$1,890 / item
H 19.3 in W 18.71 in D 3.23 in
Carlton Wood Miniature Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown an authentic and perfect reproduction of the Carlton bookcase, originally
Wood, Plastic
$1,800
H 19.3 in W 18.7 in D 3.2 in
Memphis Milano Carlton Miniature, Limited Edition by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Toronto, ON
Perfect 1:4 scale reproduction of the Carlton bookcase in a limited edition of 1000 pieces. About
Laminate, Wood
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
Wood
$11,907Sale Price|35% Off
H 78.75 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
Laminate
$16,762Sale Price / item|20% Off
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 Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in London, GB
divider, half bookcase and full size sculptural marvel. Designed in 1981, the Carlton formed part of the
Laminate, Wood
$31,969
H 77.17 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
Carlton 30th Anniversary Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Design
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Ravenna, IT
Carlton è il più famoso e iconico di tutti gli oggetti disegnati per Memphis Milano. Il pezzo è
Laminate, Wood
$29,805 / item
H 77.17 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
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
Wood, Plastic
$1,713
H 19.69 in W 14.18 in D 16.93 in
Abstract post modern polychrome pyramid sculpture Memphis 1980, wood - Signed
Located in Paris, FR
see Sottsass’s “Carlton” bookcase, which looks like an immense totem, to be believed, or even his
Wood
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.
Carlton Miniature / 1:4 Scale by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. Perfect reproduction of the Carlton bookcase. The vivid colors and seemingly random interplay of solids
Laminate, Wood
Unavailable
H 77.17 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
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.
Unavailable
H 77.17 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
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
Plastic
"Carlton" Bookcase By Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Girona, Spain
"Carlton" Bookcase By Ettore Sottsass. Produced by Memphis Milano, 1981. Wood and plastic
Sold
H 78.15 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
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
Formica, Wood
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
Laminate, Wood
Sold
H 76.78 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
Original "Carlton" Cabinet/ Sculpture, designed by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Original "Carlton" bookcase/ room divider/ sculpture, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981, Italy
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
Wood
Midcentury Ice Bucket Mela by Ettore Sottsass for Rinnovel, Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Weesp, NL
— notably the multihued, angular “Carlton” room divider and “Casablanca” bookcase. As pieces on these pages
Aluminum
Sold
H 76.75 in W 75 in D 15.75 in
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.
Carlton Bookcase Roomdivider by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, 1981
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Vienna, AT
Colorful iconic 'Carlton' bookcase or room-divider designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
Laminate, Plywood
Sold
H 13 in W 12.41 in D 2.64 in
Miniature of the Iconic Carlton Bookcase Designed by Sottsass Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Uccle, BE
A perfect miniature reproduction of the iconic Carlton bookcase designed by Ettore Sottsass for
Laminate
Carlton Designed by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Berlin, Berlin
The Carlton bookcase and room divider, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981, Italy. Wood and
Laminate
1981, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Carlton Bookcase
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Paris, FR
Iconic Carlton bookcase designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981. Near mint original condition with the
Wood
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
Wood
Ettore Sottsass, Carlton Bookcase
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Berlin, DE
Carlton bookcase and room divider, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981, Italy. One of 30 copies
Memphis W. Carlton; bookcase room divider by Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
"lack of culture". The 'Carlton' has been described as a weird hybrid of stylised person and tree and
Sold
H 76.78 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
1981, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis 'Carlton' Bookshelf, Vintage Production
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Paris, FR
Iconic 'Carlton' bookcase designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano in 1981, Old production
Wood
Sold
H 77.56 in W 74.81 in D 15.75 in
Carlton Room Divider Designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 for Memphis Milano
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Berlin, Germany
Carlton Room Divider Designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 for Memphis Milano The totemic Carlton
Wood
Carlton Bookcase '1:4 Scale Miniature' by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Denton, MD
history of furniture and design books proclaim the design of the Carlton bookcase to be one of the most
Laminate, Wood
Sold
H 77.17 in W 74.81 in D 14.18 in
Carlton Bookcase Roomdivider by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, 1981
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Madrid, ES
Carlton room divider, designed in 1981 by Ettore Sottsass, in wood and plastic laminate. The vivid
Wood
Solid Walnut Dovetail Record Crate
By Blake Tovin, Matt Richmond
Located in Nyack, NY
As avid record collectors we all have albums we want close at hand. Whether storing new finds or favorite titles that are in heavy rotation, our dovetail record crate is the perfect ...
