Gio Ponti Tables
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 for Giordano Chiesa Rare Pair of Ash Wood Consoles, Italy, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Gio Ponti for Giordano Chiesa rare and important pair of ash wood console tables each with two drawers and six legs ending in brass sabots, Italy, circa 1955. These exquisite sculpt...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Brass
Gio Ponti Occasional Table in Wood and Glass by Figli di Amedeo Cassina 1950s
By Gio Ponti, Figli di Amadeo Cassina
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Occasional table with structure in wood with a removable center part in sheet metal and a rectangular shaped table top, designe by Gio Ponti and produced by Figli di Amedeo Cassina...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Metal
Gio Ponti, Art Edition, the Planchart Coffee Table and a Set of Four Art Prints
By TASCHEN, Molteni & C, Gio Ponti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This numbered Art Edition of 1,000 copies (Hardcover book, 36 x 36 cm, 572 pages) is accompanied by an exclusive, square format reproduction of the Arlecchino coffee table designed b...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Steel
1940s Coffee Table Oak Structure Glass Top Italian, Gio Ponti for Fontana Arte
By Gio Ponti
Located in London, GB
A very organic, rare, iconic and beautiful coffee table. 1940s Italian design by Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte. Original thick crystal top on a solid oak wood base a v...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Glass, Wood
20th Century Italian Small Mahogany Schirolli Mantova Writing Table by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti, Schirolli
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century modern Italian writing table made of hand carved Mahogany, designed by Gio Ponti and produced by Schirolli Mantova in good cond...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Laminate, Formica, Mahogany
Round TABLE in the style of Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
BEAUTIFUL round coffee table in the Gio Ponti style, Year 1940.
This round two-top coffee table is made of beech and glass.
The glass is original and has patterns.
The price of sh...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Glass, Beech
$1,134 Sale Price
20% Off
Gio Ponti Italian Mid-Century Modern Walnut and White Marble Low / Coffee Table
By Gio Ponti
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern rectangular low / coffee table with a white marble top resting on a walnut frame with a curved x-form stretcher base with a central inlaid design, with leg...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Marble
Gio Ponti Low Rectangular Table in Wood and Glass for BNL 1950s Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Low rectangular shaped table with a frontal drawer realized in wood with a glass on top, originally designed for the offices of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) Italian manufactu...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Glass, Wood
pair of GIO PONTI oak hanging nightstand tables, side tables Hotel Royal, 1955
By Giordano Chiesa, Gio Ponti
Located in Rome, IT
pair of hanging oak wood nightstands or bed side tables by Gio Ponti
wall mounted two shelves side tables
finishing of the owl's beak top
part of a pair of original headboards whe...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Oak
$6,029 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Gio Ponti Coffee Table for Singer & Sons in Italian Walnut with Labradorite Top
By Gio Ponti, M. Singer & Sons
Located in Dallas, TX
Iconic coffee table designed by Gio Ponti for Singer & Sons in Italian walnut with exotic Labradorite top.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Stone
Gio Ponti Coffee Table for Isa Bergamo in oak with Round Cristal Top, 1957
By ISA Bergamo, Gio Ponti
Located in The Hague, NL
Stylish and rare coffee table designed by the Italian Designer Gio Ponti, for ISA, Bergarmo.
Gio Ponti designed this particular coffee table for his friend and editor Aldo Garzanti ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Brass
$5,674 Sale Price
31% Off
Gio Ponti coffee table Hotel Royal Continental Napoli 1953
By Gio Ponti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare coffee table designed by Ponti in 1953 for and originates from the Royal Continental Hotel in Napoli. The table is purchased directly from the family and comes with a certificat...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Brass
Black Onyx Glass & Walnut Italian Mid-Century Modern Executive Desk by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti, Schirolli
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Elegant Italian MId-Century Modern Neoclassical Desk / Writing Table by Gio Ponti in solid walnut with an inset top of black onyx glass and brass details. Ponti's design a...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Onyx, Brass
Pair of Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa Table C.1936
By Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa
Located in Montréal, QC
Gio Ponti is hailed for his legacy as one of Italy’s finest architects and for his signature aesthetic , but also for his influence in shaping design more broadly during the 20th ce...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Walnut
Gio Ponti for Singer & Sons Travertine Top Coffee Table
By Gio Ponti
Located in Dallas, TX
A walnut table with original travertine top. Designed by Gio Ponti for M. Singer & Sons.
