Villa Della Regina. Il riflesso dell'Oriente nel Piemonte del Settecento
by Caterina, Lucia and Cristina Mossetti  ed



Turin: 2006. 676pp, with 580 colour and 260 monochrome. Cloth, 31.5x22cms.

The Royal Palace in Turin and 27 other royal or noble residences in Piedmont all had rooms decorated in the Chinese style in the 18th century, when the fashion for Chinoiserie spread throughout Italy, and this book examines the palace and eight of these houses. These rooms were often decorated with Oriental lacquer or with hangings of genuine Chinese fabric or wallpaper, and sometimes with western imitations. Rooms that no longer exist, such as that at the Palazzo Lascaris, and others conserved in foreign museums are also considered, with iconographic and technical information about each room. Text in Italian.

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