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Olivetti "Valentine" Typewriter by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Olivetti
Located in Vienna, AT
Famous portable typewriter by Sottsass for Olivetti, Italy from the 1960s. Totally functional with
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

Materials

Steel

Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti Valentine Typewriter, Italy 1960s
By Ettore Sottsass, Olivetti
Located in Naples, IT
Famous and Iconic Portable Typewriter Mod. Valentine designed by Ettore Sottsass and Peter King
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets

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Metal

Ettore Sottsass Olivetti Valentine Typewriter C. 1960's
By Olivetti, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Designed by Ettore Sottsass and Peter King, the typewriter is housed in the permanent collection of
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Valentine Typewriter by Ettore Sottsass produced by Olivetti, Italy ca. 1960s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Geneva, CH
Vintage iconic Valentine typewriter designed by Ettore Sottsass and produced by Olivetti, Italy ca
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Vintage 1960s Italian Desk Sets

Materials

Steel

Olivetti Lettera 36 Portable Typewriter Designed by Ettore Sottsass. circa 1970s
By Ettore Sottsass, Olivetti
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Olivetti Lettera 36 Portable Typewriter with the Original Case. circa early 1970s Created
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

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Metal

Ettore Sottsass East Side Arm Chair
By Knoll, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Dronten, NL
Iconic East Side arm chair in Royal Blue designed by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll International in
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Ettore Sottsass East Side Arm Chair
Ettore Sottsass East Side Arm Chair
H 33.08 in W 30.71 in D 30.71 in
Ettore Sottsass for Staff ID-S Edition Floor Lamp, 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Naples, IT
This floor lamp was designed by Ettore Sottsass in the 1980s. This Ettore Sottsass floor lamp model
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Steel

Ettore Sottsass Flying Carpet Armchair by Bedding Brevetti 1970s Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
, and carpeting. It was designed by Ettore Sottsass Jr in 1974 and produced by the Italian company
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Wood, Velvet

Postmodern Ettore Sottsass Model 592 "Fischietto" Vase For Habitat, 2000
By Ettore Sottsass, Habitat International
Located in London, GB
Sottsass, produced by Habitat in 2000 and made of earthenware, glazed in light & dark blue. Produced in
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Ettore Sottsass Rectangular Wooden Coffee Table by Poltronova 1960s Italy
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
A rectangular low coffee table entirely made in wood, designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Ettore Sottsass Califfo Sofa in Wood and Multicoloured Velvet Poltronova 1960s
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
contrast with the bright color of the sofa frame. The Califfo sofa was designed by Ettore Sottsass for
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Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Sofas

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Fabric, Wood, Velvet

Limited Edition Vase O by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder, to work alongside
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1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Brass

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Walnut Rocchetto Side Table for Poltronova, 1964, Set of 2
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vicenza, IT
Pair of Rocchetto side tables, designed by Ettore Sottsass and manufactured by Poltronova in 1964
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

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Walnut

Ettore Sottsass Rocchetto Round Side Table in Walnut Wood by Poltronova 1964
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
table top and on the base), it was designed by Ettore Sottsass and manufactured by Poltronova, Agliana
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Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Tables

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Wood, Plastic, Walnut

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
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Vintage 1970s Spanish Post-Modern Vases

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Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Shiva Limited Edition Black 74/100
Ettore Sottsass Shiva Limited Edition Black 74/100
No Reserve
H 9.06 in W 6.7 in D 2.76 in
Contemporary Ettore Sottsass Polychrome Memphis “Tahiti” Table Lamp, Italy, 1981
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
whom he designed electronic devices including the iconic typewriter Valentine. In 1981 Sottsass
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2010s Italian Abstract Sculptures

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Enamel

Ettore Sottsass Dining Table in Wood and Black Lacquered Metal by Poltronova 50s
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
. Designed by the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and manufactured in the late 1950s by Poltronova, Italy
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

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Metal, Brass

Ettore Sottsass Shiva Limited Edition Black Prototype 2/8
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Shiva Limited Edition Black Prototype 2/8
Ettore Sottsass Shiva Limited Edition Black Prototype 2/8
No Reserve
H 9.06 in W 6.7 in D 2.76 in
Ettore Sottsass Rare Limited Edition Piccoli Libri Cabinet, 1992
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder, to work alongside
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1990s Italian Modern Cabinets

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Plastic, Wood

Rare Limited Edition of 12 Vase Alpha by Ettore Sottsass
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder, to work alongside his son
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1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Brass

Portable typwriter valentine by Ettore Sottsass / Perry King for Olivetti
By Perry King, Ettore Sottsass, Olivetti
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
The Olivetti Valentine is a portable, mechanical, travel typewriter that was manufactured by the
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets

