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The Seguso family has been dedicated to the art of Murano glass in Venice since May 3, 1397. Seguso is one of the most esteemed, historical and respected glass manufacturers on the island, [1] and among the largest glass furnaces in Murano, which has a few, homonymous furnaces. [2]
Alfredo Barbini, a glass artist born in 1912 on the islands of Murano in the lagoon of Venice, Italy, was one of Murano's leading figures of the twentieth century.His parents were members of families which had been prominent in the glassmaking industry on Murano for generations as glassblowers and beadmakers.
Tagliapietra was born August 10, 1934, in an apartment on the Rio dei Vetri (which translates litteraly in "glass canal", or more broadly in "glass street" considering the intense use of waterways in the Venetian Lagoon as means for transport of goods and people) in Murano, Italy, [2] an island with a history of glass-making that dates from 1291.
Glass making in Murano Chandelier in Murano glass. Murano's reputation as a center for glassmaking was born when the Venetian Republic, fearing fire and the destruction of the city's mostly wooden buildings, ordered glassmakers to move their furnaces to Murano in 1291. Murano glass is still associated with Venetian glass.
The Toso family had been established in Murano since around 1350. [7] In the 1400s Angelo Barovier created glass objects which are currently preserved in various museums. [6] Angelo is recognized as significant for uniting the knowledge which had been developed and handed down by the Barovier family. He was not only considered and artist but a ...