Italian Post-Modern Lacquer Dining Chairs Leather Upholstery
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Set of 4 Italian Lacquer dining chairs with leather upholstery. Gentle curved design with channel
Leather, Lacquer
Post Modern Italian Lacquered Set of Four Dining Chairs
By Saporiti
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Set of 4 Postmodern lacquered white dining room chairs. Marked made in Italy, in the style of
Naugahyde, Hardwood
Set of Six Pietro Costantini Post Modern Lacquered Dining Chairs
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Chic set of post modern dining chairs designed by Pietro Costantini in San Vito al Torre Italy. The
Leather, Wood
Set of Four Pietro Costantini Post Modern Oyster Lacquered Dining Chairs
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stylish set of four Italian post-modern lacquered dining chairs designed by Pietro Costantini in
Fabric, Beech
1980s Post-Modern Black Lacquer Walnut & Leather Cube / Club Chair by Brian Kane
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Brian Kane, Metropolitan
Located in St. Louis, MO
Single 1980s Post-Modern black lacquered walnut and leather club chairs by Brian Kane for
Walnut, Lacquer
Vintage Modern to Post Modern White Lacquered Side Chair with Arched Top
Located in Topeka, KS
Lovely vintage modern to postmodern white lacquered side chair with arched top. Beautiful condition
Fabric, Wood, Lacquer
Pair of 1980s Post-Modern Black Lacquer & Leather Cube Club Chairs by Brian Kane
By Metropolitan, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Brian Kane
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of 1980s Post-Modern black Lacquered walnut and leather club chairs by Brian Kane for
Walnut, Lacquer
$1,513 / set
Vintage Post Modern Dining Chairs, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Italian metal postmodern dining chairs with grey/white lacquered wooden frames and chrome inserts
Chrome
$1,950Sale Price / set|35% Off
Set of 6 Post Modern tan gloss Lacquer curved dining chairs made in Italy
By Memphis Milano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of (6) Post Modern Tan / cream Gloss Lacquer curved tall back dining chairs Memphis Milano
Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer
Post-Modern Sculptural Pair Chairs Silver Metal Blue Glass Bohuslav Horak 1988
By Bohuslav Horák
Located in Vienna, AT
Post-Modern sculptural metal vintage chairs model Pupeny or Buds by Bohuslav Horak, 1988. A
Metal
$2,118 / set
Post modern dining chairs, set of 6 - 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Set of 6 post modern white lacquered wooden dining chairs with grey metal legs. Fantastic design
Metal
$767Sale Price|50% Off
Post Modern Pietro Costantini Chairs - Set of 4
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Set of four Italian postmodern dining chairs by Pietro Costantini Beechwood covered in white
Wood, Lacquer
Post modern dining chairs, 1980s set of 4
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Post modern dining chairs with a striking design consisting of a black lacquered metal frame fabric
Metal
Post modern dining chairs by Pietro costantini, 1980s, set of 6
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Very chic italian high back dining chairs designed by Pietro Costantini. Elegant curved lacquered
Leather, Wood
$8,668 / item
Affilato Black Lacquer Chair by Palena Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
lacquered metal frame gives a touch of a modern look, and the seat of the chair, woven from the finest
Other
$3,000Sale Price|20% Off
Set of 8 Post Modern Suede Dining Chairs After Eero Saarinen
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of eight sleek Post Modern suede and lacquered oak dining chairs in the manner of Eero Saarinen
Suede, Wood, Lacquer
$10,654 / item
Bellus Black Lacquer Chair by Palena Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Bellus Black Lacquer Chair by Palena Furniture Dimensions: W 58.42 x D 54.61 x H 73.66 x Seat H
Bronze, Other
Four Post-Modern Italian Dining Chairs by Pierre Cardin, 1980s
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Four dining chairs by Pierre Cardin, 1980s. Absolutely rare production designed by Pierre Cardin in
Brass
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Set of 4 Midcentury Post Modern Black Dining Chairs by Pietro Costantini Italy
By Ello Furniture, Pietro Costantini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
