Pietro Chiesa wrote, "The secret of [Fontana's brilliance],
with strictly mass production processing, is simply the
love of our craft that united in an atmosphere of affection
the work of every single one of Fontana's artist technicians
..." Even the simplest glass object often required the
ministrations of numerous expert artisans and workers.
One may only imagine what was necessary to fabricate,
assemble and finish Gio Ponti's seemingly simple coffee
table with inverted curved glass base and black glass
top, c. 1931 (illustration 128), let alone Max Ingrand's
large chandelier with thirty- two lights, first displayed at
the Brussels World's Fair in 1958 (illustration 322).
Max Ingrand, pair of
wall lights, c. 1955
HYLAND
