Carlton Memphis
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
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Wood, Laminate
Carlton Wood Miniature Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown an authentic and perfect reproduction of the Carlton bookcase, originally
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookcases
Materials
Wood, Plastic
H 19.3 in W 18.71 in D 3.23 in
Carlton Wood Room Divider, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown an authentic and perfect reproduction of the Carlton bookcase and room divider
Category
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Materials
Wood, Plastic
H 77.17 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
'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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Laminate, Wood
H 77.17 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
Ettore Sottsass - "Carlton" Bookcase
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in PAU, FR
Bookcase named "Carlton" design by Ettore Sottsass in 1981.
Produced by Memphis Milano, Italie
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
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Carlton Miniature / 1:4 Scale by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
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Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
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Abstract post modern polychrome pyramid sculpture Memphis 1980, wood - Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Abstract post modern polychrome pyramid sculpture, Memphis movement 1980
.
Wood
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H 19.69 in W 14.18 in D 16.93 in
Ettore Sottsass East Side Arm Chair
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design landscape. As the founder of the Memphis Group in the 1980s, Sottsass revolutionized aesthetics
Category
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Black Callimaco by Ettore Sottsass, Early Limited Edition
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Dronten, NL
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Category
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Carlton Bookcase By Ettore Sottsass For Memphis Milano.
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Marseille, FR
Room divider in plasticlaminate by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis 1981.
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By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Megeve, FR
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Number 3 of Limited Edition Carlton, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
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Iconic
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Carlton Bookcase Roomdivider by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, 1981
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Madrid, ES
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Carlton Bookcase '1:4 Scale Miniature' by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis
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colors. Marked Memphis.
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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.
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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