GIO PONTI (1891-1979)

A PAIR OF LEATHER UPHOLSTERED WALNUT 'TRIENNALE' ARMCHAIRS, 1951

Details

GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
A Pair of Leather Upholstered Walnut 'Triennale' Armchairs, 1951
manufactured by ISA, Bergamo
each 41¼ in. (105 cm.) high
each with metal tag monogrammed BPB; one chair marked L/1357 and incised H; the other chair marked L59 and incised O (2)

Provenance

Private collection, Milan.

Lot Essay

cf. I. De Guttry and M. P. Maino, Il Mobile Italiano Degli Anni Quaranta e Cinquanta, Rome-Bari, 1992, p. 237 for an image of an armchair of this model.
A. Branzi and M. De Lucchi, eds., Il Design Italiano Degli Anni '50, Milan, 1981, p. 114 for an illustration of an armchair of this design.
Domus, vol. 264-65, December 1951, for an image of this armchair in an I.S.A. advertisement.

This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lisa Licitra Ponti.

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