delicate Post Modern Designed Black Lacquer dining chairs with upholstered Seats. All chairs are ready for
Wood, Lacquer
Set of Eight Italian Lacquered Wood and Leather Modern Dining Chairs
By A. Sibau
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Set of 8 highback dining chairs with black lacquered wooden frames and leather seats and backrests
Leather, Wood
Post Modern Style Ten Leather Burgundy Red Black Silver Dining Chairs 1980
Located in Vienna, AT
Post-modern style set of ten vintage dining chairs of chairs from beech, leather and metal in the
Metal
Post modern Eastside Armchair by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll 1980
By Knoll, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Post modern East side Arm chair designed by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll 1980. Original purple and
Steel
$2,372Sale Price / set|20% Off
Memphis Style Lacquered Iron Black Leatherette Four Chairs Set, Italy, 1980
By Philippe Starck
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of four contemporary chairs attributed to Philip Stark. The chairs are composed of a black
Iron
$3,520Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 8 Costantini Lacquered Dining Chairs
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Dallas, TX
Chic set of post modern dining chairs designed by Pietro Costantini in San Vito al Torre Italy. The
Wood, Lacquer
Postmodern lacquered wood italian dining chairs, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Postmodern design dining chairs with black lacquered wooden frames and faux leather upholstery
Faux Leather, Lacquer
Maitland Smith Style Stone And Mother Of Pearl Inlay Lacquer Chairs, Set of 6
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Lacquer Armchairs - Set of 6
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Bright Red Leather And Glossy Lacquered Solid Ash Chair by Casa Casati
Located in Geneve, CH
Nuba Thema Leather And Glossy Lacquered Solid Ash Chair by Casa Casati Dimensions: D 58 x W 58 x H
Other
Italian Designer Postmodern Black Lacquer Wood and Leather Side Chair
By Calligaris
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and chic Italian modern style or Postmodern period black lacquer wood and leather
Leather, Wood
Italian Designer Postmodern Black Lacquer Wood and Leather Side Chair
By Calligaris
Located in New York, NY
Very beautiful and chic Italian Modern style or Postmodern period black lacquer wood and leather
Leather, Wood
Frank Gehry Power Play Chair for Knoll, Black Lacquered
By Frank Gehry, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Frank Gehry Power Play chair. Hard maple, black finish. Frame constructed of hard white maple
Maple
Set of 6 Italian leather and green lacquer dining chairs, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Postmodern black leather dining chairs with Green lacquer bases. Unique set we've never seen
Wood, Lacquer
MEMPHIS "FIRST" Chair / Michele De Lucchi (Italy) / Postmodern Chair
By Michele de Lucchi
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
The Most Popular MEMPHIS Chair!!! FIRST is an iconic and sculptural creation conceived by Michele
Metal
Noble Chair Black Lacquered Beech by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Noble chair Black Lacquered Beech by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D55 x W47 x H 85 cm Material: Black
Beech
1980s Postmodern lacquered Dining Chairs Newly Reupholstered -Set of 4 Off-white
Located in Miami, FL
1980s Postmodern lacquered Dining Chairs Newly Reupholstered - Set of 4 Offered for sale is a set
Fabric, Wood
Set of Six Italian Dining Chairs, Black Lacquer, Postmodern, 80s, Solid Wood
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Set of Six Italian Dining Chairs, Black Lacquer, Postmodern, 80s, Solid Wood, Kitchen, Dining Room
Wood, Fabric
Set of Six Midcentury Italian Postmodern Black Lacquer Art Deco Dining Chairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A sexy matching set of six armless dining chairs made in Italy circa 1980s. Designed in a classic
Steel
Pair of Frank Gehry Power Play Chairs for Knoll, Black Lacquered
By Knoll, Frank Gehry
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Frank Gehry Power Play chairs. Hard maple, black finish. Frame constructed of hard
Maple
Italian Set of Six Dining Chairs in Red Velvet and White Lacquered Wood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Set of six dining chairs, velvet, lacquered wood, Italy, 1970s These armchairs embrace the
