Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Italian, 1917-2007
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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Creator: Ettore Sottsass
Venini Marito E Moglie Vase in Glass and Marble by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Marito E Moglie vase in tea/black/milk-white with marble base by Ettore Sottsass. Limited edition 99 art pieces. Composition of portoro-marble base and blown glasses finished ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Ettore Sottsass Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase G
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese Artificial flower vase G by Ettore Sottsass,
edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 signed and numered pieces, number 3 / 1...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Brass
$7,927 Sale Price
25% Off
Ashoka Metal Table Lamp 'EU' 220 Volts, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired, Ashoka table lamp in lacquered metal, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 for Memphis Milano.
Ettore Sottsass was b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
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...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Aldebaran Glass Fruit Bowl, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Aldebaran Glass Fruit Bowl was designed for Memphis in 1983 by Ettore Sottsass. This bowl features a tapering cylindrical shape with three green handles, with the side decorated ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Pair of Stools, Ettore Sottsass, circa 1960s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
Ettore Sottsass’s Dado T29 stools for Poltronova distill his incisive blend of geometry and comfort. Made in Italy, circa 1960, the pair features clean, architectural wooden frames p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Wood
$5,320 / set
Ettore Sottsass Y Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Y Vase made for the collection of Twenty-seven Woods for Chinese Artificial flowers vase by Ettore Sottsass,
Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 numbered p...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
$8,436 Sale Price
25% Off
Ettore Sottsass "Giornio" bookcase Published by Fontana Arte
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Ettore Sottsass
"Giornio" bookcase
Published by Fontana Arte (Shopenhauer Prod.)
Circa 1990
Lacquered wood / glass
W 240 x H 224.8 x D 40 cm
Perfect condition.
Category
1990s Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Lamp "Caribe" by Targetti Sankey for Fiorucci, 1970s
By Targetti Sankey, Ettore Sottsass
Located in taranto, IT
Splendid very rare "caribe" lamp produced by targetti sankey for Fiorucci, original of the time, unobtainable and never seen version in bronze and brass
Probably a prototype that ne...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Ettore Sottsass "Cream" occasional table for Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Skokie, IL
Cream end table in plastic laminate by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano collection. Applied aluminum manufacturer's label to side ‘Memphis Milano Ettore Sottsass 1984 Made in Italy.'
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Plastic, Plywood
$2,475 Sale Price
25% Off
Ettore Sottsass Shiva Capsule Limited Edition Blue Vase 158/999
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Blue Shiva ceramic vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, circa 1973, edited by BD in Barcelona.
This piece has been produced as a limited edition with a total of only 999 units.
This is...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$1,953 Sale Price
25% Off
Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase P by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
From the collection of twenty-seven woods for Chinese artificial flowers, vase P by Ettore Sottsass,
Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 signed and numer...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Chrome
$8,436 Sale Price
25% Off
Enorme Telephone Ettore Sottsass Postmodern
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Enorme telephone. Mint condition with box. We think that it's difficult to use telephone now. Rather displaying.
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Set of Four Armchairs by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll Memphis Era
By Knoll, Ettore Sottsass
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice set of four Mandarin chairs designed by Sottsass for Knoll, in red fabric on foam black enameled tubular legs and silver pipping arms, simple and elegant by this master architect.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
$1,980 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Bay Table Lamp 'EU' 220 Volts, by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis Milano
By Memphis Group, Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
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 Sot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Ettore Sottsass Shiva Limited Edition Black 74/100
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Black Shiva ceramic vase designed by Ettore Sottsass circa 1973, edited by BD in Barcelona.
This piece has been produced as a limited edition with a total of only 100 units.
This...
Category
1970s Spanish Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$2,220 Sale Price
25% Off
Nairobi Bar Cabinet by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Long Island City, NY
Nairobi bar cabinet by Ettore Sottsass for Zanotta in a red ebonized and aniline-dyed wood and signed to upper left side 'Ettore Sottsass'. The cabinet features two doors concealing ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Brass
"Lapislazuli" ceramic teapot by Ettore Sottsass for Alessio Sarri
By Alessio Sarri Ceramiche, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Firenze, FI
"Lapis Lazuli" is one of the teapots from "The Indian Memory" collection designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1987 and now reissued by Alessio Sarri.
