Flooded stone steps and geometric bronze water gate by Carlo Scarpa at Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice
Carlo Scarpa seated beside his wife Nini Lazzari at a lunch, 1977

Fondazione Querini Stampalia © Antonio Monfreda

“Society doesn’t always ask for poetry. Poetry isn’t something for every day.”

— Carlo Scarpa

Carlo and Nini, 1977
Photograph Guido Pietropoli
© Guido Pietropoli - CISA A. Palladio

About the Nini Collection
Named after Nini Lazzari — wife of Carlo Scarpa — this collection reflects the intimacy of material and the elegance of attention.
Pattern becomes structure. Quiet repetitions. Thoughtful hands. Form shaped by patience.

Grainy street snapshot, 1975: Carlo Scarpa and Nini Lazzari walking side by side down a narrow street.

Carlo and Nini, 1975
Photograph Guido Pietropoli
© Guido Pietropoli - CISA A. Palladio