Fornasetti China - Grande Antico - Singles - From The US Agent - PRICE DROP
Item History & Price
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My father was friends with Piero Fornasetti. He was a long time collector, starting in the 1950s. In the late 70s / early 80s, my father, who ran a boutique US design company, became Fornasetti’s sole US agent. He wound up buying almost the entire inventory of the Milan warehouse, and giving the Fornasetti company substantial orders for plates, furniture, trays, metal ware (toleware) etc, essentially bringing us to the revival of Fornasetti we all know today.
My... father then devoted a portion of his home furnishings business to the renaissance of the Fornasetti Studio, eventually selling Fornasetti’s larger work throughout the US via to the trade furniture showrooms. The china and smaller objects were sold through Barney’s, Neiman Marcus, Gumps, and numerous ‘mid-century’ antiques dealers, just as the mid-century craze was beginning to take root.
When my father retired from business in the early 90s, quite a bit of the inventory was sold to collectors at auction, mostly through Christie’s and a few pieces via David Rago, both noted mid-century auction sources. The rest of the inventory went into my temperature controlled art and collectibles warehouse (which is my enterprise*), placed into the record storage room, along with the [paper] business records from several other companies. In 2002, a wall of file cabinets was put in front of the 10 or so crates of Fornasetti materials, and we forgot that we had stored the boxes for him!
Just this year, as we were reviewing our oldest business records, we remembered that the wall of file cabinets was not against the actual building’s wall, moved the cabinets, and found this treasure trove! Please feel free to ask any questions. And please see other Fornasetti listings - other items!
2 of these are a perfect gift for yourself and spouse, or lucky friends - they're great morning coffee cups! Hi fire, very vitreous porcelain. Fornasetti wanted his objects to be used daily, and consequently they have an incredible degree of usability. These are meant to be 'put to work!'
Notes on pricing and quantity:There are 2 sets of 6 cups with 2 saucers or side plates (so in total, 12 cups / 4 saucers / side plates)Each single cup - $250Each saucer - $50Set of 6 + 2 small plates = $1450Both sets = $2850
If you would like to buy more than 1 cup and or a saucer, please contact me via ebay messaging, and I will send you an invoice through ebay for exactly what you are buying.(and thank you to the people who have already bought these...they're moving!)
*if you are ever tempted to go into a similar business, note that you will store all of your friends and relatives miscellany...don’t let anything get stuck behind old file cabinets!
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My... father then devoted a portion of his home furnishings business to the renaissance of the Fornasetti Studio, eventually selling Fornasetti’s larger work throughout the US via to the trade furniture showrooms. The china and smaller objects were sold through Barney’s, Neiman Marcus, Gumps, and numerous ‘mid-century’ antiques dealers, just as the mid-century craze was beginning to take root.
When my father retired from business in the early 90s, quite a bit of the inventory was sold to collectors at auction, mostly through Christie’s and a few pieces via David Rago, both noted mid-century auction sources. The rest of the inventory went into my temperature controlled art and collectibles warehouse (which is my enterprise*), placed into the record storage room, along with the [paper] business records from several other companies. In 2002, a wall of file cabinets was put in front of the 10 or so crates of Fornasetti materials, and we forgot that we had stored the boxes for him!
Just this year, as we were reviewing our oldest business records, we remembered that the wall of file cabinets was not against the actual building’s wall, moved the cabinets, and found this treasure trove! Please feel free to ask any questions. And please see other Fornasetti listings - other items!
2 of these are a perfect gift for yourself and spouse, or lucky friends - they're great morning coffee cups! Hi fire, very vitreous porcelain. Fornasetti wanted his objects to be used daily, and consequently they have an incredible degree of usability. These are meant to be 'put to work!'
Notes on pricing and quantity:There are 2 sets of 6 cups with 2 saucers or side plates (so in total, 12 cups / 4 saucers / side plates)Each single cup - $250Each saucer - $50Set of 6 + 2 small plates = $1450Both sets = $2850
If you would like to buy more than 1 cup and or a saucer, please contact me via ebay messaging, and I will send you an invoice through ebay for exactly what you are buying.(and thank you to the people who have already bought these...they're moving!)
*if you are ever tempted to go into a similar business, note that you will store all of your friends and relatives miscellany...don’t let anything get stuck behind old file cabinets!
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