Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
POSTMODERN STYLE
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
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
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 Mendini — a 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.
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Style: Post-Modern
Dew Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Dew Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 30 x W 32.5 x H 127 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass a...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
White and Polished Bronze Mantis 9 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
White and Polished Bronze Mantis 9 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: D 100 x W 190 x H 110 cm.
Materials: Cast bronze, blown glass and turned brass.
Mantis 9, discreet and ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Stem 6 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Stem 6 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 168 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed bras...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Coffee and Olive with Polished Bronze Mantis 9 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Coffee and Olive with Polished Bronze Mantis 9 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: D 100 x W 190 x H 110 cm.
Materials: Cast bronze, blown glass and turned brass.
Mantis 9, d...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Drop 2 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop 2 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 43 x W 43 x H 114.5 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed br...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Blue Smoke and Polished Bronze Mantis 9 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue Smoke and Polished Bronze Mantis 9 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: D 100 x W 190 x H 110 cm.
Materials: Cast bronze, blown glass and turned brass.
Mantis 9, discreet...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Island Circles Brass Pendant Lamp by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Island Circles Brass Pendant Lamp by Dainte
Dimensions: W 200.5 x H 76 cm.
Materials: Glass and brass.
Also available in blackened brass finish. Please contact us.
An extraordinary Island Pendant...
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2010s American Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Drop 4 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop 4 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 43 x W 43 x H 165 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed bras...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Coffee Ocellus Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Coffee Ocellus Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: W 40 x D 28 x H 43 cm.
Materials: Brass and glass.
Available in different colored blown glass globes. All our lamps can be wired ac...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Other
Stem 4 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Stem 4 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 119.5 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed br...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Smoke Ocellus Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Smoke Ocellus Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: W 40 x D 28 x H 43 cm.
Materials: Brass and glass.
Available in different colored blown glass globes. All our lamps can be wired acc...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Other
Aubergine Dupla Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Aubergine Dupla Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: W 45 x D 20 x H 125 cm.
Materials: Brass, cast bronze and blown glass.
Dupla hangs from the ceiling just like a branch wit...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Other
Rhythm 3 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Rhythm 3 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 66 x W 66 x H 135 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed br...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Vermilion Ocellus Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Vermilion Ocellus Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: W 40 x D 28 x H 43 cm.
Materials: Brass and glass.
Available in different colored blown glass globes. All our lamps can be wired...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Other
Stem 2 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Stem 2 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 101.5 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass,...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Lilly 3 Light Island Pendant Lamp by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Lilly 3 Light Island Pendant Lamp by Dainte
Dimensions: Ø 70 x H 90 cm.
Materials: Crystal and brass.
Lily flowers symbolize purity and devotion. The ...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Rhythm 3 Glass Globe Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Rhythm 3 Glass Globe Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 86.5 x W 86.5 x H 132 cm.
Materials: Brass and glass.
Different finishes available: raw bra...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Vitra Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Vitra Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: D 130 x H 30 cm.
Materials: Brass, Glass.
All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Other
Smoke and Vintage Bronze Maratus 12 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Smoke and Vintage Bronze Maratus 12 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: Ø 110 x H 155 cm.
Materials: Cast bronze, blown glass and turned brass.
Maratus gets its name from a s...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Island Circles Black Brass Pendant Lamp by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Island Circles Black Brass Pendant Lamp by Dainte
Dimensions: W 200.5 x H 76 cm.
Materials: Glass and blackened brass.
Also available in natural ...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Stem 2 Glass Globe Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Stem 2 Glass Globe Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 101.5 cm.
Materials: Brass and glass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, ...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Drop 1 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop 1 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 23 x W 24 x H 114.5 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed br...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Rhythm 4 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Rhythm 4 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 66 x W 66 x H 162.5 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed ...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Rhythm 1 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Rhythm 1 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 39.5 x W 39.5 x H 109 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushe...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Rhythm 1 Glass Globe Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Rhythm 2 Glass Globe Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 43 x W 43 x H 114.5 cm.
Materials: Brass and glass.
Different finishes available: raw brass...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Rhythm 2 Glass Globe Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Rhythm 2 Glass Globe Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 86.5 x W 86.5 x H 114 cm.
Materials: Brass and glass.
Different finishes available: raw bra...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Rhythm 4 Glass Globe Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Rhythm 4 Glass Globe Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 86.5 x W 86.5 x H 157.5 cm.
Materials: Brass and glass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt bra...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Cometa Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Vitra Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: D 30 x H 100 cm.
Materials: Brass, Glass.
Available in different colored blown glass globes. All our lamps can be wired according to...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Other
12 Lamp by Daniel Orozco
Located in Geneve, CH
12 Lamp by Daniel Orozco
Dimensions: D 20 x H 50 cm.
