Designed by: Ettore Sottsass
Manufactured by: Memphis Milano
Venezia is a dining table that Ettore Sottsass originally designed for the home he shared with his life companion, Barbara Radice. This piece, now part of Memphis' catalogue, is named after Venice, the city where the couple met on occasion of the Biennale in 1976. A preparatory drawing of Venezia can be seen in a collection of drawings by Sottsass spanning from 1978 to 1980. A prototype of another shape and size was part of a collective exhibition in Linz, Austria, in 1980. In the introduction to these "Esercizi formali," furniture such as the Venezia table is defined by Sottsass himself as similar to "monuments in squares." Venezia features two patterned laminates - each graphic occupying the surface and perimeter planes. The four metal legs placed in the corners of the table provide a fabulous visual and tactile juxtaposition with the laminated elements. Manufactured by Memphis Milano.
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Designed in 1981.
55.1" W, 33.5' D, 28.7" H
Designed by: Ettore Sottsass
Manufactured by: Memphis Milano
Venezia is a dining table that Ettore Sottsass originally designed for the home he shared with his life companion, Barbara Radice. This piece, now part of Memphis' catalogue, is named after Venice, the city where the couple met on occasion of the Biennale in 1976. A preparatory drawing of Venezia can be seen in a collection of drawings by Sottsass spanning from 1978 to 1980. A prototype of another shape and size was part of a collective exhibition in Linz, Austria, in 1980. In the introduction to these "Esercizi formali," furniture such as the Venezia table is defined by Sottsass himself as similar to "monuments in squares." Venezia features two patterned laminates - each graphic occupying the surface and perimeter planes. The four metal legs placed in the corners of the table provide a fabulous visual and tactile juxtaposition with the laminated elements. Manufactured by Memphis Milano.
Qualify for trade pricing? Contact us regarding trade discounts.
Designed in 1981.
55.1" W, 33.5' D, 28.7" H
