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What is the Carlton room divider made of?
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The Carlton room divider is a Memphis-style icon made of medium-density fiberboard (MDF) and plastic laminate. A highly sculptural piece, it features a bookcase, drawers and shelves painted in lovely muted primary colors. Shop Carlton room dividers from top sellers on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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Casablanca Wood Cabinet, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Casablanca cabinet designed in 1981 for Memphis by Ettore Sottsass, in wood and plastic laminated colors. This is an unlimited edition with a number...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Plastic
Carlton Wood Miniature Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown an authentic and perfect reproduction of the Carlton bookcase, originally designed in 1981 by Ettore Sottsass. The vivid colors and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookcases
Materials
Wood, Plastic
Suvretta Plastic Bookcase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Group, Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Suvretta bookcase in plastic laminate was originally designed in 1981, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookcases
Materials
Plastic
20th Century, Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Cabinet mod. Casablanca
By Memphis Milano, 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...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Laminate, Wood
Suvretta Bookcase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Radomsko, Województwo łódzkie
“Suvretta” is a Romansh word (language spoken in Engadine) that means: “above the small forest”. Like rows of overlapping trees, the books placed on the green shelves of Suvretta tak...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Bookcases
Materials
Laminate, Wood, Plywood, Scrap Wood
Italian modern laminate bookcase Carlton by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, 1981
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern laminate bookcase Carlton by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, 1981
Carlton bookcase made entirely of wood, covered in colorful Formica: yellow, green, black, pink, red, or...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Bookcases
Materials
Formica, Wood
