Donizetti: Red Murano Chandelier
Murano chandelier with a contemporary style in red blown glass
Murano chandelier with customizable dimensions suitable for halls and living rooms
Donizetti Murano glass chandelier red
Red Murano Glass Chandelier Made in Our Venetian Furnaces
6 lights h cm 85 diameter cm 70
This splendid model of Murano glass chandelier model DONIZETTI falls within the tradition of red Murano glass chandeliers.
The distinctive element of the category is the tapered and rounded lines.
You can buy online directly from our Venetian furnaces, without going through the intermediaries of the traditional sales network.
Thus, you choose a quality and certified product at a price up to 50% lower than the average market price.
Since these are excellent items, individually hand-made by artisans, and therefore not industrially manufactured on moulded assembly lines, the size of the reproduced items may vary slightly.
€ 690,00
VAT included . Shipping charges apply .
- 19 kg
- available
- Delivery 4 to 5 weeks
Murano chandeliers are the excellence of the glassblowing masters
The craft of the Murano glass master specializing in chandeliers represents an excellence of craftsmanship. Using a simple iron rod, the master takes a blob of glowing glass paste from the pot into the fiery furnace. Glass preparation is slow and the process changes depending on the type of glass desired: for ordinary glass, the melting must reach 1400/1600 degrees centigrade; while for crystals, potassium carbonate is used instead of calcium carbonate. Lead, aluminum, zinc, barium and carbon dioxide are added to increase rigidity and prevent the glass from becoming brittle over time.
The glass master has no model in front of him, only his skill and imagination help him. He puts the long tube in his mouth and with the energy of his lungs, the shimmering glass bolus swells, bends, expands and takes the shape he wants. A spatula, tongs and a pair of scissors are some of the tools he uses to crush, flatten, cut, pull, curve and twist. After patiently putting the glass through a large number and variety of operations, the work of art leaves the master's hands perfect and is placed with all the other works of the day in a long cooling tunnel called an 'ara' before it can leave the factory.
The oldest and most authentic examples of Murano glass that have come down to us only date back to the mid-15th century and consist of cups and glasses with large glass surfaces in strong colors of ruby red, cobalt blue and emerald green on which the master painted profane scenes, erotic episodes, portraits of married couples gazing at each other, etc.
But the true glory of blown and transparent glass, Venetian 'crystal' came only between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century. The most beautiful blown glass of all was produced by the Murano factories during this period and can be seen in public and private collections in Italy and abroad, and can be seen reproduced in paintings by Titian, Veronese and Bonifazio de' Pitati.
The following are just a few, nobody minds me, the historical families of Murano chandelier glassblowers are: Barovier, Toso, Ferro, Salviati, Fuga, Seguso, Radi, and all the furnaces that opened, each a true Murano chandelier factory.
