Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Italian, 1917-2007
An architect, industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, Ettore Sottsass led a revolution in the aesthetics and technology of modern design in the late 20th century.
Sottsass was the oldest member of the Memphis Group — a design collective, formed in Milan in 1980, whose irreverent, spirited members included Alessandro Mendini, Michele de Lucchi, Michael Graves and Shiro Kuramata. All had grown disillusioned by the staid, black-and-brown “corporatized” modernism that had become endemic in the 1970s. Memphis (the name stemmed from the title of a Bob Dylan song) countered with bold, brash, colorful, yet quirkily minimal designs for furniture, glassware, ceramics and metalwork. They mocked high-status by building furniture with inexpensive materials such as plastic laminates, decorated to resemble exotic finishes such as animal skins. Their work was both functional and — as intended — shocking. Even as it preceded the Memphis Group's formal launch, Sottsass's iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell and radical pops of pink neon — embodies many of the collective's postmodern ideals.
Sottsass's most-recognized designs appeared in the first Memphis collection, issued in 1981 — notably the multihued, angular Carlton room divider and Casablanca bookcase. As pieces on 1stDibs demonstrate, however, Sottsass is at his most imaginative and expressive in smaller, secondary furnishings such as lamps and chandeliers, and in table pieces and glassware that have playful and sculptural qualities.
It was as an artist that Ettore Sottsass was celebrated in his life, in exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in 2006, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art a year later. Even then Sottsass’s work prompted critical debate. And for a man whose greatest pleasure was in astonishing, delighting and ruffling feathers, perhaps there was no greater accolade. That the work remains so revolutionary and bold — that it breaks with convention so sharply it will never be considered mainstream — is a testament to his genius.
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Creator: Ettore Sottsass
Bookcase Cabinet Donau, Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini for Franz Leitner, 1980s
By Marco Zanini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Zagreb, HR
A rare Memphis design bookcase cabinet from the "Donau" series designed in 1986 by Ettore Sottsass and Marco Zanini for the Austrian furniture maker...
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1980s Austrian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova Dining Table in ‘Loto’ in Carrara White Marble
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova Italia 1965, "Bianco di Carrara" marble top and base and black lacquered iron cylinder support, this icon of 1960s Italian design plays on the elegant ...
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1950s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Marble
Contemporary Art TOTEM Odalisca Yellow Black White PA by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Mirabili
Located in Pistoia, IT
Limited rdition of 29 pieces.
These ceramic columns evoke Totems and Menhir, ancient architectures or imaginary archetypes, among timeless sacredness and contemporary irony.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Postmodern Salad Bowl "La Bella Tavola" by Ettore Sottsass for Alessi, 1993
By Alessi, Alighiero Boetti 1, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1993.
This bowl was designed by Ettore Sottsass for Alessi. The colorful pattern is also designed by Alighiero Boetti.
It is in perfect original condition.
Measures:...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Modern Murano Glass Ratrih Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Venini 1994
By Venini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern steel, marble and Murano glass Ratrih floor lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Venini in 1994.
Ratrih model floor lamp, with round marble base...
Category
1990s Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Marble, Steel
Ettore Sottsass "Pausania" Table Lamp
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Table lamps by the master! True collector's items from Italy.
Available the pair.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Demistella Console by Ettore Sottsass for Up&Up, Italy, 1990s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brussels, BE
Demistella console by Ettore Sottsass for Up&Up, Italy, 1990s.
Category
1990s Italian Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Marble
Italian Modern Yellow Ceramic Vase ET1 by Ettore Sottsass for A. Sarri, 1990s
By Alessio Sarri, Ettore Sottsass
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern yellow ceramic Vase ET1 by Ettore Sottsass for A. Sarri, 1990s
Rare and elegant vase mod. ET1 with round base in ceramic painted in yellow and glazed in white. The st...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 4 "Synthesis" by Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti, 1970s
By Olivetti, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Conversano, IT
Rare set composed by 4 "Synthesis" Chairs designed by Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti.
The chairs are in very good conditions, despite their ages.
Every chairs has a textile co...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Square table model "Mettsass" by Ettore Sottsass red glass, 20th century design
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of Sottsass first designs for BD, the "Mettsass" has lost none of the personality with which Sottsass designed it for BD some 40 years ago, in 1972. The structure is made of flat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shiva ceramic flower vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, circa 1973, edited by BD in Barcelona.
In good original condition with minor wear consistent ...
