Room 16
The ceiling frescoes of these next two rooms were destroyed in 1922 to make way for a flat. David Tremlett’s 2020 wall drawings therefore had to fill a substantial void.
Christopher Dresser
The objects in the first display case demonstrate Dresser’s rapid stylistic evolution.
The vases designed by Carlo Scarpa
In the second display case you can see vases designed by Carlo Scarpa for the Maestri Vetrai di Murano, a factory of glassmakers in Murano, Venice (1925-1931). The manager was Giacomo Cappellin, a young man who disregarded production costs and who soon went bankrupt.