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
Italian Vintage Design “Musicale” Chair by Pierro Fornasetti, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Renens, CH
A Musicale chair by Piero Fornasetti, produced by Atelier Fornasetti during the early 1990s.
The Fornasetti company is specialized in hand...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Six Dishes "Serie Spighe" 'Spikes Series' by Piero Fornasetti, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Six dishes "Spikes Series" is an original porcelain set realized by Piero Fornasetti (Milan, 1913-1988) in the 1960s.
Original silk-screened porcelain.
Marked on the base.
...
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1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
'Cesto Di Dalie' Trompe L'oeil Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1955
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A 'Cesto Di Dalie' (Basket with Dahlias) trompe l'oeil umbrella stand by the incomparable Piero Fornasetti, Italy. Depicting a colourful basket of cut dahlia flowers, this early 1950...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Steel
Piero Fornsasetti box, Fornasetti Milan. 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Rivoli, IT
Small and rare box signed Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti Milan, 1960s
Classic screen-printed decoration.
Useful as a pocket emptier
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
Rare 'Procurate' Venetian Blind By Piero Fornasetti, c1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning, modernist, architectural and wonderfully chic all in one.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel, Steel
Coffee table with tray by Piero Fornasetti 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Torino, IT
Coffee table with brass legs and pull-out tray by Piero Fornasetti 1960s
Category
1960s Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
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
1980's Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Wall Decorative Plate Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri, made in Milano Italy circa 1980s.
Original mark on the back...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Fornasetti Egocentrismo Plates, circa 1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Pair of Fornasetti Egocentrismo Plates, circa 1960
Pierro Fornasetti was one of the absolute stars of Italian design in the 20th century. The ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Trinket Box By Piero Fornasetti, Italy, c.1960/70's
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A delightful glove box or trinket box by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1960s / 1970s, with sliding cedar interior, bearing the label 'Trofeo, Selvaggina' to the side of the box. The exteri...
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20th Century Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Pine
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Dinner Plate- Elephant Ear Soup
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Recipe Plate,
Elephant Ear Soup,
1960s.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate is from a series of fourteen made for the Fleming Joffe c...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Neo-classical Ceramic Coaster Set of Eight with Roman Chariots
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Set of Eight Coasters of Roman Chariots on a Gold Ground,
Made Exclusively for Saks Fifth Avenue,
With Orange & White Printed Box,
1950s- Early 60s.
Each coaster is...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1980's Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Wall Decorative Plate Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri, made in Milano Italy circa 1980s.
Original mark on the back...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
PIero Fornasetti Coffe Table
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Coffe table by Piero Fornasetti
Black and white Architectura series
Italy circa 1960
Stamped with original sticker
Black lacquered feet with brass details.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
$11,628
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plate,
After Giuseppe Arcimboldo,
Number 12,
Circa 1960's-70s
The pottery plates are after Giuseppe Arcimboldo-the design of a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
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
Early Mid-Century Modern 'Roman Arch' Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Munich, DE
Early, extremely rare and highly decorative Mid-Century Modern umbrella stand "Roman Arch". Designed by Piero Fornasetti for Fornasetti Milano, Italy, 1950s.
Makers mark at the botto...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Lina Cavalieri Torso Porcelain Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Vintage Italian porcelain plate by Piero Fornasetti (Italian 1913-1988) decorated with the face of his muse, Lina Cavalieri, printed on a nake...
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1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piatto serie "Astrolabio", Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti Milano, 1971
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Rivoli, IT
Piatto serie "Astrolabio" Fornasetti Milano , Natale 1971
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Italian Fornasetti Milano Creme de Cocu Porcelain Dish 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This stunning Piero Fornasetti dish bears all of the signature style of the esteemed Italian artist -- a striking black and white graphic on the front of a rectangular form with a wa...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Gusset Mirror, Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Gusset mirror - Piero Fornasetti
Mirror and brass
Measure: Diameter 49 cm
Price: 1650 Euros.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Fornasetti Surrealist Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #319
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Surrealist Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #319,
Gorgonzola Cheese,
Atelier Fornasetti
20th Century
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Vari...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Original Piero Fornasetti "Musicale" Lacquer & Painted Italian Chair C. 1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913-1988), circa 1960.
