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Coat rack / coat hanger / coat stand with umbrella holder.
Design by Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti Synthesis in the 1970u2019s, part of the interior design for the offices u201cSerie 45`. Made in Italy.
Base in aluminium press fusion, centre pole and umbrella holder in painted steel. Coat hanger arms in stamped plastic. Extremely robust, stable and resistant. In eccellente vintage conditions, with very slight wear (see pictures).

152x54x54 cm

Architect and designer Ettore Sottsass produced an expansive body of work that included furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting, and office design. Heu2019s perhaps best known as a co-founder of the Memphis Group design collective, which came together in the 1980s. Twentieth-century movements such as Art Deco and Pop art informed Sottsassu2019s Memphis aesthetic, which embraced vibrant colors, geometric patterns, and a progressive spirit. Sottsass hoped to infuse vitality and an unpretentious sense of fun into peopleu2019s relationships with objects and built environments. He studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of Turin before working as a design consultant at Olivetti (an Italian manufacturer then famous for its typewriters), where he began to hone his design philosophy. His work belongs in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.