Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Creator: Piero Fornasetti
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6, 1960s
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 series.
Mark: Hand and ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Pottery
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 Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Spice Company Dish of a Bill of Sale from the Weikel & Smith
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti ceramic bill of sale tray,
Weikel & Smith Spice Company, Philadelphia
The 1950s-1960s
The large ceramic tray or ashtray depicts a bill of sale from the Weikel &...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coaster Reclining "Adam” 7 of 8, 1965, Mid-century
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Plate number 7 from the quite rare and sought after of Fornasetti 1960’s design series, Adamo & Eva (1965). Compared to his much more severe standing “Adam" of a decade earlier, this...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
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 Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Eva or Eve Porcelain Plate # 8, Signed, Unused
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Eva or Eve porcelain plate number 8. Signed. Appears to be unused.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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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.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fleming Joffe Plate-Vero Pig Piccadilly
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Recipe Plate,
Vero-Pig Piccadilly,
With Original "Hide" Box,
1960s.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain p...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Recipe Cook Plate, Coquille Crocodile, Fleming Joffe
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain recipe Cook plate,
Coquille Crocodile,
Made for Fleming Joffe- Limited Private Edition,
1970's
Piero Fornasetti was commissio...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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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 on the top" THERE IS MEASURE IN ALL ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Gold
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 ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Gold
Fornasetti for Fleming Joffe “Iguana and Chicken Breasts” Recipe Plate, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare 1960s Piero Fornasetti for Fleming Joffe Ltd. “Iguana and Chicken Breasts” recipe hand-decorated and gilt porcelain “Cook Plate”.
Wonderfully wry recipe for an absurdly impro...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Sezioni Di Frutta Porcelain Plates of an Eggplant & Apple
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Sezioni di Frutta Porcelain plates of an eggplant and an apple,
#6 & #7,
1960s
The Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate depicts 2 plates from the Sezioni Di Frutta se...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic, Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Adamo / Adam Porcelain Plate Number 12, Signed, Excellent
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Adamo / Adam porcelain plate # 12. Signed. Excellent condition.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Vintage Set of Seven Ceramic Storage Jars by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, circa 1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A rare set of beautifully colored decorative ceramic storage jars by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1960. Depicting seven different designs... tea, coffee, rice, paprika, cloves, cinnamon and pepper, these vintage...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coaster Reclining "Adam” 2 of 8, 1965, Mid-century
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Plate number 2 from the quite rare and sought after of Fornasetti 1960’s design series, Adamo & Eva (1965). Compared to his much more severe standing “Adam" of a decade earlier, this...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates, Pair Decorated with Sea Anemones
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates,
decorated with sea anemones, urchins and shells,
#7 & #12 from Conchiglie Pattern,
Circa 1960-1970s.
The Fornasetti plates are dec...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Porcelain Plate for the Year 1989
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Piero Fornasetti calendar porcelain plate for the year 1989.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Porcelain Plate for the Year 1988
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Piero Fornasetti calendar porcelain plate for the year 1988.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Display Plate, Barney's New York Collection
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Classic midcentury Italian Designed plate featuring an iconic image from Piero Fornasetti’s work, his muse the opera singer, Lina Cavalieri. Crisp black and white timeless design i...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Set of Eight Quand on Arrive Clock Coasters, When One Arrives
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Set of Eight "Quand on Arrive" Clock Coasters,
"When one arrives"
Early 1960s.
These charming early Piero Fornasetti large coasters, each with a clock face and ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic
Rare 1960s Fish Pesci Appetizer or Hors D'oeuvre Tray by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, London
Appetizer tray consisting of four ceramic dishes
Gold metal tray
Printed section of fish on each dish
Fornasetti mark underneath
Slightly fa...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic
Pair of Piero Fornesetti "Equestrian" Ashtrays
By Bergdorf Goodman, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of ashtrays with cigarette slots by Piero Fornasetti, (circa 1950s, Italy). These examples retailed at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City, as indicated on the reverse. Composed o...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Porcelain Plate for the Year 1997
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Piero Fornasetti calendar porcelain plate for the year 1997
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Seashell Plates, Conchyliorum Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain gilt pair of seashell plates,
Conchyliorum pattern,
Set of six plates,
circa 1950s.
