Image source: Poltrona Frau — Dezza
© Poltrona Frau and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
Collection Story
Origin
Dezza is the armchair that Gio Ponti designed in 1965 and that Poltrona Frau has reissued. The product sheet records that he was already 74 years old when he drew the armchair and its variants, and that since 1957 he had lived on the top floor of the house he designed in Via Dezza in Milan.
Design Language
Poltrona Frau says the armchair sums up Ponti's design canons, both formal, in the leg with its tapered triangular section, and methodological, in a modular system built from a limited number of pieces to assemble. The reissue of the armchairs and the sofa is described as refined and as exalting their formal beauty.
Image source: Poltrona Frau — Dezza · © Poltrona Frau and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research. · View official website ↗ · Image use & copyright policy
Key Pieces
- Dezza 12 armchair
- Dezza 24 armchair and sofa
- Dezza 48 armchair
- Dezza 60th Anniversary Limited Edition armchair, in 60 numbered pieces
Pieces in this collection
Dezza 12 Armchair
Dezza 12 armchair by Gio Ponti, with slender armrests for placing armchairs side by side.
Dezza 48 Armchair
Dezza 48 by Gio Ponti: the Dezza armchair with a higher back and a goose down headrest.
Dezza 24 Sofa
Gio Ponti's Dezza two-seater sofa: seasoned beech frame, tapered feet, leather or fabric covers.
Dezza 24 Armchair
Gio Ponti's Dezza armchair, edition 24: beech frame, tapered legs, leather or fabric.
Dezza 60 Limited Edition Armchair
Gio Ponti's Dezza armchair reissued in 60 numbered pieces, printed with a motif of 26 hands.
Specifying pieces from Dezza for your design project?
INTEBEE is the FF&E specification platform for interior designers: spec sheets, finishes, floor plans and client-ready PDFs in one place.
