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Gio Ponti for Casa e Giardino 'Shell' Sofa
Gio Ponti designed for Casa e Giardino through the 1930s and 40s, the Milan-based firm that gave him a platform to translate his ideas about modern Italian living into furniture people could actually own. This Italian mid-century sofa is a hallmark of that period — a deeply channelled, scallop-backed silhouette that curves the full width of the piece, giving it the fluid, shell-like profile the model is known for. The original Italian leather survives in a rare teal, a colour seldom seen on pieces of this vintage, and the sofa remains in exceptional original condition throughout. It was sourced from a summer house on Lake Como, the kind of provenance that speaks to how these pieces were actually lived with — not archived, but used, in a house built for exactly this sort of furniture.
Original Italian leather · Dimensions: 220cm x 98cm x 75cm · Italy, 1940s · Gio Ponti for Casa e Giardino
Gio Ponti for Casa e Giardino 'Shell' Sofa
Gio Ponti designed for Casa e Giardino through the 1930s and 40s, the Milan-based firm that gave him a platform to translate his ideas about modern Italian living into furniture people could actually own. This Italian mid-century sofa is a hallmark of that period — a deeply channelled, scallop-backed silhouette that curves the full width of the piece, giving it the fluid, shell-like profile the model is known for. The original Italian leather survives in a rare teal, a colour seldom seen on pieces of this vintage, and the sofa remains in exceptional original condition throughout. It was sourced from a summer house on Lake Como, the kind of provenance that speaks to how these pieces were actually lived with — not archived, but used, in a house built for exactly this sort of furniture.
Original Italian leather · Dimensions: 220cm x 98cm x 75cm · Italy, 1940s · Gio Ponti for Casa e Giardino
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