ElleElle shop in Venice

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Nason Moretti has been making modernist magic happen in glass since the 1950s, and the third-generation glass designers are in fine form in this showroom. Everything is signed, including an exquisite (and expensive) range of hand-blown drinking glasses, jugs, bowls, vases, tealight holders, decanters and lamps.


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