Pietro Chiesa and Fontana Arte Large lidded box, model no. 1137, and a small lidded box 1940-1950 Glass, stained wood, brass. Largest: 5.5 x 27.5 x 15 cm (2 1/8 x 10 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) Smallest: 8.1 cm (3 1/4 in.) high, 18.5 cm (7 1/4 in.) diameter Manufactured by Fontana Arte, Milan, Italy.
Literature 'Alcuni rimarchevoli pezzi di Fontana', Domus, no. 132, December 1938, p. 40 for similar examples Guglielmo Ulrich Arredatori Contemporanei, Milan, 1949, n.p. for the large box Quaderni Fontana Arte 3, sales catalogue, Milan, 1950s, p. 38 for the large box Roberto Aloi, Arredamento Moderno, Quinta Serie, Milan, 1952, fig. 149 for similar examples Laura Falconi, Fontana Arte: Una Storia Trasparente, Milan, 1998, p. 78, p. 208, fig. 71 for similar examples
Pietro Chiesa and Fontana Arte Large lidded box, model no. 1137, and a small lidded box 1940-1950 Glass, stained wood, brass. Largest: 5.5 x 27.5 x 15 cm (2 1/8 x 10 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) Smallest: 8.1 cm (3 1/4 in.) high, 18.5 cm (7 1/4 in.) diameter Manufactured by Fontana Arte, Milan, Italy.
Literature 'Alcuni rimarchevoli pezzi di Fontana', Domus, no. 132, December 1938, p. 40 for similar examples Guglielmo Ulrich Arredatori Contemporanei, Milan, 1949, n.p. for the large box Quaderni Fontana Arte 3, sales catalogue, Milan, 1950s, p. 38 for the large box Roberto Aloi, Arredamento Moderno, Quinta Serie, Milan, 1952, fig. 149 for similar examples Laura Falconi, Fontana Arte: Una Storia Trasparente, Milan, 1998, p. 78, p. 208, fig. 71 for similar examples
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