The Mollino Scrapbook

The Mollino Scrapbook
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The Mollino Scrapbook

  • Original production drawing of the present table design. Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino.
  • Carlo Mollino’s studio registry. The present Dining Table is registered under number 6934. Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino.
  • Carlo Mollino’s official invitation to participate in the Italy at Work exhibition from the Compagnia Nazionale Artigiana, dated December 31, 1949. Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino.
  • As part of the invitation, some guidelines for Mollino’s exhibition which are framed around the concept of an “All-Purpose Room (For Moderate Income)”. Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino.
  • List of institutions participating in the traveling exhibition across the United States. Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino.
  • Letter dated March 28, 1950, stating that Mollino’s exhibition proposal was accepted by Walter Dorwin Teague, Richard Miller (Director of the Art Institute of Chicago) and Charles Nagel (Director of the Brooklyn Museum). Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino.
  • A page from Mollino’s personal patent book detailing his unique approach to the bent plywood technique. The page is illustrated with a masterful example of this complex process - the present Dining Table.
  • The present Dining Table at the Apelli & Varesio workshop prior to shipment to the Brooklyn Museum, 1950. Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino.
  • The present Dining Table at the Apelli & Varesio workshop prior to shipment to the Brooklyn Museum, 1950.
  • The present Dining Table at the Apelli & Varesio workshop prior to shipment to the Brooklyn Museum, 1950.
  • Prefabricated section from Carlo Mollino’s “All-Purpose Room (For Moderate Income)” at the Apelli & Varesio workshop, circa 1950
  • Prefabricated section from Carlo Mollino’s “All-Purpose Room (For Moderate Income)” at the Apelli & Varesio workshop, circa 1950
  • Contact prints of Mollino’s prefabricated presentation at the Apelli & Varesio workshop, circa 1950. Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino.
  • Contact prints of Mollino’s prefabricated presentation at the Apelli & Varesio workshop, circa 1950. Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino.
  • Contact prints of Mollino’s prefabricated presentation at the Apelli & Varesio workshop, circa 1950. Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino.
  • Carlo Mollino’s official invitation to the Italy at Work exhibition opening dinner at the Brooklyn Museum. Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino.
  • The present Dining Table at the Brooklyn Museum in the Italy at Work exhibition, 1950. Courtesy Brooklyn Museum.
  • Entrance to the Italy at Work exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1951.
  • The present Dining Table at the Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts in the Italy at Work exhibition, circa 1951.
  • Carlo Mollino’s prefabricated exhibition illustrated in Domus Magazine, no. 253, November-December 1950.
  • The present Dining Table illustrated in Domus Magazine, no. 253, November-December 1950.
  • The present Dining Table in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum. Courtesy Brooklyn Museum.
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