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Fontana Arte and Pietro Chiesa Iconic Italian Glass and Chrome Candleholder

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  • Fontana Arte Pair of Italian Glass Picture Frames Large and Small
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    Pair of Fontana Arte Italian glass picture frames, one large and one small. The smaller one with the Made in Italy label. Perfect condition almost never used. No chips to the glass. ...
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    Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames

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  • Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Italian Nine Facets Glass Dish, circa 1950
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    Located in Chicago, IL
    Max Ingrand designed for Fontana Arte Faceted Italian glass dish Vide Poche. Fontana Arte faceted Italian glass dish in very thick iconic Fontana Arte green glass...
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  • Italian Pendant Chandelier Attributed to Fontana Arte circa 1940
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    Located in Chicago, IL
    Italian decorative c 1940's pendant chandelier attributed to Fontana Arte. Decorative bronze frame with scalloped crown motif at the top and tapering glass panels. Glass is held in ...
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    Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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  • Fontana Arte Sconces by Max Ingrand Model 2240
    By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Model 2240, by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte featuring thick pale green glass diffusers with double lens cut panels of thick profiled polished glass with acid-etched glass centers and...
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  • Fontana Arte Mazza Krupp Gramigna Crystal Glass Pocket Vide Poche
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    Located in Chicago, IL
    Fontana Arte Sergio Mazza Arthur Krupp Giuliana Gramigna Crystal Glass and Stainless Empty Pocket catchall tray Vide Poche An Italian vintage vide poche /catchall tray made by Fontana Arte with strongwood glass in nile green color and stainless steel container...
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    Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

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  • Italian Blue and Clear Glass Floating Faceted Oval Crystal Arte Mirror
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    Located in Chicago, IL
    Oval Italian pale blue framed colored floating crystal beveled glass frame mirror with original looking glass by crystal Arte Circa 1960. In the shipping of this mirror there occur...
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  • P. Chiesa for Fontana Arte Thick Glass and Chromed Brass Candel Holder 1960s
    By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
    Located in Palermo, IT
    Very stylish five-prism candle holder, with ladder heights, in thick Nile green glass, with compartments for candles and connecting elements, in chromed brass. Attributable to Pietro...
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  • Fontana Arte “Pietro Chiesa “ Vase Glass, 1940, Italy
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  • Midcentury Pietro Chiesa Carved Crystal Glass Italian Ashtray for Fontana Arte
    By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
    Located in Roma, IT
    Amazing midcentury carved crystal glass ashtray. This wonderful item was designed by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte in Italy during 1960s. This piece is unique as it has two carved sides and two straight ones and tone of the crystal, that is a very elegant water marine. A perfect bowl to complete a midcentury-style living room or entrance. Measures (cms): width - 20 depth - 20 height - 2 Pietro Chiesa (1892-1948) was an Italian designer who specialised in modernist and Art Deco designs. Chiesa was one of the founding members of FontanaArte which was established in 1932, and as its artistic director, he designed hundreds of items ranging from furniture to objets d’art. A member of the Swiss Ticino family of artists, Chiesa is best known for his glass furnishing pieces, such as the Fontana table. Fontana Arte (established in 1933) was founded by Luigi Fontana, Gio Ponti, and Pietro Chiesa as a premier producer and marketer of furniture, lighting, and furnishing accessories, and distignuished itself applying the highest standards of glass craftsmanship and techniques. Throughout Fontana Arte’s history, its lamps and furniture have been highly sought after due to their superior glass craftsmanship and innovative design. Saint-Gobain Invests in Luigi Fontanta e Compagni The origins of Fontana Arte go back to 1881, when Luigi Fontana established Luigi Fontana e Compagni to produce and market sheet glass for the construction industry. Luigi’s success as an entrepreneur in the growing Italian construction sector attracted the attention of the French glass-making company Saint-Gobain, which, in 1910, took a majority stake in the ownership of Luigi Fontana e Compagni transforming it into a “Società Anonima” still under the direction of Luigi Fontana. By the mid-1920s, Fontana e Compagni’s capabilities included the creation of artistic stained glass that was mostly used in functional and decorative settings of churches and cathedrals. Gio Ponti Becomes Fontana e Compagni’s Artistic Director In just a few years, the production of such artistic stained-glass products had become of such importance that a different division within the Fontana e Compagni was created to further its development. In 1930, Luigi Fontana met the successful young Milanese architect Gio Ponti, who was then the art director of Richard-Ginori pottery company, and they formed a partnership, under the name of Luigi Fontana SA, for the production of light fixtures, furniture, and furnishing objects. During this initial period, Gio Ponti designed from Fontana Arte the now-iconic 0024 Pendant light (1931) and the Bilia Table Lamp (1931). Pietro Chiesa, Gio Ponti, and Luigi Fontana Found Fontana Arte In 1932, Gio Ponti approached Pietro Chiesa to join him and Luigi Fontana and to become Luigi Fontana SA’s artistic director. In 1933, Pietro Chiesa merged his studio, the Bottega di Pietro Chiesa, with Fontana SA, and together Luigi Fontana, Gio Ponti, and Chiesa founded Fontana Arte. During Chiesa’s tenure as artistic director, Fontana Arte’s production became rich and varied. It included furniture, tables, mirrors, sculptures, and stained glass, but it was certainly in the lighting sector where Fontana Arte excelled by creating lamps and lights with the highest standards in glass craftsmanship and modern designs. From this period came the Luminator floor lamp, the Cartoccio glass vase, and the Fontana Arte table made out of a single band of bent clear glass, (all designed by Pietro Chiesa, in 1932); and the Naska lamp...
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  • Candle holders Pietro Chiesa
    By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa
    Located in London, GB
    Pair of candle holders by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte c1940s
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  • Transparent Glass Vase "Cartoccio" by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, Italy
    By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa
    Located in Bresso, Lombardy
    Made in Italy, 1960s. This vase was designed by Pietro Chiesa and manufactured by Fontana Arte. It is made in transparent etched glass and has a very nice ‘Cartoccio’ (paper bag) sha...
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  • Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte Satinwood Glass Box, 1940
    By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
    Located in Paris, IDF
    Rare Italian Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte decorative box made in Italy in the 1940s. Carved from satinwood, with a thick polished aquamarine glas...
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