navigation search entry of pauli in venice . pauly & c. compagnia venezia murano is a venetian company that produces glass art 1 most notably roman murrine mosaics and chandeliers . the company was formed in 1919 by a merger of pauly & c founded 1902 and the compagnia di venezia e murano founded 1866 . it has since expanded in 1932 with the acquisition of mvm cappellin and in 1990 by the addition of the drawings and back catalogues of toso vetri d arte . the company maintains retail showrooms as well as exhibiting antiques . 2 3 contents 1 history 1.1 compagnia di venezia e murano 1.2 merger with pauly & c 1.3 post merger growth and development 1.4 transition 2 artistic associations 3 museum display 4 references 5 sources 6 external links history edit compagnia di venezia e murano edit compagnia di venezia e murano began as salviati & c. in london in 1866 under the direction of vicenza attorney antonio salviati and with the backing of two british men archaeologist austen henry layard and antiquarian sir william drake . the company was dedicated to using ancient techniques and utilized master glassblowers in its efforts to do so . it called in specialists from other fields like goldsmithing and engraving to ensure authenticity and employed artist giuseppe devers to teach the techniques of enamelling and heat applied glass gilding to company artisans . archaeologist layard was particularly interested in the mosaic glass techniques of roman and pre roman artists and he spent years personally overseeing the work of the company s technicians and glassblowers in attempting to revive those techniques . in 1872 the company was successful managing to replicate the type of glass commonly known as murrina plural murrine 4 . 5 the company was renamed venice and murano glass and mosaic company limited in 1872 and in 1877 layard purchased salviati s interest so that salviati could pursue other interests . 6 the company quickly earned a reputation for quality original glass art and reproductions as well as its many mural mosaics in great britain and elsewhere in europe . 7 in 1878 the murrine produced by compagnia di venezia e murano was included in its exhibit at the international exhibition in paris which was the chief attraction in italian glass . 8 in its observations of the display the united states commission to the paris exposition commented not only on roman murrhine glass but also particularly on the mural glass mosaics the perfection of which had engaged the earnest attention of the company . 9 mosaics produced by the company during the time period are still in existence in diverse areas such as gonville and caius college chapel in cambridge ; st paul s within the walls in rome the victoria and albert museum westminster cathedral in london old south church in boston the chamberlain memorial in birmingham palazzo barbarigo and the senate house rooms in the united states . the last specimen a portrait of abraham lincoln was produced and donated in 1866 . through the last years of the 19th century compagnia di venezia e murano took part in many other displays . prior to the 1878 exhibition in paris it had shown at the maritime exhibition in naples and the trieste exhibition in 1871 and at the international exhibition in vienna in 1873 where it won 13 prizes for decorative arts . it unveiled a new focus in 1881 with the display of the first of its glass phoenixes at the national exhibition in milan . it exported several thousand works for display at the world s columbian exposition in chicago in 1893 also setting up a kiln so that the public could observe the company s glass blowing techniques . in 1895 it exhibited at the first venice biennale an event at which it would also feature later with artisan vincenzo moretti taking prizes and artisan attilio spaccarelli earning special note for his engraving . 1900 saw a change in the company when its british owners sold their interest to a businessman from venice named tosolini who was the owner of shops in st. mark s square . under tosoloni s ownership the company stopped production in 1909 though it continued commercial distribution at st. mark s square . merger with pauly & c edit ponte dei consorzi front entry of palazzo cappello trevisan in venice . pauly & c was formed in 1903 by emilio pauly alessandro hirscber hellman vittorio emanuele toldo and ernesto graziadei opening showrooms in palazzo trevisan cappello which would remain the headquarters of the company until its closure in 2007 for restoration . in 1919 pauly & c. and compagnia di venezia e murano were both purchased by the milan societ anonima sanitaria which resold them the following year to gaetano ceschina of milan . the newly merged company retitled to its present name continued display in its previous locations of st. mark s square and the palazzo trevisan cappello . in 1925 the merged company resumed production of glassworks on murano and began exhibiting again at the monza tirennale . post merger growth and development edit the company grew in 1933 with the acquisition of maestri vetrai muranesi cappellin or mvm cappellin a glass company formed in 1925 by paolo venini and giacomo cappellin which transferred to them rights to the works and designs of the mvm cappellin artists such as vittorio zecchin and carlo scarpa . the company expanded into commissioned chandeliers with notable pieces from the period being placed in such locations as the palazzo del quirinale in rome ; the vatican palace and the royal palace in copenhagen . more recently interior lighting has been designed for such places as the palazzo bezzi in ravenna and the al assawi family palace . in 1990 the company again expanded with the acquisition of toso vetri d arte glassworks . transition edit ceschina sold his interest in the company in 1963 to the barbon family who retained it until 1976 when they sold to andrea boscaro . boscaro owned the company for almost 30 years before 2005 . artistic associations edit the company has a long history of