Giorgio De Chirico). Toni not only inherited his father’s love of the animal kingdom — particularly birds — but also his artistic talents, demonstrating an intuitive skill for drawing at an early age.
In 1945, the Zuccheri family moved to Venice. At the city’s University Institute of Architecture, Toni studied under esteemed Italian architects Franco Albini, Ignazio Gardella and Carlo Scarpa.
During the early 1960s, Zuccheri focused on the art of glassmaking and collaborated with Venini. While working with the celebrated Italian Murano glass factory, he developed an innovative type of thick window glass sheets called Vetrate Grosse with prolific Italian architect and furniture designer Gio Ponti. The glass was made of dense, vitreous pastes mixed with murrine, raw pigment, shards of filigrana cane and fine wire mesh.
Zuccheri exhibited a group of elaborate bird and farm animal sculptures at the 1964 Venice Biennale. The birds, which were accented with gold leaf, included vibrantly hued guinea fowl-shaped works with murrine bodies, turkeys, owls and hoopoes (colorful birds known for their crown of feathers). Zuccheri employed an ingenious glass layering technique to create the birds’ feathers, while their realistic-looking legs and feet were made of bronze.
Throughout his career, Zuccheri’s love of birds and animals was a recurring theme in many of his glassworks, which he created for Venini and other Italian Murano glass manufacturers such as VeArt and Barovier & Toso. Today, his work lives on in galleries and private collections worldwide.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of vintage Toni Zuccheri lighting, decorative objects and serveware.
Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp by Toni Zuccheri, Chrome & Murano Glass
By Toni Zuccheri, AVMazzega
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 20th Century, vintage Mid-Century modern Italian floor lamp made of hand crafted chrome designed by Toni Zuccheri for Mazzega, in good condition. Each of the cylindrical elements a...
Marble, Metal, Chrome
Vintage Murano Glass Floor Lamp by Toni Zuccheri
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in New York, NY
This impressive floor lamp is an iconic work by the celebrated designer Toni Zuccheri for VeArt, Italy, circa 1970s. The lamp's striking, Brutalist-inspired form is composed of stack...
Murano Glass
Rare "Zinia" Floor Lamp by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt, Italy, 1970s
By VeArt, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Milan, IT
Rare floor lamp by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt. Chrome stem support a large Murano glass molded diffuser.
Chrome
Glass and aluminium floor lamp by Tony Zuccheri for Mazzega , 1970s
By Toni Zuccheri, Mazzega
Located in Padova, IT
Aluminum structure, blown glass diffuser. Toni Zuccheri, son of the animalist painter Luigi Zuccheri, he inherited his passion for animals, recurring subjects in his creations. Ton...
Aluminum
Vintage Murano Glass Floor Lamp by Toni Zuccheri, Italy
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Murano Glass Lamp by Toni Zuccheri. Chromed steel and hand made pulegoso glass with orange edges. Beautiful lamp, very rare and in excellent condition.
Steel
Italian Mid-Century Floor Lamp "Zinia" by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt, 1970s
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Salzburg, AT
Italian Mid-Century Floor Lamp "Zinia" by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt, 1970s Exceptional floor lamp with an artfully designed mouth-blown Murano glass shade and a puristic, newly nickel...
Metal
1960 Toni Zuccheri VeArt Italian Design Space Age Murano Glass White Floor Lamp
By VeArt, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Brescia, IT
Floor Lamp Toni Zuccheri VeArt 1960 "Membrana" Murano Glass Shade White and Chrome Frame Perfect Working Order
Murano Glass
$2,100Sale Price|30% Off
Murano Glass Floor Lamp by Toni Zuccheri
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare vintage Italian midcentury floor lamp with 3 frosted hand blown glass shades with "stalactites" hanging inside, mounted on stainless steel structure / Made in Italy, circa 1960s...
Metal
70er Jahre Lampe Leuchte Floor Lamp Toni Zuccheri, VeArt für Venini Italien 70s
By VeArt, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
70s lamp light floor lamp Toni Zuccheri - VeArt for Venini Italy 70s Object: floor lamp Manufacturer: VeArt - Venini Italy Condition: good Age: around 1970 Dimensions:...
