Pietro Chiesa Midcentury Chiseled Crystal Desk Set for Fontana Arte, 1930s

Beautiful and original shop cash desk in the style of Osvaldo Borsani in the 1950s, original VITREX glass top. Note the particularity of the designer and the...

Spectacular sideboard console with mirror, in maple and walnut, attributed to Osvaldo Borsani, with a beautiful movement of the lines on the front, glass top, maple interior, walnut ...

Rare and unusual desk model N°804 designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini. Pulling out the desk top opens the rolltop. This desk cabinet has plenty of storage space, 10 drawers a...

Pair of wall lamps attributed to Fontana Arte, the structure is in briar effect metal, thick glass and brass. They were produced in Italy in the 1980s.  

An Italian stylish desk set attributed to Fontana Arte, very heavy verde nilo glass, has been made in 1950s, there is a small chip in one black pen holder. ...

A Fontana Arte desk set consisting of letter knife, ink blotter and pen holder.

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare 1950s suite of Pietro Chiesa handmade in Italy luxury glassware made for Fontana Arte A highly collectable set in stunning order, full condition reports are below with the description of each item These pieces can be found in various forms online for sale, the letter opener and especially the picture frame as some of the rarest pieces, you won’t find another of either anywhere The pen holder has a coin tray, the paper holder has the original handmade paper, the picture frame swivels around 360 degrees, it’s as mentioned a very special find Pietro Chiesa A descendant of an eminent Ticino-based family of artists, he opened his own glassmaking shop in 1921 after working as an apprentice at the Giannotti glassworks. In the early 1920s, he took part in the Venice Biennale, the Monza Biennale, the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and exhibitions in Cologne and Barcelona. His work combines extreme modernity with outstanding technical ability. His creations include the glass windows of the Trieste Stock Exchange, the windows of the Motorship Victoria as well as those of the transatlantic liner Conte di Savoia. In 1932, Pietro Chiesa was asked by Gio Ponti to share in the artistic direction of the newborn FontanaArte, a role that would enable him to give full expression to his creative flair by designing over a thousand different objects (furniture, tables, lamps, glass windows, objets d’art etc). Some of these pieces took their place in the history of design and are still produced by FontanaArte today, such as the Fontana curved table (1932), the Cartoccio vase (1932) and the Luminator floor lamp (1933). Pen holder, some chips around the edges of the underside trim and light scratches to the top Dimensions Height 19 cm Width 22.5 cm Depth 15 cm Notepad hold with original handmade paper, no damage to note Dimensions Height 8 cm Width 20 cm Depth 7.8 cm Swivel picture signed initialled and numbered, no damage Dimensions Height 12 cm Width 10 cm Depth 7 cm Envelope opener...

Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte (attributed) Midcentury Modern desk set featuring a pen holder or stand with a tray and an ashtray. Made in Ita...