Pietro Chiesa Glass and Brass Italian Cocktail Table for Fontana Arte, 1930s

Wonderful and huge Fontana Arte table lamp, designed in 1954 by Max Ingrand and manufactured in the early 1960s in Italy. Largest of three existing sizes The "Fontana" table lamps b...

Italian Rhomboidal sculptural brass and glass coffee table Italy 1970s

Max Ingrand project, 1954, for Fontana Arte, Italy, white satin glass, small brass seal in the vase, metal base, white lacquered. Best known for its elegant and innovative vintage lighting pieces, the Milan-based firm Fontana Arte pioneered one of the key features of 20th-century and contemporary Italian design: the union of artistry and industry wrought by partnerships between creative talents — chiefly architects — and entrepreneurial businesses. Fontana Arte is further distinguished by having had as artistic director, in succession, four of Italy’s most inventive modernist designers: Giò Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, French transplant Max Ingrand and Gae Aulenti. The bread and butter of the glassmaking company that Luigi Fontana founded in 1881 was plate-glass panels for the construction industry. In 1930, Fontana met Ponti — then the artistic director of the Richard-Ginori ceramics workshop and the editor of the influential magazine Domus— at a biannual design exhibition that became the precursor to today’s Milan Design Triennale, and the two hatched an idea for a furniture and housewares firm. Fontana Arte was incorporated in 1932 with Ponti as its chief of design. He contributed several lamps that remain among the company’s signature works, including the orb-atop-cone Bilia table lamp and the 0024 pendant — a stratified hanging sphere. The following year, Fontana Arte partnered with the influential Milan studio glassmaker and retailer Pietro Chiesa, who took over as artistic director. Chiesa’s designs for lighting — as well as for tables and items including vases and ashtrays — express an appreciation for fluidity and simplicity of line, as seen in works such as his flute-shaped Luminator floor lamp and the 1932 Fontana table — an arched sheet of glass that is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Six years after Chiesa’s 1948 death, the École des Beaux Arts–trained Max Ingrand took over as head of design at Fontana Arte. Ingrand brought a similarly expressive formal sensibility to wares such as lamps and mirrors, but he also had a masterful eye for the manipulation of glass surfaces — whether they be cut, frosted, acid-etched or sand-blasted. His classic design is the Fontana table lamp of 1954, which has a truncated cone shade and curved body, both of which are made of pure, chic white-frosted glass. Following Ingrand, the often-audacious Italian architect Gae Aulenti served as the company’s artistic director from 1979 to 1996, and while she generally insisted that furnishings take second place aesthetically to architecture, she made an exception for Fontana Arte pieces such as the Tavolo con Ruote series of glass coffee and dining tables on wheels...

Beautiful Italian coffee table made with brass base and thick marble top. The table is in great conditions and is one of a kind.

Fabulous Fontana Arte floor light.

The midcentury Italian square coffee table from the 1980s, designed by Sergio Bucci, is a stunning piece that embodies the essence of the era. It boasts a fully brass base, providing both stability and a touch of opulence. The wood frame adds warmth and character to the design, complementing the overall aesthetic. Topping the table is a fume mirror...

Italian coffee table.

An elegant and early Pietro Chiesa designed cocktail table manufactured by Fontana Arte. Rose gold mirrored glass top inset onto wood dish frame above splayed legs. Early Fontana Art...

Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte Glass and Brass Table made in Italy around 1950 A rare crystal occasional table featuring four very thick shaped crystal legs with small brass feet, a ...

Coffee Table in carved walnut with blue mirrored glass top (Fontana Arte glass color ref: Parsol Argentato) by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, Italy c. 1936 (model illustrated Franco...

Designed by Pietro Chiesa, it was an extraordinary piece of essentiality and elegance. This coffee table is made from a double curved single piece of thick glass (15 mm). Available i...

Made in Italy, 1980s. This stunning coffee table is made in curved tempered thick glass. The design of Pietro Chiesa dates back to 1932, but it was realized in the 1980s. It is a vi...