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Gio Ponti More Furniture and Collectibles

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
Gio Ponti, pair Walnut Headboards with fitted bedside tables, Hotel Royal, 1955
By Gio Ponti, Giordano Chiesa
Located in Rome, IT
A pair of headboards by Gio Ponti from the furniture of the Hotel Royal in Naples, 1955. Manufactured by Giordano Chiesa by Dassi. walnut  and metal two tiered shelving, magazine rac...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti More Furniture and Collectibles

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Metal

Pair of Single Beds by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milan, IT
Set of two single beds by Gio Ponti. Sold with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.
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1940s Italian Modern Vintage Gio Ponti More Furniture and Collectibles

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Fabric, Wood

Gio Ponti Headboard and Bedframe with Attached Nightstands
By Gio Ponti, Giordano Chiesa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bed by Gio Ponti, executed by Giordano Chiesa, c.1950s, Italy. This one of a kind piece was commissioned by the Ceccato family, owners of the popular confectionary empire, Dulciora, for their residence in Milan. The bed is comprised of Ferrara root walnut and curly birch...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti More Furniture and Collectibles

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Walnut, Birch

Italian Art Deco Set by Gio Ponti for P. Lietti, 1928
By Gio Ponti, Paolo Lietti & Figli, Luigi Brusotti
Located in Meda, MB
This set was produced in Italy, in Cantù (small village in the north of Italy, next to Milan), by Paolo Lietti & Figli and designed by Gio Ponti. It features a mirror manufactured by Luigi Brusotti a matching dresser and an armoire...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Gio Ponti More Furniture and Collectibles

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Bronze

In Praise of Architecture, Gio Ponti, 1960, hardcover
By Gio Ponti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In Praise of Architecture - Gio Ponti - 1960 - hardcover In generally good condition with dust jacket. A great addition to any design library.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti More Furniture and Collectibles

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Paper

Gio Ponti Queen Bed
By Gio Ponti
Located in Hanover, MA
Gio Ponti bed from 1957 in incredibly figured olive ash burl wood veneer with "organized wall" headboard fitted with floating shelves above single drawer nightstands topped with original reverse silvered Vitreal glass stamped 1957, and pair enameled perforated brass articulating reading lamps...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Gio Ponti Single Elm Left Headboard with fitted bedside table, Hotel Royal, 1955
By Gio Ponti, Giordano Chiesa
Located in Rome, IT
a single left headboard by Gio Ponti from the furniture of the Hotel Royal in Naples, 1955. Manufactured by Giordano Chiesa by Dassi. olm   two tiered shelving, magazine rack, space for lighting switch Good condition. Original patina, Sold with a copy of a certificate of Lisa Licitra Ponti and the original invoice of the Hotel Royal. Directly from the original furniture of the Royal Hotel. Measures: H 80 cm 162 x 44cm each piece; hole for the electrical outlet: cm.10 x h 7 cm  Similar items of our same collections have been exhibited in London in Modern Design Museum and Triennale in Milan and a similar items of same collector is now in the permanent collection of the TRIENNALE of Milan. See a pair of heaboards of our collection sold in last Italian Design Auction...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti More Furniture and Collectibles

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Elm

Gio Ponti dark wood right Headboard with fitted bedside tables Hotel Royal, 1955
By Gio Ponti, Giordano Chiesa
Located in Rome, IT
a single left headboard by Gio Ponti from the furniture of the Hotel Royal in Naples, 1955. Manufactured by Giordano Chiesa by Dassi. dark honey wood   two tiered shelving, magazine rack, space for lighting switch Good condition. Original patina, Sold with a copy of a certificate of Lisa Licitra Ponti and the original invoice of the Hotel Royal. Directly from the original furniture of the Royal Hotel. Measures: H 80 cm 162 x 44cm each piece; radio of the time; hole for the electrical outlet: cm.10 x h 7 cm  Similar items of our same collections have been exhibited in London in Modern Design Museum and Triennale in Milan and a similar items of same collector is now in the permanent collection of the TRIENNALE of Milan. See a pair of heaboards of our collection sold in last Italian Design Auction...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti More Furniture and Collectibles

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Metal

Gio’ Ponti Round Cotton Tablecloth, 1970, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
Gio’ Ponti round cotton tablecloth, 1970, Italy.
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Gio Ponti More Furniture and Collectibles

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Cotton

Gio Ponti Headboard from Hotel Royal, Napoli
By Gio Ponti, Giordano Chiesa
Located in Hanover, MA
A single wall mounted headboard with floating two-tiered nightstand shelves, designed by Gio Ponti in 1955 for the Hotel Royal in Naples. Pro...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti More Furniture and Collectibles

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Walnut

Rare Gio Ponti Laminate Single Right Headboard from Hotel Pdp, Rome 1964
By Giordano Chiesa, Gio Ponti
Located in Rome, IT
A single Gio Ponti formica and brushed metal headboard from the Hotel Parco dei Principi, Roma 1964. with two angular shelves.original tv plate controller and a hole for electrical outlets white and green laminate manufactured by Giordano Chiesa, 1964 all orginal perfect condition laminate, ash, plastic, brass, enameled brass this item came directly form the original forniture of the Hotel (original invoice) Measures: height 75cm; 146cm x 44cm inscribed to reverse number 14 in blue crayon , probably the room number...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

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Gio Ponti more furniture and collectibles for sale on 1stDibs.

Gio Ponti more furniture and collectibles are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Gio Ponti more furniture and collectibles, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original more furniture and collectibles by Gio Ponti were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider more furniture and collectibles by Arnaldo Pomodoro, Afra & Tobia Scarpa, and Mario Bellini. Prices for Gio Ponti more furniture and collectibles can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at £341 and can go as high as £64,208, while a piece like these, on average, fetch £5,044.

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