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FORNASETTI MILANO PRINTED METAL / WOOD BOX ITALY 50s
Piero Fornasetti studio Milano vintage original, dated 1950s, Italy. Rare printed metal box with sliding mahogany drawer. Black graphic decor on gold colored base. Diameter: 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.2 inches / 14 x 9 x 3 cm. Felt underpad stamped FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY, with hand & paint brush logo.
Piero Fornasetti lived and worked in Milano from 1935 - 1988. During his long carreer he astablished an enduring reputation as a designer with a style that was all his own- a style based on illusionism, architectural perspectives and a host of personal leitmotifs such as playing - cards, women face, fishes the sun from which he spun seemingly endless variations.
FORNASETTI MILANO PRINTED METAL / WOOD BOX ITALY 50s
Piero Fornasetti studio Milano vintage original, dated 1950s, Italy. Rare printed metal box with sliding mahogany drawer. Black graphic decor on gold colored base. Diameter: 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.2 inches / 14 x 9 x 3 cm. Felt underpad stamped FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY, with hand & paint brush logo.
Piero Fornasetti lived and worked in Milano from 1935 - 1988. During his long carreer he astablished an enduring reputation as a designer with a style that was all his own- a style based on illusionism, architectural perspectives and a host of personal leitmotifs such as playing - cards, women face, fishes the sun from which he spun seemingly endless variations.