All came up with fanciful pieces, not totally unflawed but highly imaginative in their ideas and images.

Mr. Fornasetti's fanciful pieces were always witty and imaginative.

There was no architect, even though they contained some utterly fanciful and amazing pieces of invention.

In the 19th century, "it was common to see fanciful painted pieces mixed in with much more formal furniture," she said.

"I hope people see them falling somewhere between the traditional and the wacky," she said of her fanciful pieces.

It's a fanciful piece, not terribly original, but ably executed and scored.

"It becomes folk art when you get the really crazy, fanciful pieces."

She also made fanciful pieces of currency, like the $125 bill displayed here, but most of the things she drew were far from otherworldly.

What's missing are the nitty-gritty construction technicalities of how to fabricate each fanciful piece of architecture.

These are short, fanciful pieces, all written in a melodic, accessible style.