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ettore Sottsass Single Bedside Table for Poltronova, Italy, 1963
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milan, IT
Ettore Sottsass single bedside table for Poltronova
Original Label
Italy, 1963.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Wood
Floor Lamp 14104 Moonlight by Ettore Sottsass for Arredoluce, 1971
By Arredoluce, Ettore Sottsass
Located in PARIS, FR
This floor lamp model "14104" or "Moonlight" was designed by Ettore Sottsass for the Italian publishing house Arredoluce in 1971.
This Italian designer was very influential in the 2...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Rare Marble Demilune Console Table by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian marble demilune console table designed by italian artist and designer Ettore Sottsass and produced by Ultima Edizione.
Made with red Verona marble top, black Marquina marble ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Barbarella Writing Desk / Secretary by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, 1966/1985
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ettore Sottsass Barbarella cabinet for Poltronova, Italy. Designed in 1966, produced in 1985. The cabinet features three drawers over a drop-front ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Glass Floor Lamp Allarnisam by Ettore Sottsass for Venini, 1990s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Glass Floor lamp Allarnisam by Ettore Sottsass for Venini, 1990s
Floor lamp mod. Allarnisam with diffuser composed of 4 cylind...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Side Tables Primavera by Ettore Sottsass, Italy, 1980s
By Ultima Edizione, Ettore Sottsass
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Iconic pair set of side end low coffee cocktail bedside nightstand tables or gueridon model Primavera by the italian designer founder of the Memphis Group Ettore Sottsass for the man...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal
Midcentury Decorated Vase by Ettore Sottsass for Egizia, Italy, 1980
By Egizia, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Glass vase in orange shades with silver animals decoration.
Beautiful piece made by Ettore Sottsass forEgizia.
Italy, 1980
The vase has its original label.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass
1980s Ettore Sottsass for Alessi Postmodern Memphis Era Small Bowl Catch It All
By Alessi, Ettore Sottsass
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful small bowl basket designed by Sottsass for Alessi , circa 1980s polished stainless steel .
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Chrome
26-Piece Breakfast Set "La Bella Tavola" by Ettore Sottsass for Alessi, 1993
By Alessi, Ettore Sottsass, Alighiero Boetti 1
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1993.
This set was designed by Ettore Sottsass for Alessi. The colorful pattern is also designed by Alighiero Boetti.
In this set there are
- 12 coffee cups with 12 plates;
- 11 tea cups with 12 plates (un cup is missing);
- Teapot;
- Sugar bowl;
- Milk jug.
It is in perfect original condition.
Measures
- coffee cups:
diameter 7 cm,
with handle 9 cm
height 4.5 cm.
- coffee cup plates...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Valigia Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Stilnovo, 1977
By Stilnovo, Ettore Sottsass
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Four-legged table lamp model Valigia. This oddly shaped table lamp is one of the many designs made by Ettore Sottsass. Inspired by the idea of a simple briefcase. The Valigia table l...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase U by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese artificial flower vase U by Ettore Sottsass,
Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 signed and numbered pieces, number 4 / ...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Gli Specchi Di Dioniso 3 Wall Mirror by Ettore Sottsass for Glas Italia IN STOCK
By Ettore Sottsass, Glas Italia
Located in Macherio, IT
Dioniso3 Gli Specchi di Dioniso wall mirror is from a collection of 6 wall mirrors in different shapes and sizes characterizes by polychromatic ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Mirror
Ettore Sottsass Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase G
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese Artificial flower vase G by Ettore Sottsass,
edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 signed and numered pieces, number 3 / 1...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Ettore Sottsass I Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
I vase made for the collection of twenty-seven woods for Chinese artificial flowers vase by Ettore Sottsass,
Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 numbered...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Suvretta Plastic Bookcase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Suvretta bookcase in plastic laminate was originally designed in 1981, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Diva Mirror, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Diva Mirror with plastic laminate, was originally designed in 1984 by Ettore Sottsass.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Plastic
Holebid Briar Coffee Table, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Holebid coffee table in briar and plastic laminate, is designed in 1984 by Ettore Sottsass.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated in architecture at th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Wood, Plastic
Ettore Sottsass, Vide-Poche / Tray Mod. Y24 from the Yantra Series, Italy, 1969
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Centre, Poltronova
Located in Firenze, IT
Vide-poche / tray mod. Y24 from the Yantra series
Ettore Sottsass (1917 - 2007), Italy 1969
1st edition (not EAD edition)
Design Centre/Poltronova
Black glazed ceramic
...
