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.
Vintage 1980s Table Lamps
Acrylic
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
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 Artemide Italy.
Metal, Sheet Metal
$639Sale Price|20% Off
Ettore Sottsass Pausania Table Lamp, Bakelite & Stainless steel, Italy, 1982
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Encino, CA
Ettore Sottsass (1917) Edition Artemide. One table lamp Model PAUSANIA 1982 Measurements: H 16"1/2 x W 18"3/4 x D 4"1/4 This lamps shows some marks of old repairs but works perfectly.
Stainless Steel
Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide, Italy
By Ettore Sottsass, Artemide
Located in RHEEZERVEEN, Overijssel
Architecturally designed lamp with classical as well as a modern elements by Ettore Sottsass, one of the founders of the Memphis Milano Group. The lamp is now re-issued, this set is ...
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.
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.
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.
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: the Pausania table lamp. Minimalist and radical, it remains today a symbol of innov...
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.
Metal
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 Artemide Italy.
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
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's remarkably beautiful and functional 1982 architectural interpretation of the traditi...
Chrome
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 in production and a collectible because of that. Probably one of the most progressiv...
Metal
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.
Ettore Sottsass "Pausania" table /desk lamp, for Artemide, Label
By Ettore Sottsass, Artemide, Memphis Group
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great design in this lamp, recorded in many books and catalog information.Label
Stainless Steel
Ettore Sottsass Desk Lamp Pausania by Artemide
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Geneva, CH
Pausania desk lamp by Ettore Sottsass produced by Artemide.
Acrylic
Artemide Pausania Bankers Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, CA
A banker’s lamp reimagined through a postmodern lens. Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide in the early 1980s, the Pausania blends crisp geometry with playful colour and unmistak...
Metal
Ettore Sottsass "Pausania" Table Lamp
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
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 Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
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. Measurements: H 16"1/2 x W 18"3/4 x D 4"1/4 Literature: Albrecht Bangert, Utalienisches M...
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.
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 - Artemide Model - Pausania Table Lamp Design Period - Eighties Measurements - Width 48...
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...
Sold
H 15 in W 17.5 in D 4.75 in
Robert Sonneman for Kovacs Postmodern Bankers Desk Lamp in Brass and Glass
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage, post modern style bankers desk lamp by Robert Sonneman for Kovacs. This post Memphis era table lamp was inspired by Ettore Sottsass' design for his Pausania lamp.
Metal
ETTORE SOTTSASS PAUSANIA lamp Memphis period
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in LA Arnhem, NL
ETTORE SOTTSASS PAUSANIA. Artemide Pausania lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass. Vintage.
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Pausania Lamp Memphis Period
By Ettore Sottsass, Artemide, Memphis Group
Located in LA Arnhem, NL
Ettore Sottsass Pausania. Artemide Pausania lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass. Vintage production.
Metal
Gianfranco Frattini Table Lamp Metal Glass, 1979, Italy
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Milano, IT
Gianfranco Frattini table lamp metal glass, 1979, Italy.
Metal
$696 / item
H 7.4 in W 1.8 in D 7.7 in
Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni 'Minibox' Table Lamp in Green for Stilnovo
By Gae Aulenti, Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni 'Minibox' table lamp in green for Stilnovo Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the M...
Metal
$7,850
H 23.5 in Dm 18.75 in
Ettore Sottsass Abat-Jour Table Lamp for B and B Italia Italy, 2005, Black Glass
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ettore Sottsass Abat-Jour table lamp for B&B Italia, Italy, 2005. Glazed ceramic base with a blown black glass shade, chrome-plated brass fixtures, and sand-blasted glass diffuse...
Brass, Chrome
Ettore Sottsass Valigia Table Lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, 1977
By Ettore Sottsass, Stilnovo
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Four-legged table lamp model Valigia designed by Ettore Sottsass Jr, manufactured by Stilnovo, Italy, 1977. This funny shaped floor lamp is very typical out of the box thinking by Et...
Metal
$1,877
H 11.82 in W 6.3 in D 2.17 in
Black Scintilla Table Lamp by Piero Castiglioni for Fontana Arte, 1980s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Black Scintilla table lamp, designed in 1984 by Piero Castiglioni for Fontana Arte. The structure of this table lamp is made from grey die-cast anodized aluminium. In addition to ae...
Aluminum
$2,815 / item
H 19.69 in Dm 15.75 in
Bay Table Lamp 'EU' 220 Volts, by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis Milano
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired, Bay table Lamp in glass, aluminum and plexiglass, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1983 for Memphis Milano. Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in...
Aluminum
Blitz table lamp green Stilnovo Italian modern
By Stilnovo, Trabucco, Vecchi, Volpi
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Steel table or desk lamp designed by Trabucco, Vecchi & Volpi for Stilnovo. It was designed in the 70s. Color is green, cable is black. Sculptural form made by bending one steel pla...
Steel
$908 / item
H 13.8 in W 11.4 in D 18.9 in
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Table Lamp in Green and Black with Base for Stilnovo
By Stilnovo, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' table lamp in green and black with base for Stilnovo Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Mi...
