$31,819 / item
Eoli Credenza in White Onyx & Wood by Panorammma
Located in Geneve, CH
Eoli Credenza in White Onyx & Wood by Panorammma Dimensions: D 50 x W 181 x H 82 cm. Materials: White onyx and wood. Each edition’s patterns and tone will naturally vary. Please fol...
Onyx
Large Italian Postmodern Wall Unit in Walnut and Brass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wall unit, storgae unit, brass, walnut, Italy, 1970s A striking example of 1970s Italian postmodern design, this monumental wall unit combines architectural presence with refined cr...
Brass
$17,507 / item
Large Il Pezzo 10 Credenza by Il Pezzo Mancante
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Il Pezzo 10 Credenza by Il Pezzo Mancante Dimensions: W 245 x D 53 x H 85 cm Materials: Structure: 100% solid walnut treated with natural oil Base: satin brass / bronze / gold...
Walnut
$14,056 / item
Il Pezzo 10 Credenza by Il Pezzo Mancante
Located in Geneve, CH
Il Pezzo 10 Credenza by Il Pezzo Mancante Dimensions: W 205 x D 53 x H 85 cm Materials: Structure: 100% solid walnut treated with natural oil Base: satin brass / bronze / gold / nic...
Walnut
Modular Wooden Bookcase by Giovannetti - Italian Postmodern Design
Located in Milano, IT
Modular Wooden Bookcase by Giovannetti A striking wooden bookcase by Giovannetti, characterized by a bold geometric design that evokes the iconic Italian postmodern aesthetic of the...
Wood
$23,571 / item
Santos Rosewood Wishbone Credenza by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Santos Rosewood Wishbone Credenza by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: W 198 x D 46 x H 91 cm. Materials: Santos Rosewood. W51 Also available in different materials. The wishbone credenz...
Rosewood
$22,351 / item
Grey White Ash Wishbone Credenza by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Grey White Ash Wishbone Credenza by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: W 198 x D 46 x H 91 cm. Materials: Grey White Ash. W51 Also available in different materials. The wishbone credenza ...
Ash
Pyramid Shelving Unit, Stained Birch Wood by Mun Hau Production
Located in Geneve, CH
Perfume Cabinet, Stained Birch Wood by Mun Hau Production Dimensions: W 24 x D 24 x H 55 cm. Materials: Stained Birch Wood. About Mun Hau Production is a Hong Kong woodworking bran...
Wood
Knut & Marianne Hagberg Sideboard IKEA 2010 Eiche Design Kommode
By IKEA
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten ein wunderschönes und äußerst seltenes Sideboard von IKEA aus dem Jahr 2010 zum Verkauf an. Der Entwurf stammt von Knut & Marianne Hagberg und zeichnet sich durch die ...
Oak
Angelo Necessario by Paolo Pallucco and Mireille Rivier, 1989 Italy
By Paolo Pallucco & Mireille Rivier, Pallucco
Located in Palm Springs, CA
"Angelo Necessario" is a sculptural shelving unit designed by Paolo Pallucco and Mireille Rivier in 1989. This example is the second version of the design, executed as a freestanding...
Metal
$2,450Sale Price|30% Off
1980s Sculptural Oak Dresser by Jay Spectre
By Century Furniture, Jay Spectre
Located in Las Vegas, NV
This gorgeous dresser was designed by Jay Spectre for Century Furniture. A great dimensional light oak dresser with brushed metal banding for added details. This thing is heavy duty....
Metal
French Sideboard in Solid Elm by Skilled Craftsman
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Sideboard, elm, France, 1970s Stunning lived-in sideboard made in France in the 1970s. This piece is comprised of a lower and upper cabinet, displaying elegance and practicality. Th...
Elm
Santos Rosewood Wishbone Executive Office Desk by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Santos Rosewood Wishbone Executive Office Desk by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: W 234 x D 234 x H 75 cm. Materials: Santos Rosewood. W30 Also available in different materials. Skram’...
Rosewood
$17,809 / item
MDF and Melamin Black Marino Sideboard by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
MDF and Melamin Black Marino Sideboard by Pulpo Dimensions: W 35 x D 210.7 x H 57.5 cm Materials: MDF + melamin finish. The Marino sideboard by Studio speziell® is characterized wit...
Other
$5,494 / item
Margarette Dresser, Three Doors, by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Margarette Dresser, Three Doors, by Morica Design Dimensions: D 48 x W 168 x H 77 cm. Materials: Patagonia glass, Canaletto walnut. Available in Canaletto Walnut, Laguna Oak, and Wh...
