Gio Ponti 'Distex' armchair, model no. 807, and rare footstool circa 1954 Stained walnut, original vinyl and fabric, brass. Armchair: 81 x 81 x 105 cm (31 7/8 x 31 7/8 x 41 3/8 in.) Footstool: 35.3 x 49.3 x 53.3 cm (13 7/8 x 19 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.) Manufactured by Figli di Amedeo Cassina, Meda, Italy. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives.
Provenance Private collection, Italy Cambi, Genoa, 'Design', 18 December 2015, lot 11 Literature Domus, no. 293, April 1954, front cover; nos. 294, 295, 296, May, June, July, 1954, n.p. for an advertisement; no. 308, July 1955, p. 64; 'Accanto all'architettura', no. 312, November 1955, p. 20; 'Una porta, e nuovi mobili', no. 321, August 1956, p. 23 Roberto Aloi, L’ Arredamento Moderno, sesta serie, Milan, 1955, fig. 283 Lisa Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti The Complete Works 1923-1978, London, 1990, p. 160 Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Italiano Degli Anni '40 e '50, Bari, 1992, p. 41, fig. 58, p. 241, fig. 37, for an advertisement and a period image Marco Romanelli Gio Ponti A World, Milan, 2002, p. 58 Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti Interiors, Objects, Drawings, 1920-1976, Milan, 2004, pp. 172, 182 Ugo La Pietra ed., Gio Ponti L’arte si innamora dell’industria, New York, 2009, p. 226, figs. 466-67, p. 227, fig. 469, p. 232, fig. 487 Artist Bio Gio Ponti Italian • 1891 - 1979 Among the most prolific talents to grace twentieth-century design, Gio Ponti defied categorization. Though trained as an architect, he made major contributions to the decorative arts, designing in such disparate materials as ceramics, glass, wood and metal. A gale force of interdisciplinary creativity, Ponti embraced new materials like plastic and aluminum but employed traditional materials such as marble and wood in original, unconventional ways. In the industrial realm, he designed buildings, cars, machinery and appliances — notably, the La Cornuta espresso machine for La Pavoni — and founded the ADI (Industrial Designer Association). Among the most special works by Gio Ponti are those that he made in collaboration with master craftsmen such as the cabinetmaker Giordano Chiesa, the illustrator Piero Fornasetti and the enamellist Paolo de Poli. View More Works
Gio Ponti 'Distex' armchair, model no. 807, and rare footstool circa 1954 Stained walnut, original vinyl and fabric, brass. Armchair: 81 x 81 x 105 cm (31 7/8 x 31 7/8 x 41 3/8 in.) Footstool: 35.3 x 49.3 x 53.3 cm (13 7/8 x 19 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.) Manufactured by Figli di Amedeo Cassina, Meda, Italy. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives.
Provenance Private collection, Italy Cambi, Genoa, 'Design', 18 December 2015, lot 11 Literature Domus, no. 293, April 1954, front cover; nos. 294, 295, 296, May, June, July, 1954, n.p. for an advertisement; no. 308, July 1955, p. 64; 'Accanto all'architettura', no. 312, November 1955, p. 20; 'Una porta, e nuovi mobili', no. 321, August 1956, p. 23 Roberto Aloi, L’ Arredamento Moderno, sesta serie, Milan, 1955, fig. 283 Lisa Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti The Complete Works 1923-1978, London, 1990, p. 160 Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Italiano Degli Anni '40 e '50, Bari, 1992, p. 41, fig. 58, p. 241, fig. 37, for an advertisement and a period image Marco Romanelli Gio Ponti A World, Milan, 2002, p. 58 Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti Interiors, Objects, Drawings, 1920-1976, Milan, 2004, pp. 172, 182 Ugo La Pietra ed., Gio Ponti L’arte si innamora dell’industria, New York, 2009, p. 226, figs. 466-67, p. 227, fig. 469, p. 232, fig. 487 Artist Bio Gio Ponti Italian • 1891 - 1979 Among the most prolific talents to grace twentieth-century design, Gio Ponti defied categorization. Though trained as an architect, he made major contributions to the decorative arts, designing in such disparate materials as ceramics, glass, wood and metal. A gale force of interdisciplinary creativity, Ponti embraced new materials like plastic and aluminum but employed traditional materials such as marble and wood in original, unconventional ways. In the industrial realm, he designed buildings, cars, machinery and appliances — notably, the La Cornuta espresso machine for La Pavoni — and founded the ADI (Industrial Designer Association). Among the most special works by Gio Ponti are those that he made in collaboration with master craftsmen such as the cabinetmaker Giordano Chiesa, the illustrator Piero Fornasetti and the enamellist Paolo de Poli. View More Works
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