Research Catalog

Title

Atelier Zanolli : fabrics, fashion, craft 1905-1939 / edited by Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Sabine Flaschberger.

Publication

• Zurich, Switzerland : Scheidegger & Spiess, [2022]
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Flaschberger, Sabine
• Atelier Zanolli, artist.
• Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, host institution.

Description

327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 27 cm

Summary

Under the label Atelier Zanolli, a fantastic world of silk fabrics that were painted and imprinted with patterns, opulently embroidered cushions, colorful pearl creations, as well as finely crafted leather and wood articles, was created between 1905 and 1939 in Zurich. The Zanollis had immigrated from Italy in 1905. Their family business was entirely women-run by mother Antonietta and her daughters Pia, Lea, and Zoe Zanolli. The cultural and stylistic influences manifested in the Zanollis' visually appealing product world range from the avant-garde to a typically Swiss aesthetic forged by a national spirit of defense against the increasingly felt threat that Nazi Germany posed to the country in the 1930s. Driven by a striving for artistic self-realization, the atelier defied the many economic challenges of the period and carried out many commissions for Zurich's leading textile businesses and department stores.00This book traces the history of Atelier Zanolli, places its work in the context of the development of Zurich and the Swiss textile industry in the first half of the 20th century, and for the first time also positions the 'Zanolli style' internationally. More than 600 images show the wealth of colors and shapes of the cosmos of textiles and crafted objects, as well as templates, sketches, private photographs, business cards, and letters. The essays illuminate the techniques and work processes used, discuss entire motif families and unique designs, and grant a rare comprehensive insight into the tastes of the time.

Subject

• Atelier Zanolli > Catalogs
• 1900-1999
• Textile fabrics > Switzerland > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Textile crafts > Switzerland > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Textile crafts
• Textile fabrics
• Switzerland

Genre/Form

• History.
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published on the occassion of the exhibition held Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland (May 6, 2022 - September 4, 2022).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-325).

Contents

Viva Zanolli! / Sabine Flaschberger -- La famiglia Zanolli-Recati: a family and its joint ventury / Nadja Aebi -- A. Zanolli & Töchter: a female-run fasion and textile studio in the first half of the twentieth century / Denise Ruisinger -- The Zanolli textiles: a stylistic and contextual analysis / Virginia Gardner Troy -- Lo stile Zanolli / Sabine Flashberger.

Call Number

JQF 22-1434

ISBN

• 9783039420827
• 3039420828

OCLC

1303560527

Title

Atelier Zanolli : fabrics, fashion, craft 1905-1939 / edited by Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Sabine Flaschberger.

Publisher

Zurich, Switzerland : Scheidegger & Spiess, [2022]

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Physical Medium

polychrome monochrome rdacc

illustration portrait rdaill

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-325).

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Flaschberger, Sabine, editor.

Atelier Zanolli, artist.

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 22-1434