$195Sale Price|40% Off
Vintage Red Pencil Table Lamp Pop Art Style, 1980s
By Lightolier
Located in Amityville, NY
Vintage Red Pencil Table Lamp Pop Art Style, 1980s. This table lamp, in the form of an oversized pencil, is representative of the 1980s trend of making large versions of everyday obj...
Wood
Postmodern Mosaic Top Console Table with Patinated Iron Base. Circa 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern Modern Mosaic Top Console Table. Circa 1980s Features a patinated iron base with a mosaic top. In excellent, near mint original condition with very minor signs of wear and...
Iron
TIKAL Postmodern Table Lamp by P.G. Ramella for Arteluce, 1980s
By Pier Giuseppe Ramella, Arteluce
Located in Brussel, BE
Postmodern table lamp made of a swiveling blue glass disc with a white acrylic lampshade and a black round base, designed by Pier Giuseppe Ramella for Arteluce in the 1980’s. - Desig...
Glass, Acrylic
Vico Magistretti Kuta Table Lamp for Oluce, Italy, 1980s
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Milan, IT
Minimalistic Kuta table lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, Italy, 1980s.
Marble, Metal
Postmodern Italian Lulu Table Lamp from Veneta Lumi, 1980s
By Veneta Lumi
Located in Hamburg, DE
Small table lights from Veneta Lumi. The Lulu combines the classic luminaire shape with contemporary materiality. It is made of colored plastic. This piece has an attribution mark, ...
Plastic
Multicolored Murano Glass Table Lamp by Leucos, Italy 1980s
By Fratelli Toso, Leucos
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
1980s, made in Italy. This table lamp features a metal stem and a multicolored Murano glass lampshade with turned canes. The base is oval. It is labeled Leucos, which is a prestigio...
Metal
1980s Dijkstra Chrome Halogen Table Lamp with Adjustable Height
By Dijkstra
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice rare Halogen table lamp ,in White . adjustable in Height .
Chrome
Postmodern Model Caio Table Lamp from Catellani & Smith, 1980s
By Catellani & Smith
Located in Hamburg, DE
Very rare table lamp from the Italian manufacturer Catellani & Smith from the Oggeti Senza Tempo collection from 1989. A postmodern design with a playful note. with its flexible ele...
Metal
$716Sale Price|20% Off
1980s Brass Faux Marble & Glass Console Sofa Table
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Brass
Vintage 1980s Postmodern Memphis Pedestal Console Entryway Table
By Gaetano Pesce, Mario Bellini, Kazuhide Takahama, Shiro Kuramata, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Striking vintage console table featuring a bold Postmodern silhouette and dramatic charcoal and light grey geometric pattern throughout. This piece showcases exceptional visual depth...
Wood
$2,400 / set
Set of 4 High Back Lucite Dining Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Sleek, sculptural, and quietly dramatic—this set of four high back Lucite dining chairs makes a strong case for clear materials done right. Crafted from thick molded Lucite, each cha...
Upholstery, Lucite
Postmodern German Model Minispot Table Lamp from Osram, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table or wall lamp from Osram. A functional design with postmodern details. The cubic base primarily consists of the cladding of the transformer. On the outside it is dec...
Metal
Vintage 1980s Postmodern Console Table Rounded Edge Hallway Table Caramel Grain
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This vintage 1980s Postmodern console table features a sculptural rounded edge profile and a golden caramel grain finish that enhances its architectural form and sleek linear design....
Wood
$7,400 / set
Set of 8 Vladimir Kagan Postmodern Dining Chairs
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Dallas, TX
This striking set of eight postmodern dining chairs by Vladimir Kagan captures the designer’s signature balance of fluid form, comfort, and architectural presence. Crafted with sculp...
Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer
Postmodern Design TEGOLA Desk Lamp by Bruno Gecchelin, Italy 1980's
By Bruno Gecchelin, Skipper
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Postmodern Design "TEGOLA" Desk or Table Lamp by Bruno Gecchelin for Skipper. Made in Italy, 1980's period. Marked on the lampshade. Black lacquered metal lampshade on chrome...
