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20th Century Pink Glazed Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase by Ettore Sottsass, Spain
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of our favourite designs. It has been in production since 1973, and has converted into BD’s sign of identity all over the world. Sottsass designed the vase when travelling to Bar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Treetops Floor Lamp, 2019
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
Originally designed by Ettore Sottsass for his company Memphis Milano in 1981, the Treetops floor lamp has since become an icon of the Memphis design movement. Constructed from pain...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Ettore Sottsass for Elisée Editions, Stairs Rug, Wool, Limited Ed., UK, 1985.
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Stairs” carpet, designed by Ettore Sottsass for Elisée Editions, 1985, hand-tufted virgin wool, from a limited edition of 100. Rare piece. gorgeous postmodern take on Roman trompe ...
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Vintage 1980s British Post-Modern Western European Rugs

Materials

Wool

Pair of 1980s Ettore Sottsass Mandarin Side Chairs for Knoll
By Knoll, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Lafayette, IN
This awesome pair of of Manadarin side chairs is were designed by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll, chairs feature curvaceous tubular steel arms finished in gloss black, matte-black straigh...
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Side Chairs

Materials

Steel

Telephone Enorme designed by Ettore Sottsass for Brondi, 1986
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in FERROL, ES
Telephone Enorme designed by Ettore Sottsass for Brondi, 1986. Included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Retains the original RJ11 cable. Working ...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plastic

1980s Ettore Sottsass for Lagostina Espresso Maker "Accademia" Series.
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milano, IT
1980s Ettore Sottsass for Lagostina purple espresso coffee maker - coffee pot "Accademia" series with original filter. Made in Italy. It's in excellent condition, never used. Dimensi...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Metal

Pink ‘Ultrafragola’ Mirror Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
The curvaceous pink ‘Ultrafragola’ mirror designed by Ettore Sottsass is probably the most iconic of all his many designs. Originally produced in the 1970s by Poltronova, the ‘Ultraf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors a...

Materials

Glass, Acrylic

Pink ‘Ultrafragola’ Mirror Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
The curvaceous pink ‘Ultrafragola’ mirror designed by Ettore Sottsass is probably the most iconic of all his many designs. Originally produced in the 1970s by Poltronova, the ‘Ultraf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors a...

Materials

Glass, Acrylic

Pink ‘Ultrafragola’ Mirror Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
The curvaceous pink ‘Ultrafragola’ mirror designed by Ettore Sottsass is probably the most iconic of all his many designs. Originally produced in the 1970s by Poltronova, the ‘Ultraf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors a...

Materials

Glass, Acrylic

Pink ‘Ultrafragola’ Mirror Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
The curvaceous pink ‘Ultrafragola’ mirror designed by Ettore Sottsass is probably the most iconic of all his many designs. Originally produced in the 1970s by Poltronova, the ‘Ultraf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors a...

Materials

Glass, Acrylic

1980s Gorgeous Red Vase "Hsing" Designed by Ettore Sottsass. Made in Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milano, IT
1980s Gorgeous vase "Hsing" in red glazed ceramic designes by Ettore Sottsass for Alessio Sarri, Sesto Fiorentino. This vase is in excellent condition. Made in Italy. It's marked at ...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

"Moonlight" Candlestick by Ettore Sottsass for Swid Powell
By Swid Powell, Ettore Sottsass, Cleto Munari
Located in Skokie, IL
"Moonlight" Candlestick by Ettore Sottsass for Swid Powell A single "Moonlight" silver -plated and brass candlestick designed by Ettore Sottsass for Swid Powell. Sottsass, 1917-2007...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Candlesticks

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase
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 with age and use preserving a b...
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

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 with age and use preserving a b...
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Postmodern Salad Bowl "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 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 Serving Bowls

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass "Pausania" Table Lamp
By Ettore Sottsass, Artemide
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Table lamps by the master! True collector's items from Italy. Available the pair.
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Vintage 1980s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Ettore Sottsass "Pausania" Table Lamp
Ettore Sottsass "Pausania" Table Lamp
H 17 in W 19 in D 4.25 in
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 with age and use preserving a b...
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

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 .
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Bowls

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 ...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets

