Pietro Chiesa 1892-1970

Elegant mirror with shaped frame in cut and engraved glass, small glass decorations.

Prod. Fontana Arte 1940ca.

In 1932 he was called by Gio Ponti to share the artistic direction of the newborn and then famous FontanaArte. "No one more than him could promote more daring modernity in glassmaking technique" as Ponti wrote. He designed over a thousand different objects, furniture, tables, lamps, stained glass windows, art objects. Many of these pieces have entered the history of design.