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PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988) AND GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Lot 163 PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR

PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988) AND GIO PONTI (1891-1979)

A DESK, 1950S

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PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988) AND GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
A DESK, 1950S
lithographically-decorated, lacquered and hand-painted wood, bakelite, silver leaf, brass, with glass top
31 ¼ in. (79.3 cm.) high, 34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) wide, 18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm.) deep
with Fornasetti Milano tag

Private collection, Milan;
Christie's, New York, 19 December 2006, lot 809.

Specialist note

cf. P. Mauries, Fornasetti Designer of Dreams, London, 1991, p. 243 for an example of this model in a different color scheme;
cf. B. Fornasetti, Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, New York, 2010, p. 165 for an example of this model in the Bigletti da visita pattern;
Aria D'Italia VIII Espressione di Gio Ponti, Milan, 1954, p. 55 for an example of this model with a different decorative scheme in the Casa Lucano, 1950.