Lot 204
Prototype armchair
Sold
£6,350
Est £5,000 - £7,000
Live Auction
CASA FORNAROLI
ARTIST
Gio Ponti
Size
75.2 x 71.7 x 68.5 cm (29 5/8 x 28 1/4 x 26 7/8 in.)
Description

Medium
Fabric, walnut.
Signature
Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.
Provenance
Antonio Fornaroli, Milan Thence by descent
Literature
Paolo Piccione, Gio Ponti: Le Navi: Il Progetto degli Interni Navali, 1948-1953, Viareggio, Italy, 2007, pp. 98-99, 100-01 for similar examples Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti: L’Arte si innamora dell’Industria, New York, 2009, pp. 202-03 for similar examples Sophie Bouilhet-Dumas, Dominique Forest, Salvatore Licitra, eds., Gio Ponti: Archi-Designer, Paris, 2018, p. 129 for similar examples