Carlo Scarpa, A Rare Floor Lamp

Chiara and Francesco Carraro, Venice

Christie's New York, The Collection of Francesco and Chiara Carraro, December 12, 2016, lot 24

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Anna Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986, Milan, 2000, p. 262, pl. 178b, no. 518

Franco Deboni, Venini Glass: Its History, Artists and Techniques, Volume 1, Turin, 2007, pl. 178b, no. 518

This lamp is possibly the only extant example of this rare model retaining its original "Battuto" shade. A variant of this model was also produced with a fabric shade.