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
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Hallmarked Porcelain Rectangle Serving Bowls Pair Of
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of fabulous and hard to find vintage 1960's hallmarked Italian Piero Fornasetti porcelain rectangular serving bowls or appetizer dishes have hand painted vegetables or frui...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Porcelain
PIERO FORNASETTI Milano 1960 Enameled Sliding Box With Racing Car
Horse
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
An enameled sliding box designed by Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988).
This is a very rare rectangular sliding box created in Milano Italy by Piero Fornasetti. The box is from the mid-century period, crafted in the 1960's in steel and wood. The outer steel is embellished with applications of multicolor enamel depicting a double wheel racing car with a horse . The box is very decorative and in very good preserved condition. These kinds of boxes are highly collectable and desirable among the mid-century and Italian design collectors.
Piero Fornasetti
He was an Italian artist and designer that born in Milan into a middle-class family, Fornasetti creative pursuits encompassed design, decoration, painting, curating, and printing. His oeuvre, spanning over 13,000 works, displayed a wide range of objects and furniture with a unique emphasis on decorative diversity. Collaborating with figures like Gio Ponti, Fornasetti's atelier became synonymous with bringing art into everyday lives through practical yet artistically adorned objects. Fornasetti's artistic philosophy emphasized the production of series over one-of-a-kind pieces, reflecting his commitment to democratizing art. A central motif in his work was the "variations," notably exemplified in the iconic "Tema e Variazioni" series featuring over 400 renditions of opera singer Lina Cavalieri's face. His creative genius extended across different mediums, from furniture to paintings, demonstrating a coherent stylistic code. Although Fornasetti faced...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Enamel, Bronze
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Vide Poche or Trinket Dish
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A classic small dish which could be used as a Vide Poche, catchall, jewelry tray, etc designed by Piero Fornasetti. Great musical theme and very good condition.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Neoclassical Trompe l
oeil Vasi Antichi Umbrella Stand
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Sublime Piero Fornasetti umbrella stand crafted from hand silk screened and lacquered metal. Trompe l'oeil vasi antichi or antique vases features Greco-Roman decorated vases in a cur...
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20th Century Italian Neoclassical Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Iron
Fornasetti Porcelain Themes
Variation Plate, Pattern Number 78
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
"The Veiled Muse": Fornasetti "Themes
Variations" Plate #78 (Face with Net)
1990s
An elegant and textured porcelain wall plate from the celebrated "Themes
Variations" (T...
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1990s Italian Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fish Plates, Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
School's In Session: Fornasetti's Enchanting "Passage of Fish" Plates
Artist: Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913-1988)
Pattern: "Pesci" or "Passage of Fish," plates numbered #2 & #3
Pe...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Metal wastebasket with a gold herringbone design and red lacquered base
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Madrid, España
Metal wastebasket with a gold herringbone design and red lacquered base - Piero Fornasetti - c. 1950 - Italy
Dimensions: 28 cm high x 26.5 cm diameter
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1650s Italian Antique Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
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 Furniture
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...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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 ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Wicker Cornucopia with Flowers, Roses and Pomegranates Tray
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milan, IT
Piero Fornasetti Cornucopia with Flowers early serving tray.
Original Label.
Featuring a Wicker Cornucopia holding Flowers, Roses, Pomegranates and...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Folding Tray Table "City of Cards", Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Firenze, IT
Midcentury folding coffee table.
Fantasia “Città delle Carte” (City of Cards). The rarest and most fascinating Fornasetti’s pattern.
Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1950s
French la...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
$3,542 Sale Price
20% Off
Capricorn Astrological Sign - Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Zodiac Paperweight
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Desk Astrology: Piero Fornasetti's Gilded Capricornus Pebble Paperweight
A stylish and highly collectible object, this vintage Piero Fornasetti ceramic "Pebble" paperweight features...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Piero Fornasetti Umbrella Stand Theme Bottles Wine in Printed Metal
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Turin, Turin
Umbrella stand by Piero Fornasetti themed with bottles on a typical italian wine barrel, in silkscreened sheet metal from the 1950s. Good condition...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass, Sheet Metal
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...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coasters Il Mondo Alla Rovescia Set Of Eight
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in North Miami, FL
These theatrical vintage Piero Fornasetti complete set of 8 hand painted very colorful porcelain coasters and or small plates are Mid-Century Modern. They are for an opera and in translation of English for the opera mean Topsy Turvy. Great barware. These are not common. They come in their original round gold box...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
FORNASETTI Vintage Table Lamp
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table lamp with painted metal decorated with harlequins (lithographical and transfer-printed) and brass / made in Milan Italy in the 1980s
Original label on the base
...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
$1,925 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Italian Piero Fornasetti Grandi Maestri Gilt Portrait Porcelain Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Fantastic vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Grandi Maestri" or "Great Masters" series featuring a portrait of 16th century composer ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
"Capelli"
Hats
Patterned Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a rare umbrella stand by Piero Fornasetti, utilizing a Capelli or hat pattern as a motif. Clustered colorful hats line the front of the stand. An umbrella stand is fixed to t...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Tin, Iron
Piero Fornasetti Round Serving Decorative Metal Tray Featuring Keys
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic and Collectible designer Piero Fornasetti is recognized for his definitive style and his trays are a great example of where he allows a piece to speak functionally as well as ...
