Aloi, Roberto Esempi De Decorazione Moderna De Tutto Il Mondo: Tavoli Tavolini Carrelli Seconda Serie; Milano : U. Hoepli, 1955, 28x22cm, English, French, German and Italian 24 pages of text, 254 illustrations.


Volume two of Roberto Aloi's Esempi series addressing tables. This is the second edition of the tables series published in 1955 and provides an exhaustive overview of contemporary table design with a whose who of designers: Carl Aubock, Altamara, Azucena, Willy Beck, Melchiorre Bega, Jean Cailette, Franco Campo, Castiglioni, Chiesa, Norman Cherner, Hans Coray, Carlo Di Carli, Eames, Karl Erik Ekselsius, Fontana, Arte, Josef Frank, Allan Gould, Florence Knoll, Cesare Lacca, Ross Littell, Bender Madsen, Vico Magistretti, Greta Grossman Magnusson, Ross Littell, George Nelson, Ico Parisi, Borge Mogensen, Gio Ponti, Pontippidan, Harvey Probber, Jean Prouve, Alain Richard, Jean Royere, Svenskt Tenn, Ilmari Tapiovaara, Kristian Vedel, Techno, Edward Wormley Dennis Young


Condition tears and wear to top of dustjacket and wear to edges, slight yellowing to paper edges.



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