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
Contemporary Burnt Brass Chandelier, Tryst Three by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Burnt Brass Chandelier, Tryst Three by Paul Matter
Tryst chandelier explores the relationship between interlocked forms in perfect union and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
1970's Striking Italian Chrome & Brass Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking brass and chrome chandelier designed by Gaetano Sciolari circa 1970's, very nice and clean condition, hard wire comes with a chrome chain to adjust the height.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Sculptural Light No. 73 by Milla Vaahtera
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural light no. 73 by Milla Vaahtera
Dimensions: W 65 x D 22 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
Medium Eclipse Lamp by Roxane Lahidji
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Eclipse Lamp by Roxane Lahidji
Dimensions: D 25 x H 25 cm
Material: Marbled salts
A unique award winning technique developed by Roxane Lahidji
Award winner of Bolia Design Aw...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Marble
Small Eclipse Lamp by Roxane Lahidji
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Eclipse Lamp by Roxane Lahidji
Dimensions: D 15 x H 18 cm
Material: Marbled salts
A unique award-winning technique developed by Roxane Lahidji
Award winner of Bolia Design Awa...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Marble
Linear Corrugation Pendant Light '5 Spots' in Salmon Pink and Black
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Linear corrugation pendant light (5 spots) made from salmon pink painted ash veneered plywood and black powder-coated aluminium tubes.
Created in collaboration with Theodora Alfreds...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
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
Lampadaire 14 by KNGB
Located in Geneve, CH
Lampadaire 14 by KNGB
Dimensions: D 50 x H 193 cm
Material: Wood, LED lightbulb extra plate E27 13W 2700K (not included)
Our Lampadaire_14 was designed an...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Aged Brass Chandelier, Tryst Six by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Polished Brass Chandelier, Tryst Six by Paul Matter
Tryst chandelier explores the relationship between interlocked forms in perfect unio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Planet Lamp by Roxane Lahidji
Located in Geneve, CH
Planet Lamp by Roxane Lahidji
Dimensions: D 25 x H 25 cm
Material: Marbled salts
A unique award-winning technique developed by Roxane Lahidji
Award winner of Bolia Design Awards 201...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Marble
Wall Light by Roxane Lahidji
Located in Geneve, CH
Wall Light by Roxane Lahidji
Dimensions: D 70 x H 10 cm
Material: Marbled salts
A unique award-winning technique developed by Roxane Lahidji
Award winner of Bolia Design Awards 2019...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Marble
Ellipse Lamp by Roxane Lahidji
Located in Geneve, CH
Ellipse Lamp by Roxane Lahidji
Dimensions: D 35 x H 40 cm
Material: Marbled salts
A unique award-winning technique developed by Roxane Lahidji
Award winn...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Marble
Candelera 02 Brass Hanging Lamp by Federico Stefanovich
Located in Geneve, CH
Candelera 02 hanging lamp by Federico Stefanovich
Dimensions: D 120 x H 240 cm
Material: Brass. Steel. Polypropylene light diffusers. Dimmable LED strips....
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel, Brass
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 2+1 by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 1+2 by Paul Matter
Satellite is inspired by the conceptual and minimalist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. These light sculptures are ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Cosmos Ceiling Lighting by Emilie Lemardeley
Located in Geneve, CH
Cosmos ceiling lighting by Emilie Lemardeley
Dimensions: D 110 x H 70 cm
Materials: Brushed brass, 10 glass spheres.
Weight: 15 kg
The cosmos collection references to the old o...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Tango Five Dome by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Tango Five Dome by Paul Matter
Tango is born from playful experimentation with vintage lighting components.
Burnt, aged brass and etched glass a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Tango One Dome by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Tango One Dome by Paul Matter
Tango is born from playful experimentation with vintage lighting components.
Burnt, aged brass and etched glass ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Tango Three Dome by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Tango Three Dome by Paul Matter
Tango is born from playful experimentation with vintage lighting components.
Burnt, aged brass and etched glass ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Eole Lighting Fixture #8 by Emilie Lemardeley
Located in Geneve, CH
Eole Lighting Fixture #8 by Emilie Lemardeley
Dimensions: D 280 x W 140 x H 60 cm
Materials: Black steel, hand blown glass
Weight: 13 kg
The lighting fixtures in the Eole colle...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 4 by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 4 by Paul Matter
Satellite is inspired by the conceptual and minimalist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. These light sculptures are fu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 4+2 by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 4+2 by Paul Matter
Satellite is inspired by the conceptual and minimalist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. These light sculptures are ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 2+2 by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 2+2 by Paul Matter
Satellite is inspired by the conceptual and minimalist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. These light sculptures are ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Candelera 04 Blued Steel Hanging Lamp by Federico Stefanovich
Located in Geneve, CH
Candelera 04 Blued Steel Hanging Lamp by Federico Stefanovich
Dimensions: D 120 x H 240 cm
Material: Steel. Polypropylene light diffusers. Dimmable LED strips.