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 Vases

Materials

Brass

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.
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Ettore Sottsass Rare Limited Edition Piccoli Libri Cabinet, 1992
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
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...
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1990s Italian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Plastic, Wood

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 with age and use preserving a b...
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

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 with age and use preserving a bea...
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

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 with age and use preserving a b...
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

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 with age and use preserving a b...
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

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 with age and use preserving a b...
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Illuminated Floor Mirror Ultrafragola
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
Mirror / lighting "Ultrafragola" was designed in 1970s by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, in vacuum-formed opaline acrylic. Ultrafragola, with its sinuous shape, evocative of a wavy ...
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2010s Italian Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors

Materials

Plastic

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 with age and use preserving a bea...
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase L by Ettore Sottsass
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese artificial flower vase L by Ettore Sottsass, Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995. Limited edition of 12 signed and numbered pieces, number 3/12...
Category

1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Glass, Wood

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
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 with age and use preserving a b...
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
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 with age and use preserving a b...
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

'Carlton' Room Divider and Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, Italy
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
Probably the most iconic of all Ettore Sottsass' designs, the colourful Carlton is half room divider, half bookcase and full size sculptural marvel. Designed in 1981, the Carlton for...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Bookcases

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
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 with age and use preserving a b...
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

'Siluro' Floor Lamp Angelo Lelli, Ettore Sottsass for Arredoluce, Italy, 1957
By Arredoluce, Alfred Lelli, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Naples, IT
Floor lamp model 12628 design Angelo Lelli and Ettore Sottsass for Arredoluce. Made of marble, lacquered metal, perplex and brass. It appears in the reasoned catalog 1943-1987, pag...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Marble, Metal, Brass

1950s Italian Decorative Object "MELA" by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mela" apple bowl was designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1953 for Rinnovel. Sottsass wasn't originally italian, he was born on 1917 in Innsbruck, (Austria), but grew up in Milan, (Italy ...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Chrome

Vintage Old Rose Aluminum Umbrella Stand by Ettore Sottsass Produced by Rinnovel
By Rinnovel, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
This umbrella stand was manufactured by Rinnovel in 1955, in Italy, and it is marked on the bottom. It is made in anodized aluminum and is in good / fair original condition: it rema...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands

Materials

Aluminum

Ettore Sottsass for Staff ID-S Edition Floor Lamp, 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Naples, IT
This floor lamp was designed by Ettore Sottsass in the 1980s. This Ettore Sottsass floor lamp model ID-S is produced by the Italian company Staff. The floor lamp has black in color. ...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Coat Rack with Umbrella Stand by Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti, 1970s, Italy
By Olivetti, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Roma, IT
Coat rack / black umbrella stand designed by Ettore Sottsass Olivetti Synthesis 45 series, 1972.Coat rack / black umbrella stand designed by Ettore Sottsass Olivetti synthesis 45 ser...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Ettore Sottass Primavera Carrrara Marble Side Tables
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of 1980's "Primavera" Carrara marble side tables designed by Ettore Sottass and produced by Ultima Edizione, with white marble squared base and white lacquered metal st...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Carrara Marble, Steel

Post Modern "Mandarin" Chair by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll
By Knoll, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic Postmodern Mandarin chair designed by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll in 1986, with black enameled steel legs, gray enameled steel arms, and painted blue leather seat and back.
Category

Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Steel

Set of Four Armchairs by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll Memphis Era
By Knoll, Ettore Sottsass
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice set of four Mandarin chairs designed by Sottsass for Knoll, in red fabric on foam black enameled tubular legs and silver pipping arms, simple and elegant by this master architect.
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Metal

Set of Ceramics by Ettore Sottsass for Bitossi
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in JM Haarlem, NL
The two vases and the plate offered belong to a limited edition of ‘lava glaze’ ceramic objects commissioned by the prominent Dutch department store ‘De Bijenkorf’ and were manufactu...
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Set of Eight Mandarin Dining Chairs Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Pasadena, TX
Knoll Ettore Sottsass Jr. (ITALY, 1917-2007) An architect, industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, Ettore Sottsass led a revolution in the aesthetics and technology of m...
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Vintage 1980s European Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

