Gio Ponti - Casa Fornaroli London Thursday, April 27, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Antonio Fornaroli, Milan
    Thence by descent

  • Literature

    Lisa Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti: The Complete Work 1923-1978, London, 1990, p. 150 for a life-size version of the headboard on a double bed
    Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti: L’Arte si innamora dell’Industria, New York, 2009, pp. 176-77 for a life-size version of the headboard on a double bed

  • Catalogue Essay

    The 'I fantini' pattern was also featured in Ponti ceramics for Richard Ginori of the 1920s and early 1930s.

  • Artist Biography

    Gio Ponti

    Italian • 1891 - 1979

    Among the most prolific talents to grace twentieth-century design, Gio Ponti defied categorization. Though trained as an architect, he made major contributions to the decorative arts, designing in such disparate materials as ceramics, glass, wood and metal. A gale force of interdisciplinary creativity, Ponti embraced new materials like plastic and aluminum but employed traditional materials such as marble and wood in original, unconventional ways.

    In the industrial realm, he designed buildings, cars, machinery and appliances — notably, the La Cornuta espresso machine for La Pavoni — and founded the ADI (Industrial Designer Association). Among the most special works by Gio Ponti are those that he made in collaboration with master craftsmen such as the cabinetmaker Giordano Chiesa, the illustrator Piero Fornasetti and the enamellist Paolo de Poli.

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'I fantini' toy furniture

1950s
Ash, fabric, paper-covered ash, fabric-covered ash, brass, steel.
Bed: 18 x 45.7 x 46.4 cm (7 1/8 x 17 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.)
Wardrobe: 42.1 x 59.1 x 13.3 cm (16 5/8 x 23 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)

Comprising one bed with bedding and one wardrobe with four hangers. Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.

Estimate
£1,500 - 2,000 

Sold for £1,651

Contact Specialist

Antonia King
Head of Sale, Design
+44 20 7901 7944
Antonia.King@phillips.com

Casa Fornaroli

London Auction 27 April 2023