Cappiello Original

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the cappiello original you’re looking for. Frequently made of paper, fabric and linen, every cappiello original was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer cappiello original, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A cappiello original made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with Art Nouveau — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one cappiello original that is appealing in its simplicity, but Leonetto Cappiello produced versions that are worth a look.

A cappiello original can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,862, while the lowest priced sells for $493 and the highest can go for as much as $35,000.

Leonetto Cappiello was born in 1875 in Livorno, Italy, but took on the nationality of French in 1930. He first achieved fame as a caricaturist, then by inventing the modern poster and creating the first brand logos, including the green devil for Maurin Quina. A self-taught artist, he created his first paintings in 1886. In November of 1900, he signed his first contract with the publisher P. Vercasson, for whom he produced posters from 1902 to 1913. After World War I he joined the publisher Devambez, for whom he worked until 1936. In 1922, his poster sketches were exhibited at the Venice Biennial and the French Institut in New York. In 1928 his “Self Portrait” was ordered by the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. In 1936 he participated in the Milan Triennial and the Exhibition of the French Poster in Prague. After his death in 1942, Cappiello’s work was the subject of retrospectives at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris in 1947, the House of Culture in Livorno, Italy, in 1960 and the Grand Palais in Paris in 1981.