Artemide Pausania Bankers Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Artemide
Located in Toronto, CA
A banker’s lamp reimagined through a postmodern lens. Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide in
Metal
$3,435
H 16.74 in W 18.9 in D 4.34 in
Postmodern Green Black Vintage Table Lamp Pausania by Ettore Sottsass Jr Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern green and black Ettore Sottsass jr. vintage table lamp 1982, model Pausania, executed by
Metal, Sheet Metal
Vintage Artemide Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass, 1980s
Located in Farmingdale, NJ
Designed by Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007) and manufactured by Artemide. Labeled on bottom.
Acrylic
Ettore Sottsass Pausania Table Lamp 1982
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Encino, CA
Ettore Sottsass (1917) Edition Artemide. One table lamp Model PAUSANIA 1982 Measurements: H 16"1/2
Stainless Steel
Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide, Italy
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in RHEEZERVEEN, Overijssel
Architecturally designed lamp with classical as well as a modern elements by Ettore Sottsass, one
Chrome, Steel
Unavailable
H 16.93 in W 18.9 in D 1.97 in
Artemide Pausania LED Table Lamp in Black and Green by Ettore Sottsass
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Hicksville, NY
Artemide Pausania LED table lamp in black and green by Ettore Sottsass. The godfather of
Resin
Unavailable
H 16.93 in W 18.9 in D 4.34 in
Green and Black Desk Lamp "Pausania" by E. Sottsass; Resin Body and Methacrylate
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milan, IT
Decorative table or desk lamp "Pausania" by Ettore Sottsass. The production is Italian, by Artemide
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Desk Lamp Pausania by Artemide
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Geneva, CH
Pausania desk lamp by Ettore Sottsass produced by Artemide.
Acrylic
Postmodern Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Dronten, NL
A green and black Ettore Sottsass jr. vintage table lamp model Pausania, produced in 1982 by
Chrome
Original Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Dronten, NL
A green and black Ettore Sottsass jr. table lamp model Pausania, produced in 1982 by Artemide Italy
Chrome
Two Ettore Sottsass "Pausania" Lamps
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Table lamps by the master! True collector's items from Italy.
Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass, circa 1983
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
In the 1980s, Italian designer Ettore Sottsass collaborated with Artemide to create a design icon
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Pausania Table Lamp for Artemide 1983
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice table lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide, Italy 1983. This lamp is no longer
Metal
Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide, Italy
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milano, IT
Iconic Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide, Italy, 1980s. In the 1980s, the
Metal
Sold
H 16.54 in W 18.9 in D 3.94 in
'Pausanias' Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass Jr for Artemide Manufactured in Italy
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milano, IT
'Pausanias' table lamp by Ettore Sottsass Jr for Artemide with green methacrylate diffuser. It
Ettore Sottsass "Pausania" table /desk lamp, for Artemide, Label
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass, Artemide
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great design in this lamp, recorded in many books and catalog information.Label
Stainless Steel
Ettore Sottsass Memphis Pausania Table Lamp Artemide
Located in Miami, FL
"All my creations look like small architecture" said Ettore Sottsass. The Pausania is Sottsass
Chrome
Ettore Sottsass "Pausania" Table Lamp
By Ettore Sottsass, Artemide
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Table lamps by the master! True collector's items from Italy. Available the pair.
Aluminum
Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide
By Ettore Sottsass, Artemide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage green, black, and chrome "Pausania" table or desk lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide
Chrome
Ettore Sottsass, pair of "Pausania" Lamps
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Encino, CA
Ettore Sottsass (1917) Edition Artemide. Pair of lamps Model PAUSANIA 1982 GOOD CONDITION
Stainless Steel
Ettore Sottsass, Two Pausania Table Lamps, 1982
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Encino, CA
Ettore Sottsass (1917) Pair of table lamps Model "PAUSANIA", 1982 Edition Artemide. One
Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide, 1980s
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide, 1980s Designer - Ettore Sottsass Producer
Metal
Sold
H 16.5 in W 18.7 in D 4 in
Pausania Table or Desk Lamp by Ettore Sottsass, Edition Artemide, Italy, 1982
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Literature: - Albrecht Bangert, Utalienisches Möbeldesign - Klassiker von 1945 bis heute, Éditions Bangert, Munich 1987, similar model illustrated P.167. - Giuliana Gramigna, Reper...
ETTORE SOTTSASS PAUSANIA lamp Memphis period
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in LA Arnhem, NL
ETTORE SOTTSASS PAUSANIA. Artemide Pausania lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass. Vintage.
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Pausania Lamp Memphis Period
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in LA Arnhem, NL
Ettore Sottsass Pausania. Artemide Pausania lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass. Vintage production.
