Gio Ponti More Lighting
Italian, 1891-1979
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.
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Creator: Gio Ponti
21st Century Pavone Wall Lamp, phase cut, Gio Ponti, 2019, Italy, US
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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21st Century Pavone Linear Pendant Lamp, phase cut, Gio Ponti, 2019, Italy, US
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
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21st Century Pavone Large Pendant Lamp, UL, phase cut, Gio Ponti, 2019, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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21st Century Pavone Medium Pendant Lamp, UL, phase cut, Gio Ponti, 2019, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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21st Century Pavone Large Pendant Lamp with chains, UL, phase cut, Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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21st Century Pavone Medium Pendant Lamp, chains, UL, phase cut, Gio Ponti, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Gio Ponti 546 Table Lamp in Aluminum and Opaline Glass by Ugo Pollice 1940s
By Pollice Illuminazione, Gio Ponti
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Table lamp or desk lamp model 546 with lampshade in lacquered aluminum, stem in chromed brass, base in lacquered cast-iron, and opaline glass diffuser.
This lamp was designed by Gio Ponti and manufactured by Ugo Pollice Illuminazione during the 1940s.
Gio Ponti was an icon of the modernist movement: the Italian designer, architect, artist and publisher contributed significantly to the worlds of architecture and design with his extensive work in Fine furniture and ceramics, education, office and residential buildings, and everything in between.
Gio Ponti was born in 1891 in Milan. It was there that he spent his childhood, and in 1921 he began to study architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. From 1923 to 1930 he served as the artistic director of the Richard-Ginori porcelain factory. In 1927, Ponti started his first architectural office, together with Emilio Lancia, and in 1928 he started the magazine Domus, which is still regarded as one of the most influential European magazines for architecture and design. He was also very influential during the period as a curator of the Milan Triennale.
After his collaboration with Emilio Lancia had come to an end, upon completion of the Torre Rasini, he began to work as an architect together with the engineers Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Iron, Brass, Aluminum
21st Century Pavone Large Pendant Lamp, DALI, Gio Ponti, 2019, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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21st Century Pavone Linear Pendant Lamp, dimmable, Gio Ponti 2019 Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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21st Century Pavone Medium Pendant Lamp, DALI, Gio Ponti, 2019, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
21st Century Pavone Large Pendant Lamp with chains, dimmable, Gio Ponti 2019
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
21st Century Pavone Wall Lamp, dimmable, Gio Ponti 2019 Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
21st Century Pavone Medium Pendant Lamp with chains, DALI, Gio Ponti 2019 Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
21st Century Pavone Large Pendant Lamp with chains, DALI, Gio Ponti 2019 Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
21st Century Pavone Linear Pendant Lamp, DALI, Gio Ponti 2019 Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
21st Century Pavone Medium Pendant Lamp with chains, dimmable, Gio Ponti 2019Ita
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
21st Century Gio Ponti 99.81 8-Light Chandeliers in Green/Opalin Mole
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.81 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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21st Century Gio Ponti 99.80 3-Light Wall Sconce in Multicolour
By Venini, Gio Ponti
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.80 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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21st Century Gio Ponti 99.80 2-Light Wall Sconce in Multicolor
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.80 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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21st Century Gio Ponti 99.80 12-Light Chandeliers in Multicolor
By Venini, Gio Ponti
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.80 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Glass
21st Century Gio Ponti 99.81 2-Light Wall Sconce in Coral / Crystal
By Venini, Gio Ponti
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.81 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Glass
21st Century Gio Ponti 99.81 2-Light Wall Sconce in Grey
By Venini, Gio Ponti
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.81 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Glass
21st Century Gio Ponti 99.81 12-Light Chandeliers in Grey
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.81 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Glass
21st Century Gio Ponti 99.81 12-Light Chandeliers in Coral/Cystal
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.81 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Glass
21st Century Gio Ponti 99.80 8-Light Chandeliers in Multicolour
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.80 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Glass
