"Miss, Don't You Like Caviar?" Armchair
Designer Ettore Sottsass Italian, born Austria
Not on view
The honesty with which Sottsass designed and marketed this work to a luxury clientele could be seen as antithetical to modernism’s democratic ethos predicated on mass production. With the suite of furniture that includes this chair, there was no illusion of reaching ordinary consumers—the pieces are loft-scaled, exquisitely proportioned ensembles made of rare stones and exotic woods. Titles of other items in the series include What’s the Name of Your Swiss Bank Account? and We Went to Crete (That Raining Spring).
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