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Pietro Chiesa
Mappamondo table light
Lot Closed
September 27, 01:09 PM GMT
Estimate
28,000 - 32,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Pietro Chiesa
Mappamondo table light
Circa 1935
Cameo sandblasted glass, chromed metal, wood and mirrored glass
With the manufacturer’s label FONTANA MILANO on the side of the base and inscribed LINEE MARITTIME ITALIANE PER TUTTO IL MONDO . ITALIA . COSULICH . LLOYD TRIESTINO on the mirrored glass base
Fontana Arte edition, Milan, Italy
40,5 x 33 x 36,5 cm; 16 x13 x 14 ⅜ in.
Collection G.L. Gilli, Italy
Acquired from the above by the current owner
Rosa Barovier Mantasti, Mariateresa Chirico, Giovanna Mori, Anty Pansera and Cladio Salsi, Tra Creativita' e Progettazione Il Vetro Italiano a Milano 1906-1968, Milan 1998, p 151 for a similar example
Franco Deboni, Fontana Arte Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand, Turin 2012, p. 105, for a similar model
Matteo Fochessati, Deco' Anni Trenta in Italia, Pero, 2013, p. 55, for a similar model
Six wonderful days: un invito al viaggio sulle grandi navi italiane, exhibition catalogue, Palazzo della Nuova Borsa , Genova, 13 December 2002 - 16 February 2003, p. 81
Christian Larsen, FontanaArte Vivere nel Vetro House of Glass, Milan, 2022, p. 43
Six wonderful days: un invito al viaggio sulle grandi navi italiane, Sala delle Grida del Palazzo della Nuova Borsa, Genova, 13 December 2002 - 16 February 2003
FontanaArte Vivere nel Vetro House of Glass, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 4 April - 31 July 2022
The Mappamondo table light was commissioned to Fontana Arte by the Trieste steamship Cosulich Line which had been merged with Lloyd Sabaudo and the Navigazione Generale Italiana, to form the Italian Line in 1932, specifically for their representative offices. It was designed by Pietro Chiesa and bears the names of the naval company. The production of this rare lamp was limited and a few examples are known.