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Who is the woman on the Fornasetti plates?
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Opera singer Natalina ‘Lina’ Cavalieri is the face that inspired Piero Fornasetti throughout his artistic career, from his plates to wallpaper and more. Lina Cavalieri was known as the most beautiful woman in the world during her lifetime from 1874-1944. It was eight years after Cavalieri’s death that Fornasetti came across her image in a magazine and was thereby inspired to replicate it repetitively. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic Fornasetti plates from some of the world’s top sellers.
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Piero Fornasetti Mid-Century Pistole Pattern Metal Basket or Waste Bin
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish mid-century Italian metal refuse bin decorated with the ‘Pistole’ design by renowned Italian artist and designer Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913-1988) and dating from ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Baskets
Materials
Metal
1990s Astonishing Red Fornasetti Wood Box by Fornasetti.
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1990s Astonishing rare wood box by Piero Fornasetti, in excellent condition
Made in Italy.
Dimension:
10.23W × 3.14D × 1.57 H
25 cm x 8 cm x 4 cm
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Plate- Python A La Orange
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Recipe Plate,
Python A La Orange,
1960s.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate is from a series of fourteen made for the Fleming Joffe ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain "Cook" Pattern Dinner Plate, Cobra a L'Indienne
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Cook Pattern Plate,
Cobra a L'Indienne,
Made for Fleming Joffe,
1967-1974
From a set of fourteen, We have an example of eah of the different plates made ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Box with Butterflies, Italy 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Naples, IT
Original and decorative box from the 1960s designed by Piero Fornasetti, a celebrated Italian artist and designer known for his dreamlike and surreal approach to design. The box is r...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
FORNASETTI Butterfly Poker Card Game Set Box
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage butterfly poker card game set box, screen print on wood, with two decks of playing cards, eight dices and chips / Designed by PIero Fornasetti, made in Milan Italy by Fornase...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Wood
$1,350 Sale Price
25% Off