Modern Sculptural Console Table in "Hermes" Orange Lacquer
Located in Norwalk, CT
Dynamic form on this cantilevered console. Newly lacquered in high gloss Benjamin Moore Electric Orange (Hermes? orange). The heavy, weighted base makes the table very stable. Excell...
Wood
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 Translucent Acrylic glass Table Lamp - 1980s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Postmodern Translucent Acrylic glass Table Lamp - 1980s Desk lamp - Design - Vintage Measures : 50x29cm H:56,5cm Materials : Acrylic - Chrome
Chrome
Postmodern Zen Table Lamp by Sergio & Oscar Devesa for Metalarte, 1980s
By Sergi & Oscar Devesa
Located in Hamburg, DE
A rare table light from the Spanish manufacturer Metalarte after a design by Sergio & Oscar Devesa from the 80s. The shape of this design is based on the properties and possibilitie...
Metal
Set of 2 Postmodern German Glass Table Lamp and Vase Set, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern German Glass Table Lamp and Vase Set from Ambiente Schott Zwiesel, 1980s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark, Euro...
Glass
Postmodern Model Ara Table Lamp by Philippe Starck for Flos, 1980s
By Flos
Located in Hamburg, DE
A design classic from flos according to a design by designer philippe starck from the 80s. A postmodern design of special materiality and a unique function. Postmodern accents are s...
Metal
$608Sale Price|20% Off
Table Lamp Luxo Mod, One Design Isao Hosoe Vintage 1980s Italy
By Luxo, Isao Hosoe
Located in Den Haag, NL
A Luxo ‘One’ table lamp by Isao Hosoe. It has a marking to bottom which also includes ‘Made in Italy’. It is a halogen lamp with black thermo-molded ABS plastic. The head moves up an...
Plastic
Set of 2 Vintage Italian Postmodern Meridiana Table Lamps by Paolo, 1980s
By Stefano Cevoli
Located in Hamburg, DE
Set of 2 Vintage Italian Postmodern Meridiana Table Lamps by Paolo Francesco Piva for Stefano Cevoli, 1980s Two elegant table lights from the Italian manufacturer Stefano Cevoli aft...
Metal
Postmodern Waterfall Console, 1980s, USA
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Custom postmodern waterfall console table in mauve laminate. Good condition with minor scratches and scuffing.
Laminate, Wood
Leucos “Montagna” Murano Glass Table Lamp, Italy 1980s
By Leucos
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Elegant “Montagna” table lamp produced by Leucos, Italy, circa 1980s. Crafted in hand-blown glass, this sculptural lighting piece exemplifies the refined experimentation and artisana...
Metal
Vintage French Model Dum-Dum Egg Glass Table Lamp from SCE, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Table lamp in the form of the French manufacturer SCE. The elegant glass diffuser shows the shape of a simple egg. In addition to the function as a functional light source, this lam...
Glass
$2,340Sale Price / set|20% Off
Postmodern Table Lamps Italy 1980s Attributed Giorgetti
By Giorgetti S.p.A.
Located in Den Haag, NL
Two outstanding and rare Postmodern table lamps. Brass wings and base. Frosted glass tube shade beautiful made. Like a totem. Halogen with good working dimmer. Because the little s...
Brass
1970s–1980s Lucite Coffee Table Gold Accents Attributed to Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Vintage 1970s–1980s Lucite Coffee Table with Gold Accents Attributed to Charles Hollis Jones This stunning octagonal coffee table, attributed to renowned designer Charles Hollis Jon...
Brass
Vintage Postmodern Italian Igloo Table Lamp by Tommaso Cimini for Lumina, 1980s
By Tommaso Cimini
Located in Hamburg, DE
A design classic of the Italian manufacturer Lumina after a design by Tomasso Cimini from the early 80s. This design convinces with its technical design language. The overall design...
Metal
Post-Modern 1980s Lacquered White Nightstands by Roger Rougier
By Raymond Loewy, Milo Baughman, Roger Rougier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Post Modern two drawer white gloss lacquer nightstands, circa 1980 by Roger Rougier. Features a timeless space age design with white lacquer, black rubber accents and two ge...
