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 Large Plate Gilded Acorn Ptn from Pigne Series, Circa 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain large plate, dating to the mid century 1950's
It is from the Pigne series in the rare Gilded acorn pattern with detailed hand gilding as per...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Porcelain
Fornasetti Coffee Cup Porcelain Gold “I Ponti Di Milano “Ponte San Cristoforo”
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Fornasetti coffee cup porcelain gold “Ponte San Cristoforo”, 1950.
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1950s Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Porcelain
Fornasetti "Fondale Marino" Table Lamp Produced by Antonangeli
By Piero Fornasetti, Antonangeli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Barnaba Fornasetti, son of Piero Fornasetti, "Fondale Marino" (Seabed) table lamp from the La Follia series for Antonangeli (ca 1990s, Italy). Composed of a flat plastic sheet photos...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Plastic
Fornasetti Pen Holder Ceramic Brass Gold, 1950, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Pen Holder Ceramic Fornasetti.
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1950s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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
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Gold
Fornasetti for Fleming Joffe “Iguana and Chicken Breasts” Recipe Plate, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare 1960s Piero Fornasetti for Fleming Joffe Ltd. “Iguana and Chicken Breasts” recipe hand-decorated and gilt porcelain “Cook Plate”.
Wonderfully wry recipe for an absurdly impro...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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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
Center Table
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
Hand-colored lithographed wooden top featuring cameos in a circular pattern, raised on a patinated and polished metal base. A new glass top has been added.
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1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
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...
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1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Porcelain Plate for the Year 1978
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Piero Fornasetti calendar porcelain plate for the Year 1978.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Porcelain Plate for the Year 1986
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Piero Fornasetti Calendar porcelain plate for the Year 1986.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Porcelain Plate for the Year 1992
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Piero Fornasetti calendar porcelain plate for the Year 1992.
Category
1990s Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Six 24kt Gold Plated Roman Themed Coasters Signed by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
This stunning set of six coasters were designed by the legendary Piero Fornasetti for Saks Fifth Avenue in Milan Italy circa 1960. They feature circular porcelain bodies with raised ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Gold
Fornasetti Plate Capricorn Zodiac Sign Porcelain, 1963, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Fornasetti plate Capricorn zodiac sign porcelain, 1963, Italy.
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1960s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
Fornasetti Set of 6 Plates for Martini and Rossi Porcelain, 1970, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Fornasetti series of 6 plates for the Martini and Rossi of Turin inspired by the major pieces of his Pessione Museum.
Category
1970s 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
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.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
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 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 Adamo / Adam Porcelain Plate Number 12, Signed, Excellent
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Adamo / Adam porcelain plate # 12. Signed. Excellent condition.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
Fornasetti Plate Virgo Zodiac Sign Porcelain 1971 Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Fornasetti Plate Virgo Zodiac sign porcelain 1971 Italy.
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Vintage Design “Musicale” Chair by Pierro Fornasetti, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Renens, CH
A Musicale chair by Piero Fornasetti, produced by Atelier Fornasetti during the early 1990s.
The Fornasetti company is specialized in hand...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6
1960s.
The stunning Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate depicts a cut red pepper from the Sezioni Di Frutta series.
Mark: Hand and ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Pottery
1970s Set of Vintage Porcelain Plates, by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
1970s plate, Calendar series is a set of 9 silk-screened porcelain plate, designed by Piero Fornasetti during the 1970s from the Calendario series, the Happy New Year dishes series.
It includes all the years except 1977.
Good conditions.
Black and white ceramic Fornasetti wall plate...
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1970s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rare 1960s Fish Pesci Appetizer or Hors D'oeuvre Tray by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, London
Appetizer tray consisting of four ceramic dishes
Gold metal tray
Printed section of fish on each dish
Fornasetti mark underneath
Slightly fa...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Sezioni Di Frutta Porcelain Plates of an Eggplant & Apple
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Sezioni di Frutta Porcelain plates of an eggplant and an apple,
#6 & #7,
1960s
The Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate depicts 2 plates from the Sezioni Di Frutta se...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Magazine Stand
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
Magazine stand designed and manufactured by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s. Lithographic transfer print depicting a basket of colorful flowers. Has brass legs and a center handle. Ori...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Piero Fornasetti, Trompe L'Oeil Umbrella Stand, Lithographed Green Metal, 1970s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Stamford, CT
Piero Fornasetti lithographed Metal Trompe L'Oeil antique heads umbrella stand, Printed, painted and lacquered by hand.
Now unmarked, however, t...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Box Wood Metal Crome Gold, 1960, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti box wood metal crome gold, 1960, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Porcelain Plate for the Year 1989
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Piero Fornasetti calendar porcelain plate for the year 1989.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern 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...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Four Plates 'Velieri' by Piero Fornasetti, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Set of Four Plates "Velieri" is an original set of decorative objects realized by the Italian artist and designer Piero Fornasetti (Milan, 1909 - 19...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early Piero Fornasetti Butterflies Farfalle Umbrella Stand
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Chicago, IL
This appears to be a finer earlier example than others I have reviewed.
