Mazzega - Hanging lamp - Crystal - Artisanal Murano





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Murano artisanal glass lamp from Italy, designed by Mazzega, dating to 1960–1970, crystal glass, Art Nouveau style, in good used condition with minor signs, in working order, dimensions 34 × 27 × 27 cm.
Description from the seller
This is a lamp that embodies that artisanal Murano of the 1960s, when houses like Mazzega explored a warm, organic modernism, deeply linked to the gesture of blown glass. Here, the floral globe —with that undulating edge that seems to open like a corolla in motion— reveals on its surface tiny air bubbles, those minimal traces that only manual work leaves and that function almost as the master glassmaker’s signature. They are not imperfections: they are breaths of glass, signs that the piece was born from fire and hands, not from an industrial mold.
The color palette, with its transitions between green, amber and more transparent areas, creates a light effect very typical of workshop Murano: lighting that not only illuminates but colors the environment, projecting soft shadows and warm vibrations. The glass has that irregular thickness that adds depth, as if the lamp contained a small liquid landscape inside.
The metal mount — chain and socket in a silver finish — provides the modernist counterpoint: clean, functional lines, no superfluous ornament, letting the protagonism fall on the organic form of the crystal. That combination of sober structure and sculptural tulip is exactly what defined Italian design of the era: a modernism that did not renounce the sensuality of the material.
Together, it is a Mazzega piece with a modernist spirit, where artisanal blown glass and its air bubbles become an essential part of the aesthetic. A lamp that not only illuminates but conveys history, craft, and that imperfect beauty that makes every Murano unique.
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Seller's Story
This is a lamp that embodies that artisanal Murano of the 1960s, when houses like Mazzega explored a warm, organic modernism, deeply linked to the gesture of blown glass. Here, the floral globe —with that undulating edge that seems to open like a corolla in motion— reveals on its surface tiny air bubbles, those minimal traces that only manual work leaves and that function almost as the master glassmaker’s signature. They are not imperfections: they are breaths of glass, signs that the piece was born from fire and hands, not from an industrial mold.
The color palette, with its transitions between green, amber and more transparent areas, creates a light effect very typical of workshop Murano: lighting that not only illuminates but colors the environment, projecting soft shadows and warm vibrations. The glass has that irregular thickness that adds depth, as if the lamp contained a small liquid landscape inside.
The metal mount — chain and socket in a silver finish — provides the modernist counterpoint: clean, functional lines, no superfluous ornament, letting the protagonism fall on the organic form of the crystal. That combination of sober structure and sculptural tulip is exactly what defined Italian design of the era: a modernism that did not renounce the sensuality of the material.
Together, it is a Mazzega piece with a modernist spirit, where artisanal blown glass and its air bubbles become an essential part of the aesthetic. A lamp that not only illuminates but conveys history, craft, and that imperfect beauty that makes every Murano unique.
Certified shipping and careful packaging.