Category
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Limited Edition Vase O by Ettore Sottsass
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese Artificial flower vase O by Ettore Sottsass,
edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 signed and numered pieces, number 3 / 1...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Brass
1979 Ettore Sottsass Wine Cooler by Alessi
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Biella, IT
Ettore Sottsass design years '79 rare first edit medium wine cooler for two rhine bottle & magnum.
First series wine cooler with flat handles bronze color inside only years '79 by Alessi...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Filicudi Dining Table by Ettore Sottsass for Zanotta, Italy, 1990
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Stylish Filicudi dining table with wooden base and silkscreened melamine top designed by Ettore Sottsass for Zanotta Italy in 1992.
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Laminate, Wood
Ettore Sottsass Califfo Sofa in Wood and Multicoloured Velvet Poltronova 1960s
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Two-seater Califfo sofa with a structure in a orange/red lacquered wood seat and back are structured by cushions upholstered with velvet fabric in a mixed...
Category
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Velvet
20th Century Ettore Sottsass Wooden Picture Frame for Il Sestante, 1960s
By Ettore Sottsass, Il Sestante
Located in Turin, Turin
Ettore Sottsass grew up in Turin, and graduated in architecture from the Turin Polytechnic in 1939. In 1947, he founded his own studio in Milan. In 1956, Sottsass moved to New York where he began working in the studio of the designer George Nelson. Back in Italy, he began important collaborations with Poltronova (1957) and Olivetti (1958). From the late 60s to the 70s he collaborated with Superstudio and Archizoom Associati, as part of the Radical Architecture movement, until the founding of the Memphis group in 1981. Ettore Sottsass has been the recipient of numerous international awards and was the winner of the ADI Compasso d'Oro Award in 1959. His works are now exhibited in the permanent collections of many museums around the world.
Here we have a wooden photo frame realized for Il Sestante...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Wood, Glass
1986 Enorme Telephone by Ettore Sottsass for Enorme
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A perfectly postmodern telephone designed by the Memphis Milano master, Ettore Sottsass, and produced in 1986. The Enorme telephone was the result of ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Italian Aluminum "Mela" Ice Bucket by Ettore Sottsass for Rinnovel
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern "mela" ("apple" in English) ice bucket by Ettore Sottsass for Rinnovel (1953, Italy).
Composed of silver anodized aluminum with a rose-gold tinted interio...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase S by Ettore Sottsass
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese artificial flower vase S by Ettore Sottsass,
edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 signed and numbered pieces, number 10 ...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Neon Lamps by Ettore Sottsass - Edition Poltronova - circa 1970
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Pair of neon lamps by Ettore Sottsass - Edition Poltronova
circa 1970
“Elledue fiberglas” table lamp or luminous headboard from the so-called “Mobili Grigi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass
Ettore Sottsass Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase A
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese artificial flower vase A by Ettore Sottsass,
edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 signed and numered pieces, number 8 / 12.
This piece has also been produced as a limited edition with a total of only 12 units.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
In 2005, two years before Sottsass’ death, a gold prototype was made and was an award for an international competition for students of design. This is the very same one that Sottsass holds in his portrait.
Ettore Sottsass (14 September 1917-31 December 2007) was an Italian architect and designer of the late 20th century. His body of designs included furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting and office machine design. Sottsass was born on 14 September 1917 in Innsbruck, Austria, and grew up in Milan, where his father was an architect. In 1956, Ettore Sottsass began working as a design consultant for Olivetti, designing office equipment...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Twenty-Seven Woods, Chinese Artificial Flower Vase Omega by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese artificial flower vase omega by Ettore Sottsass,
Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition ...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Valigia Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Stilnovo, 1977
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in PARIS, FR
Valigia floor or table lamp by Sottsass for Stilnovo, 1970s
Valigia table or floor lamp with tubular structure in white painted tubular steel.
The sheet metal lampshade is bicol...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ettore Sottsass R Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
R-vase made for the collection of twenty-seven woods for Chinese artificial flowers vase by Ettore Sottsass. Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 numbered pieces, number 9 / 12.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Ettore Sottsass (14 September 1917-31 December 2007) was an Italian architect and designer of the late 20th century. His body of designs included furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting and office machine design. Sottsass was born on 14 September 1917 in Innsbruck, Austria, and grew up in Milan, where his father was an architect. In 1956, Ettore Sottsass began working as a design consultant for Olivetti, designing office equipment...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Venini Puzzle Vase in Coral & Gray Glass by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Puzzle glass in coral/Gray by Ettore Sottsass. Numbered edition for year. Hand-blown glass.
