The Domus Nova suite was part
of a larger project comprising four rooms:
a family room, a dining room, a double bedroom and a single bedroom. The entire dining room suite of eleven
pieces of furniture was part of a series of furniture conceived and designed to
renew the image and furnishings of the Italian middle-class home through more
practical objects, which allowed a more rational use of space. The aim was to
"provide at modest prices furniture that was simple but tasteful in form
and studied in every detail, so as to include all the most modern practical
qualities and perfect workmanship". Indeed,
at the end of the 1920s, designer furniture became accessible to a wider public
who were able to learn about them directly through catalogues. Giò Ponti, with Emilio Lancia and the
collaboration of Giulio Rosso, created Domus Nova, a line of mass-produced
furniture that was sold in La Rinascente department store in Milan. This table,
with the entire dining room, was shown at the third International Exhibition of
Decorative Arts in Monza in 1927, where it was bought by the painter Cristoforo
De Amicis.
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