Washington Console by Jean-Michel Wilmotte
By Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean-Michel Wilmotte (b. 1948) Washington Console, Ca. 1985 Edition Academy, Paris, France Satin black lacquered steel, original granite top Academy written in pencil under the top (...
Granite, Steel
$4,498 / item
H 16.54 in W 15.75 in D 13 in
Night Log Unique Bedside Table in Lacquered Reclaimed Tree Trunk by Panorammma
Located in Geneve, CH
Night Log Unique Bedside Table in Lacquered Reclaimed Tree Trunk by Panorammma Dimensions: D 33 x W 40 x H 42 cm. Materials: Onyx. Each edition’s patterns and tone will naturally va...
Wood
$19,222 / item
H 29.14 in W 149.61 in D 47.25 in
WA 240 Matt Elm And Glossy Oxblood Beam Rectangular Console by Casa Casati
Located in Geneve, CH
WA 240 Matt Elm And Glossy Oxblood Beam Rectangular Console by Casa Casati Dimensions: D 120 x W 380 x H 74 cm. Materials: Lacquer, MDF, and elm. Available in different materials ...
Other
$4,094 / item
H 31.11 in W 29.53 in D 34.26 in
Handmade Contemporary Mambo Unlimited Ideas James Armchair for Outdoors
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Open since 1997 and based in Lisbon, Portugal, a country with a long crafts tradition, Mambo Unlimited Ideas' design team researches for innovation and creativity developments around...
Fabric, Wood
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger
Located in Geneve, CH
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger Dimensions: D 48 x W 160 x H 90 cm. Materials: Brass, wood veneer, and lacquer. Finish: Top lacquered in Night Jungle; drawer in purpleheart wood...
Brass
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger
Located in Geneve, CH
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger Dimensions: D 48 x W 160 x H 90 cm. Materials: Brass, wood veneer, and lacquer. Finish: Top lacquered in Ultramarine; drawer in purpleheart wood ...
Brass
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger
Located in Geneve, CH
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger Dimensions: D 48 x W 160 x H 90 cm. Materials: Brass, wood veneer, and lacquer. Finish: Top lacquered in Green; drawer in purpleheart wood veneer...
Brass
Cliff Console by Ginger & Jagger
Located in Geneve, CH
Cliff Console by Ginger & Jagger Dimensions: D 51 x W 183 x H 87 cm. Materials: Stainless steel and lacquer. Finish: Top lacquered in Night Jungle in gloss; base in stainless steel ...
Stainless Steel
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger
Located in Geneve, CH
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger Dimensions: D 48 x W 160 x H 90 cm. Materials: Brass, wood veneer, and lacquer. Finish: Top lacquered in Green; drawer in purpleheart wood veneer...
Brass
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger
Located in Geneve, CH
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger Dimensions: D 48 x W 160 x H 90 cm. Materials: Brass, wood veneer, and lacquer. Finish: Top lacquered in Night Jungle; drawer in purpleheart wood...
Brass
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger
Located in Geneve, CH
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger Dimensions: D 48 x W 160 x H 90 cm. Materials: Brass, wood veneer, and lacquer. Finish: Top lacquered in Ultramarine; drawer in purpleheart wood ...
Brass
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger
Located in Geneve, CH
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger Dimensions: D 48 x W 160 x H 90 cm. Materials: Brass, wood veneer, and lacquer. Finish: Top lacquered in Stone in matt; drawer in purpleheart woo...
Brass
$2,801 / item
H 31.11 in W 29.53 in D 34.26 in
Handmade Contemporary Mambo Unlimited Ideas James Armchair
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Open since 1997 and based in Lisbon, Portugal, a country with a long crafts tradition, Mambo Unlimited Ideas' design team researches for innovation and creativity developments around...
Fabric, Wood
$1,250
H 14 in W 8.25 in D 14 in
Postmodern Howard Miller George Nelson 1984 Olympus Table Clock "Tempo 21"
By Howard Miller, George Nelson
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare "Olympus" table clock by Howard Miller Clock Company. From the 1984 "Tempo 21" collection. The circular red clock face is upheld by a green pyramid base. Slight signs of wear an...
