Salviati, Jesurum & Co.

Place: Venice

Biography:

Salviati & Co. was a glassmaking and mosaic company founded by Antonio Salviati, a lawyer from Vicenza in Northern Italy. The company was established in 1859 and became a symbol and reference point of Murano glass art throughout the world. Salviati & Co. contributed to the renaissance of the Murano glass industry in the 19th century and brought worldwide fame to Venetian glass. The company's mosaics are famous and can be found in many notable buildings, including the Palace of Westminster, the Albert Memorial, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, St Paul's Cathedral, the Council House in Birmingham, the Chamberlain Memorial in Birmingham, St David's Cathedral in Wales, the Paris Opera House, and Ajuda National Palace in Lisbon. In 1898, the company's new London premises at 235 Regent Street incorporated a set of mosaic armorials along the façade, which are still visible today. In 1971, the House of Salviati collaborated with the Laurel Lamp Company to produce original Murano art glass sculptures employed in table lamps. The company was later acquired in 1999 by the French glassmaker that would later be known as Arc International.