C.V.M. CAPPELIN & CO

Founded in 1877, the workshop C.V.M. produced for prestigious European companies such as Gallet and Daum. Recognizable by its C.V.M. stamp surmounted by a crown, these Murano glass creations were also produced in the name of the workshop.

In 1933 the company was bought by one of its directors, and we find the initials M.V.M. etched and juxtaposed with Cappellin & Co. Big names such as Vittorio Zecchin, Alfredo Barbini, and Livio Seguso, had their works realized in this historic workshop.

ALFREDO BARBINI

Alfredo Barbini was born in 1912 into one of Murano’s most important glass families. He began working with glass from a very early age to become a master at the age of 8 with exceptional ability to shape the material. He worked for many years at Zecchin-Martinuzzi before joining VAMSA, where he contributed particularly to “Vetro Fumato” and chromatic effects. In 1950 he opened his own studio, now owned by his son, and produced pieces of a single block, very thick and varied in tone, which are characteristic of him.

NATHALIE ZIEGLER PASQUA

Nathalie Ziegler Pasqua was a soloist dancer at the Paris Opera before embarking on the creation of mouth-blown glass pieces at the Saint-Just glassworks.

Each plate used is unique because the breath determines the way it will be drawn. Unique also is this know-how in France transmitted from generation to generation since the creation of the glassworks in 1826 by royal decree of Charles X.

This glass capable of resurrecting the past, playing with light and transparency, colour and texture, Nathalie has it silvered, cuts it, assembles it and manages to double it to capture and spread light through a decorative creation, often floral, sometimes votive, even mystical.

The magnificent chandeliers presented at the Abbazia are a spectacular testimony.