Note the composition and detail of the illustration, The "Shadow" under the butterfly, the brass rim has a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Set of Eight Quand on Arrive Clock Coasters, When One Arrives
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Set of Eight "Quand on Arrive" Clock Coasters,
"When one arrives"
Early 1960s.
These charming early Piero Fornasetti large coasters, each with a clock face and ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Porcelain Plate for the Year 1997
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Piero Fornasetti calendar porcelain plate for the year 1997
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Two Plates "Grandi Maestri" by P. Fornasetti, 1967
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Set of two plates "Grandi Maestri" is an original decorative object realized by the Italian artist and designer Piero Fornasetti (Milan, 1909-1988) in 1967.
Made by Fornasetti, Mi...
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1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Plate Aquarius Zodiac Sign Porcelain 1964, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti plate Aquarius zodiac sign porcelain 1964, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Gravure Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Rack Brass Stand
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Piero Fornasetti Gravure Italian Mid-Century Modern brass base magazine rack stand. Item features solid brass tripod base, iron rod, lithograph transfer enameled metal, decorated mag...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Gold
Fornasetti Porcelain Cup of Coffee Gold “Ponte Corso Venezia”, 1950
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Fornasetti porcelain cup of coffee gold “Ponte Corso Venezia”, 1950, Italia.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Umbrella Stand "Tamburo" by Piero Fornasetti, 1955
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Umbrella stand "Tamburo" is an original decorative design object realized in metal between the 1950s and the 1960s by the Italian designer and artist Piero Fornasetti (Milan, 1913-19...
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1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Fornasetti Mid-Century Modern Card Box, 1950s, Metal and Wood, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Rome, IT
Italian Mid-Century modern card box by Fornasetti in metal wood, representing a carriage with coachmen pulled by two horses.
This typo of artistic boxes was created to stay over ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Complete Zodiac Sign from 1964-1974 Porcelain, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti complete zodiac sign from 1964-1974 porcelain, Italy.
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Late 20th Century Italian Other Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Set of Fifteen Plates Decorated with Musical Instruments
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Let there be music!
Piero Fornasetti Set of Fifteen Different Ceramic Dinner Plates decorated with the Orchestra pattern,
The set of fifteen plate...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Ceramic
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Ceramiche Panel/Plaque
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lithographic transfer-printed masonite panel.
Originally designed for the
Hilton Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
Fornasetti: the complete universe page 456.
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1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Masonite
Piero Fornasetti Plate Libra Zodiac Sign Porcelain 1972, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti plate Libra Zodiac sign porcelain 1972, Italy.
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Piero Fornesetti "Equestrian" Ashtrays
By Piero Fornasetti, Bergdorf Goodman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of ashtrays with cigarette slots by Piero Fornasetti, (circa 1950s, Italy). These examples retailed at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City, as indicated on the reverse. Composed o...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Porcelain
Wood and Metal "Balloon" Chair by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in East Hampton, NY
Piero Fornasetti lithographed wood and painted metal side chair.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Set of Seven Ceramic Storage Jars by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, circa 1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A rare set of beautifully colored decorative ceramic storage jars by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1960. Depicting seven different designs... tea, coffee, rice, paprika, cloves, cinnamon and pepper, these vintage...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Moro Head Vase by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Magnificent enameled gold ceramic vase by Piero Fornasetti (Milan 1913-1988), considered among the most original and creative talents of the 21st century.
A rare piece depicting the ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Porron Plate for Martini & Rossi, by P. Fornasetti, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Porron is a silk-screened porcelain plate, designed by Piero Fornasetti for Martini & Rossi in 1960s.
Excellent conditions: as good as new.
This is a b/w ceramic Fornasetti wall plate, representing the Spanish amphora called "porron",
realized to drink wine gracefully. With a very detailed golden caption and title on the front of the plate.
Marked on the back with the description of the series, the title of the plate, and the Fornasetti logo:
"Serie di piatti creata da Piero Fornasetti per la Martini and Rossi...
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1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Seashell Plates, Conchyliorum Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain gilt pair of seashell plates,
Conchyliorum pattern,
Set of six plates,
circa 1950s.
The pair of very rare plates with ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 'Maschere' (Masks) Bookends by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, circa 1950
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A rare and beautiful pair of 1950s 'Maschere' (Masks) bookends designed by the incomparable Piero Fornasetti. The bookends each depict a Greek theatrical mask, (tragedy), and are exe...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Metal
Midcentury Gold Zodiacal Characters S/8 Glasses , Italy 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury Gold Zodiacal Characters S/8 Glasses , Italy 1960s
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Gold
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates, Pair Decorated with Sea Anemones
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates,
decorated with sea anemones, urchins and shells,
#7 & #12 from Conchiglie Pattern,
Circa 1960-1970s.
The Fornasetti plates are dec...
Category
Mid-20th Century English 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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