All pieces in the collection are signe...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
A Memphis Milano Alcor glass vase designed by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Oxford, GB
A Memphis Milano Alcor glass vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, made by Compagnia Vetraria Muranese, designed 1983, clear, green and opaque white glass swollen panels, applied with bl...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Post Modern "Mandarin" Chair by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll
By Ettore Sottsass, Knoll
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic Postmodern Mandarin chair designed by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll in 1986, with black enameled steel legs, gray enameled steel arms, and...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Steel
City Chrome-Plated Steel Table, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Group, Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
City table, designed in 1983 by Ettore Sottsass, is a laminated composite board with chrome-plated steel, and enameled aluminum.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 19...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Ettore Sottsass Shiva Limited Edition Black Prototype 2/8
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Black Shiva ceramic vase designed by Ettore Sottsass circa 1973, edited by BD in Barcelona.
This piece has been produced as a limited edition with a total of only 100 units.
This...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$1,848 Sale Price
37% Off
Mimosa End Table with Glass Top, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Mimosa end table in plastic laminate with glass top, designed in 1984, by Ettore Sottsass.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated in architecture at the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Malabar Bookshop by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milan
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Ravenna, IT
Malabar is a cabinet-bookcase designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano in 1982 and purchased in 2000. Production number 21. Sold with certificate of Authenticity. Featuring she...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flowers, Vase F by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
F vase made for the collection of twenty-seven woods for Chinese Artificial flowers vase by Ettore Sottsass,
Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 numbered pi...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Brass
$8,436 Sale Price
25% Off
Ceramic Vase Model "Y29" by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, Italy, 1969
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milan, IT
Ceramic vase model "Y29" by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova.
Cast-formed red glazed ceramic, it's part of the of the series "Yantra" collection.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage coffee table by Ettore Sottsass for Santambrogio and De Berti
By Ettore Sottsass, Santambrogio & De Berti
Located in Milano, IT
Step into the world of timeless elegance with this exquisite modernist coffee table, a true masterpiece designed by none other than the legendary Ettore Sottsass during the vibrant 1...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
$2,368 Sale Price
20% Off
Carlton 30th Anniversary Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Design
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Ravenna, IT
Carlton is the most famous and iconic of all the objects designed for Memphis Milano. The piece was designed by Ettore Sottsass and first presented at the historic Memphis exhibition...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Laminate, Wood
Ettore Sottsass Alessio Sarri Pottery Centerpiece Italian Postmodern Memphis
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Wilton, CT
Vintage Ettore Sottsass ET4 postmodern centerpiece with lopsided walls and garden green glaze produced by Alessio Sarri, circa 1980's. 4 3/4" high, 9 3/4" wide, 9 3/4" deep. Excellen...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Cream End Table by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Cream end table in plastic laminate by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano collection
Additional information:
End tabl...
Category
2010s Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Console Marble Ettore Sottsass for Ultima Edizione, Italy, 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
Vintage console marble Ettore sottsass for Ultima Edizione Italy, 1980s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Marble
KING'S Floor Lamp UE 230 V, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
KING'S Floor Lamp UE Wiring 230 V. in Metal and Glass by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano collection
Additional Information:
Floor lamp in metal and glass.
Collection: Memphis...
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2010s Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Mobile 5-B Side Tables, Pair Oak Design Edizion
By Oak Design Edizioni, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Kansas City, MO
Very rare pair of Ettore Sottsass Mobile 5-B end / side tables by Oak Design Edizioni, Italy, 2000. Very good to excellent condition. Heavy weighted bases make these very stable. Not...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
The Mandarin armchair by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll, 1986
By Knoll, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Athens, Attiki
The Mandarin chair by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll, 1986.
The Mandarin Chair was a particular favorite for corporate interiors, restaurants and libraries. Its flowing, sculptural arm in...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
King's Floor Lamp EU 220 V. by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
King's floor lamp EU wiring 220 V. in Metal and Glass by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano collection
Additional Information:
Floor lamp in metal and glass.
Collection: Memphis...
Category
2010s Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Treetops 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. Certificate of authenticity included.
Measurements: W ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ettore Sottsass - Fontana arte 2666
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Naples, FL
Made by Fontana Arte, Milan. Glass, blue and dark blue.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
2 Fililla Glass Vase, by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis Milano
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Fililla Glass Vase is blown glass, with a pendant and was originally designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1986. Signed on the base, for further information please see authenticity info...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Six Modern Table Lamps in Murano by Ettore Sottsass for Venini, Signed ca. 1994
By Ettore Sottsass, Venini
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Beautiful table lamp in white and blue swirl hand-blown Murano glass.
Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Venini and manufactured in 1994.
The glass shade is signed "Venini ".
Priced ind...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Firenze Flush Light in Crystal/Sapphire by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Venini
Located in murano, IT
Regardless of their size, small or large, the luminous sculptures by Ettore Sottsass bring to mind the idea and image of the Florentine lily. Revealed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Hikary Pendant Light by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
Designed in 1976 by Ettore Sottsass and produced by Skipper, the Hikary Pendant Light is a striking example of postmodern Italian design. Crafted from enamelled aluminum with polishe...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Twenty-Seven Woods, Chinese Artificial Flower Vase Omega by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese artificial flower vase omega by Ettore Sottsass,
Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition ...
