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A 1960s Italian Murano opalescent wall light sconce by Carlo Nason for Mazzega

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A 1960s Italian Murano opalescent glass and steel mounted wall light by Carlo Nason for Mazzega. Made up of two front and back sections of curved and textured hand-blown glass mounted to the steel back plate. Born in Murano in 1935, Nason comes from one of the oldest families of glassmakers on the island. He grew up attending the glass masters who worked in the family furnace and immediately sensed and investigated the great potential of glass, a material steeped in history and memory. Carlo Nason became proficient in the most refined techniques of glass art and, demonstrating an innovative design attitude, used them in the field of design, creating a skilful combination of technique and high craftsmanship, tradition and innovation. At the beginning of his career, in the 1960s, he collaborated with the family glass factory V. Nason & C with which he created some pieces that are present in the collection of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning New York. Between 1965 and 1980 he collaborated with the A.V. Mazzega di Murano, whose products, now out of production, are sold in numerous international auctions. He has collaborated with all the most important companies in Murano, the Vetreria Vistosi, the Vetreria Carlo Moretti and the Vetreria Livio Seguso. His works are part of the collections of international museums and numerous private collections.

Creator:

Carlo Nason (Designer),Mazzega (Manufacturer)

Dimensions:

Height: 5.71 in (14.5 cm)Width: 13.59 in (34.5 cm)Depth: 7.09 in (18 cm)

Power Source:

Hardwired

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)

Materials and Techniques:

Glass,Steel

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1960-1969

Date of Manufacture:

1960s

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

London, GB

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU7049235094472

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A mid-century modern reference for today’s Murano glassmakers, Carlo Nason influenced the current tradition of glassmaking on an island renowned for it for hundreds of years. Celebrated for their exceptional designs, Nason’s lighting fixtures are sought after by collectors worldwide.

Learning to design and craft pieces from the family vetreria — rather than partaking in any formal training — Nason was working with the maestros at his family’s company furnace, V. Nason & C., attached to their family home by the time he was 11 years old. Although his roots are in Murano glassmaking, he took inspiration from the clean lines and natural colors of the Japanese metal vases he had seen in his youth at Milanese fairs.

Wanting to produce modern glass lamps, Nason worked with his family friend Gianni Mazzega of Mazzega Murano. For his Cascata chandelier (Italian for “waterfall”), which debuted in the 1960s, Nason achieved the effect of cascading water through an inverted pyramid of hanging glass plates, each individually mouth-blown and suspended from a chrome-plated frame for a dazzling, Art Deco–styled display.

The 1970s and 1980s were productive and creative years for Nason as the sole and independent designer at Mazzega Murano. His prolific career has also seen him design for other lighting manufacturers like I TRE, Murano Due and Kalmar.

After a mere four years as a glassmaker, Carlo Nason had his creations displayed at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York. The credit for the artisan’s pieces that were included in “Glass 1959” went to his family’s company, but the designs were all authored by Carlo.

Stepping away from the traditional, vibrant Murano stylings, Nason kept true to his inspiration, working with modern and simple forms that are relatively free of color. Nason told Palainco in a rare 2019 interview that his emotions inspired the shapes. And his legacy includes fixtures that are irreplicable and unreproducible, too — Nason made lighting pieces with multiple layers of glass that would be too costly or difficult to recreate today, and some designs were made with processes and materials now unavailable or banned in the glassmaking world.

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