'House of Fantasy' Love-Seat Sofa by Gio Ponti

£28,000

Designed for the Casa Lucano project, Sanremo in 1951 and made by cabinet maker Giordano Chiesa in Milan
Small Beech frame and walnut legs with deep-buttoned upholstery in Rose Uniacke Wild Hazel Wool

Italy, circa 1950

Certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives

The Casa Lucano project in Sanremo was a notable 1951 residential interior design collaboration between architect Gio Ponti and artist Piero Fornasetti for the Lucano family.

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The Casa Lucano project in Sanremo was a notable 1951 residential interior design collaboration between architect Gio Ponti and artist Piero Fornasetti for the Lucano family. While Casa Lucano itself is a famous apartment located in Milan (built circa 1951-1952), it is historically grouped with the Casinò di Sanremo project. Both projects were designed by Ponti and furnished by Fornasetti during their golden decade of creative partnership. Together, these projects pioneered the "Casa di Fantasia" (House of Fantasy) design movement. The design of the sofa leans heavily into the surreal and theatrical, with the dramatic, high-backed capitonné (tufted) silhouette back, reminiscent of the over-the-top extravagance of 19th Century Rococo Revival

Designed for the Casa Lucano project, Sanremo in 1951 and made by cabinet maker Giordano Chiesa in Milan

Small Beech frame and walnut legs with deep-buttoned upholstery in Rose Uniacke Wild Hazel Wool

Certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives

Italy, circa 1950

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11539