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Gio Ponti SUPERLEGGERA 499 chair by Cassina, 1970s
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Zevenaar, NL
One of his most famous works is the 699 chair designed for Cassina, and its replacement name "Superleggera," Italian for Ultralight, given its feathery weight of just 1700 grams per ...
Cane, Ash
Gio Ponti 699 “Superleggera” Dining Chair for Cassina, 1957
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 699 “Superleggera” dining chair for Cassina, ash, rope, Italy, 1957 In 1957 the Italian furniture manufacturer Amedeo Cassina added a new dining chair to its collection.
Rope, Ash, Wood
Authentic Vintage Superleggera Chair by Gio Ponti for Cassina, 1970
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Dronten, NL
In 1957, Gio Ponti famously tested the Superleggera by tossing it from a fourth-story window, watching it float to the ground.
Cane, Wood
Italian Design Classic - Gio Ponti, Superleggera Chair for Cassina, 1960s
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Renens, CH
The “699 Superleggera” chair is an iconic design created by the renowned Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti. Designed in 1957, this chair is celebrated for its lightweight (ju...
Mohair, Ash
Gio Ponti 699 Superleggera by Cassina in Black, White or Ash
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Prices are dependent on the chosen material. Gio Ponti 699 Superleggera by Cassina. Available in ASHWOOD LACQUERED BLACK or ASHWOOD LACQUERED WHITE or NATURAL ASHWOOD.
Cane, Ash
Set of 10 Gio Ponti 699 Superleggera by Cassina in Black
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of 10 Gio Ponti 699 Superleggera by Cassina in black Manufactured since 1957, the Superleggera wood chair is the rare combination of the architect’s innovative quest and the cut...
Cane, Ash
Gio Ponti 699 “Superleggera” Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1957, Set of 6
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 699 “Superleggera” Dining Chairs for Cassina, Ash, Rope, Italy, 1957, set of six.
Rope, Wood, Ash
Gio Ponti 699 “Superleggera” Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1957, Set of 2
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 699 “Superleggera” Dining Chairs for Cassina, Ash, Rope, Italy, 1957, Set of two In 1957 the Italian furniture manufacturer Amedeo Cassina added a new dining chair to its ...
Rope, Ash, Wood
Gio Ponti 699 “Superleggera” Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1957, Set of 4
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 699 “Superleggera” Dining Chairs for Cassina, Ash, Rope, Italy, 1957, Set of four.
Rope, Ash, Wood
Gio Ponti 699 “Superleggera” Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1957, Set of 12
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 699 “Superleggera” Dining Chairs for Cassina, Ash and Rope, Italy, 1957, Set of twelve.
Rope, Wood, Ash
Gio Ponti 699 “Superleggera” Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1957, Set of 14
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 699 “Superleggera” Dining Chairs for Cassina, Ash and Rope, Italy, 1957, Set of fourteen.
Rope, Wood, Ash
Modernist Vintage Six Superleggera Chairs by Gio Ponti for Cassina 1957 Italy
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Vienna, AT
Modernist Vintage authentic set of six ( 6 ) Superleggera Dining Chairs or Chairs from black lacquered wood and light brown cane mesh designed 1957 by Gio Ponti and manufactured 199...
Wood
Gio Ponti Set of Twelve Superleggera Chairs for Cassina, Italy, 1957
By Figli di Amadeo Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
Gio Ponti designed the Superleggera chair in 1957 for the company Cassina. It is considered an iconic piece of furniture design and a symbol of mid-century modern style.
Straw, Ash
Gio Ponti Natural Aswood Superleggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Rattan, Ash
$19,864 / set
Set d 6 chairs Superleggera, Gio Ponti, Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Questo incredibile set di 6 sedie Superleggera progettate da Gio Ponti per Cassina nel 1950 incarna l'eleganza e la leggerezza dell'estetica moderna.
Straw, Wood
Gio Ponti Frassino Tinto Bianco Aswood Superleggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Rattan, Ash
Gio Ponti Frassino Tinto Nero Aswood Superleggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Rattan, Ash
Chair " Superleggera " in wood by Gio Ponti for Cassina, Italy 1957.
Located in Lot/Drogenbos, BE
Designed by Gio Ponti for Cassina, Italy 1957. Designer - Gio Ponti Producer - Cassina Model - 699 Superleggera Production period - 1960s Measures - Width 40 cm x Depth 44 cm x ...
