Fornasetti, Piero

“Architettura” Cabinet

produced circa 1955-1960, designed 1951

Category
Place Made
Italy
Materials
Hand painted and lithographically printed wood, metal, glass
Measurements
86 1/2 x 31 1/2 in (219.71 x 80.01 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Katz Haspel
Location
Lupin Foundation Center for the Decorative Arts
Copyright
© Courtesy of Fornasetti
Accession #
2000.29
Description

Italian designer Piero Fornasetti's unique graphic style transforms this simple Modern trumeau cabinet into a riot of optical illusion. Fornasetti hand drew these trompe-l'oeil ("fool the eye") facades, based on 18th-century architectural prints, which were lithographically printed and varnished to the cabinet, changing its presence entirely.