LOT DETAILS

Materials:

colored mirrored glass,walnut,ebonized wood and patinated brass, with the original brass key

Measurements:

55.12 in. (140.00 cm.) (height) by 31.61 in. (80.30 cm.) (width) by 12.60 in. (32.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

SIGN UP or LOG IN

Literature:

"Mobili Italiani per la Casa Italiana," Domus, no. 141, September 1939, p. 64 (for a period photograph of the model). Gio Ponti, "L'Opera di Pietro Chiesa," Domus, no. 234, March 1949, p. 39, fig. 28 (for a period photograph of the model). Laura Falconi, Fontana Arte: Una Storia Transparente, Milan, 1998, p. 210, no. 83 (for a period photograph of the model). Franco Deboni, Fontana Arte: Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand, Turin, 2012, no. 196 (for another example of the model)

Provenance:

Private European Collection, circa 1938 . Thence by descent. Acquired from the above by the present owner