A GLASS AND TRANSFER PRINTED MASONITE TABLE

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A GLASS AND TRANSFER PRINTED MASONITE TABLE
DESIGNED BY GIO PONTI, DECORATED BY PIERO FORNASETTI, CIRCA 1950

The Masonite base with four tapering legs ending in metal sabots connected by a wide X-shaped stretcher printed with butterflies, flower sprays and fruits against a creamy yellow ground, surrmounted by a rectangular glass top--18 1/4in.(46.5cm.) high, 63in.(160cm.) wide, 24in.(61cm.) deep

cf. Patrick Mauries, FORNASETTI DESIGNER OF DREAMS, Little, Brown and Company, Toronto, 1991, p. 247, illustrates this model