Gio Ponti’s “Orologi per Boselli” Industrial Double Sided Wall Clock
View Similar Items
Gio Ponti’s “Orologi per Boselli” Industrial Double Sided Wall Clock
About the Item
- Creator:Gio Ponti (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)Depth: 4.75 in (12.07 cm)
- Style:Industrial (In the Style Of)
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1936
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Mt Kisco, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU89711075764
Gio Ponti
An architect, furniture and industrial designer and editor, Gio Ponti was arguably the most influential figure in 20th-century Italian modernism.
Ponti designed thousands of furnishings and products — from cabinets, mirrors and chairs to ceramics and coffeemakers — and his buildings, including the brawny Pirelli Tower (1956) in his native Milan, and the castle-like Denver Art Museum (1971), were erected in 14 countries. Through Domus, the magazine he founded in 1928, Ponti brought attention to virtually every significant movement and creator in the spheres of modern art and design.
The questing intelligence Ponti brought to Domus is reflected in his work: as protean as he was prolific, Ponti’s style can’t be pegged to a specific genre.
In the 1920s, as artistic director for the Tuscan porcelain maker Richard Ginori, he fused old and new; his ceramic forms were modern, but decorated with motifs from Roman antiquity. In pre-war Italy, modernist design was encouraged, and after the conflict, Ponti — along with designers such as Carlo Mollino, Franco Albini, Marco Zanuso — found a receptive audience for their novel, idiosyncratic work. Ponti’s typical furniture forms from the period, such as the wedge-shaped Distex chair, are simple, gently angular, and colorful; equally elegant and functional. In the 1960s and ’70s, Ponti’s style evolved again as he explored biomorphic shapes, and embraced the expressive, experimental designs of Ettore Sottsass Jr., Joe Colombo and others.
Ponti's signature furniture piece — the one by which he is represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Germany’s Vitra Design Museum and elsewhere — is the sleek Superleggera chair, produced by Cassina starting in 1957. (The name translates as “superlightweight” — advertisements featured a model lifting it with one finger.)
Ponti had a playful side, best shown in a collaboration he began in the late 1940s with the graphic artist Piero Fornasetti. Ponti furnishings were decorated with bright finishes and Fornasetti's whimsical lithographic transfer prints of things such as butterflies, birds or flowers; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts possesses a 1950 secretary from their Architetturra series, which feature case pieces covered in images of building interiors and facades. The grandest project Ponti and Fornasetti undertook, however, lies on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean: the interiors of the luxury liner Andrea Doria, which sank in 1956.
Widely praised retrospectives at the Queens Museum of Art in 2001 and at the Design Museum London in 2002 sparked a renewed interest in Ponti among modern design aficionados. (Marco Romanelli’s monograph, which was written for the London show, offers a fine overview of Ponti’s work.) Today, a wide array of Ponti’s designs are snapped up by savvy collectors who want to give their homes a touch of Italian panache and effortless chic.
Find a range of vintage Gio Ponti desks, dining chairs, coffee tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.
- Sculptural Tramp Art Double Sided Frame and CandleholderLocated in Mt Kisco, NYA magnificent and elaborate hand-carved wood sculptural frame. It is mirror image double sided. The base reads "1945" & "SOUVENIR" on both sides. The ...Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
MaterialsWood
- Vintage Steel Industrial Storage Crate on StandLocated in Mt Kisco, NYA vintage rectangular steel factory storage crate on a custom made hand painted wood stand.Category
Vintage 1940s American Industrial Side Tables
MaterialsSteel
- Pair of French Industrial Metal and Wood StoolsLocated in Mt Kisco, NYA pair of black painted steel stools with round wood seats. Geometric design with a rounded footrest, topped with stained and lacquered pressed wood seats.Category
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Stools
MaterialsMetal
- Tramp Art Sewing Stand/Side TableLocated in Mt Kisco, NYA hand-carved sewing box stand.Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Side Tables
MaterialsWood
- Exceptional Tramp Art Mirrored Wall CabinetLocated in Mt Kisco, NYAn antique Tramp Art hanging cabinet with mirrored panel doors that open to a single shelving unit, over one long drawer over two short drawers.Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Cupboards
MaterialsWood
- 19th Century English Giltwood Wall MirrorBy Robert AdamLocated in Mt Kisco, NYA neoclassical style oval wall mirror crowned with an urn and stylized dolphins. The mirrored glass is original.Category
Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
MaterialsGiltwood
- Gio' Ponti Wall Clock Brass Metal 1950 ItalyBy Gio PontiLocated in Milano, ITRare Wall ClockCategory
Vintage 1950s Italian Other Wall Clocks
MaterialsBrass
- Large Industrial Square Double Sided Factory Wall Clock from Pragotron, 1970sBy PragotronLocated in Kojetice, CZThis square double sided railway, school or factory wall clock was produced by Pragotron, in former Czechoslovakia, during the 1970s. The piece features a grey metal body, a dark gre...Category
Vintage 1970s Czech Industrial Wall Clocks
MaterialsAluminum, Iron
$614 Sale Price / item20% Off - Large Industrial Bakelite Double Sided Factory Clock from Pragotron, 1950sBy PragotronLocated in Kojetice, CZThis large double-sided factory clock was produced by Pragotron, in former Czechoslovakia, during the 1950s. The piece features a two brown bakelite clock with glass cover and iron c...Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
MaterialsIron
- Grey Industrial Bakelite Double Sided Factory Clock from Pragotron, 1980sBy PragotronLocated in Kojetice, CZThis factory or station double-sided factory clock was produced by Pragotron, in former Czechoslovakia, during the 1980s. The piece features a two grey bakelite clock with glass cove...Category
Vintage 1980s Czech Industrial Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
MaterialsIron
- Large Square Industrial Double-Sided Factory Clock from Pragotron, 1960sBy PragotronLocated in Kojetice, CZThis square double-sided railway, school or factory clock was produced by Pragotron, in former Czechoslovakia, during the 1970s. The piece features a grey hammerpaint metal body, a c...Category
Vintage 1970s Czech Industrial More Clocks
MaterialsAluminum, Iron
- Vintage Black Seiko Maritime Double-Sided Wall Clock, 1980sBy SeikoLocated in Kojetice, CZVintage Industrial Seiko navy slave clock made in Japan during the 1980s. These clocks were used on large tankers and cargo ships. It features a black metal body, a metal dials and a...Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Industrial Wall Clocks
MaterialsIron
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
Barnaba Fornasetti’s Hallucinatory House Has His Father’s Spirit
Behind a nondescript facade in northeastern Milan is the magical residence of Barnaba Fornasetti. It's a shrine to the style developed by his design-legend father, which still defies categorization.
Billy Cotton Layers His Interiors with Lived-In Comfort
The Brooklyn-based designer is adept at styles ranging from austere to over-the-top, espousing an architectural, detail-oriented approach also evident in his line of furniture and lighting.