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Title Proper/Title Text
Il Palazzo del Siam all'Esposizione di Torino 1911

Creator Description
Carlo Follini is the author of the watermark, his signature is in the right left corner

Related Protagonists

• Follini, Carlo

Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca.

Place of Publication/Creation Place
Turin

Dimensions Description
14x9 cm

Inscription Language
Italian (Language)

Related Built Environment Objects

• Pavilion of Siam

Descriptive Note Text

This postcard reproduces a watercolor of the Pavilion of Siam by painter Carlo Follini.  The watercolor gives us a glimpse of what the original colors of the Pavilion might have been, in constrast with the Exposition's neo-baroque pavilions that were consistently white. The Pavilion was inspired by the architecture of local temples (Wat) with large, polychrome roofs, in the so-called "binocular style," and with a golden dome, as shown in this image.

This postcard was mailed from Turin to Piacenza, Italy on 27 April, 1912.

Related Work/Label Identification
This postcard belongs to a special postcard collection by the Executive Committee of the Turin 1911 Fair. The color watermark is also published as annex to the issue n°17 of the Giornale Ufficiale.

Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)

Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-PSIA-0003