Brand profile
Barovier & Toso
Seven centuries of Murano glassmaking expressed through Venetian crystal and exceptional decorative lighting.
- Origin
- Murano, Venice · Italy
- Heritage
- Glassmaking heritage traced to 1295
- Design world
- Murano glass · Chandeliers · Lighting
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Origins & history
Barovier & Toso’s identity is inseparable from Murano and a glassmaking heritage traced to 1295. The family’s history includes Angelo Barovier’s work on exceptionally clear Venetian glass in the fifteenth century. Across generations, the furnace has remained a place where knowledge is passed from master to apprentice, shaping an enduring relationship between glass, light and the Venetian lagoon.
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Vision & philosophy
The house values the time and skill required to make something distinctive and enduring. Mouth-blown Venetian crystal is treated as a living material for contemporary design, with traditional techniques developed through new collaborations. Its lighting is conceived as both illumination and an individual work of decorative art, shaped by the hands of Murano’s glass masters.
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Style & materials
The collections range from elaborate Venetian chandeliers to contemporary suspended forms and sculptural table lamps. Transparency, coloured glass and textured surfaces change the way light is reflected and diffused. Agave’s botanical movement, Magritte’s modular arrangement and Grace’s composed silhouette show how different design languages can emerge from the same craft tradition.
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Selected designs
A closer look at pieces from the brand’s collections, revealing its forms, details and approach to craft.
Suspension · García Cumini
Agave
Elongated glass leaves and the rugiada texture reinterpret the agave plant as a luminous suspended form.
Chandelier
Magritte
A system of satellite elements rethinks the traditional chandelier as an expanding cloud of glass and light.
Table lamp · Philippe Nigro
Grace
A sculptural glass body and a softly defined shade bring the material’s detail to a more intimate scale.
Product and collection imagery: Barovier & Toso.
