La cornice. Evoluzione e design. Dagli anni sessanta a oggi attraverso i modelli Arquati. = The frame. Evolution and design. From the sixties to the present with Arquati models.

Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - Text italienisch und englisch. - Franco Arquctti was born in Parma on March 7, 1938. He attended night school in his hometown. In 1960 he set up Arquati Cornici which, starting life as a workshop on the outskirts of Parma, has developed into a major industry with an international market: the establishment at Castellaro di Sala Baganza supplies 60,000 sales outlets in Europe and America. Awarded the title of "Grande Ufficiale" in 1985, Franco Arquati was made "Cavali� del iavoro" by the President of the Italian Republic in 1992. Since 1990 his active involvement in public life has led to his appointment as chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Salone del Mobile, as a member of the board of Confindusfria, and as chairman of Federlegno-Arredamento and the Comilato Fiere Industrie. Since 1994 he has been president of AFI (the Italian Forestry Association). In 1996 he taught courses in the Engineering Faculty of the University of Parma in the capacity of assistant professor of Economics and Industrial Organization. Paolo Mastromo's book, Franco Arquati. Un mondo in cornice, published by II Sole 24 Ore is devoted to the career and figure of Franco Arquati. ISBN 9788843559091