Eternit Kiosk
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Items (Cataloging Focus)
Title Proper/Title Text
Eternit Kiosk
Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca.
Place of Publication/Creation Place
Milan
Dimensions Description
8 x 12 cm.
Related Built Environment Objects
Descriptive Note Text
This black-and-white phtograph shows the Eternit kiosk, exemplifying the eclecticism characteristic of early twentieth-century exhibition architecture. Thr kiosks fused vernacular Alpine revivalism with elements of the "Stile Liberty" (the Italian variant of Art Nouveau).
The dominant compositional feature is a slender, campanile-like corner tower, terminating in a pitched, faceted spire capped by a wrought-iron finial. The tower's upper part is clad in overlapping tiles laid in a diamond motif, possibly made of the fiber-cement product the pavilion was built to advertise. The campanile's mid-section employs exposed half-timbering with stuccoed panels, a direct quotation of Swiss and Tyrolean chalet construction.
The main volume shows a gabled roof and a projecting loggia with wooden balusters at the upper floor. The ground floor is opened by a multi-paneld window. A low wrought-iron palisade fence and stone entrance stair complete the perimeter, reinforcing the building's chalet-suisse character.
Related Work/Label Identification
This black-and-white photograph was published in L'Albergo Modello tipo Alpino. Esposizione di Torino 1911,1911, 29.
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Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)
Current Repository Numbers
CDC-BR-0002-29