Name of Object:

Wardrobe of Luigi Elli of Milan [Paris Exhibition, 1878]

Name in original language:

Armadio letto di Luigi Elli di Milano

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

National Central Library

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Holding Institution (original language):

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale

Date of Object:

1878

Description:

One curiosity, presented at the Universal Exhibition of Paris in 1878, is a modern "bed wardrobe" designed by the Milanese industrialist Luigi Elli. Appreciated more in France than in Italy, and initially excluded from Italian orders, it was reintroduced when the France decided to display it within other French works.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

L'Esposizione di Parigi del 1878 illustrata, Sonzogno Editore, 1878. 1, p. 280.

Additional Copyright Information:

Copyright image: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Roma.

Citation of this web page:

Marina Minozzi "Wardrobe of Luigi Elli of Milan [Paris Exhibition, 1878]" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;214;en

Prepared by: Marina Minozzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 072