Tahiti Earrings <br/> by Ettore Sottsass

Artist/Designer: Ettore Sottsass b. 1917 - 2007 Innsbruck, Austria   Title: Tahiti Earrings  Medium: Handmade cloisonné with stainless posts and backs. Dimensions: 1.82"h x .85" Manufacturer: Acme Studio from the Memphis Designers for Acme collection. Details: Comes in original black flannel pouch printed Memphis Designers for Acme with a small artist's card including a short biography. Imprinted Sottsass for Acme Studios on back. Notes from the Archive: After launching Acme Studio in 1985 with a successful limited edition collection of jewelry by Peter Shire, Adrian Olabuenaga contacted Ettore Sottsass and many other designers of the world-renowned Memphis collective to design jewelry utilizing a cloisonné enamel technique. Sottsass designed an iconic collection of necklaces, earrings, brooches and bolo ties. The design for the Tahiti Earrings are directly based on his very popular Tahiti lamp (see photo) designed for the 1981 inaugural collection for Memphis.  He later went o