Umbrella Stand By Ettore Sottsass
Vintage Old Rose Aluminum Umbrella Stand by Ettore Sottsass Produced by Rinnovel
By Ettore Sottsass, Rinnovel
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
This umbrella stand was manufactured by Rinnovel in 1955, in Italy, and it is marked on the bottom
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H 20.08 in Dm 11.03 in
Coat Rack with Umbrella Stand by Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti, 1970s, Italy
By Ettore Sottsass, Olivetti
Located in Roma, IT
Coat rack / black umbrella stand designed by Ettore Sottsass Olivetti Synthesis 45 series, 1972
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
H 59.85 in W 22.05 in D 22.05 in
Ettore Sottsass Umbrella Stand by Rinnovel
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
Ettore Sottsass umbrella stand designed in 1955 for Rinnovel. Features a brushed aluminum interior
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
Materials
Aluminum
Italian modern floor coat hanger Synthesis 45 umbrella stand by Sottsass, 1990s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Floor coat hanger mod. Synthesis 45 with umbrella stand by Ettore Sottsass, 1990s
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1990s Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
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Metal
H 60.04 in Dm 22.84 in
Italian Modern Umbrella Stand Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, Italy
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Lucija, SI
Very rare umbrella stand designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
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Wood
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H 22.05 in W 9.45 in D 9.45 in
Umbrella standing by Ettore Sottsass for Rinnovel - Italy - 70's
By Rinnovel, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Padova, IT
Umbrella stand designed by Ettore Sottsass and produced by the Rinnovel Metallurgical Industry in
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
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Ettore Sottsass, Aluminum Umbrella Holder for Rinnovel, 1955, Italy
By Ettore Sottsass, Rinnovel
Located in Milan, IT
Ettore Sottsass, Aluminum Umbrella Holder for Rinnovel, 1955, Italy
Ettore Sottsass was an
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
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Ettorre Sottsass umbrella stand for Rinnovel. Italy c1955
By Ettore Sottsass, Rinnovel
Located in London, GB
Umbrella stand designed by Ettore Sottsass for Rinnovel, Italy 1950s
Anodised aluminium
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Vintage 1950s Italian Post-Modern Umbrella Stands
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20th Century Ettore Sottsass Umbrella Standing Blue Aluminium for Rinnovel '70
By Ettore Sottsass, Rinnovel
Located in Turin, Turin
Umbrella standing designed by the master of Italian Design Ettore Sottsass, for the manufacturer
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
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Aluminum
H 21.66 in W 17.33 in D 14.97 in
Ettore Sottsass umbrella holder for Rinnovel Italy 1950's
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Very rare mid century umbrella holder designed by Ettore Sottsass for Rinnovel Italy.
The timeless
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Vintage 1950s Italian Space Age Umbrella Stands
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Aluminum
Coat Stand and Umbrella Stand by E. Sottsass for Olivetti Synthesis, Italy 1970s
By Olivetti, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Roma, IT
Coat stand and umbrella stand is an original design object realized by Ettore Sottsass in the 1970s
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Vintage 1970s Italian Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Plastic
H 59.85 in W 16.54 in D 16.54 in
Ettore Sottsass Olivetti Synthesis Coat Rack
By Olivetti, Ettore Sottsass
Located in BAARLO, LI
Coat rack by Memphis Milano legend Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti Synthesis. Sottsass designed the
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Midcentury Hexagonal Ice Lucite Italian Umbrella Stands after Willy Rizzo, 1980s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Midcentury hexagonal umbrella stands in ice and black Lucite. This stunning item was produced after
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
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H 20.48 in W 11.03 in D 12.6 in
Pair of Coat Hooks by Ettorre Sottsass Model SE 314, Italy, 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in München, BY
A pair of coat hooks designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1985 for Valli & Valli.
Crafted from solid
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Vintage 1980s Italian Other Coat Racks and Stands
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Ettore Sottsass Rinnovel Pendant Lamp Anodized Perforated Aluminum Italy 1950s
By Rinnovel, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Fabulous light-weight aluminum pendant lamp most probably designed by Ettore Sottsass and executed
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
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Aluminum
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Ettore Sottsass Midcentury Anodized Aluminum Umbrella Stand for Rinnovel, 1955
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Umbrella Stand by Ettore Sottsass for Rinnovel circa 1955 Italy
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Ettore Sottsass Rinnovel Umbrella Stand Italy 1955
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare early umbrella stand designed by Ettore Sottsass Jr and manufactured by Industria Metallurgica
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Ettore Sottsass Umbrella Stand by Rinnovel, Enameled Aluminum
By Rinnovel, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is one of the most important Italian, designer/artist of all times.
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Ettore Sottsass Rinnovel Umbrella Stand Lacquered Brushed Aluminum, Italy, 1955
By Rinnovel, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Catania, IT
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Umbrella Stand By Ettore Sottsass For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the umbrella stand by ettore sottsass you’re looking for. An umbrella stand by ettore sottsass — often made from metal, aluminium and wood — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer umbrella stand by ettore sottsass, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each umbrella stand by ettore sottsass bearing mid-century modern hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made umbrella stand by ettore sottsass over the years, but those crafted by Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova and Rinnovel are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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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.
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