{"id":111955,"date":"2022-05-15T15:37:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T14:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/ecomsite\/engraved-panels-by-afro-basaldella\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:17:24","slug":"engraved-panels-by-afro-basaldella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/engraved-panels-by-afro-basaldella\/","title":{"rendered":"Engraved Panels By Afro Basaldella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1951 <strong>Afro Basaldella<\/strong> created a series of engraved panels for Rome&#8217;s <strong>Caff\u00e8 Aragno<\/strong>. Fortunately, these panels still exist.<\/p>\n<p>Architect Attilio La Padula (1917-1981) commissioned Afro to do the engravings.<\/p>\n<p>La Padula was engaged in the renovation of <a href=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/caffe-aragno-and-the-roman-school\/\">the historic <strong>Caff\u00e8 Aragno<\/strong><\/a> from May to October 1951.<\/p>\n<p>Afro created &#8220;engraved paintings&#8221; of which three remain, of different sizes. The panels are large slabs of rose-colored plaster on which he engraved geometric figures in white.<\/p>\n<p>A variety of events may have caused some of the engravings to disappear. The cafe&#8217;s first renovation in 1951 was quickly followed by a second one under the management of Alemagna \u2013 which bought the restaurant in 1955 \u2013 during which time Afro&#8217;s engravings were covered with plaster and panels. They were found and restored much later during the cafe&#8217;s final renovation in 1996 after Autogrill had taken over its management.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/it\/retail\/viadelcorso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple opened a large store in the magnificent premises of Palazzo Marignol<\/a>i and the restoration team gave new life to Afro Basaldella&#8217;s engravings and other artworks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1951 Afro Basaldella created a series of engraved panels for Rome&#8217;s Caff\u00e8 Aragno. Fortunately, these panels still exist. 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