Barovier & Toso is one of the oldest family businesses on record.
In fact, the company is listed in the Guiness Book Of World Records as the oldest family business of glass makers in the world.
Records show the first listing to be from 1295 AD!
They were known specifically for their art glass and the development of glass techniques that are still used today.
In 1920, the glassworks were upgraded and changed their name to “Vetreria Artistica Barovier & Co.”
That same year Ercole Barovier was starting his career, as both director of the company and creative designer.
Throughout the 1930s, 1940s, and even into the 1960s, Ercole’s work as a designer ensures a lasting fame for the company which has,
in the meantime, changed its name to Barovier & Toso, this as a result of a merger with the Toso family,
who also came from Murano and had already a long history of glassmaking.
The merger brought about a complete change of mission: to render more efficient a working process that needs must respect ancient traditions.
Not an easy task by any means but one that was achieved successfully. For, by the mid-1980s, while still being a typical Murano-based glassworks still producing
“artistic” glass, Barovier & Toso was a company whose working practices and management style were in line with modern-day thinking, truly geared to operating in the international arena
At the same time, the product portfolio was upgraded to make it more responsive to customers’ needs.
In addition to purely artistic works, Barovier&Toso began producing chandeliers both classic and in a more modern style, lighting for public spaces.
UNICI is proud to be a part of this great history by featuring their exquisite examples of glass chandeliers in both of its Los Angeles locations.
When one orders a particular Barovier & Toso fixture, for their space or home, they are ordering a piece of historic craftsmanship and detail unique in the world of industrial design. The quality and color is now for the ages and is reflected not only in the glass but in the light itself.
Please visit both of our galleries today to see our astounding collection of Barovier & Toso chandeliers.
Click Here for the Barovier & Toso feature page to download their contemporary collection PDF.
