Gio Ponti (Italian, 1891-1979) for Cassina
Armchair or Wingback Chair
Italy, 1950s
Gio Ponti (Italian, 1891-1979) for Cassina
Armchair or Wingback Chair
Italy, 1950s
H 38 x W 31 x D 35 x SH 16 ½ in (96.5 x 78.7 x 88.9 x 41.9 cm)
Designed by Gio Ponti for both Cassina and Dassi, armchair with the classic shape of a wingback chair but with the modernist lines and expression exemplary of Pont’s work.
Fully restored and newly upholstered in light blue wool fabric with saddle leather piping.
Provenance
Literature
Domus, no. 318, March 1956, n.p. for an advertisement
Domus, no. 325, December 1956, n.p. for an advertisement
Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Italiano Degli Anni’ 40 e ’50, Bari, 1992, p. 151, fig. 15
Price: $19,500
Item #: PON106