Hand-Blown Murano Glass Sputnik Chandelier, 51 Clear Tips, Brass Frame

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Italian Sputnik chandelier with 51 hand-blown Murano glass clear tips and brass frame. Late-XX-century inspired design. 10 E14 … Read more DUTIES FREE

Italian Sputnik chandelier with 51 hand-blown Murano glass clear tips and brass frame. Late-XX-century inspired design. 10 E14 light points.

Glass: 51 hand-blown Murano glass tips, clear
Frame: brass-plated metal
Set: 51 individually blown elements
Dimensions: 55.10 in (140 cm) height with chain; 37.40 in (95 cm) height without chain; 41.35 in (105 cm) diameter
Element dimensions: 10⅝–11⅘ in (27–30 cm) height; 1.55 in (4 cm) diameter
Light points: 10
Bulb fitting: E14, 10 light bulbs (not included in the sale)

There are Sputnik chandeliers designed to inhabit a space with quiet elegance. And then there are pieces like this one — with a diameter of over 41 inches and 51 hand-blown Murano glass tips — that choose monumental presence as their design statement. A piece that does not simply occupy the room: it defines it.

Hand-blown Murano glass, worked according to traditional technique, is the undisputed protagonist. Each tip is crafted individually by maestri vetrai, using the traditional method that produces that surface quality and visual lightness impossible to replicate industrially. Fifty-one clear presences that, once lit, multiply and diffuse light with the optical precision particular to high-quality hand-blown glass. See less