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Italian chandelier

italian chandelier, in general are without doubt the most important items of the venetian glass production and also of the entire lighting world because they are not only ornamental, above all they serve a distinctive service of shedding light in a beautiful way.
The visible effect of Murano chandeliers, is very evident when you enter a place; it can change a simply furnished room into an elegant one, or it can enhance a beautifully decorated place, because they are a demostration of centuries of art, craftsmanship, culture and good taste.
Nowadays when everything is mass-produced, Venetian glass lights can also be considered a valid investment.
If for some reason in the future an owner of one of these hand made products decides to change furnishings, he will find antique dealers, auctions or sellers willing to purchase them.
But of course they must be authentic ones(it takes from 3 days to a couple of weeks for a nicely decorated Venetian lamp), moulded reproductions will be easily spotted by an expert Authentic venetian chandelier fittings and fine glass made by the best glass artists using traditional methods which have been handed down from father to son and from Master to apprentice for 1000 years. Most of our products are rare,and pratically impossible to find them outside of venetian enviroment. Some very exclusive designs,shaps and colors belong only to few glass Masters who are still keeping the very old secrets. Some venetian glass history: Venetian lamps and the Venetian glass industry was already very active in the second half of the 13th century.At that time most of the furnaces were to be found on the island,and the glass maker guild had drawn up a statute containing very strict and precise rules governing the manufacture of glass.Towards the second half of the 15th century,Angelo Barovier,invented a special type of glass which came to be known as “cristallo”, because it was so clear and transparent it looked just loke rock crystal. The invention was a turning point for the development of the glassmaking industry, coming, as it did, at he height of the Renaissance period, and the new medium coupled with the new forms was to achieve spectacular results. At the beginning of the 16th century there was a succession of technological innovations accompained by a period of extraordinary and outstsnding creativity. This is the time when Venetian glass became famous throughout the known world,thanks to its unique and unsurpassed characteristics, such as the quality of the glass itself,the amazing techniquess employed in its production and the breath taking artistry of the glass masters. In the centuries which followed, and especially during the baroque period, the virtuosityof the glass masters knew no limits, every object they fashined became a wonderful and spectacular thing of beauty.