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Gio Ponti Pair of armchairs, model no. 110 1950s Vinyl, walnut, brass nail heads. Each: 86.3 x 56.8 x 56 cm (33 7/8 x 22 3/8 x 22 in.) Manufactured by Figli di Amedeo Cassina, Meda, Italy.
Literature 'Across the seas collaborations for the new Singer collection', Interiors, December 1951, p. 127 Gio Ponti 'Dalla IX alla X Triennale', Domus, no. 265, December 1951, p. 12 Gio Ponti ed., 'Studio legale a Milano', Domus, no. 286, September 1953, p. 34 Marco Romanelli ed., Gio Ponti A World, exh. cat., Design Museum, London, 2002, p. 90 Catalogue Essay The present model was exhibited at the IX Milan Triennale in 1951. 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