Journal

The record of the house

The journal of the Fondazione Migone: its essays, studies, and conversations on Casa Migone. The craft and the products, the people who built the name, and the two centuries of Milan the house moved through.

The entry of the French army into Milan, 1796 1778-1955

Eight regimes, five eras, one house

A hundred and seventy-seven years, eight governments: two Austrian, four Napoleonic, one Savoyard, the Republic. Each left its mark on the city and the market. None stopped the shop.

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The offices of Angelo Migone & C. at Corso Loreto, Milan, 1898

Under the new light: Angelo Migone & C. in the age of electricity

The Corso Loreto offices photographed in 1898: electric pendant lamps, men and women working side by side, a figure at the telephone. A city that was, quite literally, lighting itself up.

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