Metal
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Wood
$10,728
H 89.77 in W 60.63 in D 43.31 in
Italian 1970's Cocktail Dry Bar in Joe Colombo Style, Italy - circa 1975
By Joe Colombo
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Vintage 1970s Italian Mobile Dry Bar / Cocktail Bar – Mid-Century Modern Elegance The colour of the dark lacquered wood is an amazing very dark purple / aubergine (almost black). Th...
Chrome
$550,000
H 28.75 in W 66.93 in D 39.38 in
Surrealist Salivasofa 'Original' Prototype Red Lips Sofa By Salvador Dali
By Oscar Tusquets Blanca, (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Barcelona, ES
In the pioneering year of 1972, the visionary duo of Salvador Dalí and Oscar Tusquets unveiled their very first prototype sofa, a testament to their innovative design prowess.
Foam
$56,753 / item
H 31 in W 76 in D 18.5 in
Plano Credenza in Bronze, Curved Glass Doors, Marble Top, Black Walnut Shelves
By New Format Studio, Henry Norris
Located in Vancouver, BC
Handcrafted curved glass and metal vitrine, a fitting vessel for the display of precious objects - this unique work is topped with marble quarried from an island off the west coast o...
Marble, Metal, Bronze
$13,862 / item
H 49.22 in Dm 70.87 in
Brass and Parchment Paper Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Impressive chandelier made of white enameled brass arms holding six beautiful parchment paper shades, which can be adjusted thanks to the handle of each socket. Signed by the arti...
Brass
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
$4,330 / item
H 42.52 in W 29.93 in D 1.97 in
Diva Mirror, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Diva Mirror with plastic laminate, was originally designed in 1984 by Ettore Sottsass. Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated in architecture at the Pol...
Mirror, Plastic
$14,000Sale Price|60% Off
H 79.5 in W 84 in D 108.5 in
Vintage 1949 Mid-Century Modern Custom L-Shaped Office Desk by George Nelson
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Lafayette, IN
This remarkable piece is a one-off desk/wardrobe/bar/bookcase/storage cabinet custom-designed by George Nelson in 1949 to match his Basic Cabinet Series (BCS) for Herman Miller. The ...
Aluminum
$12,800
H 70.5 in Dm 21.5 in
'Tucroma' Leather Rotating Wardrobe by Guido Faleschini for i4Mariani, Italy
By i4 Mariani, Guido Faleschini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 'Tucroma' leather rotating wardrobe was designed by Guido Faleschini in the 1970s and produced by i4Mariani (Italy). Custom colors and finishes are available. The Tucroma ro...
Chrome
$3,480 / item
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 16.93 in
Manhattan Trolley by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Manhattan trolley in metal and glass by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano collection Additional information: Trolley in metal and coloured glass. Collection: Memphis Milano De...
Metal
Verner Panton Cloverleaf Sofa 5 Sections for Verpan
Located in Tilburg, NL
Verner Panton cloverleaf sectional sofa. Current production. This listing shows a 5-piece Cloverleaf Sofa. Seats at least 9 people in a very interesting and creative fashion. Desi...
Fabric
$216,984
H 113 in W 40.16 in D 20.87 in
20th Century, Ettore Sottsass "Tower Furniture" Series Wall Cabinet
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Turin, Turin
Ettore Sottsass grew up in Turin, and graduated in architecture from the Turin Polytechnic in 1939. In 1947, he founded his own studio in Milan. In 1956, Sottsass moved to New York w...
Metal
$21,698
H 27.17 in W 42.13 in D 72.05 in
Ettore Sottsass Tappeto Volante - Flying Carper armchair for Bedding Brevetti
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Padova, IT
Ettore Sottsass designed this armchair after having known the Indian culture. A crucial journey in his formation is that of 1961 in India, undertaken with Fernanda Pivano. On this jo...
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
$72,795 / item
H 91 in W 42 in D 16 in
Plano Bar Cabinet in Bronze, Curved Glass Doors, Waxed Leather Bottle Slings
By Henry Norris, New Format Studio
Located in Vancouver, BC
A monument to curiosity and an invitation for the viewer to engage with the objects contained within. Its presence is created by the tension of delicate lightness contrasted with imp...
Metal, Bronze
ETTORE SOTTSASS Flying Carpet Armchair for Bedding Brevetti
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
ETTORE SOTTSASS "Tappeto Volante" (Flying Carpet) Armchair for Bedding Brevetti The "Flying Carpet" armchair is a testament to Sottsass's avant-garde and innovative design approach....
Fabric, Textile, Velvet, Foam, Wood, Fruitwood
$15,671
H 31.11 in W 76.38 in D 42.13 in
Ettore Sottsass Flying Carpet Armchair by Bedding Brevetti 1970s Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Cascina, Pisa
The Flying Carpet or Tappeto Volante armchair is an iconic seat with a base and an armrest in beech wood, the seat, and the back are made with polyurethane foam padding with multicol...
Fabric, Wood, Velvet
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.
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
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