'ARCHITETTURA', A FINE HAND-PAINTED AND LITHOGRAPHICALLY PRINTED WOOD AND METAL TRUMEAU

PIERO FORNASETTI, CIRCA 1952, AFTER A DESIGN BY PIERO FORNASETTI AND GIO PONTI

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'ARCHITETTURA', A FINE HAND-PAINTED AND LITHOGRAPHICALLY PRINTED WOOD AND METAL TRUMEAU
Piero Fornasetti, Circa 1952, After a Design by Piero Fornasetti and Gio Ponti
The upper part opening to reveal architectural interior with central decorated metal alcove flanked by clear glass shelves, the lower section with fall-front bureau above three long drawers, the whole decorated in monochrome with architectural details, inlaid with the firm's circular label
85in. (217cm.) high, 31in. (80cm.) wide, 16in. (40.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This stunning marriage of architecture and furniture is from a limited edition of approximately twenty trumeaux which were modified by Piero Fornasetti from the prototype designed in 1951 by himself and Gio Ponti (now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum). 'Architettura' was reintroduced in an edition of ten in the 1980s. The model from which this trumeau was produced was sold in our Los Angeles galleries, Important Design: The Life of Piero Fornasetti, May 16, 1998, lot 33. cf. Patrick Mauris, Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, 1991, p.100-101 for illustrations

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