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Who is the woman on the Fornasetti plates?
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Opera 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.
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1990s Gorgeous "Commedia dell'Arte" table Lamp by Piero Fornasetti for Antonange
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
This exceptional "La Commedia dell'Arte" table lamp represents a prestigious collaboration between the Piero Fornasetti and the avant-garde Milanese lighting house Antonangeli Illumi...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
1990s Rare "Aquarium" Floor Lamp by Piero Fornasetti for Antonangeli
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1990s Gorgeous "Aquarium" Floor Lamp by Piero Fornasetti for Antonangeli in polypropylene. The lamp features a continuous, brilliantly silk-screened polypropylene shade adorned with ...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Four 1970s 26 cm Porcelain Wall Plates Temi e Variazioni by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An exquisite and rare set of four vintage Tema e Variazioni black and white porcelain wall plates designed by Piero Fornasetti during the 1960s to 1970s. Each plate measures 26 cm in...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Set of 2 "Città Di Carte" Panels
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare original vintage set of 2 "Città di Carta" screen print on wood panels, designed by Piero Fornasetti / made in Milan Italy by Fornasetti
Original label on the back
Each panel ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
$12,600 / set
FORNASETTI Malachite Box
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage decorative rectangular lacquered walnut wood box with motif golden guns on green malachite / designed by Piero Fornasetti, made in Italy in the 1970s
Original mark at the fel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$1,800
Fornasetti Enamel Metal Butterflies Box
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage decorative matches box with enamel metal portraying a butterflies on red background, and mahogany wood insert / made by Fornasetti in Milan Italy in the 1960s
Length: 8 inche...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
