FURNITURE FOR MODERN INTERIORS
Mario Dal Fabbro
Mario Dal Fabbro: FURNITURE FOR MODERN INTERIORS. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. 1954. First edition [A Progressive Architecture Book]. Quarto. Blue cloth decorated in white. Photo illustrated dust jacket. 207 pp. 229 black and white photographs. 83 pages of drawings. Jacket soiled and lightly edgeworn with chips to spine ends. Blue spine lettering completely faded. Former owner signature to front endpaper, otherwise interior unmarked and clean. Out-of-print. A very good or better copy in a good or better dust jacket.
8.5 x 10.5 hardcover book with 207 pages and 229 black and white photographs and 83 pages of drawings well-documented examples and plans for building modern furniture designs. Includes informationon woodworking, basic joints, plywood and curves, covering edges/panels, doors, shelves, drawers. other materials, chairs and upholstery. An excellent reference volume.
- Introduction
- Part 1—Furniture Groups
- Entries & Halls
- Living Rooms
- Dining Sleeping
- Part 11—Furniture Pieces
- Flower Boxes & Tables
- Occasional Tables
- Coffee Tables
- Magazine Racks & Tables
- Dining Tables
- Service Bars
- Chests
- Cabinets
- Bookcases
- Desks
- Chairs & Stools
- Armchairs & Lounge Chairs
- Sofas
- Wardrobes
- Dressing Tables
- Beds & Night Tables
- List Of Designers
Designers, architects, and manufacturers include Carlo Mollino, Hans Schuoppert and Stephen Lever, Richard G. Stein, Felix Augenfeld, Florence Knoll, Knoll Associates, Lina Bo Bardi, Ray Komai and Carter Winter, Mario Dal Fabbro, Pierre Kleykamp, Stolle and Den Boon, Alan Gould, Carlo Pagani, Franco Albini, Franca Antonioli, Tina Ermini, Luigi Radice, Edward J. Wormley, Jorge Bonta, Paul McCobb, Elias Svedberg, Ernest Race, Marcel Breuer, Tony Paul, Finn Juhl, Genevieve Pons, Marco Zanuso, Alvar Aalto, Jorge Bonta, Russell Wright, Le Manach and E. Hubschwerlin, Jean Royere and J. R. Gauberti, Carlo DeCarli, Paolo Chessa, Gianni Albricci, Tony Paul, Erno F. Fabry, Jens Risom, Guy-Barker, Harry Lawenda, Martin Freedgood, Charlotte Perriand, Carter Winter, Joe Adkinson, George nelson, Gio Ponti, Albini, Sgrelli, and Colombini, E. Ludwig, Friedhagen, Egon Eirmann, Otto Kolb, Albert C. McKeegan, Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Donald Knorr, Robin Day, Guen Iyokuma, Davis J. Pratt, Irving Sabo, Hvidt and Nielsen, Ilmari Tapiovaara, E. H. Astrom, Martin Freedgood, Sonna Rosen, Harry S. Vakassian, Richard P. Lischer, Belgioso-Peressutti-Rogers, and Harry Lawenda.
“. . . Mr. Dal Fabbro gives us, in drawings and photos, a unique bird's-eye view of current design trends in furniture and equipment. His book should prove a useful tool to every professional concerned with today's architecture. As well, he has taken care of the needs of the amateur craftsman with "exploded" drawings that act as a guide to those interested in furniture building as a hobby.” — Morris Ketchum Jr.
Mario Dal Fabbro (Italian, 1913 – 1990) studied both at the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts at Venice, and the R. Magistero Artistico. He graduated with high honors in 1937.
Before his advanced education, Dal Fabbro worked in his family's furniture design shop. Always able to combine the theoretical with the practical aspects of construction, Dal Fabbro's early experience helps account for his later success in the technical and creative fields of furniture design. Between 1938 and 1948 — before immigrating to America — Dal Fabbro created designs for private individuals and various furniture houses in Milan.
He participated in the Triennale di Milano competition in 1939 and 1947. Besides contributing to the Italian magazines Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui, Dal Fabbro wrote several books on furniture which were published by Goelich in Milan. He also won the Ganzanti contest for standardization of furniture.
In 1948 he immigrated to America and a year later published Modern Furniture: Its Design and Construction , which achieved international recognition. Following this success, Dal Fabbro began designing furniture for mass production. He has also contributed to various American newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times and House and Garden. After the initial success — evidently international as well as in America — Dal Fabbro went on to author books in the next three decades, each successive volume coming as the result of the impact of the preceding one.