The Italian Interiors of Elsa Peretti is the first book dedicated exclusively to the private Italian homes of the late artist and jewellery designer, photographed in spaces never open to the public — including on the day her Rome apartment was sold.
About This Book
Elsa Peretti reshaped jewellery design in the twentieth century, but her domestic world has remained largely unseen — until now. This volume, made in close collaboration with the Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation, moves between two Italian residences: Torre Avoltore, a towering coastal home in Porto Ercole, and the Rome apartment where she grew up. Estelle Hanania's photography renders these interiors with an ethereal quality, capturing terracotta warmth, personal clothing collections, and accumulated artworks that make the spaces unmistakably Peretti's own. An introductory essay by Stefano Palumbo centres her creative relationship with architect and designer Lorenzo Mongiardino, grounding the visual material in a broader discourse on interior design and artistic identity.
Key Features
- 136 pages of large-format colour photography of private interiors never previously published as a dedicated volume
- Photography by Estelle Hanania; introductory essay by Stefano Palumbo; closing text by photographer Dominique Nabokov
- Torre Avoltore, Porto Ercole and the Rome family apartment featured as primary case studies
- Published by Apartamento, 2001
What You'll Discover
- How Elsa Peretti translated her artistic sensibility into domestic space — through personal collections of clothing, art, and objects accumulated across a lifetime
- The creative dialogue between Peretti and architect-designer Lorenzo Mongiardino, whose influence shaped the character of her interiors
- Estelle Hanania's photographic approach to interior atmosphere, where light and material texture carry as much meaning as the objects themselves
- A rare historical document: the Rome apartment was photographed the day before its sale, making these images the final record of its interior as Peretti left it
About the Author
Elsa Peretti was an artist and jewellery designer whose work completely reshaped the field in the twentieth century; her designs continue to be worn by some of the world's most prominent figures. This volume was produced in close collaboration with the Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 136
- Dimensions: 240 x 285 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9788409608898
- Publisher: Apartamento
- Publication Date: 2001
Perfect For: Interior design practitioners and historians, admirers of twentieth-century Italian design culture, and readers drawn to the intersection of artistic identity and private domestic space.