association with international artisans . in the period following the second world war the company undertook long term associations with master glassblowers anzolo fuga and alfredo barbini engraver francesco andolfato and painter enzo scarpa . shorter associations include sculptor napoleone martinuzzi in the 1960s painter libero vitali in 1971 architect franz prati between 1996 and 1997 and fashion designer romeo gigli in 1997 . in the later 1990s the company also featured exclusive designs by heinz oestergaard maria teresa lorella gnutti and berit johansson whose association with the company persisted . since the turn of the century associations have included venetian sculptor livio de marchi and chinese artist xiao fan ru . museum display edit glass art produced by pauly & c. compagnia venezia murano is on display in a number of museums . among them the victoria and albert museum in london uk the metropolitan museum of art in new york usa the cantor arts center at stanford university california the corning museum of glass in new york usa the museo del vetro murano venice italy references edit garner philippe 1982 . encyclopedia of decorative arts . galahad books . p. 231 . isbn 0 88365 641 8 . mcfadden david revere ; susan sacks marino barovier susanne k. frantz luca vignelli n.y. american craft museum 2000 . venetian glass the nancy olnick and giorgio spanu collection . american craft museum . retrieved 2008 12 16 . pauly & c. a venetian retail showroom always affixed its own label ... cite uses deprecated parameter coauthors help murphy bruce ; allexandra de rosa 2007 . italy for dummies . for dummies . p. 342 . isbn 0 470 06932 5 . ... visit the company headquarters on rio di palazzo where you ll see a large collection of antiques and high quality copies of ancient models . lynn martha drexler 2004 . american studio glass 1960 1990 an interpretive study . hudson hills . p. 162 . isbn 1 55595 239 9 . murano italy museo civico vetrario museo civico vetrario 1884 . il museo vetrario di murano e la annessa scuola di disegno negli anni 1882 1884 . premiato stab . tip . lit . dell emporio . p. 12 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link jervis simon ; albert museum 1987 . art & design in europe and america 1800 1900 . e.p. dutton . p. 224 . isbn 0 525 48352 7 . knight 238 241 . knight 238 . knight 241 . sources edit knight edward henry ; united states commission to the paris exposition 1880 . reports of the united states commissioners to the paris universal exposition 1878 . published under direction of the secretary of state by authority of congress . 3 . govt . print . off . pp. 238 241 . cite uses deprecated parameter coauthor help external links edit pauly & c. compagnia venezia murano website modern art gallery of pauly glass factory website v t e glass makers and brands contemporary companies anchor hocking arc international ardagh group armashield asahi aurora glass foundry aventas group baccarat berengo studio blenko glass company bodum bormioli rocco borosil caithness glass cox & barnard corning dartington crystal daum edinburgh crystal effetre international fanavid fenton art glass company firozabad glass industry flabeg franz mayer fuyao glass industry group co. ltd. glava glaverbel guardian industries hadeland hardman & co. hario heaton butler and bayne holmegaard glassworks holophane hoya kingdom of crystal kokomo opalescent glass works kosta glasbruk libbey owens ford liuli gongfang lzos iittala luoyang johns manville mats jonasson m ler s moser glass mosser glass nippon sheet glass ohara orrefors osram owens corning owens illinois pa abah e pauly & c. compagnia venezia murano phu phong pilkington ppg industries preciosa riedel royal leerdam crystal saint gobain saint louis i ecam schonbek schott sterlite optical technologies steuben swarovski tyrone crystal val saint lambert verrerie of brehat waterford watts & co. world kitchen xinyi glass zwiesel historic companies bakewell glass belmont glass company boston and sandwich glass company brockway glass carr lowrey glass company cambridge glass chance brothers clayton and bell dugan glass company duncan & miller dunbar glass fostoria glass company general glass industries gus crystal alexander gibbs gr nvik glasbruk hartford city glass company hazel atlas heisey hemingray glass company j. h. hobbs brockunier and company knox glass bottle company lavers barraud and westlake manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs millersburg glass company morris & co. nachtmann northwood glass company novelty glass company old dominion glass company james powell and sons ravenhead glass the root glass company seneca glass company shrigley and hunt sneath glass company venini & c. ward and hughes westmoreland glass company wheaton industries whitall tatum company white glass company worshipful company glassmakers a. h. heisey alastair pilkington antonio neri dante marioni edward d. libbey frederick carder friedrich henry clay fry henry crimmel henry william stiegel irving wightman colburn john adams john m. whitall lino tagliapietra michael joseph owens otto schott paolo venini richard m. atwater s. donald stookey salviati tomasz urbanowicz w. e. s. turner trademarks and brands activ bohemian glass bomex duran endural burmese glass chevron bead corelle corningware cranberry glass cristallo dragontrail favrile fire king gorilla glass macor millefiori murano glass opaline glass pyrex ravenhead glass tiffany glass vitrite vitrolite vycor waterford crystal wood s glass zerodur related articles list of defunct glassmaking companies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pauly % 26 c. compagnia venezia murano & oldid 711604545 categories manufacturing companies established in 1919companies based in veniceglassmaking companies of italyvenetian glassglass arthistory of glasshidden categories pages containing cite templates with deprecated parameterscs1 maint multiple names authors list navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main