Piero Fornasetti

Practical Madness

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Patrick Mauriès

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Piero Fornasetti was a master of the decorative imagination. He employed illusionism, architectural perspectives and a host of personal leitmotifs – the sun, playing cards, still lifes, libraries, harlequins, newspapers, the face of a once-famous opera singer – in seemingly endless variations on plates, chairs, desks, screens, scarves, cabinets and decorative objects of every kind. As Gio Ponti, his friend and collaborator said: ‘he makes objects speak.’

Fornasetti’s oeuvre is celebrated here in a publication that marks him out as a virtuoso conjurer of dream and illusion. Captured in paintings, drawings and photographs from the family and studio archives, Fornasetti’s designs testify to a unique imaginative genius.

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Weight 1621 g
Dimensions 18.4 x 30.1 cm
Publisher name Thames and Hudson Ltd
Publication date 16 June 2015
Number of pages 288
Format Hardback
Contributors Edited by Patrick Mauriès
Dimensions 18.4 x 30.1 cm
Weight 1621 g

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Patrick Mauriès is a writer and publisher of many notable titles on fashion and design, including Jewelry by Chanel, A Cabinet of Rarities, The World According to Karl and Fashion Quotes to name a few, all published by Thames & Hudson.