Gio Ponti 1940's for Fontana Arte Console With Curved Mahogany Legs and Glass Top

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Very rare and elegant console designed by the Italian master Gio Ponti and manufactured in the late 1940s by Fontana … more Very rare and elegant console designed by the Italian master Gio Ponti and manufactured in the late 1940s by Fontana Arte with curved mahogany legs and elaborate curved featuring a glass top. The glass top curves beautifully and adds to the elegance while brass details on the legs add another texture and sophistication to this well designed console.

Literature: R. Aloi, Esempi di arredamento moderno di tutto il mondo. Tavoli, tavolini, carrelli, Hoepli, 1950 fig.39; F. Deboni, Fontana Arte: Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand, fig. 145, Turin, 2012.

Gio Ponti was an icon of the modernist movement: the Italian designer, architect, artist and publisher contributed significantly to the worlds of architecture and design with his extensive work in Fine furniture and ceramics, education, office and residential buildings, and everything in between. In 1931, Ponti became artistic director of the design manufacturer Fontana Arte, going on to design numerous objects for the company. Among the furniture pieces Ponti created were coffee tables such as the Tavolino 1932 coffee table, as well as many lamps, such as the Pirellone, the Pirellina, and Bilia lamps. less