Unique Custom Writing Desk 1946-7
by Gio Ponti
£220,000
Code
10333
Gio Ponti
Unique Custom Desk, circa 1946-47
Solid and veneered Italian walnut, original black vinyl, punched holes in polka-dot pattern, brass sabots.
Produced by Fratteli Radice, Milan, Italy.
Together with a copy of its certificate of authenticity by the Gio Ponti archives.
Height: 80 cm
Width: 190 cm
Depth: 68 cm
Provenance:
Original owners, Milan.
Thence by descent, Milan.
Acquired from the above via estate lawyers, 2007.
Acquired by the present private New York collector, 2009.
Designed by Gio Ponti; this desk was made by Fratelli Radice for a private commission in Milan, possibly for an office library, 1946-7 in solid and veneered Italian walnut. The slightly curved structure is optically enhanced by a veneered wood band showing tonal gradations. This is readily visible to the back of this desk. The entire top surface is covered in vinyl with a punched-in polka dot pattern. Specific patterns, particularly polka dots, were already used by Ponti in two other private Milanese commissions; in 1941 and 1942. The tapering legs terminate in brass sabots, in the Pontian manner.
Unique Custom Desk, circa 1946-47
Solid and veneered Italian walnut, original black vinyl, punched holes in polka-dot pattern, brass sabots.
Produced by Fratteli Radice, Milan, Italy.
Together with a copy of its certificate of authenticity by the Gio Ponti archives.
Height: 80 cm
Width: 190 cm
Depth: 68 cm
Provenance:
Original owners, Milan.
Thence by descent, Milan.
Acquired from the above via estate lawyers, 2007.
Acquired by the present private New York collector, 2009.
Designed by Gio Ponti; this desk was made by Fratelli Radice for a private commission in Milan, possibly for an office library, 1946-7 in solid and veneered Italian walnut. The slightly curved structure is optically enhanced by a veneered wood band showing tonal gradations. This is readily visible to the back of this desk. The entire top surface is covered in vinyl with a punched-in polka dot pattern. Specific patterns, particularly polka dots, were already used by Ponti in two other private Milanese commissions; in 1941 and 1942. The tapering legs terminate in brass sabots, in the Pontian manner.
H 80cm x W 190cm x D 68cm
H 31.51" x W 74.83" x D 26.78"
H 31.51" x W 74.83" x D 26.78"
