St. Regis Rome illuminates its tree with Venini glass
The Roman palace hotel partners with the legendary Murano glassmaker to dress its Christmas tree in handcrafted ornaments of milky white glass. A festive evening of sabering and ceremonial light awaits.
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The St. Regis Rome has commissioned Venini, the Murano glassmaker whose reputation for refined craftsmanship spans generations, to create a series of handcrafted ornaments for its festive tree. Each piece glows with the milky white radiance particular to Venini’s working of Murano glass, hung from cardinal red ribbons that echo the house colours of both the hotel and the storied Venetian atelier.
The partnership feels inevitable. The St. Regis Rome, a monument to Italian grandeur and elegant hospitality, shares with Venini a devotion to artistry as a language of luxury. Where the hotel speaks through its architecture and service, Venini speaks through the luminous weight of hand formed glass, each bulb bearing the signature of the craftsperson who shaped it.
On 10 November at seven o’clock in the evening, the hotel welcomes guests for a ceremonial illumination of the tree. The evening opens with a sabering ritual, that theatrical and time honoured tradition of opening Champagne with a sabre, before the tree itself is lit. The gesture is unmistakably Roman: the spectacle of elemental fire meeting handcrafted light, the old rituals of celebration performed with contemporary elegance.
To experience the tree is to move between two languages of Italian mastery. Venini’s ornaments carry the weight and wisdom of seven centuries of glassmaking in the lagoon; the St. Regis Rome carries the authority of a palace hotel that has welcomed the world’s most discerning travellers. The Christmas tree becomes their conversation.
Imagery courtesy of The St. Regis Rome (@stregisrome).