Gio Ponti, Rare bar cabinet
circa 1930
Mirrored glass, walnut-veneered wood, Brazilian mahogany-veneered wood, sapele mahogany-veneered wood, painted wood, glass, nickel-plated brass.
101 x 92 x 44.5 cm (39 3/4 x 36 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.)
Manufactured by Fontana Arte, Milan, Italy. Back and inside of each door impressed with manufacturer's mark FX. Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.
Provenance
Private collection, Milan
Literature
'Un appartamento risistemato a Milano', Domus, no. 131, November 1938, p. 15 for a similar example
Irene de Guttry, Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Déco Italiano: 1920-1940, Bari, 1988, pl. 25 for a similar example
Laura Falconi, Fontana Arte: Una Storia Trasparente, Milan, 1998, pp. 72-73 for a similar example
Franco Deboni, Fontana Arte: Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand, Turin, 2012, p. 20 for a similar example
Bid on this lot
circa 1930
Mirrored glass, walnut-veneered wood, Brazilian mahogany-veneered wood, sapele mahogany-veneered wood, painted wood, glass, nickel-plated brass.
101 x 92 x 44.5 cm (39 3/4 x 36 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.)
Manufactured by Fontana Arte, Milan, Italy. Back and inside of each door impressed with manufacturer's mark FX. Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.
Provenance
Private collection, Milan
Literature
'Un appartamento risistemato a Milano', Domus, no. 131, November 1938, p. 15 for a similar example
Irene de Guttry, Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Déco Italiano: 1920-1940, Bari, 1988, pl. 25 for a similar example
Laura Falconi, Fontana Arte: Una Storia Trasparente, Milan, 1998, pp. 72-73 for a similar example
Franco Deboni, Fontana Arte: Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand, Turin, 2012, p. 20 for a similar example
