Gio Ponti Rare 'Mariposa' armchair, model no. 851, from a private villa, Liguria circa 1958 Stained walnut, vinyl. 96.5 x 81.5 x 82.5 cm (37 7/8 x 32 1/8 x 32 1/2 in.) Manufactured by Cassina, Meda, Italy. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives.
Provenance Private collection, Liguria, Italy, 1958-1959 Thence by descent Private collection, Milan Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature 'Mostra a Villa Olmo', Domus, no. 335, October 1957, p. 43 Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Italiano Degli Anni '40 e '50, Bari, 1992, p. 62, fig. 43 Ugo La Pietra ed., Gio Ponti L’arte si innamora dell’industria, New York, 2009, p. 238, fig. 501 Laura Falconi, ed., Gio Ponti Interiors, Objects, Drawings, 1920-1976, Milan, 2010, p. 186 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 Rare 'Mariposa' armchair, model no. 851, from a private villa, Liguria circa 1958 Stained walnut, vinyl. 96.5 x 81.5 x 82.5 cm (37 7/8 x 32 1/8 x 32 1/2 in.) Manufactured by Cassina, Meda, Italy. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives.
Provenance Private collection, Liguria, Italy, 1958-1959 Thence by descent Private collection, Milan Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature 'Mostra a Villa Olmo', Domus, no. 335, October 1957, p. 43 Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Italiano Degli Anni '40 e '50, Bari, 1992, p. 62, fig. 43 Ugo La Pietra ed., Gio Ponti L’arte si innamora dell’industria, New York, 2009, p. 238, fig. 501 Laura Falconi, ed., Gio Ponti Interiors, Objects, Drawings, 1920-1976, Milan, 2010, p. 186 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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