Ettore SottsassA Prototype Tea and Coffee Set, designed...
Ettore SottsassA Prototype Tea and Coffee Set, designed by Ettore Sottsass *,
1980, for Cleto Munari, silver, tulipwood, three pieces: coffee pot height 18.5 cm, 17 x 9 cm; teapot height 15.5 cm, 20.5 x 10 cm; milk jug height 6.5 cm, 10.5 x 6.6 cm; all pieces hallmarked and stamped: Ettore SOTTSASS/ per/ cleto munari (DRAX)Upon request, Sottsass added a sugar bowl to the subsequent limited edition of 99 sets, contrary to his original intention, and the sizes were slightly modified.
With a certificate issued by Cleto Munari, March 2017, confirming it as prototype.
lit..:
A. Bonito Oliva, La figura delle cose. Cleto Munari a Castel Sant'Angelo, Naples 1999, p. 97 (for the edition)
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Private Collection Verona, Italy Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Ettore SottsassA Prototype Tea and Coffee Set, designed by Ettore Sottsass *,
1980, for Cleto Munari, silver, tulipwood, three pieces: coffee pot height 18.5 cm, 17 x 9 cm; teapot height 15.5 cm, 20.5 x 10 cm; milk jug height 6.5 cm, 10.5 x 6.6 cm; all pieces hallmarked and stamped: Ettore SOTTSASS/ per/ cleto munari (DRAX)Upon request, Sottsass added a sugar bowl to the subsequent limited edition of 99 sets, contrary to his original intention, and the sizes were slightly modified.
With a certificate issued by Cleto Munari, March 2017, confirming it as prototype.
lit..:
A. Bonito Oliva, La figura delle cose. Cleto Munari a Castel Sant'Angelo, Naples 1999, p. 97 (for the edition)
Provenance:
Private Collection Verona, Italy Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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