Italian Postmodern Credenza with Book-Matched Wood Doors
Located in Chicago, IL
Postmodern Italian Chrome Credenza with Book-Matched Mukulai/Mango Wood Doors Postmodern Italian chrome-framed credenza featuring three book-matched Mukulai (mango) wood doors toppe...
Chrome
$4,361 / item
Bardot Box Dresser by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Bardot Box Dresser by Morica Design Dimensions: D 51 x W 113 x H 130 cm. Materials: Lacquered wood, brushed brass, glass. Available in Anthracite, Denim Blue, Terracotta, Marsala Re...
Brass
$3,280 / item
Bardot Dresser, Two Doors, by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Bardot Dresser, Two Doors, by Morica Design Dimensions: D 51 x W 113 x H 76 cm. Materials: Lacquered wood, brushed brass, glass. Available in Anthracite, Denim Blue, Terracotta, Mar...
Brass
$5,273 / item
Bardot Dresser, Four Doors, by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Bardot Dresser, Four Doors, by Morica Design Dimensions: D 51 x W 222 x H 76 cm. Materials: Lacquered wood, brushed brass, glass. Available in Anthracite, Denim Blue, Terracotta, Ma...
Brass
$4,361 / item
Kota Credenza by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Kota Credenza by DAaZ Dimensions: D 45 x W 180 x H 90 cm. Materials: Albizzia. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and revel in the...
Wood
Bernini 'Antifona' Wall Unit Book Case in Walnut
By Bernini
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Bernini ‘Antifona’ wall unit, walnut, Italy, 1970s This playful wall unit by Bernini features a varied arrangement of open shelves, cupboards and drawers. Four tall sections form a ...
Walnut
$4,202 / item
Punk Sideboard 170 by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Punk Sideboard 170 by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 45 x W 170 x H 65 cm Materials: Wood. The origin model of this iconic series. It reconciles the rebelliousness of the punk spirit wi...
Wood
$34,472 / item
Marea Dresser by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Marea Dresser by De Castelli Dimensions: W 190 x D 45 x H 71 cm Materials: DeMarea Brass, Titanium Oak Wood Copper and Stainless Steel versions are available. Three and Nine drawers ...
Brass
Nature Carved Wood Sideboard, Three Doors, by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Nature Sideboard by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 45 x W 180 x H 77 cm Materials: Wood. The Nature series is a return to nature, to elegance, to the floral tradition in carving. An art...
Wood
Roberto Bonetto for Magis Italian modernist Scalo fold up three step stool
By Magis
Located in Ferndale, MI
Roberto Bonetto design for Magis Italy . The Scalo step stool . Stylish post modern Italian design step stool . Unfolds and drops down to provide three steps with a grab rail .
Steel
$21,923 / item
Natural Solid Pine Itooraba Sideboard by Sizar Alexis
By Sizar Alexis
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Solid Pine Itooraba Sideboard by Sizar Alexis Limited Edition of 12 pieces Dimensions: W 50 x D 85 x H 170 cm Materials: Natural Solid Pine. About: Sizar Alexis is a Swedish...
Wood
Set of 5 Kinko Stainless Steel Shelves by Zincutec
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 5 Kinko Stainless Steel Shelves by Zincutec. Dimensions: W 25 x D 17 x H 170 cm each (1 unit = mounting bracket + 3 shelves) Materials: Stainless Steel. Also available in a s...
Stainless Steel
Set of 3 Kinko Stainless Steel Shelves by Zincutec
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Kinko Stainless Steel Shelves by Zincutec. Dimensions: W 25 x D 17 x H 170 cm each (1 unit = mounting bracket + 3 shelves) Materials: Stainless Steel. Also available in a s...
Stainless Steel
Luxurious Italian Library Wall Unit in Green Toned Ash and Aluminum
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wall unit, green toned ash wood, aluminum, Italy, ca. 1980 This exceptional Italian wall unit from ca. 1980 showcases the extreme glamour and craftsmanship that so clearly resonates...