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20th Century Albanian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold
Fornasetti
s Panel by Piero Fornasetti, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Panel realized by Piero Fornasetti in 1950s.
Screen print on wood. Brass frame. Covered with glass.
Most probably a unique specimen, realized in 1950s for Sartoria Fanucchi...
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1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
$4,607 Sale Price
30% Off
Adamo Set of 12 Fornasetti Plates Gilt Background Black White Print Midcentury
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Spectacular set of 12 Fornasetti ADAMO plates with detailed gold background - not the newer flatter plain gold.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Surrealist Porcelain Themes
Variation Plate, #319
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Illogical Menu: Fornasetti's Gorgonzola Muse
Object: Decorative Plate / Surreal Art Object
Maker: Atelier Fornasetti (Milan, Italy)
Series: Tema e Variazioni (Theme and Variatio...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Metal Umbrella Stand "Collie" Metal Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
'Collie' lithographically printed and painted umbrella stand by Piero Fornasetti for Fornasetti Milano,
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
FORNASETTI Vintage Table Lamp
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table lamp with painted metal decorated with various writing instruments, pen, pencil and quill / made in Milan Italy in the 1980s
Original label on the base
1 light ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
$1,925 Sale Price
30% Off
20thC Set Of Four "Recipe" Plates By Fornasetti, Commissioned By Fiat c.1950
By Piero Fornasetti, Fiat, Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A charming and rare set of four porcelain plates, created by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s, specially commissioned by Fiat to celebrate the culinary and cultural traditions of Turin....
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20th Century Italian Other Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Scultura in Ceramica "Gatto Mantellato" di Piero Fornasetti Anni 50
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, MI
Scultura in ceramica 'Gatto Mantellato', realizzata da Piero Fornasetti negli anni '50
Ø cm 30 Ø cm 17 h cm 12
Il Gatto Mantellato è un pezzo da collezione molto ambito, originariam...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pietro Fornasetti, Rare metal Bookend Janus Two-Faced 1950s (First edition)
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Argelato, BO
Pietro Fornasetti, Rare metal bookend from the 1950s (First edition)
In the extraordinary creative imagination of Pietro Fornasetti every household object is transformed and embelli...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
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 ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Italian modern floor lamp Sole Piero Fornasetti Antonangeli Illuminazione, 1990s
By Antonangeli, Piero Fornasetti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern floor lamp Sole by Piero Fornasetti for Antonangeli Illuminazione, 1990s
Floor lamp model Sole from the Follia Pratica collection, large version. The frame is made of ...
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1990s Italian Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Scatola Tonda Tema e Variazioni n. 137 di Fornasetti Anni 70
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, MI
Scatola tonda, n. 137, collezione Tema e Variazioni, realizzata da Fornasetti negli anni '70
Ø cm 10,5 h cm 4
La scatola fa parte dell'iconica serie "Tema e Variazioni", che presen...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
‘Levriero Afgano’ Afghan Hound Dog Umbrella Stand, Piero Fornasetti Italy c.1955
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
An early ‘Afghan Hound’ umbrella stand by the incredibly creative, Piero Fornasetti, c.1955. One of the twelve trompe l’oeil dog umbrella stands Fo...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Steel
Piatto Calendario in Ceramica Anni 1997 di Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, MI
Piatto Calendario in ceramica di Fornasetti, raffigurante l'anno 1997.
Ø cm 24
È un piatto decorativo in porcellana, parte di una serie prodotta in edizione limitata a partire dal...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Original Piero Fornasetti "Musicale" Lacquer
Painted Italian Chair C. 1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913-1988), circa 1960.
Musicale or Musical chair, produced by the esteemed Piero Fornasetti in Italy, during the early 1960s. While most of these chairs ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$5,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Tray by Piero Fornasetti, 1955
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Berlin, DE
The tray designed by Piero Fornasetti is made of aluminum with an offset print with the motif of birds.
Labeled with 'Fornasetti'.
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1950s Italian Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Plate- Themes and Variation, Motiv 15
By Piero Fornasetti, Rosenthal
Located in Downingtown, PA
Veiled Beauty: Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" Plate, Hands (Motiv 16)
This visually arresting plate is a powerful example from Piero Fornasetti's (1913–1988) celebrated Themes & Var...