Aluminum
Hyatt Side Table by Ettore Sottsass, Chrome & Wood, Post-Modern Italy
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Toronto, ON
Imposing and superb, Hyatt by Ettore Sottsass evokes the structure of the classical column with the “capital” equal to the base. A side table that certainly does not go unnoticed for...
Metal, Chrome
$5,385 / item
H 13.19 in W 11.42 in D 1.97 in
Ashoka Metal Table Lamp USA 110 Volts, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano C.
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the US wired, Ashoka Table Lamp in lacquered metal, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 for Memphis Milano. Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939...
Metal
Vintage 1950s table lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass for Rinnovel
By Rinnovel, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Table lamp with a spiral-shaped gilded brass base and a conical green metal shade, designed by Ettore Sottsass for Rinnovel, 1950s. CONDITION: In good, working condition, may show s...
Metal, Brass
Venini Darpanah Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Venini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Darpanah table lamp by Ettore Sottsass. Numbered Edition for year Year of Manufacture: 1994-2017 Metal White Painted Color: Milk-White/Sapphire/Pink Measurements: Ø 12....
Blown Glass
Venini Kiritam Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Venini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Kiritam table lamp by Ettore Sottsass. Numbered Edition for year Marble Base Color: Milk-White/Aquamarine Measurements: Ø 15.35"" H 18.89"" 1 x max E27 10W LED + 3 x ma...
Glass
Post Modern Desk Lamp by Ron Rezek, ca. 1980's
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
Chic 1980's desk lamp by Ron Rezek, in excellent original, clean and working condition, showing only light cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age. The hood shade (6.5 in. diam...
Metal
$4,090
H 5.91 in W 27.17 in D 11.82 in
Pietra Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti and Piero Castiglioni for Fontana Arte, 1980
By Fontana Arte, Gae Aulenti
Located in Renens, CH
Model 2802 “Pietra” table lamp by Gae Aulenti and Piero Castiglioni for Fontana Arte. The lamp consists of a heavy glass base and polished metal lamp shades; it remains in beautif...
Metal
$397Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.75 in W 14.18 in D 5.52 in
Rare Large Midcentury Table Lamp Robert Sonneman, USA, 1980s
By George Kovacs, Memphis Milano, Robert Sonneman
Located in Praha, CZ
- very rare lamp - halogen light - dimming intensity of light - very nice style of blue lighting
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
LU Louis Sconce AS
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome LU Louis sconce AS. An all brass wall sconce in an aged silver finish with patterned perforations by Lumfardo Luminaires. Made contemporary in the US. Multiples available fo...
Brass, Nickel
Rosso Glass 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
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry
By Amuneal
Located in New York, NY
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry, part of our metal Kitchen Collection, is designed as a feature element for any space. The three doors on the upper cabinets are fabricated with a kn...
Brass
$162,234
H 110.24 in W 127.56 in D 127.56 in
1 BANGA space age micro architecture prefab house bungalow by Carlo Zappa, 1971
By Carlo Zappa
Located in Hyères, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
here we offer one of 2 bangas, with black interior. the second one with light grey interior is offered in another listing. a banga shows ways in which we could live more sustainably...
Fiberglass
$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 Herman Miller, George Nelson
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
$20,752
H 31.5 in W 157.49 in D 59.06 in
Verner Panton Cloverleaf Sofa 3 Parts in 'Harald 3 #982' by Kvadrat for Verpan
By Verner Panton
Located in Tilburg, NL
Verner Panton cloverleaf sectional sofa. Current production. This listing shows a 3-piece Cloverleaf Sofa in dark green 'Harald 3 #982' by Kvadrat. Seats 5 people in a very interesti...
Fabric, Wood
Suvretta Bookcase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Radomsko, Województwo łódzkie
“Suvretta” is a Romansh word (language spoken in Engadine) that means: “above the small forest”. Like rows of overlapping trees, the books placed on the green shelves of Suvretta tak...
Laminate, Wood, Plywood, Scrap Wood
$27,500
H 46.46 in W 101.58 in D 20.28 in
Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega Decorative Fireplace Mantel
By Vittorio Valabrega
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega, decorative fireplace mantel, lacquered wood, plaster, glass, iron, Italy, 1930s This striking decorative fireplace mantel, presumabl...
Iron
$15,064
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
$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 Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
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
$208,587
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 Torino, Piemonte
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
$3,893
H 25.99 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
Ettore Sottsass Canada Armchair in Blue Velvet and Wood Poltronova 1960s
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Canada settee armchair with a structure in wood, seat, and back in padded blue-green velvet. It was designed by Ettore Sottsass Jr in 1959 and produced by the Italian company Poltro...
Velvet, Wood
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
$10,313
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
$8,610 / item
H 43.31 in W 106.3 in D 92.52 in
Mid-century Modern Judy Bed Designers Guild Handmade in Portugal by Ottiu
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
The Judy Bed is a luxurious tribute to the timeless elegance of Judy Garland. This exquisite piece embodies classic Hollywood glamour and is designed to elevate any bedroom with its ...
Textile, Bouclé, Wood
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.
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.