Aluminum
$7,840Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.5 in W 66 in D 24 in
Hand Painted Faux Malachite Console / Desk, Alessandro, Baker, 1980's
By Baker Furniture Company, Alessandro Gambrielli
Located in Culver City, CA
This rare desk / console was designed by European designer and artist Alessandro Gambalogna, known simply as “Alessandro,” for Baker Furniture in the 1980s ~ and she is not your stan...
Malachite
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger
Located in Geneve, CH
Fig Tree Console by Ginger & Jagger Dimensions: D 48 x W 160 x H 90 cm. Materials: Silver, nickel, wood veneer, and lacquer. Finish: Top lacquered in Night Jungle; drawer in purpleh...
Silver, Nickel
Checkerboard Table Clock, "Tempo 21" Tower 2 by George Nelson, 1984
By George Nelson, Howard Miller
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare postmodern cream, brown, and navy checkerboard table clock by Howard Miller Clock Company. From the 1984 "Tempo 21" collection. Very few signs of wear. Two different shades of c...
Aluminum
$13,286 / item
H 26.78 in W 59.06 in D 17.33 in
Berlino 150 Matt English Mahogany And Light Bronze Metal Console by Casa Casati
Located in Geneve, CH
Berlino 150 Matt English Mahogany And Light Bronze Metal Console by Casa Casati Dimensions: D 44 x W 150 x H 68 cm. Materials: MDF, lacquer, brass, bronze, Mahogany, and iron. Avai...
Brass, Bronze, Other, Iron
$24,504 / item
H 29.14 in W 98.43 in D 19.69 in
Berlino 250 Matt Grey Oak And Light Bronze Metal Maxi Console by Casa Casati
Located in Geneve, CH
Berlino 250 Matt Grey Oak And Light Bronze Metal Maxi Console by Casa Casati Dimensions: D 50 x W 250 x H 74 cm. Materials: MDF, lacquer, brass, bronze, oak, and iron. Available in...
Brass, Bronze, Other, Iron
$14,022Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.75 in Dm 55.12 in
Tavolo Orrido Canyon, Paolo Pallucco e Mireille Rivier, 1987
By Paolo Pallucco & Mireille Rivier, Pallucco
Located in Firenze, IT
Rarissimo tavolo Orrido Canyon, disegnato da Paolo Pallucco e Mireille Rivier, prodotto da Pallucco nel 1987. Rara edizione in metallo laccato argento e con un piano di vetro di cm 140
Steel
Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 110 cm. Materials: Polished brass, lacquer and Royal ebony. Also available in brushed brass. Please contact us. A...
Brass
Set Of 2 Royal Ebony Pedestals by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Royal Ebony Pedestals by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 110 cm. Materials: Polished brass, lacquer and Royal ebony. Also available in brushed brass. Please cont...
Brass
Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 110 cm. Materials: Polished brass, lacquer and Royal ebony. Also available in brushed brass. Please contact us. A...
Brass
$1,250
H 20 in W 8.25 in D 1.75 in
Howard Miller George Nelson 1984 Checkerboard Table Clock, "Tempo 21" Tower 3
By Howard Miller, George Nelson
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare postmodern brown and cream checkerboard table clock by Howard Miller Clock Company. From the 1984 "Tempo 21" collection. Slight signs of wear and light scratches. Clock has not ...
Aluminum
Aldo Van Den Nieuwelaar Tc6 Lamp, 1972s
By Aldo van den Nieuwelaar
Located in Skokie, IL
Aldo Van Den Nieuwelaar Tc6 Lamp Netherlands 1972 Aldo van den Nieuwelaar TC6 lamp Netherlands 1972. The lamp consists of a square white lacquered steel box that houses the starter ...
Steel
Kokò Lacquered Table Lamp by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Kokò Lacquered Table Lamp by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 22 x W 26 x H 45 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. This product is su...
Other
Kokò Lacquered Table Lamp by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Kokò Lacquered Table Lamp by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 22 x W 26 x H 45 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. This product is su...
