VERTICAL ART-The Enduring Beauty of Antique Canes and Walking Sticks.

Italy 2012.

A spectacular book that presents 377 rare and remarkable canes drawn from one of the world’s most extraordinary cane collections.
This project is the result a unique amalgam of passions, collecting but also exquisite photography in a spectacular style.It displays the precious material and artistic virtuosity of refined artists. Among the pages you will find carved ivories, nauticals canes, porcelain handles, jewels, folkart.
A 400-page large-format book (26,5 x 36,5 cm), printed in Italy by a historic printing press.

VERTICAL ART-The Enduring Beauty of Antique Canes and Walking Sticks.
Art Direction: Pier Angelo Marengo e Pier Luigi Carboni.
Concept and design: Pier Angelo Marengo e Pier Luigi Carboni.
Texts by: Roberta Maneker.
Foreword: Wendell Garrett.
Photography: Umberto Barone.
Jewelry historian: Simon Teakle.
Printed by: Arti Grafiche Torri
Published in United States by Vertical Art, LLC in association with Hudson Hills Press LLC

1,50” – 4 CM H 10,5” – 26,5 CM L 14,5” – 36,5 CM CM D