Pair of Italian ash lounge chairs, model ‘829’, designed by Gio Ponti for the Hotel Parco Dei Principi, Sorrento, c. 1960

These chairs are upholstered in Zinc Zumirez in Moonbeam.

Re-upholstered in Romo wool boucle in Natural, one chair with a partial printed label for ‘Figli di Amedeo Cassina, 20036 Meda (Milano) Italy’; seat reclining mechanisms have been removed. A third chair is available.

In 1960, Gio Ponti (1891-1979), architect, industrial designer and furniture designer, was commissioned to build and design the contents of the Hotel Parco dei Principi, a site of historical significance set on the cliffs of Sorrento. For an example of a chair of this type, see Pietra, Ugo La, Gio Ponti: L'Arte Si Innamora Dell'Industria, La Pietra, p. 367.