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Casablanca Sideboard

Creator Name

Ettore Sottsass Jr.;
Memphis Milano

Cultural Context

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Date

designed 1981

About the Work

Brooklyn Museum Object Description
"Casablanca" sideboard, wood covered with plastic laminate. Tall, rectangular cabinet with differently angled arm-like shelves (in red and black) extending from each side, and another attached to the top reading like a crown. The framework is wood, entirely covered with a brightly patterned decorative plastic laminate in individual sections of white, red and yellow, mottled with black, with a black base. The cabinet front with a small tilting door at base (black), three drawers (black and yellow) above, and a large two-door (black and white) section (with four drawers inside) from the middle to the top. CONDITION - generally good except for a tiny loss to laminate at upper most corner proper rear; proper left door sticks out slightly towards ...

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Title

Casablanca Sideboard

Creator

Ettore Sottsass Jr., Italian, Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007, Maker;
Memphis Milano, Italian, 1980 – 1987, Maker

Worktype

Furniture

Cultural Context

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Material

Wood, plastic laminate

Dimensions

90 1/2 x 59 x 15 3/4 in. (229.9 x 149.9 x 40 cm)

Technique

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Language

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Date

designed 1981

Provenance

Gift of Furniture of the 20th Century, Inc., Oct 20, 1983

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Rights

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Creative Commons-BY

Inscription

on back of lower small black cabinet: "1981 / ETTORE / SOTTASS / MADE IN ITALY" printed in white.; no signature; no inscriptions

Location

Italy

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