Glass, Wood
$6,308 / item
Margarette Dresser, Four Doors, by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Margarette Dresser, Four Doors, by Morica Design Dimensions: D 48 x W 222 x H 77 cm. Materials: Trinity White glass, white oak. Available in Canaletto Walnut, Laguna Oak, and White ...
Wood, Glass
Canette Dresser, Two Doors and 3 Drawers, by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Canette Dresser, Two Doors and Three Drawers, by Morica Design Dimensions: D 48 x W 172 x H 78 cm. Materials: Cognac leather, Canaletto walnut, metal. Available in Canaletto Walnut,...
Leather, Wood
$6,530 / item
Canette Dresser, Four Doors, by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Canette Dresser, Four Doors, by Morica Design Dimensions: D 48 x W 226 x H 78 cm. Materials: Anthracite leather, Laguna oak, metal. Available in Canaletto Walnut, Laguna Oak, and Oa...
Wood, Leather
$6,714 / item
Venice Sestiere Desk by Morici
Located in Geneve, CH
Venice Sestiere Desk by Morici Dimensions: W 113 x D 65 x H 77 cm, Drawers : 42×43 H6 covered in Alcantara. Materials: Wood, black Alcantara, inlay veneer. Finish : Gloss brushed pol...
Wood
$6,714 / item
Venice Cannaregio Desk by Morici
Located in Geneve, CH
Venice Cannaregio Desk by Morici Dimensions: W 113 x D 65 x H 77 cm, Drawers : 42×43 H6 covered in Alcantara. Materials: Wood, black Alcantara, inlay veneer. Finish : Gloss brushed p...
Wood
$6,714 / item
Venice Laguna Desk by Morici
Located in Geneve, CH
Venice Laguna Desk by Morici Dimensions: W 113 x D 65 x H 77 cm, Drawers : 42×43 H6 covered in Alcantara. Materials: Wood, black Alcantara, inlay veneer. Finish : Gloss brushed polye...
Wood
$6,714 / item
Venice Mestre Desk by Morici
Located in Geneve, CH
Venice Mestre Desk by Morici Dimensions: W 113 x D 65 x H 77 cm, Drawers : 42×43 H6 covered in Alcantara. Materials: Wood, black Alcantara, inlay veneer. Finish : Gloss brushed polye...
Wood
$6,714 / item
Venice Rialto Desk by Morici
Located in Geneve, CH
Venice Rialto Desk by Morici Dimensions: W 113 x D 65 x H 77 cm, Drawers : 42×43 H6 covered in Alcantara. Materials: Wood, black Alcantara, inlay veneer. Finish : Gloss brushed polye...
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
Santos Rosewood Wishbone Slab Top Desk by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Santos Rosewood Wishbone Slab Top Desk by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: W 152 x D 76 x H 75 cm. Materials: Santos Rosewood, matte opaque black. W21 Also available in different material...
Rosewood
Ebonized White Ash Wishbone Slab Top Desk by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Ebonized White Ash Wishbone Drawer Desk by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: W 152 x D 76 x H 75 cm. Materials: white ash, ebonized, matte opaque black. W21 Also available in different mat...
Ash
$19,424 / item
Ebonized White Ash Drawer Desk by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Ebonized White Ash Drawer Desk by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: W 152 x D 76 x H 75 cm. Materials: white ash, ebonized, rubbed bronze, natural. W26 Also available in different material...
Ash
$15,485 / item
Ebonized White Ash Wishbone Container by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Ebonized White Ash Wishbone Container by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: W 213 x D 51 x H 91 cm. Materials: white ash, ebonized. W49 Also available in different materials. The wishbone...
Ash
Marc Newson 'Kiss the Future' Storage Unit in Black Molded Polypropylene
By Marc Newson
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Marc Newson for W & LT (Wild & Lethal Trash) retail stores, storage unit, part of the 'Kiss the Future' series, rotation molded polypropylene, Australia / Belgium, 1996-1997 Marc N...
Plastic
$9,200 / item
Il Pezzo 2 Settimino Highboy by Il Pezzo Mancante
Located in Geneve, CH
Il Pezzo 2 Settimino Highboy by Il Pezzo Mancante Dimensions: W 50 x D 50 x H 109 cm Materials: Structure: 100% solid walnut treated with natural oil Top: white Carrara marble / bla...
