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EXECUTIVE OFFICE
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GIO PONTI, ITALY
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
1950, executed by cabinetmaker Giordano Chiesa, to include a pedestal desk, oak and glass, with brass sabots; together with a corresponding dashboard, fitted with adjustable brass reading light, brass shelf and storage compartments; and an associated oak and leather side chair
desk 31½ in. (80 cm.) high; 79 in. (201 cm.) wide; 29¾ in. (76 cm.) deep; panel 63¾ in. (162 cm.) high; 113¾ in. (289 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (31 cm.) deep; lamp 77½ in. (197 cm.) approximate length arm extended; shade 18½ in. (47 cm.) wide; chair 35½ in. (90 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide; 19¾ in. (50 cm.) deep (4)
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
1950, executed by cabinetmaker Giordano Chiesa, to include a pedestal desk, oak and glass, with brass sabots; together with a corresponding dashboard, fitted with adjustable brass reading light, brass shelf and storage compartments; and an associated oak and leather side chair
desk 31½ in. (80 cm.) high; 79 in. (201 cm.) wide; 29¾ in. (76 cm.) deep; panel 63¾ in. (162 cm.) high; 113¾ in. (289 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (31 cm.) deep; lamp 77½ in. (197 cm.) approximate length arm extended; shade 18½ in. (47 cm.) wide; chair 35½ in. (90 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide; 19¾ in. (50 cm.) deep (4)
Literature
Ugo La Pietra, Gio Ponti, New York, 1995, p.190, pl.396-399 (drawings and illustrations of near-identical executive office, dated 1948)
Special notice
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