Superleggera Gio Ponti Chair

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Superleggera gio ponti chair.

Gio ponti s superleggera chair on stage. 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 lamps 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. Leggera is a simple chair with a polite clear cultured shape strong in its past as a design icon. Of the architect gio ponti and cassina s manufacturing excellence an undisputed icon that is both of the moment and pays tribute to traditional artisanal skills.

Two very light red chairs with indiana cane seating in the style of gio ponti s superleggera chair 1960s or 1970s vintagonist. The challenge they faced of making an extra light chair was overcome with the superleggera s legs. Gio ponti set out to design and manufacture a chair that was both light and lived up to the standards of the best italian manufacturers. Superleggera demonstrates the constructive prowess of the medamade craftsmen.

Vintage pair of mid century mod gio ponti style ladder back chairs. Superleggera is a chair designed by italian designer gio ponti in 1955 and produced by the italian company cassina since 1957. He achieved his nearly decade long dream in 1957 with the superleggera chair a chair weighing just 3 10 pounds the superleggera beyond light has a solid ash wood frame joined with dowel joints and four legs that taper downwards with a maximum. Vintage pair italian mid century modern gio ponti style side metal dining chairs.

This chair was inspired by 19th century italian ladderback chairs with woven straw seats. Cane 2 2 twill weave rattan with original varnish museum no. Only 1 available and it s in 1 person s cart. Riprodotta ininterrottamente dal 1957 la superleggera rappresenta una sintesi esclusiva tra la ricerca di gio ponti e la sperimentazione avanzata di cassina divenendo icona indiscussa di modernità e raffinatezza artigianale.

The leggera chair marked the beginning of a process in 1952 that encompasses in one unicum the entire design and executive path of collaboration between gio ponti cesare cassina and its artisans. Otto gerdau italy ladder back chair rush wood wooden gio ponti superleggera styl. It is one of the most famous products of the designer and one of the most important industrial design products of the twentieth century. Favorite add to.