Live Auction 17273Thinking Italian Design
GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Lot 23 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MILAN

GIO PONTI (1891-1979)

A unique sideboard, designed for a private commission, Milan, circa 1956

Closed16 October 2019

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GBP 12,500

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GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
A unique sideboard, designed for a private commission, Milan, circa 1956
elm, elm veneer, brass
executed by Giordano Chiesa, Milan, Italy
37 ¾ x 98 ½ 36 ¼ in. (96 x 250 x 92 cm.)

Private collection, Milan, circa 1956;
Thence by descent;
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note


With a faceted, diamond-shaped profile that anticipates the footprint of Ponti’s Pirelli Tower, Milan, 1956-1960, the present unique Chiesa-executed sideboard represents an evolution of comparable forms first retailed by Singer in the early 1950s.