'CASABLANCA', A PLASTIC LAMINATE CABINET/ETAGERE

ETTORE SOTTSASS FOR MEMPHIS, 1981

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'CASABLANCA', A PLASTIC LAMINATE CABINET/ETAGERE
Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, 1981
The central rectangular cabinet crowned and flanked by angular shelves, fitted with shelves and drawers, decorated with black netting against a red, white and yellow ground, with the firm's metal tag MEMPHIS Made in Italy, Milano ETTORE SOTTSASS 1981 NO. 13
91in. (231.7cm.) high, 63in. (161.2cm.) wide, 13in. (35cm.) deep

Lot Essay

cf. Barbara Radice, Memphis: Research, Experiences, Results, Failures and Successes of New Design, 1984, p.37; Design Since 1945, Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, 1983, p. 77; Nina Brnsen-Holtmann, Italian Design, 1994, p. 9 for illustrations of this model

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