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Help! Does anyone know anything about Franco Moretti????
« on: July 14, 2021, 03:59:59 PM »
I recently found an amazing piece of art glass at an antique mall and its signed by Franco Moretti. I've seen several other pieces online signed by this artist yet I cant find any information about him anywhere. Can anyone help me with info about this guy? thanks!

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Re: Help! Does anyone know anything about Franco Moretti????
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2021, 07:46:53 PM »
Put his name into the search box (the one on the LHS) of this board and there are lots of threads to read

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Re: Help! Does anyone know anything about Franco Moretti????
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2021, 07:53:41 PM »
Yes thanks, i've done that. I was just curious if anyone had any background on him. I have an amazing piece signed by him yet I cant find anything about him other than he lived in Murano....or still does.

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Re: Help! Does anyone know anything about Franco Moretti????
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2021, 02:11:35 PM »
So nobody has any info about Franco Moretti?....really hard to believe considering the quality of his work and that he worked in Murano. Anybody know of a better forum that might have more info on Italian glass blowers????

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Re: Help! Does anyone know anything about Franco Moretti????
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2021, 07:31:31 PM »
I've googled and found this article about his father. He is mentioned at the bottom. You might find some leads to follow there. It would seem he doesn't get a mention in wikipedia yet.
Art glass is not a well documented subject. 8)

http://www.morettiglas.20fr.com/
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

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Re: Help! Does anyone know anything about Franco Moretti????
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2021, 07:39:30 PM »
yes thanks as well but I've seen that page already. Thats really the only thing I can find about that line of Morettis anywhere. It just seems so strange because its obviously a well know glassmaker family. Hard to imagine that there's nothing else anywhere about them online. All i've found out is that Franco is the son of Alessandro Moretti who was a well known glass maker from Murano.

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Re: Help! Does anyone know anything about Franco Moretti????
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2021, 07:49:41 PM »
 ;D Welcome to the world of Art Glass.  ::)
It really is not a well-documented subject.
Perhaps you could write to some of the people involved with that link, to ask them?
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Re: Help! Does anyone know anything about Franco Moretti????
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2021, 07:58:43 PM »
Yes I have wrote to  link mentioned in that article....no response though. I guess maybe I ought to be satisfied that I found a signed piece by a very talented glassmaker from Murano. I doubt Id ever part with it.

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Re: Help! Does anyone know anything about Franco Moretti????
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2021, 08:31:03 PM »
That's a shame. But it happens. Perhaps leave a reasonable period of time and try again?
Sometimes I've had wonderful informative replies, other times I've been ghosted, once, I eventually recieved a very nice written letter in the post, telling me the person I was asking about, who might know something, had died.
Is Franco Moretti not still alive? Can you find out where he is working and contact him directly?
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

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Re: Help! Does anyone know anything about Franco Moretti????
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2021, 08:39:23 PM »
I really have no idea if he's still working or if he is even alive yet. I've been scouring the internet and cant seem to find anything about Franco. I'm pretty sure he is a real person though and I've seen other pieces of his work for sale online. Maybe ill post some pics of the piece I have and see if it sparks any interest here.

 

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