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Lot 13
Desk from Casa di Fantasia, Milan
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DESIGN
ARTIST
Gio Ponti
Size
83 x 166 x 69 cm (32 5/8 x 65 3/8 x 27 1/8 in.)
Description
PROPERTY FROM A MILANESE ESTATE
Medium
Burr walnut-veneered wood, glass, brass.
Signature
Executed by Giordano Chiesa, Milan, Italy. Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.
Provenance
Lucano family, Milan
Giordano Chiesa, Milan, acquired from the above
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
Chiesa Arredamenti, sales catalogue, 1950s, illustrated n.p.
Gio Ponti, 'Casa di fantasia', Domus, no. 270, May 1952, illustrated p. 34