21st Century Gio Ponti 99.81 2-Light Wall Sconce in Green/Opalin Mole
By Venini, Gio Ponti
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.81 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Glass
21st Century Gio Ponti 99.81 8-Light Chandeliers in Grey
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.81 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Glass
21st Century Gio Ponti 99.81 12-Light Chandeliers in Green / Grey
By Venini, Gio Ponti
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.81 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Glass
21st Century Gio Ponti 99.81 8-Light Chandeliers in Coral/Cystal
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in murano, IT
A work of art. More than that, a myth. Gio Ponti 99.81 owes its undisputed modernity and originality to the boundless creativity of its creator, Gio Ponti. Its uniqueness lies in its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Glass
Gio Ponti Luna Suspension Lamp in Brass for Tato Italia
By Tato Italia, Gio Ponti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti Luna Suspension Lamp in Brass for Tato Italia. Designed by Italian design icon Gio Ponti, this authorized Tato Italia re-editi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Diamond Glass Sconces w/ Brass Fittings by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
This stunning and graphic pair of Mid-Century Modern sconces were realized in Italy, circa 1960, by the esteemed 20th Century designer Gio Ponti. They feature subtly concave amorphic...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
21st Century Pavone Medium Pendant Lamp, phase cut, Gio Ponti, 2019, Italy, CE
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
21st Century Pavone Large Pendant Lamp, phase cut, Gio Ponti, 2019, Italy, CE
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Between 1957 and 1970 the association between Angelo Lelii and Gio Ponti, probably the most famous Italian architect and designer, is at its highest. Witness to this relationship is ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
Gio Ponti Luna Suspension Lamp in Nickel for Tato Italia
By Tato Italia, Gio Ponti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti Luna Suspension Lamp in Nickel for Tato Italia. Designed by Italian design icon Gio Ponti, this authorized Tato Italia re-edit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Nickel
Venini Gio Ponti 12-Arm Chandelier in Multicolor by Gio Ponti
By Venini, Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
99.80 Gio Ponti glass chandelier, designed by Gio Ponti and manufactured by Venini, is one of the most innovative chandeliers ever to emerge...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Glass
Gio Ponti Luna Verticale Floor Lamp in Nickel for Tato Italia
By Tato Italia, Gio Ponti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti Luna Verticale Floor Lamp in Nickel for Tato Italia.
Originally designed by Italian icon Gio Ponti in 1957, this authorized re-edition by Tat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Nickel
Gio Ponti Luna Orizzontale Floor Lamp in Satin Brass for Tato Italia
By Tato Italia, Gio Ponti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti Luna Orizzontale Floor Lamp in Satin Brass for Tato Italia.
Based on an incredible but never before issued prototype designed by Ponti in 195...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
Gio Ponti Luna Verticale Floor Lamp in Brass for Tato Italia
By Tato Italia, Gio Ponti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti Luna Verticale Floor Lamp in Brass for Tato Italia.
Originally designed by Italian icon Gio Ponti in 1957, this authorized re-edition by Tato...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
Gio Ponti Luna Orizzontale Floor Lamp in White and Blue Diffuser for Tato Italia
By Tato Italia, Gio Ponti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti Luna Orizzontale Floor Lamp in White and Blue Diffuser for Tato Italia.
Based on an incredible never before issued prototype designed by Pont...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Stainless Steel, Nickel
Gio Ponti Luna Orizzontale Floor Lamp in Satin Nickel for Tato Italia
By Tato Italia, Gio Ponti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti Luna Orizzontale Floor Lamp in Satin Nickel for Tato Italia.
Based on an incredible never before issued prototype designed by Ponti in 1957 f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Stainless Steel, Nickel
Gio Ponti: Important Geometric 8-Arm Chandelier in Polished Brass, Italy 1930s
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Gio Ponti (1891 - 1979)
An important and exquisitely rendered chandelier in mirror-polished brass by Gio Ponti and Emilio Lancia. With a refined and purified tiered foliate decor, e...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti More Lighting
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Brass
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Gio Ponti more lighting are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Gio Ponti more lighting, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 5 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 38 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original more lighting by Gio Ponti were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider more lighting by Gino Sarfatti, Vintage Murano Gallery, and Joe Colombo. Prices for Gio Ponti more lighting can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,817 and can go as high as $37,243, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $17,509.
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