Some of our chandeliers, such as Nuvola or Rosetta, are named after a specific glassmaking technique: tronchi. Here's what makes it so recognizable.
What is tronchi glass?
The Italian word "tronchi" refers to trunks, pieces of hot blown glass then assembled raw, without complete polishing. Each element retains an irregularity, a relief, a varying thickness—it's this controlled imperfection that creates the character of the luminaire.
A relief that captures light differently
Unlike smooth and uniform glass, tronchi fragments light into multiple reflections. Each piece, assembled by hand, adds its own depth to the whole—hence this cascading, almost organic appearance found on our models.
A tradition of artisanal assembly
The technique dates back to the workshops of Murano, where master glassmakers assembled these glass trunks to construct monumental chandeliers for Venetian palaces. The spirit remains the same today: an arrangement carefully crafted piece by piece, never perfectly identical from one luminaire to another.
Discover this technique on our Nuvola and Rosetta chandeliers.