Set of Fornasetti "Conchyliorum" Shell Coasters

A rare collection of 12 custom commissioned plates made by Piero Fornasetti for New York small leather goods company, Fleming Joffe Ltd. in the 196...

As elegant in a town house as a beach side cottage. Professionally restored pair of side tables have brushed, solid brass frames with inlaid tops of pearlescent, creamy white capiz s...

A professionally polished pair of brass tortoise shell accent lamps by Chapman Lamp Co. on black metal bases. Dimmer switches. Original labels.

We love the juxtaposition of the precision, machine-tooled aluminium frame with the crazy-quilt, rainbow patchwork of natural abalone shell panels. The reverse is a subtly stunning s...

Set of seven black and white Fornasetti coasters featuring a snail, piggy bank, dog, hen, turtle, duck, and an ant.

A set of six (6) Italian Piero Fornasetti cocktail drinks coasters 'Cavalieri', Classical Roman style, circa mid-20th century, 1960s, Italy. A set of six in black and white edged in ...

Piero Fornasetti "Mitologia" set of 8 bar or drink coasters, circa 1970's. This stylish set of cocktail coasters were produced exclusively for the New York City department store Bonw...

Piero Fornasetti Complete Set of Eight Ceramic Coasters, Il Mondo Alla Rovecia Pattern, (“The topsy-turvy world”), After opera by Antonio Salieri, 1950-60s The set of whimsical pottery barware pottery coasters represent different scenes from an Opera, Il Mondo Alla Rovecia with the roles of each character reversed. There is the bottom section of the gold cardboard box. Dimensions: 4 1/8 inches diameter x 1 1/8 inches high (10.48cm diameter) With Antonio Salieri’s star on the wane, Il mondo alla rovescia (“The topsy-turvy world”) was coolly received by the Viennese in January 1795 and quickly fell into near-oblivion for over two centuries. It is an amusing comedy from an experienced master of opera buffa. The mildly risqué action is set on a mythical island where women, Amazon-like, rule the roost and men are reduced to drooling subservience. The status quo is challenged with the arrival of two shipwrecked aristocrats, a Count and a Marquise, and a European vessel intent on their rescue – although, in keeping with contemporary taste. F Murray...