Cartoccio Q Vase
Cartoccio Q by Pietro Chiesa for FontanaArte turns a transparent sheet of glass into an angular, folded vase.
Its broad corners lift around a low center, creating a form that appears drawn upward from a flat surface. Made by hot folding, the manually produced vessel emphasizes the changing edges and reflections of clear glass.
Every detail, considered.
- Brand
- Fontana Arte
- Collection
- Cartoccio
- Designer
- Pietro Chiesa
- Design year
- 1932
- Descriptor
- Hand-folded glass vase with raised corners
- Country
- Italy
- Materials
- 01Hot-folded transparent glass sheet
Manual shaping lifts the corners around a low central vessel.
Cartoccio Q is a transparent glass vase with broad corners lifted around a low center.
A heated sheet is folded manually, giving individual pieces variations in their edges and outline. The angular surfaces expose the folded construction of the vase designed by Pietro Chiesa.
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Milanese lighting that gives glass and geometric form a central role, from enduring table lamps to contemporary fixtures.
Pietro Chiesa
Pietro Chiesa opened his own glass workshop in 1921 after training at the Giannotti glassworks. He joined Gio Ponti in FontanaArte's artistic direction in 1932, designing furniture, lighting and decorative glass objects. His work includes the curved-glass Fontana table, Cartoccio vase and Luminator floor lamp.
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