Italian Empire Furniture: Furnishings and Interior Design from 1800-1843; 1998, NF HC w/DJ

Colle, Enrico. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1998.

English, Near Fine, HC, Folio, 11 1/4" x 10 1/4", 438 pp. 

ISBN: 0847824071

Hardcover in black cloth with blind stamped lettering. Slight cocking to spine, some sunning to edges, and light wear and soiling to bottom tips and text block edge. Near Fine pictorial dust jacket, now in Mylar. 438 pp. Includes reproductions of over 200 black-and-white and full-color images, and 235 drawings of the decorative furniture from a variety of places and patrons, including The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Rome, and The Kingdom of Sardinia. From inside the dust jacket: "This volume, the first of a series devoted to styles of furniture, illustrates the singular and highly original direction that the Empire style took in Italy during the period of French rule and of the Restoration, up to around 1840, when it was gradually overshadowed by a revival of historical styles."