Ettore Sottsass Synthesis Desk Chair, Olivetti, Italy, 1973
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Tarnowskie Gory, Sląskie
Olivetti 'Synthesis' desk chair made from ABS plastic, beautifully colored in an oxblood red also known as the Memphis color. The chair is featured in the permanent collection of the...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Ultrafragola Mirror Design Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An ironic mirror illuminated by a pink neon inside the frame. The Ultrafragola mirror is part of the Gray Furniture project presented in Milan in May 1970 as part of the third editio...
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Plastic

Ettore Sottsass White Lacquered 'Califfo' Sofa for Poltronova, 1962
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Firenze, IT
Very rare and iconic first model of white painted wood Califfo sofa designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova in the early 1960s. Unfortunately pillows and mattress with original up...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Steel

Ettore Sottsass Del Diavolo Floor Mirror, Signed, Italy, circa 1980
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
Ettore Sottsass Del Diavolo floor mirror, Signed Italy, circa 1980 Ettore Sottsass is one of the most significant designers and architects of the late 20th century.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Lengt...

Materials

Marble

Pair of Floor Lamps By Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Two pairs available. Designed by Ettore Sottsass for an hotel in Milano.
Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Callimaco Floor Lamp, Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
The Callimaco floor lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide, was originally released in 1982. Abstract and minimalist, this design classic is characterized by a mix of pain...
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Pair of Architectural Candlesticks by Ettore Sottsass for Swid Powell, La Porte
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Southampton, NY
Fine example of Memphis aesthetic. Timelessness displays architectural form and craftsmanship in Polish silver plate and brass. Made in Italy by Ettore Sottsass for Swid Powell.
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Candlesticks

Materials

Brass, Silver Plate

Pink Glazed Ceramic Vase "Shiva" Flower Vase by Ettore Sottsass, Spainsh design
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of our favourite designs. It has been in production since 1973, and has converted into BD’s sign of identity all over the world. Sottsass designed the vase when travelling to Bar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century E. Sottsass for Poltronova Wood and Metal Circular Table Italy 50s
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Palermo, IT
Prestigious round table in veneered wood, studs and legs in lacquered metal and brass. Design by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, late 50s Agliana, Italy. Entirely restored. Wear c...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Metal

Tavolo vintage di Ettore Sottsass per Zanotta Memphis, Italia 1980
By Ettore Sottsass, Zanotta
Located in Napoli, NA
Tavolo da pranzo postmoderno disegnato da Ettore Sottsass per Zanotta.Ettore Sottsass (14 settembre 1917 - 31 dicembre 2007) è stato un architetto e designer italiano del XX secolo. ...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Formica, Wood

Enorme Telephone Design by Ettore Sottsass for Brondi, 1986
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in FERROL, ES
Enorme telephone design by Ettore Sottsass for Brondi, 1986. Included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Keep the original box and packaging, ...
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Enorme Telephone Design by Ettore Sottsass for Brondi, 1986
Enorme Telephone Design by Ettore Sottsass for Brondi, 1986
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H 7.88 in W 4.34 in D 3.15 in
Early Beverly Cabinet by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano 1981
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Aachen, NW
We are offering an early and rare Beverly cabinet by Ettore Sottsass. Designed in 1981 and produced in the early years by Memphis Milano in Italy. In the same year, Sottsass founded ...
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Cabinets

Materials

Metal

"Tahiti" Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, 1981
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in London, GB
For sale an important, highly collectible and iconic piece of late 20th Century design; the wonderful "Tahiti" Lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 and produced by the Memphis G...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Ettore Sottsass W Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
W 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 Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Ettore Sottsass Synthesis Desk Chair for Olivetti, Italy 1973
By Ettore Sottsass, Olivetti
Located in London, GB
Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007) was an Italian architect and founder of the postmodern Memphis Group, famous for its colour and flamboyance. The Synthesis chair was part of Sottsass’s ‘S...
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Plastic

Italian Design Ettore Sottsass Rocchetto Side Table for Poltronova, 1960s
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Renens, CH
Rocchetto side table by Ettore Sottsass and produced by Poltronova, Italy, 1960s. The varnished walnut finish shows a pleasantly warm contrast with the orange elements of this pra...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Plastic, Walnut

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Ettore Sottsass for sale on 1stDibs

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.