Product description
Mahogany, Securit glass, concealed fluorescent lighting
142"w x 23"d x 42.5"h
Ponti states, "bookcases are not spaces to be filled, they are instead vertical surfaces to be composed with books, objects, magazines and also a lighting element. Behind each book shelf there is a fluorescent light, so that you no longer turn on one light, but rather a whole wall" (Domus, 1950).
Literature: Gio Ponti, la Pietra, pg. 188
Provenance: Private Collection, South America