$4,895 / item
H 76.78 in W 9.45 in D 29.53 in
Treetops Floor Lamp 'EU' 220 Volts, by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired 'Treetops' floor lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 in metal
Metal
$4,895 / item
H 76.78 in W 9.45 in D 29.53 in
Treetops Floor Lamp USA 110 Volts, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collect
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the US wired "Treetops" floor lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 in metal
Metal
$2,600
H 76.75 in W 26 in D 8 in
MEMPHIS "TREETOPS" Floor Lamp / Ettore Sottsass (Italy) / PostModern Design
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
, this floor lamp will stand out in a living room, study, or bedroom, infusing a colorful flair. This
Metal
Treetops Painted metal floor lamp by Memphis, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Treetops is not just a lamp. It is a true dynamic presence, slim and colorful, capable of bringing
Metal, Iron
$3,278
H 76.78 in W 29.53 in D 9.45 in
Ettore Sottsass Treetops Multicolored Metal Floor Lamp, Memphis Milano, 1981
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Madrid, ES
Ettore Sottsass – Treetops Lamp, Memphis Milano, 1981 Painted metal with cast iron base
Metal
Memphis Milano Treetops Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, ON
Treetops by Ettore Sottsass is not just a lamp but a truly dynamic, slender and colourful presence
Metal, Iron
Unavailable
H 72 in W 10 in D 14.75 in
'Treetops' Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, 1981, Italy.
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
Treetops floor lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, circa 1981, Italy. Enameled, metal base
Steel
"Treetops" Memphis Milano Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Enameled steel Memphis Milano floor lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass.
Steel
Treetops Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass, circa 1981
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful Treetops floor lamp by the Italian artist Ettore Sottsass. Enameled metal, in its
Steel
Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Treetops Floor Lamp, 2019
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Basildon, London
Originally designed by Ettore Sottsass for his company Memphis Milano in 1981, the Treetops floor
Metal
Ron Arad "Treetops" floor lamp
Located in New York, NY
Extremely Postmodern floor lamps by Ron Arad. The end of each branch fully articulates, giving the
Concrete, Steel
Sold
H 77.17 in W 33.47 in D 9.85 in
Italian 20thC "Treetops" Floor Lamp By Ettore Sottsass For Memphis Milano c.1980
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
angled with the adjustable mechanism at the top. A bold and colourful piece, this Treetops floor lamp is
Metal
"Treetops" Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass, 1981
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Skokie, IL
Ettore Sottsass "Treetops" floor lamp for Memphis Milano, Italy, 1981 Additional Information
Steel, Aluminum
Treetops Memphis Milano Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vienna, AT
Enameled steel Memphis Milano floor lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass. The condition is excellent
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Treetops Floor Lamps
Located in Cathedral City, CA
MEMPHIS MILANO TORCHIERES WITH ADJUSTABLE TILTING SHADES.
Steel, Aluminum
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H 76.78 in W 31.5 in D 9.45 in
Vintage Treetops Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Museum Provenance
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
Vintage treetops floor lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, circa 1981. This
Steel
Treetops Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in RHEEZERVEEN, Overijssel
Treetops floor lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano. Metal base construction with an
Metal
$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
$5,000
H 30.31 in W 23.62 in D 23.62 in
Memphis Table By Shiro Kuramata Sally Glass Chrome Rolling Table, 1987
By Memphis Group, Shiro Kuramata
Located in Vienna, AT
Round rolling table sally by Shiro Kuramata for Memphis, 1987 Dimensions are 30.31" x 23.35" x 23.35" Iconic table 'Sally' by Shiro Kuramata, Japan, 1987 for Memphis. Comprised of ...
Metal, Chrome
$1,726 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 43.31 in
Contemporary Art Deco Mint green and Red powder coated Carousel 5 arms pendant
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Carousel suspension lamp has a delicate balance of form and function that produces a quiet, modern light ambiance for all to savour, with its Contemporary Art Deco lines. The struct...
Metal
$2,720 / item
H 35.44 in W 13.78 in D 19.69 in
Flamingo Bedside Table, by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Group, Michele de Lucchi, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Flamingo bedside table in laminated wood and plastic, designed in 1984 by Michele De Lucchi. Michele De Lucchi was born in 1951 in Ferrara and graduated in architecture in Florence....
