Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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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Creator: Piero Fornasetti
Piero Fornasetti Posateria 1956 Gold Gilt Porcelain Decorative Plate Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Rare Piero Fornasetti for Posateria porcelain plate circa 1956, beautiful rare piece no chips or cracks but its worn a bit faded due to age.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams (First edition)
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
First American edition of Patrick Mauries’s comprehensive monograph celebrating the whimsical, surrealist-inspired oeuvre of prolific Italian designer Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988). P...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Paper
Piero Fornasetti Ashtray Ceramic 1956 Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti.
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1950s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
FORNASETTI Glass Paperweight
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage glass sphere paperweight by Fornasetti, made in Italy in the 1990s
Original label underside
Diameter: 3 inches / Height: 1.5 inches
1 ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Glass
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Tall Ship Ceramic Coasters with Box, Velieri Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Tall Ship Ceramic Coasters with Original Box,
Velieri Pattern,
1950s-1960s.
The complete set of eight Piero Fornasetti coasters each depict Spanish Galleons...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
FORNASETTI Two Tier Tray Table
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table with two removable trays in lacquered wood and faux bamboo patinated brass base / made in Milan Italy in the 1950s
Original Fornasetti labels on the base of tra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
$2,729 Sale Price
30% Off
FORNASETTI Pair of Vintage Table Lamps
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table lamp with painted metal decorated with cameos on red background (lithographical and transfer-printed) and brass / made in Milan Italy in the 1980s
Original labe...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
$3,849 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Mid-Century Ceramic Bowl / Ashtray, Italy 1960s.
By Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti, Fornasetti
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful bowl / ashtray / trinket dish / jewelry holder with amazing decor.
Designed and produced by Piero Fornasetti in Milano, Italy. Early production, 1960s.
Great original c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Piero Fornasetti Astonishing Crystal Paperweight Sphere. Made in Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Piero Fornasetti astonishing crystal paperweight sphere in excellent condition. Made in Italy.
Dimension:
diameter 3,14 x 1,57 inches
diameter 8 cm x cm 4 H
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Crystal
$624 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s Mid-Century Modern Cigarette Box Le Porte Di Milano by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A beautiful and rare mid-century modern cigarette box designed by the renowned Italian artist, Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988), in the 1960s. This piece is part of the iconic "Le Porte ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
1993 Fornasetti Portfolio 6 Surrealist Black/Gold Prints France
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
The complete portfolio from the series Sole e Lune containing 6 Fine Art Silkscreen by Piero Fornasetti published in France by Graphique de France in 1993. This portfolio was exclusively created for Pier One...
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1990s French Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Paper
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Coasters, Musicalia Pattern, Set of Six
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Coasters,
Musicalia Pattern,
Set of Six
Early 1950s-60s
Each coaster with a different historical neoclassic musical instrument entwined in ribbons, outlined...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century, Piero Fornasetti Red Coat Rack 1955
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Turin, Turin
The company's origins start from the art print shop Piero Fornasetti opened in the 1930s in Milan. The "Stamperia d'Arte Fornasetti" enjoyed some success in Milan's cultural milieu; ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Iron
Lacquered Wood "Palloni" Folding Screen by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
Lithographical Transfert on Lacquered Wood "Palloni" Folding Screen by Piero Fornasetti Designed 1954 Marked to bottom corner: Fornasetti / Milano / Made in Italy; further inscribed:...
Category
2010s French Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
Piero Fornasetti Mid-Century Pistole Pattern Metal Basket or Waste Bin
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish mid-century Italian metal refuse bin decorated with the ‘Pistole’ design by renowned Italian artist and designer Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913-1988) and dating from ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Piero Fornasetti Vintage Gilded Ceramic Jars
Serie Spighe
, Italy 1960s
By Gio Ponti, Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Malmö, SE
A pair of beautiful lidded porcelain jars with an amazing hand-painted gold pattern. From the series 'Spighe' (Spikes).
