A Pair of Fornasetti Table Lamps House Of The Cards
View Similar Items
A Pair of Fornasetti Table Lamps House Of The Cards
About the Item
- Creator:Fornasetti (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Diameter: 15 in (38.1 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1960s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. excellent condition nice patina commensurate with age.
- Seller Location:Atlanta, GA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU9450809358
Fornasetti
The Italian artist, illustrator and furniture maker Piero Fornasetti was one of the wittiest and most imaginative design 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 the 19th-century 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 desks to dinner plates, lamps and umbrella stands. His work is archly clever, often surreal 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 a 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.
- Pair Large Modern geometrical urn shape Brass LampsBy Chapman Manufacturing CompanyLocated in Atlanta, GAA large and dramatic pair of lamps in Hollywood Regency style as a modern interpretation of chinese classic urn from Han Dynasty. Very well made from brass with lucite base and origi...Category
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
$2,800 Sale Price / set20% Off - Art Deco Modernistic Table Lamp by Leroy C. Doane for MillerBy Walter Von NessenLocated in Atlanta, GAA rare table lamp designed by Leroy C. Doane for Miller Lamp Company, USA. Originally desinged in 1928 and with US Patent No. 1,818,120 - Filed July 7, 1928, the lamp later went thro...Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
MaterialsEnamel, Steel
- Pair of Van Teal Table LampsBy Van TealLocated in Atlanta, GAA beautiful pair of table lamps by Hivo G. Van Teal in architectural form. Lucite diamond shaped base and with sculptural free edges. Etched signature o...Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsLucite
$2,600 / set - Pair of Shell Form Glass Table LampsLocated in Atlanta, GAVery groovy and retro, this pair of table lamps features a frosted glass urn in a molded seashell form on polished brass base. The Classic ocean motif is given an spin in the Hollywo...Category
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
$3,000 / set - Hans Agne Jakobsson Model B140 Pair of Silk Fringe Brass Table LampsBy Hans-Agne JakobssonLocated in Atlanta, GAA pair of fringe silk brass table lamps model B-140 designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson in Markaryd, Sweden.Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Chris Bracey Neon Colander Cabbage Lamp for Soho House London Unique PieceBy Chris BraceyLocated in Atlanta, GAThis is a unique piece /one off prototype table neon light by Chris Bracey for Soho House in London. Made of a large metal colander with an industrial metal base. This neon light has recently been rewired. This item comes with a letter of authenticity from the maker. Bracey was born in London, following a chance meeting in the 1980s with the art director of the film Mona Lisa, in Soho – Bracey was putting up a sex shop sign at the time – he had begun to make neon props for movie sets. His work can be seen in films as diverse as Batman, Blade Runner and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The Rainbow Fancy Dress and Sonata Jazz Café signs in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut...Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Table Lamps
MaterialsMetal
- Pair of Mid Century Fornasetti LampsLocated in Dallas, TXPair of table lamps model designed by Pierro Fornasetti featuring the image of famed opera singer Lina Cavalieri screen printed around the base. Fornasetti label on base. These lamps...Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsPlastic
$4,000 / set - Rare Vintage Fornasetti Table LampBy Piero FornasettiLocated in Los Angeles, CAVintage Italian table lamp with painted metal decorated with book motif and butterfly (lithographical and transfer-printed) and brass / made in Milan Italy in the 1980s Original lab...Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsMetal
- Pair of Piero Fornasetti Cammei Table LampsBy Fornasetti, Piero FornasettiLocated in Miami, FLA vintage pair of Mid-Century Modern Cameo off-white lamps designed in the 1960s by the Italian master of playful and surreal self-expression, Piero Forna...Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsMetal, Brass, Enamel
$6,000 / set - Pair of Table Lamps Model Julia by FornasettiBy FornasettiLocated in Brussels, BEPair of table lamps model Julia by Fornasetti, sticker on the base, circa 1970.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsMetal
$6,423 / set - Pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps in the Style of Piero FornasettiBy FornasettiLocated in New York, NYPair of Italian Mid-Century Modern table lamps referencing neoclassical themes. The pieces are screen printed with 16th-17th century exploration maps of the globe including ships, na...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
$3,490 Sale Price / set28% Off - Piero Fornasetti, Pair of Table Lamp in CéramicBy FornasettiLocated in Saint-Ouen, FRPiero Fornasetti, pair of table lamp in céramic. ceramic height : 39 cmCategory
Vintage 1940s Italian Baroque Revival Table Lamps
MaterialsCeramic
$5,270 / set
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
Barnaba Fornasetti’s Hallucinatory House Has His Father’s Spirit
Behind a nondescript facade in northeastern Milan is the magical residence of Barnaba Fornasetti. It's a shrine to the style developed by his design-legend father, which still defies categorization.
How the Chunky, Funky Ceramics of 5 Mid-Century American Artists Balanced Out Slick Modernism
Get to know the innovators behind the pottery countercultural revolution.