Wood
Gio Ponti Frassino Tinto Black & White Aswood Superleggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Rattan, Ash
Pair Of 699 Superleggera Chairs Designed By Gio Ponti For Cassina. Italy, 1957.
By Gio Ponti
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Superleggera chairs designed by Gio Ponti for Figli Di Amadeo Cassina.
Rattan, Wood
Divano Le tentazioni di Mario Bellini per Cassina
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Ghedi, IT
Provenienza certificata questo divano porta la firma Cassina incisa sul telaio.Mario Bellini (1935), architetto e designer poliedrico, presidente emerito del MoMA, ha plasmato icone ...
Fabric
$2,538 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Walnut
$2,538 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Walnut
$2,538 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Walnut
$2,350 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Walnut
$2,538 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Walnut
$3,467 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Walnut
$4,443 / item
Gio ponti Pincipi Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Fabric, Ash
$3,185 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair For Cassina
By (After) Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Wood
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair by Cassina - Mid-Century Modern
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Steel
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair by Cassina - Mid-Century Modern
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Steel
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair by Cassina, Mid-Century Modern
By (After) Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In 1957 he designed the super-celebrated Superleggera chair for Cassina, the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful working association.
Wood
Six dinner plates by Richrd Ginori with a design by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti, Richard Ginori
Located in Milan, Italy
In 1957 he designed the famous Superleggera for Cassina, crowning a long and fruitful relationship.
Porcelain
Vintage Beveled Brass Wall Mirror Attributed to Gio Ponti
By (After) Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
He is perhaps best known for his designs of the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, the Montecatini Building (a modernist skyscraper), and the Superleggera chair for Cassina, which became an ...
Brass
Gio Ponti High-Back Dining Chairs, S.A.C. Chiavari, Wood, 1950s, Italy
Located in Nădlac, RO
This breathable, hand-woven texture provides a beautiful organic contrast to the sleek wooden frames. While the Superleggera for Cassina remains Ponti’s most famous chair, the pie...
Natural Fiber, Beech
Set of 8 Chiavari Dining Chairs by Colombo Sanguineti, Italy, 1950s
By Colombo Sanguineti, Chiavari
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
The chiavarina established itself through the nineteenth century as the reception chair of Ligurian and Italian salons, and in the post-war period it became a reference for modern de...
Cane, Ash
Vintage Set of 8 Italian Papercord Black Dining Chairs, woven seat, 1950s
By Gio Ponti, Gessef
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
This elegant ensemble takes clear inspiration from Gio Ponti’s iconic Superleggera chair for Cassina, embracing the same design principle of employing minimal timber to achieve a rem...
Papercord, Beech
Gio Ponti Ceramic Box for Richard Ginori San Cristoforo, Italy, 1927
By Richard Ginori, Gio Ponti, Richard-Ginori San Cristoforo
Located in Malmö, SE
In 1957 he designed the famous Superleggera for Cassina, crowning a long and fruitful relationship.
Ceramic, Porcelain
Silver Metal Sculpture Model Diavolo by Gio Ponti for Sabattini
By Gio Ponti, Lino Sabattini
Located in Milan, Italy
In 1957 he designed the famous Superleggera for Cassina, crowning a long and fruitful relationship.
Metal
Gio Ponti Silver Metal Sculpture Model Hand 5 Fingers for Sabattini, Italy
By Gio Ponti, Lino Sabattini
Located in Milan, Italy
In 1957 he designed the famous Superleggera for Cassina, crowning a long and fruitful relationship.
Metal
Unavailable|$5,524 / set
Set Superleggera Chairs by Gio Ponti for Cassina, 1957
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Manzano, Friuli Venezia Giulia
Set Superleggera chairs by Gio Ponti for Cassina, 1957. Ash strurture wood.
Straw, Ash
Unavailable|$9,168 / set
Gio Ponti Vintage Superleggera Set of Six Dining Chairs Cassina, Italy, 1958
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Delightful early set of six vintage Gio Ponti Superleggera dining chairs by Cassina, Italy, 1958. We can pinpoint the date of production, because the inside of the frame is each stam...
