Gio Ponti “Leggera” Cassina 1950 Wood Ecological Leather Padding, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
Gio Ponti “Leggera“ Cassina 1950 wood ecological leather, Italy.
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Gio Ponti Leggera Chairs Set of Ten for Cassina
$14,800Sale Price / set|20% Off
Gio Ponti Leggera Chairs Set of Ten for Cassina
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Chicago, IL
Gio Ponti Leggera Chairs Set of Ten for Cassina Model 699 Italy, 1952 This set includes ten Leggera
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Ash
Gio Ponti “Leggera” 2 Chairs by Cassina 1951 Wood Original Coating, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
Gio Ponti “LEGGERA” Couple chairs by Cassina 1951 wood original coating, Italy.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Other Chairs
Materials
Wood
A pair of Black Wooden Gio Ponti Leggera Chairs with Cord Seats, Italy 1951
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Den Haag, NL
A pair of black wooden Gio Ponti Leggera chairs with cord seats, Italy 1951.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cord, Wood
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair in Black Lacquered Wood and Original Grey Seat. 1951
By Gio Ponti, Figli di Amadeo Cassina
Located in Milan, IT
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair in Black Lacquered Wood and Original Grey Seat. Italy 1951
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of 8 Gio Ponti Leggera Model 646 Dining Chairs for Cassina, Italy, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A wonderful set of eight original, early Gio Ponti Leggera Model 646 dining chairs, Cassina, Italy
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Set of 10 Gio Ponti Leggera Model 646 Dining Chairs for Cassina, Italy, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A wonderful set of ten original, early Gio Ponti Leggera Model 646 dining chairs, Cassina, Italy
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Set of 6 Gio Ponti Leggera Model 646 Dining Chairs for Cassina, Italy, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A wonderful set of six original, early Gio Ponti Leggera Model 646 dining chairs, Cassina, Italy
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
$2,544 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina An icon of chair design and of Cassina’s masterful artisan
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
$2,544 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina An icon of chair design and of Cassina’s masterful artisan
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
$2,544 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina An icon of chair design and of Cassina’s masterful artisan
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
$2,355 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina An icon of chair design and of Cassina’s masterful artisan
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
$2,544 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina An icon of chair design and of Cassina’s masterful artisan
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
$3,474 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina An icon of chair design and of Cassina’s masterful artisan
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 12 Gio Ponti Leggera Model 646 Dining Chairs for Cassina, Italy, 1950s
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A wonderful set of twelve original, early Gio Ponti Leggera Model 646 dining chairs, Cassina, Italy
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Set of 6 Gio Ponti Leggera Model 646 Dining Chairs for Cassina, Italy, 1950s
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Argelato, BO
A wonderful set of 6 original, early Gio Ponti Leggera Model 646 dining chairs, Cassina, Italy
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Bouclé, Wood
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair For Cassina
$2,572Sale Price / item|20% Off
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair For Cassina The wood chair par excellence, one of the flagship
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair For Cassina
$3,191 / item
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair For Cassina
By (After) Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair For Cassina The wood chair par excellence, one of the flagship
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Gio Ponti Leggera dining chairs Cassina, set of 6, Italy, 1956
$8,096Sale Price / set|30% Off
Gio Ponti Leggera dining chairs Cassina, set of 6, Italy, 1956
By Gio Ponti, Figli di Amadeo Cassina
Located in Zevenaar, NL
the dining room, living room or office, Gio Ponti's Leggera chairs for Cassina are ideal for those
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Straw, Beech
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair by Cassina - Mid-Century Modern
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair For Cassina The wood chair par excellence, one of the flagship
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair by Cassina, Mid-Century Modern
By (After) Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair For Cassina The wood chair par excellence, one of the flagship
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Italian Design Classic Gio Ponti, Leggera Chair for Cassina, 1970s
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Renens, CH
Gio Ponti; designed in 1952, this chair is celebrated for its lightweight and elegant construction
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Ash
Gio Ponti, Leggera Chair for Cassina, 1970s – Set of six
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Renens, CH
Gio Ponti; Designed in 1952, this chair is celebrated for its lightweight and elegant construction
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Ash
Set of 2 Gio Ponti “Leggera” Chairs for Cassina, Italy, 1957
$2,355Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 2 Gio Ponti “Leggera” Chairs for Cassina, Italy, 1957
By Gio Ponti
Located in Kampen, NL
Set of two Leggera chairs designed by Gio Ponti for Cassina, Italy, 1957. Constructed from solid
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Straw, Ash
Gio Ponti Leggera Armchair or Side Chair by Cassina in different colors
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Gio Ponti, Cesare Cassina and the company’s joinery experts.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Italian Set of Four Leggera Chairs Attribuited to Gio Ponti
$3,950Sale Price / set|41% Off
Italian Set of Four Leggera Chairs Attribuited to Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 chairs attributed to Gio Ponti Leggera 646 , 1st Production 1951 we have 3 more chairs
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Straw, Wood
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chair for Cassina, 1952
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" dining chair for Cassina, black ash-wood and rope seat, Italy, 1952 The
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Gio Ponti Mid-Century Modern Ashwood "Leggera 646" Italian Chairs, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Madrid, ES
Mid-century chairs model "Leggera 646" designed by Gio Ponti for Cassina. Made of solid ashwood
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
1950s Gio Ponti Super Leggera Chairs New Josef Frank Hawaii Fabric
By Gio Ponti
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A vintage pair of 1950s Gio Ponti Superleggara Chairs. Superleggara is Italian for “super light
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Original "Leggera" Chair, Design Gio Ponti for Cassina, 1949
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in taranto, IT
Splendid Cassina chair model " leggera" Gio Ponti design ,first version with upholstered seat
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood, Ash
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1952, Set of 4
By Gio Ponti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These four chairs are designed by the iconic Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti. They exhibit
