Ettore Sottsass Treetops Multicolored Metal Floor Lamp, Memphis Milano, 1981
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Madrid, ES
Ettore Sottsass – Treetops Lamp, Memphis Milano, 1981 Painted metal with cast iron base.
Metal
Ettore Sottsass "Treetops" Postmodern Floor Lamp for Memphis Milano - Metal
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
The Concept & Inspiration Designed by the iconic Ettore Sottsass in 1981 for Memphis Milano, the "Treetops" floor lamp is a quintessential masterpiece of Postmodern design.
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Treetops Floor Lamp, Metal & Iron, Post-Modern Italy
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, ON
Treetops by Ettore Sottsass is not just a lamp but a truly dynamic, slender and colourful presence, capable of infusing, with its lively allure, joy and lightheartedness to any envir...
Metal, Iron
Treetops Floor Lamp 'EU' 220 Volts, by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis Milano
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired 'Treetops' floor lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 in metal with halogen bulb.
Metal
Treetops Floor Lamp USA 110 Volts, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collect
By Memphis Group, Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the US wired "Treetops" floor lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 in metal with halogen bulb.
Metal
"Treetops" Memphis Milano Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Enameled steel Memphis Milano floor lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass.
Steel
Unavailable
H 72 in W 10 in D 14.75 in
'Treetops' Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, 1981, Italy.
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
Treetops floor lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, circa 1981, Italy.
Steel
Treetops Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass, circa 1981
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, IDF
Beautiful Treetops floor lamp by the Italian artist Ettore Sottsass.
Steel
Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Treetops Floor Lamp, 2019
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Rochester, England
Originally designed by Ettore Sottsass for his company Memphis Milano in 1981, the Treetops floor lamp has since become an icon of the Memphis design movement.
Metal
Sold
H 77.17 in W 33.47 in D 9.85 in
Italian 20thC "Treetops" Floor Lamp By Ettore Sottsass For Memphis Milano c.1980
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Originally designed by Ettore Sottsass for his company Memphis Milano in 1981, the Treetops floor lamp has since become an icon of the Memphis design movement.
Metal
"Treetops" Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass, 1981
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Skokie, IL
Ettore Sottsass "Treetops" floor lamp for Memphis Milano, Italy, 1981 Additional Information: Materials: Enameled steel, enameled aluminum, aluminum Dimensions: 76 3/4” H x 29 1...
Steel, Aluminum
Treetops Memphis Milano Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vienna, AT
Enameled steel Memphis Milano floor lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass. The condition is excellent. To visit our storefront please click on our logo /Derive at the bottom of this page.
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Treetops Floor Lamps
Located in Cathedral City, CA
MEMPHIS MILANO TORCHIERES WITH ADJUSTABLE TILTING SHADES.
Steel, Aluminum
Sold
H 76.78 in W 31.5 in D 9.45 in
Vintage Treetops Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Museum Provenance
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
Vintage treetops floor lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, circa 1981.
Steel
Treetops Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in RHEEZERVEEN, Overijssel
Treetops floor lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano.
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Tahiti Table Lamp, Metal & Laminate, Post-Modern
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, ON
Tahiti, a masterpiece by Ettore Sottsass, is an ironic lamp with a zoomorphic shape that recalls childhood games: a lamp is hidden in the head, ideal for lighting a table. The base w...
Metal
$2,420 / item
H 27.56 in W 14.97 in D 3.94 in
Tahiti Table Lamp (US VERSION 110v), by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
By Memphis Group, Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the US wired 'Tahiti' Table lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981. The light fixture is of a polychrome enameled metal "duck" with a pivoting-like head mounted...
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Callimaco Floor Lamp for Artemide
By Ettore Sottsass, Artemide
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ettore Sottsass 'Callimaco' floor lamp for Artemide. Originally created in 1982, Ettore Sottsass’ “horn” of light creates the remarkable illusion of an oversized musical instrument...
Aluminum
$2,420 / item
H 27.56 in W 14.97 in D 3.94 in
Tahiti Table Lamp 'EU VERSION 220v', by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis, Milano
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired 220v 'Tahiti' table lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981. The light fixture is of a polychrome enameled metal "duck" with a pivoting-like head mo...
