Set of six Fornasetti 'Specialita Romane' recipe plates c1950
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
Wonderful set of six original Fornasetti Roman recipe plates. Italy c1950 Each plate with a
Porcelain
$414
H 1.11 in Dm 9.45 in
Piero Fornasetti “Il Minestrone” Plate, Specialità Milanesi, Italy Mid Century
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Iconic vintage porcelain plate designed by Piero Fornasetti as part of the celebrated "Specialità
Ceramic, Porcelain
$2,000Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 1 in Dm 9.57 in
Piero Fornasetti's Epicurean Grand Tour: The "Specialita Vicentine" Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti's Epicurean Grand Tour: The "Specialita Vicentine" Plates This complete set of
Porcelain
$1,635 / set
H 0.79 in Dm 9.45 in
20thC Set Of Four "Recipe" Plates By Fornasetti, Commissioned By Fiat c.1950
By Piero Fornasetti, Fiat, Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A charming and rare set of four porcelain plates, created by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s
Porcelain
Piatto Piero Fornasetti Specialità Milanesi Italy Anni '60 '70
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piatto in porcellana serie "Specialità Milanesi". Al verso marchio della manifattura.
Porcelain
Piatto Piero Fornasetti Specialità Milanesi Italy Anni '60 '70
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piatto in porcellana serie "Specialità Milanesi". Al verso marchio della manifattura.
Porcelain
Piatto Piero Fornasetti Specialità Milanesi Italy Anni '60 '70
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piatto in porcellana serie "Specialità Milanesi". Al verso marchio della manifattura.
Porcelain
6 Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates with Recipes Specialita Bolognese
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates with Recipes from Bologna, Specialita Bolgnese, Set of Six, 1960
Porcelain
Fornasetti Recipe Plate from the Torinesi Specialties Series N.4
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Catania, IT
Glazed ceramic plate designed and executed by Piero Fornasetti entitled "Specialità Torinesi" in a
Ceramic
1960s Piero Fornasetti Specialità Milanese Set of Twelve Porcelain Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Specialità Milanese Complete set of twelve porcelain plates, 1960-1970. The
Porcelain
Full Set of 12 Porcelain Plates by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, circa 1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
A full set of 12 porcelain plates by Piero Fornasetti “Specialita reginali Italian” Marks to back
Porcelain
Set of Six Plates, "Specialita Siciliane" by P. Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A full set of six plates "Specialita Siciliane" by P. Fornasetti circa 1960s Italy.
Porcelain
Set 12 Porcelain Plates Eva Black/White
By Fornasetti
Located in MILANO, IT
This set of twelve hand-decorated porcelain plates, as a whole, forms the figure of Eva. You can use the ensemble for ornamental purposes or as wall plates, thanks to the two holes o...
Porcelain
$950 / item
H 25.6 in W 32.67 in D 13.78 in
New Black Wrought Iron Curule Bench with Cushion, Savonarola, Throne
Located in Miami, FL
New black wrought iron curule bench with cushion, Savonarola, Throne. Cushion included.
Iron
Rosso Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Venetian mirror made in the strictest Murano tradition. Assembled with crystal/gold and red elements handmade in the Murano furnaces. Wooden frame with a natural finish.
Glass
$74 / item
H 23.5 in W 23.5 in D 2 in
White Wash Brutalist Sculptural Collage Artwork, Mural from Upcycled Wood
By Peter Glassford
Located in San Antonio, TX
These WHITE WASH collage tiles are composed randomly from recycled wood remnants and when installed bathe any space with a warm feeling and texture which is meditative, sanded to a s...
Wood
Corteo Porcelain Set of 12 Dinner Plates Made in Italy
By Vito Nesta
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
The triunphant entrance of a Sultan into a conquered city is the theme of these collection in which all the plates are part of the same image, connected amongst them and telling one ...
Porcelain
$653Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 8.67 in Dm 8.67 in
Gien “Fraises en Folie” Set of 6 Hand-Painted Porcelain Plates, France 1985
By Gien
Located in Bochum, NRW
Gien “Fraises en Folie” – Set of 6 Hand-Painted Dessert Plates, Each with Unique Historic Border, France. An extraordinary collector’s edition from *Gien, France, this six-piece *“Fr...
Faience, Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gold Adam Porcelain Plates, Set of Twelve
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gold Adam Porcelain Plates, 1970s. A complete set of twelve vintage painted gold ground transfer-printed porcelain plates in black and white on a gold gr...
