Gio Ponti (1891-1979)

Two-Seater Sofa

Walnut, Silk-Cotton Velvet upholstery

Produced / Distributed by "Casa e Giardino", Italy, c.1935

This two-seater sofa consists of a wooden structure with walnut legs, coated with the original "yellowish-pearl" silk and cotton velvet.

Gio Ponti was the most visionary Italian Designer-Decorator- Architect of all time. Well known for his elegance and simplicity of modern-forms and light-spacious interiors.

Casa e Giardino, a prominent Italian label that partnered with visionary designers like Gio Ponti and Lio Carminati. 

While not a traditional manufacturer in it sense, Casa e Giardino was a label-distributor associated with high-quality Italian design, particularly during the 1930s and 1940s.

The upholstery and sofa stability is in excellent original condition for it age.

Provenance from a private collector, Garda, Italy.

literature: Gio Ponti: Interni, Oggetti, Disegni 1920-1976, Falconi,  illustrates related design