PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988) AND GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
'Calling Cards' Side Chair, circa 1950
rawhide-upholstery with lithographic transfer, ebonized wood
33 7/8 x 17 1/2 x 18 7/8 in. (86 x 44.5 x 48 cm)
PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988) AND GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
'Calling Cards' Side Chair, circa 1950
rawhide-upholstery with lithographic transfer, ebonized wood
33 7/8 x 17 1/2 x 18 7/8 in. (86 x 44.5 x 48 cm)
Luigi Ricei via Nancy Ackerman, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1990
B. Fornasetti, Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, New York, 2010, p. 260 I. de Guttry, M. Maino, Il Mobile Italiano Deglianni ’40 E ’50, Rome, 2010, p. 166, ref. 6 (for a related example)
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