The present model desk was made exclusively to order from the Poltronova catalogue until the mid-1970s, and only a few examples were ever executed. The original design was conceived by Sottsass with white and green vertical stripes laminate on the exterior, with a white interior, as seen in present lot. Colour variations included pink and white stripes, also with a white interior; green and white stripes applied only on the front and back elevation, with all other sides in white; or entirely white monochrome. The ‘Nefertiti’ model desk was included in the main exhibitions on Ettore Sottsass’ work of this period, notably the ‘Miljo for en ny Planet’ exhibition at the National Museum of Stockholm in 1969, and ‘Italy: The New Domestic Landscape’ at MoMA, New York in 1972, the latter acquiring the writing desk for their permanent collection in the same year.