Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
While collectors will will find everything from animals to historic Italian architecture printed on original Piero Fornasetti dinner plates, serveware and other dinnerware, the illustrator and furniture maker’s signature motif is the face of a mysterious woman, one loosely modeled after opera singer Lina Cavalieri, who became his fantastical muse.
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 his 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 Fornasetti’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 Hot Air Balloon Plates, Mongolfiere Pattern, Set of Six
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Hot Air Balloon Plates,
Mongolfiere Pattern,
Set of Six,
1970s.
The Set of Piero Fornasetti plates depict different scenes of hist...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Pottery
Piero Fornasetti "Pesci" Porcelain Plates, Set of Six Plates with School of Fish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti "Pesci" Porcelain Plates,
Set of Six Plates with Schools of Fish,
Circa 1970s
Each of the six different designs depicts a school of similar fish swimming across th...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Hot Air Balloon Plates, Mongolfiere Pattern, Set of Six
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Hot Air Balloon Plates,
Mongolfiere Pattern,
Set of Six,
1970s.
The Set of Piero Fornasetti plates depict different scenes of hist...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plate, Mongolfiere , Rosenthal, #2
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plates,
Mongolfiere Pattern,
Rosenthal, Motiv 2,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate was made by Rosenthal and depicts a scene of ...
Category
1980s Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Aries Zodiac Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Number 9, Aries
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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
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
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate, named Cammei on the reverse, meaning Cameo, has a gro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Plates, Piero Fornasetti, Adamo / Adam
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Stockholm, SE
12 plates of model Adamo (Adam) designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s. Piero Fornasetti created one set of Adam and one set of Eva containing 12 plates each. These plates are 26 ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
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
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate, named Cammei on the reverse, meaning Cameo, has a gro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti "Pesci" Porcelain Plates, Set of Six Plates with School of Fish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti "Pesci" Porcelain Plates,
Set of Six Plates with Schools of Fish,
Circa 1970s
Each of the six different designs depicts a school of similar fish swimming across th...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
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 gu...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plate, Mongolfiere , Rosenthal, #2
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plates,
Mongolfiere Pattern,
Rosenthal, Motiv 2,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate was made by Rosenthal and depicts a scene of ...
Category
1980s Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti "Assiettes Specialita Vicentine" Set of Six Porcelain Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti "Assiettes Specialita Vicentine" series,
A Set of Six Porcelain plates, Numbered 1-6,
1970s
Piero Fornasetti porcelain pset of plates, numbered 1-6, from the "Assie...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
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 gu...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Plate, Temi E Variazioni-Themes and Variation, Rosenthal, 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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti, mod. 187 "Theme and Variations" series plate, Fornasetti 1960
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Firenze, IT
Mod. 187 "Theme and Variations" series serigraphed porcelain plate
Prod. Fornasetti, Milan, Italy, ca. 1960
Serigraphed porcelain.
Diam: 25.5 cm
Marked
Conditions: Excellent, no...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
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 ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Conchiglie Porcelain Dinner Plates, A Set of Six
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Set of Six Porcelain Plates,
Decorated With Sea Anemones, Urchins & Shells,
Conchiglie Pattern,
Circa 1960-70's.
The Fornasetti plates in the Conchiglie pat...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dinner Plate, Number 6
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dinner Plate,
Number 6,
1960s
The Piero Fornasetti Sezioni, number 6, trompe l'oeil porcelain plate depicts a section of an apple on a ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
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...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Porcelain 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 Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Maschere Italian plates, Set of Three
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Chicago, IL
Piero Fornasetti Maschere Italian plates, Set of Three, Made in Italy, c. 1950
Stamped manufacturer's mark to verso of each plate ‘Fornasetti Milano Made in Italy’
dimensions:
porcel...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Plate, #11 in Astrolabio Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain astrolabe plate,
#11 in Astrolabio Pattern.
1960's-mid 1970's.
The plate depicts an astrolabe, it is number 11 ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
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...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #15
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti porcelain themes & variation plate #15,
The Hand,
Barnaba Fornasetti, Fornasetti Studio.
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation patt...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Plates, Piero Fornasetti, Adamo / Adam
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Stockholm, SE
12 plates of model Adamo (Adam) designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s. Piero Fornasetti created one set of Adam and one set of Eva containing 12 plates each. These plates are 26 ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Plate, Temi E Variazioni-Themes and Variation, Rosenthal, 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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Conchiglie Porcelain Dinner Plates, A Set of Six
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Set of Six Porcelain Plates,
Decorated With Sea Anemones, Urchins & Shells,
Conchiglie Pattern,
Circa 1960-70's.
The Fornasetti plates in the Conchiglie pat...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
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 Dinner Plates
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Pottery
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 Dinner Plates
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Porcelain
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 Dinner Plates
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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 ...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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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 Dinner Plates
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Porcelain
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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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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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...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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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 Dinner Plates
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Gold
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astronomici Plate, #4 in Series
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Astronomici means Astronomics. This is a rare pattern in black and white with gold highlights.
Mark: A moon and sun within a circle with smiling faces with scattered stars and th...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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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...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plate,
After Giuseppe Arcimboldo,
Number 12,
Circa 1960's.
The pottery plates are after Giuseppe Arc...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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Ceramic, Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve Porcelain Plate # 3, Signed
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve porcelain dinner plate number 3. Signed. Never used as a dinner plate.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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Porcelain
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti hand painted decorative plate, "Tema e Variazioni" 78, made in Italy
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Have you ever wondered who's the woman that appears on the iconic Fornasetti plates? You might believe she's just an imaginary muse, dreamed by Piero Fornasetti. Turns out, she's way...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti, Sei piattini serie "Strumenti musicali", anni '70
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Rivoli, IT
Sei piattini della serie StrumentI Musicali e dettagli in malachite
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1970s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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 ...
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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
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1970s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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...
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
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 Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti dinner plates for sale on 1stDibs.
Piero Fornasetti dinner plates 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 dinner plates, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original dinner plates 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 dinner plates by Fornasetti, and Richard Ginori. Prices for Piero Fornasetti dinner plates can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $338 and can go as high as $8,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $785.
Questions About Piero Fornasetti Dinner Plates
- 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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