Themes and Variations wall plate by Piero Fornasetti for Moss

Themes and Variations
wall plate
No.100

designer:
Piero Fornasetti

design year:
1951

manufacturer:
Fornasetti, Italy

materials:
printed porcelain

notes:
Piero Fornasetti's graphic art often re-worked a single idea over and over again, allowing his imagination run free to develop new concepts.

The most famous of these ideas - the Themes and Variations, illustrated variations on the image of an enigmatic, almost Mona Lisa-like face of a woman. The woman was Lina Cavalieri, whose face Fornasetti found while glancing through a 19th Century French magazine.

Originally four plates were designed by Piero Fornasetti - the plate series now has 350 variations.

dimensions:
10.25" diameter