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Carlton Memphis

Carlton Wood Miniature Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown an authentic and perfect reproduction of the Carlton bookcase, originally
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookcases

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Wood, Plastic

Carlton Wood Room Divider, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Group, Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown an authentic and perfect reproduction of the Carlton bookcase and room divider
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Plastic

Carlton 30th Anniversary Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Design
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Ravenna, IT
Carlton è il più famoso e iconico di tutti gli oggetti disegnati per Memphis Milano. Il pezzo è
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases

Materials

Laminate, Wood

'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
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Bookcases

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Laminate, Wood

'Carlton' Room Divider and Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, Italy
'Carlton' Room Divider and Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, Italy
$16,916 Sale Price / item
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H 77.17 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
Carlton Wooden bookcase by Memphis, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The absolute Memphis icon, Carlton, designed by Sottsass in 1981, fully represents the programmatic
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21st Century and Contemporary Bookcases

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Wood

Carlton Wooden bookcase by Memphis, Ettore Sottsass
Carlton Wooden bookcase by Memphis, Ettore Sottsass
$17,090
H 77.17 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
Carlton Library Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass - Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Radomsko, Województwo łódzkie
The Carlton Library, an iconic Memphis creation, was designed in 1981 by Ettore Sottsass. Despite
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Vintage 1980s Italian Bookcases

Materials

Laminate

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Carlton Bookcase By Ettore Sottsass For Memphis Milano.
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Marseille, FR
Room divider in plasticlaminate by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis 1981.
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Bookcases

Fantastic Ettore Sotsass Carlton for Memphis, Milano, circa 1980
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Megeve, FR
Fantastic Ettore Sotsass Carlton for Memphis, Milano, circa 1980. Excellent condition.
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Number 3 of Limited Edition Carlton, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Ravenna, IT
Carlton is undoubtedly the most famous and iconic of all the items designed for Memphis Milano. The
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Vintage 1980s Italian Bookcases

Materials

Plastic

Carlton Memphis Milano Bookcase or Room Divider by Ettore Sottsass, 1981
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Chicago, IL
Memphis Milano Carlton bookcase by Ettore Sottsass. Post-Modern, sculptural, multicolor "Carlton
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Ettore Sottsass Carlton Shelf, 1981, by Memphis Italy, Room Divider
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Munster, NRW
When the Milan design group Memphis gave the first public presentation of their work in September
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Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Shelves

Materials

Laminate

Ettore Sottsass for Memphis. Carlton Library. Year 1981.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ettore Sottsass for Memphis. “Carlton” model bookcase. Italian work realized in 1981. Dimensions
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Late 20th Century Italian Bookcases

Materials

Wood

Iconic First Edition Memphis Milano Carlton Bookcase By Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Portlaoise, IE
An iconic first edition Carlton bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for the Memphis Milano group. Designed
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Formica, Wood

Carlton Bookcase Roomdivider by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, 1981
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vienna, AT
Colorful iconic 'Carlton' bookcase or room-divider designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases

Materials

Laminate, Plywood

Miniature of the Iconic Carlton Bookcase Designed by Sottsass Memphis Milano
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Uccle, BE
A perfect miniature reproduction of the iconic Carlton bookcase designed by Ettore Sottsass for
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases

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Early Carlton Bookcase Roomdivider by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, 1981
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Dallas, TX
An iconic, early example of the Carlton bookcase designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, 1981.
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Vintage 1980s Bookcases

1981, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Carlton Bookcase
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Paris, FR
Iconic Carlton bookcase designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981. Near mint original condition with the
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Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Bookcases

Materials

Wood

1981, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Carlton Bookcase
1981, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Carlton Bookcase
H 76.78 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
1981, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis 'Carlton' Bookshelf, Vintage Production
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Paris, FR
Iconic 'Carlton' bookcase designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano in 1981, Old production
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases

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Carlton Room Divider Designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 for Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Berlin, Germany
Carlton Room Divider Designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 for Memphis Milano The totemic Carlton
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Ettore Sottsass / Carlton Bookcase Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Fuveau, Provence
Iconic "Carlton" bookcase by Ettore Sottsass manufactured by Memphis Milano. Some light scratch
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Late 20th Century Italian Memphis Group Bookcases

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Wood

Memphis W. Carlton; bookcase room divider by Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
Many of Memphis' monumental designs used colourful plastic laminates as it was favoured for its
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20th Century American Bookcases

Carlton Bookcase Roomdivider by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, 1981
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Madrid, ES
Carlton room divider, designed in 1981 by Ettore Sottsass, in wood and plastic laminate. The vivid
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Bookcases

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Wood

Carlton Bookcase '1:4 Scale Miniature' by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Denton, MD
bottom. In perfect condition in original box. Miniature in 1:4 scale perfectly produced by Memphis
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Models and Miniatures

Materials

Laminate, Wood

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Carlton Memphis For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of carlton memphis available for sale. The range of distinct carlton memphis — often made from wood, laminate and plastic — can elevate any home. There are 9 antique and vintage carlton memphis for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Carlton memphis have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Carlton memphis made by Modern designers — are very popular at 1stDibs.

How Much are Carlton Memphis?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $17,445, while they’re typically $1,082 on the low end and $21,494 highest priced.

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. He was a wild man of the Radical Design movement that swept Italy in the late 1960s and ’70s, rejecting rationalism and modernism in favor of ever-more outrageous imaginings in lighting and furniture such as mirrors, lamps, chairs and tables.

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. 

The Memphis Group 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 created innovative furnishings for the likes of Artemide, Knoll, Zanotta and Poltronova, where he reigned as artistic director for nearly two decades beginning in 1958. His 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 inspired and expressive in smaller, secondary furnishings such as lamps and chandeliers, and in table pieces and glassware that have playful and sculptural qualities.

Sottsass left the Memphis Group in 1985 in order to concentrate on the growth of Sottsass Associati, a design and architecture consultancy he cofounded in 1980. 

It was as an artist that 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.

Find Ettore Sottsass lighting, decorative objects and furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Bookcases for You

Whether you proudly shelve your books in regal mahogany or behind glass cabinet doors, an antique bookcase — or perhaps more than one — is essential to creating a cozy nook for any book lover.

As long as curious people have collected stories, we have needed a place to stow them away and preserve them. When auction houses and book dealers proliferated by the late 17th century, the bibliophile was born. And, of course, as with any treasured decorative objects or collectibles, a book lover’s volumes were suddenly worthy of a luxurious display — enter the bookcase.

Americans of means during the 19th century took to amassing art as well as rare books, and bookcases of the era — rife with hand-carved decorative accents and architectural motifs — were ideal for displaying their handsome leather-bound wares.

Although our favorite titles may change over the years, the functionality and beauty of their home within our home is timeless. Even those who don’t covet the perfect home library can benefit from an attractive display case, as bookcases can easily double as charming étagères

Contemporary and customizable options make it easier for you to find the perfect bookcase for your style and stacks. If you don’t wish to fill your storage piece so that your collection is snug within its confines, incorporate extra space to allow for additional displays and decorative objects. And by introducing a striking dark wood Art Deco bookcase or low-profile mid-century modern design by Paul McCobb into your living room, your signed first editions won’t be the only items making a statement. 

Find barrister bookcases, Globe Wernicke bookcases, bookcases with doors and other vintage and antique bookcases on 1stDibs now.