Gio Ponti Bowls and Baskets

A walnut and brass waste paper basket designed by Gio Ponti and produced by Schirolli, Italy, 1950s.

Porcelain plate from the Velesca Collection, made by Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori in the 1920s Ø 24.5 cm Gio Ponti was an Italian architect and designer born in Milan in 1891. He i...

Wonderful Mid-Century silver plated serving plate or vide poche designed and signed by Gio Ponti for Cleto Munari, in Italy during the 1980s. The flat and efficient design on two round decentered levels, make this piece simply irresistible and iconic for midcentury lovers. In amazing conditions with no scratches on the top. This piece will smarten a midcentury living room or a minimal bar. Dimensions (cms): Diameter - 32 Giovanni “Gio” Ponti, (Milan, November 18, 1891 - Milan, September 16, 1979), is one of the Italian masters of architecture. He was also a designer and essayist and one of the most important of the twentieth century. Other than the great architectural works which carry his unmistakable signature, he created a vast amount of work in the furniture sector. This is demonstrated in his three Milanese houses which were fully furnished in the "Ponti" style. The houses in via Randaccio, 1925, Casa Laporte in via Brin, 1926 and the last in via Dezza, in 1957 is an "expression" of his home design ideas. Gio Ponti was an Italian promoter of industrial design and introduced the idea of interior furnishing ranges produced as being a "sophisticated," economic, "democratic" and modern. Molteni&C managed a reissuing project of furniture and furnishings designed by Gio Ponti for products for these private homes and limited editions. After a long journey of research, selection and study of prototypes, the collection was exhibited at the Salone del Mobile 2012. This was thanks to the cooperation and the exclusively signed agreement of the Ponti heirs and the artistic director of Cerri & Associati Studio. Gio Ponti graduated in Architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan at the end of World War I, after he fought on the front line earning military decorations. In 1921 he married Giulia Vimercati, with whom he had four children: Lisa, Giovanna, Letizia and Giulio. In 1927 he opened a studio in Milan with the architect Emilio Lancia. From the beginning of the 1920’s until 1938 he worked with Richard-Ginori Manufactory and renewed its production. In 1928 he founded the Domus magazine with Gianni Mazzocchi. In 1933 he became the artistic director of Fontana Arte which was another success after the one he obtained with Richard-Ginori. In the 1930’s he participated in the Triennale exhibitions and later he successfully managed a few of them. From 1936 to 1961 he was a professor at the Milan Polytechnic, and in 1933 was associated with Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini, until 1945. From this partnership major projects were born, including the Montecatini Palace in Milan from 1936 to 1938, in which Ponti created the "integral design" of the building and the interiors. Other works of the period were civil architecture, including the Littoria Tower in Milan in 1933, school buildings such as the School of Mathematics at the University City Rome in 1934 and the Humanities Faculty and the Rectorate of the University of Padua in 1937. There were also residential projects such as Casa Marmont in 1934 and Milan "Domus" from 1931 to 1936. The richness of the artistic production of Cleto Munari, arises out of the discovery that every boundary is undefined, and the consequent need to create a “collection about syllables” or rather a “collection of figures” which, because of their incompleteness, luminously suggest the irrepressible quest of man’s intelligence to transfigure the world, according to his own vision. It is this a perfect complicity between the whisper of the “heart...

Gio Ponti Autumn Plate. Mid-century Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori allegory of Autumn plate. Re-edition dating back to the 1970s of the plates designed by...

An amazing porcelain bowl designed by Giò Ponti and manufactured by Richard Ginori, it's in pwerfect condition probably never used. The bowl is has a distinct and bold Art Deco aesth...

Cup from the Alato Collection by Gio Ponti from 1927, re-edition by Richard Ginori Ø cm 7 h cm 8 Company of Lombard origin founded in 1896 when the Marquis Carlo Ginori, passionate...

Catene is a tangle of rings linked to each other, sophisticated and elegant in its essentiality. A disruptive decoration in its geometric movement inherited from the great architect ...

Gio Ponti for Ginori athletic dish. Vintage Richard Ginori shaped nut dish/ small saucer from the athletic series designed by Gio Ponti featuring ...

Decorated entirely by hand, the new Stuoia 1923 collection is represented by two objects: an orcino vase and a bowl. The Stuoia 1923 collection is decorated by a composition of inte...

San Cristoforo, 1936 Green and black glazed pottery bowl. Perfect Condition.

Set of three colorful plates designed by Gio Ponti for Ceramica Franco Pozzi. Label on the back. Perfect for bringing a splash of color to any room. Six separate sets with different ...

Set of five colorful plates designed by Gio Ponti for Ceramica Franco Pozzi. Label on the back. Perfect for bringing a splash of color to any room. Six separate sets with different d...