Metal, Brass
Mazzega Floor Lamp by Toni Zuccheri in Amber and Clear Murano glass, Italy 1970s
By Toni Zuccheri, AVMazzega
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a Mid Century Modern Murano textured glass floor lamp designed by Toni Zuccheri for Mazzega. It featured gorgeo...
Steel
Membrane floor lamp by Toni Zuccheri for Venini, 1960s
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Vigevano, PV
beautiful floor lamp with marble base from the early 1960s. This lamp may have some flaws in the chrome plating.
Marble, Steel
Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Table Lamp by Toni Ziuccheri for Mazzega
By Mazzega, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
1960s Italian lamp by Toni Zuccheri for Mazzega Murano, metal base and globe in brown Murano glass. Good condition considering the age. Perfect working condition.
Metal
Pair of Toni Zuccheri Lamps for VeArt, 1960
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Rare pair of lamps designed by toni zuccheri for the veart brand. Murano blown glass in perfect condition. The effect is superb and allows a unique diffusion of light. Electricity ch...
Crystal
Toni Zuccheri Chandelier Murano Glass Brass, 1955, Italy
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Milano, IT
Toni Zuccheri chandelier Murano glass brass, 1955, Italy.
Murano Glass
Mid century modern Murano glass chandelier by Toni Zuccheri, 1970
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Palermo, PA
This chandelier by Toni Zuccheri for Mazzega is a striking combination of smoked amber and clear glass, with a stunning texture that adds depth to the light. The interplay of amber...
Metal
$1,409
H 57.09 in W 15.36 in D 14.18 in
Italian Chrome and Murano Glass Floor Lamp Attr. Mazzega, 1970s
By Mazzega
Located in Meda, MB
Floor lamp attributed to Mazzega, produced in Italy in the 1970s. Chrome structure and spherical Murano glass lampshades. Scratches and flaws on the chrome due to age and use.
Chrome
$1,578Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.15 in W 7.09 in D 4.73 in
Large brutalist Murano glass wall lamp by Toni Zuccheri, Italy, 60s
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Large piece of multicolored Murano glass with an organic shape in brutalist style, attached to a silver chrome metal base. The diffuser is rough inside, creating an unique lighting e...
Metal, Chrome
$6,118
H 49.22 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Mid-Century Modern Ring Floor Lamp Murano Glass Metal by Mazzega, Italy, 1970s
By Mazzega, Aldo Nason
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern Space Age ring floor lamp chrome metal, blown murano glass shade by the italian design manufacture Mazzega. Famous manufacture like...
Metal, Chrome
Murano Glass Chandelier by Toni Zuccheri for Venini
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Houston, TX
Murano glass chandelier by Toni Zuccheri For Venini. Our unusual vintage Italian chandelier, pendant or lantern is comprised of 18 inch hand blown Murano glass tubes suspended from a...
Chrome
$27,500
H 73.25 in Dm 15.875 in
Murano Glass Style Totem Floor Lamp, Chrome, Mid-Century Modern, Italy
Located in Austin, TX
Floor lamp from the island of Murano outside of Venice, Italy. This piece is made with a chrome structure and hand-blown glass elements stacked in a totem structure. Each element of ...
Chrome
Toni Zuccheri chandelier glass murano ! model unique
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in La xara, VC
Exceptional Toni Zuccheri chandelier with large bicolore glass Murano with chrome structure . The Design and the quality of the glass make this piece the best of the italian Design ....
Chrome
$19,135
H 47.25 in W 20.87 in D 20.87 in
Cactus Floor Lamp Murano Glass by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, Italy, 1970s
By Carlo Nason, Mazzega
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern Space Age Cactus floor lamp, yellow murano glass and gilt metal by Carlo Nason for the manufacture Mazzega. Famous italian design like Venini, Vistosi, La Murrina,...
Metal
$2,877
H 63.78 in Dm 15.36 in
Carlo Nason Five-Light Murano Glass Floor Lamp for Mazzega, Italy, 1970s
By Mazzega, Carlo Nason
Located in Paris, FR
An Italian five-light floor lamp designed by Carlo Nason for Mazzega in the 1970s. Five hand-blown white Murano glass diffusers rise at varied heights from slender stainless-steel st...
