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
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
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Porcelain
Piero Fornsasetti box, Fornasetti Milan. 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Rivoli, IT
Small and rare box signed Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti Milan, 1960s
Classic screen-printed decoration.
Useful as a pocket emptier
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1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
1990s Gorgeous "Sun" Floor Lamp by Piero Fornasetti for Antonangeli
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1990s Gorgeous "Sun" Floor Lamp by Piero Fornasetti for Antonangeli in polypropylene,. This lamp is part of the collection "Follia Pratica" and is a true piece of modern art. It's in...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Splendid Piero Fornasetti folding screen
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988)
Splendid folding screen with three folding doors in lacquered wood with two-colour silk-screened musical instruments.
Fornasetti production, ca. 1950.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Wood
1960s Fornasetti Cammei Mythological Collection Gold Leaf Plates Signed Set of 6
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in IT
1960s Fornasetti Cammei Mythological Collection Gold Leaf Plates Signed Set of 6
Fornasetti 1960s 'Cammei' series porcelain plates decorated with pure gold leaf, set of 6. Designed ...
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1960s Italian Greek Revival Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Magic Mirror, Piero Fornasetti, 1970s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Magic Mirror, Piero Fornasetti, 1970s: Piero Fornasetti's Magic Mirror from the 1970s is a captivating testament to the whimsical and surreal elements inherent in his iconic designs....
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1970s Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Three Vintage Fornasetti Leaf “Foglie” Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portman Gallery is pleased to offer three rare gilt transfer plates from the “Foglie” series, which have not been produced in decades.
A great gift for anyone who loves: Fall, Bota...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti ‘Soriano’ Cat Umbrella Stand, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A fabulous light-colored version of the tromp l’oeil Tabby cat umbrella stand designed by Piero Fornasetti. Originally designed in the 1950s, this piece is from a more recent, very l...
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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ponti Style Four-Piece Italian Mid-Century Bar Set
By Gio Ponti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in East Hampton, NY
This wonderfully restored and updated Bar Set in the style of Gio Ponti boasts vivid and whimsical Fornasetti wallpaper adorning the back bar. In...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Plates by Rosenthal 1980s
By Piero Fornasetti, Rosenthal
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Piero Fornasetti said that he chose Lina Cavalieri for her archetypal beauty. It's clear what he meant. Fornasetti designed more than 400 variations of her face, some winking, some c...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Round brass mirror designed by Piero Fornasetti for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1980s
By Piero Fornasetti, Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Round mirror designed by Piero Fornasetti for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1980s.
Brass and mirrored glass.
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1980s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Table Lamp by Piero Fornasetti, Italy 1950s.
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Metal Table Lamp with Jugglers by Piero Fornasetti, Italy 1950s.
cm. 40x8.
Good conditions
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1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti - Silkscreened Metal Tray and Pedestal - Italy 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Large screen-printed metal tray, finely decorated with colorful and original motif of a cherry vine with leaves. The rather high edge fitted with two molded sockets ensures its funct...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti, Set di due scatole da fumo
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Firenze, IT
Piero Fornasetti, Set di due scatole da fumo
Scatole in metallo smaltato e legno disegnate da Piero Fornasetti
Anni 50
Il set è composto da una scatola porta sigari e una scatola ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti ceramic Owl Box, Italy 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milan, IT
Piero Fornasetti ceramic Owl Box, Italy 1950s
Signed Fornasetti
Rare undecorated owl box.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Square Tray by Piero Fornasetti Milano Gun Pattern Metal w. Silkscreen Print
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
The vintage silkscreen printed metal tray designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1960s features fine detailed depictions of guns spanning several centuries. The silkscreen printing tech...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Fornasetti Box, 1950’s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Doylestown, PA
An early decorative box by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1950, in sheet metal with interior wood box, painted in an early burnt orange color decorated with lithograph pistols. Very chic ac...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Sheet Metal
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
Mid-Century Gilded Glazed "I Soli" Ceramic Pencil Holder by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Koper, SI
Beautiful pencil holder or small vase by Piero Fornasetti, in gilded glazed ceramic. This piece belogs to the designers' 1950s production. Iconic "I soli" ("suns" in Italian) decor w...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Beautiful dish with Butterfly in porcelain by Piero Fornasetti. Mid-20th Century
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Knivsta, SE
A Beautiful dish with a Butterfly in porcelain designed by Piero Fornasetti during the Mid-20th Century. Typical Fornasetti design and with a butterfly with beauful colors
Wear cons...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti waste basket
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
Fornasetti waste bin.
