Pedro Friedeberg Mano Mariposa Chair
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early example of an iconic butterfly form.Beautifully hand painted and signed by the artist. A copy of the original receipt and correspondence.
Wood
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 23 cm.
Metal
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 23 cm.
Metal
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 23 cm.
Metal
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 23 cm.
Metal
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 23 cm.
Metal
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 23 cm.
Metal
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 23 cm.
Metal
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 23 cm.
Metal
Mariposa Dining Chair, in COM with Vintage Burl Wood, by August Abode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Mariposa Chair brings a playful sense of elegance to its distinctive silhouette.
Upholstery, Wood, Oak
$1,190 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Chrome
$1,190 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Chrome
$1,085 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$3,034 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$1,085 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$1,190 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Chrome
$1,085 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$3,034 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$3,034 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$1,190 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Chrome
$1,190 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Chrome
$3,034 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$1,085 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$1,085 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$1,085 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$3,034 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$1,190 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Chrome
$3,034 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$1,190 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Chrome
$1,085 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$3,034 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$1,085 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$1,190 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Chrome
$3,034 / item
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Iceland Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 92 x W 87 x H 86 cm.
Metal
$3,080 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$1,131 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$1,237 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Chrome
$3,080 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$1,237 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Chrome
$1,131 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$1,237 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Chrome
$3,080 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$1,131 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$1,237 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Chrome
$1,126 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$1,131 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$1,237 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Chrome
$3,080 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$3,080 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$1,131 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$1,237 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Chrome
$3,080 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$3,080 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$1,237 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Chrome
$1,131 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
$1,237 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Chrome
$3,080 / item
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pampa Mariposa Lounge Chair by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 86 x W 87 x H 92 cm.
Metal
Butterfly Chair (Silla Mariposa) by Pedro Friedeberg
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in New York, NY
Butterfly Chair (Silla Mariposa) by Pedro Friedeberg ca. 1965 Signed on seat with "Pedro Friedeberg".
Unavailable
H 34.65 in W 20.28 in D 17.72 in
Vintage Pedro Friedeberg Butterfly and Foot Chair, Full-Size, Mexico City, 1973
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in San Diego, CA
An early example of the Iconic Surrealist "Butterfly" chair (Silla-Mariposa). By Pedro Friedeberg, Mexico City, 1973.
Gold Leaf
Gio Ponti Coffee Table, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Antwerp, BE
From its fruitful collaboration with Cassina, the Leggera and Superleggera (superlight) chairs, the Distex, Round, Lotus and Mariposa chairs are now among the classics of Italian des...
Glass, Walnut
Set of Six BoConcept Dining Chairs, Denmark, circa 2000
By BoConcept
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A wonderful set of six BoConcept dining room chairs, Mariposa Delight model. BoConcept is a Danish firm which designs and manufactures quality products in the spirit of Scandinavian ...
Metal
Butterfly Chair (Silla Mariposa) by Pedro Friedeberg
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in New York, NY
Butterfly Chair (Silla Mariposa) by Pedro Friedeberg Signed to underside with "PEDRO FRIEDEBERG"
Set of 8 Americano Funcional "Silla Mariposa" Dining Chairs
Located in Richmond, VA
Set of 8 Argentine Americano Funcional "Silla mariposa" dining chairs in petiribi ca, 1960.
$55,728
H 76.78 in W 43.31 in D 21.66 in
Modern Penedo Quartz Display Cabinet, Handmade in Poerugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple, GF Modern
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Penedo Quartz Display Cabinet, Handmade in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple The Penedo quartz display cabinet captures the enduring beauty of nature’s landscapes,...
Carrara Marble, Granite, Onyx, Brass
$2,860 / item
H 29.93 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Ethnic Straw Armchair by +55design Brazilian Design with Indigenous Craft
By Neca Abrantes
Located in Jardim America, SP
This rotating armchair by Neca Abrantes is a striking fusion of contemporary Brazilian design and indigenous handcrafted traditions. Known for her deep passion for native craftsmansh...
Straw
$538Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 4.14 in W 2.56 in D 4.14 in
Set of 12 Handmade Unique Goto Murano Drinking Glasses
By Roberto Beltrami
Located in Murano, VE
The Murano Glass Goto collection brings a piece of authentic Italian art to your dining table. Hand-blown with artistic expertise, these glasses are inspired by the traditional Venet...
Murano Glass
$163,379
H 110.24 in W 127.56 in D 127.56 in
1 BANGA space age micro architecture prefab house bungalow by Carlo Zappa, 1971
By Carlo Zappa
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
here we offer one of 2 bangas, with black interior. the second one with light grey interior is offered in another listing. a banga shows ways in which we could live more sustainably...
Fiberglass
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry
By Amuneal
Located in New York, NY
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry, part of our metal Kitchen Collection, is designed as a feature element for any space. The three doors on the upper cabinets are fabricated with a kn...
Brass
$20,898
H 31.5 in W 157.49 in D 59.06 in
Verner Panton Cloverleaf Sofa 3 Parts in 'Harald 3 #982' by Kvadrat for Verpan
By Verner Panton
Located in Tilburg, NL
Verner Panton cloverleaf sectional sofa. Current production. This listing shows a 3-piece Cloverleaf Sofa in dark green 'Harald 3 #982' by Kvadrat. Seats 5 people in a very interesti...
Fabric, Wood
Bird Cage Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, Year: 1900, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Bird Cage, Art Nouveau Year: 1900 Country: French Material: Iron It is an elegant and sophisticated bird cage. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles s...
Iron
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
Calogero Seller Of Mandarins
By Patrizia Italiano
Located in Milan, IT
The second fire-fired ceramic head, handmade with face and mandarin reliefs, can be used to hold plants, flowers and sometimes even bottles with ice. Calogero sells mandarins at the ...
Ceramic
French Victorian Walnut Bird cage
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian style (19/20th Cent) walnut large birdcage with 3 red dome tops having ebonized finials and trimmed with filigree tracery carving. Some decorations broken/missing
Walnut, Wood
Pedro Friedeberg Clock
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful gold-leafed variation of this form. Signed under the foot.
Wood
$29,500
H 51 in W 31 in D 40 in
Pedro Friedeberg Snake Bar / Server / Table / Candle Holder / Sculpture, Signed
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Kansas City, MO
Pedro Friedeberg Snake bar, Mexico, c. 1970s. Made of carved and gilt wood, antique statuary, and glass. The stretched out hands hold the round removable glass tray and the upper han...
Glass, Wood
$17,424 / item
H 18 in W 75 in D 40 in
Platea Green Horizon – Coffee Table in Hand-Polished High-Gloss Gradient Lacquer
Located in New York, NY
Platea Coffee Table Inspired by the layered beauty of natural plateaus and stepped land formations, the Platea Coffee Table embodies an architectural landscape in motion. Each block ...
Wood, Lacquer
Surrealism Sculptural Hand Table Pedro Friedeberg
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning hand and foot table design and made by Mexican Surrealism artist Pedro Friedeberg in his iconic hand and leg motifs. Made of laminated and blocked mahogany, this table fea...
Mahogany
Large Pedro Friedeberg Relief Sculpture/Wall Art, 1970s
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early and spectacular example. "Comprendtendo Mu" (I Understand) Acrylic, pen and Ink and carved wood. Signed, titled and dated 1970.
Acrylic
$177,499 / item
H 55.12 in W 38.19 in D 19.69 in
Unique Rectangular Deep Blue Brass Cabinet with Two Doors by Christopher Boots
By Christopher Boots
Located in Geneve, CH
Curiosity Cabinet by Christopher Boots Unique Piece Dimensions: D 50 x W 97 x H 140 cm. Materials: Reclaimed oak, cast bronze, clear quartz, smoky quartz, lapis lazuli, pyrite, indus...
Lapis Lazuli, Quartz, Pyrite, Brass, Bronze
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.
While this specific seating is known to all for its comfort and familiar form, the history of how your favorite antique or vintage lounge chair came to be is slightly more ambiguous.
Although there are rare armchairs dating back as far as the 17th century, some believe that the origins of the first official “lounge chair” are tied to Hungarian modernist designer-architect Marcel Breuer. Sure, Breuer wasn’t exactly reinventing the wheel when he introduced the Wassily lounge chair in 1925, but his seat was indeed revolutionary for its integration of bent tubular steel.
Officially, a lounge chair is simply defined as a “comfortable armchair,” which allows for the shape and material of the furnishings to be extremely diverse. Whether or not chaise longues make the cut for this category is a matter of frequent debate.
The Eames lounge chair, on the other hand, has come to define somewhat of a universal perception of what a lounge chair can be. Introduced in 1956, the Eames lounger (and its partner in cozy, the ottoman) quickly became staples in television shows, prestigious office buildings and sumptuous living rooms. Venerable American mid-century modern designers Charles and Ray Eames intended for it to be the peak of luxury, which they knew meant taking furniture to the next level of style and comfort. Their chair inspired many modern interpretations of the lounge — as well as numerous copies.
On 1stDibs, find a broad range of unique lounge chairs that includes everything from antique Victorian-era seating to vintage mid-century modern lounge chairs by craftspersons such as Hans Wegner to contemporary choices from today’s innovative designers.