Lot Essay
This lot is sold with a certificate from the Gio Ponti Archive.
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A PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS, DESIGNED CIRCA 1936
Details
GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
A PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS, DESIGNED CIRCA 1936
executed by Confalonieri and Radice, stained walnut, upholstery
each 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) high
A PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS, DESIGNED CIRCA 1936
executed by Confalonieri and Radice, stained walnut, upholstery
each 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) high
Literature
Domus, n. 103, July 1936, cover for a photograph of chairs of this model at the VI Triennale, Milan; pp. 14-22 for an article on Ponti's demonstration home with these chairs;
L. Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti The Complete Work 1923-1978, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990, p. 82 for a view of the living room with a chair of this model, p. 83 for a view of the living room of Ponti's demonstration home at the VI Triennale, Milan;
U. La Pietra (ed.), Gio Ponti, New York, 2009, pp. 102-103 for an illustration of armchairs of this model at the VI Triennale, Milan.
Gio Ponti designed chairs of this model for his demonstration home at the VI Triennale in Milan, 1936. The demonstration home comprised a living room, bedroom, and terrace with utility rooms and throughout the space several of these armchairs were shown in grey hemp fabric. Ponti also incorporated armchairs of this model in his own house, Casa Laporte in Milan, where he lived from 1936-43.
L. Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti The Complete Work 1923-1978, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990, p. 82 for a view of the living room with a chair of this model, p. 83 for a view of the living room of Ponti's demonstration home at the VI Triennale, Milan;
U. La Pietra (ed.), Gio Ponti, New York, 2009, pp. 102-103 for an illustration of armchairs of this model at the VI Triennale, Milan.
Gio Ponti designed chairs of this model for his demonstration home at the VI Triennale in Milan, 1936. The demonstration home comprised a living room, bedroom, and terrace with utility rooms and throughout the space several of these armchairs were shown in grey hemp fabric. Ponti also incorporated armchairs of this model in his own house, Casa Laporte in Milan, where he lived from 1936-43.