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Memphis Style 1980s 2 tone lacquer rectangle Coffee Table Post modern
By Memphis Milano
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
legs. Light brown legs with off white cream table top. No label or Mfg. Post-modern circa 1980. Located
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Memphis Style Wire Mesh Grid Lucite Table Lamps Post-Modern, Italy
By Memphis Group
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of Wire Mesh Grid Lucite Table lamps Post-modern, Italy around 1980 sold as a pair Up for
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of Memphis Milano style Post modern steel squiggle dome lamps in Black
By Memphis Milano
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Pair of Memphis style Post modern steel squiggle lamps Black finish with large steel dome shades
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Steel

Memphis In Memphis, 1985 Exhibition Poster Framed
By Memphis Milano, Memphis Group
Located in Chicago, IL
the best taste. The abstract post-modern figure sitting on the Bel Air armchair seems to have his
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Posters

Materials

Paper

Oversized Pop Art Post Modern GLASS Light Bulb Lamp
By Memphis Group
Located in Chicago, IL
Oversized Pop Art glass light bulb lamp. Appears to be from the early 1980s. High quality. Possibly
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Monumental Memphis Styled Lucite Light Up Column Pedestal
By Memphis Group
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A Lucite Memphis styled column pedestal finished in a gun metal gray hammer coating with step up
Category

Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Lucite

Post Modern Memphis Style Table Lamps
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
contemporary American living. The metal cone shade and geometric brass finishes of these post modern lamps
Category

1990s North American Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Post Modern Memphis Style Table Lamps
Post Modern Memphis Style Table Lamps
H 20 in W 12 in D 5.25 in
Ettore Sottass "Pattica Lamp" for Memphis 'Post Design' Collection, 2000
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in London, GB
Ettore Sottsass Post design (Memphis), Milan, Italy. ‘Pattica’ lamp, 2000. Yellow dyed maple base
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Post Modern Halogen Table Lamp, 1980s, Italy
By Memphis Group
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Post Modern Halogen table lamp. Two light stands. like the shape of this lamp.
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Plastic

Post Modern Bright Red flexible neck floor lamp
By Memphis Group
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Post Modern Bright Red flexible neck floor lamp. Has turn knob switch Black cord and black plastic
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Pair of Post-Modern Table Lamps, circa 1980, Italy
By Memphis Group
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair of post-modern table lamps, circa 1980, Italy. Probably designed by the Memphis group. White
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Set of 3 Wire Mesh Grid Lucite Wall Lights Post-Modern, Italy
By Memphis Group
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant post-modern wall lamps or flush mounts in the style of Memphis comprised of a metal grid mesh and
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

Pop art post modern 4 door muave pink credenza sideboard
By Memphis Milano, Ello Furniture
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Pop art post modern 4 door muave pink credenza sideboard. Very light muted muave pink laminate
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Credenzas

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Memphis Style Table Lamp Fiberglass, circa 1980
By Memphis Group
Located in Vienna, AT
Desk light from wood and glass-fiber, Italy post-modernism Very good condition, the wood was
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Charles Hollis Jones Postmodern Memphis Inspired Lounge Chair
By Memphis Group
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Memphis-inspired asymmetric sculptural lounge chair with unique tri-color design and acrylic legs
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Wood, Leather

Postmodern Memphis Style Rhombus Glass Lamp Chandelier, Italy
By Memphis Group
Located in Vienna, AT
Cool 27.5" wide melted glass lamp from the late 1980s Italy Postmodern Memphis style ceiling
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Steel

Johanna Grawunder Memphis Large Yellow Black Light Wall Lamps (4), Italy 1989
By Memphis Group, Johanna Grawunder
Located in Vienna, AT
Four early Johanna Grawunder lighting panels or sconces for Memphis, Italy, 1989. Dimensions per
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

