Important Design Session 1 
9 December 2007
Important Design Session 1 
110

Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasetti

armchair from Vembi-Burroughs, Genoa

Cassina
Italy, 1950
lithographic transfer-printed skai, ash, brass 33 h × 22¼ w × 20½ d in (84 × 57 × 52 cm)
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $18,000
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Ponti designed the interior of the offices for Vembi-Burroughs, a calculator manufacturing company with locations in Turin and Genoa. Using a yellow palette in Genoa and a blue palette in Turin, each space reflected a sense of luminosity and openness typical of Ponti's masterful architecture. The designs incorporate a gracefulness within their functionalist aesthetic. Works produced in collaboration with Piero Fornasetti appeared in both locations.
provenance: Vembi-Burroughs, Genoa, Italy | Private collection
literature: Gio Ponti: L'Arte Si Innamora Dell'Industria, La Pietra, pg. 194 illustrates in situ Gio Ponti: Interni Oggetti Disegni 1920-1976, Falconi, pg. 243 Domus 1950-1954, Volume III, Fiell, ppg. 270-275 illustrate in situ

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