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16 January 2020

Loving the essential superfluous in Gorizia

Art & Culture
16 January 2020
Elisa Boemo
Art & Culture

Loving the essential superfluous in Gorizia

The “trunks” of Conte Guglielmo Coronini still astonish.

To allow people to daydream in Palazzo Coronini Cronberg in Gorizia, “The essential superfluous”. superfluous accessories but essential to communicate social class and personality.  From the 18th century fan to the hat, protagonist of the 19th century to the handbag as a must-have of the 20th century, passing through laces, collars, ties...

The objects presented also appear in various paintings and photographs exhibited in the rooms. Like the cachemire shawl, present in various examples belonging to different branches of the family and ornament of the people portrayed in various canvases; warm and refined, it becomes an icon of  19th-century style, imported from France. 
 An aesthetic voyage, somehow symbolic.  The fan, that in the exhibition stands out for the number of quality pieces exhibited, could not be used casually by dames: resting on the right cheek it meant “yes”, on the left “no”, and waved quickly “I am engaged”...
The hat also had its worth: worn by women as a sign of morality (etiquette in the thirties also imposed it in theatres or in public places) but also of vanity, for men it denoted well-being and economic power in its most used variants, from the tuba to the Borsalino.
Gloves often have particular symbolic meanings in high classes.
In the 19th century, they were always used by women to protect themselves from the sun, because white hands meant good education and belonging to a high social class. 
A curiosity: the obsession with hands was such that even constrictive gloves were devised to shape the fingers or finger clips were used to emulate a tapered effect.

Lastly, handbags, which were once used by men and women, from the mini version of the 18th century became more spacious in the 20th century, in line with the lifestyle of the western woman.        
In the exhibition section on the second floor of the stables building, other small treasures illustrate the style of the last descendants of the Coronini counts: fine lace ornaments made between the 17th and 20th centuries, snuff boxes and small lacquered boxes and enamels of the 18th century, walking sticks of the 19th century.

Among the objects that attract the attention of the visitor, the 19th century Luis Vuitton trunk, a brand that debuted with travel items.
Also interesting is the involvement of local institutions: the Max Fabiani Art School of Gorizia with the exhibition "Not only hats", the Research Service, Museums and Historical Archives of ERPAC and the foundation School Of Lace of Gorizia.   
The count's trunks still have a story to tell, the next exhibitions should not be missed.
Palazzo Coronini Cronberg of Gorizia opens its doors to visitors with guided tours every weekend
https://www.turismofvg.it/Musei/Fondazione-palazzo-Coronini-Cronberg-Onlus
 
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Operating in tourism, I live and promote conscious travel. I am fascinated by the past, traditions, legends, and symbolism. For work and for passion I talk about a land that just asks to be explored... and dreamt of.
 

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