Guido de Majo was a young army of-
ficer from Naples who had been prac-
ticing his profession in Venice, where he
met and married Irma Costantini.
He felt something big was bound to
happen in his beloved island, a feeling
which prevented him to move back to
Naples.
To some extent Guido was a dreamer,
a visionary. A man who was about to
leave a mark in the history of Murano
glass, thanks to his intuition.
Glass is what he was fascinated by, a
malleable yet fragile solid that shone
bright into the homes of thousands.
It was only when he met another young
man, a master glassworker Malvino Pa-
vanello, that his vision grew into some-
thing palpable.
He puts his own profession on the line,
leaves the army, and opens a produc-
tion line in the island of Murano to-
gether with Pavanello.
That day, in January 1947, Guido found-
ed a company that would then blow up
to a scale beyond his imagination.
Today I would like to tell a story about
the values that I have inherited from
my family, my roots. A journey through
time that narrates the pride we take in
what we do.
- Francesco de Majo
1947
Guido in his first chandelier work-
shop. The business started off as
a local distributor of artistic Mu-
rano glass items.
