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Fornasetti Occhi Console

Name: Fornasetti Occhi Console
Brand: Fornasetti
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Price:$8,000

$8,450List Price

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The Italian artist, illustrator and furniture maker Piero Fornasetti was one of the wittiest and most imaginative design 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 the 19th-century 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 desks to dinner plates, lamps and umbrella stands. His work is archly clever, often surreal 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 his 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 Fornasetti’s collaborator and patron. Beginning in the early 1950s, they created a striking a 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.

'Pompeiana' Corner Cabinet by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 2 of 2 in 1988, Signed

$25,400Sale Price|27% Off

H 56.5 in W 47.25 in D 33.25 in

'Pompeiana' Corner Cabinet by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 2 of 2 in 1988, Signed

By Piero Fornasetti

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This 'much larger than it looks' collectors item is the 'Pompeiana' corner cabinet by Piero Fornasetti, completed in 1988, signed, dated and numbered 2 of 2. Fornasetti cabinets, es...

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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Corner Cupboards

Materials

Brass

Original Fornasetti Curved Chest Of Drawers

$28,466

H 33.47 in W 39.38 in D 22.05 in

Original Fornasetti Curved Chest Of Drawers

By Fornasetti

Located in Kent, Dover

An original Fornasetti Chest "Archittetura" Produced by Atelier Fornasetti in lithographically printed hand painted and lacquered rosewood, with brass fittings, these pieces of furn...

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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Beech

Piero Fornasetti paraventi screen Italy 1954

$22,063

H 53.15 in W 56.3 in D 1.19 in

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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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Brass

1955 Piero Fornasetti Cabinet Printed Wood Brass Lacquer Gold Italian Panoplie

$34,124

H 24.81 in W 27.56 in D 13.78 in

1955 Piero Fornasetti Cabinet Printed Wood Brass Lacquer Gold Italian Panoplie

By Piero Fornasetti

Located in Milano, IT

This rare Panoplie cabinet, created circa 1955 by Atelier Fornasetti, exemplifies Piero Fornasetti’s masterful blend of surrealism, craftsmanship, and refined wit. Constructed from l...

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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

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Brass

20th Century, Piero Fornasetti Rare Trumeau mod. Gran Coromandel

$211,810

H 86.23 in W 31.5 in D 15.75 in

20th Century, Piero Fornasetti Rare Trumeau mod. Gran Coromandel

By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti

Located in Torino, Piemonte

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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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

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Glass, Wood, Harewood

Atelier Fornasetti Methacrylate Side Table, Italy Circa 1990

$2,062

H 20.08 in W 20.08 in D 19.3 in

Atelier Fornasetti Methacrylate Side Table, Italy Circa 1990

By Fornasetti

Located in London, GB

Atelier Fornasetti side table, an Italian design from the 1990s. It is crafted from methacrylate, a durable, high-quality plastic also known as acrylic. The table is decorated with ...

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1990s Italian Modern Side Tables

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Acrylic

Vintage Piero Fornasetti Strumenti Musical or Libri Screen

$17,500

H 53.75 in W 52 in D 9 in

Vintage Piero Fornasetti Strumenti Musical or Libri Screen

By Fornasetti

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

An iconic mid-size screen depicting a library shelf on one side and musical instruments on the verso. A period example, circa 1954. Measures: 53 1/2" high.

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Vintage 1950s Italian Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Fornasetti "BOSCO" Screen édition spécial pour "Paradis"de Betony Vernon

$28,241

H 98.43 in W 80.71 in D 1.58 in

Fornasetti "BOSCO" Screen édition spécial pour "Paradis"de Betony Vernon

By Fornasetti

Located in Rome, RM

The "BOSCO" screen is a unique piece designed by Fornasetti for Betony Vernon's showroom in Paris in 2008. A unique piece composed of 5 rather that the standard 3 or 4 panels. Wheel...

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Early 2000s Italian Screens and Room Dividers

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Stainless Steel

Side Table, Piero Fornasetti, circa 1950

$12,355

H 17.72 in W 19.69 in D 39.38 in

Side Table, Piero Fornasetti, circa 1950

By Piero Fornasetti

Located in Berlin, DE

This unusual, filigree side table was created by the Italian designer Piero Fornasetti. He focused in particular on the surface design of his works with his unusual hand drawings. He...

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Vintage 1950s Side Tables

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Brass

FORNASETTI Nose Mouth and Eyes Silk Screen Print

$900

H 11.82 in W 11.82 in D 1.19 in

FORNASETTI Nose Mouth and Eyes Silk Screen Print

By Fornasetti

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Piero Fornasetti silk screen print on wood depicting nose, mouth and eyes of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri / made in Milano Italy, 1990s Width: 12 inches / Height: 12 inches...

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