Marble, Metal
Rare Postmodern Table Lamp 'Rising Sun' by Metalarte Spain 1980s
By Metalarte Spain, Metalarte
Located in München, BY
Extremely rare and highly decorative Postmodern table lamp 'Rising Sun'. Designed & manufactured by Metalarte, Spain, 1980s. Executed in etched glass, enameled metal and brass, the...
Brass, Metal
Vintage Postmodern Italian Nestore Table Lamp by Carlo Forcolini, 1980s
By Carlo Forcolini
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elegant table lamp from the Italian lighting manufacturer Artemide after a design by Carlo Forcolini from the late 1980s. The lights of the Nestore series impress with their eleganc...
Metal
$995Sale Price / set|50% Off
1980s Lino Tagliapietra style table lampe , Italia
By Lino Tagliapietra
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Pair of post modern table lamp in the style of Lino Tagliapietra with a saturn glass shaped shade . Contain one E12 Candelabra size socket rated at 40 watt . Switch on cord . In...
Metal
Vintage Danish Spherical Ceramic Table Lamp w. Pink Glaze, 1980s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1980s Danish table light by Lamperiet Aarhus. The ceramic ball base features a monochrome pink glaze and the light comes installed with a fluted white shade. Measurements: H: 36 ...
Ceramic
"La Falene" Table Lamp ITALY 1980s
By Piero De Martini
Located in Forest, BE
Designed by Piero de Martini for Arteluce the “Le Falene” lamp consists of a white and diffusible drape on top of a red lacquered structure. The design of this piece is delicate and ...
Metal
Postmodern Clamp Shelf or Table Lamp from Lival, Finland, 1980s
By Lival Oy
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Clamp Shelf or Table Lamp from Lival, Finland, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark, I am sure that it is completely au...
Metal
Palm tree “Caribe” Table Lamp for Fiorucci by Targetti Sankey, 1980s
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Rare “Caribe” Palm tree table lamp by Targetti Sankey for Fiorucci stores, 1980s. Fiorucci was more than a clothing brand. Dubbed “daytime Studio 54” when the brand opened its conce...
Metal
Postmodern Mario Botta Terzo Coffee Table by Alias, 1980s
By Mario Botta, Alias
Located in Renens, CH
Custom designed coffee table by Mario Botta, produced by Alias (Italy) for the Ransila Building 1, Lugano, Switzerland: This marble top coffee table is an adjustment of the serie-pr...
Marble, Metal
Vintage Table Lamp by Sacha Ketoff for Aluminor, France, 1980s
By Aluminor
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare, postmodern table lamp from the French manufacturer Aluminor based on a design by Sacha Ketoff from the 80s. This design was created in a competition as part of the exhibition "...
Metal
Postmodern Italian Washington Table Lamp by Jean Michel Wilmotte, 1980s
By Lumen Center
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lamp from the Italian manufacturer Lumen Center Italia based on a design by architect and designer Jean Michel Wilmotte from the 80s. This is the old, original versi...
Metal
Postmodern Cirkel Table Lamp by IKEA, Metal and Plastic, Sweden, 1980s
By IKEA
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lamp from Ikea from the 1980s. Elegant table lamp with a technical design language. The flat lamp head appears particularly narrow in profile. The black and chrome ...
Metal
Murano Glass Table Lamp Shell Silhouette Postmodern Memphis Style Italy, 1980s
Located in Montecalvoli, IT
Murano Glass Table Lamp Shell Silhouette Postmodern Memphis Style Italy, 1980s This vintage Murano glass table lamp from the 1980s impresses with its playful postmodern Memphis desi...
Murano Glass
Large Pair of Post Modern Coquina Stone Style Lamps, in Painted Plaster
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Pair of Postmodern Coquina Stone Style Lamps, in Painted Plaster USA, Circa 1980s This striking pair of large postmodern lamps showcases a coquina stone-style texture, crafte...
Plaster
Postmodern Model Z-Lite Zig Zag Flexible Table Lamp, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lamp with a transformable design. The Z-Lite or Zig Zag desk lamp is characterized by its complex construction and versatility. It is both a functional light source...