Lacquer
Postmodern ceramic bust shaped table lamp, Italy 1980s
Located in Firenze, IT
Postmodern ceramic bust shaped table lamp Italy 1980s (with light bulb) 18 cm H - 14 × 10 cm Conditions: excellent, no defects
Ceramic
Postmodern Burgundy Plexiglass and Brass Table Lamps by F. Loffredo, Italy 1980s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s. These table lamps are made in plexiglass and brass. They are vintage items, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but they can be considered as in e...
Brass
Postmodern Italian Palio Table Lamp by Perry King S. Miranda for Arteluce 1980s
By Perry King and Santiago Miranda, Arteluce
Located in Hamburg, DE
A rare table lamp by the Italian manufacturer Arteluce. A design in a postmodern style. Delicate brackets support a finely crafted metal reflector shade with a chrome-colored top. T...
Metal
$1,800Sale Price|50% Off
American Chapman Lighting 1980s Sculptural Table Lamp
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
A 1980s American sculptural polished bronze table lamp with double sockets and silk cord by Chapman lighting. Rewired.
Brass, Bronze
Vintage German Postmodern Table Lamp by Matteo Thun for Nachtmann Leuchten 1980s
By Matteo Thun
Located in Hamburg, DE
Table lamp from the German manufacturer Nachtmann, designed by Matteo Thun. A draft in a postmodern design language. The classic luminaire shape meets bright color in the basic colo...
Metal
Postmodern Italian Model Gli Table Lamp by Marco Zotta for Eleusi, 1980s
By Marco Zotta
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare table lamp from the Italian manufacturer Eleusi based on a design by Marco Zotta from the 80s. The shape of this lamp follows a striking gesture. A flat angle, with two differe...
Metal
Postmodern Italian Model Gli Table Lamp by Marco Zotta for Eleusi, 1980s
By Marco Zotta
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare table lamp from the Italian manufacturer Eleusi based on a design by Marco Zotta from the 80s. The shape of this lamp follows a striking gesture. A flat angle, with two differe...
Metal
Italian Model Shogun Tavolo Table Lamp by Mario Botta for Artemide, 1980s
By Mario Botta
Located in Hamburg, DE
Imposing table lamp by Artemide based on a design by Mario Botta from the 80s. Postmodernism in its purest form in color and materiality. A timeless design classic that easily fits ...
Metal
$3,208Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern Glass Dining Table with Red Lacquered Legs Italy
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Bold vintage dining table with red cylindrical legs and graphic glass top A striking vintage dining table in the postmodern Italian style, likely produced during the 1980s, this pie...
Metal
Postmodern W.O. Table Lamp by Sacha Ketoff for Aluminor, France, 1980s
By Sacha Ketoff
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare, postmodern table lamp from the French manufacturer Aluminor after a design by Sacha Ketoff from the 80s. This draft was created in a competition as part of the exhibition "Lum...
Metal
$1,217Sale Price|20% Off
R. Beretta & A. Macchi Cassia Italian Stilnovo Parchment Table Lampshade 1980s
By Roberto Beretta, Antonio Pio Macchi Cassia, Stilnovo
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian table lamp model “Paralume” designed by Roberto Beretta and Antonio Macchi Cassia and produced by Stilnovo with black painted metal frame, height-adjustable parchment paper l...
Metal
Murano Art Glass Table Lamp by Giovanni Dalla Fina 1980s
By Giovanni Dalla Fina
Located in Villaverla, IT
Monumental Murano Art Glass Table Lamp by Giovanni Dalla Fina, c. 1980s An exceptionally rare and architecturally compelling table lamp designed by Giovanni Dalla Fina for a premiere...
Gold, Gold Leaf
1980s Natural Textured Coastal Coral Stone Shell Table Lamps, Set of 2
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning and rare coral stone lamps you could hope to find. Outstanding design is exhibited throughout. The beautiful set is statement pi...
Stone, Coral
Samuel Parker 1990 Post Modern Memphis Italian Slamp Etno Lamp in Resin
By Samuel Parker
Located in Miami, FL
Table lamp designed by Samuel Parker for Slamp. Unusual lamp designed in Milano Italy by Samuel Parker for Slamp. Produced in Italy between the end of the 1980s and the beginning ...
