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Flying Rug Armchair by Ettore Sottsass for Bedding Patents, 1975
Borgo a Buggiano (PT), IT
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The Flying Rug or Tappeto Volante armchair is an iconic seat with a base and an armrest in beech wood, …
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The Flying Rug or Tappeto Volante armchair is an iconic seat with a base and an armrest in beech wood, the seat, and the back are made with polyurethane foam padding with multicolored fabric, velvet, and carpeting.
It was designed by Ettore Sottsass Jr in 1974 and produced by the Italian company Bedding Brevetti in Casalguidi during the 1970s.
For the realization of this iconic piece, Ettore Sottsass took inspiration from the popular stories of the ancient Arabic culture, where divinities and sultans usually ride magic flying rugs.
As the magic flying rug of ancient the Arabic stories, we're invited by the designer to experiment with an extraordinary trip with this comfortable armchair which allows you to be transported to another world.
Literature: Domus, n. 545, aprile 1975, p. 46 per un esempio della sedia; Andrea Branzi
The Hot House: Italian New Wave Design, Cambridge, 1984, p. 148 per un esempio della sedia
Barbara Radice, Ettore Sottsass: A Critical Biography, London, 1993, p. 172-73 p.
The son of an architect, Ettore Sottsass Jr. (1917-2007) was born in Innsbruck, studied in Turin and graduated from the city’s Polytechnic Institute in 1939 before starting to work with his father in 1945.
After opening his own practice in Milan he became interested in industrial design and interior design.
His work with ceramics and jewellery is known for its expressive power and personal study and analysis of colour (an aspect which is still a constant in all his work).
Going beyond the Rationalist movement of his day, Sottsass forged his own path in design, creating objects which are very different from one another and have a strong emotional component.
His projects for Triennale di Milano and, above all, with Olivetti (starting in 1957), for which he designed famous typewriters such as the Praxis 48, Lettera 36 and Valentine, have gone down in the history of design.
Also for Olivetti, Sottsass designed Elea 9003, the first Italian computer, which won him a Compasso d’Oro in 1959 (he won a second one in 1970 for Valentine).
His in-depth formal research, continuous focus on new avant-garde movements, experimentation and conceptual art made Sottsass an outstanding member of and source of inspiration for numerous currents in design of the ’60s in Italy and Europe. He created experimental furniture (including a number of unique pieces) and participated in the famous 1972 exhibition about the home habitat of the future at MoMA in New York entitled Italy. The New Domestic Landscape. In the early '80s he established the Memphis group, concerned with production of objects and furniture, and his own practice, Sottsass Associati, concerned with architecture as well as design.
His partnerships and friendships with artists and critics were very important to Sottsass’s career. from the ’90s on he focused on architecture, primarily homes and urban planning.
Over the course of his long career Sotsass has been awarded numerous awards and acknowledgements, including the title of Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres in France (1992) and honorary degrees at Rhode Island School of Design in the USA (1993) and at the Royal College of Art in London (1996). This piece has an attribution mark,
I am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
issues arising from misattribution
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- Dimensions
- 72.05ʺW × 42.13ʺD × 27.17ʺH
- Styles
- Postmodern
- Designer
- Ettore Sottsass
- Period
- 1970s
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Beech
- Condition
- Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use. Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use. less
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