{"id":418794,"date":"2024-06-27T13:05:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T17:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=418794"},"modified":"2024-06-28T13:31:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T17:31:16","slug":"ettore-sottsass-poltronova-cometa-floor-lamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/ettore-sottsass-poltronova-cometa-floor-lamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Ettore Sottsass Captures a Shooting Star in This Rare 1970s Floor Lamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/lighting\/floor-lamps\/ettore-sottsass-poltronova-cometa-floor-lamp-perspex-aluminum\/id-f_36137222\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-950x713.jpg\" alt=\"Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova Cometa floor lamp, ca. 1971, offered by Morentz\" class=\"wp-image-419010\" style=\"width:839px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-950x713.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-1244x933.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/lighting\/floor-lamps\/ettore-sottsass-poltronova-cometa-floor-lamp-perspex-aluminum\/id-f_36137222\/\">Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova Cometa floor lamp, ca. 1971, offered by Morentz<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say hello to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/lighting\/floor-lamps\/ettore-sottsass-poltronova-cometa-floor-lamp-perspex-aluminum\/id-f_36137222\/\">Cometa<\/a>, a seven-foot-tall lighting tower of undulating plastic, glowing grayish along most of its length but with a cheeky burst of pink at the top. It\u2019s a lesser-known work by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/ettore-sottsass\/furniture\/\">Ettore Sottsass<\/a>, a wild man of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/radical-italian-design\/\">Radical Design<\/a> movement that swept Italy in the late 1960s and \u201970s, rejecting rationalism and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/style\/modern\/\">modernism<\/a> in favor of ever-more outrageous imaginings in furniture, lighting and decorative objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sottsass won renown in 1969 as a designer of the iconic cherry-red <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/buy\/olivetti-valentine\/\">Valentine typewriter for Olivetti<\/a> and later gained notoriety as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/memphis-milano\/\">a key figure<\/a> in the influential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/memphis-group\/\">Memphis design group<\/a>, which became synonymous with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/style\/post-modern\/\">1980s postmodernism<\/a>. His designs of that era, such as the plastic-laminate-clad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/buy\/carlton-bookcase\/\">Carlton bookcase<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/buy\/casablanca-cabinet\/\">Casablanca cabinet<\/a>, boldly colored and cartoonish, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/1980s-memphis-group\/\">are widely celebrated<\/a> and have long been must-haves for any self-respecting design museum.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/ettore-sottsass\/furniture\/lighting\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-top-950x713.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of the top of the Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova Cometa floor lamp, ca. 1971, offered by Morentz\" class=\"wp-image-419013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-top-950x713.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-top-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-top-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-top-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-top-1244x933.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-top.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Although most of the lamp radiates a soft grayish-white light, the top glows pink. A chrome frame holds the Perspex shade in place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the circa 1971 Cometa (Italian for \u201ccomet\u201d), produced by the Florentine company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/poltronova\/\">Poltronova<\/a>, where Sottsass reigned as artistic director for nearly two decades beginning in 1958, is a thing apart. Netherlands-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/morentz\/\">Morentz<\/a>, which deals in 20th-century furniture and decor, is offering a near-mint example on 1stDibs. \u201cWith its sinuous lines and phallic shape, the Cometa is a landmark design, a radically different way of presenting a floor lamp,\u201d says Anthony Barzilay Freund, editorial director and director of fine art at 1stDibs, who&#8217;s a fan of the innovative piece. \u201cIt fuses references to tantra, sexuality, Hinduism and anti-consumerist culture using the material language of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/buy\/neon-lighting\/\">neon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/style\/pop-art\/\">Pop art<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/material\/plastic\/\">plastics<\/a> \u2014 a wonderfully complex and interesting mix.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sottsass\u2019s travels in India and California during the 1960s and \u201970s sparked his interest in such then-avant-garde ideas. They became fodder for his work back in Italy, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/ettore-sottsass-at-the-met-breuer\/\">he produced experimental designs<\/a> in wood, ceramics, plastics and other materials with the support of Poltronova\u2019s visionary founder, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/sergio-cammilli\/\">Sergio Cammilli<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/ettore-sottsass\/furniture\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-base-950x713.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of the base of the Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova Cometa floor lamp, ca. 1971, offered by Morentz\" class=\"wp-image-419016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-base-950x713.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-base-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-base-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-base-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-base-1244x933.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz-Ettore-Sottsass-for-Poltronova-Cometa-Floor-Lamp-in-Perspex-and-Aluminum-detail-of-base.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The lamp is anchored by a square black base.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, Sottsass&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/designs\/ultrafragola-mirror\/\">Ultrafragola (ultimate strawberry) floor mirror<\/a>, from the same Poltronova <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/buy\/mobili-grigi\/\">Mobili Grigi<\/a> (gray furniture) series as the Cometa, has become ubiquitous. Still in production, the neon-lit design is embraced by celebrities like Frank Ocean, Lena Dunham and Bella Hadid. The much rarer Cometa lamp, Freund says, is \u201canother groundbreaking piece that deserves the recognition it did not receive at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morentz specializes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/morentz-matthijs-hoveijn\/\">in restoring vintage furnishings<\/a>, often wooden or upholstered pieces. In the case of the Cometa, the restoration team was lucky that it was still in great condition. The lamp\u2019s body, made of Perspex \u2014 a brand of acrylic sheet plastic \u2014 had remained unscathed through the decades. \u201cIt is possible to cast a missing piece,\u201d Freund notes, \u201cbut such a restoration will always remain slightly visible.\u201d Fortunately, he says, \u201cthat wasn\u2019t needed here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"interstitial-banner interstitial-banner-collection interstitial-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-background-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Morentz_showroom_credit_Petra_Erik_Hesmerg_Morentz-crop-640x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-interstitial size-interstitial\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container interstitial-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"interstitial-link-around-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/morentz\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShop Morentz on 1stDibs\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-subheading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"gold-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/morentz\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>View All<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Say hello to Cometa, a seven-foot-tall lighting tower of undulating plastic, glowing grayish along most of its length but with a cheeky burst of pink at the top. 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