Color: Coral/Gray
Technique: Opal
Dimensions: Ø 27 cm, H 40 cm
Year of Manuf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Rare Limited Edition of 12 Vase Alpha by Ettore Sottsass
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese artificial flower vase alpha by Ettore Sottsass,
edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 signed and numbered pieces, number 7 / 12.
This piece has also been produced as a limited edition with a total of only 12 units.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Ettore Sottsass (14 September 1917-31 December 2007) was an Italian architect and designer of the late 20th century. His body of designs included furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting and office machine design. Sottsass was born on 14 September 1917 in Innsbruck, Austria, and grew up in Milan, where his father was an architect. In 1956, Ettore Sottsass began working as a design consultant for Olivetti, designing office equipment...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Ettore Sottsass Pink 'Shiva Vase' for BD Barcelona, Spain, 1971
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Ettore Sottsass ceramic pink 'Shiva Vase' designed in 1971 and produced by BD Barcelona, Spain. The vase will ship in the original box and is in excellent condition.
Sottsass: “I continue to produce small, small, small architectures, such as this ceramic piece, for example, a little like monuments, a little like tombs, a little like the abandoned temples of the gods, a little like the ruins of the ancient and unknown civilization in which something –the say– was known; it is said that they understood the axes, the curves, the intersections, perhaps even the causation of the courses of the cosmic bodies, along which each day slide the private vertices of the atoms that make up our fragile flesh and...
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1970s Spanish Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ettore Sottsass Y Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Y vase made for the collection of twenty-seven woods for Chinese artificial flowers vase by Ettore Sottsass,
Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 numbered pieces, number 9 / 12.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Flower not included.
Ettore Sottsass (14 September 1917-31 December 2007) was an Italian architect and designer of the late 20th century. His body of designs included furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting and office machine design. Sottsass was born on 14 September 1917 in Innsbruck, Austria, and grew up in Milan, where his father was an architect. In 1956, Ettore Sottsass began working as a design consultant for Olivetti, designing office equipment...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Olivetti Synthesis Portalettere Design Sottsass - Design - Olivetti
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milano, MI
OLIVETTI SYNTHESIS portalettere Design Sottsass - design - olivetti
OLIVETTI SYNTHESIS
SISTEMA 45 - Portalettere
Design Ettore SOTTSASS ( 1917 ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Italian Modern Colored Steel Callimaco Floor Lamp by Sottsass for Artemide 1980s
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian grey, red and yellow steel Callimaco floor lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide, 1982.
Callimaco model floor lamp with conical base in dark gray painted steel, yellow cylind...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Steel
Ettore Sottsass for Fontana Arte Vase Model 2665
By Fontana Arte, Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
Ettore Sottsass for Fontana Arte rare large graphic colored crystal vase consisting of dark blue central square cylinder with attached brown tria...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
2000s Pair of Goburam Vases by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Paris, FR
Sottsass designed various objets for Venini, from 1988 and until the very last years of his life.
The glass is blown and worked by hand by the master glassmaker in the Fornace
Li...
Category
Early 2000s Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Glass
Postmodern Danube 850 3-Seater Sofa by Ettore Sottsass for Cassina 1992
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Stavenisse, NL
Very rare by one of the greatest Italian designers to date. Ettore Sottsass, known for his outlandish creative designs, is a very strong name in the design space. Many iconic designs...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Ettore Sottsass Pink Dining Chairs for Leitner, 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Antwerp, BE
Postmodern; Ettore Sottsass; Pink; Burgundy; Lacquer; Burl Veneer; dining chairs; Leitner; 1980s; Memphis Group; Leitner;
Postmodern dining chairs with an expressive burl veneer ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Burl, Lacquer
Ettore Sottsass Rare Limited Edition Piccoli Libri Cabinet, 1992
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Piccoli Libri cabinet designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1992 edited by Design Gallery Milano.
P.A from a Limited edition of 9 + 3 P.A.
Plastic laminate-covered, maple-veneered woo...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Ettore Sottsass Custom Burl & Oak Coffee Table from Max Palevsky Residence, 1984
By Sottsass Associati, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Kansas City, MO
This one of a kind custom coffee table designed by Ettore Sottsass is from the Max Palevsky Residence, Malibu, CA. Beautiful burl wood top with oak frame and polished aluminum feet. ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Aluminum
Ettore Sottsass Central Park Cocktail Table in Marble, Rare, 1983
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare Central Park cocktail table designed in 1983 by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll Studio, comprising a floating, Emperador Dark marble base and eight Nero Marquina marble columns with i...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Marble
Large Green and Red Centrepiece by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Bitossi
Located in Milan, IT
This elegant centerpiece in white clay features a base in dark grey supporting a conic body made of concentric steps that are finished in red on the outside and in vivid matte green ...
