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Cafe Restaurant Interior Chair Duo, Metal and Wood, Contemporary Style
Cafe Restaurant Interior Chair Duo, Metal and Wood, Contemporary Style

Cafe Restaurant Interior Chair Duo, Metal and Wood, Contemporary Style

By Clemence Seilles, Stromboli Associates

Located in Mexico City, MX

Banco Plus by Clemence Seilles Banco Plus chair is largely inspired from iconic school chairs

Category

2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Kazuki Chair in Red Coral by Kazuhide Takahama for Simon Gavina
Kazuki Chair in Red Coral by Kazuhide Takahama for Simon Gavina

Kazuki Chair in Red Coral by Kazuhide Takahama for Simon Gavina

By Kazuhide Takahama, Simon Gavina Editions

Located in TORONTO, CA

early post modern piece. Kazuhide Takahama was a Japanese designer born in Miyazaki, Japan. After

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Wood

Postmodern "Pupeny (Buds)" Chairs by Bohuslav Horák, Anthologie Quartett, 1995
Postmodern "Pupeny (Buds)" Chairs by Bohuslav Horák, Anthologie Quartett, 1995

Postmodern "Pupeny (Buds)" Chairs by Bohuslav Horák, Anthologie Quartett, 1995

By Bohuslav Horák, Anthologie Quartett 1

Located in București, B

handcrafted from green lacquered iron and has green glass balls on top of the backrest. The chair is sculpted

Category

1990s Czech Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Iron

Pair of Hammered Grey "No. 222" Chairs by Robert Mallet for Pallucco, 1980s
Pair of Hammered Grey "No. 222" Chairs by Robert Mallet for Pallucco, 1980s

Pair of Hammered Grey "No. 222" Chairs by Robert Mallet for Pallucco, 1980s

By Pallucco, Robert Mallet-Stevens

Located in București, B

These "No. 222" Chairs were designed by Robert Mallet in 1928 and reproduced by Pallucco in the

Category

Vintage 1980s French Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Giandomenico Belotti Set of Four Yellow 'Spaghetti Chair' for Fly Line, 1970s
Giandomenico Belotti Set of Four Yellow 'Spaghetti Chair' for Fly Line, 1970s

Giandomenico Belotti Set of Four Yellow 'Spaghetti Chair' for Fly Line, 1970s

By Giandomenico Belotti, Fly Line

Located in Firenze, IT

Set of four 'spaghetti' yellow lacquered steel chairs designed by Giandomenico Belotti for Fly Line

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Set of 4 Hammered Grey "No. 222" Chairs by Robert Mallet for Pallucco, 1980s
Set of 4 Hammered Grey "No. 222" Chairs by Robert Mallet for Pallucco, 1980s

Set of 4 Hammered Grey "No. 222" Chairs by Robert Mallet for Pallucco, 1980s

By Pallucco, Robert Mallet-Stevens

Located in București, B

These "No. 222" Chairs were designed by Robert Mallet in 1928 and reproduced by Pallucco in the

Category

Vintage 1980s French Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

FIRST Chair by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Milano
FIRST Chair by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Milano

FIRST Chair by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Milano

By Michele de Lucchi

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Michele de Lucchi was one of the cofounders of the Milano Design Group Memphis, which emerged at the end of 1980 around the central figure of Ettore Sottsass. The group’s very first...

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Transat Chair, Welcome Back, Made in Handmade Metal, Wood and Leather
Transat Chair, Welcome Back, Made in Handmade Metal, Wood and Leather

Transat Chair, Welcome Back, Made in Handmade Metal, Wood and Leather

By Fi Sofia Alvarado

Located in Gamboa, PA

Welcome back analyzes pieces of classic furniture lost in time, and brings them to modernity, seeking to resurrect their glory, in a contemporary, futuristic and personal version. Th...