Materials

Metal

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder, to work alongside
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder, to work alongside
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Twenty-Seven Woods, Chinese Artificial Flower Vase Omega by Ettore Sottsass
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder, to work alongside
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1990s European Modern Vases

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Aluminum

Ettore Sottsass Mettsass Table in Red Lacquered Metal and Glass for BD
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
design consultant for Olivetti, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Steel

Ettore Sottsass Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase G
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder, to work alongside his son
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1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Brass

Ettore Sottsass Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase A
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder, to work alongside his son
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1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Brass

Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase L by Ettore Sottsass
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder, to work alongside
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1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Glass, Wood

Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase U by Ettore Sottsass
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder, to work alongside his son
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1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Glass, Wood

Ettore Sottsass Flower Vase C for Twenty-Seven Woods for an Artificial Flower
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Olivetti, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti
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1990s Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Brass

Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase V by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder, to work alongside
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1990s Spanish Modern Vases

Materials

Bronze, Chrome

Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flowers, Vase F by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
Category

1990s Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Brass

Ettore Sottsass I Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Olivetti, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti
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1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Brass

Ettore Sottsass R Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Olivetti, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti
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1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Brass

Ettore Sottsass Y Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
consultant for Olivetti, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano
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1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Glass, Wood

Ettore Sottsass H Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Olivetti, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti
Category

1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Glass, Wood

Ettore Sottsass Y Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
By Design Gallery Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Olivetti, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti
Category

1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Glass, Wood

Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase P by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
design consultant for Olivetti, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired
Category

1990s Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Chrome

Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase S by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Design Gallery Milano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, designing office equipment, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder
Category

1990s European Modern Vases

Materials

Wood

Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini for Leitner Donau Collection Bed and Nightstand
By Memphis Group, Marco Zanini, Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Forney, TX
equipment, typewriters, and furniture. There Sottsass made his name as a designer who, through color, form
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Laminate, Wood

Ettore Sottsass: Minimum Design by Patrizia Ranzo (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer. His work included furniture, jewellery
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Ettore Sottsass: Minimum Design by Patrizia Ranzo (Book)
Ettore Sottsass: Minimum Design by Patrizia Ranzo (Book)
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H 12.38 in W 9.25 in D 0.75 in
Gli Animali Miniature Cabinet by Hans Von Klier, Italy, 1969
By Planula di Agliana 1, Hans Von Klier
Located in Geneva, CH
1959 before moving to Milan, Italy. In Italy von Klier worked in the studio of Ettore Sottsass creating
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Vintage 1960s Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Stainless Steel

Leonardo da Vinci Helicopter Model by Renown Italian Model Maker Giovanni Sacchi
Located in Weesp, NL
Sacchi went on to materialize in wood the ideas of architects and designers : typewriters by Nizzoli
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Models and Miniatures

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Rope, Olive, Paper

Ettore Sottsass Valentine Portable Typewriter for Olivetti, 1968
By Ettore Sottsass, Olivetti
Located in Vienna, AT
Ettore Sottsass valentine portable typewriter for Olivetti, 1968.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

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Metal

Ettore Sottsass White Lacquered 'Califfo' Sofa for Poltronova, 1962
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Firenze, IT
, typewriters and furniture. Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti, the founder, to work alongside his son
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

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Steel

Ettore Sottsass Rosewood and Teal Fabric 'Canada' Armchair for Poltronova, 1958
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Firenze, IT
Rare 'Canada' armchair designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova in late 1950s. This one was
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Rosewood

Slate top and cement base table, in the style of Ettore Sottsass
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ettore Sottsass (14 September 1917–31 December 2007) was an Innsbruck-born Italian architect and
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20th Century Italian Dining Room Tables

Ettore Sottsass / Valentine Typewriter
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Cincinnati, OH
the typewriter, it could be slipped in and out for easy usage.Sottsass's creation can be found in many
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Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Desk Accessories

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Metal

Rare Valentine Typewriter by Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
The ‘Valentine’ typewriter was designed by Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti, Italy in 1969. This first
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Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern More Desk Accessories

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Plastic

Iconic Typewriter Valentine by E. Sottsass for Olivetti
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This iconic ‘Valentine’ typewriter was designed by Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti in Italy in 1969
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern More Desk Accessories

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Sottsass Typewriter For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the sottsass typewriter you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A sottsass typewriter — often made from plastic, metal and steel — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the sottsass typewriter you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right sottsass typewriter, those designed in Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made sottsass typewriter over the years, but those crafted by Ettore Sottsass, Olivetti and Perry King are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Sottsass Typewriter?

Prices for a sottsass typewriter start at $339 and top out at $3,800 with the average selling for $793.

Ettore Sottsass for sale on 1stDibs

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.

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. They 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's 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 imaginative and expressive in smaller, secondary furnishings such as lamps and chandeliers, and in table pieces and glassware that have playful and sculptural qualities.

It was as an artist that Ettore 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.