SEDIE DIVANI POLTRONE
Quaderni di Domus 8
Vittorio Borachia and Carlo Pagani
Vittorio Borachia and Carlo Pagani: SEDIE DIVANI POLTRONE [Chairs, Sofas, Armchairs]. Milano: Domus, June 1950 [No. 8 of series Quaderni di Domus]. First edition. Text in Italian. Limp black wrappers with paper spine label. Photo illustrated dust jacket. 126 [iv] 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 130 pages profusely illustrated with black and white examples of Chairs, Sofas, Armchairs, 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.
- Introduzione
- Sedili a struttura in legno
- Sedili a struttura metallica
- Sedili pieghevoli e smontabili
- Divani
- Sedili da giardino
- Sedie a sdraio
- Bibliografia
Architects and designers include Alvar Aalto, Helsinki Aino, Franco Albini, Franca Antonioli, Gian Luigi Banfi, Bartolucci-Waldhein, Ludovico Belgioioso, Antonio Bonet, Art Brenner, Marcel Breuer, Luciano Canella, Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Paolo Chessa, Clark e Frey, Mario Cristiani, Carlo De Carli, Gian Carlo De Carlo, Enrico Delmonte, Gordon Drake, Andre Dupres, Charles Eames, Finn Juhl, Luigi Fratino, W. Friedman, Ignazio Gardella, Eugenio Gerli, Allan Goul, Eklof Gunnar, A. Greenwood, Hardoy, Hans Hofman, Pierre Jeanneret, James Johnson, Ketchum and Sharp, Florence Knoll, Otto Kolb, Kurchan, Vito Latis, Le Corbusier, James Leonard, Clayton Lewis, Alvin Lustig, Vico Magistretti, Carl Malmstems, Maurice Martine, Bruno Mathsson, Mies van der Rohe, Carlo Mollino, Giulio Minoletti, Bruno Morassutti, Richard Morse, Gabriele Mucchi, George Nelson, Richard Neutra, Johan Niegeman, Odelberg Olson, Enrico Peressutti, Charlotte Perriand, William Poeters, Ernest Pollak, Gio Ponti, Hilde Reiss, Mario Righini, Jens Risom, T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Ernesto Rogers, Augusto Romano, Alfred Roth, Jean Royere, Eero Saarinen, Sola-Vianini-Zuccoli, Abel Sorensen, Basil Spence, Mart Stamm, Richard Stein, Stig Ancker, Hugh Stubbins, Ilmari Tapiovaara, Van Keppel-Green, Kristian Vedel, Vittoriano Vigano, Wells and Marco Zanuso.