Designer
Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913–1988)Italian, 1913–1988
CultureItalian
Titles
- "Città di Carte" Cabinet Plate, no. 7
- from a set of twelve
Datec. 1950–1960
Made inMilan, Italy
MediumPorcelain and transfer print
Dimensions1 × 10 1/8 in. diameter (2.5 × 25.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.817.7
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Mauriès, Patrick. Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams. (London: Thames and Hudson, 1991), 210-211.
Wasserman, Shara. “Interview: Piero Fornasetti.” Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, no. 3, (Winter 1987): 108-19.
Casadio, Mariucca, Fornasetti, The Complete Universe (New York: Rizzoli, 2010), 610.
Wasserman, Shara. “Interview: Piero Fornasetti.” Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, no. 3, (Winter 1987): 108-19.
Casadio, Mariucca, Fornasetti, The Complete Universe (New York: Rizzoli, 2010), 610.
Verso center, artist stamp in black ink: [2 cards with 7 in center] / CITTÀ DI CARTE / [hand with paintbrush] / FORMASETTI-MILANO / MADE IN ITALY
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