The object of worship: Plates Tema e Variation .. 10 entertaining facts about the cult collection Tema e Variazioni, which is based on face of opera singer Lina Cavalieri. 1. The authors of a series of Italian designer Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988) and his son Barnaba Fornasetti (b. 1950) 2. Fornasetti thought Lina Cavalieri classical ideal of feminine beauty .. 3. Soprano Lina Cavalieri (1874 -1944) became famous not so much vocal talent as beauty. Fornasetti saw her picture in an old magazine in 1948 and fell in love .. 4. The basis of the collection - the face of opera singer Lina Cavalieri .. 5. 350 variations on the theme of the image Cavalieri came out of the Milan studio Fornasetti. The collection continues to grow .. 6. Lina Cavalieri was inspired not only Fornasetti. In 1955, there was a film by Robert Leonard "Beautiful but dangerous" about her affair with Prince Baryatinsky. Opera diva Gina Lollobrigida played .. 7. Vases Tema e Variazioni licensed brand Fornasetti produces Bitossi .. 8. On the reverse side of the plates have a brand and serial number .. 9. After his father's death Barnaba Fornasetti launched a line of Re-inventions - new things based on invented Piero images. Such as chair Lux Gstaad .. 10. $ 47,000 paid by the customer for the cabinet Fornasetti with a portrait of Lina Cavalieri at Phillips de Pury auction in December 2010..