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Other examples are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Vitra Design Museum, Germany, and the Design Museum, London.
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'CARLTON' BOOKCASE, 1981
Details
ETTORE SOTTSASS (1917-2007)
'CARLTON' BOOKCASE, 1981
designed for Memphis, laminated wood
77¾ in. (197.7 cm.) high; 74¾ in. (190 cm.) wide; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) deep
label MEMPHIS MILANO E. SOTTSASS 1981 MADE IN ITALY
'CARLTON' BOOKCASE, 1981
designed for Memphis, laminated wood
77¾ in. (197.7 cm.) high; 74¾ in. (190 cm.) wide; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) deep
label MEMPHIS MILANO E. SOTTSASS 1981 MADE IN ITALY
Literature
Similar examples illustrated:
B. Radice, Memphis: Research, Experiences, Results, Failures and Successes of New Design, London, 1985, p. 145;
N. Börnsen-Holtmann, Italian Design, Cologne, 1994, front cover.
B. Radice, Memphis: Research, Experiences, Results, Failures and Successes of New Design, London, 1985, p. 145;
N. Börnsen-Holtmann, Italian Design, Cologne, 1994, front cover.
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