Stool, approximately 1890

accession number:

83.11.11

Publication Date:

1890

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856-1940)

Made by Carlo Bugatti Workshop, Milan, Italy

Format:

Walnut, ebony, pewter, copper, parchment. 17-1/4 x 41 x 16 inches (48.3 x 104.1 x 40.6 centimeters)

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Side chair, 1900

accession number:

84.11.10.1

Publication Date:

1900

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Eugenio Quarti (Italian, 1867-1929)

Made by the Eugenio Quarti Workshop, Milan, Italy

Retailed by James Phillips & Sons Ltd., Bristol, England

Format:

Mahogany, mother-of-pearl, bronze, copper, silver. 36-1/2 x 13 x 14 inches (92.7 x 33.0 x 35.6 centimeters)

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Secretary, 1901

accession number:

88.32.11.16.1

Publication Date:

1901

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Alberto Issel (Italian, 1848-1926)

Format:

Oak, silver electroplate on electro-formed copper and wrought brass, velveteen, embossed and gilded leather, almond shells, paint. 52 1/4 x 32 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (132.7 x 82.6 x 49.5 centimeters)

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Secretary, 1903

accession number:

84.11.17

Publication Date:

1903

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Ernesto Basile (Italian, 1857-1932)

Metalwork by Antonio Ugo (Italian, 1870-1950)

Painted interior decoration by Ettore de Maria Bergler (Italian, 1851-1938)

Made by Ducrot Co., Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Format:

Mahogany, bronze, leather, paint. 67 x 52 x 18-1/2 inches (170.2 x 132.1 x 47.0 centimeters)

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Curtain valance, c. 1905

accession number:

XX1993.27.5

Publication Date:

1905

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designer unknown

Format:

Linen, cotton. 27-1/2 x 96-1/2 x 1-1/2 (69.9 x 245.1 x 3.8 centimeters), framed

Subjects.Display:

Rome, Italy

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Teacart, for the Carretto Siciliano [Sicilian Cart] line, 1906

accession number:

84.11.4.1

Publication Date:

1906

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Ernesto Basile (Italian, 1857-1932)

Made by Ducrot, Palermo, Sicily, Italy 1906-c. 1925

Format:

Polychromed beech, plate glass, brass. 29-3/16 x 44-1/4 x 22-1/4 inches (74.1 x 104.8 x 56.5 centimeters)

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Tureen, 1923

accession number:

85.7.289.103_a_b

Publication Date:

1923

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Guido Andlovitz (Italian, 1900-69)

Made by Society Ceramica Italiana, Laveno, Italy

Format:

Glazed earthenware. 6 x 11 3/4 x 9 inches (15.3 x 29.9 x 22.9 centimeters)

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Le attività gentili. I progenitori [Noble activities. Our ancestors], 1924

accession number:

84.7.51

Publication Date:

1924

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Gio (Giovanni) Ponti (Italian, 1891-1979)

Made by Richard Ginori, Florence, Italy

Format:

Glazed porcelain, gold. 1 1/4 x 12 7/8 inches (3.2 x 31.4 centimeters), diameter

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Incense burners, c. 1925

accession number:

84.9.11.1-.2

Publication Date:

1925

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Modesto Demenego (Italian, 1896-1982) and Ugo Demenego (Italian, 1900-90)

Format:

Wrought iron. 42 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (108.0 x 31.8 centimeters), diameter, each

Subjects.Display:

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Painting, Pavillon doré (Gilded Pavilion), 1922 [Exhibited at the Terza Biennale Romana, Exposizione Nazionale di Belle Arti, Rome, 1925]

Publication Date:

1925

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Tato (pseudonym for Guglielmo Sansoni) (Italian, 1896-1974), Bologna, Italy

Format:

Oil on board. 27 1/2 x 34 inches (69.9 x 88.9 centimeters), unframed

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Vase, commemorating the 20th wedding anniversary of Ugo and Fernanda Ojetti, 1926

Publication Date:

1926

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Guido Maria Balsamo Stella (Italian, 1882-1941)

Engraved by Franz Pelzel (Czech, 1900-74)

Made by Laboratorio Balsamo, Venice, Italy

Format:

Glass. 11 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (29.2 x 28.6 centimeters), diameter

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Plate, Amate il Pane Cuore della Casa ... Mussolini (Love Bread Heart of Home ...), approximately 1927

Publication Date:

1927

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Design attributed to Virgilio Retrosi (Italian, 1892-1975)

Made by Ferruccio Palazzi, Fabbrica Cermiche d'Arte, Rome, Italy

Format:

Tin-glazed earthenware. 1 1/2 x 14 inches (3.8 x 35.6 centimeters), diameter

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Painting, Design for a plate, 1930

Publication Date:

1930

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Alfredo (Alf) Gaudenzi (Italian, 1908-80)

Format:

Gouache over ink on paper. 12-3/8 x 12-7/8 inches (31.4 x 32.7 centimeters)

Subjects.Display:

Albissola, Italy

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Poster, A New York in 6 1/2 Giorni [To New York in 6 1/2 Days], 1932

Publication Date:

1932

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Giuseppe Patrone (Italian, 1904-63)

Printed by Barabino & Graeve, Genoa, Italy

Publisher.Display:

Edizione Supercartello ( Italy )

Format:

Offset color lithograph. 75-15/16 x 53-7/8 inches (192.8 x 136.5 centimeters), unframed

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Sculpture, Profilo continuo del Duce [Continuous Profile of Mussolini], 1933

accession number:

84.6.4

Publication Date:

1933

Creator:

Renato Bertelli (Italian, 1900-1974)

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Format:

Bronzed terra cotta. 11 x 9 inches (28.7 x 22.9 centimeters), diameter

Subjects.Display:

Florence, Italy

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Painting, Prima crociera atlantica su Rio de Janeiro [First Atlantic Long-distance Flight over Rio de Janeiro], 1933

Publication Date:

1933

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Alfredo Gauro Ambrosi (Italian, 1901-1945)

Format:

Oil on canvas. 40 x 51 inches (101.6 x 129.5 centimeters), unframed

Subjects.Display:

Verona, Italy

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Writing desk, 1935

accession number:

84.11.13.1

Publication Date:

1935

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Clemente Busiri Vici (Italian, 1887-1965)

Made by Ditta Alfredo Papalini, Rome, Italy

Format:

Aluminum, plate glass, fiberglass mat, wood, steel. 32-3/4 x 59-1/4 x 30-1/4 inches (83.2 x 150.5 x 76.8 centimeters)

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Poster, L'Art Italien XIX-XX siecles [Italian Art of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries], 1935

Publication Date:

1935

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Umberto Brunelleschi (Italian, 1879-1949)

Printed by Imp. H. Chachoin, Paris, France

Format:

Offset color lithograph. 61 5/8 x 46 1/2 inches (156.5 x 118.1 centimeters), unframed

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Painting, Sintesi Fascista [Fascist Synthesis], 1935

Publication Date:

1935

Creator:

Alessandro Bruschetti (Italian, 1910-1981)

Photo: Bruce White

Format:

Oil on plywood. 61 x 110-13/15 x 2-3/8 inches (154.9 x 281.6 x 6.2 centimeters), overall triptyc

Subjects.Display:

Perugia, Italy

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Chair from the Montecatini Headquarters, Milan, 1938

accession number:

XX1990.815

Publication Date:

1938

Creator:

Photo: Bruce White ( Contributor )

Designed by Giovanni (Gió) Ponti (Italian, 1891-1979)

Format:

Aluminum, painted steel, leatherette. 30 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (76.8 x 47.0 x 47.0 centimeters)

Source Institution:

Florida International University