a "Carlton" bookcase, Memphis, Italy, post 1981.
Polychrome and patterned HPL laminate, with two drawers, manufacturer's label MEMPHIS MILANO ETTORE SOTTSASS 1981, N. 787 MADE IN ITALY. Height 198 cm, width 190 cm.
Insignificant wear.
Designed in 1981.
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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