Category
2010s Italian Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ettore Sottsass Contemporary Modern Pair of Mod, "Demistella" Italian Consoles
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of demilune shape Console tables mod. "Demistella" designed by Ettore Sottsass. Composed of solid wood and three different marble pieces. Italy 1990s.
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1990s Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
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Marble
Italian Danube sofa by Ettore Sottsass for Cassina
By Ettore Sottsass, Cassina
Located in Milano, IT
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of postmodern design with the legendary "Danube" sofa, a two-seater masterpiece designed by the iconic Ettore Sottsass for Cassina in 1992. ...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
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Iron
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- Where is Ettore Sottsass from?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Ettore Sottsass was from Innsbruck, Austria. He was born there on September 14, 1917, but he moved to Turin, Italy, as a child. The Italian architect and designer died in Milan, Italy, on December 31, 2007. You'll find a variety of Ettore Sottsass furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
- Why is Ettore Sottsass famous?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024Ettore Sottsass is famous for his work as an architect and an industrial designer, which spurred a revolution in the aesthetics and technology of modern design in the late 20th century. He was the oldest member of the Memphis Group, a design collective formed in Milan in 1980. Having grown disillusioned by the staid, black-and-brown corporatized modernism that had become endemic in the 1970s, the Memphis Group produced bold, brash, colorful, yet quirkily minimal designs for furniture, glassware, ceramics and metalwork. They mocked high status by building furniture with inexpensive materials, such as plastic laminates, decorated to resemble exotic finishes like animal skins. Other than his Ultrafragola mirror (1970), Sottsass's most-recognized designs appeared in the first Memphis collection, issued in 1981. They include the multihued, angular Carlton room divider and Casablanca bookcase. Shop a diverse assortment of Ettore Sotsass furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
- What did Ettore Sottsass do?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Ettore Sottsass was an architect and designer. He founded the Memphis Group, a collective of designers active from 1981 to 1987. The Ultrafragola mirror is one of his most well-known designs. On 1stDibs, you can shop a variety of Ettore Sottsass furniture.
- What did Ettore Sottsass design?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Ettore Sottsass was a famous 20th century architect and designer known for his work in furniture, lighting, jewelry and more, as well as from his work in designing buildings. He was Italian, though he was born in Austria, and lived from 1917 to 2007. Shop a range of Ettore Sottsass pieces on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022To pronounce Ettore Sottsass, say "AY-tore-ee SOAT-sas." The second syllable of the designer's surname sounds similar to the word “sauce” but with a shorter, clipped vowel. On 1stDibs, find a range of Ettore Sottsass furniture.
- Where did Ettore Sottsass study?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Ettore Sottsass studied at the Politecnico di Torino in Turin, Italy. In 1939, he graduated from the institution with a degree in architecture. Sottsass began working as an artist and designer in the late 1940s. He produced furniture, ceramics, paintings, sculptures and jewelry. Find a variety of Ettore Sottsass furniture on 1stDibs.
- What inspired Ettore Sottsass?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Ettore Sottsass was inspired by many things, including pop culture, travel and various cultures from around the world. His primary objective of his work was to bring out the deeper beauty of whatever he created. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Ettore Sottsass furniture.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024Ettore Sottsass used a variety of materials over the course of his career. The Italian artist experimented with glass, ceramics, enamel, brass, textiles and more. Along with fellow members of the Memphis Group, he skewed expectations for furniture by using inexpensive materials such as plastic laminates decorated to resemble exotic finishes like animal skins. He also revolutionized ceramics through the pieces he created for the Italian maker Bitossi. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Ettore Sottsass art.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Ettore Sottsass's father, also named Ettore Sottsass, designed modernist architecture. He worked for the firm Movimento Italiano per l'Architettura Razionale or MIAR. Giuseppe Pagano was the company's head architect. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Ettore Sottsass furniture.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Ettore Sottsass did not design the Carlton room divider for a specific patron or client. He created the piece while working with the Memphis Group, an art collective that held joint shows from 1981 to 1987. Find a selection of Ettore Sottsass furniture on 1stDibs.
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