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A rare and important desk, designed for the offices of the Italian national broadcasting services RAI, circa 1951
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GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
A rare and important desk, designed for the offices of the Italian national broadcasting services RAI, circa 1951
ash, ash veneer, painted wood
executed by Giordano Chiesa, Milan, Italy
30 x 83 ½ x 35 ¾ in. (76 x 202 x 91 cm.)
A rare and important desk, designed for the offices of the Italian national broadcasting services RAI, circa 1951
ash, ash veneer, painted wood
executed by Giordano Chiesa, Milan, Italy
30 x 83 ½ x 35 ¾ in. (76 x 202 x 91 cm.)
Provenance
Galleria Anna Patrassi, Milan;
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2010.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2010.
Literature
Other examples illustrated:
G. Ponti, 'Mobili per un ufficio', Domus, no. 281, April 1953, p. 48;
U. La Pietra, Gio Ponti, New York, 1988, p. 192, fig. 401;
I. de Guttry, M.P. Maino, Il mobile italiano degli anni '40 e '50, Bari, 1992, p. 235, fig. 16.
G. Ponti, 'Mobili per un ufficio', Domus, no. 281, April 1953, p. 48;
U. La Pietra, Gio Ponti, New York, 1988, p. 192, fig. 401;
I. de Guttry, M.P. Maino, Il mobile italiano degli anni '40 e '50, Bari, 1992, p. 235, fig. 16.
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