Velvet, Wood, Lacquer
$1,997 / item
The Orange Chair Black Lacquered Oak by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
The orange chair black lacquered oak by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D64 x W71 x H 78 cm Material
Wood, Oak
Wendy Wright chair by Philippe Starck
By Philippe Starck
Located in PARIS, FR
practical success, the chair embodies a broader design philosophy in which everyday objects are optimized to
Steel
Noble Chair Black Lacquered Beech Black by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Noble chair Black Lacquered Beech Black by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D55 x W47 x H 85 cm Material
Leather, Upholstery, Wood, Beech
Noble Chair Black Lacquered Beech Terracotta by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Noble chair black lacquered beech terracotta by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D55 x W47 x H 85 cm
Textile, Upholstery, Wood, Beech
$2,833 / item
Polaire Chair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Polaire Chair by Munna Dimensions: D 54 x W 56 x H 81 cm. SH: 47 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and
Foam, Wood, Leather
$1,937 / item
Françoise Chair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Françoise Chair by Munna Dimensions: D 56 x W 45 x H 83 cm. SH: 48 cm. Materials: Solid wood, foam
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$1,937 / item
Françoise Chair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Françoise Chair by Munna Dimensions: D 56 x W 45 x H 83 cm. SH: 48 cm. Materials: Solid wood, foam
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$1,937 / item
Françoise Chair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Françoise Chair by Munna Dimensions: D 56 x W 45 x H 83 cm. SH: 48 cm. Materials: Solid wood, foam
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$1,937 / item
Françoise Chair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Françoise Chair by Munna Dimensions: D 56 x W 45 x H 83 cm. SH: 48 cm. Materials: Solid wood, foam
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$1,937 / item
Françoise Chair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Françoise Chair by Munna Dimensions: D 56 x W 45 x H 83 cm. SH: 48 cm. Materials: Solid wood, foam
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
Vintage Postmodern Art Deco Purple and Gray Lacquer Game Chairs - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Postmodern Art Deco Purple and Gray Lacquer Game Chairs - a Pair. Item features a faux
Wood
"ENLIL" Lacquered wood and silver leather throne, Roberto Fallani
By Roberto Fallani
Located in IT
Lacquered wood and silver leather throne with a metallic base. Roberto Fallani, artist of the
Wood
Set of 4 Redmile Postmodern English White Lacquered Fantasy Horn Chairs
By J. Antony Redmile
Located in Queens, NY
"Set of 4 Post-Modern (circa 1980) Fantasy white lacquered resin and wood anthropomorphic chairs
Resin
Orange Chair Vidar Black Lacquered Oak Grey by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
The orange chair vidar black lacquered oak grey by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D64 x W71 x H 78 cm
Upholstery, Wood, Oak
$2,336 / item
Mary Q Chair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Mary Q Chair by Munna Dimensions: D 62 x W 58 x H 75 cm. SH: 50 cm. Materials: Solid wood, foam
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$2,336 / item
Mary Q Chair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Mary Q Chair by Munna Dimensions: D 62 x W 58 x H 75 cm. SH: 50 cm. Materials: Solid wood, foam
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$2,336 / item
Mary Q Chair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Mary Q Chair by Munna Dimensions: D 62 x W 58 x H 75 cm. SH: 50 cm. Materials: Solid wood, foam
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$2,336 / item
Mary Q Chair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Mary Q Chair by Munna Dimensions: D 62 x W 58 x H 75 cm. SH: 50 cm. Materials: Solid wood, foam
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
Noble Chair Black Lacquered Beech Pale Rose by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Noble chair black lacquered beech pale rose by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 55 x W 47 x H 85 cm
Textile, Upholstery, Wood, Beech
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.
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.