Aluminum
Natural Wood Credenza by Giotto Stoppino for Acerbic, Italy, 1977
By Giotto Stoppino
Located in Antwerp, BE
Post-modern, Giotto Stoppino; Mid-Century, Space Age, Vintage, Design Classics, Model Sheraton; Post-modern natural wooden credenza, dresser by Giotto Stoppino for Acerbic made in...
Chrome
Wood Walnut, Veneer Walnut Natural & Clear Glass Palodia Bookshelf by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Wood Walnut Natural, Veneer Walnut & Clear Glass Centre Table by Madheke Dimensions: D 140 x W 30 x H 195 cm. Materials: Solid walnut construction with natural grain, Intricate hand-...
Wood
$22,538 / item
Frame Living CL Credenza by Estro Collezioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Frame Living CL Credenza by Estro Collezioni Dimensions: W 180 x D 54 x H 85 cm Materials: Wood, Metal. Cat. 1. Top in Wood. Frame is an element that Estro has created to glorify...
Metal
Unique Sculptural Ice Beech Wood Sideboard by Case Studios
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Sculptural Ice Beech Wood Sideboard by Case Studios. One of a Kind. Collectible design with certificate of authenticity. Dimensions: W 140 x D 20 x H 180 cm. Materials: Ice Be...
Concrete, Stainless Steel
Time of Dream Objet Shelf L in Lime Plaster & Fiberglass by Plature
Located in Geneve, CH
Time of Dream Objet Shelf L in Lime Plaster & Fiberglass by Plature Dimensions: L 33 x D 17.5 x H 13 cm. Materials: Lime plaster, fiberglass. Available in White Clay, Sand Hill, Nat...
Other
Time of Dream Objet Shelf S in Lime Plaster & Fiberglass by Plature
Located in Geneve, CH
Time of Dream Objet Shelf S in Lime Plaster & Fiberglass by Plature Dimensions: L 18 x D 13.5 x H 16 cm. Materials: Lime plaster, fiberglass. Available in White Clay, Sand Hill, Nat...
Other
Curved Shape Top Gold Bronze Desk with Metal Frame by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique, Seneca Desk Console by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 170 x D 80 x H 75 cm Materials: Metal frame and legs in Cloudy Bronze finish. Desk with curved shape top, cylinder legs and...
Metal
Black Oak Top Desk Console with White Finish Base by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique, Teseo Desk Console by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 172 x D 72 x H 75 cm Materials: Black oak wood, Handmade white finish. Writing desk in black oak wood and handmade white fin...
Oak
$25,539 / item
Collectionist Buffet Sideboard by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
Collectionist Buffet Sideboard by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 146 x D 50 x H 140 cm Materials: Glossy lacquered wood; int. Matt lacquered wood. Medium cabinet with curved sides in po...
Wood
$34,337 / item
Rubik Container by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Rubik Container by Somaschini Dimensions: W 150 x D 50 x H 180 cm Materials: Plywood structure and door with workmanship at 45 degrees. Doors with push-pull system opening. Internal ...
Plywood
Jay Spectre 7 Drawer Oak Dresser by Century
By Jay Spectre, Century Furniture
Located in Highland, IN
Designed by Jay Spectre for Century, this dramatic 7-drawer dresser from his "Eclipse" collection is a post-modern take on Deco / Moderne design. Crafted of oak with a black lacquer ...
Chrome
Vintage Italian Postmodern Enfilade Credenza in Black Lacquer + Birdseye Maple
Located in Chicago, IL
A monumental Italian enfilade credenza, sourced in Parma and dating to the 1980s. Over seven feet wide, the piece is constructed of wood and finished in a high-gloss black lacquer th...
Wood, Lacquer
Sculptural Postmodern Architectural Credenza in High-Gloss Faux Burl
Located in Oceanside, US
Sculptural Postmodern credenza, likely studio made, with a bold architectural form and high-gloss faux burl finish in smoky gray and charcoal tones. The broad rectilinear case featur...
Laminate, Burl, Particle Board
Massimo Scolari for Giorgetti Zeno Desk and Spring Chair, Italy, 1990s
By Massimo Scolari, Giorgetti S.p.A.
Located in Yonkers, NY
A distinctive Italian postmodern desk and matching office chair designed by Massimo Scolari for Giorgetti during the 1990s. The set combines the architecturally conceived Zeno desk w...