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1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Grandi Maestri Italian Gilt Porcelain Plate Puccini Portrait
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Grandi Maestri" or "Great Masters" series featuring a portrait of Italian composer, Giacomo...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Vintage Fornasetti Calligraphy Bird black outline plates Milan
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Set of 6 vintage plates - black decal calligraphy in bird motif - Uccelli Calligrafica on Arzberg and Schonfeld blanks.
Some rubbing off of pattern on plates as photographed
Perfect ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
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 Furniture
Materials
Gold
1990s Wall Clock in Glass by Fornasetti. Made in Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1990s Gorgeous wall clock in glass by Fornasetti it's signed on the bottom. Made in Italy. It's in excellent condition and it works perfectly with an AA battery (quartz mechanism by ...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Glass
Fornasetti salt and pepper shakers with an additional container
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
Set of three condiment containers. By Piero Fornasetti c 1950
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
1980s Plates, Set of 8 Vintage Plates by Piero Fornasetti, 1980s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
1980s Plate, Calendar series is a set of 8 silk-screened porcelain plate, designed by Piero Fornasetti during the 1980s from the Calendario series, the Happy New Year dishes series.
Good conditions.
Black and white ceramic Fornasetti wall plate...
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1980s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$3,051 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Piero Fornasetti Farfalle Butterfly Table Lamp
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern off-white lamp by the Italian master of playful and surreal self-expression, Piero Fornasetti. The brass lamp features screen-printed green, blue, pink a...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Piero Fornasetti Astrolabio Plate 1955 Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti plate.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Adamo or Adam Porcelain Plate # 7, Signed, Excellent Condition
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Adamo or Adam porcelain plate number 7. Signed. Excellent condition.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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 Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Piero Milan Italy in years
50 a first edit of lacquered tray fish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Biella, IT
Fornasetti Piero Milan Italy in years '50 a first original edit of lacquered tray in metal, with printed decoration of fish. Labeled
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Black Gold Measurement Insulator Paperweight Vintage
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Piero Fornasetti porcelain insulator paperweight is gold with a black background. Italian through and through. It is titled cleverly ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Gold
Piero Fornasetti Plate Aries Zodiac Sign Porcelain 1966, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti plate Aries zodiac sign porcelain 1966, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Earth Signs, Set of 3 Plates from Zodiac Plate Series by P. Fornasetti, 1965
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Earth signs- Zodiac Plate Series is a set of elegant porcelain plate, designed by Piero Fornasetti for Perugia in 1965.
Good conditions except for the plate depicting Taurus that ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$1,077 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Fornasetti Trumeau Gran Coromandel Credenza Rare, N. 1 Out of 3 Pieces Ltd. Ed
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Long Island, NY
Fornasetti Trumeau - Gran Coromandel
Limited Edition
This is Number 1 out of 3 ever made.
Made in Italy.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
Rare
Procuratie
Venetian Blind By Piero Fornasetti, c1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rare Fornasetti blind will make any room. It's a real stunner in person and retains Christies and Sothebys auction stickers.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel
Piero Fornasetti Plate Zodiac Sign Cancer Porcelain 1969, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti plate zodiac sign Cancer porcelain 1969, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti, Ashtrays, prod. Fornasetti Milan 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Rivoli, IT
Rare tall screen-printed metal ashtray designed by Piero Fornasetti and produced by Fornasetti Milano in the 1960s
Excellent condition
Fornasetti was born in the fibrillating post-W...
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1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Piero Fornasetti Trompe L’oeil Rovine Umberella Stand Black and White
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Long Island, NY
Piero Fornasetti Milano Trompe L’oeil Rovine .It is Hand Silkscreened and Laquered Metal Umberella Stand in Black/White
Category
1980s Italian International Style Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti porcelain ashtray, 1960, made in Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Genève, GE
Italian Porcelain Ashtray – Piero Fornasetti, 1960s
Superb black enameled porcelain ashtray, adorned with a gilded pipe motif, signed by the great Italian designer Piero Fornasetti,...
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1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti paraventi screen Italy 1954
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare early paraventi / foldable screen designed by Piero Fornasetti and manufactured by Fornasetti in Italy in 1954. This version consists a ‘Libri’ theme on one side and a 'Battaglia Navale’ theme on the other. Fornasetti had many artistic interests; graphic design, decorative arts, historical prints, Italian art and architecture, Surrealism. And they all inspired his unique approach to decoration. The folding screen was one of his favourite formats, and here he has covered the screen’s surface with on one side books and objects like a vase, glass, shell, a roman foot, feather and more. The other side has a nautic war...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Piero Fornasetti low table
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988)
Low table with wooden base and top in enamelled and painted metal.
Milan 1960ca.
Original brand stamp.
120x50xh38
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Set of Seven Plates
Velieri
by Piero Fornasetti, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Set of seven plates "Velieri" is an original set of decorative objects realized by the Italian artist and designer Piero Fornasetti (Milan, 1909-1988) in the 1960s.
Made by Fornaset...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$1,974 Sale Price / set
25% Off
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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