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In his capacity as artistic director at Venini between 1934 and 1947, Carlo Scarpa was responsible for many other innovations that helped cement the repuration of Paolo Venini's fledgling company. Among these are an opaque milky white glass known as Lattimo and a matte glass with a faint iridescent sheen called corroso. Scarpa also developed his own variations of traditional Venetian filigrana decoration, including the spiraling mezza filigrana and the complex tessuto technique, which resembles woven textile threads.
By the time Paolo Venini died in 1959, his factory was regarded as one of the most proficient and sophisticated in Murano. Carlo Scarpa's son, Tobia, joined the firm that same year and continued in the trailblazing vein that had been established by his father. One of his most distinctive creations are the Occhi vases, which have clear glass murrines, or «eyes,» set within a colored body.
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| Image. Tobia Scarpa occhi vase, Venini, Italy, c.1960. |
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