Topic: antique Murano globe pendant with reverse double swirl

[jonspencer]

this is my new favourite lamp, just incredible detail

it seems one swirl goes in one direction on outer part of the globe and the other swirl goes in the opposite direction on the inner part of the globe, would this make it like a helix? 

I also read somewhere that some of the old hand-blown pieces sometimes have tiny pieces of charcoal inside them as that is what they used as fuel to make the glass hot, there are tiny areas in the globe with black residue.

it was a pendant when I bought it but might look better as a table lamp? I will set it up soon both ways with the lamp on to see.

it is about 10 x 10 inches (25 x 25 cm)

[jonspencer]

can somebody confirm if this size is actually better for the Glass Message Board?

[jonspencer]

re-sized photo attachments

[ardy]

Jon: I would do pendent every time also much easier to sell Absolutely gorgeous. As stated before you have great taste.

[jonspencer]

agree with your advice about only buying pendants but many temptations to also buy other lighting variations 

I found my same pendant lamp on Pamono and they are saying it is a Paolo Venini design (which is good news)

https://www.pamono.com/vintage-chandelier-by-paolo-venini-1930s

[jonspencer]

apparently this design is referred to as "Reticello"

the original design is from the 1930's and attributed to Tomaso Buzzi for Venini

later Carlo Scarpa made a similar design

an interesting fact I learned is if you have the original fitting, aluminum was used in the 1930s as brass was reserved for military products until later in the 1940s

[jonspencer]

I just checked and the lamp I bought has an aluminum base + stem 

it is the exact same lamp as noted here>

http://midmodernist.com/product/venini-reticello-globe-blue-catalogue-tommaso-buzzi-era-late-1930s/

[jonspencer]

really pleased with how this pendant lamp looks mounted and the lamp on

might not use the original aluminum stem and fixture though as it is easily bent

[chopin-liszt]

Definitely pendant - it takes up too much space to be of practical use on a table or desk.
I'm still having trouble with your pics Jon.   
I get rainbow pixels instead of details when I blow them up.

I'm not sure it is reticello - that is a particular technique which results in crossing over strands of glass, but I think it involves fusing two different sets of canes together side by side to create a sheet which is rolled up into a cylinder and blown, then another set similar is created and blown inside the the first one to create the crossover. I think an air bubble can appear too. It's a really difficult and complicated thing to do, and I'm not sure if that would have been how this was made.
But I can't see any close up details to be sure about anything.

Here's a video of it being done - much easier to follow than me describing it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCrdewFgObc