Decorative Art and Design

For Auction: 10th January 2012

Lot: 578

Ettore Sottsass for Memphis,
a Carlton bookcase,
c.1981,
191cm wide
33cm deep
196cm high

The Memphis Design Studio was founded in 1981, inspired by Ettore Sottsass and sponsored by the firm of Artemide.

Most of the designs were produced in small numbers and the success of Memphis was conceptual rather than commercial.

Hammer : £4400.00