For BADA Week 2022, Holly Johnson has chosed this very rare and early ‘Panoplie’ Trumeau by Piero Fornasetti.
The cream lacquered ground decorated in gilt depicting fruiting festoons and musical trophies. The inside with a musician playing a flute. The upper cupboard and fall front with eclectic light. Wood lithographical print and lacquered. Metal mounts. Lower drawers with mahogany insides and with makers’ label. On four ebonised feet.
Provenance: Private collection Italy.
Literature: Fornasetti. Published by Electa, p361, plate 24-25.
Dimensions: H 218cms x W 81cms x D 41.5cms.
This piece has also been loaned out to the Fornasetti family for global exhibitions, it has been featured in the Louvre and in the Milan Triennial.
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