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CASSINA, Rocking chair, ca. 1950

Rocking chair, ca. 1950

Walnut, fabric, rubber, plastic. 37 in. (94 cm.) high. Manufactured by Cassina, Italy.

LITERATURE Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Italiano Degli Anni' 40 e '50, Roma-Bari, 1992, p. 133 for a similar example; Patrick Favardin, Les Années 50, Paris, 1999, p. 49 for a similar example; Museu do Design: Luxo, Pop, Cool, De 1937 Até Hoje, exh. cat., Museu do Design, Lisbon, 1999, pl. 30 for a similar example

Salvatore Licitra at the Gio Ponti Archives has suggested the present model of rocking chair was designed by Cassina's studio tecnico. Throughout his career, Gio Ponti maintained an intense and fruitful relationship with Cassina, the Italian furniture manufacturer. The present lot bears undeniable similarities to a lounge chair designed by Gio Ponti for Cassina in the 1950s. Both chairs were produced in walnut and have pronounced wingbacks, slotted side rails, webbed seats, and carved arms.

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