A Corinthian 'Capitello' chair

DESIGNED BY PIERO FORNASETTI, CIRCA 1955, MANUFACTURED BY FORNASETTI, 1950S/60S

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A Corinthian 'Capitello' chair
Designed by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1955, manufactured by Fornasetti, 1950s/60s
Lacquered and screen-printed moulded plywood seat on painted tapering tubular metal legs, sold with original lithographic plate for the Corinthian design entitled Sedia a Capitello and numbered on the reverse Casella No. 29 Posizione N lasta N3917
35¾in. (91cm.) high
The underside with traces of original paper label Fornasetti Made in Milano

Provenance

Fornasetti archive (Barnaba Fornasetti).

Lot Essay

The eccentric spirit of Fornasetti's designs, with their surreal trompe-l'oeil decoration, exerted a strong influence on the Italian Anti-Design movement of subsequent decades. By applying classical motifs onto modern forms, Fornasetti offered a cynical comment on what he saw as the elevation and pretensions of both academic art and Modernism.
See: Mauries, p. 120.
Fiell, (1000 Chairs), p. 369.

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