Gio Ponti Furniture
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 Model 811 armchair made of walnut and rubber, Cassina, Italy, 1957
By Gio Ponti, Figli di Amadeo Cassina
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A rare armchair Model 811, with a walnut structure and rubber bands, designed by Gio Ponti and produced in Italy by Cassina in 1957.
There are artifacts from past decades that, due ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Rubber, Walnut
Set d 6 chairs Superleggera, Gio Ponti, Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This incredible set of 6 Superleggera chairs designed by Gio Ponti for Cassina in 1950 embodies the elegance and lightness of modern aesthetics. These iconic chairs feature clean, sl...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Straw, Wood
Gio Ponti Table in Oak Brass and Red Laminate Italian Manifacture 1950s
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, Italian manufacture from the 1950s.
Gio Ponti was an icon of the m...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Brass
Gio Ponti, Wall Light, from the Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, circa 1957
By Gio Ponti, Arredoluce
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
This very rare wall light was designed by Gio Ponti circa 1957, produced by Arredoluce, Monza and hung in the Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina. An identical example is to ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Metal, Brass
Brass and alpaca velvet bar stools. Attributed to Gio Ponti Italy c1950
By Gio Ponti
Located in London, GB
Pair brass bar stools by Gio Ponti. Italy c1950
Re upholstered in off white alpaca velvet which contrasts nicely with the brass patina
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Brass
Gio Ponti for Venini Murano Italian "Morandiane" Blue Green Glass Bottle, 1995
By Gio Ponti
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
"Morandiane" glass bottle serie designed by italian artist Gio Ponti for Venini Murano,
Blown glass with two-tone incalmo decoration,
Manufacturer’s sticker and engraved signature ...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
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Murano Glass
GIo Ponti walnut occasional table for the Cavalieri Hotel in Milan, Italy, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A side table in walnut designed by Gio Ponti, originating from the Hotel dei Cavalieri in Milan.
This refined side table is a prestigious piece of furniture conceived by Gio Ponti for the interiors of the Hotel dei Cavalieri in Milan. This structure, still admired today for its distinctly twentieth-century architecture, was built in 1949 based on the designs of Emilio Lancia, with significant contributions from Ponti.
The palace, an icon of Milanese history, retains its contemporary relevance, dominating Piazza Missori with its distinctive curved facade and contributing daily to city life. Around a hundred windows adorned with diamond-shaped decorations open onto civic number...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Walnut
Gio Ponti walnut, parchment, and brass console or dressing table, Italy, 1930s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
Console in American walnut, parchment, and brass, designed by Gio Ponti in the 1930s and produced in Italy.
Supported by elegant triangular feet in polished metal, this console desi...
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1930s Italian Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Brass
Ceramic Plates by Gio Ponti for Franco Pozzi, 1960s, Set of 2
By Gio Ponti
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Set of 2 decorative plates designed by Gio Ponti for Ceramica Franco Pozzi.
Fair condition: visible signs of wear, discolorations and some c...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Single Gio Ponti chair for Cassina, Italy 1950s
By Gio Ponti, Figli di Amadeo Cassina
Located in Milan, IT
Single Gio Ponti Model: 676 chair for Cassina, Italy 1950s
Original velvet upholstery.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Velvet, Wood
Gio Ponti wooden and glass occasional table, Italy, 1930s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
An occasional table with a black lacquered wood base and ground glass tops, designed by Gio Ponti in 1932 and produced by the Italian company Luigi Fontana & C.
This side table, tho...
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1930s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Metal
Gio Ponti walnut and parchment mirror, Italy, 1930s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
Mirror in American walnut and parchment, Gio Ponti design, 1930s, Italian production. A perfect geometric circle in walnut finished in parchment with a natural and evocative flavor. ...
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1930s Italian Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Walnut, Parchment Paper
Very rare pair of "Triennale" armchairs by Gio Ponti for I.S.A. Bergamo
By Gio Ponti, ISA Bergamo
Located in Rovereta, SM
Very Rare "Triennial" Armchairs Designer: Gio Ponti Manufacturer: I.S.A. Bergamo .
Date made: 1951 Country of origin: Italy
Literature: Domus, no. 280 March 1953 Irene de Gut...
