Enrico Colle - Il mobile Impero in Italia


Colle, Enrico: Il mobile Impero in Italia. Arredi e decorazioni d'interni dal 1800 al 1843
Milan: Electa, 1998

A comprehensive overview of furniture art and interior design in Italy during the Empire period. The work analyses regional characteristics in the various Italian states (Naples, Rome, Tuscany, Lombardy-Venetia, etc.) and presents the stylistic development in the field of tension between French influence and local tradition. The book documents both courtly and bourgeois decorating culture with rich visual material. An important reference work on Italian Empire furniture art.

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