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Gio Ponti Monumental chandelier, for the Hotel Parco dei Principi, Rome ca. 1964 Frosted glass, brass. 23 1/4 in. (59 cm.) drop, 81 7/8 in. (208 cm.) diameter Manufactured by Arredoluce, Italy. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives.
Exhibited “Espressioni di Gio Ponti ” Triennale, Milan, May 6 – July 24, 2011 Literature “Il Nuovo Albergo ‘Parco dei Principi’ in Roma,” Domus, no. 425, April 1965, p. 53; Ugo La Pietra ed., Gio Ponti New York, 2009, p. 372, fig. 773; Graziella Roccella, Gio Ponti Master of Lightness, Cologne, 2009. pp. 78–79 for background on Hotel Parco dei Principi, Rome; Germano Celant, ed., Espressioni di Gio Ponti exh. cat., Triennale, Milan, 2011, p. 109, fig. 174 Catalogue Essay The present model was designed for the Hotel Parco dei Principi, Rome. It was thereafter produced by Arredoluce in a very small series, of which four examples are known. Read More Artist Bio Gio Ponti Italian • 1891 - 1979 Among the most prolific talents to grace twentieth-century design, Gio Ponti defied categorization. Though trained as an architect, he made major contributions to the decorative arts, designing in such disparate materials as ceramics, glass, wood and metal. A gale force of interdisciplinary creativity, Ponti embraced new materials like plastic and aluminum but employed traditional materials such as marble and wood in original, unconventional ways. In the industrial realm, he designed buildings, cars, machinery and appliances — notably, the La Cornuta espresso machine for La Pavoni — and founded the ADI (Industrial Designer Association). Among the most special works by Gio Ponti are those that he made in collaboration with master craftsmen such as the cabinetmaker Giordano Chiesa, the illustrator Piero Fornasetti and the enamellist Paolo de Poli. View More Works