1960s Flavio Poli Murano Glass Desk Lighter

1960s Flavio Poli Murano Glass Desk LighterFlavio Poli former artistic director of Seguso Vetri dArte gave the sommerso technique a new lease of life in the 1950s, using it to create a layered, multicoloured effect. The method sees overlapping layers of transparent glass melded through a heating process and immersed in pots of molten coloured glass. The result, which won Flavio Poli many an award and accolade, gives the illusion that fluid has been trapped within. Please note, this item is a

contained in a leather-covered walnut case

she captures the same joy she’d feel when the blooms would finally emerge

presenting a pinkish daisy bursting out from green fronds

Giobagnara’s Italian leathers are soft

The softly tinted glass jar boasts a smooth

Dyed in small lots at Trudon’s atelier in Normandy

Like a delicately iced cake

Saved NY’s Oak Leaf cashmere blanket features a Art Deco-inspired pattern of leaves and acorns reminiscent of the Arts and Crafts movement that inspired design throughout the Western world over a century ago

With its minimalist black clay exterior and silk glaze

consisting of a diamond-quilted top and a velvet tray which would originally have fitted a pocket watch

Each one is finished by hand in a transparent amethyst colour – a nod to the founders’ penchant for colours inspired by their birthplace

This platter is detailed with a painterly fish