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1950s Italian Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Brass
Important 'Model 676' Side Chair by Gio Ponti for Cassina, 1953
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Antwerpen, VAN
Very rare and beautiful model ‘676’ dining or side chair designed by Gio Ponti around 1953. The architectural frame is made of walnut and it has the original cream-colored leather up...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
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Leather, Walnut
1930 Gio Ponti Calderoni Art Deco Alpacca Argento Portafrutta Secchiello
By Gio Ponti, Calderoni
Located in Brescia, IT
Secchiello Portafrutta
F.lli Calderoni, Milano
Italy, 1930
Raro Secchiello in Alpacca Argentato
Marchio impresso sotto la base
Eccellenti condizioni
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Metal
Gio Ponti Tea / coffee set from the Parco dei Principi hotel in Rome 1960s circa
By Calderoni, Gio Ponti
Located in Roma, IT
Tea or coffee set designed by Gio Ponti for the Hotel Parco Dei Principi in Rome and produced by the historic Italian manufacturer Fratelli Calderoni between 1950s and 1960s.
This vintage breakfast set consists of 5 pieces:
1 small teapot with built-in filter in the body
1 large coffee maker
1 Water Jug
1 sugar bowl
1 Tray with feet...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
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Silver Plate, Nickel
Pair of Leggera chairs in light wood, Gio Ponti, Cassina (First Edition)
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Argelato, BO
Leggera is the chair designed in 1952 by Gio Ponti in collaboration with Cesare Cassina and the company's artisans. An icon of Made in Italy design that represents the wooden chair p...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Wood
Gio Ponti Silver Plate Soliflores for Fratelli Calderoni, Italy, 1960s, Set of 6
By Gio Ponti, Calderoni
Located in Brescia , Brescia
Enhance your home decor with this stunning set of six Gio Ponti Silver Plate Soliflores, crafted by Fratelli Calderoni in Italy during the 1960s. Designed by the legendary architect ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Silver Plate, Metal
La Casa Degli Efebi Ceramic Tiles by Giò Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Weesp, NL
Gio Ponti ceramic tiles La Casa Degli Efebi.
New Old Stock beautiful set of ceramic tiles with a famous design made by Gio Ponti in 1923 for cerami...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Ceramic
Desk by Gio Ponti and Alberto Rosselli, Rima Padova, Italy, circa 1955
By Alberto Rosselli Saporiti, Gio Ponti
Located in Berlin, DE
Desk by Gio Ponti & Alberto Rosselli, Rima Padova, Italy, circa 1955
Originally designed for the Pirelli Tower in Milano.
In 1950, Alberto Pirelli, president and owner of the giant...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Metal
Silver Metal Sculpture Model Maschera Cornuta by Gio Ponti for Sabbatini
By Lino Sabattini, Gio Ponti
Located in Milan, Italy
Sculpture in perforated plate and silver metal.
Sabattini production. Signature under the base.
Biography
Architect, designer and artist, Gio Ponti (Milan 1891-1979) graduated in Mi...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Metal
Gio Ponti occasional table with drawers for BNL offices, Genoa, Italy, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A rare office furniture piece in wood, linoleum, and brass with compact dimensions, an original design by Gio Ponti for the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL), Italian production from ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Brass
Rare Gio Ponti Desk and Wall Shelf, Forli Administrative Offices
By Gio Ponti
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Gio Ponti (Italian, 1891-1979)
Additional Information: Desk has splayed front legs, a single drawer, open storage areas and brass sabots. It also has a matching wal...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Gio Ponti Furniture
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Brass
Gio Ponti for Fratelli Reguitti "Ninfea" Folding Chair, Italy, 1960s
By Gio Ponti, Fratelli Reguitti
Located in Naples, IT
Rare "Ninfea" folding chair designed by Gio' Ponti manufactured in Italy by Fratelli Reguitti in the 1960s, the frame is made of wood, brass hinges and original red fabric upholstery...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Straw, Wood
Silver Metal Sculpture Model Diavolo by Gio Ponti for Sabbatini
By Gio Ponti, Lino Sabattini
Located in Milan, Italy
Sculpture depicting the devil designed by Gio Ponti and created by Lino Sabattini in 1978 in hallmarked silver metal.
