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Description

Giovan Battista Mitri sculptural chimney, majolica, Italy, 1960s.

This handmade majolica chimney is a unique piece from the artist’s collection. Originally made in the early 1960s for the main room of Palazzo Bollani in Venice, this piece was conceived to be used as a real chimney and decorative installation. The great central hole and the iron base instead remind of the fireplace of Venetian glass furnaces. The artist committed to bestiaries inspired by archaic suggestions and cubistic compositions since the 1940s. Mitri’s style is explicit in this piece: a bunch of ancestral stylized figures such as horses, man, and other beasts in hunting scenes and rural life engraved in the majolica, a clear reminder of cave painting.

We offer custom restoration and special reupholstering on request. Our atelier enhances Italy’s excellence by providing dedicated and tailor-made customization services. Contact us for additional information.

Dimensions

Height: 72.45 in (184 cm)
Width: 22.05 in (56 cm)
Depth: 16.54 in (42 cm)

Design

1960s

MANUFACTURE

1960-1969

MATERIAL

Iron, Majolica

CONDITION

Our atelier carefully restored the chimney. Slight signs of use and time.