I LETTI
Quaderni di Domus 9
Vittorio Borachia and Carlo Pagani
Vittorio Borachia and Carlo Pagani: I LETTI [Beds]. Milano: Domus, March 1951 [No. 9 of series Quaderni di Domus]. First edition. Text in Italian. Limp black wrappers with paper spine label. Photo illustrated dust jacket. 92 pp. Black and white photographs and diagrams throughout. Light wear overall. Fragile dust jacket lightly chipped along top edge. An exceptional copy of a rare title sought by multiple constituencies. Way out-of-print and never reissued in any format. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket.
7.75 x 9.25 softcover book with 92 pages profusely illustrated with black and white examples of Beds, circa 1950. Each illustrated example is identified by designer, making this edition a valuable reference resource.
Under the editorial direction of Lina Bo and Carlo Pagani, the Quaderni di Domus series sought to highlight the best and brightest designers and products emerging from the carnage of Post-war Europe. Each volume dealt with a specific area of interest (Kitchens, Fireplaces, etc.) with an introductory essay followed by a lengthy selection of photographs and images, many culled from Gio Ponti’s Domus magazine. Ponti can be felt lurking behind the scenes of nearly every page of the Quaderni di Domus series through the impeccable selection of included materials to the contemporary layouts of each volume.
- Storia del Letto
- Camere matrimoniali
- Camere single, studio e per ragazzi
- Letti, toilettes, armadi
- Culle
- Bibliografia
Architects and designers include Alvar Aalto, Franco Albini, Giovanni Albrici, Rolgaard Alielson and Peter Huider, Franca Antonioli, Gian Luigi Banfi, Ludovico Belgioioso, Bianchetti e Pea, Mucchi Bottoni, Marcel Breuer, Dominionioni Luigi Caccia, Renato Camus, Gian Case e Jean Lombardi, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Paolo Chessa, Yaray Cramer, J. R. Davidson, Carlo De Carli, Erich Dieckman, Gordon Drake, Enrico Freyrie, Ralph Engstromer, William Friedmann, Ignazio Gardella, Mozzoni Ghidini, Alexander Girard, Michael Goodman, Gregory Ain, Walter Gropius, Henry Hill, Hilmer e Callister, Quincy A. Jones, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Katz, Weissmann, Blumenkranz, Stein and Weber, Walter Kilham, Koch, Huson, Jackson and Kennedy, Florence Knoll, Vito Latis, Le Corbusier, William Lescaze, Antonio Lombardini, Vico Magistretti, Giuseppe Mazzoleni, Roberto Menghi, Max Mercer, Herman Miller, Giulio Minoletti, Carlo Mollino, Gabriele Mucchi, George Nelson, Richard Neutra, Giuseppe Pagano, Giancarlo Palanti, Enrico Peressutti, Charlotte Perriand, Gio Ponti, Svenskt Tenn Produzione, Bonino Produzione, Renato Radici, Hans Reinhart, Hilde Reiss, Mario Righini, Ernesto Rogers, Giovanni Romano, Fred H. Ruf, Elial and Eero Saarinen, Scuola d'arti e mesteiri, Raphael Soriano, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Richard S. Stein, Eric Stengade, Hugh Stubbins, Mario Tedeschi, Maurizio Tempestini, Ides Van der Gracht and Marco Zanuso.