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Distex lounge chair
Gio Ponti (Italian, 1891–1979) · 1953
$4,888 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,371≈ €5,428
Hammer $4,250 · with buyer’s premium $4,888
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- Medium
- Other · Other all other results →As published: “brass, upholstery”
- Category
- Furniture (named makers)
- Dimensions
- 31 h x 42 w x 31 d in (79 x 107 x 79 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- 20th Century Art + Design (auctions/2001/10/20th-century-art-design)
- Date
- October 28, 2001
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 160
- Estimate
- $4,000 – — (≈ £2,758) (≈ €4,442)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 3, 2026
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