Baroque pattern lithographic transfer, and lacquered metal. Green on black ground. With brass trim and brass feet.
Stamp...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams - Mauries, 1991 Bullfinch Press - 1st Edition
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Rochester, NY
Fornasetti - Designer Of Dreams - Mauries, Patrick w/ an essay by Ettore Sottsass - 1991 A Bullfinch Press Book - 1st United States Edition. Black hardcover cloth book w/ gilt letter...
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1990s Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Paper
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates,
After Giuseppe Arcimboldo,
Arcimboldesca Pattern,
Set of Twelve,
Circa 1955
The 1950s pottery plates with a wide ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Fornasetti ‘Opera’ decorative dishes, vintage pair (ashtrays, wall decorations)
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
Piero Fornasetti, Italy (designer)
'Melodramma' (Opera) series decorative dishes, (dishes, ashtrays, wall decorations)
No.2: Pollione (Norma by Vincenzo Bellini)
No.21: Otello (Ote...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti, Mid-Century Modern, Exhibition Poster, Paper, Light Wood Frame
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Exhibition Poster, Deocrative Art, Framed
PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988)
'Fornasetti's Decorative Objects' poster
Italy, 1989
Provenance: Christie...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
20th Century Large Metal Matchbox By Piero Fornasetti, Italy, c.1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A delightful matchbox, with an interior comprised of a metal sliding tray, the exterior decorated with five profiles, with highlighted red lips, four of whom smoking, with black cros...
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20th Century Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
1970s Set of Four Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Mural Plates by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Four 70s porcelain plates designed by Piero Fornasetti especially for Fiat, depicting Torino monuments and cooking recipes. The black, white and gold colors are a mark of Fornasetti ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful Matchbox / Trinket Box By Piero Fornasetti, Italy, c.1960/70's
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A rare matchbox or trinket box by Piero Fornasetti, made in Italy, circa 1960s / 1970s. The lacquered exterior is decorated with a traditional scene of Venice, the interior made with...
Category
20th Century Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Pine
20th Century Trinket Box By Piero Fornasetti, Italy, c.1960/70's
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A delightful glove box or trinket box by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1960s / 1970s, with sliding cedar interior, bearing the label 'Trofeo, Selvaggina' to the side of the box. The exteri...
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20th Century Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Pine
Beautiful Glovebox / Trinket Box By Piero Fornasetti, Italy, c.1960/70's
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A delightful glove box or trinket box by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1960s / 1970s, with sliding cedar interior, bearing the label 'Trofeo, Pesca' to the side of the box. The exterior is lacquered with depictions of traditional fishing trophies...
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20th Century Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Pine
Piero Fornasetti Umbrella Stand " Birds " Metal Brass 1950 Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Very Rare Umbrella Stand Piero Fornasetti 1950s
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Piero Fornasetti Book End
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Toronto, ON
This is a charming one half of a rare Fornastti bookend. It is nonetheless a wonderful collectible and highly decorative
accent piece for a desk, or bookshelf display.
Who knows may...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
1970s Astonishing Oval Metal Tray By Piero Fornasetti. Made in Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Astonishing oval metal tray by Piero Fornasetti. Made in Italy
It's in excellent condition and is signed at the bottom.
Dimension:
20,47" x 16,14" x 1,57 H inches
cm 52 x cm 41...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
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
Piero Fornasetti, wall mirror, wooden support covered with screen prints.
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Piero Forna,
wall mirror,
wooden support covered with screen prints with neo-classical decoration of flowers and mythological scenes,
circa 1960, Italy.
Height 85 cm, width 64 cm, de...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
Set of P. Fornasetti Decorative Porcelain Plates for Martini & Rossi, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Piero Fornasetti complete collection of twelve decorated and enamelled porcelain plates. Limited edition for Martini & Rossi of Turin, inspired by the main pieces of the Casa Martini...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti “Prospettiva” Architectural Plates, Set of 3, 1950’s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Please note: the price is for the set of three plates.
Three plates from Piero Fornasetti’s “Prospettiva” series. Vintage 1950’s material, not reissued.
A beautiful red tint ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Lamp by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Lamp By Piero Fornasetti
One little crack ( see picture)
Re-wired
Dimensions given without shade
No shade included
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Mid Century Modern Crystal Glass Head Sculpture by Piero Fornasetti 1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Mid Century Modern crystal glass head table sculpture by the famous Piero Fornasetti.
