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Murano Glass and Brass Picture Frame, Barovier & Toso, Smoke Grey (Fumé) Torchon

$1,072.18

£786

€1,089VAT Included

CA$1,476.87

A$1,495.79

CHF 859.25

MX$18,138.33

NOK 9,967.23

SEK 10,145.50

DKK 6,863.02

About the Item

A weighty smoke grey Murano glass picture frame, the border hand-twisted in the torciglione technique and set in a gilt-metal mount, attributed to Barovier & Toso, circa 1990s. Accommodates a 5 x 7 in (12.5 x 18 cm) portrait photograph. The frame is built from a single thick rope of hand-blown Murano glass, twisted while molten so the surface catches light along fine diagonal striations — the smoke-grey "fumé" tone reading clear and grey at once as it turns. The four corners are softly rounded, and a reeded gilt-metal cuff caps where the rope comes together at the top centre, the signature detail of the iconic design. The hinged easel back carries an engraved "BAROVIER-TOSO MURANO" mark. The torchon frame is one of the most recognisable forms in twentieth-century Murano production, produced in this design across several decades and widely associated with the Barovier & Toso workshop. Condition is very good, with light surface wear and patina on the gilt-metal consistent with age and use. A Murano torchon frame in the scarcer smoke-grey glass is a collector's object as much as a functional one — a piece of Venetian glassmaking tradition that reads as easily on a contemporary shelf as in a classic interior. About the Torciglione Tradition: The torciglione, or twisted-rope, technique is one of the signatures of Murano glassmaking, requiring a hand-blown rod of glass to be twisted while still molten into a continuous spiralled rope. Framing it in metal to hold a photograph became a celebrated Venetian object in the twentieth century, and the form is closely associated with Barovier & Toso — among the oldest and most prestigious of the Murano houses, with a glassmaking lineage documented for centuries.

Attributed to:
Barovier&Toso (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 11.03 in (28 cm)Width: 8.67 in (22 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
Style:
Art Deco (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Murano Glass
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
Late 19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1990
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Sitges, ES
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU9818250541682

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