Lot 432
432
An Italian lithographically-printed and hand-painted wood commode 'Palladina'
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
An Italian lithographically-printed and hand-painted wood commode 'Palladina'

PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988), MILAN, 1950S

Details
An Italian lithographically-printed and hand-painted wood commode 'Palladina'
Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988), Milan, 1950s
The curved top covered with lithographic prints depicting a classical garden with Neptune and others, above three curved drawers decorated with a classical temple frontispiece, top drawer with label Fornasetti Milano, with varnished brass pulls and sabots, the back lined with Italian transport label
84 cm. high x 100.5 cm. wide 56 cm. deep
Literature
Eigen Huis & Interieur, nr 1, jaargang 2002, cover and p. 35.

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Lot Essay

The present commode lot is vintage and produced by Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988) in the 1950s. Fornasetti was a Milanese painter, sculptor, interior decorator, engraver of books and a creator of more than 11,000 products. In terms of variety of decoration, Fornasettis production of objects and furniture is one of the largest of the 20th century.
Although Palladiana is inspired by a Palladian architectural drawing, this work actually reproduces a sixteenth-century Austrian villa. The top depicts a birds-eye view of an Italian garden.

A comparable commode is illustrated in M. Casadio, B. Fornasetti and A. Branzi, Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, Rizzoli 2010, p. 372.

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