Rose Uniacke

Produced by Fratteli Radice, Milan, Italy. 

Unique Custom Desk, circa 1946-47 
Solid and veneered Italian walnut, original black vinyl, punched holes in polka-dot pattern, brass sabots.
Produced by Fratteli Radice, Milan, Italy. 
Together with a copy of its certificate of authenticity by the Gio Ponti archives.

Designed by Gio Ponti; this desk was made by Fratelli Radice for a private commission in Milan, possibly for an office library, 1946-7 in solid and veneered Italian walnut. The slightly curved structure is optically enhanced by a veneered wood band showing tonal gradations. This is readily visible to the back of this desk. The entire top surface is covered in vinyl with a punched-in polka dot pattern. Specific patterns, particularly polka dots, were already used by Ponti in two other private Milanese commissions; in 1941 and 1942. The tapering legs terminate in brass sabots, in the Pontian manner.