The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Carnival Figure

Carnival Figure

1930
(Italian, 1887–1968)
Italy, Venice
glass
Overall: 24.2 x 13.4 x 11.5 cm (9 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken 1947.170
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Flecks of pure gold leaf provide the sparkle in this figure's voluminous costume.

Description

A former antiques dealer, Giacomo Cappellin joined forces with master Venetian glassblower Paolo Venini to form a glass company in Murano in 1921. Using historic techniques, Cappellin produced whimsical figures based on the carnival in Venice.
  • null
    Coffin, Sarah D., and Stephen Harrison. The Jazz Age: American style in the 1920s. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017. Reproduced: fig. 101, p. 71; Mentioned: p. 70
    Barovier, Marino and Carla Sonego. The M.V.M. Cappellin Glassworks and the Young Carlo Scarpa: 1925-1931. Milan: Skira editore S.p.A.; New York : ARTBOOK / D.A.P., 2018. Reproduced: p. 461
  • The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (April 7-August 20, 2017); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018).
    Circa 1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12-October 31, 1983).
    Venetian Decorative Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1956-January 9, 1957).
  • {{cite web|title=Carnival Figure|url=false|author=Giacomo Cappellin|year=1930|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1947.170