$22,150 / set
H 29.14 in Dm 69.89 in
Donau Dining Set by Ettore Sottsass and Marco Zanini for Leitner, Italy, 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass, Marco Zanini
Located in Antwerp, BE
Designed by Ettore Sottsass in collaboration with Marco Zanini for the Austrian manufacturer
Wood
$4,950
H 19 in W 32 in D 18 in
Vintage 'Donau' Collection Coffee Table by Ettore Sottsass and Marco Zanini
By Ettore Sottsass, Marco Zanini
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
, Ettore Sottsass and Marco Zanini. Table is executed in birds eye maple has blue tubular steel rods
Wood
$12,500 / set
H 42.5 in W 40.5 in D 84.75 in
Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini for Leitner Donau Collection Bed and Nightstand
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano, Memphis Group, Marco Zanini
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and iconic Italian post-modern Donau Collection bed and matching nightstand designed by
Laminate, Wood
Unavailable
H 82.68 in W 43.31 in D 17.72 in
"Donau" Cabinet by Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini for Leitner, 1986
By Marco Zanini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in București, B
In 1986, Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini were invited by Austrian furniture producer Franz Leitner
Metal
Unavailable
H 82.68 in W 43.31 in D 17.72 in
Bookcase Cabinet Donau, Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini for Franz Leitner, 1980s
By Marco Zanini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Zagreb, HR
A rare Memphis design bookcase cabinet from the "Donau" series designed in 1986 by Ettore Sottsass
Metal
Unavailable
H 82.68 in W 43.31 in D 17.72 in
"Donau" Cabinet by Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini for Franz Leitner, 1986
By Marco Zanini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in București, B
In 1986, Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini were invited by Austrian furniture producer Franz Leitner
Metal
Unavailable
H 40.56 in W 42.13 in D 84.65 in
"Donau" Single Bed by Ettore Sottsass and Marco Zanini for Leitner, 1986
By Marco Zanini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in București, B
In 1986, Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini were invited by Austrian furniture producer Franz Leitner
Birdseye Maple, Burl
Unavailable
H 28.75 in W 39.38 in D 27.56 in
"Donau" Prototype Blue Table by Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini for Leitner, 1986
By Marco Zanini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in București, B
In 1986, Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini were invited by Austrian furniture producer Franz Leitner
Birdseye Maple
Unavailable
H 27.96 in W 31.5 in D 23.63 in
"Donau" Prototype Green Table by Ettore Sottsass&Marco Zanini for Leitner, 1986
By Marco Zanini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in București, B
In 1986, Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini were invited by Austrian furniture producer Franz Leitner
Birdseye Maple
Donau Secretaire by Ettore Sottsass Memphis Design
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ettore Sottsass; secretaire; cabinet; Italian design; Memphis design; A "Donau" writing desk, c
Metal
Ettore Sottsass and Marco Zannini Donau Writing Desk and Chair
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ettore Sottsass and Marco Zannini, “Donau” writing desk, circa 1986 Produced by Franz Leitner
Metal
Sold
H 22.5 in W 18.5 in D 16 in
Rare Memphis Small Cabinet by Ettore Sottsass from the Donau Line by Leitner
By Sottsass Associati
Located in San Diego, CA
Iconic design from master architect Ettore Sottsass part of the Donau Collection, circa 1981 in
Metal
Sold
H 18 in W 31.5 in D 18 in
Rare Memphis Coffee Table by Ettore Sottsass from the Donau Line by Leitner
By Marco Zanini, Ettore Sottsass, Aldo Cibic
Located in San Diego, CA
Iconic design from master architect Ettore Sottsass part of the Donau Collection circa 1981 in
Ettore Sottsass 'Donau' Side Table, 1985
By Ettore Sottsass, Marco Zannini
Located in The Hague, NL
This rare side table was designed by Ettore Sottsass and Marco Zanini in 1985. The wooden parts
Metal
Sold
H 19 in W 19.75 in D 19.75 in
Ettore Sottsass and Marco Zanini for Leitner the Donau Collection Pieces
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A collaboration between Marco Zanini and Ettore Sottsass for the Leitner Company produced this very
Sold
H 82.25 in W 35.5 in D 25.5 in
'Donau' Postmodern Armoire by Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini for Leitner, 1986
By Ettore Sottsass, Marco Zanini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rare Postmodern 'Donau' armoire by Ettore Sottsass and Marco Zanini for Franz Leitner (Austria
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Secretary "Donau", Desk
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Frankfurt / Dreieich, DE
Ettore Sottsass secretary "Donau", designed in 1990, made by Leitner. Birdseye maple and blue
Metal
Donau writing desk by Ettore Sottsass for Sottsass Associati.
