Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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
Kartell Colonna Stool in Pink by Ettore Sottsass
By Kartell, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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Kartell Colonna Stool in Black by Ettore Sottsass
By Kartell, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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Ettore Sottsass Pair of Side Tables/Magazine Racks.Italy 1970s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Madrid, ES
A very rare set of a pair of side tables/magazine racks designed by Ettore Sottsass in the 70s.Two boxes together wit a magazine rack space.Teak and steel.Excellent condition.
Free p...
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'Bloque 4', Modular Cube Featuring Original 1980s Ettore Sottsass Veneer
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, CA
Designed By Bonne Choice Using Ettore Sottsass Veneer.
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'Bloque 5', Modular Cube Featuring Original 1980s Ettore Sottsass Veneer
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, CA
Designed By Bonne Choice Using Ettore Sottsass Veneer.
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'Bloque 6', Modular Cube Featuring Original 1980s Ettore Sottsass Veneer
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Toronto, CA
Designed By Bonne Choice Using Ettore Sottsass Veneer.
The veneer created by Ettore Sottsass in the 1980s – utilized for the first time in the Memphis collection – now becomes part o...
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'Bloque 3', Modular Cube Featuring Original 1980s Ettore Sottsass Veneer
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, CA
Designed By Bonne Choice Using Ettore Sottsass Veneer.
The veneer created by Ettore Sottsass in the 1980s – utilized for the first time in the Memphis collection – now becomes part o...
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'Bloque 2', Modular Cube Featuring Original 1980s Ettore Sottsass Veneer
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Located in Toronto, CA
Designed By Bonne Choice Using Ettore Sottsass Veneer.
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'Bloque 1', Modular Cube featuring Original 1980s Ettore Sottsass Veneer
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Located in Toronto, CA
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"Bloque 7", Modular Cube featuring Original 1980s Ettore Sottsass Veneer
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, CA
Designed By Bonne Choice Using Ettore Sottsass Veneer.
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Marble Montenegro Console Table by Ettore Sottsass for Ultima Edizione, 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in amstelveen, NL
Marble console table, Montenegro model, by Ettore Sottsass, Ultima Edizione, Italy, 1980
The top is made of black marble and held by two white marble pedestals. Iconic designer Etto...
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Marble
Mid Century Side Table Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, Italy, 60s
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Lucija, SI
Rare side table designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova
Also it can be used as a nightstand
Original Label
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Kartell Colonna Stool in Green by Ettore Sottsass
By Kartell, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Colonna stool is included in the Kartell goes Sottsass - A Tribute to Memphis collection, launched in 2015 in homage to the movement founded by desig...
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Ettore Sottsass Walnut Rocchetto Side Table for Poltronova, 1964, Set of 2
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Vicenza, IT
Pair of Rocchetto side tables, designed by Ettore Sottsass and manufactured by Poltronova in 1964.
Made of lacquered walnut wood.
Excellent vintage condition.
Ettore Sottsass Jr., a...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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Walnut
Pair of Side Tables Primavera by Ettore Sottsass, Italy, 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass, Ultima Edizione
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...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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Kartell Colonna Stool in Violet by Ettore Sottsass
By Kartell, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Colonna stool is included in the Kartell goes Sottsass - A Tribute to Memphis collection, launched in 2015 in homage to the movement founded by desig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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Kartell Colonna Stool in Red by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Colonna stool is included in the Kartell goes Sottsass, a tribute to Memphis collection, launched in 2015 in homage to the movement founded by design...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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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.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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Wood
Hyatt Metal and Wood Table, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Hyatt table designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1984 for Memphis, in metal and laminated wood.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he gradu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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City Chrome-Plated Steel Table, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
City table, designed in 1983 by Ettore Sottsass, is a laminated composite board with chrome-plated steel, and enameled aluminum.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 19...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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Steel, Aluminum
Cream End Table
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Cream end table by Ettore Sottsass for MEMPHIS (1984) is a rare example of the designer's play/riff on minimalism of course he just can't help himself and adjoins it with softene...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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Laminate
Ettore Sottsass Rocchetto Round Side Table in Walnut Wood by Poltronova 1964
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Rocchetto side table realized in lacquered walnut wood with bright orange decorations (under the table top and on the base), it was designed by Ettore Sottsass and manufactured by Po...
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1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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Black Marble Side Table 'Primavera' by Ettore Sottsass for Ultima Edizione
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brussels, BE
Black Marble Side Table 'Primavera' by Ettore Sottsass for Ultima Edizione
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Mettsass Table by Ettore Sottsass Jr. for BD Barcelona
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Metsass table designed by Ettore Sottsass Jr. for BD Barcelona. The structure is made of flat sheets of steel, painted in red. The glass top is pain...
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Steel
Ettore Sottsass "Rocchetto" Italian Side Tables for Poltronova, 1964
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Ettore Sottsass " Rocchetto" italian side tables for Poltronova, 1964, European.
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1960s Italian Vintage Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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Wood
Sidetable by Ettore Sottsass, 1960
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Berlin, DE
Sidetable on wheels with drawers on both sides
rosewood and ash tree
Ettore Sottsass, 1960.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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Ash, Rosewood
"Le Strutture Tremano" Stand by Ettore Sottsass for Belux Edition
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brussels, BE
"Le Strutture Tremano" stand by Ettore Sottsass for Belux Edition.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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Metal
Pair of "Primavera" Marble Gueridons by Ettore Sottsass
By Ultima Edizione, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
A pair of white veneered marble gueridons.
Marble base and top, metal stem.
Designed by Ettore Sottsass.
Edited by Ultima Edizione,
Italy, 1990.
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1990s Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Side Tables
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Marble, Metal
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Ettore Sottsass side tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Ettore Sottsass side tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Ettore Sottsass side tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 14 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 8 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original side tables by Ettore Sottsass were created in the modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider side tables by Zanaboni, Cara e Davide, and Osvaldo Borsani. Prices for Ettore Sottsass side tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $505 and can go as high as $20,025, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $5,437.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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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Ettore Sottsass Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ettore Sottsass Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Ettore Sottsass Mirrors
Ettore Sottsass Asian Art and Furniture
Ettore Sottsass Building and Garden Elements