An important postwar compendium of international modern furniture and interior design, the fourth installment of Roberto Aloi's influential series documenting the evolution of modern decorative arts. Published in Milan in 1949 by Ulrico Hoepli Editore. 4to (9 × 11 inches), re-bound in green cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Profusely illustrated with 820 b/w photographs and illustrations representing the work of 309 designers and artists from 20 countries. With a preface by Leonardo Borgese.
Published during a formative period in postwar design, the volume surveys an extraordinary range of furniture, interiors, and decorative objects, from the refined modernism of Italian designers to the functionalist innovations of their European and American contemporaries. Categories include ceramics, metalware, glassware, fabrics, chairs, tables, case pieces, and interiors. Among the designers represented are Franco Albini, Paolo Buffa, Carlo Mollino, Gio Ponti, Ico Parisi, Gino Sarfatti, Alexandre Noll, Edward Wormley, and Ernest Race. An invaluable visual record of midcentury design, encompassing both celebrated works and lesser-known examples of modern furniture and decorative arts.
From the working library of Leo Jiranek (1900–1990), the influential American furniture and industrial designer, with his ownership stamp on the front free endpaper. Contemporaneously deemed the "Dean of Furniture Designers," Jiranek designed for many of America's leading furniture manufacturers, including Heywood-Wakefield, Lane, Bassett, and Thomasville, and was instrumental in advancing industrial design as a professional discipline. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities.
An important postwar compendium of international modern furniture and interior design, the fourth installment of Roberto Aloi's influential series documenting the evolution of modern decorative arts. Published in Milan in 1949 by Ulrico Hoepli Editore. 4to (9 × 11 inches), re-bound in green cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Profusely illustrated with 820 b/w photographs and illustrations representing the work of 309 designers and artists from 20 countries. With a preface by Leonardo Borgese.
Published during a formative period in postwar design, the volume surveys an extraordinary range of furniture, interiors, and decorative objects, from the refined modernism of Italian designers to the functionalist innovations of their European and American contemporaries. Categories include ceramics, metalware, glassware, fabrics, chairs, tables, case pieces, and interiors. Among the designers represented are Franco Albini, Paolo Buffa, Carlo Mollino, Gio Ponti, Ico Parisi, Gino Sarfatti, Alexandre Noll, Edward Wormley, and Ernest Race. An invaluable visual record of midcentury design, encompassing both celebrated works and lesser-known examples of modern furniture and decorative arts.
From the working library of Leo Jiranek (1900–1990), the influential American furniture and industrial designer, with his ownership stamp on the front free endpaper. Contemporaneously deemed the "Dean of Furniture Designers," Jiranek designed for many of America's leading furniture manufacturers, including Heywood-Wakefield, Lane, Bassett, and Thomasville, and was instrumental in advancing industrial design as a professional discipline. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities.
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