Musicale or Musical chair, produced by the esteemed Piero Fornasetti in Italy, during the early 1960s. While most of these chairs ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$5,516 Sale Price
20% Off
1970s Set of Four Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Mural Plates by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Four 70s porcelain plates designed by Piero Fornasetti especially for Fiat, depicting Torino monuments and cooking recipes. The black, white and gold colors are a mark of Fornasetti ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of six Fornasetti 'Specialita Romane' recipe plates c1950
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
Wonderful set of six original Fornasetti Roman recipe plates. Italy c1950
Each plate with a typical Roman cuisine recipe along with a depiction of an historical Roman building.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic International Flag Code Jewelry Dish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Sailing Flaf Code Ceramic Dish,
"Flags to Be Used In The International Code",
1960's.
The rectangular Piero Fornasetti Ceramic dish depicts a series of sign...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Paper basket Bin by Piero Fornasetti for Atelier Fornasetti, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Göteborg, SE
Paper basket / Bin by Piero Fornasetti for Atelier Fornasetti, 1950s
Its made of tin, decor of rattan in gold color. It stands on brass feet.
Amazingly beautiful labeling underneath...
Category
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass, Tin
1980's Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Wall Decorative Plate Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri, made in Milano Italy circa 1980s.
Original mark on the back...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coasters Il Mondo Alla Rovescia Midcentury Set /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 translation of English for the opera mean Topsy Turvy. Great barware. These are not common. They come in their original round gold box...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
$1,012 Sale Price
25% Off
Piero Fornasetti, lid jar "Cotton" mid-1900s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Stockholm, SE
Porcelain jar from the bathroom series by Piero Fornasetti, mid-1900s.
With decor of flowers and "Cotton". Signed Fornasetti.
In good condition, smaller signs of age and wear.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Table by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Table realized from a panel by Piero Fornasetti in 1950s.
Screen print on wood. Brass structure. Covered with glass.
Most probably a unique specimen, realized in 1950s for ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Piero Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Porcelain Plate 333
By Fornasetti, Piero 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, reinterpret...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Framed Decorative Wall Panel "Mappamondi e Navi" Circa 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A framed decorative wall panel by Piero Fornasetti, Italy (1913-1988). 'Mappamondi e Navi' (Globes and Ships). Described as "very beautiful and quite rare" by the House of Fornasetti...
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1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Masonite
Six Mid-Century Modern Handpainted Plates by Piero Fornasetti, "Floralia", 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare Six Mid-Century Modern Handpainted Plates by Piero Fornasetti, "Floralia", 1950s.
Plate from the Floralia series by Pierro Fornasetti for his...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Giastra Di Frutta # 6
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate,
Giastra di Frutta # 6,
1955-1965
The pattern "Giostra di Frutta" translates as a Merry-Go-Round...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Large Plate Gilded Acorn Ptn from Pigne Series, Circa 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain large plate, dating to the mid century 1950's
It is from the Pigne series in the rare Gilded acorn pattern with detailed hand gilding as per...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
1960 Piero Fornasetti Italian Design Black & White Brass Metal Magazine Rack
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brescia, IT
Magazine Rack
Piero Fornasetti
Italy, 1960
Black and White Metal and Brass Details
Very good Condiction (brass magazine martition missed)
Original 1960
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Posacenere Ore Quotidiano” Ceramica 1950, Italia
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti Posacenere measure: 24".
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti, Coffee Table, brass, Metal, Mahogany, Italy, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in High Point, NC
A lithographic-print transfer wood, mahogany, brass and metal coffee table or cocktail table, designed and produced by Piero Fornasetti, I...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Timeless Elegance: Piero Fornasettis "Piede Romano", (left foot) 1960s, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegance and timeless design: the porcelain "Piede Romano" by Piero Fornasetti. Crafted with attention to detail, this left Roman foot in pristine white, adorned with delicate gold accents, sophistication and charm.
Embodying the essence of mid-century luxury, this piece bears the prestigious Fornasetti insignia, marking its origin to the illustrious 1960s era. Versatile in function, it serves as both a distinguished cigarette holder and a stylish pencil organizer...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Fornasetti 1950s Beer Steins with Nautical Motifs
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of beer steins by Piero Fornasetti from the 1950s, never reissued and relatively rare. Crest/rope/nautical/seafaring motifs. Pictured in Fornasetti’s Complete Universe book...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$875 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Fornasetti Ashtray Porcelain 1950 Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Fornasetti ashtray porcelain 1950 Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Wicker Cornucopia with Flowers, Roses and Pomegranates Tray
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milan, IT
Piero Fornasetti Cornucopia with Flowers early serving tray.
