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
Dealer: Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc.
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Set of Neo-classical Gold Coasters, Mitologia Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Set of Neo-classical Gold Coasters,
Mitologia Pattern,
Mythology Pattern,
Original Faux Bois Box,
1950s
Dimensions: 4 1/8 inches diameter x 1/2 inch high
T...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Soli E Lune Sun and Moon Pattern Ceramic Coasters by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Coasters,
"Soli e Lune" Pattern
1970s-80s
This set of eight ceramic coasters features the "Soli e Lune" (Suns and Moons) pattern by the renowned Italian d...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Pin Tray or Ashtray
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Pin Tray or Ashtray,
1950s-60s,
This rectangular ceramic tray features raised sides and a playful design by Piero Fornasetti. Two contrasting hearts, one ye...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Plate With Snails and Mollusks
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Plate With Snails and Mollusks,
#8,
Circa 1960s-70s
The Fornasetti plate is decorated in the Conchiglie pattern which depicts differen...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Coaster Set, American Antiques
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Coaster Set,
"American Antiques",
A set of Eight,
With Original Gold Box,
Circa 1960
The ceramic set of Piero Fornasetti ceramic coasters are decorated with a rare pattern called American Antiques. Each piece shows a different item of America, numbered on the reverse 1-8. They come with their original gold box.
The subjects are described as follows-
Civil War Drum About 1860,
1890 Fire Helmet, Fireman's Ax, Fire Trumpet...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Italian Racehorse Champions Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Italian Racehorse Champions Plates,
Great Italian Equestrian Champions,
"Grandi Campioni Italian Del Galoppo,
Circa 1950's.
The plates, numbered consecutively from ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plate, No 4 for Tiffany
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plate,
No 4 in Series,
Made for Tiffany,
1960s
The tromp l"oeil porcelain plate depicts a section o...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates,
After Giuseppe Arcimboldo,
Arcimboldesca Pattern,
Set of Twelve,
Circa 1955
The 1950s pottery plates with a wide ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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 Capricorn Zodiac Porcelain Plate, The Zodiac Pharmacopoeia
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Capricorn Zodiaci Porcelain Plate,
Made for Crinos,
#9 in Series,
Titled "Gli Zodiaci Farmacopei", The Zodiac Pharmacopoeia.
1960...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Neo-classical Porcelain Green Malachite Cammei (Cameo) Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Green Malachite Cammei Plate,
Cammei or Cameo,
Circa 1950s-60s
From a Set of Five- sold separately.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate, named Cammei on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Green Malachite Cammei (Cameo) Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Green Malachite Cammei Plate,
Cammei or Cameo,
Circa 1950s-60s
From a group of Five.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate, named Cammei on the reverse, me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plates, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plates,
After Giuseppe Arcimboldo,
A Pair,
Circa 1955
The pottery plates are after Giuseppe Arcimboldo- the design of a face c...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates, Giostra di Frutta (Merry-go-Round of Fruit)
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates,
Giostra di Frutta,
Set of Six,
Numbered 1 through 6,
1955-65
The pattern "Giostra di Frutta" translates as a Merry-Go-Round of Fruit. The plate is...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Neo-classical Green Malachite Cammei (Cameo) Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Green Malachite Cammei Plate,
Cammei or Cameo,
Circa 1950s-60s
From a set of five which are each sold individually.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-century Modern Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Appetizer Fish Kebab Dishes and Tray
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Appetizer Fish Kebab Dishes and Serving Tray,
1960s
There are four ceramic deep rectangular dishes placed in a long rectangular gold metal tray with handles at each end.
The trays together display a single large fish kebab on a skewer with each dish showing one part of the kebab. The kebab holds two different fish, shrimp, lemon slices, olives, egg slices...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Cook Plates-Calcutta Minestrone and Corfam Du Pont
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Recipe Cook Plates,
Calcutta Minestrone and Corfam A La Du Pont,
Made for Fleming Joffe,
Silkscreen & Transfer,
1960s-early 70s.
These two Piero Fornasetti porcelain plates are from a series made for the Fleming Joffe hide company in New York City. These were originally given as a pair to clients in a box with a cardboard box with a faux hide covering. It is very rare to find two plates staying together like these.
Included with the two plates is the paper separator and the original Thank you card...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates,
After Giuseppe Arcimboldo,
Set of Nine,
Circa 1970s.
The plates are after Giuseppe Arc...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1965 Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Zodiac Plate, Astrological Sign Leo
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Zodiac Plate,
Astrological Sign Leo,
Astrali Pattern,
Made for Corisia,
Dated 1965, No 2.
The plate for the sign LEO is dated 1965 and is numbered...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Zodiac Porcelain Plate, Astrological Sign of Capricorn
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Zodiac Porcelain Plate,
Astrological Sign of Capricorn,
Made for Corisia in 1964.
The plate in black and gold depicts the ast...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
1970 Piero Fornasetti "Libra" Zodiac Porcelain Plate Made for Corisia
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Libra Zodiac Porcelain Plate
Made for Corisia in 1970.
The plate in black and gold depicts the astrological sign Libra with words, i...