Resin, Plastic
Table Lamp by Alessandro Mendini, Studio Alchimia, Italy, 1980s, Pink and Blue
By Gruppo Alchimia, Alessandro Mendini
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare Postmodern table lamp designed by Alessandro Mendini for Studio Alchimia / Gruppo Alchimia. Very good condition with few if any signs of wear. Pink and blue lacquered aluminum w...
Aluminum, Steel
Postmodern Circo Table Lamp by Linke Plewa, 1980s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This striking red and black table lamp is a prime example of 1980s postmodern design. Exceptionally versatile, its adjustable arm moves freely around the circular base, while the bas...
Aluminum
$2,152Sale Price|20% Off
Signed Vintage Tessellated Stone Console or Dining Table Base
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 ...
Stone
Postmodern Marbleized Laminated Pedestal. Circa 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Marbleized Laminated Pedestal. Circa 1980s Features a minimalist, fully faux stone-pattern laminated frame. In excellent, near mint original condition with very mi...
Formica, Wood
Wide & Tall Mid Century Italian Modern Dark Green Marble Pedestal or Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A simple yet elegant green marble pedestal table from Italy circa 1980's. It features beautiful veining of solid slab marble construction. Extremely heavy.
Marble
Pair of Post Modern off White Ivory Ceramic Lamps on Lucite Bases, circa 1985
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Elegant pair of Post Modern ceramic lamps with channeled details set atop lucite bases. A great choice for a room full of neutrals, this pair of 1980s ceramic lamps exudes a clean an...
Brass
Frans Schrofer Doppia Halogen Table lamp 1980s Holland
By Frans Schrofer
Located in Den Haag, NL
Rare designer table lamp from the 1980s by designer Frans Schrofer. Manufactured by Scanlight, Netherlands with the name "DOPPIO" Lamp has two elegant arc-shaped arms that can be san...
Metal
Pink Murano Glass Table Lamp by Lino Tagliapietra Produced by Paf, Italy 1980s
By Lino Tagliapietra, PAF Studio
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s. It features a white and pink Murano glass base and a fabric lampshade This lamp might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as...
Brass
Set of Four Artisanal French Iron Highback Chairs, 1980s
Located in Hellouw, NL
Forged with a sculptural rhythm, this set of four highback dining chairs captures a uniquely artisanal spirit rooted in French ironwork traditions. Design Each chair is crafted enti...
Iron
Postmodern Stone Table Lamp, Green, Memphis Style, 1980s, Europe
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Stone Table Lamp, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989. European Plug (up to 250V).The wiring of this item may be original and might need replacement, if ...
Stone
Table lamp Gibigiana by Achille Castiglioni for Flos - 1980s
By Achille Castiglioni
Located in Uccle, Bruxelles
Stunning Gibigiana lamp designed by Achille Castiglioni for Flos in the 1980s. This table lamp features an adjustable mirror that reflects light from a source inside the lamp. The l...
Metal
Greta, Table Lamp by Maurizio Ferrari for Lamiprogetti, Italy, 1980s
Located in Brussel, BE
Post-Modern table lamp made of a solid marble cylinder base with a black metal structure and two semi-circular glass diffusers on the side, and a heat-resistant pleated plastic shade...
Marble, Metal
Pair of Black and White Table Lamps, Italy, 1980s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This pair of white table lamps from 1980s Italy showcases a playful yet functional postmodern design. Each lamp features a sleek cylindrical base in white lacquered metal, supporting...
Metal, Aluminum
Postmodern steel console table with spiral squiggle design USA 1980s / 1990s
Located in Hastings, GB
Stylish skinny postmodern steel console table with spiral squiggle design. USA 1980s/ 90s. Some wear to surface on right hand side (see video) Dimensions: width 120.5cm, depth 30.5c...
Steel
Vintage Table Lamp by Lamperti Model Sestante Memphis Design Italy, 1980s
By Lamperti
Located in Montecalvoli, IT
Vintage table lamp by Lamperti model Sestante Memphis Design Italy, 1980s This unusual table lamp from Italy from the 1980s combines minimalist design with practical functionality. ...
Metal
Large Pebble table lamp by François Chatain, 1980s France.