Metal
$5,385 / item
H 13.19 in W 11.42 in D 1.97 in
Ashoka Metal Table Lamp USA 110 Volts, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano C.
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the US wired, Ashoka Table Lamp in lacquered metal, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 for Memphis Milano. Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939...
Metal
Ettore Sottsas Tahiti Memphis Milano Postmodern
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Ettore Sottsass's Tahiti lamp. Materpiece of 1980s design.
Stainless Steel
$6,650 / item
H 78.75 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Terminus Floor Lamp 'EU 220 Volts', by Martine Bedin from Memphis Milano
By Memphis Milano, Memphis Group, Martine Bedin
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired, Terminus floor lamp with Structure in painted sheet steel. One bulb 12V, 50W., designed in 1981, by Martine Bedin. Martine Bedin is an industrial...
Steel
$20,800
H 81.11 in W 14.57 in D 14.57 in
Ettore Sottsass for Design Centre/Poltronova 'Cometa' Floor Lamp in Perspex
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ettore Sottsass for Design Centre/Poltronova, 'Cometa' floor lamp, model 'L026', acrylic, lacquered metal, chrome, Italy, design 1970 A funky and irresistibly charming floor lamp d...
Metal, Chrome
$16,575
H 84.65 in W 23.63 in D 6.7 in
Cavalieri Floor Lamp EU 220 V. by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Cavalieri Floor Lamp EU Wiring 220 V. in Wood and Plastic Laminate by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano collection Additional Information: Floor lamp in wood and plastic laminat...
Plastic
$1,800
H 65 in W 16 in D 10 in
Midcentury Italian Postmodern Steel & Frosted Glass Floor Lamp after Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A super heavy and well made floor from the Postmodern 1990s era. It features stainless steel and frosted glass construction. Works with one Halogen bulb.
Stainless Steel
Post modern adjustable lamp by Herda, Netherlands 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass, Herda, Memphis Group
Located in ECHT, NL
Post modern design desk lamp. Made by Dutch company Herda in the 1980s. Made from wood and metal. I has a halogen bulb that is dimmable by a turn knob on the base. The lamp in full ...
Metal
$5,385 / item
H 33.47 in W 29.14 in D 2.76 in
Ashoka Metal Table Lamp 'EU' 220 Volts, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
By Memphis Group, Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired, Ashoka table lamp in lacquered metal, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 for Memphis Milano. Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939...
Metal
Ettore Sottsass Cometa table lamp for Design Centre, 1970s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Padova, IT
Ettore Sottsass Cometa table lamp from the series "Mobili Grigi" for Design centre/Poltronova, 1970s. Painted aluminum base, chromed brackets, white methacrylate, two-tone white and...
Aluminum
$4,670 / item
H 82.68 in W 24.81 in D 24.81 in
King's Floor Lamp EU 220 V. by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
King's floor lamp EU wiring 220 V. in Metal and Glass by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano collection Additional Information: Floor lamp in metal and glass. Collection: Memphis...
Metal
Ettore Sottsass for Staff ID-S Edition Floor Lamp, 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Naples, IT
This floor lamp was designed by Ettore Sottsass in the 1980s. This Ettore Sottsass floor lamp model ID-S is produced by the Italian company Staff. The floor lamp has black in color. ...
Steel
Venini Ratrih Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Venini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Ratrih floor lamp by Ettore Sottsass. Numbered edition for year Year of manufacture: 1994-2017 Marble base Color: Milk-white/black Measurements: Ø 18.11", H 66.92" 1 x...
Glass
$2,800 / item
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 13.39 in
Sling Hanging Swing Chair Genuine Black Leather 21st Century Modern
By Joanina and David Pastoll
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
Stripped away from all excess, this hanging chair has a circular frame with the sheets of soft leather hanging loose within it, to create a sleek, sexy, and oh so comfortable experie...
Steel
$2,900
H 30 in W 26 in D 24.5 in
Set of Four Tripod Memphis Dining Chairs in the Manner of Michele de Lucchi
By Michele de Lucchi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful set of four steel and wood dining chairs from the Memphis period in the manner of Italian designer Michele De Lucchi. Newly powder coated satin black and the seat and bac...
