Gio Ponti (1891-1979) for Casa e Giardino
Rare Armchair
Italy, 1936-1937
Gio Ponti (1891-1979) for Casa e Giardino
Rare Armchair
Italy, 1936-1937
32 1⁄2 h x 29 1⁄2 w x 29 d x 15 3⁄4 seat h in (83 x 75 x 74 x 40cm)

Rare armchair in antiqued velvet upholstery with patinated brass legs.

One of the most significant of Gio Ponti’s houses during the 1930s was the Casa Laporte (Ponti lived there 1936-1943) on via Benedetto Brin. This model armchair is shown in period photographs of his home. At the VI Milan Triennale in 1936, Ponti presented in a “demonstrative dwelling”, the principles of which his home was a “living demonstration”. This model armchair was featured in this international exhibition.

Sold with a Certificate of Authenticity from the Gio Ponti archives.

 

Provenance
Literature

Lisa Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti: The Complete Works 1923-1978, London, 1990, pp. 82-83

“Un abitazione dimostrativa alla VI Triennale,” Domus, no. 103, July 1936, pp. 15, 17, 19

Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti: Interiors, Objects, Drawings, 1920-1976, Milan, 2010, pp. 111-12

Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, New York, 2009, p. 60, fig. 135, p. 102, figs. 233-34, p. 103, figs. 236-37

Carlo Enrico Rava, Arredamento contemporaneo, Milan, 1946, pls. 48 and 115

Price: SOLD
Item #: PON103
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