"Cartoccio Glass Vase, Pietro Chiesa For Fontana Arte, Italy, Mid-20th Century"
Sculptural glass vase, Cartoccio model, designed by Pietro Chiesa in the 1930s, shown here in a version probably from the mid-20th century for Fontana Arte. Made of thick-walled glass with a satin finish, its undulating and folded silhouette evokes delicately crumpled paper (cartoccio in Italian).