Category

2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Easy Lounge Chair by Otto & Ridi Kolb
Easy Lounge Chair by Otto & Ridi Kolb

Easy Lounge Chair by Otto & Ridi Kolb

By Knoll

Located in PARIS, FR

This very rare easy chair was designed in 1961 by Otto & Ridi Kolb and Produced by Walter Knoll in

Category

Vintage 1960s American Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Postmodern Sculptural Dining Chair, 1980s
Postmodern Sculptural Dining Chair, 1980s

Postmodern Sculptural Dining Chair, 1980s

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This 1980s postmodern lacquered high back dining chair is like a functional piece of contemporary

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Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Cotton, Wood

"SO WHAT?" Prototype Chair by Christophe Pillet for XO, 1991
"SO WHAT?" Prototype Chair by Christophe Pillet for XO, 1991

"SO WHAT?" Prototype Chair by Christophe Pillet for XO, 1991

By Christophe Pillet

Located in București, B

This "So what?" prototype chair was designed by Christophe Pillet for XO in 1991. Sculptural in

Category

1990s French Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

80s Paolo Parigi ‘flap’ folding chair for Heron Parigi set/4
80s Paolo Parigi ‘flap’ folding chair for Heron Parigi set/4

80s Paolo Parigi ‘flap’ folding chair for Heron Parigi set/4

By Heron Parigi

Located in Amstelveen, Noord

design exhibitions have received important awards. Paolo designed the Flap chair in 1986 and won the IP

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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

Shocking Chair, Teak, jaggered Dining room, Desk or Side chair. Josh Page Studio
Shocking Chair, Teak, jaggered Dining room, Desk or Side chair. Josh Page Studio

Shocking Chair, Teak, jaggered Dining room, Desk or Side chair. Josh Page Studio

By Josh Page

Located in Cranbrook, GB

Introducing the Shocking Chair. Designed to add a bit of drama to your room. It is functional as a

Category

2010s British Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Enamel, Stainless Steel

Afra and Tobia Scarpa Italian Maxalto Set of Four Chairs in Rosewood and Leather
Afra and Tobia Scarpa Italian Maxalto Set of Four Chairs in Rosewood and Leather

Afra and Tobia Scarpa Italian Maxalto Set of Four Chairs in Rosewood and Leather

By Maxalto, Afra & Tobia Scarpa

Located in Mornico al Serio ( BG), Lombardia

Set of four Maxalto "New Harmony" collection dining room chairs with structure in rosewood and

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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Brass

Vanity + Otoman, Welcome Back
Vanity + Otoman, Welcome Back

Vanity + Otoman, Welcome Back

Unavailable|$6,014 / set

Vanity + Otoman, Welcome Back

By Fi Sofia Alvarado

Located in Gamboa, PA

Welcome back analyzes pieces of classic furniture lost in time, and brings them to modernity, seeking to resurrect their glory, in a contemporary, futuristic and personal version. Th...

Category

2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Office Swivel Chair by Maurizio Peregalli for Noto ZEUS Milano, 1988
Office Swivel Chair by Maurizio Peregalli for Noto ZEUS Milano, 1988

Office Swivel Chair by Maurizio Peregalli for Noto ZEUS Milano, 1988

By Zeus Noto, Maurizio Peregalli

Located in București, B

The office swivel chair was designed by Maurizio Peregalli for Noto ZEUS Milano in 1988. It's made

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal

Poltrona + Otoman - Welcome Back, made in handmade metal and upholstery
Poltrona + Otoman - Welcome Back, made in handmade metal and upholstery

Poltrona + Otoman - Welcome Back, made in handmade metal and upholstery

By Fi Sofia Alvarado

Located in Gamboa, PA

Welcome back analyzes pieces of Classic furniture lost in time, and brings them to modernity, seeking to resurrect their glory, in a contemporary, futuristic and personal version. Th...