The pair of very rare plates with ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
2 Plato Calendario Porcelain Plates signed and numbered Fornasetti from Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian Fornasetti signed and numbered calendar astrological plates - the plates are Classic Piero Fornasetti - A wonderful design, indicating ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Gold
Piero Fornasetti Strumenti Musicali Ceramic Plates, Set of Six
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Strumenti Musicali Plates, set of six
The plates each depict a different selection of stringed instruments including ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Six Porcelain Gilt Seashell Plates, Conchyliorum Pattern, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain gilt seashell porcelain plates,
Conchyliorum pattern,
Set of six plates,
circa 1950s.
The set of plates with a gilt ground and each beautifully decorated ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Set of Fifteen Plates Decorated with Musical Instruments
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Let there be music!
Piero Fornasetti Set of Fifteen Different Ceramic Dinner Plates decorated with the Orchestra pattern,
The set of fifteen plate...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Recipe Plate, Snake a la Cleopatra
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe porcelain recipe plate,
Snake a la Cleopatra,
1960s-1974.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate is from a series of fourteen "Cook" plates ma...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Tray with Still Life, Natura Morta Pattern, Early, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
This is how you serve your guests in style!
A Piero Fornasetti tray with still life, Natura Morta pattern, Mid- 1950s.
This is a wonderful early 1950s oval red tray...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Metal, Aluminum
Midcentury Gold Zodiacal Characters S/8 Glasses , Italy 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury Gold Zodiacal Characters S/8 Glasses , Italy 1960s
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Gold
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Recipe Plate, Snake a la Cleopatra
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain recipe plate,
Snake a la Cleopatra,
1960s-1974.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate is from a series of fourteen made for the Fleming Joffe company in New York City.
The plate originally was in a square box with an insert that read-
"We are happy to send you a New Year's present. These plates have been created especially for us by Piero Fornasetti in Milano. Each year you will receive more until the end of the series. We wish you and your family a very happy New Year.
Fleming Joffe Ltd".
Measure: Diameter: 10 1/4 inches
The Fleming Joffe company was a small leather goods...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate with Coats of Armour, the Armature Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate from the Armature pattern is number one in the series.
The black and white lithographically-decorated and hand painted porcelain plate i...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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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 Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Set of Dinner Plates Decorated with Urchins and Sea Shells
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain rare dinner plates decorated with sea anemones, urchins, and sea hells,
Conchiglie Pattern,
Set of eight (8),
Circa 1960s-early 1970s.
We have additional...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Complete Set of Eight 'Soli e Lune' Drinks Coasters by Fornasetti, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A complete set of 1960s ceramic drinks coasters designed by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, circa 1960. This design, titled 'Soli e Lune' or Sun and Moon is one of Piero's most popular and ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic
Vintage Ceramic Ashtray Model 268 by Fornasetti for Winston Brand, 1970s
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Unobtainable piece from the collectible ceramics series realized by Fornasetti for Winston brand in the 70s. This piece is enriched by the drawing of the opera star Lina Cavalieri (1...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic
Fornasetti “Antichi Planisferi” Hand Painted Map Small Plates or Coasters
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Piero Fornasetti’s “Antichi Planisferi” or antique maps series may be the most detailed and articulated of his coaster designs. Intricately hand-pai...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Set of Six Plates L'UVA the Grapes, 1970
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Set of 6 porcelain plates L'UVA decorated with a bunch of grapes
Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1970
An similar model was exhibited at the Fornasetti ex...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti serveware, ceramics, silver and glass for sale on 1stDibs.
Piero Fornasetti serveware, ceramics, silver and glass 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 serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original serveware, ceramics, silver and glass 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 serveware, ceramics, silver and glass by Flavio Poli, Fornasetti, and Archimede Seguso. Prices for Piero Fornasetti serveware, ceramics, silver and glass can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $120 and can go as high as $8,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $844.
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Questions About Piero Fornasetti Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
- 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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