Metal
Natural Wood Credenza by Giotto Stoppino for Acerbic, Italy, 1977
By Giotto Stoppino
Located in Antwerp, BE
Post-modern natural wooden credenza, a masterpiece designed by Giotto Stoppino for Acerbic in 1977, proudly crafted in Italy. This exquisite credenza is a harmonious fusion of functi...
Chrome
$8,906 / item
Palissandro Santos Bookcase by Petra Madalena
Located in Geneve, CH
Palissandro Santos Bookcase by Petra Madalena Dimensions: W 45 x D 45 x H 165 cm Materials: palissandro santos veneer. Weight: 70 kg (± 5 kg for packaging) Elevate your living space...
Wood
$12,277 / item
Large Il Pezzo 1 Black Credenza by Il Pezzo Mancante
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Il Pezzo 1 Black Credenza by Il Pezzo Mancante Dimensions: W 255 x D 83 x H 40 cm Materials: Structure: black stained oak. Base: gold, satin brass, bronze, nickel. Top: black ...
Marble
$9,521 / item
Small Il Pezzo 1 Black Credenza by Il Pezzo Mancante
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Il Pezzo 1 Black Credenza by Il Pezzo Mancante Dimensions: W 205 x D 83 x H 40 cm Materials: Structure: black stained oak. Base: gold, satin brass, bronze, nickel. Top: black ...
Marble
Free-Standing Double-Sided Bookcase and Room Divider in Oak by Giuseppe Rivadossi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giuseppe Rivadossi for Officina Rivadossi, bookcase, oak, glass, Italy, 1970s This bookcase by Giuseppe Rivadossi is conceived as a freestanding architectural element rather than si...
Glass, Oak
$20,000Sale Price|20% Off
Monumental Karl Springer Goatskin Credenza / Buffet, 1980's With COA
By Karl Springer
Located in Culver City, CA
This is the kind of piece that makes designers whisper and collectors lean in: a monumental Karl Springer credenza, completely clad in creamy, glossy goatskin from head to toe. (Even...
Goatskin
$6,924Sale Price|20% Off
Lacquered wood sideboard credenza postmodern style 1980, black gray and red
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Lacquered wood sideboard, postmodern style, 1980, red and gray cassrtti color, black top, good general condition except for small general marks not too noticeable. Provenance: privat...
Wood
Sideboard Beverly by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in PARIS, FR
Ettore Sottsass spent decades as chief design consultant to Olivetti before arriving, in 1981, at something entirely his own. Memphis — the movement he founded and named after a Bob ...
Laminate, Wood
1980s Inlaid Wood Sideboard by Carlo Malnati Credenza Buffet, Postmodern
By Carlo Malnati
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
1980s Inlaid Wood Sideboard by Carlo Malnati Credenza Buffet, Postmodern A rare and eye-catching Carlo Malnati-designed credenza, featuring a striking front made from contrasting in...
Wood
$5,853 / item
Punk Sideboard 250 by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Punk Sideboard 250 by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 45 x W 250 x H 65 cm Materials: Wood. Punk exudes glamor, and Lola Glamor breathes punk. It is part of our essence to be irreverent,...
Wood
Mytho Sideboard Composition, Six Doors and Small Open Shelf, by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Mytho Composition by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 47 x W 330 x H 132 cm Materials: Wood. The Mytho series grows with this TV composition, with ample storage, six doors, and a small op...
Wood
$2,289 / item
Sils Sideboard by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Sils Sideboard by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 100 x H 85 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Nobel, Rum, BPA, Whiskey, Natura, B...
Wood
$3,758 / item
Sils Large Sideboard by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Sils Large Sideboard by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 155 x H 85 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Nobel, Rum, BPA, Whiskey, Nat...
Wood
$4,828 / item
Moran Highboard by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Moran Highboard by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 165 x H 150 cm Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobel, Brandy, ...
Wood
Unique, Smoked Mina Int 2 Modular Bookcase Library Wall Units by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique, Smoked Eucalyptus Mina Int 2 Modular Bookcase Library Wall Units by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 240 x D 47.5 x H 194 cm Materials: Smoked Eucalyptus. Modular composition of b...