Biography
Architect, designer and artist, Gio Ponti (Milan 1891...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Metal
Gio Ponti and Carminati Bamboo Italian Peacock Chair 1950s
By Gio Ponti, Lio Carminati
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Wicker chair designed by Lio Carminati for Vittorio Bonacina, 1950. Carminati was a student of Gio Ponti. Ponti and Carminati originally designed t...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Bamboo, Rattan
Italian Art Deco wooden sideboard with four doors by Gio Ponti, 1940s
By Gio Ponti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Art Deco wooden sideboard with four doors by Gio Ponti, 1940s
Sideboard with rectangular wooden top. It has four striped wood doors, each with a hole with a turned wooden fr...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Brass
Gio Ponti Credenza/Cabinet for Singer & Sons, Model 4120
By Gio Ponti
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gio Ponti design credenza or cabinet for Singer & Sons, Model 4120. Sophisticated design credenza by the master Gio Ponti for Singer & Sons executed in gorgeous Italian ribbon walnut...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Brass
Three 1930s Art Deco Teapots by Gio Ponti for Fratelli Calderoni
By Gio Ponti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A set of three alpaca coffee pot designed by Gio Ponti and manufactured by Fratelli Calderoni in the Fifties, they were used in the hotels and they are marked on the bottom Calderoni...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
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Alpaca
Gio Ponti ''Ninfea'' Chairs, 1958, Published with Certificate from Ponti Archive
By Gio Ponti, Fratelli Reguitti
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Beautiful pair of 1958 Gio Ponti "Ninfea Pieghevole" folding lounge chairs finished in italian walnut with the original red fabric. This pair come with a hand signed certificate from...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Brass
Silver Plate Table Lamp by Gio Ponti for Christofle
By Gio Ponti
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Silver plate arrow and horn candelabra style table lamp by Gio Ponti for Gallia / Christofle. Signed.
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Silver Plate
Italian mid-century Chairs Parco dei Principi hotel by Gio Ponti Cassina, 1960s
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Chairs Parco dei Principi hotel by Gio Ponti for Cassina, 1960s
Pair of iconic chairs with square woven straw seat. The backrest is entirely made of shaped...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Straw, Wood
1930 Gio Ponti Calderoni Alpacca Argento Monofiore Vaso _ set di 4
By Gio Ponti, Calderoni
Located in Brescia, IT
Gruppo di 4 Monofiore
des. Gio Ponti
Calderoni, Milano
1930s
Alpacca argentato
Marchio impresso sul fondo
Eccellenti condizioni
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
Materials
Metal
1976s Modern Silver Plated French Centerpiece by Gio Ponti for Christofle
By Gio Ponti, Christofle, Lino Sabattini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A modern centerpiece designed by Gio Ponti and Lino Sabattini and manufactured by Christofle, it's hall marked and signed by Gio Ponti, it's in perfect condition, in original box and...
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Late 20th Century French Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
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Silver Plate
Pair of Gio Ponti Candelabra Fleche Lamps
By Christofle, Gio Ponti
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of early edition Gio Ponti candelabra fleche lamps, an original cornucopia design of interlaced tapered horns framing a single arrow, imagine...
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1950s French Art Deco Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
Materials
Pewter
Gio Ponti F.A. 33 Medium Mirror in Brass
By Gio Ponti, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti F.A. 33 medium mirror in brass. The F.A. 33 mirror was originally designed by Gio Ponti in 1933 for Fontana Arte, the period’s most prominent lamp, glass, and mirror manufa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gio Ponti Set of six Superleggera Chairs for Cassina, Italy, 1957
By Gio Ponti, Figli di Amadeo Cassina
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A set of six Superleggera chairs, produced by Cassina in the early 1960s and designed by Gio Ponti, has undergone professional restoration while preserving and refinishing their ash ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Straw, Ash
Mid-Century Giò Ponti for Krupp Milano Nickel Silver Teapot, 1938 Italy
By Arthur Krupp, Gio Ponti
Located in Palermo, IT
Prestigious teapot for Gran Hotel breakfast set, in nickel silver, design by Gio Ponti, 1938, produced by Krupp Milano. Some dents and natural signs of use and age on the surface. On...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Metal
Soliflore Vases by Gio Ponti for Krupp Milano, 1930's
By Gio Ponti, Arthur Krupp
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
The so called Soliflore vase designed by Gio Ponti for Arthur Krupp, Milano- Designed for the VI Triennale in 1936. And produced between the 1930's through to the 1950's.
