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Italian Memphis Style Desk Lamp, 1980s
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This desk lamp is made in the famous Memphis style. The Italian Memphis Group was a design and architecture group founded by Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007) in 1981 in Milan which designed Postmodern furniture, lights, fabrics, ceramics, glass, acrylic and metal objects from 1981 to 1987.
The name was taken after the Bob Dylan song “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again“. The song was played constantly during the first meeting of the designers on the 11th December 1980.
The group’s members included Andrea Branzi, Aldo Cibic, Alessandro Mendini,Arata Isozaki, Barbara Radice, Beppe Caturegli, Ettore Sottsass, George Sowden, Gerard Taylor, Giovanni Levanti, Hans Hollein, Javier Mariscal, Laura Agnoletto, Lawrence Laske, Luciano Paccagnella, Marco Susani, Marco Zanini, Marco Zanuso, Maria Sanshez, Martine Bedin, Marzio Rusconi, Massimo Iosa Ghini, Masanori Umeda, Matteo Thun, Michael Graves, Michele de Lucchi, Nathalie du Pasquier, Peter Shire, Shiro Kuramata and Thomas Bley. Ettore Sottsass left the movement in 1985, the Memphis Group disbanded in 1991.
This lamp needs a halogen or led light bulb.
1st#21094.
- Similar to:Memphis Group (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)Depth: 7.88 in (20 cm)
- Style:Modern (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:1980s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. All our lamps are carefully checked by a electrician.
- Seller Location:MIJDRECHT, NL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU6804229806962
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