Hotel Corona Cortina d’Ampezzo Travel Brochure – 1920's

1920s folding travel brochure for Hotel Corona in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, with an extensively unfolding interior devoted to hotel life and the Dolomites. The restrained cream cover pairs a framed black-and-white hotel photograph with a mountain emblem and decorative lettering. Inside, fine red and muted gold borders, flowing script and delicate figure illustrations bring a late Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) and early Art Deco character to the photographic layout.

The interior presents elegant lounges, a dining room and a glazed veranda, accompanied by illustrated guests and reproduced sample menus. Further panels combine dramatic mountain photographs with red-toned drawings of outdoor and winter leisure. German promotional text is complemented by sample menus in French and English, creating a richly detailed record of the hotel's presentation to travelling guests.

Published by Barabino and Graeve, this brochure is an appealing addition to collections of historic Italian hotel advertising, Dolomites tourism and decorative interwar travel ephemera. Its long fold-out format allows the interior photographs and illustrations to be enjoyed as a continuous display.

• Type: Hotel travel brochure with fold-out interior
• Condition: Excellent (E), with visible folds and light handling wear. The irregular cut edges are intentional, as confirmed by the seller, and are not damage. Please examine all photographs for details.
• Size: Folded: 14 × 12 cm (5.51 × 4.72 inches); unfolded interior: 14 × 69.5 cm (5.51 × 27.36 inches)
• Style: Late Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) / Early Art Deco
• Location: Cortina d’Ampezzo, Dolomites, Italy
• Date: 1920s
• Hotel: Hotel Corona
• Language: German main text; sample menus in French and English
• Publisher: Barabino and Graeve

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