L'Ambiente Moderno. Mobile e Decorazione Interna

Book Description

Milan: Preiss , Bestetti & Co.. 1907. S Decorated Wrappers. Fine.. Fine. 4to, decorative gray wrappers with lettering in mustard or rust. Fine. Complete first year in twelve numbers. Brief text in first number and a total of 96 fine photogravure plates on heavy stock plus advertisements. Furniture and room settings in Stile Liberty (also known as Stile Floreale) by architects and designers. Important names in the movement whose work is illustrated include Giacomo Cometti, designer, sculptor and cabinetmaker; Eugenio Quarti, a cabinetmaker of extraordinary originality; Galileo Chini, ceramist and painter; and A. Mazzucotelli, who was the leading figure in decorative wrought iron and exponent of design reform. Other designers are Enrico Monti, Giovanni Bistolfi, Ernesto Basile and Luigi Brunelli, among others. There are also several plates of installations at the "Casa dell'Arte" in Florence. Scarce.

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