Custom Edition. Please...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 1 by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 1 by Paul Matter
Satellite is inspired by the conceptual and minimalist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. These light sculptures are fu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Burnt Brass Chandelier, Tryst Six by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Burnt Brass Chandelier, Tryst Six 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
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 2 by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 2 by Paul Matter
Satellite is inspired by the conceptual and minimalist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. These light sculptures are fu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Sculpted Brass & Glass Pendant, Tango Two Globe by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass & Glass Pendant, Tango Two Globe by Paul Matter
Tango is born from playful experimentation with vintage lighting components.
Burnt, aged brass and etched...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 3 by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Satellite 3 by Paul Matter
Satellite is inspired by the conceptual and minimalist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. These light sculptures are fu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Tango Two Dome by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass Pendant, Tango Two Dome by Paul Matter
Tango is born from playful experimentation with vintage lighting components.
Burnt, aged brass and etched glass ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Sculpted Brass & Glass Pendant, Tango One Globe by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass & Glass Pendant, Tango One Globe by Paul Matter
Tango is born from playful experimentation with vintage lighting components.
Burnt, aged brass and etched...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Mirror Polished Steel & Brass Pendant, Overlay I by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Mirror Polished Steel & Brass Pendant, Overlay I by Paul Matter
Started with the idea of drafting a pattern on paper for a garment with free
flowing 3-D folds and arres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Sculpted Brass & Glass Pendant, Tango Three Globe by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass & Glass Pendant, Tango Three Globe by Paul Matter
Tango is born from playful experimentation with vintage lighting components.
Burnt, aged brass and etch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
28.1 Pendant Lamp by Bocci
Located in Geneve, CH
28.1 Pendant lamp by Bocci
Dimensions: diameter 16.5 x height 300 cm
Materials: blown glass, braided metal coaxial cable, electrical components, brushed nickel canopy.
Lamping: :...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Steel, Nickel
Large White Annular Pendant Lamp by MSDS Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Large white Annular pendant lamp by MSDS Studio
Materials: aluminum.
Dimensions: D 46.8 x H 32.4 cm
Available in white or black.
Available in 2 sizes: D32, D46.8 cm.
MSDS STUD...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Sculptural Light No. 65 by Milla Vaahtera
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural light no. 65 by Milla Vaahtera
Dimensions: W 103 x D 55 x H 70 cm
Materials: Glass, brass
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
Brass
1970’s Flush Mount Chandelier w Lucite Tube Bulb Elements
By Lightolier
Located in New York, NY
Incredible 1970’s fixture having ( 53 ) lucite rods that are suspended from the rectangular metal box, which mounts directly to the ceiling. Some lucite tubes contain a filliment, m...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Adjustable Oval Glass Pendant "Giove" by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana for VeArt
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s - 1980s.
This pendant features and mold-blown etched glass shades with brown brush strokes.
They are vintage pieces, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but they can be considered as in excellent original condition and ready to give ambiance to any room.
Height is adjustable. At the moment the min and max heights are 40 and 90 cm, but the steel wire can be replaced.
Measures...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Dionysos Ceiling Lamp #12 by Emilie Lemardeley
Located in Geneve, CH
Dionysos ceiling lamp #12 by Emilie Lemardeley
Dimensions: D120 x W60 x H40 cm.
Materials: brass and hand blown glass. Led 3W in each glass globes 36W Led, warm white
Weight: 10 k...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
14s Surface Light by Bocci
Located in Geneve, CH
14s Surface light by Bocci
Dimensions: D5.5 x H5.5 cm
Materials: Plate
Weight: 1 kg
Other materials and dimensions can be ordered.
All our lamps can be wired according to each...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Silver Plate, Nickel
Elio Martinelli Step Chandelier in White Lacquered Metal by Martinelli Luce 70s
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
A rare ceiling lamp or chandelier (model Step) with a semisphere lampshade in white lacquered aluminum, it was designed by Elio Martinelli and produced by the Italian company, Martinelli Luce during the 1970s.
The concentric shapes repeated in a precise sequence, from which the Step lamp is structured, reveal an attitude of the designer in search of geometric essentiality. It is a lamp characterized by simple and functional lines in which all the elements are inserted into each other reducing to a disk a few centimeters high, with closing system and telescopic opening. Its particular metal lamellar structure recalls some of the most famous lamps by Alvar Aalto and the hexagonal lamp designed in 1959 by Bruno Munare for Danese.
Literature: Emiliana Martinelli, Elio Martinelli e Martinelli...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
1980's Memphis Design Style Pendant Lamp
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Memphis style pendant lamp, made in Italy 1980's. Black metal with perspex ring and white opaline glass on this modern design hanging pendant lamp. Halogen lamp...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
21.7 Pendant by Bocci
Located in Geneve, CH
21.7 Pendant by Bocci
Dimensions: D20.3 x H300 cm
Materials: Brushed nickel, round canopy.
Weight:4.1 kg
Also available in different dimensions.