Steel
$40,929Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 28.75 in W 98.43 in D 35.44 in
Jean Prouve by G-Star Raw for Vitra S.A.M. Tropique Table with matching chairs
By Jean Prouvé
Located in amstelveen, NL
2011 Jean Prouvé by G-Star Raw for Vitra S.A.M. Tropique table with matching standard chairs. This limited edition table was only produced in this version for one year in 2011. Other...
Steel, Stainless Steel
Sculptural Wood Floor Lamp by Peter Bloch
Located in Miami, FL
An exceptional sculptural floor lamp by American woodworker Peter Bloch, known for his expressive, hand shaped lighting and distinctive wooden shades. Standing 67 inches tall, the la...
Wood
Vintage Amethyst Murano Light Fixture
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian light fixture with 6 Edison lights. Measurements: Drop: 26" Diameter: 31.5"
Murano Glass
$6,650Sale Price|21% Off
H 15 in W 7 in D 8 in
Important Ancient Chinese Effigy Pug Dog, Ming Dynasty 1368-1644
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a carving of a canine “Pug”, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 CE Dimensions: 38 cm, 15” High Photographs taken indoors and out of doors for your viewing pleasure. The hand carved...
Limestone
English Gothic Revival Walnut Full Bed with Carved Finial Posts
Located in Queens, NY
English Gothic Revival-style (19th Century) walnut full size bed with carved finial posts. (Includes: headboard, footboard, rails)
Walnut
$17,054
H 76.78 in W 39.38 in D 5.12 in
20th Century Ettore Sottsass Mirror Ultrafragola for Poltronova
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Ettore Sottsass was a 20th-century Italian architect, noted for also designing furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting, home and office wares, as well as numerous buildings and interio...
Opal
21 Clesitera Glass Vase by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Clesitera glass vase with pendant, was originally designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1986. The vase is blown glass, and signed on the base, for further information please see authent...
Glass
$204,648
H 113 in W 40.16 in D 20.87 in
20th Century, Ettore Sottsass "Tower Furniture" Series Wall Cabinet
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Ettore Sottsass grew up in Turin, and graduated in architecture from the Turin Polytechnic in 1939. In 1947, he founded his own studio in Milan. In 1956, Sottsass moved to New York w...
Metal
$4,434
H 6.7 in W 6.3 in D 6.3 in
Alessandro Mendini "Cubosfera" Glass Table Lamo for Fidenza Vetraria, Italy 1960
By Alessandro Mendini, Fidenza Vetraria
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian midcentury modern design table lamp, Cubosfera model, designed by Alessandro Mendini and produced by Fidenza Vetraria, made of 2 interlocking elements screwed together in thi...
Metal
Rose Quartz Bubble Rock Crystal Cocktail Tables By Phoenix
Located in New York, NY
A pair of luxury bubble rose quartz rock crystal cocktail tables with polish brass stands. Created by Phoenix gallery NYC.
$1,050
H 16 in Dm 7 in
Cereus Lamp Raffia Shade (Small) by Nani Goods Contemporary Ceramic Cactus Lamp
By Steven Lancaster, Nani Goods
Located in South Pasadena, CA
Inspired by the organic, undulating shapes of desert night blooming cacti, the Cereus Lamp balances minimalist design with playful natural form. Hand‑built from a dark, rusty‑brown c...
Brass
$1,800 / item
H 21.5 in W 10.5 in D 15 in
Gilded Hoof "Hoofy" Leg Side/End Table by Creel and Gow 21.5"H
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite Carved Wood Side Table featuring a stunning white-washed finish adorned with delicate gilded accents, all supported by intricately carved hoof legs. Crafted with meticulous...
Wood
$5,843 / item
H 51.19 in Dm 9.85 in
Oggetti D'Arte Crystal Floor Lamp, Totem Design, Fumè, green and yellow Crystal
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
This imposing crystal floor lamp, designed by Oggetti d'Arte srl, is a masterpiece of verticality and light, created for those seeking a furnishing piece that is both functional and ...