Materials: Wood, Volcanic Stone.
Hanging lamp with conical burn wooden base, 2 pink marble spheres and 1 volcanic stone.
All ou...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Stone, Marble
Vermilion Dupla Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Vermilion Dupla Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: W 45 x D 20 x H 125 cm.
Materials: Brass, cast bronze and blown glass.
Dupla hangs from the ceiling just like a branch wit...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Other
Olive Ocellus Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Olive Ocellus Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: W 40 x D 28 x H 43 cm.
Materials: Brass and glass.
Available in different colored blown glass globes. All our lamps can be wired acc...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Other
Circular Chandelier by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Circular Chandelier by Dainte
Dimensions: Ø 122 x H 150 cm.
Materials: Glass and brass.
Dimensions may vary. Please contact us.
A extraordinary mega circular chandelir featuring ...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Island Circles Small Pendant Lamp by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Island Circles Small Pendant Lamp by Dainte
Dimensions: D 44.5 x W 134 x H 79 cm.
Materials: Glass and brass.
An extraordinary Island Pendant Circles,...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Wing 2 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Wing 2 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 84 x W 84 x H 114.5 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed br...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Wing 1 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Wing 1 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 53.5 x W 53.5 x H 114.5 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushe...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Tall Bandaska Pendant Light by Dechem Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Bandaska pendant light by Dechem Studio.
Dimensions: D 9 x H 180 cm.
Materials: brass, glass.
Also available: different colours and sizes available.
Hand-blown into beech ...
Category
2010s Czech Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Wing 4 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Wing 4 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 84 x W 84 x H 165 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed bras...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
28.7 Pendant by Bocci
Located in Geneve, CH
28.7 pendant by Bocci
Dimensions: D 20.3 x H 300 cm
Materials: diameter brushed nickel canopy
Weight: 8 kg
Also available in different dimensions.
Al...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Nickel
Wing 3 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Wing 3 Brass Dome Pendant Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Dimensions: D 84 x W 84 x H 140 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed bras...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
5 Glass Spheres Dryade Chandelier by Emilie Lemardeley
Located in Geneve, CH
5 Glass Spheres Dryade Chandelier by Emilie Lemardeley
Unique Piece
Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 300 cm.
Materials: Hand-blown glass and brass.
The height of this chandelier can be customi...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Sculptural Brass Light Pendant Howl by Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural brass light pendant howl by Morghen Studio
Materials: brass, LED light, silicone
Dimensions: 1000 x 13 x 13 mm
Cord/cable length: 5 meters steel cable - 5 meters powe...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Lilly Chandelier by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Lilly Chandelier by Dainte
Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 175 cm.
Materials: Crystal and brass.
Lily flowers symbolize purity and devotion. The collection ill...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Contemporary Textured Brass Chandelier, Tryst Three by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Textured Brass Chandelier, Tryst Three by Paul Matter
Tryst chandelier explores the relationship between interlocked forms in perfect union a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
21.1 Pendant by Bocci
Located in Geneve, CH
21.1 pendant by Bocci
Dimensions: D11.6 x H300 cm
Materials: brushed nickel, round canopy.
Weight: 0.5 kg
Also Available in different dimensions.
All our lamps can be wired ac...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Nickel
14.1 Single Pendant by Bocci
Located in Geneve, CH
14.1 Single pendant by Bocci
Dimensions: D 11.6 x H 300 cm
Materials: brushed nickel
Weight: 2 kg
Adjustable lengths, Other materials and dimensions can be ordered.
All our la...
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2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Nickel
Maratus Horsehair Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Maratus Horsehair Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: Ø 165 x H 90 cm.
Materials: Bronze, brass and horsehair tassels.
Weight: 14 kg.
A chest...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Other, Bronze
Fall Vintage Bronze Mantis 13 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Fall Vintage Bronze Mantis 13 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: Ø 280 x H 145 cm.
Materials: Cast bronze with vintage finish, blown glass and turne...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Brass and Aquamarine Etched Glass Bowl Pendant in the Style of Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s.
This pendant light is made in brass and aquamarine etched glass.
It is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered a...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Suspension 16 by KNGB
Located in Geneve, CH
Suspension 16 by KNGB
Dimensions: D 70 x H 74 cm
Material: Wood, LED lightbulb extra plate E27 24W 3000K (not included)
The suspension_16 is made from 1st...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wood
Coffee and Polished Bronze Mantis 13 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Coffee and Polished Bronze Mantis 13 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: Ø 280 x H 145 cm.
Materials: Cast bronze, blown glass and turned brass.
Weig...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Sculptural Light No. 72 by Milla Vaahtera
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural light no. 72 by Milla Vaahtera
Dimensions: W 96 x D 55 x H 60 cm
Materials: Glass
In 2020 Milla Vaahtera started a series of unique sculptural lights made out of brass and hand blown glass.
