Italian Glass, Italian Institute for Foreign Trade, 164 pages undated. English Language
The Italian Institute for Foreign Trade produced a range of books on Italian design in the 1950s and 1960s in a bid one presumes to encourage exports (there are also handicrafts, ceramics and furniture) in this series. This appears to be the rarest and contains an essay on the Italian Glass Industry, a series of sections, Decorative and Articles for Home use (including Lighting), Apparel, Stained Glass and Mosaic. Also included is an Appendix of Manufacturers and a table of exports which dates the catalogue to post 1954.
There are 164 pages of which approximately 120 are images. There are a series of sections, Decorative and Articles for Home use (including Lighting), Apparel, Stained Glass and Mosaic. Featuring works by the following manufacturers: S.A.L.I.R, Barbini, Barovier and Toso, Salviati, Archimede Seguso, Cenedese, Venini, Aureliano Toso, Venini, Avem, Luigi Fontana.
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