Details
lacquered wood, painted metal, brass
29 in. (73.7 cm) high, 4514 in. (115 cm) diameter
with two manufacturer's labels FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY
Provenance
Modern Living, Los Angeles.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above in 1993.
Literature
P. Mauriès, Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, London, 1991, p. 278.
B. Fornasetti, ed., Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, Milan, 2009, p. 385, nos. 146 (for a period photograph of the artist sitting at a table with this design at his store on Via Brera, Milan, 1978) and 149.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The present round table top design, 'Tavola Apparecchiata' depicts a setting for four people. Of this size (115 cm diameter), Fornasetti produced 29 designs from the early 1950s to the late 1960s. A very limited edition of 'Tavola Apparecchiata' was released in the 1990s, however, the present table appears to be of the original release.

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