Category
1990s European Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$8,436 Sale Price
25% Off
Rare Ettore Sottsass Plant Holder for Poltronova, Italy, 1962
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milan, IT
Ettore Sottsass Plant holder for Poltronova, Italy, 1962
Rare extra-large Ettore Sottsass plant holder.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Wood
Alcor Glass Vase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Alcor Glass Vase was designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1983 for Memphis. Signed on the base.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated in architecture at...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Palm Springs Dining Table by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
"An exceptional vintage example of Ettore Sottsass’s iconic Palm Springs dining table, designed for Memphis Milano in 1984. A bold expression of postmodern design, this piece capture...
Category
1980s Italian Futurist Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Laminate, Burl
Ashoka Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
The Ashoka table lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, takes its name from the Emperor of the Maurya Empire. The lamp is crafted in enameled and chrome-plated materia...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Chrome
Ettore Sottsass, rare 'Califfo' model armchair, produced by Poltronova, 1965
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Firenze, IT
RARE EXAMPLE OF CALIPH MODEL ARMCHAIR
wooden frame, cushion and mattress covered in fabric in blue and yellow
Poltronova production, Agliana, circa 1965
Bibliography for compariso...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Steel
Memphis Milano Mimosa Table by Ettore Sottsass
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, ON
With its elementary shapes and delicate pastel colours, Mimosa by Ettore Sottsass seems to have come out of the world of childhood or dreams. This work asks us to free our imaginatio...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Glass, Laminate, Wood
Flying Carpet Sofa
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare, if not unique
Flying carpet sofa Ettore Sottsass,
circa 1974.
Measures: 217 x 107 x 65 cms
Published by bedding patentti Italy
Wood / fabrics ...
Category
1970s Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Fabric
$34,339
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...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
Italian red typewriter Valentine by Ettore Sottsass Perry King Olivetti, 1970s
By Ettore Sottsass, Olivetti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern typewriter Valentine by Ettore Sottsass and Perry A. King for Olivetti, 1970s
Iconic typewriter model Valentine with rectangular base and rounded corners, in bright re...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Four Ettore Sottsass Mandarin Chairs for Knoll in Red & Black, 1986 Italy
By Knoll, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Icon of the Memphis Milano Movement. A set of four Ettore Sottsass Mandarin chairs for Knoll. Black Alcantara upholstery. Arms in red lacquer.
A 1986 design by Ettore Sottsass for K...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel
$3,500 Sale Price / set
30% Off
BLOQUE 1, Pedestal with Ettore Sottsass Veneer by Bonne Choice
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, ON
Designed By Bonne Choice Using Ettore Sottsass Veneer.
The veneer created by Ettore Sottsass in the 1980s – utilized for the first
time in the Memphis collection – now becomes part ...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Wood, Plywood
Memphis Milano Ashoka Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Toronto, ON
Ashoka by Ettore Sottsass, named after the former emperor of the Mauryan Empire, presents itself as an unstable stacking of playful geometric shapes. Apparently “deconstructed”, this...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Ceramic optical Tile Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Cedit Ceramiche, 1968
By Ettore Sottsass, Cedit Ceramiche 1
Located in taranto, IT
Rare ceramic tile designed in 1968 by Ettore Sottsass for Cedit Ceramiche
aluminum frame
Size with frame 35x35 cm, tile size 15x15 cm, protrusion from the wall 5 cm
Very good cond...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ettore Sottsass pair of Eastside lounge chairs for Knoll Studio Italy / USA, 198
By Knoll, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Skokie, IL
Ettore Sottsass pair of Eastside lounge chairs for Knoll Studio Italy / USA, 1983. Newly upholstered.
Dimensions: 33 1/2" h x 32" w x 31" d upholstery, enameled steel, plastic&...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Steel
Pair of Ettore Sottsass Knoll Eastside Lounge Chairs Memphis Italy
By Ettore Sottsass, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a pair of gorgeous and original Ettore Sottsass Eastside lounge chairs, produced by Knoll International. These two lounge chairs came from the American Airlines ex...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal
Eastside Sofa by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll
By Knoll, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1980s. Italy. Upholstered in original leather and reworked with boucle seats and back rests. Metal base.
