Design Edit Milan
Design Edit Milan
Gio Ponti
Eight chairs, model n. 676
Lot Closed
June 27, 04:34 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Eight chairs, model n. 676
designed in 1954
Walnut, brass and velvet upholstery
With manufacturer label FIGLI di AMEDEO CASSINA TEL 72.38 MEDA (MILANO) to the underside of five chairs
Cassina edition, Meda, Italy
Each: 84 x 53,5 x 48 cm; 33 1/16 x 21 1/16 x 18 7/8 in.
Fasan restaurant, Lissone, Italy
Acquired from the above by the current owner
Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Italiano degli anni '40 e '50, Bari, 2010, p. 41
Ugo La Pietra, Gio Ponti, Milan, 2009, pp. 205, 279
Giampiero Bosoni, made in Cassina, Milan, 2008, p. 149
The present lot is part of the furnishings of the restaurant Fasan in Lissone, Italy, which was commissioned by Egidio Brugola to Gio Ponti in 1954, as part of the entrepreneur's vision to have a corporate space to entertain clients and agents.
The lot is sold together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives