Art Deco Chandelier by Venini with Reticello Glass leopard the whole forming a rolling-shutter

the whole forming a rolling-shutter or tambour form of satisfying geometric regularity

The bullicante rosette above a central stem and five outstretched arms each with twisted arms and bullicante technique on the candle bups

with beautiful original patina raised on three carved trestles with the original iron stretcher

The whole raised on four splayed tapering legs of square section

Art Deco Chandelier by Venini with Reticello Glass leopard the whole forming a rolling-shutterArt Deco Chandelier by Venini with Reticello Glass With 6 Lights Reticello is a complex Murano glass technique creating a net like pattern by encasing two sets of twisted glass canes (one white, one clear) with opposite spirals inside a final glass bubble, trapping tiny air bubbles where they intersect to form a delicate lattice Italy, circa 1940 Lightly restored and rewired according to Australian Standard