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Leather, Bouclé
Memphis Milano Hyatt Table by Ettore Sottsass
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
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...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Ettore Sottsass “Palafitta” Table Lamp Brass Plexiglas, 1957, Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milano, IT
Ettore Sottsass “Palafitta“ table lamp brass plexiglas 1957 Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Ettore Sottsass Furniture
Materials
Brass
Ettore Sottsass furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Ettore Sottsass furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Ettore Sottsass furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 389 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 188 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Ettore Sottsass were created in the modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Gaetano Pesce, Alessandro Mendini, and VG-VGnewtrend. Prices for Ettore Sottsass furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $104 and can go as high as $88,999, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,267.
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- Why is Ettore Sottsass famous?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024Ettore Sottsass is famous for his work as an architect and an industrial designer, which spurred a revolution in the aesthetics and technology of modern design in the late 20th century. He was the oldest member of the Memphis Group, a design collective formed in Milan in 1980. Having grown disillusioned by the staid, black-and-brown corporatized modernism that had become endemic in the 1970s, the Memphis Group produced bold, brash, colorful, yet quirkily minimal designs for furniture, glassware, ceramics and metalwork. They mocked high status by building furniture with inexpensive materials, such as plastic laminates, decorated to resemble exotic finishes like animal skins. Other than his Ultrafragola mirror (1970), Sottsass's most-recognized designs appeared in the first Memphis collection, issued in 1981. They include the multihued, angular Carlton room divider and Casablanca bookcase. Shop a diverse assortment of Ettore Sotsass furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
- Where is Ettore Sottsass from?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Ettore Sottsass was from Innsbruck, Austria. He was born there on September 14, 1917, but he moved to Turin, Italy, as a child. The Italian architect and designer died in Milan, Italy, on December 31, 2007. You'll find a variety of Ettore Sottsass furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024The Italian design group led by Italian architectural and product designer Ettore Sottsass is called the Memphis Group. To many people, postmodern design is synonymous with the Memphis Group. This Italian collaborative created the most radical and attention-getting designs of the period, upending most of the accepted standards of how furniture should look. The group decided to design, produce and market its own collection, one that wouldn’t be restricted by concerns like functionality and so-called good taste. Its debut at Milan’s 1981 Salone del Mobile drew thousands of viewers and caused a major stir in design circles. In addition to Sottsass, the members of the group included Andrea Branzi, Aldo Cibic, Michele de Lucchi, Nathalie du Pasquier, Kuramata, Paola Navone, Peter Shire, George Sowden and Barbara Radice, who was Sottsass's wife. Find a collection of Memphis Group furniture on 1stDibs.
- What did Ettore Sottsass do?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Ettore Sottsass was an architect and designer. He founded the Memphis Group, a collective of designers active from 1981 to 1987. The Ultrafragola mirror is one of his most well-known designs. On 1stDibs, you can shop a variety of Ettore Sottsass furniture.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022To pronounce Ettore Sottsass, say "AY-tore-ee SOAT-sas." The second syllable of the designer's surname sounds similar to the word “sauce” but with a shorter, clipped vowel. On 1stDibs, find a range of Ettore Sottsass furniture.
- Where did Ettore Sottsass study?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Ettore Sottsass studied at the Politecnico di Torino in Turin, Italy. In 1939, he graduated from the institution with a degree in architecture. Sottsass began working as an artist and designer in the late 1940s. He produced furniture, ceramics, paintings, sculptures and jewelry. Find a variety of Ettore Sottsass furniture on 1stDibs.
- What did Ettore Sottsass design?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Ettore Sottsass was a famous 20th century architect and designer known for his work in furniture, lighting, jewelry and more, as well as from his work in designing buildings. He was Italian, though he was born in Austria, and lived from 1917 to 2007. Shop a range of Ettore Sottsass pieces on 1stDibs.
- What inspired Ettore Sottsass?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Ettore Sottsass was inspired by many things, including pop culture, travel and various cultures from around the world. His primary objective of his work was to bring out the deeper beauty of whatever he created. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Ettore Sottsass furniture.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024Ettore Sottsass used a variety of materials over the course of his career. The Italian artist experimented with glass, ceramics, enamel, brass, textiles and more. Along with fellow members of the Memphis Group, he skewed expectations for furniture by using inexpensive materials such as plastic laminates decorated to resemble exotic finishes like animal skins. He also revolutionized ceramics through the pieces he created for the Italian maker Bitossi. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Ettore Sottsass art.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Ettore Sottsass's father, also named Ettore Sottsass, designed modernist architecture. He worked for the firm Movimento Italiano per l'Architettura Razionale or MIAR. Giuseppe Pagano was the company's head architect. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Ettore Sottsass furniture.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Ettore Sottsass did not design the Carlton room divider for a specific patron or client. He created the piece while working with the Memphis Group, an art collective that held joint shows from 1981 to 1987. Find a selection of Ettore Sottsass furniture on 1stDibs.
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