AN UNUSUAL REVERSE PAINTED GLASS AND ROSEWOOD CORNER CABINET

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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