Giordano Chiesa Furniture
As a master cabinetmaker and furniture craftsman, Giordano Chiesa produced beautiful mid-century modern pieces, largely in collaboration with Italian starchitect and designer Gio Ponti.
Although the pair had a long history of collaboration, their work for stylish mid-century Italian hotels stands out. In the mid-1950s, Ponti and Chiesa teamed up with manufacturer Dassi Lissone to create streamlined walnut and brass furniture for the Royal Hotel in Naples, including headboards, side tables and wardrobe doors for each room. A decade later, the duo designed sleek, blue formica-surfaced ashwood writing desks, dressers and headboards, for the Hotel Parco dei Principi in Rome.
Chiesa produced Ponti’s sculptural glass-topped coffee table, which features artistically aligned maple legs and slats to form a sort of grid as its base. Similar to Ponti’s no. 1101 coffee table for Singer and Sons, Chiesa and Ponti’s table rivals the more famous design in its eloquence and craftsmanship.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Giordano Chiesa tables, storage case pieces and other furniture and collectibles.
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Walnut, Birch
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Elm
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Cherry
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Walnut
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Elm
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Rosewood, Teak
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Cherry
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Formica, Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Travertine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Laminate
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Maple
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Elm
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Elm
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Fruitwood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Laminate, Ash
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giordano Chiesa Furniture
Brass