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood
Gio Ponti Chair Mod. "646 Leggera" in Wood and Blue Fabric, Italy 1960s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Naples, IT
Rarissima ed iconica sedia Mod. "646 Leggera" di Gio' Ponti, la sedia e' in legno ed il
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Mid-Century Gio Ponti Set of Four Leggera 646 Ashwood Italian Chairs, 1951
By Gio Ponti
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Leggera Chair by Gio Ponti: Timeless Italian Design and Craftsmanship Introducing the Leggera
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Wood
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chair for Cassina, Blue Velvet, 1952
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 “Leggera” Dining Chair for Cassina, Blue Velvet, Italy, 1952 The 646 “Leggera” is
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Mid-Century Gio Ponti Set of Two ‘Leggera 646’ Ashwood Italian Chairs, 1951
By Gio Ponti
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of two chairs model "Leggera 646" designed by Gio Ponti. This is the first "Leggera" edition
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Ash
Gio Ponti Italian Midcentury Design Dining Chairs "Leggera" for Cassina 1950s
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Set of four dining chairs model Leggera designed by Gio Ponti for Cassina, ash wood frame and waxed
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Ash, Rope
Gio Ponti Oak Round Dining Table and Set of Four Leggera Chairs for Cassina
$17,013Sale Price / set|20% Off
Gio Ponti Oak Round Dining Table and Set of Four Leggera Chairs for Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Set of Four Leggera Chairs and Round Table by Gio Ponti for Cassina. This set in Oakwood
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Materials
Oak
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1952, Set of 2
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" dining chairs for Cassina, black ash-wood and rope seat, Italy, 1952, set
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1952, Set of 6
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" dining chairs for Cassina, black ash-wood and rope seat, Italy, 1952, set
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1952, Set of 8
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" dining chairs for Cassina, black ash-wood and rope seat, Italy, 1952, set
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1952, Set of 10
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" dining chairs for Cassina, black ash-wood and rope seat, Italy, 1952, set
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1952, Set of 4
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" dining chairs for Cassina, black ash-wood and rope seat, Italy, 1952, set
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1952, Set of 12
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" dining chairs for Cassina, black ash-wood and rope seat, Italy, 1952, set
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
20th Century, Gio Ponti for Cassina Set of 8 Chairs mod. Leggera
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Turin, Turin
wonderful set of 8 chairs mod. Leggera, designed by Gio Ponti for Cassina in 1951. The set is in very good
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Midcentury Gio Ponti Set of Four ‘Leggera 646’ Ashwood Italian Chairs, 1951
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of four chairs model "Leggera 646" designed by Gio Ponti. This is the first "Leggera" edition
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Wood
Super Leggera chair designed by Gio Ponti in 1957 and produced by Cassina.
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Ravenna, IT
Sedia Superleggera 699 disegnata da Gio Ponti nel 1957 e prodotta da Cassina. La sua struttura in
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Ash
Gio Ponti Set of four Mid-century Blue Italian Dining Chairs Model "Leggera"
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gio Ponti (1891-1979) Set of four dining chairs, model "leggera" Manufactured by Cassina Italy
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
set di 4 sedie "leggera" disegnate da Gio Ponti per Cassina anni 60
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, MI
La sedia Leggera è una delle piu iconiche espressioni del design di Gio Ponti disegnata nel 1952. E
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Straw, Ash
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, Blue Velvet, 1952, Set of 14
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 “Leggera” dining chairs for Cassina, blue velvet, Italy, 1952, set of fourteen The
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Ash
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, Blue Velvet, 1952, Set of 12
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 “Leggera” dining chairs for Cassina, blue velvet, Italy, 1952, set of 12 The 646
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Ash, Velvet
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, Blue Velvet, 1952, Set of 10
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 “Leggera” dining chairs for Cassina, blue velvet, Italy, 1952, set of 10 The 646
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, Blue Velvet, 1952, Set of 6
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 “Leggera” dining chairs for Cassina, blue velvet, Italy, 1952, set of 6 The 646
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, Blue Velvet, 1952, Set of 4
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 “Leggera” dining chairs for Cassina, blue velvet, Italy, 1952, set of 4 The 646
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, Blue Velvet, 1952, Set of 2
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 “Leggera” dining chairs for Cassina, blue velvet, Italy, 1952, set of 2 The 646
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, Blue Velvet, 1952, Set of 8
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 “Leggera” dining chairs for Cassina, blue velvet, Italy, 1952, set of 8 The 646
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Midcentury Gio Ponti Set of Twelve Leggera by Cassina Wood Linen Italian Chairs
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of twelve chairs model "Leggera 646" designed by Gio Ponti. This is the first "Leggera" edition
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Wood
Set of 4 Orange Leather "Leggera" Chairs by Gio Ponti for Cassina, Italy, 1950s
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Milan, IT
Four chairs model 646 by Gio Ponti for Cassina. Rare version with upholstered backrest. Set
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Vintage 1950s Italian Chairs
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Wood
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Gio Ponti Leggera For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic gio ponti leggera available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and ash, every gio ponti leggera was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a gio ponti leggera — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A gio ponti leggera is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one gio ponti leggera that is appealing in its simplicity, but Gio Ponti, Cassina and Figli di Amadeo Cassina produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Gio Ponti Leggera?
The average selling price for a gio ponti leggera at 1stDibs is $5,500, while they’re typically $495 on the low end and $33,450 for the highest priced.
Gio Ponti for sale on 1stDibs
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.
Finding the Right Seating for You
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.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
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.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.
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