Category

2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Metal

Il Palazzo 'August' Armchair Shigeru Uchida
Il Palazzo 'August' Armchair Shigeru Uchida

Il Palazzo 'August' Armchair Shigeru Uchida

Located in Venezia, VENETO

This chair was designed by Shigeru Uchida for the Hotel Il Palazzo, project led by Aldo Rossi in

Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Wood

Paolo Parigi ‘Canasta’ Office Sofa for Heron Parigi
Paolo Parigi ‘Canasta’ Office Sofa for Heron Parigi

Paolo Parigi ‘Canasta’ Office Sofa for Heron Parigi

By Heron Parigi

Located in Amstelveen, Noord

Industrial look and feel. This range of office chairs and sofas are a postmodern design of the 80s and early

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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal

Prototype Chair by Masanori Umeda, 1980s
Prototype Chair by Masanori Umeda, 1980s

Prototype Chair by Masanori Umeda, 1980s

By Masanori Umeda

Located in București, B

Prototype chair designed by Masanori Umeda in the 1980s. It's made of a metal structure

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Metal

OKAZAKI CHAIR red & orange by Shigeru UCHIDA
OKAZAKI CHAIR red & orange by Shigeru UCHIDA

OKAZAKI CHAIR red & orange by Shigeru UCHIDA

Located in Venezia, VENETO

OKAZAKI CHAIR was designed by Shigeru Uchida in 1996 for Mindscape Museum in the city of Okazaki

Category

2010s Japanese Post-Modern Bookcases

Materials

Wood

PALACE Chair by George Sowden for Memphis Milano
PALACE Chair by George Sowden for Memphis Milano

PALACE Chair by George Sowden for Memphis Milano

By George Sowden

Located in Brooklyn, NY

element of the palace chair intensifies its rectilinear layout, with intense color and simple forms

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Lacquer

Pair of "Placide of Wood" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1989
Pair of "Placide of Wood" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1989

Pair of "Placide of Wood" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1989

By Philippe Starck, Driade

Located in București, B

Pair of "Placide of Wood" chairs designed by Philippe Starck for Driade in 1989. Elegant frame with

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Living Room Sets

Materials

Cherry

Set of 6 "Placide of Wood" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1989
Set of 6 "Placide of Wood" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1989

Set of 6 "Placide of Wood" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1989

By Philippe Starck, Driade

Located in București, B

Set of 6 "Placide of Wood" chairs designed by Philippe Starck for Driade in 1989. Elegant frame

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Living Room Sets

Materials

Cherry

Set of 12 "Placide of Wood" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1989
Set of 12 "Placide of Wood" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1989

Set of 12 "Placide of Wood" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1989

By Philippe Starck, Driade

Located in București, B

Set of 12 "Placide of Wood" chairs designed by Philippe Starck for Driade in 1989. Elegant frame

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Living Room Sets

Materials

Cherry

Pair of "Bob Dubois" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1990s
Pair of "Bob Dubois" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1990s

Pair of "Bob Dubois" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1990s

By Philippe Starck, Driade

Located in București, B

Pair of "Bob Dubois" chairs designed by Philippe Starck for Driade between 1987 and 1993. The

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Living Room Sets

Materials

Papercord, Cherry, Pearwood

Set of "Slow Love" Chairs & "Cathy Lies" Table by Christophe Pillet for XO, 1991
Set of "Slow Love" Chairs & "Cathy Lies" Table by Christophe Pillet for XO, 1991

Set of "Slow Love" Chairs & "Cathy Lies" Table by Christophe Pillet for XO, 1991

By Christophe Pillet

Located in București, B

Set of 2 "Slow Love" chairs with "Cathy Lies" prototype bistro table by Christophe Pillet for XO in

Category

1990s French Post-Modern Living Room Sets

Materials

Mahogany

Set of 6 "Bob Dubois" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1990s
Set of 6 "Bob Dubois" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1990s

Set of 6 "Bob Dubois" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1990s

By Philippe Starck, Driade

Located in București, B

Set of 6 "Bob Dubois" chairs designed by Philippe Starck for Driade between 1987 and 1993. The