Custom Pop art post modern 3 door beige Pill shaped credenza sideboard
By Memphis Milano, Ello Furniture
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Pop art post modern 3 door beige colored Pill shaped rounded ends credenza sideboard. Very light
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Credenzas

Materials

Wood, Laminate

Post Modern Glass and Wood Coffee Table with Red Edge, 1980
By Memphis Group
Located in Miami, FL
red enamel edge. Striking post modern design but still visually light. Disassembles.
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Oak, Glass

Lithograph w Gloss Overprinting Stacked Signs Post Modern 80s Memphis Milano Era
Located in Surfside, FL
early 1980's Post Modern Era. It also bears influence from Pop Art (Particularly Allan D'Arcangelo
Category

1980s Post-Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Post modern ceramic table lamp, Netherlands 1980s
By Gaetano Pesce, Ingo Maurer, Memphis Milano
Located in ECHT, NL
Post modern table lamp. Made from ceramics. It consist of two ceramic tiles that have the shape of
Category

Late 20th Century Dutch Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Italian Post Modern Floor Lamp design by Perry A. King & S. Mirand for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Memphis Group
Located in Roma, IT
A Post Modern floor lamp of great charm, made in Italy by the historic lighting company Arteluce
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

A Set of 4 MEMPHIS POST-MODERN CHAIRS by FLY-LINE, Italy 1980
By Fly Line
Located in PARIS, FR
A set of 4 stackable chairs, Post-Modernist, Constructivist, Memphis, complex geometric structures
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Samuel Parker 1990 Post Modern Memphis Italian Slamp Etno Lamp in Resin
By Samuel Parker
Located in Miami, FL
Memphis Group, is very much back in vogue. Light Bulb Type: E27 European light bulb, Max 100w Bulb
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Resin, Plastic

Santa Monica Matteo Thun for Memphis Milano
By Matteo Thun, Memphis Group
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Santa Monica by Matteo Thun for Memphis Milano. Ceramic pendant lamp. Light is E26 or E27. Shade
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Ceramic

3 POP POST-MODERN MEMPHIS Sconces APPLIQUES by PIERRE CARDIN, LUMICO, Japan 1980
By Pierre Cardin
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare set of three two-tone wall appliques by Pierre Cardin, Post-Moderniste, Memphis, Space-Age
Category

Vintage 1980s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Aluminum

Walter Garro 1990 for Samuel Parker Slamp Post Modern Memphis Italian Table Lamp
By Samuel Parker
Located in Miami, FL
, relax areas, conversations areas or bedrooms decorated in modern, contemporary style. They work well as
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Resin, Plastic, Lucite

Set of 4 Plates K. Fujumori for Kato Kogei Japan Alpha3 Post-Modern Memphis 1980
By Fujimori
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
the plates supports and adds intensity to the playful colors and shapes of the Post-Modern style of
Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Post-Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Lucrezia Armchair by Marco Zanini for Memphis Milano
By Memphis Milano, Marco Zanini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An aluminum arm chair designed by Marco Zanini for Memphis Milano in 1984 and upholstered in
Category

Late 20th Century Post-Modern Side Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Canadian Post Modern Pop Art Lithograph Vintage Poster Memphis Galerie Maeght
By Jean-Paul Riopelle
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage gallery exhibition poster. The Galerie Maeght is a gallery of modern art in Paris, France
Category

1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Set of 4 Mugs K. Fujimori for Kato Kogei Japan Alpha 3 Post-Modern Memphis 1980s
By Fujimori
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
and adds intensity to the playful colors and shapes of the Post-Modern style of decoration. Kaneaki
Category

Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Post Modern Ceiling Light / Wall Light in the Style of Toshiyuki Kita, 1980s
By Toshiyuki Kita
Located in Roma, IT
A Post modern wall light, made in Italy during the Memphis Era, and therefore made, in the full
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