The sha...
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20th Century Italian Art Deco Gio Ponti Furniture
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Silver Plate
Gio Ponti Richard Ginori Vase Ceramic Gold Red, 1940, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
Gio Ponti Richard Ginori vase ceramic gold red 1940 Italy.
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1940s Italian Other Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Gio Ponti: Monumental Executive Desk in Reeded Walnut and Brass, Italy 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Gio Ponti (1891-1979)
A rare and important executive desk by Gio Ponti, in dramatically carved and reeded walnut with polished brass details. Impeccably crafted, starkly geometric i...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Brass
Venini A Canne Pitcher by Gio Ponti Venice Murano 1950s
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Venini A Canne Pitcher by Gio Ponti Venice Murano 1950s
A vintage "a canne" pitcher with twisted polycrome canes in red, blue, green and yellow. Manufa...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
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Art Glass, Murano Glass
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 Furniture
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Onyx, Brass
Gio Ponti for Cassina Sculptural Stools in Walnut, Italy, 1950s.
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Almelo, NL
Gio Ponti for Cassina Pair of two Sculptural Stools in Walnut, Italy, 1950s.
Pair of sculptural stools from the 687 series by Italian design...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Upholstery, Walnut
set di 4 sedie "leggera" disegnate da Gio Ponti per Cassina anni 60
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, MI
La sedia Leggera è una delle piu iconiche espressioni del design di Gio Ponti disegnata nel 1952.
E' frutto di approfonditi studi fatti al tempo per ottenere una sedia molto leggera ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
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Straw, Ash
Pair of 2 Mid Century Italian Armchair by Gio Ponti 1960
By Gio Ponti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gio Ponti's infinite compositional black made it possible to create the rooms of the Hotel Parco dei Principi, each one different from the others.
This is the "Black Ponti": a partic...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Fabric, Foam, Wood
Gio Ponti for Cleto Munari Modernist Silver Plated Serving Plate Italy, 1980s
By Gio Ponti, Cleto Munari
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing mid-century silver plate serving plate. Gio Ponti designed and signed this astonishing item for Cleto Munari in Italy during the 1980s.
The flat and efficient design on two round levels, make this piece simply irresistible and iconic for midcentury lovers.
This piece will smarten a midcentury living room or minimal and chromed bar.
This wonderful piece is in very good condition.
Dimensions (cms):
Diameter - 32
Giovanni “Gio” Ponti, (Milan, November 18, 1891 - Milan, September 16, 1979), is one of the Italian masters of architecture. He was also a designer and essayist and one of the most important of the twentieth century.
Other than the great architectural works which carry his unmistakable signature, he created a vast amount of work in the furniture sector. This is demonstrated in his three Milanese houses which were fully furnished in the "Ponti" style. The houses in via Randaccio, 1925, Casa Laporte in via Brin, 1926 and the last in via Dezza, in 1957 is an "expression" of his home design ideas. Gio Ponti was an Italian promoter of industrial design and introduced the idea of interior furnishing ranges produced as being a "sophisticated," economic, "democratic" and modern.
Molteni&C managed a reissuing project of furniture and furnishings designed by Gio Ponti for products for these private homes and limited editions. After a long journey of research, selection and study of prototypes, the collection was exhibited at the Salone del Mobile 2012. This was thanks to the cooperation and the exclusively signed agreement of the Ponti heirs and the artistic director of Cerri & Associati Studio.
Gio Ponti graduated in Architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan at the end of World War I, after he fought on the front line earning military decorations. In 1921 he married Giulia Vimercati, with whom he had four children: Lisa, Giovanna, Letizia and Giulio. In 1927 he opened a studio in Milan with the architect Emilio Lancia. From the beginning of the 1920’s until 1938 he worked with Richard-Ginori Manufactory and renewed its production. In 1928 he founded the Domus magazine with Gianni Mazzocchi. In 1933 he became the artistic director of Fontana Arte which was another success after the one he obtained with Richard-Ginori.
