A vetro sommerso bollicine bowl designed by Carlo Scarpa ca. 1936. Manufactured by Venini Murano Venice in the 1930s. Thick ruby red glass with multiple air bubbles and gold foil inclusions. Acid etched signature 'venini murano ITALIA' on the base. Venini model number 3633. The sommerso bollicine series was first exhibited at the Biennale of Venice in 1934 and later on the Trienale of Milan in 1936. Carlo Scarpa (1906 - 1978) was one of the most important architects of Italian modernism. Like his role model Frank Lloyd Wright, he was a follower of organic architecture. Scarpa worked with the M.V.M Cappelin Glassworks from 1925 to 1931 and for Venini from 1932 to 1947. His designs characterize the 20s and 30s in both companies. In the early years he created especially light blown glass designs with geometrical forms. Since the 1930s he moved to designes with heavy submerged (sommereso) glasses. Further design ideas from his signature were presented at the 19th Biennale d'Arte in Venice.