Oak and red laminate table by Gio Ponti for Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, 1950s

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Large table or desk with oak frame, red laminate top and brass details. Originally designed for the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, the design is attributed to Gio Ponti. Italian manufacture from the 1950s. Gio Ponti was an icon of the modernist movement: the Italian designer, architect, artist and publisher contributed significantly to the world of architecture and design with his extensive work in fine furniture and ceramics, education, office and residential buildings and everything in between. Giovanni, known as Gio Ponti, was born in 1891 in Milan. He spent his childhood here and began studying architecture at the Milan Polytechnic in 1921. From 1923 to 1930 he was artistic director of the Richard-Ginori porcelain factory. In 1927 Ponti founded his first architecture studio, together with Emilio Lancia, and in 1928 he started the magazine Domus, still considered one of the most influential European architecture and design magazines. During this period he was also very influential as curator of the Milan Triennale. After the end of his collaboration with Emilio Lancia, when the Rasini Tower was completed, he started working as an architect together with the engineers Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini. It was during this period that Ponti designed many of his most famous buildings, such as the Institute of Mathematics at the University of Rome, the First Montecatini Palace, the Marmont House and Villa Donegani in Bordighera. The best known of his architectural works is the Pirelli Skyscraper, which Gio Ponti completed in his home town of Milan in 1956. He continued working into his eighties, completing impressive works such as the Gran Madre di Dio Co-cathedral in Taranto and the Denver Art Museum. Gio Ponti died in Milan on 16 September 1979, having produced countless pieces of furniture, ceramics and thousands of other objects during his lifetime.

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