"I have focused on mobile art work for the past few years and this series with light is a natural continuum of that work. These lights are all unique and made by a very intuitive process. Glass parts are made in collaboration with a team of glass blowers from Nuutajärvi Glass Village.
The creative process of joining methods of art to traditional areas of craft is the most important thing to me in my work. Traditionally craft has been an area where professionals avoid failure. Lack of failure makes them good. I'm revolutionary in embracing failure in the craft process. I always find new techniques via failure. Failure is not opposite to success, it's a necessary part of it. When I find the flow of “not giving a shit” in my work, I find freedom and fun, and achieve the best work. Embracing failure shuts up the critical comments in my head and I’m liberated. I´m inspired by everything and find influences all around me. I find leaving some tool marks to the brass and "the mistakes" refreshing. With glass, the pieces where you could see the moment of melt in the final work are always my favorites. And I felt that now I work in dialogue with glass. I learned to use improvisation at the moment to maintain the wild nature of glass. Glass is like me, spontaneous and organic. "
Glassblowers: Paula Pääkkönen, Sani Lappalainen, Otto Koivuranta, Jukka Viuha, Penna Tornberg and many other glassblowers from Nuutajärvi.
The metal parts: Silversmith Kirsi Kokkonen together with Milla Vaahtera
Electric work Ullanlinnan sähkö
Vaahtera began to work on this series in May 2017 together with glassblowers Paula Pääkkönen, Sani Lappalainen, Pauli Vähäsarja, Henni Eliala and Jonas Paajanen of Nuutajärvi. The metal parts were prepared by silversmith Kirsi Kokkonen together with Milla Vaahtera. The method was based on dialogue with the glass artists, improvisation and intuition.
The ethereal pieces are a revival of the mobile tradition that emerged in the 1930s.The heavy glass parts and the delicate brass seek a balance with each other, thus creating tensions within the works.
Milla Vaahtera (born 1981) is a designer and an artist working in Helsinki. The themes of her works extend from body image and sexuality to intuition and dialogues in the creative progress. Vaahtera has graduated as a Master of Arts in 2010 from Aalto University, the School of Arts, Design and Architecture. She did her BA studies in Lahti Institute of Design in 2008. Her work is featured in several exhibitions at galleries and museums including the Design Museum Finland, Lokal gallery and UU Market...
Category
2010s Finnish Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Blown Glass
84.1 Pendant by Bocci
Located in Geneve, CH
84.1 Pendant by Bocci
Dimensions: D11.6 x H300 cm
Materials: white powder coated square canopy
Weight: 2 kg
Also available in different dimensions.
All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for the USA for instance.
A white glass moil is captured inside a fine copper mesh basket...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Other
21.1 Porcelain Pendant Lamp by Bocci
Located in Geneve, CH
21.1 Porcelain Pendant Lamp by Bocci
Dimensions: Diameter 11.6 x H 300 cm
Materials: Porcelain, borosilicate glass, braided metal coaxial ca...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel, Nickel
Smoke and Polished Bronze Maratus 15 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Smoke and Polished Bronze Maratus 15 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: Ø 135 x H 160 cm.
Materials: Cast bronze, blown glass and turned brass.
Weight: 20 kg.
The image of a...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Stone and Polished Bronze Maratus 15 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone and Polished Bronze Maratus 15 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: Ø 135 x H 160 cm.
Materials: Cast bronze, blown glass and turned brass.
Weight: 20 kg.
The image of a...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Large Round Schonbek Plaza Swarovski Sparkling Crystal Pendant Chandelier
By Schonbek
Located in New York City, NY
The dazzling Plaza pendant crystal chandelier designed by Schonbek
exudes elegance as it is adorned with highly shimmering square and rectangular Swarovski crystal gems. Its sleek g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal
Porcelain and Polished Bronze Maratus 15 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Porcelain and Polished Bronze Maratus 15 Pendant Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: Ø 135 x H 160 cm.
Materials: Cast bronze, blown glass and turned brass.
Weight: 20 kg.
The image ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Contemporary Polished Brass Chandelier, Tryst Three by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Polished Brass Chandelier, Tryst Three by Paul Matter
Tryst chandelier explores the relationship between interlocked forms in perfect union a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Post-modern chandeliers and pendants for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern chandeliers and pendants for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage chandeliers and pendants created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern chandeliers and pendants made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and Canada pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chandeliers and pendants, popular names associated with this style include Paul Matter, Alex de Witte, Naomi Paul, and CTO Lighting. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for chandeliers and pendants differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $179 and tops out at $245,771 while the average work can sell for $3,227.
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