a "City" dining table, Memphis, Italy, post 1983.
Plastic laminate, chrome-plated legs, enamelled feet, manufacturer's label MEMPHIS MILANO ETTORE SOTTSASS 1983 MADE IN ITALY (designer and year indistinctly stamped). Length 160 cm, width 85 cm, height 72.5 cm.
Wear, minor scratches. Designer and year indistinctly stamped.
Private Collection, Sweden. Read more about the Memphis Group – A private collection.
Barbara Radice, "Memphis: Research, Experiences, Failures and Successes of New Design", Thames & Hudson 1994, model illustrated p. 174.
Designed in 1983.
This lot is being sold on behalf of the Swedish Enforcement Authority.
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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