Metal
Pair of Pierre Cardin 1980s Postmodern Hollywood Regency Brass Tidal Wave Table
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Pair of Pierre Cardin 1980s Postmodern Hollywood Regency Brass Tidal Wave Table Lamps Striking pair of sculptural brass table lamps designed in the 1980s by Pierre Cardin. Featuring...
Brass
Sculptural Coffee Table by Maker Magnussen, Mactan Stone Base, 1980s
By Magnussen Furniture, Maitland Smith
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Mora Viñal Sep 4, 2025, 2:25 PM (12 days ago) to me A stunning interplay of organic form and architectural drama, this vintage 1980s coffee table features a gracefully arched ba...
Stone
Postmodern French Glass Table Lamp from Trait D'Union, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lamp made of glass. A playful design. The shape and color make this small lamp appear like a living character. The glass lamp body is overlaid in yellow-orange. The...
Glass, Plastic
Post Modern Curtis Jere Circular Pedestal of Brass and Smoked Glass, c. 1984
By C. Jeré Artisan House, Curtis Jeré
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Any object placed atop this circular Curtis Jeré Pedestal is highlighted and enhanced. Sophisticated glamour from every angle. This sultry Post Modern pedestal features a smooth circ...
Brass
Postmodern Black and Gold Glazed Ceramic Table Lamps, Italy 1980s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s. These table lamps are made in black and gold glazed ceramic and brass. They are vintage items, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but they can be ...
Brass
Set of 2 Red Vintage Table Lamps Postmodern Memphis Design Italy, 1980s
Located in Montecalvoli, IT
Set of 2 red vintage table lamps Postmodern Memphis design Italy, 1980s This extraordinary set of 2 minimalist table lamps comes from Italy around the 1980s. The lamps with swivelin...
Metal
Postmodern White Murano Glass and Brass Table Lamp, Italy, 1980s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s. This table lamp is made in Murano glass and brass. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in perfect ...
Brass
Postmodern Marble and Brass Console Table in the Artedi Style. Circa 1980s
By Artedi
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern Marble and Brass Console / Entry Table in the Artedi Style. Circa 1980s. Features a minimalist design with a marble base with beautiful stone veins, polished brass glass s...
Marble, Brass
Vintage Metal and Glass Table Lamp Black Metal with Glass Italy, 1980s
Located in Montecalvoli, IT
Vintage Metal and Glass Table Lamp Black Metal with Glass Italy, 1980s This vintage metal and glass table lamp from the 1980s showcases a striking Postmodern Memphis design made in ...
Metal
Postmodern Dutch Glass Cone Table Lamp from Mobo Light, Holland, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Simple cone table lamp made of glass from Mobo Light from the Netherlands. The cone-shaped diffuser is made entirely of glass. The glass is overlaid green. The cable exits visibly f...
Glass
Tikal Table Lamp by Pier Giuseppe Ramella for Arteluce 1980s
By Pier Giuseppe Ramella, Arteluce
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
The Tikal model table lamp, created by Pier Giuseppe Ramella around 1985, is an exceptional lighting room that combines a unique aesthetic with practical functionality. Featuring a d...
Metal
Vintage German Table Lamp by Heico Linke for Brilliant Leuchten, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage German Table Lamp by Heico Linke for Brilliant Leuchten, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 have official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs, d...
Metal
Postmodern Tikal Table Lamp by P.G. Ramella for Arteluce, 1980s
By Pier Giuseppe Ramella
Located in Hamburg, DE
- Elegant table lamp from the Italian manufacturer Arteluce. - The design seems to be inspired by the play of light of a solar eclipse - The lamp has two sides with different light e...
Metal
1980s Postmodern Black and White Table Lamp
By Memphis Milano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning 1980s postmodern table lamp by Be Yang in the Memphis Milano style. A black metal base, black stem with white geometric accents, white painted metal conical shade, and ma...
