Italian designer and architect Renato Toso creates beautiful mid-century modern and modern pendant lights and sconces out of creamy Murano glass. His designs have a chic retro appeal characterized by soft curves and effortless elegance. He is part of the design firm Toso, Massari & Associates, which he founded with his wife, designer Giovanna Noti Massari.
Toso was born in 1940 in Murano, Italy. Murano is a Venetian island with a long glassmaking tradition. Both Toso and Massari studied architecture in Venice and founded Toso, Massari & Associati in 1966. The studio specializes in architecture and lighting design for interior and industrial spaces.
Toso, Massari & Associati has partnered with numerous companies over the years, including lighting company Leucos, which Toso and Massari participated in founding. The studio has designed collections for historic lighting manufacturer Vistosi, one of Murano’s most prominent glassmakers. In 2007, Toso, Massari & Associati created a series of modular lamps called Ecos for the company. This series was followed up in 2013 by the Noon lamp collection, based on the moon’s phases.
The studio has won first place in several design competitions and shows, including the Venice Biennale, the Milan Triennial XII and the National Design Competition in Trieste. Its work has been exhibited at the Louvre in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Palazzo Grassi in Venice.
Today, Toso and Massari’s children — Anna, Marco, Pio and Tito —are all part of Toso, Massari & Associati.
On 1stDibs, find Renato Toso lighting, decorative objects, serveware and more.
Rupert Nikoll Mid-Century Brass Floor Lamp, Austria, 1950s
By Rupert Nikoll
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful Viennese modernist floor lamp, designed and executed by Rubert Nikoll in the 1950s. Has a black cast-iron base, a wooden stem, lovely brass d...
Brass
Elegant Italian Mid-Century Uplight Floor Lamp, Arteluce Stilnovo Style, 1950s
By Arteluce
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful white Italian floor lamp in the style of Arteluce / Stilnoco. It has a white wooden stem, a perforated uplight bowl lampshade and ...
Brass
Rupert Nikoll Sumatra Mid-Century Brass Floor Lamp, Vienna, Austria, 1950s
By Rupert Nikoll
Located in Vienna, AT
An elegant and exquisite Austrian Mid-Century floor lamp dating back to the 1950s, designed and crafted by Rupert Nikoll Vienna. This beautiful vintage piece features a gracefully cu...
Brass, Wire
Rupert Nikoll MidCentury Brass Floor Lamp, Carl Aubock Hand Switch Austria, 1950
By Rupert Nikoll
Located in Vienna, AT
A black and golden mid-century modern floor lamp from the 1950s by Rupert Nikoll, Vienna, Austria. This floor lamp impresses with its elegant and sleek form, which is why it is also ...
Metal, Brass
Rupert Nikoll Articulating Counterweight Midcentury Floor Lamp, Nickel, Brass
By Rupert Nikoll, Rosemarie & Rico Baltensweiler, Stilux
Located in Vienna, AT
An elegant and beautiful, orientable modernist articulating floorlamp with counterweight from the 1960s, executed by Rupert Nikoll, Austria. Made of brass with a lovely nickel-plated...
Brass, Iron, Nickel, Wire
Rodolfo Dordoni Postmodern Brass & Wood Uplight Floor Lamp, Italy, 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
An exceptional brass floor lamp, designed by Rudolf Dordoni in the early 1980s. Has a beautiful brass lampshade and a nice round wood base. In excellen...
Brass
rare and wonderful patinated no. 2051 floor lamp by arteluce
By Lodovico Meneghetti, Giotto Stoppino and Vittorio Gregotti, Arteluce
Located in Munich, DE
very nice and wonderful patinated floor lamp by arteluce.
Brass, Iron
Midcentury Brass and Glass Floor Lamp by Angelo Brotto for Esperia, Italy 1960s
By Esperia, Angelo Brotto
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful floor lamp nickel-plated brass, transparent glass globe "corteccia" processing by Angelo Brotto for Esperia. Made in Italy in the 1960s.
Metal, Brass
Annig Sarian, Floor Lamp, Brass, Glass, Marble, Italy, 1960s
By Annig Sarian
Located in High Point, NC
A brass, white opaline glass and green marble floor lamp designed by Annig Sarian and produced by Adrasteia, Italy, c. 1960s. Dimensions of Lamp with Shade (inches): 67 “ H x 12“ Di...
Marble, Brass
LTE8 floor lamp by Ignazio Gardella for Azucena marble glass mid-century
By Ignazio Gardella
Located in Milano, Lombardia
LTE8 floor lamp, designed by Ignazio Gardella in 1956 for Azucena. Composed of a Carrara marble base, painted brass rod and molded glass diffuser, it represents the perfect balance o...
Metal
Stilnovo floor lamp in marble brass and glass Italy 1960
By Stilnovo
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice minimalistic floor lamp designed and made by Stilnovo, Italy 1960. The lamp has a very nice minimalistic shape but has its quality signature all over. The lamp stands on a ...
Carrara Marble, Brass
Rare Angelo Lelii Adjustable Italian Marble and Brass Floor Lamp, 1952
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Praha, CZ
A rare, collectible floor lamp designed by Angelo Lelii, crafted in Italy in the 1952s and admired for its sculptural elegance and refined functionality. The lamp features a solid wh...
Marble, Metal, Brass, Aluminum
