Lot Essay
cf. Laura Falconi, Fontana Arte: A Transparent History, 1998, p. 73 for an illustration of this model in situ in the Fontana Arte showroom, Rome, 1938
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A BRUSHED METAL SIX-LIGHT TORCHERE
GIO PONTI, ATTRIBUTED, FOR FONTANA ARTE, CIRCA 1938
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A BRUSHED METAL SIX-LIGHT TORCHERE
Gio Ponti, Attributed, for Fontana Arte, Circa 1938
With a disc-shaped foot issuing a slender cylindrical shaft terminating in a crown and supporting six branches, each with horn-shaped arms and conical shades
82¼in. (209cm.) high
Gio Ponti, Attributed, for Fontana Arte, Circa 1938
With a disc-shaped foot issuing a slender cylindrical shaft terminating in a crown and supporting six branches, each with horn-shaped arms and conical shades
82¼in. (209cm.) high