Designed and produced by Piero Fornasetti in Milano, Italy. Ea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Two 1960s Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments Plates by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
These two 1960s Mid-Century Modern decorative plates by Piero Fornasetti typically exemplify his whimsical and artistic approach to design.The plates depict intricate surreal illustr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gilt Porcelain Dish Cigar Ashtray Otello Opera Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage 20th century Piero Fornasetti porcelain cigar ashtray, after the original poster for the opera Otello at La Scala Theater in 1887. Made in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Decorative Plates "Specialità Torinesi" by P. Fornasetti for Fiat
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Rare set of six decorated and gilded ceramic plates designed by Piero Fornasetti.
This collection was specially created by the Fornasetti Atelier...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate
Piero Fornasetti
s Epicurean Grand Tour: The "Specialita Vicentine" Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti's Epicurean Grand Tour: The "Specialita Vicentine" Plates
This complete set of six numbered porcelain plates, titled "Assiettes Specialita Vicentine" (Plates of Vic...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$2,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Piero Fornasetti Vintage Gilded Ceramic Jars
Serie Spighe
, Italy 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti, Fornasetti
Located in Malmö, SE
A pair of beautiful lidded porcelain jars with an amazing hand-painted gold pattern. From the series 'Spighe' (Spikes).
Designed and produced by Piero Fornasetti in Milano, Italy. Ea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Cravatta in Seta con Mongolfiere di Fornasetti Anni 60
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, MI
Cravatta in seta con Mongolfiere di Fornasetti, realizzata negli anni '60
Fornasetti è un marchio italiano di design di lusso fondato da Piero Fornasetti nel 1940. Il marchio produc...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Silk
Cravatta in Seta "Fiori dal Cielo" di Piero Fornasetti Anni 60
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, MI
Cravatta in seta, collezione 'Fiori dal Cielo' realizzata da Piera Fornasetti negli anni '60
Fornasetti è un marchio italiano di design di lusso fondato da Piero Fornasetti nel 1940...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Silk
FORNASETTI Umbrella Stand
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian metal umbrella stand, featuring a design of casa con colonne on the outer cover. The interior is green, and the top is accented with a brass rim, with original alumin...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
$3,149 Sale Price
30% Off
1990s Gorgeous "Aquarium" Floor Lamp by Piero Fornasetti for Antonangeli
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1990s gorgeous "Aquarium" floor lamp by Piero Fornasetti for Antonangeli in polypropylene. This lamp is a true piece of modern art and it's in excellent condition. It works perfectly...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Piero Fornasetti for Rosoni Pattern Porcelain Decorative Plate Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Rare Piero Fornasetti Rosoni Pattern porcelain plate,
1960s.
The dramatic plates depict a large flower-head on a gilt ground. This pattern is number 3 in series.