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1950s Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Travertine
1950s Gio Ponti Glass Coffee Table Model 1101 Singer and Sons Italy
By Gio Ponti, M. Singer & Sons
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A glass and cream lacquered walnut coffee table designed by Gio Ponti, Model 1101, for Singer and Sons, imported from Italy c. 1950s. This piece retains its original thin glass top w...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Brass
Gio Ponti Tiered Walnut Side Table For Singer & Sons
By M. Singer & Sons, Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This fantiastic, mid-century modern two-tier end / side table was designed in the 1950s for Singer & Sons by the extremely popular Italian designer Gio Ponti. The solid walnut frame ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Walnut
Vintage Coffe Table by Gio Ponti, Italy, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Roma, IT
Coffee table is an item of original design furniture realized by Gio Ponti in the 1950s.
Mahogany wood and crystal top. Very good conditions.
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1950s Italian Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Crystal
Set of 7 Gio Ponti Modular Hexagonal Coffee Tables, ISA Bergamo, Italy, 1950s
By ISA Bergamo, Gio Ponti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the epitome of mid-century Italian design with this exceptionally rare set of modular coffee tables by Gio Ponti, meticulously crafted by ISA Bergamo in the 1950s...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Metal
Mid Century table by Gio Ponti for ISA, Bergarmo.
By Gio Ponti
Located in London, GB
Stylish, simple table designed by the Italian Design Master Gio ponti for ISA, Bergarmo.
Gio Ponti designed this particular coffee table for his friend and editor Aldo Garzanti who d...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Oak
pair of Gio Ponti black lacquered console vanity tables from Hotel Royal, 1955
By Giordano Chiesa, Gio Ponti
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant and rare Gio Ponti pair of black toilette, vanity table - dressing table
produced by Giordano Chiesa for the Hotel Royal , 1955
Black lacquered Italian ash, brass, two draw...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Brass
Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro Desk by Gio Ponti, circa 1950
By Gio Ponti
Located in London, England
This classic, elegant design by Gio Ponti employs his distinctive tapering edges and legs to great effect, liberating the ponderous lines of preceding decades and expressing the lift...
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1950s Italian Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Walnut
Molteni&C D.552.2 Rosewood Coffee Table by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti, Molteni & C
Located in Boston, MA
With a triangular shape and intriguing intersection of wood and glass, this distinctive coffee table will invite conversation. Reminiscent of a airplane propeller, the geometry of th...
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2010s Italian Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Glass, Rosewood
$2,588 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Gio Ponti Administrative Desk
By Gio Ponti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gio Ponti desk designed in limited edition for city offices of Forlì, Italy. Original red Formica writing surface on European beechwood with 8 floating drawers. Brass base on legs.
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Formica, Beech
Rare Gio Ponto for Singer & Sons Two-Tiered Side Table w/ Drawer in Mahogany
By Gio Ponti, M. Singer & Sons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Made over 70 years ago in Italy, this side table was designed by Italian architect Gio Ponto for limited production by Singer and Sons. Like most of Ponti's designs, this model has v...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Mahogany
Gio Ponti Coffee Table Wood Glass 1950 Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
Gio Ponti coffee table.
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1950s Italian Other Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Wood, Glass
Elegant Modern Desk, Designed by Bertha Schaefer for Singer and Sons, circa 1950
By M. Singer & Sons, Gio Ponti, Bertha Schaefer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a rare and elegant modern desk, designed by Bertha Schaefer for Singer and Sons, circa 1950s. Beautiful graining to the Italian walnut, especially to the top. Schaefer was on...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Walnut
Gio Ponti Mid-Century Italian Modern Mahogany Dining Table Frame
By Gio Ponti
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern mahogany dining / conference table frame styled in a geometric angular design with an openwork diamond shaped lattice top, supported on 4 tapered, sharply ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Mahogany
20th Century, Gio Ponti for Cassina Wooden Table
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Turin, Turin
An eclectic personality, from his early days he was active in the fields of architecture, painting, graphics and set design. He graduated in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic i...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Brass
Gio Ponti Writing Desk in Walnut and Brass for the BNL Offices, Italy 1940s
By Gio Ponti, Schirolli
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A rare and collectable walnut desk with brass ferrules designed by Gio Ponti and produced by Schirolli (Mantova - Italy) in the 1940s for the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL - Nation...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Brass
Italian Modernist Walnut and Iron Hexagonal Coffee Table by Gio Point for Isa
By ISA Bergamo, Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gio Ponti for Isa Bergamo coffee/cocktail table featuring a honeycomb/hexagonal-form Italian walnut top supported by a bent iron base (ca. 1955, Italy).
Scarcely seen full-size examp...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Iron
1940s Mid-Century Coffee Table , Gio Ponti for Cassina in Walnut whis Glass Top
By Gio Ponti, Figli di Amadeo Cassina
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Elegant Mid-Century Modern coffee table by Gio Ponti per Cassina in walnut and veneer walnut with glass top: Period 1940s
Feet in gilt brass
Measure cm: H 49, W 70, D 70.