Brass
$1,155Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
Rosso Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...
Glass
$230,475Sale Price|33% Off
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Other
A 1930s Art Deco Hand-Carved Oak French Box
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This is a 1930s French Art Deco hand-carved oak box, showcasing a unique blend of craftsmanship and geometric flair characteristic of the Art Deco period. Solid oak wood, noted for i...
Oak
$2,838 / item
H 24 in W 24 in D 24 in
Modern Fabric Pendant Light by Studio Mirei, Nebula 60, from Costantini
Located in New York, NY
The Nebula collection is drawn out of the interstellar clouds of dust and gas in space - regions where stars begin to form. Made of a woven natural fiber from the banana tree, which ...
Natural Fiber
$340 / item
H 16.54 in Dm 16.54 in
Contemporary Gaetano Pesce Round The Clock L Purple Dark Salmon Yellow
By Corsi Design Factory, Gaetano Pesce
Located in barasso, IT
Round the clock - Clear Purple, Dark Salmon, Pastel Yellow Clock in hard resin designed by Gaetano Pesce for Fish Design collection. Colour: Clear Purple, Dark Salmon, Pastel Yellow...
Resin
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
$6,255 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Neatly proportioned with exceptional detailing, the constant nightstand is your perfect bedside partner. In our furniture making, the IDEA is to create special pieces that you can bu...
Hardwood
$19,010
H 40.56 in W 108.27 in D 29.53 in
Giltwood "Confidente" Large Sofa in the Louis XV Style made by La Maison London
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
An elegant and impressive large Louis XV style confidante sofa which has been hand carved and gilded using traditional methods and materials to achieve an authentic period finish. Th...
Wood, Giltwood
Circa 1880 Italian Large Gilt wood LXV Style Confidente Sofa
Located in London, Park Royal
A rare antique find from Tuscany Italy. This 'Confidante' sofa, circa 1880, is in beautiful condition. The large frame is finely carved in the LXV style, with its original water gild...
Gold, Gold Leaf
$34,000
H 26.5 in W 92.75 in D 32 in
Warren Platner Walnut and Leather Floating Case Sofa for Lehigh Leopold, c. 1970
By Warren Platner, Lehigh Leopold
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptionally rare and highly sought-after collectors piece (with celebrity provenance) is a Warren Platner Executive Leather Case Sofa designed for Lehigh Leopold in circa 1970...
Chrome
Mawu Chair in Imprimé by Laura Gonzalez
By laura gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Made in France with hand-turned, flared oak legs in golden satin finish. Upholstered backrest and seat in textured jacquard velvet fabric (LG.FB-31).
Fabric, Satin, Oak
$830 / item
H 36.62 in W 22.84 in D 15.75 in
Black Turtle Bookcase, Designed by Marcantonio, Made in Italy
By MARCANTONIO
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (2.2) In Stock in Los Angeles A multipurpose turtle: its carapace acts as a support for a...
Metal
Capiz Shell Table Lamp, Model Cornelia
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cornelia Table Lamp is a lamp that is made from capiz shells which gives the material an irregular structure. This makes each lamp unique, something that adds to its character and pe...
Brass
'Daffodil' Table Lamp by Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in London, GB
‘Daffodil’ table lamp by Tiffany Studios American, c. 1910 Height 56cm, diameter 40cm Designed and hand-made by the artisans from the renowned Tiffany Studios (1902-1932), this ‘Daf...
Bronze, Lead
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.
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.