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AD Architectural Digest India

At Salone del Mobile 2023, Italian furniture maker Poltrona Frau introduced are-edition of its historic Dezza armchair by legendary architect Gio Ponti.

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Since its inception in 1912, Italian furniture maker Poltrona Frau has produced designs that have celebrated the legacy of its makers. Its 2023 Pleasures collection, unveiled at this year's Salone del Mobile, held a candle to this tradition, with the re-edition of the brand's historic "Dezza" armchair, designed by the late Italian architect Gio Ponti and named after the Milanese street on which he once worked and lived. Dezza's latest avatar-which joins present variants Dezza 12, Dezza 48, and Dezza 24-is the result of meticulous archival research of Ponti's wide-ranging oe

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