Metal
Postmodern Italian Ala Table Lamp by Rodolfo Bonetto for Iguzzini, 1980s
By Rodolfo Bonetto
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lamp from the Italian manufacturer Iguzzini according to a design by Rodolfo Bonetto from the 1980s. A highly flexible and changeable design based on the game with ...
Metal
1980s Post-Modern Murano Wall Sconce by Zonca, Hand-Crafted Glass
By Zonca
Located in Brussel, BE
Italian Postmodern wall sconces made of a fan-shaped blue and pink textured Murano glass on a black metal base with a white metal grid on the sides that gives a nice light effect on ...
Metal
Bar cart by Massimo Iosa Ghini for BRF Italy, 1980’s
By Massimo Iosa Ghini
Located in Delft, NL
Dimensions: 85cm W, 46cmD, 71cmH Designer: Massimo Iosa Ghini Origin: Italy Condition: Good has been painted over
Metal
1980s Postmodern Faceted Plaster Pedestal or Sculpture Stand
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A striking Postmodern pedestal featuring an architectural faceted silhouette and textured plaster-like finish. The geometric form tapers inward at the center before expanding to a br...
Plaster
$515Sale Price|20% Off
German Post-Modern Desk Lamp by Brilliant Leuchten AG, Plastic, 1985
By Brilliant Leuchten AG
Located in Den Haag, NL
German postmodern desk lamp, designed by Linke Plewa for Brilliant Leuchten in the 1980s. Halogen. Revolving base. Works perfect.
Plastic
Postmodern Italian Multi X Table Lamp by Yaacov Kaufmann for Lumina, 1980s
By Yaacov Kaufman, Lumina
Located in Hamburg, DE
Flexible desk lamp by Lumina, based on a design by Yaacov Kaufmann from the 1980s. The design stands out for its flexibility and technical aesthetics. The lamp arm is integrated int...
Metal
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Pao Table Lamp by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, 1980s
By Ron Rezek
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage mushroom table lamp designed by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, Made in Italy.
Metal
Mario Botta "Tesi" Dining Table for Alias, Italy, 1980
By Alias, Mario Botta
Located in Basel, BS
Outrageous opportunity to own a rare Mario Botta dining or conference table, made in 1986, in mint condition. This Dining table or desk, titled the model "Tesi" from 1986, was des...
Metal, Sheet Metal
Postmodern Flamingo Table Task Lamp by Fridolin Naef for Luxo, 1980s
By Luxo
Located in Hamburg, DE
Filigree table lamp from Luxo after a design by Fridolin Naef from the early 80s. The complex design of the flamingo with connected joints and the large counterweight enables very s...
Metal
Postmodern Model Stringa Table Lamp by Hans Ansems for Luxo, 1980s
By Hans Ansems
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lamp from Luxo based on a design by Hans Ansems from the 80s. The design of this elegant table lamp impresses with its high flexibility. The arm is movably mounted ...
Metal
Postmodern Model Stringa Table Lamp by Hans Ansems for Luxo, 1980s
By Hans Ansems
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lamp from Luxo based on a design by Hans Ansems from the 80s. The design of this elegant table lamp impresses with its high flexibility. The arm is movably mounted ...
Metal
Italian Model Tabla Table Lamp by Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo, 1980s
By Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lamp from the Italian manufacturer Italiana Luce based on a design by Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo from the 80s. Sculptural table lamp with a changeable shape....
Metal
$1,625Sale Price|35% Off
Set of 8 Postmodern Dining Chairs in Aqua Green Upholstery, Parsons style
Located in Las Vegas, NV
An awesome set of eight vintage dining chairs, dating to the 1980-1990s, showcasing bold postmodern design. The chairs feature sculptural arched backs and fully upholstered frames, w...
Fabric
Set of 2 Vintage Postmodern Space Age Spring Table Lamps, 1980s
By Massive Lighting
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lights from the Belgian manufacturer massive. A simple spotlight head sits at the end of a finely executed shaft. The shaft is shaped into a spiral in the lower are...
Metal
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
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
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 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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Alessandro Mendini, Michael Graves, Ettore Sottsass and other design luminaries contributed to this unusual collection of porcelain wares representing a time capsule of late-20th-century decorative art.
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