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AN UNUSUAL REVERSE PAINTED GLASS AND ROSEWOOD CORNER CABINET
DESIGNED BY GIO PONTI, DECORATED BY PIERO FORNASETTI, 1941
The triangular wood cabinet on three tapering legs fitted with rectangular glass panel doors, reverse painted with a melange of butterflies, fruits and flowers against a black ground, with original key, stamped 3766 and with artist's monogram--67in. (170CM.) high, 23 5/8in. (60cm.) wide, 15 3/8in. (40cm.) deep
cf. "MOBILI IN VETRO", La Stile, Milan, May/June 1941, n.5,6, p.44 for an illustration of a similar cabinet
DESIGNED BY GIO PONTI, DECORATED BY PIERO FORNASETTI, 1941
The triangular wood cabinet on three tapering legs fitted with rectangular glass panel doors, reverse painted with a melange of butterflies, fruits and flowers against a black ground, with original key, stamped 3766 and with artist's monogram--67in. (170CM.) high, 23 5/8in. (60cm.) wide, 15 3/8in. (40cm.) deep
cf. "MOBILI IN VETRO", La Stile, Milan, May/June 1941, n.5,6, p.44 for an illustration of a similar cabinet