The Seguso family has been creating, designing, dreaming, inspiring, provoking and loving their art form for over six hundred years. Few can even stand alongside the masterful family in terms of heritage, passion and true longevity. The history of Murano glass started at the end of the 13th century and since then the island has been known worldwide. With this, essentially begins the history of the Seguso family, given that as early as 1397 an historic document certifies the work of Filius Seguso in a glass furnace. The exquisiteness of Murano craftsmanship is such that in a short time it becomes the aesthetic standard. During the

sixteenth century, Murano glass flourished and was celebrated by the great painters Caravaggio and Titan, who depicted glasses and carafes in some of their most famous works, including Bacchanal of Andri and the Bacchus. Seguso’s work rose to great prominence and was prized by many. It was seen by the Pope, and written about by poets. Year after year, decade after decade, century after century, the Seguso family has solidified its fame as one of the most important art glass dynasties. Seguso Vetri d’Arte has written many precious pages in the history of glass, reaching the twenty-first century without ever compromising the values of tradition, interpreting this art with unchanged sensitivity and renewed creativity. Today, six hundred years later, Seguso Vetri d’Arte continues to lead the world with its supreme craftsmanship, with the authenticity of a product that does not follow industry rules, but honors the extraordinary potential of the material, the skillful and ancient gestures, a creative sign always extraordinarily unique, a work of art. For six centuries, the work of Seguso has adorned royal houses, the Vatican, as well as prestigious hotels and theaters.

Today Seguso Vetri d’Arte creates prestigious projects of lighting and furniture for the finest residential spaces, international hotels and private label projects for major brands of luxury and fashion. Glass pieces by Seguso Vetri d’Arte are in the collections of more than one hundred prestigious international museums including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the MoMa in New York, Corning Glass Museum and the Museum of the Glass in Murano.

The attention to “tailor made” projects together with the ability to propose luxury as unique emotion has made Seguso the partner of major international architectural studios on many residential designs and contract projects,” such as those for prestigious international hotel brands - including Starwood, Kempinski, Sheraton, Raffles Hotels, Wynn Hotels, the Venetian hotels, the Hotel Danieli, Hotel Cipriani and Hotel Bauer -, and for luxury brands in the fashion and beauty sectors like Armani, Dior, Fendi, Coach, Blumarine, Svaroski, Esteé Lauder, Burberry, Coach, Mikimoto, Memphis, Neiman Marcus, Montblanc… Seguso Vetri d’Arte glass lighting, furniture and accents were used as the central theme and store concept for all Blumarine boutiques worldwide and Seguso glass door handles can be found worldwide, at the entrance of the Christian Dior boutiques. With each new piece of glass that is blown, life is breathed into their art with the same passion and love that has remained in the Seguso family’s veins for centuries.

Today, Seguso Vetri d’Arte is run by its current generation, brothers Gianluca, Pierpaolo and GianAndrea Seguso, who are leading the company into the future with new and exciting designs that complement contemporary as well as classical architecture. Their father, Giampaolo, is today one of the great artistic souls of the company and works at the Seguso furnace, creating one-of-a-kind designs for the most discerning customers as well as writing his own beautiful poetry, which is hand etched on each art object.

Throughout its long history, Seguso Vetri d’Arte is a name that has been synonymous with exceptional craftsmanship, mastery, discretion, discernment and of course, eternal quality. With the glass-blowing art having been passed only ever from father to son across twenty-two generations, the secrets of Seguso’s incredible creations have always remained at the heart of the family, unknown, and unrivalled anywhere else in the world.