Wood
$4,259 / item
Classy Large Highboard by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Classy Vintage Large Highboard by Pastform Dimensions: D 50 x W 120 x H 150 cm Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, ...
Wood
$6,821 / item
Classy XL Highboard by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Classy XL Highboard by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 170 x H 200 cm Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobel, Bran...
Wood
$10,215 / item
Vista Shelving in Veneer and Stainless Steel by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Vista Shelving in Veneer and Stainless Steel by Madheke. Dimensions: W 129 x D 46 x H 300 cm. Materials: Matte finish veneered shelving, brushed brass finished stainless-steel column...
Stainless Steel
$4,259 / item
Tusa Medium Highboard by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Tusa Medium Highboard by Pastform Dimensions: D 35 x W 100 x H 180 cm Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobel, Br...
Wood
Santos Rosewood Wishbone Container Sideboard by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Santos Rosewood Wishbone Container Sideboard by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: W 213 x D 51 x H 91 cm. Materials: Santos Rosewood. W47 Also available in different materials. The wishb...
Rosewood
$3,485 / item
Kolma Extra Large Lowboard by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolma Extra Large Lowboard by Pastform Dimensions: D 42,5 x W 200 x H 46 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. The furniture in the picture is made in Classy/Natura color. Avai...
Wood
$3,257 / item
Nora Medium Sideboard by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Nora Medium Sideboard by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 160 x H 85 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in three different sizes: 140/160/180 cm. Please contact us. ...
Wood
$3,485 / item
Classy + Dresser by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Classy + Dresser by Pastform Dimensions: D 46 x W 140 x H 95 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Nobel, Rum, BPA, Whiskey, Natura,...
Wood
$3,462 / item
Classy + Sideboard by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Classy + Sideboard by Pastform Dimensions: D 46 x W 140 x H 95 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Nobel, Rum, BPA, Whiskey, Natur...
Wood
$12,220 / item
Stuck Dressoir D1 by Studio Pin
Located in Geneve, CH
Stuck Dressoir D1 by Studio Pin Dimensions: W 185 x D 43 x H 100 cm Materials: solid oak / MDF matt white finish. Weight: 70 kg “Stuck” by Studio Pin is a collection that goes ...
Oak
$12,026 / item
Meets Credenza by Andrea Giomi
Located in Geneve, CH
Meets credenza by Andrea Giomi Dimensions: D 47 x W 175 x H 80 cm Materials: Stone Andrea Giomi, was born in Castelfiorentino in the province of Florence in 1970. Develops his ...
Stone
Early Pierre Chapo 'B10' Bookcase or Room Divider in Solid Elm
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pierre Chapo, shelf unit, model 'B10', solid elm, France, 1975 Dating from 1975, this open bookcase that doubles as a room divider is an early example of the designer's work. It is ...
Elm
White Faux Marble Lacquer Credenza Attributed to Karl Springer Style
By Karl Springer
Located in Staten Island, NY
1980 Karl Springer white Faux marble Lacquer credenza. Beautiful faux purple marble finish, that is custom made in 1980.
Lacquer
$14,372 / item
MG302 Credenza With Drawers by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG302 Credenza With Drawers by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 45 x W 120 x H 70.8 cm. Materials: Oak. Available in Nature, Raw Nature, Light Nature, Grey Nature, and Dark Nature finish...
Brass
$11,684 / item
MG301 Credenza by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG301 Credenza by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 45 x W 200 x H 70.8 cm. Materials: Dark Nature oak. Available in Nature, Raw Nature, Light Nature, Grey Nature, and Dark Nature finishe...
Metal
$4,418 / item
Colore Dresser by Dale Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Colore Dresser by Dale Italia Dimensions: D 55 x W 131 x H 80 cm. Materials: Walnut. The frame is made of walnut veneer blockboard with solid edging. Available in two different size...
Walnut
Mac Gee Library, Philippe Starck, Baleri, 1980
By Baleri Italia, Philippe Starck
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Mac Gee bookcase, design by Philippe Starck for Baleri, Italy, 1980. An icon of postmodern design, the Mac Gee bookcase is made entirely of bent metal, with a lightweight but solid s...
Aluminum
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.
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.