Gabetti e Isola. Mobili 1950 - 1970. Ferrari, Fulvio; Umberto Allemandi; 1986; 32x21 cm, Italian language; 86 pages Hardback
Autograph dedication by Roberto Gobetti on the first blank page signed 4 years after the books publication. Scarce book on the furniture designs of the architects Roberto Gabetti and Aimaro Isola said to be part of the Italian Neo-liberty group that turned their back on rationalism and embraced the complexity of Style Liberty or Art Nouveau in 1950s Italy alongside BBPR and Vittorio Gregotti, Lodovico Meneghetti and Giotto Stoppino etc. Preface by Paolo Portoghesi. Eighty-nine colour and black and white illustrations of their furniture.
Condition: Dust jacket badly stained and worn. Some spotting on the front and rear end pages. Age toning to page edges inside.
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