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Living Room Sets

Materials

Papercord, Cherry, Pearwood

Set of 12 "Bob Dubois" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1990s
Set of 12 "Bob Dubois" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1990s

Set of 12 "Bob Dubois" Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1990s

By Philippe Starck, Driade

Located in București, B

Set of 12 "Bob Dubois" chairs designed by Philippe Starck for Driade between 1987 and 1993. The

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Living Room Sets

Materials

Papercord, Cherry, Pearwood

Italian Post-Modern Lacquer Dining Chairs Leather Upholstery
Italian Post-Modern Lacquer Dining Chairs Leather Upholstery

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

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Lacquer

4 Post Modern Black Lacquer curved dining chairs Robert Mallet Stevens Style
4 Post Modern Black Lacquer curved dining chairs Robert Mallet Stevens Style

4 Post Modern Black Lacquer curved dining chairs Robert Mallet Stevens Style

By Robert Mallet-Stevens, Memphis Milano

Located in Brooklyn, NY

4 Post Modern Black Lacquer curved dining chairs Robert Mallet Stevens / Memphis Milano Style. Very

Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer

Post-Modern Sculptural Low Chair, 1980s
Post-Modern Sculptural Low Chair, 1980s

Post-Modern Sculptural Low Chair, 1980s

Located in Rotterdam, ZH

Unique Post-modern low chair, 1980s. The chair can be used as an outspoken and eye catching low

Category

Vintage 1980s European Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Pietro Costantini Post-Modern Style Maple Lacquer Dining Chairs, Set of 6
Pietro Costantini Post-Modern Style Maple Lacquer Dining Chairs, Set of 6

Pietro Costantini Post-Modern Style Maple Lacquer Dining Chairs, Set of 6

By Costantini

Located in Plainview, NY

A set of 6 Pietro Costantini Post-Modern style dining chairs. The chairs are constructed with a

Category

20th Century Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Maple, Lacquer

Set of 6 Post-Modern Pierre Cardin Dining Chairs, Circa 1980s
Set of 6 Post-Modern Pierre Cardin Dining Chairs, Circa 1980s

Set of 6 Post-Modern Pierre Cardin Dining Chairs, Circa 1980s

By Pierre Cardin

Located in Atlanta, GA

Set of six Post-Modern sculptural Pierre Cardin dining chairs in white lacquer featuring high split

Category

Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer

High-Back Asian Ebonized Post Modern Hall Chair
High-Back Asian Ebonized Post Modern Hall Chair

High-Back Asian Ebonized Post Modern Hall Chair

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Dramatic Asian post modern hall chair or accent chair featuring an exaggerated high back ending

Category

20th Century Chinese Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Elm

Set of 6 Black Lacquer Post Modern Memphis Style Dining Chairs Red Seat
Set of 6 Black Lacquer Post Modern Memphis Style Dining Chairs Red Seat

Set of 6 Black Lacquer Post Modern Memphis Style Dining Chairs Red Seat

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Set of 6 black lacquer post modern memphis style dining chairs red seat. Listing features (6) side

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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Post-Modern Cini Boeri 'Brigadier' Lounge Chairs in Elephant Grey Leather
Post-Modern Cini Boeri 'Brigadier' Lounge Chairs in Elephant Grey Leather

Post-Modern Cini Boeri 'Brigadier' Lounge Chairs in Elephant Grey Leather

By Cini Boeri, Knoll

Located in Antwerp, BE

high-gloss lacquered wooden frame This award winning Cini Boeri design from her Brigadier Series

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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Lacquer

Post modern wooden dining chairs, 1980s - set of 4
Post modern wooden dining chairs, 1980s - set of 4

Post modern wooden dining chairs, 1980s - set of 4

Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest

Vintage design dining chairs with black metal frames and black wooden backrests. Assymetric design

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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

Post modern bright red leather lounge chair with ottoman by Rolf Benz
Post modern bright red leather lounge chair with ottoman by Rolf Benz