Stainless Steel
$3,071
H 17.72 in W 19.69 in D 15.75 in
1970s Murano Glass Chandelier Designed by Toni Zuccheri mid century modern
By Mazzega, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Palermo, PA
This stunning 1970s Murano glass chandelier features a highly expressive and rare design. The sculptural composition is built around a circular metal frame, from which extend hand-bl...
Metal
Tony Zuccheri Floor Lamp for Mazzega, Italy
By Mazzega, Toni Zuccheri
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tony Zuccheri design floor lamp for Mazzega, Italy. 1970's Italian lighting design at its best, great vibe. Works as it should, ready to be installed and enjoyed.
Chrome
Floorlamp by Tony Zuccheri for Mazzega, Italy 1970s
By Toni Zuccheri, Mazzega
Located in Hellouw, NL
Sometimes a light is more than just functional. This floor lamp by Tony Zuccheri for Mazzega is an object of presence — bold in construction, quiet in detail. Zuccheri, best known fo...
Glass
Sold
H 43.31 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in
Toni zuccheri glass cube floor lamp by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt 1970.
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Palermo, IT
He was born in 1936 in San Vito al Tagliamento (Pordenone), the son of painter and sculptor Luigi, from whom he learned to draw and model, and whose figurative world-nature, animals,...
Nickel
Rare floor lamp by Toni Zuccheri for Mazzega, 1970s Italy
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District
The Mid Century Chrome Italian Modern Four Art Globe Floor Lamp by Toni Zuccheri for Mazzega from the 1970s epitomizes the innovative design and craftsmanship of its era. This stunni...
Chrome
Toni Zuccheri Murano Glass Floor Lamp by Veart.
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Vigevano, PV
Ground lamp . Chromed metal, iridescent glass with informal chrome plating in milk glass. Italy, 1970
Steel
Sold
H 43.31 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in
Pair of glass cube floor lamps by toni Zuccheri for VeArt, 1970s
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Pair of gorgeous floor lamp by toni Zuccheri for VeArt? Very rare to be able to offer a perfect pair of these. The lamps each have 6 murano glass cubes, all handmade. it emits a ...
Chrome
Tony Zuccheri Blown Glass Floor Lamp, Italy
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tony Zuccheri design blown glass and stainless steel floor lamp for Veart, Italy. Emitting a pale blue and white color when illuminated with a thick glas...
Stainless Steel
Murano Glass Floor Lamp by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Athens, Attiki
Milky, mouth blown murano glass floor lamp by Toni Zuccheri. Manufactured by Veart, Italy circa 1970. Toni Zuccheri was the son of the animalist painter Luigi Zuccheri...
Aluminum
Brutalist Wrought Iron Floor Lamp, Italy, 1970
By Toni Zuccheri, Atelier Marolles
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Monumental sized and very impressive brutalist floor lamp made by unknnown designer or manufacturer but has a glass sphere shade by Tony Zuccheri for Mazzega. The lamp was hand made ...
Wrought Iron
Pair of Sculptural Floor Lamps by Tony Zucceri for VeArt, Italy, 1970
By Toni Zuccheri, VeArt
Located in Rijssen, NL
A pair of rare and stunning Mid-Century Modern Space Age floor lamps Murano glass by the designer Toni Zuccheri for VeArt. An Italian design from the 1970s. It is one of the famous m...
Chrome
Italian Murano Glass Nuphar Lamp by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt, 1970s
By Toni Zuccheri, VeArt
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Beautiful and rare Murano glass table lamp by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt from the 1970s. A clear glass bowl with five inward 'folds' rising toward a single E14 bulb. This lovely lamp cr...
Murano Glass
Floor Lamp by Tony Zuccheri, 1970s
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Floor lamp designed by Tony Zuccheri, Italy, VeArt, 1970s. Standard lamp with three hand-moulded glass lampshades, organic clear and white structure. ...
Blown Glass