Barovier&Toso

Venetian crystal chandeliers in classic and contemporary high-end design.

Founded in 1295, Barovier&Toso is one of the oldest and most prestigious Murano glass factories in Venice. It was on this date that the first official document mentioning M. Barovier, a master glassmaker on the island of Murano, was found. A century and a half later, the House of Barovier entered the history books once and for all, thanks to Angelo Barovier's revolutionary invention of a material of extreme transparency and magnificent brilliance. What makes this formula unique and still in use today is the total absence of arsenic and lead in its composition. In 1455, Angelo Barovier was granted the exclusive right to produce 'Cristallo Veneziano' or Venetian crystal. The twentieth century was the second high point in the history of this great family, thanks to the personality and talent of Ercole, a prolific and gifted designer whose models are still the best references in the collection. Barovier&Toso chandeliers are of incomparable elegance and craftsmanship.