Pietro Chiesa, reflected highsuspension lamp, c. 1930's
studios and manufacturers: Gio Ponti (1930-1933,
1968), Pietro Chiesa (1933-1948) and Max Ingrand
(1954-1968).
Reading Fontana Arte provokes many thoughts, among
them, contemplation of the balance, in the applied arts,
between one-off making and mass production and the
nuanced communication that must exist between the
guiding artists and those who physically produce their
designs. Fontana Arte's scale of production would hardly
be noticed by Henry Ford; still, this studio company
attempted a broad production. In 1942, artistic director
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