Carlo Scarpa
Dressing Table Set

Photography by Lynette Mager-Wynn, courtesy Glass Past, New York

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DesignerDesigned by Carlo Scarpa(Italian, 1906–1978)Italian, 1906–1978

ManufacturerManufactured by Venini & C.(Italian, established 1921)Italian, established 1921

CultureItalian

Titles

Dressing Table Set

Date1934

MediumGlass, brass, and wood

DimensionsMirror: 16 9/16 × 17 13/16 × 11 1/4 in. (42 × 45.3 × 28.5 cm)
Tall Bottle: 6 11/16 × 4 × 2 15/16 in. (17 × 10.2 × 7.5 cm)
Small Bottle: 4 1/2 × 2 9/16 × 1 15/16 in. (11.5 × 6.5 × 5 cm)
Squat Bottle: 4 5/16 × 5 1/8 diameter in. (11 × 13 cm)
Bowl: 2 9/16 × 4 5/16 diameter in. (6.5 × 10.9 cm)

Credit LineThe American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by friends of Lauren Rottet, FAIA, FIIDA, in her honor

Object number2024.1039.1-.5

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 206

On view

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

GLASS

Provenance[Venini, Venice]; Wedding gift to original owner; Private Collection, Venice; [Galleria Marina Barovier, Venice]; purchased by Robert and Lisa Kessler, 1998; [Glass Past, New York].
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

[none]

Mirror stamped on top of the brass face plate and on the back of the hinged stand: VENINI / MURANO
Squat bottled stamped on the base: VENINI / MURANO

Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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