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Gio Ponti

A Rare Low Table for the First Class Ballroom of the Giulio Cesare Ocean Liner

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Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

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Gio Ponti

1891–1979


A Rare Low Table for the First Class Ballroom of the Giulio Cesare Ocean Liner

circa 1951

glass with acid etched manufacturer's mark TEMPERATO/RAGAZZI

burled walnut, brass, original glass

height 15 ¾ in.; diameter 31 ½ in.

40 cm; 80 cm

Giulio Cesare Ocean Liner, circa 1951;

Private Collection, Milan, Italy;

Philips London, October 18, 2018, lot 24;

Where acquired by the present collector.

"Interni di una nuova nave," Domus, no. 267, February, 1952, p. 15

Paolo Piccione, Gio Ponti: Le Navi, Il progetto degli interni navali, 1948-1953, Viareggio, 2007, pp. 98-101

Ugo La Pietra, Gio Ponti: L'arte si innamora dell'industria, New York, 2009, p. 214

This lot is accompanied by a letter of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.