Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Italian, 1913-1988
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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Creator: Piero Fornasetti
Vintage Trinket Dish by Piero Fornasetti. Sun Burst "Solo Pattern"
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Trinket Dish by Piero Fornasetti.
Sun Burst "Solo Pattern",
1960s-70s
The circular ceramic dish has a sun burst design in black and white...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Adamo or Adam Porcelain Plate # 7, Signed, Excellent Condition
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Adamo or Adam porcelain plate number 7. Signed. Excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful dish with Butterfly in porcelain by Piero Fornasetti. Mid-20th Century
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Knivsta, SE
A Beautiful dish with a Butterfly in porcelain designed by Piero Fornasetti during the Mid-20th Century. Typical Fornasetti design and with a butterfly with beauful colors
Wear cons...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Trompe l'oeil Floral Umbrella Stand
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderfully designed 'Cesto di Dalie' ( Basket of Dahlias) umbrella stand by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1950s. The metal umbrella stand displaying a Trompe l'oeil of a floor wicker bask...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
1950s Fornasetti Vide Poche / Catchall by Piero Fornasetti, Made in Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1950s Fornasetti original astonishing porcelain vide poche/catchall "Sonate- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" by Piero Fornasetti . Heavy porcelain construction for use as beautiful desk acc...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Plate #334, Atelier Fornasetti, The Quiet
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation plate, #334,
The Quiet,
Atelier Fornasetti
With Original Box.
The Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts t...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
"Vintage poster "Night over Jerusalem" by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Serigraphic poster "Notte su Gerusalemme" from the 90s, originally designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 60s. This fabulous piece of Italian art captures the mysterious and evocative atmosphere of Jerusalem on a starry night...
Category
Late 20th Century European Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Paper
$859 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astrolabe Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe plate,
Numbered #7 in Series
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts an astrolabe in a ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astronomici Plate, #4 in Series
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Astronomici means Astronomics. This is a rare pattern in black and white with gold highlights.
Mark: A moon and sun within a circle with smiling faces with scattered stars and th...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti, Oranges Tray, Atelier Fornasetti, ca. 1955
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Firenze, IT
Rare oranges aluminum Tray
Prod. Fornasetti, Milan, Italy, ca. 1955
Serigraphed metal.
Label not present
H 4.5 cm x 39 x 51 cm
Bibliography: Mariuccia Casadio, Barnaba Fornasett...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
1960 Piero Fornasetti Italian Design Flower Metal Brass Gueridon Side Table
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brescia, IT
Side Table
Piero Fornasetti
Italy, 1950
lithographic transfer print on lacquered metal
Brass Frame
Paper label on the bottom
Wear consistent with age and use (shown in the pictures)
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Fornasetti Grouping five pieces
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
two paperweights, two lidded canisters, and a dresser tray designed by Piero Fornasetti
Category
1960s Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$2,900 / set
1970s Original Gorgeous Playing Cards Box by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Original astonishing playing cards box by Piero Fornasetti in walnut wood . It's in excellent condition and includes two packs of vintage Dal Negro cards, 7 dices, and chips. T...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut
FORNASETTI Pair of Vintage Table Lamps
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table lamp with painted metal decorated with cameos on red background (lithographical and transfer-printed) and brass / made in Milan Italy in the 1980s
Original labe...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
$5,500 / set
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plate,
After Giuseppe Arcimboldo,
Number 12,
Circa 1960's.
The pottery plates are after Giuseppe Arc...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
1950s Fornasetti Paperweight in Porcelain by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1950s Astonishing rare porcelain paperweight designed by Piero Fornasetti with butterflies. Handmade.Made in Italy. Heavy ceramic construction for use as beautiful desk accessories. ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Small Porcelain Ashtray, The Day- Jewish Journal, 1961
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Small Porcelain Ashtray,
The Day- Jewish Journal, 1961,
Written in Yiddish
The oval small dish is designed with a newspaper banner and part of a front page. It is t...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Set of 4 Vintage Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Dinner Plates 'Posateria', Italy 1950s
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti
Located in Malmö, SE
A set of 4 beautiful dinner plates with amazing hand-painted gold decor.