Kim Chair by Michele de Lucchi for Memphis-Milano, 1980s
By Memphis Milano, Michele de Lucchi
Located in Renens, CH
the co-founders of the Postmodern design group Memphis, headed by Ettore Sottsass. Black lacquered
Category

1990s Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Rare Italian Post-Modern Light Sculpture / Table Lamp by Masayo Ave
By Antonangeli, Masayo Ave
Located in New York, NY
A light sculpture / desk / table lamp made from sponge creating a warm lighting presence and
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Memphis Crystal T-Light Holder, Handsculpted Contemporary Crystal
By Reflections Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Memphis crystal T-light holder, handsculpted contemporary crystal Decorative vase Handsculpted in
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Candlesticks

Materials

Crystal

Imperial Cabinet by Shiro Kuramata for Memphis Milano Collection
By Shiro Kuramata, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Imperial cabinet with internal shelf by Shiro Kuramata for Memphis Milano collection Available
Category

2010s Cabinets

Materials

Hardwood

A RADICAL MINIMAL POST-MODERN Ceiling Light by VERRE LUMIERE, France 1980
By Verre Lumière
Located in PARIS, FR
A very large, elegant and minimal suspension, chandelier, Post-Modernist, Bauhaus, Constructivist
Category

Vintage 1980s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

French, 1980s Post-Modern Coil Lamp
By Europhane
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rad French, 1980s post-modern coil lamp for Europhane. A super cool functional sculpture that is
Category

Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Nikko Drawers in Metal and Wood by Shiro Kuramata for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Shiro Kuramata
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Sottsass in the Memphis Group foundation in 1981. His approach totally revolutionized the post-war
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2010s Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

Post Modern Yellow and Black Artifort Sofa
By Michael McCoy
Located in Weesp, NL
Four Quadrio seating elements from the 1980s, the Memphis period as can be seen from the style
Category

Vintage 1980s Dutch Post-Modern Living Room Sets

Materials

Metal

Post Modern Yellow and Black Artifort Sofa
Post Modern Yellow and Black Artifort Sofa
H 26.78 in W 37.01 in D 32.29 in
Ettore Sottsass Fiorucci Memphis Black Glass Wall Light 3x Targetti Sankey, 1980
By Vittorio Fiorucci, Targetti Sankey, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vienna, AT
. They are in style of Memphis post-modernism and reflect on the 'sign' of wall light hence the flash and
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Aluminum

Ettore Sottsass Fiorucci Memphis Black Glass Wall Light 3x Targetti Sankey, 1980
By Vittorio Fiorucci, Targetti Sankey, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vienna, AT
. They are in style of Memphis post-modernism and reflect on the 'sign' of wall light hence the flash and
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Aluminum

Set of 2 Metal + acryl glass post modern wall light by Hustadt Leuchten, 1980s
By Gio Ponti, Stilnovo
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
manner of Postmodern memphis design Age: 1980s This postmodern light set was produced in Germany
Category

Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal, Brass

Pair Murano Chandelier, Memphis Style
By Cenedese
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a stunning pair of late 20th century post modern Murano 8-light chandelier. The choice of
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Blown Glass

1980s Sculptural Coned Leopard Velvet Steel Swivel Stools Chairs
By Memphis Group
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
craftsmanship. The stools are in excellent vintage with light normal surface wear. Please view the zoom in
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Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Swivel Chairs

Materials

Steel

Memphis style Side table, Late 20th Century
Located in Schagen, NL
Stunning post-modern side table featuring a metal base (Cast Iron, Chrome and a small Brass part
Category

Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Side Tables

Materials

Metal

Memphis style Side table, Late 20th Century
Memphis style Side table, Late 20th Century
H 26.38 in W 16.54 in D 24.41 in
1980s Post Modern Segis Italia Black Plastic & Chrome Charlie Side Chairs Set 4
By Loewenstein, Segis, Carlo Bimbi and Nilo Gioacchini
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome Post Modern Memphis Style Segis Italia black plastic & chrome Charlie Collection cantilever
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Set of 4 Post Modern Chairs Model Vienna by Rodney Kinsman for Bieffeplast
By Rodney Kinsman
Located in Roma, IT
that 80s magic. Colour, lightness and light-heartedness is what the cult pieces of 80s design transmit
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Post Modern Coffee Table by Kaizo Oto for Design Institute of America c 1980s
By Design Institute America, Kaizo Oto
Located in New York, NY
scratches to the surface of the glass. Great iconic table showing Post Modern, and Memphis stylistic
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Andrea Branzi 'Revers' Post-Modern Chairs for Cassina, 1993, Set of Six, Signed
By Andrea Branzi, Cassina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cassina labels underneath the seats. Designed in 1993, these Post-Modern Italian classics offered a
Category

1990s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

Face to Face Wall Mirror: Vibrant Blue Dressing Mirror with Hanger
By Memphis Group
Located in Istanbul, Maltepe
: The use of MDF and polyurethane not only makes the mirror durable but also light enough for easy wall
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Lacquer, Foam

Large post-modern table lamp in glazed ceramic by Lampes D'Albret, France 1990s
By Louis Drimmer
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
for their post-modernist productions mostly in glazed ceramic, the lamp was produced in the early
Category

1990s French Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Fabric

Ettore Sottsass Tahiti Table Lamp by Memphis Srl
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The ultimate Sottsass table light!! Anthropomorphic (looks like a parrot) as the head (w/ lamp
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Ettore Sottsass ASHOKA Table Lamp for MEMPHIS srl
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
MEMPHIS collection as iconoclastic a light/sculpture as you'll find anywhere!! With various light sources
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

New Contemporary Moroccan Rug with Abstract Expressionism & Post-Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
: Post-Modern, Memphis Group Design, Cubism, Abstract, Folk Art, Abstract Expressionism, Nomadic, Boho
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Expressionist Moroccan and North...

Materials

Wool

Postmodern Memphis Design Interlubke Writing Desk, Home Office, Germany 1980s
By Interlübke
Located in Zagreb, HR
Stunning Memphis design style postmodern desk manufactured in the 1980s in Germany by a high-end
Category

Vintage 1980s German Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

MEMPHIS "PLAZA" Woman's Vanity by Michael Graves 'Design: 1981'
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
grayish-teal), mirrored "Busby Berkley-ish perfume shelves, brass and elegant light blue-gray velvet
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dressers

Materials

Brass

Splendid unique Memphis style mother of pearl coffee table
Located in Culver City, CA
uncompromised brilliance with its reflection of light from every angle. A true masterpiece
Category

Vintage 1980s Balinese Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Memphis Handmade Trinket Box: Striking Woodwork, Postmodern Design Collectible
Located in Chicago, IL
meticulously stripped in consecutive layers of light and dark wood. This design element adds a dynamic visual
Category

Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Ash, Maple, Walnut

1980s Memphis Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs Conic 20” Chandelier
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
enthusiasm for modern design and making lighting an art form. The three-arm light is an eye-catching
Category

1990s North American Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

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Memphis Post Modern Light For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the memphis post modern light you’re looking for. Each memphis post modern light for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, fabric and wood. If you’re shopping for a memphis post modern light, we have 212 options in-stock, while there are 98 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect memphis post modern light — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right memphis post modern light, those designed in mid-century modern, modern and Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. Ettore Sottsass, Berber Tribes of Morocco and Memphis Group each produced at least one beautiful memphis post modern light that is worth considering.

How Much is a Memphis Post Modern Light?

Prices for a memphis post modern light start at $48 and top out at $52,726 with the average selling for $2,551.

A Close Look at post-modern Furniture

Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.

ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
  • A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
  • Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
  • Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
  • Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980) 
  • Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
  • Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam

CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
  • Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood 
  • Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
  • Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art

POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.

Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendinia onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.

Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group,  which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.

Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals. 

After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.

On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.