Post modern bright red leather lounge chair with ottoman by Rolf Benz

By Rolf Benz

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Post modern bright red leather adjustable lounge chair with ottoman by Rolf Benz Germany for Cy

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Vintage 1980s German Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood, Lacquer

Italian Post Modern Ladder Back Dining Chairs, Bauhaus Black Lacquer High Back
Italian Post Modern Ladder Back Dining Chairs, Bauhaus Black Lacquer High Back

Italian Post Modern Ladder Back Dining Chairs, Bauhaus Black Lacquer High Back

By Cassina, Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Located in Decatur, GA

Set of six (6) hogh ladder back dining chairs after Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Solid maple frames

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Vintage 1980s Italian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric

Asian Postmodern Lacquer Double Horseshoe Chairs 6
Asian Postmodern Lacquer Double Horseshoe Chairs 6

Asian Postmodern Lacquer Double Horseshoe Chairs 6

Located in Astoria, NY

Asian Postmodern black lacquer double-horseshoe dining chairs, six (6), each with twinned upper and

Category

20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Lacquer

Post Modern Zeta Dining Chairs by Martin Haksteen for Harvink, 1980s
Post Modern Zeta Dining Chairs by Martin Haksteen for Harvink, 1980s

Post Modern Zeta Dining Chairs by Martin Haksteen for Harvink, 1980s

By Harvink

Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest

Vintage tripod post modern design dining chairs, model 'Zeta' designed by Martin Haksteen for

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Vintage 1980s Dutch Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

Post Modern High Back Leather Dining Chairs - Pietro Consantini - One Pair (2)
Post Modern High Back Leather Dining Chairs - Pietro Consantini - One Pair (2)

Post Modern High Back Leather Dining Chairs - Pietro Consantini - One Pair (2)

By Pietro Costantini

Located in Decatur, GA

One pair / set of two Pietro Costantini post modern high back dining chairs with exaggerated

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Beech, Lacquer

Post Modern High Back Leather Dining Chairs - Pietro Consantini - One Pair (2)
Post Modern High Back Leather Dining Chairs - Pietro Consantini - One Pair (2)

Post Modern High Back Leather Dining Chairs - Pietro Consantini - One Pair (2)

By Pietro Costantini

Located in Decatur, GA

One pair / set of two Pietro Costantini post modern high back dining chairs with exaggerated

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Beech, Lacquer

Vintage Italian Modern Black Lacquered Dining Chairs - Set of 8
Vintage Italian Modern Black Lacquered Dining Chairs - Set of 8

Vintage Italian Modern Black Lacquered Dining Chairs - Set of 8

Located in Clarksboro, NJ

This listing is for a set of eight Vintage Italian Modern Black Lacquered Dining Chairs. Elevate

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Lacquer

Post modern Japanese EDO Purple Black Chair by Kisho Kurokawa PPM Corporation
Post modern Japanese EDO Purple Black Chair by Kisho Kurokawa PPM Corporation

Post modern Japanese EDO Purple Black Chair by Kisho Kurokawa PPM Corporation

By Kisho Kurokawa

Located in BROOKLYN, NY

Post modern Japanese EDO Chair by Kisho Kurokawa for PPM Corporation This post Modern chair from

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Vintage 1980s Japanese Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood, Lacquer

Set of 8 Italian Post Modern Design Dining Chairs by Pietro Costantini
Set of 8 Italian Post Modern Design Dining Chairs by Pietro Costantini

Set of 8 Italian Post Modern Design Dining Chairs by Pietro Costantini

By Pietro Costantini

Located in Palm Springs, CA

These very chic vintage Italian modern dining chairs were made in the 1980s in a cool Post Modern

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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Postmodern Lacquered Dining Chairs
Postmodern Lacquered Dining Chairs

Postmodern Lacquered Dining Chairs

Located in W Allenhurst, NJ

Wonderful high back dining chairs finished in a white/cream lacquer with period upholstery. Great

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Mid-20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Lacquer

Post Modern Dining Chairs in the Style of Pietro Costantini, Set of 4
Post Modern Dining Chairs in the Style of Pietro Costantini, Set of 4

Post Modern Dining Chairs in the Style of Pietro Costantini, Set of 4

By Pietro Costantini

Located in Medina, OH

refinished as well, with a fresh coat of black lacquer. Perfect set of chairs for your post modern home.

