ITALY AT WORK
HER RENAISSANCE IN DESIGN TODAY
Meyric R. Rogers, Walter Dorwin Teague (foreword)
Meyric R. Rogers, Walter Dorwin Teague (foreword): ITALY AT WORK. HER RENAISSANCE IN DESIGN TODAY. Rome: The Compagnia Nazionale Artigiana, 1950. First edition. A very good softcover book in thick, printed wrappers: slightly spine cocked with light wear overall. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. 8 x 9.75 book with 125 pages with 145 b/w illustrations of postwar Italian Design, including Italian furniture, intarsia decoration, glass, metalwork, enamels, pietra dura and mosaic, costume jewellery, accessories, textiles, embroideries, strawwork, toys, and industrial designs. ITALY AT WORK. was produced as a handbook for the travelling show of the same name that toured the United States in the early 1950s and had a significant impact on consumer taste across America.
A very useful reference for those who are on the look-out for lesser-known pieces of Italian post-war design. You have been warned.
Contents
- Committees
- Institutional Sponsors
- Foreword by Walter Dorwin Teague
- Author's Preface
- Introduction: Italy after the War; Organization and Aims of the Exhibition
- Arts and Crafts in Italy Today:
- Furniture
- Ceramics
- Glass
- Metalwork and Enamels
- Hard Stone (Pietra Dura) and Mosaic
- Costume Jewelry and Accessories
- Textiles and Embroideries
- Strawwork
- Toys
- Industrial Design
- Five Special Interiors:
- Foyer for Marionette Theatre by Fabrizio Clerici
- Terrace Room by Luigi Cosenza
- Private Chapel by Roberto Menghi
- Living-Dining Room by Carlo Mollino
- Dining Room by Gio Ponti
- In Conclusion
- Appendix: Producers and Designers
- Plates
Producers and Designers include Carlo Mollino, Azucena, Cesare Lacca, Casa e Giardino, Guglielmo Pecorini, Massimo Carola, Arte Luce, Pietro Maffeis, Fontana Arte, Venice Seguso, Vittorio Lombardi, Giuseppe Capri, Enrico Bernardi, Guido Gambone, Lucio Fontana, Salvatore Fancello, Luigi Broggini, Leonardi Leoncillo, Pietro and Annamaria Cesarini Cascella, Agenore Fabbri, Moticelli, Aligi Sassu, Antonia Campi, A. di Spilimbergo, Giambattisto De Salvo, Prisco and Urbano Zaccagnini, Cannon Ernestine and Salerno D'Agostino, Doccia Richard-Ginori, Arte Artigianato Orobico, Franco Normanni, Arte Industria Vicentina, Otello De Maria, Paolo Venini, Alfredo Barbini, E. & C. Taddei, Nason and Moretti, Fontana Arte, Argenteria Finzi, Paolo De Poli, Nino Ferrari, Dona, Richard Blow, Giacomo Prampolini, Leopoldo Menegatti, Goffredo and Renato Gregorini, Luciana, Emma Ivancich, Carlo Barbasetti, Carocci, Myricae, Linificio & Canapificio Nazionale, Fede Cheti, MITA, Angelina Migliaccio, Brevetti Robbiati, Innocenti, and Olivetti among many others.
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