Pierluigi Ghianda (1926 - 2015)

The archival Fonds ([1914] − [2017]) was donated to Politecnico di Milano in 2018. The Fonds testifies Ghianda’s activity as a craftsman, expert in fine wood-working and heir of the tradition of woodworking that was typical of the Brianza area in Lombardy; Pierluigi Ghianda brought forth and continued the tradition already started in the carpentry family company at the beginning of the twentieth century.

The archival fond, held by the Historical Archives of Politecnico di Milano, includes primarily the products of this woodworking activity, such as furniture, models, furnishing accessories, prototypes, along with the instruments and tools employed in the atelier, samples of different materials and by-products or small components of more complex objects. Along with these objects, the fonds also holds printed materials, photographs, drawings, advertising and informational material, that was employed in the everyday work of the atelier or testifies the results of the completed designs.
After the reorganization and analytical inventory, the Pierluigi Ghianda fonds holds 385 archival units, organised in seven series and five sub-series: Furniture elements (42 a.u.); Small and medium objects of artisanal production (51 a.u.); Joints (16 a.u.); Tools and work materials (16 a.u.); Drawings and designs (85 a.u.); Work documents (61 a.u.); Photographs (114 a.u.).

Additional documentation
The inventory of the collection is published on ArchiVista http://www.archimistaweb.polimi.it/groups/Polimi-ArchiviStorici/ and on the Lombardia Archivi website https://lombardiarchivi.servizirl.it/