Description
A rare & wonderful Flaio Poli vase by Murano Produced in the 1950:s in Italy in sommerso technique. Great example of really good Italian design. A really nice hand blown piece. Great condition it still has the original Murano sticker left. Height: 10 cm / 3.9" Width: 10 cm / 3.9" Flavio Poli (1900-1984) was an Italian artist, known for his designs in glass. Born in 1900, he was trained at the Istituto d'Arte di Venezia, then began work as a ceramicist. in 1929, he began working for the company "I.V.A.M." (Industrie Vetraie Artistiche Murano) as a designer of glassware. He was appointed artistic director of Barovier, Seguso & Ferro (later Seguso Vetri d'Arte) in 1934, where he devised a style of 'submerged' glass, with several transparent layers, one over the other. Within three years, he was a partner in the company. He left Seguso in 1963. From 1964 to 1966 he led the artistic glass division of the Società Veneziana di Conterie e Cristallerie. Poli died in 1984. A number of his works are in the Murano Glass Museum, the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia & MoMA in New York. Vintage Flavio Poli Sommerso Murano Vase