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Amsterdam, NL
between Leitner, Ettore Sottsass and Marco Zanini. Key included. Shipping services: Ask for our
Metal
Sold
H 22.45 in W 21.26 in D 13.39 in
Pair of "Donau" Nightstands by Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini for Donau Leitner
By Ettore Sottsass, Marco Zanini
Located in București, B
The "Donau" nightstands were designed by Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini for Franz Leitner in 1986
Metal
Sold
H 33.47 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Set of 4 Memphis Donau Dining Chairs by Ettore Sottsass for Leitner, 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass, Marco Zanini
Located in BAARLO, LI
A set of four very rare 'Donau' chairs by Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini for Franz Leitner, Austria
Wood, Burl
Frank Oelke double bed Pedus, 1970s
By Frank Oelke
Located in Padova, IT
Pedus double bed in solid varnished wood frame covered in resin and glossy lacquered with metal structure resting on adjustable steel and brass feets. Complete with two custom-made m...
Resin, Wood
$1,650 / item
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
Walnut Minimalist Handmade Platform Queen Bed Frame, Judd Style
By George Nakashima, Figure Ground, Donald Judd
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An ode to our friend Donald Judd, the bedframe design employs the tatami style of Japanese Rooms and the Hygge of Danish comfort. The reveal is celebrated in its shadow. Rest happens...
Plywood
Castiglioni Large Viscontea Style Cocoon Italian Pendant Light
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous large "Viscontea" style cocoon pendant in fabulous conditions. This charming chandelier was designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and produced Italy. In pristin...
Metal, Steel
Jindřich Halabala Art Deco Stool in Floral Tapestry Fabric, 1930s
By Jindřich Halabala, Up Závody
Located in Prague, New Town
Art Deco stool, designed by Jindřich Halabala. Produced by Spojené UP závody Brno in former Czechoslovakia, 1930s. Recently reupholstered in floral tapestry fabric. Dimensions: Heig...
Fabric, Tapestry, Wood
$2,012 / item
H 7.88 in W 15.75 in D 7.88 in
Fabric Department Wiener Werkstaette Silk Wall Light Wall Lamp
By Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant wall lamp suitable to the fabric department pendants of the Wiener Werkstaette Material Metal frame work covered with silk Most components according to the UL regulations, wi...
Brass
Rare Pendant Lamp attributed to Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce, 1950s
By Arredoluce
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This rare pendant lamp, attributed to the renowned Italian manufacturer Arredoluce in the 1950s, is an exceptional example of mid-century Italian design. The lamp features a softly g...
Metal, Brass
Large French Ceramic Baluster Vase / Vessel
Located in London, GB
Large ceramic baluster vase. Moustiers, France c.1900’s Decorated with two mythological scenes on either side, snake handles with mascarons and horns.
Ceramic
1907 Viennese Josef Hoffmann for Thonet Fledermaus Chair
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1907, Vienna. A bent beech chair designed in 1907 by illustrious Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann for the Fledermaus Cabaret in Vienna. This design, a bold and radical departure fro...
Mohair, Beech
Large unidentified beige and black ovoid ceramic vase
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
French Art Deco vase in crackled beige ceramic with an abstract black geometric design covering the entire vase. Very good vintage condition (see photos). Unidentified artist's signa...
Ceramic
Glossy Cream Ceramic Chandelier in Antique Brass 5-Arm 42.5" DIA
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Five antique brass patina arms curve up from a ceramic cluster dish to five tall stoneware ceramic shades in a glossy glaze with a subtle off-white hue. With a fixed black walnut orb...
Brass
Love How You Live: Adventures in Interior Design
Located in New York, NY
The first book from the AD100 interior designer renowned for joyful, vibrant, intensely personal homes imbued with art, pattern, and craftsmanship A decidedly global outlook best de...
Paper
Side table by Svend Thoresen & Torgny Roloff, Sweden, c. 1930s
By NK (Nordiska Kompaniet)
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
An elegant Swedish Grace table in dark-stained oak, designed for Nordiska Kompaniet during the 1930s. Svend A. Thoresen, a Danish interior architect active in Stockholm, worked at N...
Oak
Japanese Meiji Era Wireless Cloisonne Pink Crane Enamel Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with wireless cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji era, before 1912. Round shape with pronounced base. The piece is decorated with a stork or crane bir...
Copper, Enamel
$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
Audoux Minet Tiered Catch All Basket
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Audoux Minet tiered catch all basket France, circa 1950s Three tiered design offers ample space to organize fruits, vegetables, or small household items Each circular basket is com...
Iron
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.
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