Gio Ponti, Distex lounge chair, model 807

Gio Ponti
Distex lounge chair, model 807

Cassina
Italy, 1953
original skai and chintz upholstery, beech
32 h x 31.25 w x 41 d in (81 x 79 x 104 cm)

This chair retains its original upholstery ifeaturing the Ponti designed pattern, La Legge Mediterranea. Metal inventory tag to reverse 'Brev. No. 1904'. Sold with a digital copy of a certificate of expertise issued by the Gio Ponti Archives.

Provenance: Galleria O, Rome | Casati Gallery, Chicago | Private Collection

Exhibited: Modern Living: Gio Ponti and the Twentieth-Century Aesthetics of Design, 10 June ? 17 September 2017, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia

Literature: Gio Ponti: A World, Romanelli, pg. 58 Gio Ponti: L'Arte Si Innamora dell'Industria, La Pietra, pg. 226 Gio Ponti : Interiors Objects Drawings 1920-1976, Falconi, pg. 153 illustrates fabric Modern Living: Gio Ponti and the Twentieth-Century Aesthetics of Design, Georgia Museum of Art exhibition catalog, illustrates this example
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