Toso Vetri d’Arte 1981–1990

Toso Vetri d’Arte was established in 1980 by Luigi Toso and three glass-blowing maestri: Carlo Tosi “Caramea”, Dino Toso, and Luigi Visentin.

Tosi had worked on Murano for over 30 years and was renowned for his particular skill in goblets. Other designers and collaborators included Fulvio Bianconi, Marco Zanini and Ettore Sottsass, who, in 1981, founded the Memphis Group. Toso Vetri d’Arte produced glass for the Memphis Group from 1981 to 1990.

In 1990, Toso Vetri d’Arte was bought out by Andrea Boscaro and renamed Compagnia Vetreria Muranese.

Photograph by Luca Vignelli
Photograph by Luca Vignelli