Porcelain
$25,500Sale Price|27% Off
H 56.5 in W 47.25 in D 33.25 in
'Pompeiana' Corner Cabinet by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 2 of 2 in 1988, Signed
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 'much larger than it looks' collectors item is the 'Pompeiana' corner cabinet by Piero Fornasetti, completed in 1988, signed, dated and numbered 2 of 2. Fornasetti cabinets, es...
Brass
$3,800Sale Price / set|40% Off
H 10.63 in Dm 12.6 in
19th Century Sèvres Porcelain Dinner Set with Comital Coronet
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite 52-piece porcelain dinner service, crafted by Sèvres in the 19th century, exemplifies the refined artistry and heritage of French porcelain. Each piece features a hand...
Porcelain
Fornasetti Egocentrismo Porcelain Geometric Op Art Plates, Six Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Egocentrismo Porcelain Geometric Op Art Plates, Six Plates 1990s The Piero Fornasetti six circular plates in black and white have geometric op-art patterns named " Egocen...
Porcelain
$400 / set
H 0.5 in Dm 3.25 in
Fornasetti Milano "Musicalia" Gilt Coasters Set of 4, Italy for Bonwit Teller
By Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
Fornasetti Milano "Musicalia" Gilt Coasters Set of 4, Italy for Bonwit Teller Offered for sale is a set of four Mid-century Modern Fornasetti Milano "Musicalia" coasters made in Ita...
Porcelain
$1,136Sale Price|20% Off
H 0.48 in Dm 3.94 in
Piero Fornasetti set of eight Monkeys ceramic coasters, Italy 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milan, IT
Piero Fornasetti set of eight Monkeys ceramic coasters, From the "Ne sont tous chevaliers qui sur cheval montent" series Italy 1950s Original box.
Ceramic
Large English Porcelain Dinner Service, Minton, circa 1845
Located in New York, NY
With a soft turquoise ground, painted with a fine spray of flowers, with gilt scroll and dash borders. Comprising pair of covered tureens and stands, pair of vegetable tureens, well ...
Porcelain
Vintage Italian Fornasetti Mythological Ceramic Coaster - Set of 8
By Fornasetti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your entertaining with this exceptional set of eight vintage coasters by the legendary Italian designer, Piero Fornasetti. Each ceramic coaster is a miniature work of art, fe...
Ceramic, Giltwood, Paper
$1,350
H 0.25 in Dm 4 in
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coasters Il Mondo Alla Rovescia Set Of Eight
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in North Miami, FL
These theatrical vintage Piero Fornasetti complete set of 8 hand painted very colorful porcelain coasters and or small plates are Mid-Century Modern. They are for an opera and in tra...
Porcelain, Paint
FORNASETTI Set of 6 Fornasetti Mural Plates by Louis Vuitton
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fornasetti Mural plate set, co-designed by Johnny Coca and the Italian atelier Fornasetti, each featuring a unique motif echoing the antiquity theme from the Louis Vuitton Women's Fa...
Porcelain
The Italian artist and designer Piero Fornasetti was one of the wittiest and most imaginative talents of the 20th century. 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 variations — an enigmatic woman’s face based on that of Cavalieri. Fornasetti used transfer prints of these images, rendered in the style of engravings, to decorate an endless variety of furnishings and housewares that ranged from chairs, tables and decorative objects to dinner plates, table lamps and umbrella stands. His work is archly clever, often Surrealist and always fun.
Fornasetti was born in Milan, the son of an accountant, and he lived his entire life in the city. He showed artistic talent as a child and enrolled at Milan’s Brera Academy of Fine Art in 1930, but was expelled after two years for consistently failing to follow his professors’ orders.
A group of Fornasetti's hand-painted silk scarves, displayed in the 1933 Triennale di Milano, caught the eye of the architect and designer Gio Ponti, who, in the 1940s, became the artist's collaborator and patron. Beginning in the early 1950s, they created a striking series of desks, bureaus and secretaries that pair Ponti’s signature angular forms with Fornasetti’s decorative motifs — lighthearted arrangements of flowers and birds on some pieces, austere architectural imagery on others. The two worked together on numerous commissions for interiors, though their greatest project has been lost: the first-class lounges and restaurants of the luxury ocean liner Andrea Doria, which sank in 1956.
Fornasetti furnishings occupy an unusual and compelling niche in the decorative arts: they are odd yet pack a serious punch. They act, essentially, as functional sculpture. A large Fornasetti piece such as a cabinet or a desk can change the character of an entire room; his smaller works have the aesthetic power of a vase of flowers, providing a bright and alluring decorative note. The chimerical, fish-nor-fowl nature of Fornasetti’s work may be its greatest strength. It stands on its own. Bringing the Fornasetti look into the future is Barnaba Fornasetti, who took the reins of the company after his father's death.
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