GIO PONTI Lounge chair, 1950s
Walnut, fabric, webbing. 33 3/4 in. (85.7 cm.) high Manufactured by Cassina, Italy.
ESTIMATE $15,000-18,000LITERATURE Figli Di Amadeo Cassina Meda Milano, Milan, ca. 1955, fig. 811
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If only Gio Knew – Martino Gamper
As one of the four designers of the future, at Design Miami/ Art Basel 2008, Martino Gamper presented new work inside the Markthalle Basel. Gamper deconstructed famous works by Gio Ponti to build new furniture from them.
Via DesignBoom
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Added October 2009 :
This post is part of the experiment to automate the import of 20 of my prior Charblog | Tumblr tumblrings into this blog via Chairblog | Posterous which initially resulted in 20 posts without a title whereupon I had to edit it manually… Experiment failed:-)
Last edited by gje on October 18, 2009
Pair of Diamond Lounge Chairs and Diamond Sofa by Gio Ponti
Pair of Diamond Lounge Chairs by Gio Ponti at Phillips de Pury, estimated at $120,000-140,000, and
Diamond Sofa by Gio Pontio at Phillips de Pury. ESTIMATE $100,000-120,000
Moved here from ChairBlog | Tumblr on November 8, 2009
Happy Holidays
With this picture of a chair like Cathedral designed by Gio Ponti, really it’s like a Royal Chair, I would like to wish all Chair Blog readers Happy Holidays! The cathedral is in Taranto.