Details
lithographically-decorated and hand-painted metal, lithographically-decorated tole peinte, brass
'Teste Antiche' Umbrella Stand: 2812 x 1814 x 758 in. (72.4 x 46.4 x 19.3 cm)
Magazine Rack: 15 x 1634 x 758 in. (38.1 x 42.1 x 19.4 cm)
magazine rack with manufacturer's label FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY
Provenance
Dolly Kay Designs, Ltd., Washington, D.C.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992 ('Teste Antiche' umbrella stand)

Delorenzo 1950, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1993 (magazine rack)
Literature
P. Maries, Fornasetti Designer of Dreams, Boston, 1991, illustrated pp. 124-125 (for a related magazine rack), 133 (for a related magazine rack), 163 (for the 'Teste Antiche' umbrella stand)
B. Fornasetti, Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, New York, 2010, p. 465 (for the 'Teste Antiche' umbrella stand)
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