Original Label.
Featuring a Wicker Cornucopia holding Flowers, Roses, Pomegranates and...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6
1960s.
The stunning Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate depicts a cut red pepper from the Sezioni Di Frutta...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Piero Fornesetti Coasters, Emblems of the States
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Riverdale, NY
Piero Fornesetti's 8 piece coaster set with the emblems of various states in the US. Gilt decorated with lithographs of states emblems. Midcentury, Si...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Newspaper Plate, Daily Express
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain newspaper plate,
Daily Express,
Giornali (Newspapers)
Late 1950s.
(NY8534B)
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts the front page of the Daily Express from Saturday, February 11, 1956, with the main headline reading "Now, Shiver and Shake", regarding cold temperatures in Europe. Another amusing headline is "Marilyn charming says Vivien", referring to Vivien Leigh, Sir Laurence Oliver's wife on meeting Marilyn Monroe.
Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches diameter x 1/2 inch height. (26.04 cm)
Mark: Marked with a black rectangle, the classic Fornasetti hand...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Vintage Table Lamp
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table lamp with painted metal decorated with birds (lithographical and transfer-printed) and brass / made in Milan Italy in the 1980s
Original label on the base
1 lig...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
White and Gold "Piede Romano" Roman Left Foot by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Doraville, GA
A porceline "Piede Romano" or a left Roman foot in white with gold accents designed by Piero Fornasetti. The foot has an earlier Fornasetti insigna on the...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Oval Dish with Gilt Pipe and Tobacco Motif
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Piero Fornasetti Pip motif oval dish is painted on a dark blue ground with a gilt design of two pipes entwined with tobacco leaves and tied together with a central ribbon.
Ref...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Silk Cravat by Piero Fornasetti for Pipe Enthusiasts
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Vienna, AT
This tie, designed around 1970's by well-known Italian artist Piero Fornasetti and currently not anymore in production, features an original and classy pipe pattern. Excellently pres...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Silk
Set of 6 Decorative Plates "Specialità Torinesi" by P. Fornasetti for Fiat
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Rare set of six decorated and gilded ceramic plates designed by Piero Fornasetti.
This collection was specially created by the Fornasetti Atelier...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate
Truck Decorated Piero Fornasetti White Glass Jars and Covers Made for Fiat
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Trucks!
Piero Fornasetti opaque white glass jars and covers with trucks or lorry motif made for Fiat, Six Jars,
circa 1960.
The truck-motif glass jars with lids were ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Glass
Eight Vintage Piero Fornasetti Coasters, Called DINNER AT EIGHT French Foods
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Doraville, GA
DESCRIPTION
A set of eight vintage coasters, the design is called DINNER AT EIGHT. The coasters were designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950’s - 1960’s. Made in Milano, Italy of po...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Piero Fornasetti Coffee Table-Neoclassical Bordo Bassorilievo Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Bordo Bassorilievo pattern coffee table,
circa 1955.
The table is decorated with painting and lithographic transfer-pri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
Set of Six 24kt Gold Plated Roman Themed Coasters Signed by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
This stunning set of six coasters were designed by the legendary Piero Fornasetti for Saks Fifth Avenue in Milan Italy circa 1960. They feature circular porcelain bodies with raised ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Gold
Skyphos - for Martini & Rossi, by P. Fornasetti, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Skyphos is an elegant silk-screened porcelain plate, designed by Piero Fornasetti for Martini & Rossi in 1960s .
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
Fornasetti Eight Piece Hand Painted Tea Set from “Arte di Bere” Series
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A not-often-seen vintage eight piece tea set from Piero Fornasetti with hand-painted lithographic transfer decoration. The theme here is the iconography and ritual of tea-drinking. O...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$2,640 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Seven Plates 'Velieri' by Piero Fornasetti, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Set of seven plates "Velieri" is an original set of decorative objects realized by the Italian artist and designer Piero Fornasetti (Milan, 1909-1988) in the 1960s.
Made by Fornaset...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Framed Set of Coasters of the Months, "12 Mesi, 12 Soli" design
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Framed Piero Fornasetti Framed Set of Coasters,
"12 Mesi, 12 Soli" design,
Coasters Early 1960s
The six large ceramic coasters are from the "12 Mesi,...
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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