Category
1970s 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 Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Zodiac Plate, Astrological Sign of Pisces
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Zodiac Plate,
Astrological Sign of Pisces,
Astrali Pattern,
Made for Corisia,
Dated 1971, No 8
The plate for the sign PISCES is dated 1971 and ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
1972 Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Zodiac Plate, Number 9 Aries, Astrali Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Zodiac Plate, Number 9
Aries,
Astrali Pattern,
Made for Corisia
Dated 1972
The plate for the sign ARIES is dated 1972 and is numbered #9. The pla...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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 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 Ceramic Set Neo-Classical Mythological Gold Coasters Mitologia
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti ceramic complete set of neo-classical gold coasters,
Mitologia Pattern,
Mythology Pattern,
1950s
Measures: Diameter 4 1/8 inches x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes and Variations Plate, Motiv 25
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
Motiv Number 25,
Lady Bacchus,
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
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations - Buttons, Motiv 13
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate,
Themes and Variations,
Buttons
Motiv 13,
1980s
The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with t...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes and Variations Plate, Motiv 28
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
Motiv Number 28,
1980s
The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the fa...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
1969 Piero Fornasetti Zodiac Porcelain Plate, Virgo, Made for Corisia
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Zodiac Porcelain Plate,
Virgo,
Made for Corisia in 1969 #6 in series.
The plate in black and gold depicts the astrological si...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Set of Plates with Mollusks
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain Conchiglie seashell plates with snails and mollusks,
Set of Six,
circa 1960s-1970s
The Fornasetti plate is decorated in the Conchiglie pattern which d...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Legumi Pattern Demi-lune Salad Dishes, Set of Seven
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Seven Piero Fornasetti Shaped Ceramic Dishes in Legumi Pattern,
1950s.
The set of seven crescent-shaped Piero Fornasetti ceramic Salad dishes are each decorated with a different nam...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Plate-Clock, Pattern Number 74
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #74
The Clock,
Atelier Fornasetti,
1990s
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi & Soli Plates, "12 Mesi, 12 Soli", Twelve Suns
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi & Soli Plates,
"12 Mesi, 12 Soli", Twelve Suns, Twelve Months,
Eight Plates,
Mid to Late 1950s.
Piero Fornasetti's "12 Mesi 12 Soli" series numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10, showing the sun as a woman's face and each one representing a different month- May & June.
Dimensions: 10-inch diameter x 1-inch high.
The Piero Fornasetti Mesi & Soli Pattern Plates are a series of twelve porcelain plates that were designed by the Italian artist Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s. Each plate features a different month of the year, represented by a sun with the face of a woman. The plates are decorated in a whimsical and playful style that is typical of Fornasetti's work.
The Mesi & Soli Pattern Plates were inspired by a calendar that Fornasetti created in 1942 for his friend, the Italian publisher Gio Ponti. The calendar featured a series of drawings of the sun with the face of a woman, and Fornasetti later adapted these drawings for the plates.
The Mesi & Soli Pattern Plates were first produced in the early 1950s.
Mark: Each with Piero Fornasetti printed...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Set of Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Rosoni Pattern Plates-Rosettes
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Set of Six Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Rosoni pattern plates depicting Rosettes
1980s,
The dramatic plates depict six different large black and white flower-shaped rosettes on a gilt ground.
Dimensions: 10 inches diameter x 1 1/4 inches high.
The plates are numbered 1-6, each a different design.
Mark: a printed black and white flower with the name ROSONI above the Fornasetti hand...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Zodiac Ceramic "Libra" Pebble Paperweight
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Zodiac "Libra" Pebble Paperweight,
Original Gold Box,
1960s
This rare Piero Fornasetti Ceramic pebble paperweight in its original gold presentation box....
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #286
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #286,
The Binoculars,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the f...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fish Plates, Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of rare Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates,
Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish,
Numbered # 2 & 3,
circa 1960s
The porcelain plates depict two diff...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Recipe Plate, Beautiful Soup, Made for Fleming Joffe
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain recipe plate,
Beautiful Soup,
1960s.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate is from a series of fourteen made for the Fleming Joffe company in New York City. It depicts an improbable and amusing recipe with an image of a toad.
Diameter: 10 1/4 inches x 1 inch high.
The Fleming Joffe company was a small leather goods...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 27
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal porcelain themes & variations plate, Motiv 27,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti Themes & Variation design is made on Rosenthal porcelain. The pattern, Motiv ...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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...
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 Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Desert Plate, No 12 for Tiffany
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plate,
No 12 for Tiffany,
Circa 1970
The tromp l"oeil porcelain plate depicts a section of fruit, a pear, on a white backgr...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
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
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #14
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #14,
The Keyhole,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts a keyhole...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plates, Nos 4 and 12
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plates,
Nos 4 and 12
Made Exclusively for Tiffany,
Circa 1970
The tromp l"oeil porcelain plates each depicts a section of ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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
MCM Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Plate, #1, Astrolabio Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe porcelain plate,
#1 in Astrolabio pattern,
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti plate depicts an astrol...
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
MCM Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Plate,
Motiv 22,
With original box,
The 1980s
From a select group of porcelain plates made by Rosenthal from ...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Rosenthal Plate, Temi E Variazioni-Themes and Variation, Motiv 15
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 15,
"Hands",
The 1980s
The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of ...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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...
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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Red Strumenti Musicali Music Metal Bookends
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Red Strumenti Musicali music metal bookends,
Circa 1960.
The Piero Fornasetti L-shaped bookends are decorated with a red-ground...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Plate, Themes & Variations, Motiv 19
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Rosenthal Fornasetti Temi E Variazioni porcelain plate,
Themes & Variations,
Motiv 19,
1980s.
The striking gold-rimmed black and white printed plate depicts a nude fema...
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1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
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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 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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