Piero Fornasetti Archives • 3details

March 10, 2020

Fornasetti pocket watches design box

March 9, 2020

small Fornasetti guitars and zithers box

February 11, 2020

Piero Fornasetti Siamese cats wastepaper basket

August 14, 2019

Piero Fornasetti wastepaper basket

April 7, 2019

Piero Fornasetti Bohemian glass pattern ice bucket

March 26, 2019

Piero Fornasetti Magazine rack

March 26, 2019

Piero Fornasetti malachite pattern umbrella holder - Sold

March 24, 2019

mid century Tracio di vite Piero Fornasetti ice bucket - Sold

February 10, 2017

Fornasetti balloon box - Sold

January 10, 2017

Piero Fornasetti casa con colonne umbrella stand - Sold

October 28, 2016

Piero Fornasetti Umbrella holder - Sold

October 27, 2016

Piero Fornasetti Cameo Table Lamp - Sold

Piero Fornasetti (10 November 1913 - 9 October 1988) was an Italian painter, sculptor, interior decorator and engraver. He lived most of his life in Milan, attending the Brera Art Academy from 1930-32 when he was expelled for insubordination. During World War II, he went into exile in Switzerland from 1943-46. He created more than 11,000 items, many featuring the face of a woman, operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri, as a motif. Fornasetti found her face in a 19th-century magazine. “What inspired me to create more than 500 variations on the face of a woman?” asks Italian designer, Piero Fornasetti of himself. “I don’t know,” he admits, “I began to make them and I never stopped.” The “Tema e Variazioni” (theme and variation) plate series based on Cavalieri's face numbered more than 350. source: Wikipedia