Ramesh Thakur and Peter Malcontent
United Nations University Press

Reynal Sorel
Besa

Arvind Sharma
Neri Pozza

Esther De Boer
Claudiana

Jean Shinoda Bolen
Astrolabio

Alfredo Pirri
Hopefulmonster

Bernard Andreae
Giulio Einaudi Editore

Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
Il Mulino

Jeremy Rifkin
Baldini & Castoldi

Paola Dubini
Editori GLF Laterz

La cultura non serve, interessa a pochi, non rende... Non è così. Paola Dubini lo dimostra in questo saggio con cifre, fatti e argomenti, a proposito di libri e di musei, di teatro e di cinema, di musica, arte e patrimonio storico. La cultura è parte della nostra vita come l'aria che respiriamo.

Italy 19th Century

Walnut bridge bookcase, front composed of three blocks of which the sides with glass top and base with paneled doors, the central element has glass top and free space underneath for placing a writing desk. Interior in fir. The piece of furniture has undergone changes in height and adaptations. Italy, 19th century.

365 x 257 cm

Keshan carpet in cotton and wool, large knot and hand made.

Vintage dressing table made of white plastic material with pull-out chair with seat and back in blue fabric, both with wheels.

Three-seater sofa from the 60s with foam padding and new fabric upholstery with enamelled metal legs.

Kartell Production 60s-70s

Table with adjustable feet; plastic material.

Leonard Euler
s.e.

France Late 19th century

France, late 19th century; extendable table with opening hinges made of walnut, with six legs, two of which are central to support the extensions. It was born with wheels under the feet, which are now missing.

Italy, Early XX Century

Pair of Rococo style beds from the early 1900s. S-shaped legs support the structure with slightly curved headboards and footboards completely carved with rocaille and floral motifs.

Cabinet with hinged doors, central display cabinet and open shelves, oak veneer.

Fabio Mora
L'Erma di Bretschneider

Italy Second Half 19th Century

Candelabra in carved, lacquered and gilded wood, resting on a posthumous base in gilded wood and velvet. Italy, second half of the 19th century.

Oil on canvas. Dutch school of the early 1900s. Looking in the pictorial methods and subject to the Flemish models of the previous centuries, the painting presents on a rustic wooden surface mixed fruit, with grapes, an orange, cherries, a lemon with the peel partially removed, and a wine glass with a particular base, worked with metal studs. The work is presented in a frame in style.

England Mid 20th Century

Chippendale style bureau from the mid-twentieth century. Veneered in quadripartite mahogany with maple fillets, oak interior. The slender bureau with four wavy legs presents three drawers and a drop-leaf door concealing a top covered in green morocco for easy writing and a cabinet with two drawers and letter holders.