Resumen de Dai "salissures" (sporcati) ai "malfin" (imperfetti), la vita del vetro a caldo in Francia da Émile Gallé a Jean Sala prima del "pulegosi" di Venini
From "salissures" (stains) to "malfin" (imperfections): hot glass in France from Emile Gallé to Jean Sala before Venini's "pulegosi".
The invention of bubble-riddled glass called "pulegoso", which first expressions were displayed at the 16th Venice Biennale in 1928, was one of the main contributions from the Venini manufacture under Napoleone Martinuzzi's artistic direction. Such "imperfect" aesthetics, inspired by the study and experimentation of glassmaking techniques, had been introduced in "fin de siècle" France, in particular by Émile Gallé. Other artists then applied their own researches and sensibilities to that style, such as Maurice Marinot, who invented "malfin" glass, or the Sala family, whom nature-inspired pieces had some success in 1920's Paris. Thanks to exhibition catalogues, correspondences and stamp articles, the author evokes the coherence of that vein and the relationships between these artists.