Other
$2,661
H 14.57 in W 15.36 in D 16.93 in
Pair of Vintage Washington Lamps by Jean-Michel Wilmotte, 1980s
By Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Located in Norwich, England
A fabulous pair of vintage Washington table lamps, designed in 1983 by the French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte for the Lumen Center Italia, circa 1980's. Originally designed for t...
Steel, Brass
Memphis Writing Desk, Aldo Cibic, Memphis Milano, 1985
By Aldo Cibic, Memphis Milano
Located in Renens, CH
Rare "Sophia" Writing Desk by Aldo Cibic for Memphis Milano, 1985. Aldo Cibic, an associate of Ettore Sottsass, co-founded the Memphis Group in 1981 and produced some fifteen fur...
Laminate, Wood
$11,895 / item
H 24.41 in W 23.63 in D 17.33 in
Phantom 60 Goldsnow Lacquer And Calacatta Oro High Bedside Table by Casa Casati
Located in Geneve, CH
Phantom 60 Goldsnow Lacquer And Calacatta Oro High Bedside Table by Casa Casati Dimensions: D 44 x W 60 x H 62 cm. Materials: Ceramic and MDF finished in glossy lacquer, brass, met...
Marble, Other, Metal, Brass
Nuit Floor Lamp by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Nuit Floor Lamp by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 25 x W 50 x H 165 cm. Materials: Brushed brass, high gloss lacquer and satin fabric. Nuit Floor lamp is a classic and elegant solutio...
Brass
$14,162 / item
H 29.53 in W 47.25 in D 18.12 in
Edo 120 Matt Breccia Medicea Marble And Black Nickel Legs Desk by Casa Casati
Located in Geneve, CH
Edo 120 Matt Breccia Medicea Marble And Black Nickel Legs Desk by Casa Casati Dimensions: D 46 x W 140 x H 75 cm. Materials: Lacquer, Breccia Medicea marble, and black nickel metal...
Breccia Marble, Other, Metal, Nickel
Fase Madrid Desk Lamp
By Fase
Located in Vienna, AT
Steel construction white painted and chromed fitted with one E27 socket made by Fase in the beginning of the 1980s. Very good original condition, small scratches on the base.
Steel
$1,450
H 28.75 in W 19.63 in D 25 in
Italian Memphis Style Two Tiered Rolling Bar Cart with Black Frame and Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Memphis style two tiered rolling bar cart with black metal frame, lacquered wood lower shelf and glass top shelf. In original condition with visible wear consistent with its ...
Metal
$2,070 / set
H 17.72 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Chess Stool or Side Table by Panorammma, Set, Black Lacquered Wood, Mexico
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Two hand-turned wooden pieces with an elegant piano polish lacquer play together as sculptural stools or side table sets.
Resin, Wood
$1,035
H 17.72 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Chess Stool or Side Table by Panorammma, Concave, Black Lacquered Wood, Mexico
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Two hand-turned wooden pieces with an elegant piano polish lacquer play together as sculptural stools or side table sets.
Resin, Wood
$1,035
H 17.72 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Chess Stool or Side Table by Panorammma, Convex, Black Lacquered Wood, Mexico
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Two hand-turned wooden pieces with an elegant piano polish inform an imaginative play as sculptural stools or side table sets. Directly referencing chess pieces, these stools luidica...
Resin, Wood
Signed Pierre Sala Desk or Table
By Pierre Sala
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
A rare Post Modern Memphis Milano style table or desk designed by artist Pierre Sala circa 1980's. Large and functional notebook on solid wood legs. Paper can easily be replaced. S...
Wood, Lacquer
Colore Bedside Table by Dale Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Colore Bedside Table by Dale Italia Dimensions: D 42 x W 60 x H 50 cm. Materials: Walnut. The frame is made of walnut veneer blockboard with solid edging. Available in two different...
Walnut
$1,450 / set
H 28 in W 96 in D 39.5 in
Paolo Gucci White Leather Curved Sofa & Table Set, Formitalia 1991
By Paolo Gucci, Formitalia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural curved sofa and matching side table showcase Paolo Gucci's sophisticated approach to luxury furniture design. Created for Formitalia's inaugural Boutique collection in 199...