Piero Fornasetti (1913–1988) was an Italian designer and artist known for his creative and whi...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Bookender by Piero Fornasetti, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Bookenders is a decorative object realized by Piero Fornasetti, in 1950s.
Metal structure with velvet parts, some parts damaged.
20 x 15 x 13 cm.
Good conditions, some yellowing ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Capricorn Zodiac Porcelain Plate, The Zodiac Pharmacopoeia
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Capricorn Zodiaci Porcelain Plate,
Made for Crinos,
#9 in Series,
Titled "Gli Zodiaci Farmacopei", The Zodiac Pharmacopoeia.
1960...
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1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
1980's Laquered metal lamp by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Rare lamp with guitars decoration
By Piero Fornasetti
Circa 1980's
Italy
Dimensions given without shade
No shade included
Category
1980s French Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Bookender by Piero Fornasetti, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Bookenders is a decorative object realized by Piero Fornasetti, in 1950s.
Metal structure with velvet parts, some parts damaged.
20 x 15 x 13 cm.
Good conditions, some yellowing ...
Category
1950s Italian 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
Piero Fornasetti Neo-classical Porcelain Green Malachite Cammei (Cameo) Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Green Malachite Cammei Plate,
Cammei or Cameo,
Circa 1950s-60s
From a Set of Five- sold separately.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate, named Cammei on ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 5 Small Plate or Coasters in Porcelain by Piero Fornasetti, Italy 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti, 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, turtle, duck) by Piero Fornasetti.
Mad...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti "Caduceus" Lithograph Gilt Porcelain white and gold Ashtray
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Stockholm, SE
Piero Fornasetti "Caduceus" Lithograph Gilt Porcelain white and gold Ashtray. White and gold ceramic ashtray/trinket dish with cigarette slots by Piero Fornasetti, (circa 1950s, Ital...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Fornasetti Ceramic Change Tray
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A ceramic change tray signed by Fornasetti and designed by Piero Fornasetti.
The piece is a compliment to any setting. On a coffee table, bedside...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates,
After Giuseppe Arcimboldo,
Set of Nine,
Circa 1970s.
The plates are after Giuseppe Arc...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates, Giostra di Frutta (Merry-go-Round of Fruit)
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates,
Giostra di Frutta,
Set of Six,
Numbered 1 through 6,
1955-65
The pattern "Giostra di Frutta" translates as a Merry-Go-Round of Fruit. The plate is...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plate,
After Giuseppe Arcimboldo,
Number 12,
Circa 1960's.
The pottery plates are after Giuseppe Arc...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plates, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plates,
After Giuseppe Arcimboldo,
A Pair,
Circa 1955
The pottery plates are after Giuseppe Arcimboldo- the design of a face c...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate 12 Mesi 12 Soli Settembre September
By Piero Fornasetti, Rosenthal
Located in München, BY
Fornasetti porcelain plate for Rosenthal - 12 Mesi 12 Soli.
Plate No. 9, Settembre September.
No damage. Very good condition.
Dimensions:
Diameter 10,2"/26cm
Depth 1,2"/3cm
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Green Malachite Cammei (Cameo) Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Green Malachite Cammei Plate,
Cammei or Cameo,
Circa 1950s-60s
From a group of Five.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate, named Cammei on the reverse, me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Fornasetti Architecture Lamps
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Rare and vintage pair of iconic Piero Fornasetti architecture lamps from a the series Architecture. American wired.
Category
1970s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
"Architecture" Table Lamp by Piero Fornasetti (Original), Italy 1980s
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Argelato, BO
"Architecture" table lamp in brass and metal by Piero Fornasetti (Original), Italy, 1980s
Work of the great Italian graphic genius Piero Fornasetti, the "Architettura" lamp represen...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Set of 5 Piero Fornasetti Mitologia Gilt Porcelain Plates, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of 5, Italian, mid century, small plates or coasters by Piero Fornasetti, made exclusively for retailer Bonwitt Teller. The plates feature the "Mitologia" (Mythological) pattern,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Neo-classical Green Malachite Cammei (Cameo) Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Green Malachite Cammei Plate,
Cammei or Cameo,
Circa 1950s-60s
From a set of five which are each sold individually.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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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Questions About Piero Fornasetti Furniture
- 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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