A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines

"'I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,' says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject and exhibited his collection of machines and historical archive of more than 25,000 reference documents and patents worldwide. Many of the machines in the collection were made before the coffee culture boom and the likes of David Bowie and Kurt Vonnegut invited Americans to be a 'coffee achiever'. Theses are gorgeous machines. And the collection includes designs by leading architects and industrial designers: Gio Ponti, Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Bruno Munari, Alberto Rosselli, Antonio Fornaroli, Aldo Cibic, Giuseppe De Gotzen, Marco Zanuso, Rodolfo Bonetto, the Castiglioni brothers, the list goes on, Giovanni Travasa, Ettore Sottsass, Enzo Mari, Gianfranco Salvemini, Pininfarina and Giugiaro. ..."

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