By François Châtain 1
Located in Landgraaf, NL
Large Pebble table lamp by François Chatain, 1980s France. Four ceramic pebbles, one gold and 3 off white. The angle of the shade is adjustable thanks to the brass ball joint mechani...
Ceramic
Italian Postmodern Iridescent Murano Glass Cone Table Lamp, 1980s
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Beauty Murano glass Cone shape Table Lamp. This fixture was made and manufactured during the 1980s in Italy. This Table Lamp is equipped with one light socket (E27). A professional e...
Metal
Totem Dining Chairs by Torstein Nilsen for Westnofa - Set of Six
By Westnofa Furniture, Torstein Nilsen
Located in Raleigh, NC
Postmodern dining chairs designed by Torstein Nilsen for Westnofa, Norway. If you are looking for some extremely unique dining chairs that work well with a variety of tables and make...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
Large Red Oxblood Chinoiserie Ceramic Urn Table Lamp, 1970s-1980s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage table lamp features large sculptural urn-shaped ceramic, porcelain, or pottery body, decorated with bright red oxblood glaze. The lamp is mounted on round stepped wood finish...
Brass
Italian black & grey metal 1980s table lamp with neon
By Rodolfo Bonetto
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This postmodern table lamp was produced in Italy around 1980. It is made from silver gray and black painted metal with an adjustable cylindrical neon shade. Its design resembles cont...
Metal
Ceramic Owl Table Lamp, French Studio Design, 1980s, Sculptural Form
By Albert Tormos
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A singular ceramic lamp conceived as a stylized owl, emblematic of the expressive freedom of French studio ceramics in the 1980s. This piece transcends its function to become a true ...
Ceramic
Pietro Costantini for Ello Postmodern High Back Dining Chairs, Set of 8 (Italy)
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Round Top, TX
Set of Eight (8) Postmodern Italian Pietro Costantini Dining Chairs Designed for Ello This exquisite set of dining chairs features high, exaggerated slatted backrests and a uniquely...
Textile, Wood
Topolino Table Lamp by Matteo Thun for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1980s
By Matteo Thun
Located in DE KWAKEL, NL
A distinctive Topolino table lamp designed by Matteo Thun and produced by Bieffeplast in Italy during the 1980s. This characterful lamp is a clear expression of late postmodern Itali...
Metal
Table Lamp “Bugia” by Giuseppe Cormio for iGuzzini, Italy, 1980s
By iGuzzini
Located in Hagenbach, DE
The “Bugia” table lamp, designed by Giuseppe Cormio for iGuzzini in the 1980s, is a standout example of Italian postmodern lighting design. With its name meaning "candle" or "lie" in...
Metal, Aluminum
1980s Black Lightolier Desk Lamp
By Lightolier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1980s black Lightolier desk lamp. Extremely heavy base. Some scratches and scuffs from age. The tension arm makes the lamp adjustable to many configurations.
Metal
Postmodern Spanish Chromed Table Lamp by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz, 1980s
By Leonardo Marelli, Estiluz, Estiluz Lighting
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Beauty and cool Postmodern Chromed Table Lamp by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz. This Table Lamp was made in Barcelona (Spain) by Estiluz during 1980s. Model M-1131. “Estiluz” original...
Metal
A Pair of Postmodern Marble Pedestals. Circa 1980s.
Located in Miami, FL
A Pair of Postmodern Marble Pedestals. Circa 1980s. Circa 1980s Feature a Postmodern / Brutalist design, rounded edges, textured raw stone fronts and backs, and polished tops and sid...
Marble
Michael Taylor Style Sculptural Modern Plaster Twist Spiral Column Table Lamp
By Michael Taylor
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Chunky and substantial Michael Taylor style twisted spiral table lamp, circa 1980's. This architectural column form lamp features a textural warm matte white/cream plaster finish. La...
Plaster
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.
It's hard to resist the allure of a beautiful pool. So, go ahead and daydream about whiling away your summer in paradise.
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.
Aided by photos taken of the maestro in his Milan studio, we honor the influential design talent who died last month at 87.
Adam Charlap Hyman and Andre Herrero, rising young design talents, are debuting a new, eclectic line of textiles.