About th...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Crystal, Brass
Gio Ponti Tiered Occasional Table for Singer and Sons
By Gio Ponti
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant lamp or occasional table designed by Gio Ponti and produced by Singer and Sons. Table features quarter sawn walnut grain and classic Ponti stylized legs. Please note there...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Walnut
Molteni&C D.859.1 Ash Wood Dining Table by Gio Ponti
By Molteni & C, Gio Ponti
Located in Boston, MA
Gio Ponti's stunning conference table completely transforms the concept of meeting spaces through its simple and sleek design. An impressive 2.8 meters long, it retains a minimalist ...
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2010s Italian Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Wood, Ash
Gio’ Ponti Coffee Table Brass Wood Marbre, Certificate Archivio 1950, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
Gio Ponti coffee table con Certificato Gio’ Ponti Archives
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1950s Italian Other Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Wood
Gio Ponti Wood Glass Round Coffee Table Walnut Mid Century Giordano Chiesa
By Giordano Chiesa, Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
This elegant and iconic round coffee table, designed by Gio Ponti circa 1954, exemplifies the refined Italian modernism of the mid-20th century. Crafted in Italy by Giordano Chiesa, ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Brass
Gio Ponti's blond wood coffee table
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2744
Gio Ponti (1891-1979)
A blond wood coffee table with three shaped spokes with tapered legs and brass tips, a thick cut crystal top with an elliptical triangular shape.
Ita...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Wood
Seven Gio Ponti Coffee Tables for I.S.A., Italy, circa 1950
By I.S.A. Italy, Gio Ponti
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
The set of seven modular coffee tables in metal, black formica laminate and oakwood designed by Gio Ponti for I.S.A. Italy, circa 1950. Modular tables have a hexagonal shape and have...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Tables
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Wood
Gio Ponti Dining Table in Veneered Walnut, Italy 1940s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Hellouw, NL
This exceptional dining table, designed by the legendary Gio Ponti in the early 1940s, is a stunning example of Italian craftsmanship and design. Featuring a rectangular top veneered...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Wood, Walnut
1940's Gio Ponti Pietro Chiesa Side Tables Mirror Glass Walnut Black Lacquer
By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa, Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
Rare pair of side tables, circa 1941
Black lacquered walnut and top in mirror glass.
Manufactured by Fontana Arte, Milan, Italy.
Dimensions:
60 W x 25 D x 39 H cm / 23.6 W x 9.8 D x...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Glass, Mirror, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
Cocktail Table by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Low hourglass table by Gio Ponti with original green glass top. Made in Milan circa 1940s.
Includes a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Po...
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1940s Italian Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Glass, Oak
$22,000
Tavolo quadrato legno e ottone Gio Ponti per Cassina anni 50
By Gio Ponti
Located in Torino, IT
Tavolo con certificazione dell'archivio Ponti.
Fu realizzato in legno di noce ed ottone per ristorante Fasan a Fossano (Italia) anni 50.
Questo tavolo quadrato...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Brass
Walnut, Glass, and Brass Console Table Designed by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Stamford, CT
A walnut console table designed by Gio Ponti. Having a grid etched into the glass top with ribbed legs terminating in brass sabot. Designed for the "F.A. home" in Palermo. Produced i...
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1930s Italian Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Walnut
Gio Ponti, Low side table, Prod. Giordano Chiesa, early 1950s
By Giordano Chiesa, Gio Ponti
Located in Rivoli, IT
Particular coffee table designed by Gio Ponti in the very early 1950s and produced by Giordano Chiesa with different finishes depending on the commission
It appears in the offices of...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Glass, Wood
Table in Oak Brass and Red Laminate Italian Manifacture 1950s Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Large table or desk with structure in oak wood, tabletop in red laminate and brass details.
Designe by Gio Ponti for Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Italian manufacture from the 1950s.
...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Brass
Gio Ponti Grid Pattern Coffee Table circa 1945-1948
By Gio Ponti
Located in Encino, CA
Exceptional and spectacular round grid pattern coffee table by Gio Ponti for Giordano Chiesa.
Multiple fruit woods base with a glass top.
Italy, circa 1945-1948.
Literature: Arredame...
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1940s Italian Vintage Gio Ponti Tables
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Glass, Fruitwood
Price Upon Request
Gio Ponti tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Gio Ponti tables 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 tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 85 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 10 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original tables by Gio Ponti were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider tables by Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Ettore Sottsass, and Paolo Buffa. Prices for Gio Ponti tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,317 and can go as high as $88,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $11,000.
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Questions About Gio Ponti Tables
- What was Gio Ponti famous for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025Gio Ponti was famous for his work as an architect, furniture and industrial designer and editor. He 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. On 1stDibs, explore a collection of Gio Ponti furniture.
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