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

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

• Glass: 51 hand-blown Murano glass tips, clear and black
• 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 that rely on the purity of a single material or a single color. And then there are pieces that choose contrast as their compositional principle — and do so with a precision that makes them immediately recognizable. This chandelier is one of those pieces: fifty-one hand-blown Murano glass tips, clear and black, radiate from a brass frame, forming a monumental silhouette where the dialogue between light and its absence becomes the very heart of the design.

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. The alternation between clear glass — which catches and multiplies light — and black glass — which absorbs and retains it — creates a visual rhythm of great elegance, one that shifts character entirely depending on whether the chandelier is lit or unlit.

The brass frame introduces a third material voice into the composition: its balanced warmth sits between the neutrality of the clear and the depth of the black, holding the two extremes together without forcing the relationship. A combination that recalls the spirit of Italian design in the late-XX-century style, and that continues to engage naturally with both classic interiors and contemporary spaces with a graphic sensibility.

At 41.35 inches in diameter — among the most generous in the entire series — this chandelier calls for rooms with high ceilings and open volumes where the radial arrangement of tips can fully unfold without compression. In those conditions, it becomes the natural and undisputed focal point of the entire space.

Note: every hand-blown glass tip carries subtle natural variations in form and surface. This uniqueness is the authentic signature of Venetian artisan craftsmanship, making each piece truly one of a kind.