Reference...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Porcelain Themes
Variations Plate For Piero Fornasetti, The Sun
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
The Sun,
Rosenthal Factory,
Motiv Number 18,
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 the face of the sun amongst clouds. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Complete Set of Ceramic "Stuzzichini" Barware Appetizer Bowls
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913-1988)
Complete Set of Six Ceramic "Stuzzichini" Barware Appetizer Bowls
Circa 1960s
Glazed ceramic with transfer-printed decoration and gilt detail...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
1960 Piero Fornasetti Italian Design Flower Metal Brass Gueridon Side Table
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brescia, IT
Side Table
Piero Fornasetti
Italy, 1950
lithographic transfer print on lacquered metal
Brass Frame
Paper label on the bottom
Wear consistent with age and use (shown in the pictures)
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
20th Century Piero Fornasetti Plates Gilt Porcelain
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Epfach, DE
Piero Fornasetti plate, to use as a place plate, dinner plate as well as decoration
the plates are in a nice used condition, small abrasions of the gold are not further disturbing bu...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Waste Basket
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Piero Fornasetti Roman Coin Waste Basket
Original surface exhibiting wear
Decal Label
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
$1,850
1950s Fornasetti Paperweight in Porcelain by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1950s Astonishing rare porcelain paperweight designed by Piero Fornasetti with butterflies. Handmade.Made in Italy. Heavy ceramic construction for use as beautiful desk accessories. ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Original Gorgeous Playing Cards Box by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Original astonishing playing cards box by Piero Fornasetti in walnut wood . It's in excellent condition and includes two packs of vintage Dal Negro cards, 7 dices, and chips. T...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut
$880 Sale Price
26% Off
1960s Classical Set of Two Bookends " Porta di Venezia " by Piero Fornasetti
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This rare and visually captivating set of two bookends by Piero Fornasetti, dating from the 1960s, showcases the designer’s signature fusion of classical imagery and surrealist charm...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Iron
Piero Fornasetti , 1950s, Italian, Painted and Enamelled metal box
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Oxford, GB
A vintage enameled metal box with a slide out wooden drawer. The box was designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950's . The box is composed of what appears to be a mahogany dovetailed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Ciotola per Cani in Ceramica "Braque Allemand" di Piero Fornasetti Anni 60
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, MI
Ciotola per cani in ceramica dorata, raffigurante un Pointer Tedesco, realizzata da Piero Fornasetti negli anni '60
Ø cm 13 h cm 3
La ciotola è stata progettata da Piero Fornasetti,...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Fornasetti Jewelry Dish Tray
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
An Italian porcelain tray or dish with Greco-Roman design by designer by Piero Fornasetti, circa mid-20th century, 1960s, Italy. Use on a desk/vanity or on a cocktail table. etc. Tra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Greco Roman Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 5 Small Plate or Coasters in Porcelain by Piero Fornasetti, Italy 1950s
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury a set of five beautiful black and white small plates or coasters in porcelain displaying drawn animals with money (snail, dog, hen, turtl...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Hand-painted Ceramic Gold
Caramelle
Jar, Italy 1960s.
By Fornasetti, Gio Ponti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful lidded porcelain jar with amazing hand-painted gilded finish.
Designed and produced by Piero Fornasetti in Milano, Italy. Early production, 1960s.
Good original condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Plate- Python A La Orange
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Bite of Wit: Fornasetti's Python A L'Orange for Fleming Joffe
Piero Fornasetti and the Recipe for the Absurd
This remarkably witty porcelain recipe plate, Python A L'Orange, is a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
20th Century, Piero Fornasetti Brass and Metal Tray with Base
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Turin, Turin
Piero Fornasetti was an Italian painter, sculptor, decorator, and craftsman who used ornamental and pictorial motifs to decorate silk scarves, furniture, plates, vessels, and similar...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Piero Fornasetti Posacenere Ore Quotidiano” Ceramica 1950, Italia
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti Posacenere measure: 24".
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Piero Fornasetti Vintage Gilded Ceramic Jars
Serie Spighe
, Italy 1960s
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti
Located in Malmö, SE
A pair of beautiful lidded porcelain jars with an amazing hand-painted gold pattern. From the series 'Spighe' (Spikes).
Designed and produced by Piero Fornasetti in Milano, Italy. Ea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti "Solo" Sunburst Trinket Dish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Golden Radiance: Piero Fornasetti "Solo" Sunburst Trinket Dish
1960s
A striking piece of mid-century inspired design, this Vintage Piero Fornasetti circular ceramic dish in the Sun ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
FORNASETTI "Fiori della notte" Round Table
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large vintage original round "fiori della notte" table with transfer-printed wooden top and fluted black base, can be used as a dining table or center table / made in Milan Italy by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
$8,399 Sale Price
30% Off
Piero Fornasetti Vintage Gilded Ceramic Vase / Jar
Serie Spighe
. Italy, 1960s.
By Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti, Fornasetti
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful porcelain vase / pencil holder / jar with an amazing hand-painted gold pattern. From the series 'Spighe' (Spikes).
Early production. Designed and produced by Piero Fornas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
"Vintage poster "Night over Jerusalem" by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Serigraphic poster "Notte su Gerusalemme" from the 90s, originally designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 60s. This fabulous piece of Italian art captures the mysterious and evocative atmosphere of Jerusalem on a starry night...
Category
Late 20th Century European Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Paper
Piero Fornasetti Milano Plate Commedia Dell
arte Decorative Wall Hanging
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Torquay, GB
Rare Piero Fornasetti Milano porcelain dish.
From the Commedia Dell'arte collection.
Depicting Dottor Balanzone in white with a blue mask and red boots.
Comes with detachable wall...
Category
1970s Italian Renaissance Revival Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Table by Piero Fornasetti Depicting "Sun King"
Louis XIV
, Made in Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous round table by Piero Fornasetti depicting in gold color "Sun King" (Louis XIV) on the black lacquered wood top, with black metal base and hexagonal brass connectors, t...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
$4,640 Sale Price
20% Off
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plate,
After Giuseppe Arcimboldo,
Number 12,
Circa 1960's-70s
The pottery plates are after Giuseppe Arcimboldo-the design of a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plate, Mongolfiere , Rosenthal, #2
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plate,
Mongolfiere Pattern,
Rosenthal, Motiv 2,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate was made by Rosenthal and depicts a scene of a...
Category
1980s Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Umbrella Stand
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Piero Fornasetti Umbrella Stand
Umbrellas and Canes depicted against a Vibrant Red Background
Purchased from the Seminal Christies Fornasetti Archive Sale
Labeled
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
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.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fabulous Piero Fornasetti Italian Cameo Medallion Coffee Table
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Unique mid century modern Italian coffee table by Piero Fornasetti. Cameo medallions gold leaf on white lacquered wood. Tripod black enamel metal base. Verso beats a stamp of Piero F...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
MCM Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes
Variations Porcelain Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Surrealist Icon: Piero Fornasetti for Rosenthal "Themes & Variations" Plate,
Motiv 22,
Circa 1980s
A striking and highly collectible porcelain plate from the celebrated "Themes & V...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Araldiche Tray Table, 1950
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Conversano, IT
Made in Italy in the 1950s, this extraordinary tray table by Piero Fornasetti represents one of the highest points of his decorative production.
Entirely made of silk-screened and ha...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Iron
Rare Decorative Catch It All Pocket Change Bowl by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and very rare collectible catch it all low bowl by Piero Fornasetti circa 1950's , no chips or cracks .
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Mid Century Modern Piero Fornasetti "Caccia" Coffee Table Milan 1955
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Portland, OR
An important Italian Mid Century lacquered wood & brass, hand-painted & transferred coffee table, designed by Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988) in the "Caccia" pattern, 1955.
This fabulou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Trompe L’oeil “Libri” Four-Panel Folding Screen By Piero Fornasetti.
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
lithographic transfer-printed and lacquered wood trompe L"oeil “Libri” four-panel folding screen by Piero Fornasetti the reverse with musical instruments Fornasetti Milano Italy, 195...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
Piero Fornasetti furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Piero Fornasetti furniture 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 furniture, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 391 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 1 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture 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 furniture by Archimede Seguso, Flavio Poli, and Richard Ginori. Prices for Piero Fornasetti furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $120 and can go as high as $54,990, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,262.
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Opera singer Natalina ‘Lina’ Cavalieri is the face that inspired Piero Fornasetti throughout his artistic career, from his plates to wallpaper and more. Lina Cavalieri was known as the most beautiful woman in the world during her lifetime from 1874-1944. It was eight years after Cavalieri’s death that Fornasetti came across her image in a magazine and was thereby inspired to replicate it repetitively. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic Fornasetti plates from some of the world’s top sellers.
- 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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