ITALIAN GLASS
Italian Institute for Foreign Trade
Italian Institute for Foreign Trade: ITALIAN GLASS. Rome: Istituto nazionale per il commercio estero Italy, n. d. [circa 1955]. Text in English. Quarto. Photo illustrated thick and yapped perfect bound wrappers. Stitched textblock. 164 pp. 144 black and white photographs. 6 color plates. Page edges lightly yellowed. Few leaves tacky. Wrappers lightly worn. Interior unmarked and clean. Out-of-print. A very good copy.
6 x 8 softcover book with 164 pages and 6 color plates and 144 black and white photographs. Published by the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade to showcase the resurgent beauty of the Postwar Italian glass industry. A very useful volume if you're into this sort of thing.
- To The Reader
- Italian Glass: 43 images
- Decorative Articles: 19 images
- Articles for Home Use: 57 images
- Articles for Apparel: 14 images
- Ornamental Windows: 10 images
- Mosaics: 7 images
- Alphabetical Index of Manufacturers and Exporters
- Appendix: Italian exports of vitreous products; Glass, half-crystal and crystal exports; Beads and costume jewelry exports; Useful addresses; Italian museums possessing collections of antique or modern glass objects; Publications.
Includes work by Barbini & Longega, Murano, Barovier & Toso, Saviati Of Venice, A. V. E. M., Archimede Seguso, Dalla Venezia, Gino Cenedese, Filli Toso, I. V. A. L. M., Alberto Toso, Alberto Seguso, Alfredo Barbini, Venini, Malafante De Cal, Seguso Dalla Venezia, Ferro Lazzarini, Gino Cenedese, Luigi Fontana, Biagiotti & Quercioli, S. A. L. I. R., Aureliano Toso, Erwin Bürger, Nason & Moretti, Etrusca Of Empoli, Pietro Rigatti, Figli Di O. Taddei, Natale Mancioli, Ugo Bagnoli & Figli, Vetrerie Artistche Toscane, Sesto Fiorentino, Cristallerie Arno, Gennaro Tulino, and many others.
The Italian Institute for Foreign Trade or Italian Trade Commission [ITC] is the official trade development and promotional agency of the government of Italy. It is headquartered in Rome and maintains a network of various offices in Italy, as well as offices abroad. The Institute's general mandate is to promote, assist and develop Italy's international trade with particular regard to small and medium enterprises. The Institute operates according to the directives established by the Italian Ministry for Foreign Trade. You'd better believe it.