In the 1930’s he participated in the Triennale exhibitions and later he successfully managed a few of them. From 1936 to 1961 he was a professor at the Milan Polytechnic, and in 1933 was associated with Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini, until 1945. From this partnership major projects were born, including the Montecatini Palace in Milan from 1936 to 1938, in which Ponti created the "integral design" of the building and the interiors. Other works of the period were civil architecture, including the Littoria Tower in Milan in 1933, school buildings such as the School of Mathematics at the University City Rome in 1934 and the Humanities Faculty and the Rectorate of the University of Padua in 1937. There were also residential projects such as Casa Marmont in 1934 and Milan "Domus" from 1931 to 1936.
The richness of the artistic production of Cleto Munari, arises out of the discovery that every boundary is undefined, and the consequent need to create a “collection about syllables” or rather a “collection of figures” which, because of their incompleteness, luminously suggest the irrepressible quest of man’s intelligence to transfigure the world, according to his own vision. It is this a perfect complicity between the whisper of the “heart...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
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Silver Plate
Gio Ponti Livia Chair
By Gio Ponti
Located in Dronten, NL
Originally designed by design Giò Ponti in 1937, the Livia chair owes its name to the 'livianum' offices in the University of Padua that it was designed for. Timeless is clearly the ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
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Beech
Armchair Biancamano design Gio Ponti anni 50 rattan
By Lio Carminati, Gio Ponti
Located in Montecchio Precalcino, VI
Iconic Biancamano armchair designed by Gio Ponti and Lio Carminati for the restyling of the Biancamano' nave liner in 1950.
It went into production in the early 1960s and became th...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Bamboo, Rattan
Lidded Vase by Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori, 1930s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Zürich, CH
Gio Ponti
Teal-coloured lidded vase/Urn 5756
Inscribed at the bottom '695T'
Expertise conducted by the Gio Ponti Archives
The vase is in great con...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Ceramic
Pair of Stools by Gio Ponti for Cassina, Italy, 1953
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of stools model 687 designed in 1953 by Gio Ponti for Cassina, Italy. Walnut wood structure and upholstered with new boucle fabric by Bisson Bruneel.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Fabric, Walnut
Set of 7 Gio Ponti Modular Hexagonal Coffee Tables, ISA Bergamo, Italy, 1950s
By Gio Ponti, ISA Bergamo
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 Furniture
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Metal
Gio Ponti Gabriella Chair
By Gio Ponti, Pallucco
Located in Dronten, NL
Gabriella folding lounge chair with a steel frame, seat, and back upholstered in black Naugahyde.
This iconic chair was designed by the Italian designer Gio Ponti and released in a...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
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Stainless Steel
1940s Art Deco Set of Three Alpaca Coffee Pot By Krupp Designed by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti, Art.Krupp Berndorf
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A set of three alpaca coffee pot designed by Gio Ponti and manufactured by Krupp Milano in the Forties, they were used in the hotels and they are marked on the bottom Krupp and Jolly...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Gio Ponti Furniture
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Alpaca
Gio Ponti rare Settebello Train armchair best italian design
By Gio Ponti, Officine Breda, Giulio Minoletti
Located in Montecchio Precalcino, VI
In the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, Italy made a difficult but quick recovery from the horror and destruction of World War II. The conflict had completely devastated a countr...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gio Ponti Furniture
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Metal
Gio Ponti F.A. 33 Medium Mirror in Black Brass
By Gio Ponti, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti F.A. 33 medium mirror in black brass. The F.A. 33 Mirror was originally designed by Gio Ponti in 1933 for Fontana Arte, the period’s most prominent lamp, glass, and mirror ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
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Brass
Gio Ponti Medium Randaccio Mirror
By Gio Ponti, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti medium Randaccio mirror. Executed in brass and glass. Ponti created the Randaccio Mirror in 1925 for his home on Via Randaccio in Milan. Cha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti Furniture
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Brass
1935s Art Deco Ceramic Soup Tureen by Gio Ponti for S.C. Richard
By Richard Ginori, Gio Ponti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A ceramic soup tureen manufactured by S. C. Richard in Italy in the 1935, decor representing a sail boat has been designed by Gio Ponti. Soup tureen was part of a dinner service, it'...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Gio Ponti Furniture
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Ceramic
Gio Ponti furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Gio Ponti furniture 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 furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 567 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 129 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture 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 furniture by Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Mario Bellini, and Osvaldo Borsani. Prices for Gio Ponti furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $83 and can go as high as $88,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $7,193.
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