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Gio Ponti vanity desk console table with a adjustable Fontana arte mirror, 1950

Creator: Gio Ponti
Offered by: Compendio Gallery

Description
rare Gio Ponti toilette, vanity table dressing table
one drawer with an adjustable brass mirror by Fontana Arte
produced by Giordano Chiesa for Dassi circa 1950
walnut, olive wood veneer, brass and mirror glass
very good original conditions
Measures: H 128cm (79,5cm without the mirror support) 100 x 55 cm top: 55 x 100 cm; mirror: 35 cm dia

this vanity is comes from a private furniture (1950-1950) of whose furnishings we know 2 other vanities and a pair of consoles sold in different Auction house in the past; this model was a prototype for a famous and very well known toilette used by Gio Ponti for the private furniture of the Hotel Royal in Naples in 1955 and then in 1964 for the Hotel Parco dei Principi in Rome and in Sorrento.
the refined details of the fake drawers on the sides of the desk and the adjustable and removable mirror make this prototype a very valuable piece
In 28/05/2019 a similar vanity was sold at Artcurial Auction in Paris at €29.900

Literature: Gio Ponti: L'Arte Si Innamora Dell'Industria, La Pietra, ppg. 365, 367;
Domus, no. 317, April 1956, no. 318, May 1956, and no. 325, December 1956, for a Dassi advertisement
Fabrizio Mautone "Gio Ponti LA COMMITTENZA FERNANDES" Electa Napoli 2009 pag.14,39,48,49.

More Information

Documentation:	Ample Provenance
Origin:	Italy
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	walnut, olive wood veneer , brass
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1950
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Mid Century
Book References:	Literature: Gio Ponti: L'Arte Si Innamora Dell'Industria, La Pietra, ppg. 365, 367; Domus, no. 317, April 1956,
Catalog References:	Fabrizio Mautone "Gio Ponti LA COMMITTENZA FERNANDES" Electa Napoli 2009 pag.14,39,48,49.
Incollect Reference #:	721796

Dimensions

W.	39.37 in;	H.	50.39 in;	D.	21.65 in;	H.2.	312.99 in;
W.	100 cm;	H.	128 cm;	D.	55 cm;	H.2.	795 cm;

Message from Seller:

Lorenzo Ciompi is a private collector with a wide experience in Italian design achieved starting from the beginning of the 90's. His collection includes famous items designed by Gio Ponti as well as other well-known Italian designers such as Ico Pairisi, Osvaldo Borsani, Carlo De Carli , Carlo Mollino, Melchiorre Bega, Joe Colombo. A lot of furniture items projected by these designers were published on important magazines such as AD, The World Interiors, Elle, Domus.