From the series 'Posateria' (cutlery). All with different motifs.
Designed and produced by Piero Fornasett...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Tall Ship Ceramic Coasters with Box, Velieri Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Tall Ship Ceramic Coasters with Original Box,
Velieri Pattern,
1950s-1960s.
The complete set of eight Piero Fornasetti coasters each depict Spanish Galleons...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
FORNASETTI Two Tier Tray Table
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table with two removable trays in lacquered wood and faux bamboo patinated brass base / made in Milan Italy in the 1950s
Original Fornasetti labels on the base of tra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Piero Fornasetti Magazine Rack
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Piero Fornasetti magazine rack with wooden frame and
Hand colored silk-screened decoration.
Fornasetti label to the base.
Atelier Fornasetti, Italy, circa 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel
Piero Fornasetti Ashtray Ceramic 1956 Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
FORNASETTI "Jerusalem by Night" Panel
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare original vintage "Jerusalem by Night" screen print on wood panel, designed by Piero Fornasetti / made in Milan Italy by Fornasetti
Original label on the back
Measures: width 37 ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Hand-painted Ceramic 'Spezie' Jar, Italy 1960s
By Gio Ponti, Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful lidded porcelain jar with an amazing hand-painted pattern. From the series 'Spezie' (Spices).
Designed and produced by Piero Fornasetti in Milano, Italy. Early production...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Pair of Vintage Table Lamps
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table lamp with painted metal decorated with book motif and butterfly (lithographical and transfer-printed) and brass / made in Milan Italy in the 1980s
Original labe...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
$5,500 / set
Rare Decorative Catch It All Pocket Change Bowl by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and very rare collectible catch it all low bowl by Piero Fornasetti circa 1950's , small chip on the back as shown top corner sold as/is
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Sole Chair by Piero Fornasetti for Fornasetti Milano
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Dorchester, MA
Designed in the 1950s, the Sole Chair by Piero Fornasetti features a repeating radiant sun motif (a transferred lithographic print). In this ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Beech, Birch
Lacquered Wood "Palloni" Folding Screen by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
Lithographical Transfert on Lacquered Wood "Palloni" Folding Screen by Piero Fornasetti Designed 1954 Marked to bottom corner: Fornasetti / Milano / Made in Italy; further inscribed:...
Category
2010s French Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
Piero Fornasetti 1950's 'Pompeiana' Four-Panel Screen Italian Red Black Colour
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
This striking four-panel screen, designed in 1951, features the iconic 'Pompeiana' pattern by Fornasetti, evoking the grandeur and elegance of ancient Roman interiors. Crafted from w...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plates, Mongolfiere, Rosenthal
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plates,
Mongolfiere Pattern,
Rosenthal, Motiv 1,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate was made by Rosenthal and depicts a scene of ...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Decorative Catch It All Pocket Change Bowl by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and very rare collectible catch it all low bowl by Piero Fornasetti circa 1950's , no chips or cracks .
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Metal wastebasket with a gold herringbone design and red lacquered base
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Madrid, España
Metal wastebasket with a gold herringbone design and red lacquered base - Piero Fornasetti - c. 1950 - Italy
Dimensions: 28 cm high x 26.5 cm diameter
Category
1650s Italian Antique Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Coasters, Musicalia Pattern, Set of Six
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Coasters,
Musicalia Pattern,
Set of Six
Early 1950s-60s
Each coaster with a different historical neoclassic musical instrument entwined in ribbons, outlined...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1980s Original Gorgeous Playing Cards Box by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1980s Original gorgeous playing cards box by Piero Fornasetti in walnut wood . It's in excellent condition and includes two packs of Dal Negro cards. The box is signed on the botto...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut
$1,040 Sale Price
38% Off
Vintage Piero Fornasetti House of Cards Surrealist Porcelain Tray Or Dish Blues
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in North Miami, FL
This dream like hallmarked Mid-Century Modern original vintage Piero Fornasetti small tray, dish or desk accessory is lithographically hand painted porcelain. It is called the House ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Mid-Century Modern Card Box, 1950s, Metal and Wood, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Rome, IT
Italian Mid-Century modern card box by Fornasetti in metal wood, representing a carriage with coachmen pulled by two horses.
