Hemp for cotton: Sodolin and the Cotonificio Valle di Susa
Advertising sheet for Sodolin, Cotonificio Valle di Susa. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A hemp plant drawn as an ornament, a spinning wheel…
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Advertising sheet for Sodolin, Cotonificio Valle di Susa. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A hemp plant drawn as an ornament, a spinning wheel…
August 2026Advertising sheet for the Società Boracifera di Larderello. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. Most sheets in this campaign had to invent their imagery.…
August 2026Advertising sheet for Snia Viscosa. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A Roman statue with a shield stands where a fashion model ought to…
August 2026Advertising sheet for Tessuti Marzotto. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. At the top, a photographed flock of sheep, packed so tight they read…
August 2026Thessaloniki's fifteen Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments are inscribed since 1988 — from the third-century Rotunda of Galerius to the fourteenth-century frescoes of the Latomou…
August 2026Advertising sheet for Gilera, Arcore. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. This is the one sheet in the series that names its own year.…
August 2026Advertising sheet for Distillerie Italiane, Milan. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. The draughtsman was asked to make industrial alcohol heroic, and he found…
August 2026Advertising sheet for Carlo Erba S.A. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. An eagle fills the page, and under its wing, where another campaign…
August 2026Advertising sheet for Bemberg. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A marble goddess stands against a night sky scattered with sparks, and across her…
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