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| gio ponti / chairs during the 1950s, gio ponti devoted more time to industrial design. the angular 1953 'distex' armchair and 1957 'superleggera' chair (inspired by the traditional chiavari chairs ponti had seen at the seaside, but so strong and light that a child could lift one up on a single finger) he designed for cassina swiftly became classics of the period. |
  '699' superleggera chair for cassina, 1957  settee, designed for the hotel parco principe, rome, 1964  'distex' lounge chair, 1953  'novedra', upholstered chair 1968  '969' chair for montina  office chair, manufactured by kardex italiano montecatini headquarters, milan, 1938  office chair and desk, montecatini headquarters, milan, 1938 manufactured by kardex italiano, italy  dining chairs, designed for the hotel parco principe, rome, 1964  artisan tall ladder-back chair, ca. 1958 |
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