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Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

Contemporary Postmodern Italian Dining Chairs in Charcoal Lacquer Finish
Contemporary Postmodern Italian Dining Chairs in Charcoal Lacquer Finish

Contemporary Postmodern Italian Dining Chairs in Charcoal Lacquer Finish

By Pietro Costantini

Located in San Diego, CA

Elegant tall back Italian dining chairs from the Postmodern era in a charcoal lacquer finish with

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Early 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Postmodern Italian Hank Lowenstein Padova White Lacquered Rush Dining Chairs
Postmodern Italian Hank Lowenstein Padova White Lacquered Rush Dining Chairs

Postmodern Italian Hank Lowenstein Padova White Lacquered Rush Dining Chairs

By Hank Loewenstein

Located in San Diego, CA

lacquered dining chair The ultra rare chair exudes an air of luxury and refinement. Outstanding design is

Category

20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Rush, Oak

Postmodern Italian Hank Lowenstein Padova White Lacquered Rush Dining Chairs
Postmodern Italian Hank Lowenstein Padova White Lacquered Rush Dining Chairs

Postmodern Italian Hank Lowenstein Padova White Lacquered Rush Dining Chairs

By Hank Loewenstein

Located in San Diego, CA

lacquered dining chair The ultra rare pair of chairs exudes an air of luxury and refinement. Outstanding

Category

20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Rush, Oak

Italian Calligaris Black Lacquered Chair, 4
Italian Calligaris Black Lacquered Chair, 4

Italian Calligaris Black Lacquered Chair, 4

By Calligaris

Located in Astoria, NY

Set of four Italian Post-Modern Calligaris black lacquered and leather dining chairs. Measures

Category

Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Lacquer

Set of Six Post-Modern Dining Chairs by Peregalli for Zeus, Italy, Ca. 1980s
Set of Six Post-Modern Dining Chairs by Peregalli for Zeus, Italy, Ca. 1980s

Set of Six Post-Modern Dining Chairs by Peregalli for Zeus, Italy, Ca. 1980s

By Zeus, Maurizio Peregalli

Located in Peabody, MA

Set of six dining side chairs in neoprene rubber designed by Maurizio Peregalli for Zeus, ca. 1984

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

Postmodern Italian Lacquer Wood & Cane Seat Rare Chair, Circa 1980's
Postmodern Italian Lacquer Wood & Cane Seat Rare Chair, Circa 1980's

Postmodern Italian Lacquer Wood & Cane Seat Rare Chair, Circa 1980's

Located in San Diego, CA

A very cool and unique chair in white lacquer wood finish with cane seat, solid and sturdy retains

Category

20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Cane, Wood, Lacquer

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Lacquer Post Modern Chairs For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of lacquer post modern chairs is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct lacquer post modern chairs — often made from wood, metal and animal skin — can elevate any home. There are 83 antique and vintage lacquer post modern chairs for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 4 modern editions to choose from as well. Lacquer post modern chairs have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Lacquer post modern chairs bearing Mid-Century Modern hallmark is very popular at 1stDibs. Lacquer post modern chairs have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Ettore Sottsass, Knoll and Pierre Cardin are consistently popular.

How Much are Lacquer Post Modern Chairs?

Prices for lacquer post modern chairs start at $475 and top out at $42,000 with the average selling for $3,622.

A Close Look at Post-modern Furniture

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

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 Mendinia 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.

Finding the Right Seating for You

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.