Wood, Plastic
$2,630 / item
H 37.41 in W 19.3 in D 17.72 in
Palace Wood Chair, by George Sowden for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Group, Memphis Milano, George Sowden
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Palace chair in colored lacquered wood, designed in 1983, by George Sowden. George Sowden was born in Leeds, UK in 1942. He studied architecture at Gloucestershire College of Art in...
Wood
$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 Stilnovo, Gae Aulenti
Located in Glendale, 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
Ettore Sottsass Memphis Milano Diva Vintage Wall Mirror, Italy, 1984
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Vienna, AT
A post-modern wall-mounted mirror, Model „Diva" designed in 1984 by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, Italy. This mirror is a vintage original from the 1980s, made from wood and mi...
Glass, Mirror, Laminate, Wood
$1,870 / item
H 11.82 in W 16.54 in D 3.94 in
Super Blue Table Light 'EU' 220 Volts, by Martine Bedin from Memphis Milano
By Memphis Milano, Memphis Group, Martine Bedin
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired, super blue table or floor lamp in fiberglass, designed in 1981, by Martine Bedin. Color options also include: Yellow, White with Colored Sockets, and...
Glass, Fiberglass
Broccoli Fruit Bowl, by Marco Zanini from Memphis Milano
By Memphis Milano, Marco Zanini, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Ceramic three-level fruit bowl originally designed by Marco Zanini in 1985 for Memphis Milano. The three geometrical shapes in three colors complete the idea of a trilogy. Marco Zan...
Ceramic
$2,985 / item
H 29.53 in W 37.8 in D 4.73 in
Oceanic Table Lamp 'EU' 220 Volts, by Michele De Lucchi from Memphis, Milano
By Memphis Group, Michele de Lucchi, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired, oceanic table lamp made in metal and glass, designed in 1981, by Michele De Lucchi. US version 110v also available in another listing. Michele De Lu...
Metal
$980 / item
H 3.55 in W 15.75 in D 14.57 in
Parana Ceramic Fruit Bowl, by Masanori Umeda from Memphis Milano
By Masanori Umeda, Memphis Milano, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Trigonal ceramic fruit bowl in pastel colors was originally designed by Masanori Umeda in 1983 for Memphis Milano. Was born in 1941 at Kanagawa in Japan. He obtained his diploma fro...
Ceramic
$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 Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown an authentic and perfect reproduction of the Carlton bookcase, originally designed in 1981 by Ettore Sottsass. The vivid colors and seemingly random interplay of s...
Wood, Plastic
$7,415Sale Price|30% Off
H 78.75 in W 80.32 in D 13.78 in
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
$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
$2,890 / item
H 25.6 in W 19.69 in D 24.81 in
Kristall End Table, by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Group, Michele de Lucchi, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Kristall end table in plastic laminate, lacquered wood and metal. Designed in 1981, by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Milano. Michele De Lucchi was born in 1951 in Ferrara and gradu...
Wood, Plastic
$5,032Sale Price|55% Off
H 49.22 in W 45.28 in D 43.31 in
Bel Air Armchair by Peter Shire, Memphis Milano
By Memphis Milano, Peter Shire
Located in Milano, MI
La poltrona Bel Air di Peter Shire, prodotta da Memphis Milano è un pezzo di design unico che rappresenta l'audacia e l'originalità del movimento Memphis. Questo esemplare è stato p...
Cotton, 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.
The modern floor lamp is an evolution of torchères — tall floor candelabras that originated in France as a revolutionary development in lighting homes toward the end of the 17th century. Owing to the advent of electricity and the introduction of new materials as a part of lighting design, floor lamps have taken on new forms and configurations over the years.
In the early 1920s, Art Deco lighting artisans worked with dark woods and modern metals, introducing unique designs that still inspire the look of modern floor lamps developed by contemporary firms such as Luxxu.
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Visual artists and industrial designers have a penchant for floor lamps, possibly because they’re so often a clever marriage of design and the functions of lighting. A good floor lamp can change the mood of any room while adding a touch of elegance to your entire space. Find yours now on 1stDibs.