Cane, Ash
Unavailable|$3,761 / set
Gio Ponti and Vincent Darré Pair of "Superleggera" Chairs, Cassina Milano, 1957
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
Gio Ponti Superleggera pair of chairs reupholstered with fantastic fabric with original design "Lazzo" by Vincent Darré. Superlative decoration. Black lacquered ashwood. Very good ...
Fabric, Wood
Unavailable|$3,500 / set
Pair of GIO PONTI Superleggera Chairs
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Authentic and early...an icon of Gio Ponti design from 1955-57 for Cassina. Retains original label. Blue upholstery probably original.
Ash, Upholstery
Unavailable|$1,763
Desk Sculptural Chair, Superleggera by Gio Ponti, 1960s, Iconic
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Milan, IT
Amongst his most famous works, stands the 699 Chair designed for Cassina, and aptly name "Superleggera", italian for Ultralight, given its feather-like weight of just 1700 grams per ...
Velvet, Wood
Gio Ponti for Cassina "Superleggera" Black Chair, Italy 1960s
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Naples, IT
Designed by Gio Ponti in 1951 and produced by Cassina.
Straw, Wood
Pair Of Gio Ponti For Cassina Superleggera Chairs
Located in Pasadena, TX
A pair of mid century modern Superleggera chairs designed by Gio Ponti and made by Cassina.
Ash, Rush
Gio Ponti Cassina Original Superleggera Chair
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in San Diego, CA
Elegant like new original Cassina Superleggera chair, design by Gio Ponti beautiful rope seat stamped Cassina, Made in Italy, in black ebonized ash.
Rope, Ash
Sold|$5,289 / set
Gio Ponti Superleggera for Cassina 1957 Italian Midcentury
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in bari, IT
Set of six chairs model Superleggera by Gio Ponti fo Cassina. Superleggera is a chair designed by the Italian designer Gio Ponti in 1955 and produced by the Italian company Cassina ...
Wood
Sold|$11,753 / set
Gio Ponti Superleggera chairs Cassina Italy 1957
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare set of 6 original Superleggera (super light) chairs designed by Gio Ponti and manufactured by Cassina in Italy in 1957.
Cane, Ash
Italian Design Classic Gio Ponti, Superleggera Chair, Cassina, 2000s
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Renens, CH
The "699 Superleggera" chair is an iconic design created by the renowned Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti. Designed in 1957, this chair is celebrated for its lightweight (j...
Cane, Ash
Gio Ponti for Cassina Italian Midcentury "Superleggera" Dining Chairs, 1960s
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Set of four Italian Mid-Century Modern design dining chairs model Superleggera designed by Italian artist Gio Ponti and produced by Cassina, black stained ash frame and new dark blue...
Fabric, Wood
Sold|$2,092
Superleggera Chair, Gio Ponti, Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Perhaps the most famous object of Italian design, designed by Gio Ponti for Cassina, the superleggera is still a topical and, above all, collectible object.
Straw, Wood
Sold|$10,000 / set
4 Early Superleggera Chairs by Gio Ponti for Cassina Italy 1955
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Set of 4 Superleggera chairs by Italian grandmaster architect and designer Gio Ponti manufactured in the late 1950's by Cassina This set was purchased around 1960 by an artist in ...
Wicker, Ash
Sold|$8,462 / set
Gio Ponti for Cassina Set of 4 Superleggera Chairs, Italy 1980s
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Naples, IT
Un set di quattro sedie Superleggera, prodotte da Cassina all'inizio degli anni '60 e disegnate da Gio Ponti, La sedia Superleggera è un famoso design creato dall'architetto e desig...
Straw, Wood
Sold|$9,873 / set
Set of 4 Superleggera Dining Chairs by Gio Ponti, Cassina 1960
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Renens, CH
These iconic chairs are the model 699 or Superleggera designed by Gio Ponti in 1951. The woods of the chairs structure have a triangular section that allows a super light ("superl...
Wicker, Ash
Sold|$9,403 / set
"Superleggera" Chairs by Gio Ponti for Cassina, 1950s, Set of 6
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in bruxelles, BE
Set of 6 black wood and wicker chairs designed by Gio Ponti for Cassina. Stamped Cassina. Seat height 46cm. Wear due to time and age. FOR SHIPPING, REQUEST US FOR RECEIVE THE BEST PR...
Wicker, Wood
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.
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
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With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
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