All our lamps can be wired acc...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Nickel
Elio Martinelli Step Chandelier in Black Lacquered Metal by Martinelli Luce 70s
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
A rare ceiling lamp or chandelier (model Step) with a semisphere lampshade in black lacquered aluminum, it was designed by Elio Martinelli and produced by the Italian company, Martinelli Luce during the 1970s.
The concentric shapes repeated in a precise sequence, from which the Step lamp is structured, reveal an attitude of the designer in search of geometric essentiality. It is a lamp characterized by simple and functional lines in which all the elements are inserted into each other reducing to a disk a few centimeters high, with closing system and telescopic opening. Its particular metal lamellar structure recalls some of the most famous lamps by Alvar Aalto and the hexagonal lamp designed in 1959 by Bruno Munare for Danese.
Literature: Emiliana Martinelli, Elio Martinelli e Martinelli...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
09 Lamp by Daniel Orozco
Located in Geneve, CH
09 Lamp by Daniel Orozco
Dimensions: D 13 x H 40 cm.
Materials: Wood
Black wood -based pendant lamp and 2 natural jabin wood balls. Handmade by Mexican artisans.
All our lamps can ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wood
05 Lamp by Daniel Orozco
Located in Geneve, CH
05 Lamp by Daniel Orozco
Dimensions: D 13 x H 50 cm.
Materials: Wood, Volcanic Stone
Hanging lamp with natural soap wood and volcanic stone balls and burned w...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Stone
Armilla brass pendant light by SCATTER.D STUDIO
Located in Piacenza, IT
Armilla invites to a relationship with light.
The tubes, like Doric columns, call for a movement around the object, in a mutual exchange between points of view and reflected rays.
W...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
10 Lamp by Daniel Orozco
Located in Geneve, CH
10 Lamp by Daniel Orozco
Dimensions: D 13 x H 40 cm.
Materials: Wood, Marble
Black wood -based pendant lamp and 2 pink marble balls. Handmade by Mexican artisans.
All our lamps can...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Marble
Tryst Six Chandelier by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Geneve, CH
Tryst six chandelier by Paul Matter
Materials: Brass and porcelain finish glass
Dimensions: D205.7 x W111.7 x H 182.8 cm
Wight: 30 kg
Tryst chandelier explores the relationship...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Set of Four Large Contemporary Ceiling Lights, 2010s
Located in Oslo, NO
A set of four large contemporary ceiling lights in painted steel. Designed and made in Europe from cirka 2010s second half. The lamps are f...
Category
2010s Scandinavian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Cut Steel
Anvers Small Pendant by CTO Lighting
By CTO Lighting
Located in Geneve, CH
Anvers small pendant by CTO Lighting
Materials: satin brass with alabaster stone.
Also available in bronze with alabaster stone.
Dimensions: H 6.8 x W 19.5 cm
All our lamps can be ...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Alba Top Pendant by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Alba top pendant by Contain
Dimensions: D 15x H 100 cm (custom leght)
Materials: Brass, 3D printed PLA structure and optical lens.
Also available in different finishes.
All our...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Other
Anvers Medium Pendant by CTO Lighting
By CTO Lighting
Located in Geneve, CH
Anvers medium pendant by CTO Lighting
Materials: satin brass with alabaster stone
Also available in bronze with alabaster stone
Dimensions: H 6.8 x W 33.5 cm
All our lamps can be w...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Anvers Large Pendant by CTO Lighting
By CTO Lighting
Located in Geneve, CH
Anvers large pendant by CTO lighting.
Materials: satin brass with alabaster stone
Also available in bronze with alabaster stone
Dimensions: H 6.8 x W 54.5 cm
All our lamps can be w...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Mezzo Cluster Round by Cto Lighting
By CTO Lighting
Located in Geneve, CH
Mezzo cluster round by CTO Lighting
Materials: satin brass with opal glass shade.
Dimensions: H 15 (variable height) x W 45 cm
Also available:
cluster round 8 - satin brass ceiling b...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Eole Lighting Fixture #5 by Emilie Lemardeley
Located in Geneve, CH
Eole lighting fixture #5 by Emilie Lemardeley
Dimensions: D 100 x W 20 x H 70 cm
Materials: Black steel, hand blown glass
Weight: 8 kg
The lighting fixtures in the Eole collect...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Sculpted Lighting Hatching Eggs No 4 by Periclis Frementitis
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpted lighting hatching eggs No 4 by Periclis Frementitis
Signed by Periclis Frementitis
Studio: HIGHDOTS
Dimensions: D 65 x W 130 x H 110 cm
Materials: Brass, raw stone, porc...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Other
Sculpted Lighting Sweet Dreams by Periclis Frementitis
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpted lighting sweet dreams by Periclis Frementitis
Signed by Periclis Frementitis
Studio: HIGHDOTS
Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 45 cm
Materials: Brass, raw stone, porcelain, G...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Other
Pendants by Mario Botta for Artemide
By Artemide, Mario Botta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pendants by Mario Botta for Artemide. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1980. Unique, monochromatic and geometric pendants that feature an anatomical and kinetic flat shade. ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
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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