Chrome
Vertigo Bedside Table by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Vertigo Bedside Table by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 50 x W 55 x H 55 cm. Materials: Polished stainless steel, Sycomore veneer and lacquer. Also available in polished brass, brushe...
Stainless Steel
Vertigo Console Table by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Vertigo Console Table by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 50 x W 150 x H 90 cm. Materials: Brushed brass and lacquer. Vertigo console presents a combination of a strong and geometric pa...
Brass
$3,926 / item
H 33.47 in W 59.06 in D 19.69 in
Taylor Console Table with 6 Drawers Left / Right by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Taylor Console table with 6 drawers left / right by Domkapa. Dimensions: W 150 x D 50 x H 85 cm. Materials: Moka lacquered matte, microfiber (Tarn 05). Also available in different...
Natural Fiber, Lacquer
Sculptural Night Log Side Table by Panorammma, Wood & Resin
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Night Log Formed from a reclaimed tree trunk, Night Log preserves the natural silhouette of the wood its knots, cracks, and irregular contours that trace the memory of growth. After ...
Resin, Wood
Sculptural Night Log Side Table by Panorammma, Wood & Resin
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Night Log Formed from a reclaimed tree trunk, Night Log preserves the natural silhouette of the wood its knots, cracks, and irregular contours that trace the memory of growth. After ...
Resin, Wood
Set Of 2 Vertigo Bedside Tables by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Vertigo Bedside Tables by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 50 x W 55 x H 55 cm. Materials: Polished stainless steel, Sycomore veneer and lacquer. Also available in polished bra...
Stainless Steel
$13,000Sale Price|25% Off
H 54 in W 36.5 in D 19.5 in
Alessandro Mendini 'Zabro' Chair Table for Zanotta, Original 1984 Prod, Signed
By Zanotta, Alessandro Mendini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing collectors piece of Post-Modern design is an original 1980s production of the 'Zabro' chair (which easily transforms into a table) designed in 1984 by Alessandro Mendini...
Leather, Wood
$6,850 / item
H 30 in W 80 in D 40 in
Postmodern Bronzed Glass Dining Table with Lacquered Geometric Pedestal Base
By Jhon Ortiz, The Tailored Home
Located in Greenwich, CT
Geometric precision meets ethereal transparency in this striking centerpiece dining table. Defined by its sophisticated bronzed glass top, the design is anchored by a custom maple pe...
Glass, Maple, Lacquer
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.
The right vintage, new or antique tables can help make any space in your home stand out.
Over the years, the variety of tables available to us, as well as our specific needs for said tables, has broadened. Today, with all manner of these must-have furnishings differing in shape, material and style, any dining room table can shine just as brightly as the guests who gather around it.
Remember, when shopping for a dining table, it must fit your dining area, and you need to account for space around the table too — think outside the box, as an oval dining table may work for tighter spaces. Alternatively, if you’ve got the room, a Regency-style dining table can elevate any formal occasion at mealtime.
Innovative furniture makers and designers have also redefined what a table can be. Whether it’s an unconventional Ping-Pong table, a brass side table to display your treasured collectibles or a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk to add an air of nostalgia to your loft, your table can say a lot about you.
The visionary work of French designer Xavier Lavergne, for example, includes tables that draw on the forms of celestial bodies as often as they do aquatic creatures or fossils. Elsewhere, Italian architect Gae Aulenti, who looked to Roman architecture in crafting her stately Jumbo coffee table, created clever glass-topped mobile coffee tables that move on bicycle tires or sculpted wood wheels for Fontana Arte.
Coffee and cocktail tables can serve as a room’s centerpiece with attention-grabbing details and colors. Glass varieties will keep your hardwood flooring and dazzling area rugs on display, while a marble or stone coffee table in a modern interior can showcase your prized art books and decorative objects. A unique vintage desk or writing table can bring sophistication and even a bit of spice to your work life.
No matter your desired form or function, a quality table for your living space is a sound investment. On 1stDibs, browse a collection of vintage, new and antique bedside tables, mid-century end tables and more .