Antiques in Italian Interiors

This volume showcases a marvellous range of antiques - from small works of art to rare decorative objects to precious period furniture - housed in some of the most extraordinary private residences in Italy. The homes of princes, scholars, antiquarians, professors, and magnates are presented in over [...]
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This volume showcases a marvellous range of antiques - from small works of art to rare decorative objects to precious period furniture - housed in some of the most extraordinary private residences in Italy. The homes of princes, scholars, antiquarians, professors, and magnates are presented in over two hundred photographs. Most of these images are being published for the first time. The residences range in scale from magnificent grand palazzi, like the Museo Mario Praz in Rome, home to an extraordinary collection of 1200 pieces of furniture, marble, bronze, silver, and crystal works of art, to relatively more modest homes like that of the renowned art historian Frederico Zeri, which contains a priceless collection of Roman epigraphs and a vast art and photography library.Echoing the pictorial images in venerable illustrated volumes on interior design, the photographs in "Antiques in Italian Interiors Volume I" depict intriguing objects and decor and capture the atmosphere and character of each residence. Informative essays by Roberto Valeriani explore the relationship between the antiques and the spaces that house them.The rich style and ambience of the collection of interiors in this book attest to the beguiling layers of history that can be found in Italian interiors and to the special allure of antiques.