Gio Ponti, Drop-front writing desk

circa 1931
Burr amboyna-veneered wood, Honduran mahogany-veneered wood, burr walnut-veneered wood, painted wood, brass.
Closed: 129.7 x 63.5 x 37 cm (51 1/8 x 25 x 14 5/8 in.)
Open: 129.7 x 63.5 x 61 cm (51 1/8 x 25 x 24 in.)
Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.

Provenance

Private collection, Milan

Literature

Lidia Morelli, La Casa che Vorrei Avere, Milan, 1931, p. 277 for a similar example
99 e Piu' Disegni Inedti di Mobili D'Oggi, Volume 1, Domus edition, Milan, 1932, p. 22 for a similar example
'Quattro lavori per il vostro falegname', Domus, no. 106, October 1936, p. 47 for a similar example