International studio (82.1925)

mceRnACionAL

piece that is exquisite in design
and ethereal in color, and we do
not hesitate to call its maker,
artist.

Modern Venetian glass is
beautiful because the Italian pos-
sesses instinctively the necessary-
quickness of eye, delicacy of
touch and inherited artistic sense.
Descendants of the famous old
glass makers—Seguso, Beroviero,
Radi and others—still work in
these factories. Strangers are not
admitted to them. Sons of arti-
sans are apprenticed from child-
hood and go to the School of De-
sign on the island. As small boys
they simply hold the tools for the
workmen and by the age of six-
teen ought to be skilled workmen.
In ancient Rome the percentage
of loss to be borne by the work-
man in the case of accident was
set by law but today no fines are
exacted because often no one
knows what causes the glass to
break. But the hazardous exis-
tence of these pleasantries in
glass gives added interest to the
survivors.

PIECES OF MODERN DECORATED VENETIAN
GLASS. Courtesy of Adeline de Voo

one twenty-two

NOVEMBER I 9 2 5