Fornasetti Lina Cavalieri

Exceptional set of eight iconic Fornasetti porcelain decorative plates featuring the celebrated Lina Cavalieri surrealist motifs in striking black and white designs.

This porcelain plate is number 89 in Piero Fornasetti’s Tema e Variazioni, the series he built across his career from a single borrowed face, that of the opera singer Lina Cavalieri.

Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Plate No. 74, Clock Face, Lina Cavalieri, Milan Atelier Fornasetti, Milan, 1990s Timeless beauty, taken literally.

Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #18, Circles, Atelier Fornasetti The Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts a depiction of the ...

Surreal Distortion: Fornasetti "Themes & Variations" Plate #52 (Lina Cavalieri) Circa 1990s A striking and surreal porcelain wall plate from the iconic "Themes & Variations" (Tema e...

Another classic of the Fornasetti catalogue, vases' uncommon shape mixed with the timeless beauty of Lina Cavalieri, Piero Fornasetti’s enduring muse, bring to life one of the most d...

Reference: Fornasetti The image that inspired Fornasetti to coin the title 'Tema e Variazioni', is the enigmatic face of a woman: the opera singer Lina Cavalieri.

Charming chair with the back rest decorated both sides with Fornasetti's muse, Lina Cavalieri, sporting a purple knitted ski hat with a yellow pom-pom.

The series began in 1952 after Fornasetti stumbled upon the face of Lina Cavalieri, a 19th-century operatic soprano and celebrated beauty, in an old French magazine.

This spherical piece features the hauntingly beautiful gaze of Lina Cavalieri, Fornasetti’s ultimate muse. Crafted in Italy, the thick crystal acts as a magnifying lens, giving the a...

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

The decoration depicts a variation on the iconic face of Lina Cavalieri, Fornasetti's muse, looking through the keyhole.

The face of the opera singer Lina Cavalieri, Piero Fornasetti's muse, embellishes this decorative porcelain wall plate.

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

This iconic variation, identified as Number 6 in the series, strips Piero Fornasetti’s muse, Lina Cavalieri, down to her absolute essence.

The graphic black-and-white transfer print re-imagines the face of Lina Cavalieri—Piero Fornasetti’s eternal muse—metamorphosed into an incandescent light bulb.

The series began in 1952 after Fornasetti stumbled upon the face of Lina Cavalieri, a 19th-century operatic soprano and celebrated beauty, in an old French magazine.

It features the enigmatic face of Lina Cavalieri—Fornasetti's eternal muse—peering out from behind the heavy, textured iron bars of a prison cell or dungeon window.

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

The "Tema e Variazioni" series began when Fornasetti discovered the face of Lina Cavalieri—a 19th-century opera singer once celebrated as the most beautiful woman in the world—while ...

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500...

Here the face of Lina Cavalieri, Fornasetti's eternal muse, is multiplied into a row of buttons down a garment front, each round face-button paired with its corded buttonhole, while ...

Here the face of Lina Cavalieri, Fornasetti's eternal muse, merges with a female torso: the navel sits above the brows and the thighs frame the chin, fusing body and countenance into...

Piero Fornasetti said that he chose Lina Cavalieri for her archetypal beauty.

Motif as Obsession: Just as he endlessly explored the face of opera singer Lina Cavalieri, Fornasetti returned repeatedly to natural forms—butterflies, shells, hot-air balloons, and,...

Design and Allusion The plate centers on the face of Fornasetti's muse, the 19th-century opera singer Lina Cavalieri.

In this beloved motif from the Fornasetti universe, the face of Lina Cavalieri—the famous soprano whom Piero often depicted and reinterpreted across many works—is framed by the sharp...

In this beloved motif from the Fornasetti universe, the face of Lina Cavalieri—the famous soprano whom Piero often depicted and reinterpreted across many works—is framed by the sharp...

In this beloved motif from the Fornasetti universe, the face of Lina Cavalieri—the famous soprano whom Piero often depicted and reinterpreted across many works—is framed by the sharp...

An essential and magnetic element, the lips of Lina Cavalieri—Fornasetti’s muse—evolve beyond their original black-and-white identity through the reinterpretation of Barnaba Fornaset...

He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and (most frequently, and in some 500 ...