Carlo NASON (born 1935) - Lot 22

Carlo NASON (born 1935) LT 316 "Sfumato" floor lamp, the model designed around 1969 Large light column with seven stackable modules in blown glass, circular metal base. H_135 cm D_35 cm Carlo Nason, born in 1935 in Murano, Italy, is a designer and master glassmaker internationally recognized for his contribution to modern glass design. Born into one of Murano's oldest glassmaking families, he discovered the art of glass at an early age, observing master glassblowers at the family fornace Vincenzo Nason & C., founded by his father. In the late 1950s, Nason began producing his own pieces: his first blow-molded vases date back to 1959 and are now housed in prestigious institutions such as the Corning Museum of Glass in New York.