This typo of artistic boxes was created to stay over ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Early Rare Piero Fornasetti 'Corona di fiori' Convex Optical Mirror, Italy 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti, Gio Ponti
Located in Malmö, SE
This is an early and rare example of the black and white version of the 'Corona di fiori' wall mirror, with convex optical mirrors.
Designed and produced by Piero Fornasetti in the m...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Lacquer
$5,996 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Set of 6 Porcelain Appetizer Bowls by Piero Fornasetti 1970's
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
rare set of 6 appetizer bowls by Piero Fornasetti circa 1970's nice clean condition with gold gild trim in porcelain finish elegant and unique.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plate, Mongolfiere , Rosenthal, #2
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plates,
Mongolfiere Pattern,
Rosenthal, Motiv 2,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate was made by Rosenthal and depicts a scene of ...
Category
1980s Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
1993 Fornasetti Portfolio 6 Surrealist Black/Gold Prints France
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
The complete portfolio from the series Sole e Lune containing 6 Fine Art Silkscreen by Piero Fornasetti published in France by Graphique de France in 1993. This portfolio was exclusively created for Pier One...
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Paper
Piero Fornasetti Vintage Ceramic Canister Storage Jars, Italy Flour, Tea, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
Piero Fornasetti vintage ceramic storage jars, Italy, 1960s.
Flour, coffee, tea
There is a sugar one as well from the same collection but ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
FORNASETTI Watermelon Oval Metal Tray
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian oval metal tray depicting watermelon on orange surface / made in Milan Italy in the 1950s
Original Fornasetti label on the base
Measures: width 18 inches, depth 13.5 ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Surreal Themes And Variations Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Surreal Themes And Variations Plate,
Cracked Ice Design,
Motiv Number 23,
With Original Black Box,
1980s
Wonderful rare example of the small range of plates made by Rosenthal in the 1980s from Piero Fornasetti designs. This one depicts the face of Lina Cavalieri as a female Bacchus. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
1990s Gorgeous "Aquarium" Floor Lamp by Piero Fornasetti for Antonangeli
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1990s gorgeous "Aquarium" floor lamp by Piero Fornasetti for Antonangeli in polypropylene. This lamp is a true piece of modern art and it's in excellent condition. It works perfectly...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Piero Fornasetti for Rosoni Pattern Porcelain Decorative Plate Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Rare Piero Fornasetti Rosoni Pattern porcelain plate,
1960s.
The dramatic plates depict a large flower-head on a gilt ground. This pattern is number 3 in series.
Reference...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #15
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti porcelain themes & variation plate #15,
The Hand,
Barnaba Fornasetti, Fornasetti Studio.
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation patt...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$562 Sale Price
25% Off
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic "Love" Coasters, a Complete Set of Eight with Box
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Coasters with Hearts and Sayings about Love,
With Original Red Box,
1950s-early 60s.
Each of the eight coasters has a central white heart on a gold ground. ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Piero Fornasetti Vintage Gilded Ceramic Jars 'Serie Spighe', Italy 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti, Gio Ponti
Located in Malmö, SE
A pair of beautiful lidded porcelain jars with an amazing hand-painted gold pattern. From the series 'Spighe' (Spikes).
Designed and produced by Piero Fornasetti in Milano, Italy. Ea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Porcelain Plate for the Year 1992
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Piero Fornasetti calendar porcelain plate for the Year 1992.
Category
1990s Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti ‘Soriano’ Cat Umbrella Stand, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A fabulous light-colored version of the tromp l’oeil Tabby cat umbrella stand designed by Piero Fornasetti. Originally designed in the 1950s, this piece is from a more recent, very l...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Wall Clock by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Vienna, AT
Piero Fornasetti wall clock created in 1990s. Glass clock face with printed woman face and digits with quartz clockwork. Measures: Ø 37 cm.
