Gio Ponti, Desk, designed for the Altamira showroom, New York

circa 1953
Walnut, ash-veneered wood, brass.
32 3/8 x 70 x 27 1/4 in. (82.2 x 177.8 x 69.2 cm)
Executed by Giordano Chiesa, Milan, Italy. Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.

Provenance

Christie's, New York, "20th Century Decorative Art & Design," September 26, 2007, lot 374
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

"Forma d'una scrivania," Domus, no. 289, December 1953, p. 52
"Alloggio uniambientale alla Triennale," Domus, no. 301, December 1954, p. 31
Lisa Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti: The Complete Work 1923-1978, Cambridge, 1990, pp. 8, 166
Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, New York, 2009, p. 233