HEADBOARD AND BED

Details

GIO PONTI; ITALY
HEADBOARD AND BED
1950, executed by cabinetmaker Giordano Chiesa, Ferrara root-walnut and curly birch, brass, the headboard fitted with three pairs of lights and drawers, the bedframe retaining box-spring
headboard 41 in. (104.5 cm.) high; 127 in. (323 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep; bed frame 10¾ in. (27 cm.) high; 73½ in. (187 cm.) wide; 81½ in. (207 cm.) deep (2)

Literature

Domus 256, 1951, p.30 (illustrated in-situ)
Ugo La Pietra, Gio Ponti, New York, 1995, p.161 (discussion of this design)

Special notice

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.

Lot Essay

The Casa Ceccato provided Ponti with the opportunity to experiment with furnishing concepts, many of which were to be developed in subsequent designs and projects. Among the first was the headboard-dashboard, presented as a formula for a modern bed. Amongst other peculiarities was the prolific use of carefully selected Ferrara root-walnut, which was bleached to emphasise its decorative qualities, and the concept of an entirely mirrored wall (lot 18).

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