Crystal
$16,599 / set
H 28.35 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
Pair of Iconic Bambola Armchairs by Mario Bellini, pink Toile de Jouy fabric
By B&B Italia, Mario Bellini
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Bambola armchairs designed by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia in 1972. Upholstered in a pink Toile de Jouy-style fabric with pastoral scenes. Fully padded structure with no visi...
Fabric
An architect, industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, Ettore Sottsass led a revolution in the aesthetics and technology of modern design in the late 20th century. He was a wild man of the Radical Design movement that swept Italy in the late 1960s and ’70s, rejecting rationalism and modernism in favor of ever-more outrageous imaginings in lighting and furniture such as mirrors, lamps, chairs and tables.
Sottsass was the oldest member of the Memphis Group — a design collective, formed in Milan in 1980, whose irreverent, spirited members included Alessandro Mendini, Michele de Lucchi, Michael Graves and Shiro Kuramata. All had grown disillusioned by the staid, black-and-brown “corporatized” modernism that had become endemic in the 1970s. Memphis (the name stemmed from the title of a Bob Dylan song) countered with bold, brash, colorful, yet quirkily minimal designs for furniture, glassware, ceramics and metalwork.
The Memphis Group mocked high-status by building furniture with inexpensive materials such as plastic laminates, decorated to resemble exotic finishes such as animal skins. Their work was both functional and — as intended — shocking.
Even as it preceded the Memphis Group's formal launch, Sottsass's iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell and radical pops of pink neon — embodies many of the collective's postmodern ideals.
Sottsass created innovative furnishings for the likes of Artemide, Knoll, Zanotta and Poltronova, where he reigned as artistic director for nearly two decades beginning in 1958. His most-recognized designs appeared in the first Memphis collection, issued in 1981 — notably the multihued, angular Carlton room divider and Casablanca bookcase. As pieces on 1stDibs demonstrate, however, Sottsass is at his most inspired and expressive in smaller, secondary furnishings such as lamps and chandeliers, and in table pieces and glassware that have playful and sculptural qualities.
Sottsass left the Memphis Group in 1985 in order to concentrate on the growth of Sottsass Associati, a design and architecture consultancy he cofounded in 1980.
It was as an artist that Sottsass was celebrated in his life, in exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in 2006, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art a year later. Even then Sottsass’s work prompted critical debate. And for a man whose greatest pleasure was in astonishing, delighting and ruffling feathers, perhaps there was no greater accolade. That the work remains so revolutionary and bold — that it breaks with convention so sharply it will never be considered mainstream — is a testament to his genius.
Find Ettore Sottsass lighting, decorative objects and furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
The modern floor lamp is an evolution of torchères — tall floor candelabras that originated in France as a revolutionary development in lighting homes toward the end of the 17th century. Owing to the advent of electricity and the introduction of new materials as a part of lighting design, floor lamps have taken on new forms and configurations over the years.
In the early 1920s, Art Deco lighting artisans worked with dark woods and modern metals, introducing unique designs that still inspire the look of modern floor lamps developed by contemporary firms such as Luxxu.
Popular mid-century floor lamps include everything from the enchanting fixtures by the Italian lighting artisans at Stilnovo to the distinctly functional Grasshopper floor lamp created by Scandinavian design pioneer Greta Magnusson-Grossman to the Paracarro floor lamp by the Venetian master glass workers at Mazzega. Among the more celebrated names in mid-century lighting design are Milanese innovators Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, who, along with their eldest brother, Livio, worked for their own firm as architects and designers. While Livio departed the practice in 1952, Achille and Pier Giacomo would go on to design the Arco floor lamp, the Toio floor lamp and more for legendary lighting brands such as FLOS.
Today’s upscale interiors frequently integrate the otherworldly custom lighting solutions created by a wealth of contemporary firms and designers such as Spain’s Masquespacio, whose Wink floor lamps integrate gold as well as fabric fringes.
Visual artists and industrial designers have a penchant for floor lamps, possibly because they’re so often a clever marriage of design and the functions of lighting. A good floor lamp can change the mood of any room while adding a touch of elegance to your entire space. Find yours now on 1stDibs.