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
Piero Fornasetti Biscotti Pattern Porcelain Plate, Trompe l'oeil Cookies
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Biscotti Pattern Porcelain Plate,
Trompe l'oeil Cookies,
Number 6 in series,
Circa 1960.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts a trompe L'oeil image of cooki...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate, # 27
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 27,
With Original Box,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti Themes & Variation design is made on Rosenthal porcelain....
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Modern Center Table By Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Center Table By Fornasetti.
We offer this original Italian mid century modern center by Piero Fornasetti featuring an iron base, brass feet and a decorated lacquered w...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
1960s Fornasetti Cammei Mythological Collection Gold Leaf Plates Signed Set of 6
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in IT
1960s Fornasetti Cammei Mythological Collection Gold Leaf Plates Signed Set of 6
Fornasetti 1960s 'Cammei' series porcelain plates decorated with pure gold leaf, set of 6. Designed ...
Category
1960s Italian Greek Revival Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Nummus "Coin" Collector Plate Made In Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Doraville, GA
A vintage plate designed by Italian artist Piero Fornasetti. The plate is from the "Nummus" series, Nummus is the Latin word for coin, usually referring to a large bronze coin from t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
MCM Ceramic Coasters by Fornasetti in the "Mitologia" (Myth) Pattern in 22k Gold
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage ceramic coasters by Fornasetti made exclusively for Bonwitt Teller stores.
Decorated with gold in white ceramic in the "Mitologia" (Myth) pattern, each depicts a different scene from classical...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Plates from the "Istrumenti Musicali" Series
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
Vintage 1950s hand painted Piero Fornasetti plates from the " Instrumenti Musicali" series depicting string musical instruments. Sold individua...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Trompe Oeil "Vasi Antichi" Metal Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
Trompe Oeil "Vasi Antichi" Metal Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti Italy, c. 1955 / c. 1960 lithographic transfer print over steel with hand-coloring, ena...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Steel
Porcelain Plates from the Musical Instruments Series by Piero Fornasetti, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in MIlano, IT
Porcelain plates from the Musical Instruments series by Piero Fornasetti, 1950s
with screen-printed and hand-painted decoration.
Produced and designed in the 1950s by Piero Fornasetti.
Present the brand of the manufacture.
This plate are very rare and in very good conditions, probably never used as plate but just to decorations for a living wall or in a kitchen furniture...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 5 Piero Fornasetti Mitologia Gilt Porcelain Plates, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of 5, Italian, mid century, small plates or coasters by Piero Fornasetti, made exclusively for retailer Bonwitt Teller. The plates feature the "Mitologia" (Mythological) pattern,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Black Gold Measurement Insulator Paperweight Vintage
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Piero Fornasetti porcelain insulator paperweight is gold with a black background. Italian through and through. It is titled cleverly ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Gold
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
Piero Fornasetti, Sei piattini serie "Strumenti musicali", anni '70
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Rivoli, IT
Sei piattini della serie StrumentI Musicali e dettagli in malachite
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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
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...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate For Piero Fornasetti, Motiv 33
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
The Clock Face,
Motiv Number 33,
1980s
A collection of thus pattern is available.
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 the face of a clock set to nine o'clock. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Metal Umbrella Stand "Collie" Metal Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
'Collie' lithographically printed and painted umbrella stand by Piero Fornasetti for Fornasetti Milano,
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti "Libri" Rare Vintage Basket, circa 1950, Italy.
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Piero Fornasetti "Libri" model basket, circa 1950, Italy.
Vintage edition.
Cat, mouse and books decor, brass border, blue-green interior.
Dimensions:28 cm H , 25 cm diameter.
Origina...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Set of 10 'Spezie' Ceramic Storage Jars by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, circa 1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A rare set of x 10 beautifully coloured decorative ceramic storage jars by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1960. This wonderful design is called 'Spezie or 'Spices' and these were produced u...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 19 Baubo
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
Motiv Number 19,
The Baubo,
With Original Black Box,
1980s
The striking gold-rimmed black and white printed plate ...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
Mid-Century Modern Set of 6 Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates, Italy, 1955
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Set of 6 Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates, Italy, 1955
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
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
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern 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...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate For Piero Fornasetti, Motiv 28
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
Motiv Number 28,
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 face on the naked back of a lady. as a female Bacchus. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 34
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate,
Motiv 34,
Soap Bubbles,
The 1980s
The Rosenthal porcelain plate with the design by Piero Fornasetti is based...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Swedish Modern Floor Lamp with Piero Fornasetti Malachite Print Shades, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in The Hague, NL
This striking floor lamp was designed in Sweden in the 1950s.
The design features a three-legged base in black lacquered metal. Mounted on top of the base are two tubular arms, also...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Steel, Metal
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Book End
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Toronto, ON
This is a charming one half of a rare Fornastti bookend. It is nonetheless a wonderful collectible and highly decorative
accent piece for a desk, or bookshelf display.
