PEDESTAL DESK

細節

VITTORIO ZECCHIN; ITALY
PEDESTAL DESK
1923, ebonised wood with incised parcel-gilding depicting sea creatures and vines, green leather writing surface, brass pulls
31½in.(80cm.) height; 62½in.(159cm.) width; 27½in.(70cm.) depth

來源

Mr. Giovanni Fumagalli,
Sold in 1940 to Cav. Primo Bertucci,
Thence by descent.

出版

Cf: Irene de Guttry & Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Deco Italiano, Rome, 1988, front cover (cabinet from the 1923 Monza exhibition, now in the collection of Mitchell Wolfson Jnr.)
See also: Fabio Benzi, Il Deco in Italia, Milan, 2004, pp.154-155 (related designs illustrated)

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

It is probable that Giovanni Fumagalli, an engineer and owner of a 'Studio d'Arte', purchased or commissioned this suite from Vittorio Zecchin during or immediately after the 'Prima Esposizione delle Art Decorative di Monza', where the models were exhibited to enthusiastic acclaim. The 1923 exhibition was Zecchin's first in which he presented his designs for tapestries, glass and furniture, amongst them a 'studio con piccolo ambiente', possibly the suite offered, in addition to the dining furniture reproduced in the Benzi reference. The contemporary illustration reproduced on this page shows items from the suite in situ in Fumagalli's palace, Brescia, alongside tapestries woven by Zecchin. Vittorio Zecchin exhibited at the subsequent Monza Biennales of 1925 and 1927, as well as the Venice Biennales throughout the 1920s and 30s. Subsequent to his appointment as artistic director of the glass manufacturers Cappellin Venini & Co, Zecchin embarked on a highly influential career with most of the leading Venetian glass manufacturers until his death in 1947.