a Memphis glass goblet 'Deneb', Toso Vetri d'Arte, Italy, 1980s.
Polychrome coloured glass, signed 'MEMPHIS MADE IN ITALY by TOSO VETRI D'ARTE', height 21 cm.
Lars Wetterling Collection.
Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer. In 1980, Sottsass founded the Memphis Group - a postmodern, collaborative, architecture and design group based in Milan, Italy. The group focused heavily on unconventional furniture design. Sottsass has been described as influential in the postmodern design language that opposes the ideals of strict functionalism.
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