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Glass
Piero Fornasetti for Rosoni Pattern Porcelain Decorative Plate Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Rare Piero Fornasetti Rosoni Pattern porcelain plate,
1960s.
The dramatic plates depict a large flower-head on a gilt ground. This pattern is number four in series.
Refere...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Tray and Stand with Butterfly Motif
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
Removable Piero Fornasetti tray with a foldable stand. Screen printed butterfly motif. Original label on the back of the tray.
Condition: Excellent vintage condition, minor wear c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Mid century Piero Fornasetti “Bassorilievo” pattern magazine rack
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Piero Fornasetti Magazine rack with wooden frame and
silk-screened “Bassorilievo” decoration.
Prod. Fornasetti, Italy, circa 1950
(minor losses, crazing to the paint and oxidisati...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage 20th Century Italian Table Lamp By Fornasetti
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A beautiful large table lamp by Piero Fornasetti. This particular model retailed by Antonangeli in the 1990s, now discontinued and appreciating in value.
More importantly it gives ...
Category
20th Century Italian Other Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Plexiglass
Piero Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Porcelain Plate 294
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
The face of the opera singer Lina Cavalieri, Piero Fornasetti's muse, embellishes this decorative porcelain wall plate. This is variation number 294 of the iconic series. This hand d...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Vintage Table Lamp
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Oggi Maria Pia newspaper table lamp with painted metal (lithographical and transfer-printed) and brass / made in Milan Italy in the 198...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
PIERO FORNASETTI Milano 1960 Enameled Sliding Box With Racing Car & Horse
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
An enameled sliding box designed by Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988).
This is a very rare rectangular sliding box created in Milano Italy by Piero Fornasetti. The box is from the mid-century period, crafted in the 1960's in steel and wood. The outer steel is embellished with applications of multicolor enamel depicting a double wheel racing car with a horse . The box is very decorative and in very good preserved condition. These kinds of boxes are highly collectable and desirable among the mid-century and Italian design collectors.
Piero Fornasetti
He was an Italian artist and designer that born in Milan into a middle-class family, Fornasetti creative pursuits encompassed design, decoration, painting, curating, and printing. His oeuvre, spanning over 13,000 works, displayed a wide range of objects and furniture with a unique emphasis on decorative diversity. Collaborating with figures like Gio Ponti, Fornasetti's atelier became synonymous with bringing art into everyday lives through practical yet artistically adorned objects. Fornasetti's artistic philosophy emphasized the production of series over one-of-a-kind pieces, reflecting his commitment to democratizing art. A central motif in his work was the "variations," notably exemplified in the iconic "Tema e Variazioni" series featuring over 400 renditions of opera singer Lina Cavalieri's face. His creative genius extended across different mediums, from furniture to paintings, demonstrating a coherent stylistic code. Although Fornasetti faced...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
$1,480 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Capricorn Astrological Sign - Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Zodiac Paperweight
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Pebble Capricorn Zodiac Paperweight,
Titled Capricornus for the Astrological Sign Capricorn,
Circa 1960
The oval ceramic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Piero Fornasetti furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Piero Fornasetti furniture, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 391 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 1 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Piero Fornasetti were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Archimede Seguso, Flavio Poli, and Richard Ginori. Prices for Piero Fornasetti furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $120 and can go as high as $54,990, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,262.
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Opera 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.
- Who is Piero Fornasetti?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Piero Fornasetti was an Italian artist and designer born in Milan, Italy, in 1913. In 1950, he founded an atelier in the city, creating furniture and home decorations. Fornasetti died on October 9, 1988. His company, Fornasetti, continues to produce hand-decorated decor under the guidance of his son Barnaba Fornasetti. Find a collection of Fornasetti on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 14, 2024Piero Fornasetti is famous for his work as a designer. The Italian artist was one of the wittiest and most imaginative talents of the 20th century. Fornasetti 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 opera singer Lina 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. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Piero Fornasetti pieces.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Whether or not Piero Fornasetti images are in the public domain depends on the image. The artist produced more than 11,000 works during his lifetime. Only some no longer carry a copyright and are in the public domain. Shop a range of Fornasetti on 1stDibs.
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