Who knows may...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
20th Century, Piero Fornasetti Red Coat Rack 1955
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Turin, Turin
The company's origins start from the art print shop Piero Fornasetti opened in the 1930s in Milan. The "Stamperia d'Arte Fornasetti" enjoyed some success in Milan's cultural milieu; ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Iron
Vintage Enameled Metal / Wood Drawer Piero Fornasetti Box
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Doraville, GA
A vintage enameled metal box with a slide out wooden drawer. The box was designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950's / 1960's and is listed in th...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Cappelli" Tole Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in East Hampton, NY
Hand coloured trompe l'oeil transfer printed on metal "Cappelli" (hats) Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti.
Category
20th Century Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Tôle
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 Bookends by Pierro Fornasetti, circa's 1958
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare and original bookends by Pierro Fornasetti circa 1958. original condition.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate, Lady Bacchus
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
Lady Bacchus,
Motiv Number 25,
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 German Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Round brass mirror designed by Piero Fornasetti for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1980s
By Piero Fornasetti, Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Round mirror designed by Piero Fornasetti for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1980s.
Brass and mirrored glass.
Category
1980s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Piero Fornasetti Complete Set of Six Appetizer Bowls with Anthemion Decoration
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Complete Set of Six Ceramic Appetizer Bowls,
Circa 1960
The Piero Fornasetti Ceramic appetizer bowls each have the same decoration with a wide band of Anthemion bet...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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
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 ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 'Maschere' (Masks) Bookends by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, circa 1950
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A rare and beautiful pair of 1950s 'Maschere' (Masks) bookends designed by the incomparable Piero Fornasetti. The bookends each depict a Greek theatrical mask, (tragedy), and are exe...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Porcelain Surrealist Themes & Variation Plate, #83
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Porcelain Surrealist Themes & Variation Plate #83,
The Light Bulb,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Plate with Mollusks, #9
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Plate With Snails and Mollusks,
#9,
Circa 1960s-70s
The Fornasetti plate is decorated in the Conchigl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Piero Fornasetti Roman Foot Italian Design Blue Pottery
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brescia, IT
Blue pottery by Piero Fornasetti
Italy, 1960
Perfect condiction.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Fornasetti Plate Virgo Zodiac Sign Porcelain 1971 Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Fornasetti Plate Virgo Zodiac sign porcelain 1971 Italy.
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Adamo Set of 12 Fornasetti Plates Gilt Background Black White Print Midcentury
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Spectacular set of 12 Fornasetti ADAMO plates with detailed gold background - not the newer flatter plain gold.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Three Vintage Fornasetti Leaf “Foglie” Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portman Gallery is pleased to offer three rare gilt transfer plates from the “Foglie” series, which have not been produced in decades.
A great gift for anyone who loves: Fall, Bota...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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
Sole Chair by Piero Fornasetti for Fornasetti Milano
By Piero Fornasetti, 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
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
Fornasetti Ceramic Bar Coasters 'Vini e Liquori'
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
Cocktail Fornasetti Time! Fabulous complete set of 8 spirits and wine coasters including Whisky, Rum, Port, Brandy, Sherry, Rhenish, Gin and Madeira called 'Vini e Liquori'. A vintage classic and perfect for entertaining.
Note with lighting some of the golds vary however they are all consistent color of a nice gilt but lighting creates...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Calandar Plate for 1969
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Plate for the Year 1969,
The design of the 1969 Fornasetti porcelain calendar plate depicts a bunch of gr...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Servizio per Porto - for Martini & Rossi, by P. Fornasetti, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Servizio per Porto in Argento is a silk-screened porcelain plate, designed by Piero Fornasetti for Martini & Rossi in 1960s .
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Fornasetti Ceramic Change Tray
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A ceramic change tray signed by Fornasetti and designed by Piero Fornasetti.
The piece is a compliment to any setting. On a coffee table, bedside...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Set of Six Ceramic Coasters with Cocktail Recipes
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Set of Six Ceramic Coasters with Different Cocktail Recipes,
Pattern called Cocktail,
1960.
The set of six ceramic coasters was designed by Piero Fornasetti around ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
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 " Egocentrismo". They are numbered 1,2,2,3,4 and 5.
Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches Diameter x 1 inch high (26cm diameter).
Mark: Marks and inscriptions: A hand holding a brush dipped in paint and 'EGOCENTRISMO'/
'FORNASETTI - MILANO, MADE IN ITALY' over a green back stamp- Eschenbach below a crown and below Bavaria Germany and three stars- all in underglaze green.
Condition. Two with some rubbing.
One of the most interesting elements of Fornasetti's practice is his aesthetic dedication to figuration and fantasy.
What makes the set of "Egocentrismo" so special is that the pattern is entirely abstract!
A true anomaly from Fornasetti's massive body of work, this motif reminds us how experimental and creative he was.
Clearly influenced by both historical decorative motifs, Op art and Italian design. (For example Egocentrismo #4 is a variation of a pattern often used by Gio Ponti)
Reference: Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, page 617, # 172-173. Originally a set of six plates named Egcentrismo (Egocentralism).
Example in V & A, London (Museum # C.66-1985)
"Hard paste porcelain plate, without edge rim but with foot rim. Black printed decoration in 'op-art' style; view down a chequer board cylinder with a black circle at the centre.
Place of Origin: Milan, Italy (designed)
Date: 1950-1960 (designed)
Artist/maker: Fornasetti, Piero, born 1913 - died 1988...
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1 lig...
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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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