Richard Ginori - Giovanni Gariboldi - Table service for 6 (21) - Porcelain - Colonna
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Richard Ginori - Tableware - Colonna - Compasso d'oro 1954 - Giovanni Gariboldi
Complete table service for six people in porcelain designed by the creative genius Giovanni Gariboldi, an apprentice of Gio Ponti first and later the creative director of the Richard Ginori manufactory. The set is characterized by a versatile design conceived to respond to the needs of minimal footprint and functionality of the contemporary era.
In fine porcelain with blue decoration, it consists of:
6 antipasto plates
6 soup plates
6 flat plates
1 round tray
2 raviers
All pieces of the service are in excellent condition, in extraordinary state despite being over 70 years old!
Colonna is an eclectic and versatile tableware collection that revolutionizes the concept of design by reinterpreting the art of porcelain in a modern perspective, and elevating every space with style and practicality, in a union of functionality and aesthetics. Thanks to the precise geometric lines and the essential form, Colonna is an icon of 1950s modernism, emblem of this golden period of Italian design. It was born in 1954 from the creative genius of Giovanni Gariboldi, an apprentice model maker of Gio Ponti and subsequently Creative Director of the Manufacture who, redefining the idea of verticality, geometric rigor and utility, designs every element to be stackable and to create symmetric compositions that can be stored in compact spaces. With its stackability, vertical modularity and refined curves, the collection won the prestigious Compasso d'Oro design award in 1954: the jury awarded the prize for the purity of the form created - the sincerity of the Form. Colonna embodied with elegance the needs and desires of a new and modern Italy. The characteristic of stackability of Colonna is not just a matter of efficiency, but it was a statement of aesthetics and modern life.
IMPORTANT NOTE: in 2024 Richard Ginori reproduced in the same style and format Gariboldi's service; it was available for €2000.00, currently sold out. The service offered at auction is instead original, dating from the 1950s and 1960s, stamped with the blue and green Richard Ginori mark.
Very rare!
Seller's Story
My name is Riccardo. I recently graduated in Art History from the University of Florence and I am passionate about porcelain. From tableware to artistic vases, from figurines to tea and coffee sets, I am fascinated by the mastery and creativity of great artisans and designers who manage to shape this fragile material, transforming a rough mass into masterpieces with a story to tell. During my years at university I began to become interested in the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century tableware; today, every day, I deal with prestigious porcelain pieces that always have something to say to me and to those who purchase them. I love that every day I can discover more about the objects I find while traveling around Italy, always learning something new. I always try to convey to my clients this passion I have for the objects I sell, certain that each of them has a story to tell: that of the creator, that of the one who preserved it, and that of the person who will give it a new life.
Translated by Google TranslateRichard Ginori - Tableware - Colonna - Compasso d'oro 1954 - Giovanni Gariboldi
Complete table service for six people in porcelain designed by the creative genius Giovanni Gariboldi, an apprentice of Gio Ponti first and later the creative director of the Richard Ginori manufactory. The set is characterized by a versatile design conceived to respond to the needs of minimal footprint and functionality of the contemporary era.
In fine porcelain with blue decoration, it consists of:
6 antipasto plates
6 soup plates
6 flat plates
1 round tray
2 raviers
All pieces of the service are in excellent condition, in extraordinary state despite being over 70 years old!
Colonna is an eclectic and versatile tableware collection that revolutionizes the concept of design by reinterpreting the art of porcelain in a modern perspective, and elevating every space with style and practicality, in a union of functionality and aesthetics. Thanks to the precise geometric lines and the essential form, Colonna is an icon of 1950s modernism, emblem of this golden period of Italian design. It was born in 1954 from the creative genius of Giovanni Gariboldi, an apprentice model maker of Gio Ponti and subsequently Creative Director of the Manufacture who, redefining the idea of verticality, geometric rigor and utility, designs every element to be stackable and to create symmetric compositions that can be stored in compact spaces. With its stackability, vertical modularity and refined curves, the collection won the prestigious Compasso d'Oro design award in 1954: the jury awarded the prize for the purity of the form created - the sincerity of the Form. Colonna embodied with elegance the needs and desires of a new and modern Italy. The characteristic of stackability of Colonna is not just a matter of efficiency, but it was a statement of aesthetics and modern life.
IMPORTANT NOTE: in 2024 Richard Ginori reproduced in the same style and format Gariboldi's service; it was available for €2000.00, currently sold out. The service offered at auction is instead original, dating from the 1950s and 1960s, stamped with the blue and green Richard Ginori mark.
Very rare!
Seller's Story
My name is Riccardo. I recently graduated in Art History from the University of Florence and I am passionate about porcelain. From tableware to artistic vases, from figurines to tea and coffee sets, I am fascinated by the mastery and creativity of great artisans and designers who manage to shape this fragile material, transforming a rough mass into masterpieces with a story to tell. During my years at university I began to become interested in the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century tableware; today, every day, I deal with prestigious porcelain pieces that always have something to say to me and to those who purchase them. I love that every day I can discover more about the objects I find while traveling around Italy, always learning something new. I always try to convey to my clients this passion I have for the objects I sell, certain that each of them has a story to tell: that of the creator, that of the one who preserved it, and that of the person who will give it a new life.
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Era
1900-2000
Title additional information
Colonna
Number of objects
21
Material
Porcelain
Manufacturer/brand
Richard Ginori
Designer/artist/maker
Giovanni Gariboldi
Country of origin
Italy
Condition
Excellent condition: barely used with minimal signs of wear
Height
1 cm
Width
1 cm
Depth
1 cm
Estimated period
1950-1960
