Grattacieli Iron Umbrella Stand

Grattacieli Iron Umbrella StandOnly Fornasetti could take the seemingly ordinary objects of day to day life and transform them into works of art. As part of the Grattacieli series, this umbrella stand is a unique piece silk screened, painted and lacquered by hand. Between the brass top and feet is a motif of a modern skyline, designed to play with the perception of whats fiction and whats reality.

Look to the base for a stamp of the signature crest and a faint mark of the maker’s initials

who develop and blend with special techniques and secret recipes

Its effect resembles a runner

the glassmaker has been blowing

Shaker folk art is often a source of inspiration for Saved NY

Puiforcat’s Annecy collection is the brainchild of Jean Puiforcat

Bohemian piece is truly a unique

It’s handcrafted in the Parisian workshop from black terracotta clay and fashioned with scalloped edges

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style and artistry to the home

which are hand-blown and presented in a set of six

complete with a handy lid that’ll keep its contents fresher for longer