Marble
$13,801 / item
Il Pezzo 2 Cassettiera Dresser by Il Pezzo Mancante
Located in Geneve, CH
Il Pezzo 1 Daybed by Il Pezzo Mancante Dimensions: W 110 x D 54 x H 89 cm Materials: Structure: 100% solid walnut treated with natural oil Top: white Carrara marble / black Marquini...
Marble
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
Sushi Buffet by Campana Brothers, Brass and Fabric, Brazil, 2014
By Fernando Campana, Fernando and Humberto Campana
Located in Astoria, NY
Fernando Campana (Brazilian, 1961-2022) and Humberto Campana (Brazilian, b. 1953) "Sushi" Buffet, carpet, rubber, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), fabric, and estela within brass frame,...
Brass
Adjustable Desk in Beech Produced by Seltz, France 1980s
By Ebenisterie Seltz et Fils 1
Located in Hellouw, NL
Crafted in solid beech, this sculptural desk by Seltz from the 1980s combines functional ingenuity with expressive form, echoing the design principles associated with Pierre Chapo. ...
Beech
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
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
Exotic wooden highboard by Aform, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Fantastic looking highboard made from a gorgeous exotic wood with beauitful natural vaining troughout. This highboard has been crafted with great care, attention to details and by u...
Wood
Bücherregal Søborg Møbelfabrik Børge Mogensen Palisander
By Søborg Møbelfabrik, Børge Mogensen
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten ein wunderschönes Bücherregal vom dänischen Qualitätshersteller Soborg Mobelfabrik aus den 1960er Jahren zum Verkauf an. Der Entwurf stammt von Borge Mogensen, einem der b...
Rosewood
Vintage Boho Pencil Reed Waterfall Dresser
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exceptional vintage dresser exemplifies the sought-after "waterfall" design, rendered entirely in tightly wrapped pencil reed rattan—a hallmark of high-style coastal and Postmod...
Rattan, Reed
Mac Gee Library, Philippe Starck, Baleri, 1980
By Philippe Starck, Baleri Italia
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
Simbolo Stripes Sideboard in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Simbolo Stripes Sideboard in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 45 x W 130 x H 70 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. A sideboard that can be lean against to the ...
Aluminum, Other
Venus, 4 doors Sideboard on Two Cylinder Legs in Gradient Lacquer by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Venus, 4 doors Sideboard on Two Cylinder Legs in Gradient Lacquer by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 225 x D 53 x H 83 cm Materials: Mat lacquer. 4-door sideboard cabinet with rounded e...
Lacquer
USM Haller Sideboard 2x2 schwarz 3 Türen Kommode Anrichte
By Usm Haller, Fritz Haller
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten ein wunderschönes USM Haller Sideboard in der Größe 2x2 mit drei Klappen zum Verkauf an. Das Board wurde professionell gereinigt und steht hier in der begehrten tieferen A...
Metal, Steel, Chrome
$4,449 / 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
$3,345 / 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
$5,378 / 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
5x Original USM Haller Sideboard 2x2 reinweiß Kommode Anrichte
By Fritz Haller, Usm Haller
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten eins von insgesamt sechs verfügbaren USM Haller Sideboards in der Größe 2x2 mit einer Klappe unten links zum Verkauf an. Das Board wurde professionell gereinigt und eignet...
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Original USM Haller Sideboard 2x2 schwarz Kommode Anrichte
By Usm Haller, Fritz Haller
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten ein wunderschönes USM Haller Sideboard in der Größe 2x2 mit zwei Klappen oben zum Verkauf an. Das Board wurde professionell gereinigt und steht hier in der begehrten tiefe...
Metal, Steel, Chrome
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
$2,881 / item
Moon Large Highboard by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Moon Large Highboard by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 100 x H 125 cm Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobel, Bra...
Wood
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
Slim Steel Shelving, Lattice, Stained Birch Wood by Mun Hau Production
Located in Geneve, CH
Slim Steel Shelving, Lattice, Stained Birch Wood by Mun Hau Production Dimensions: W 40 x D 20 x H 240 cm. Materials: Stained Birch Wood, Stainless Steel. About Mun Hau Production ...
Wood
$4,286 / 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
$4,507 / item
Liliale Dresser by Dale Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Liliale Dresser by Dale Italia Dimensions: D 55 x W 131 x H 80 cm. Materials: Walnut. The walnut veneer blockboard and drawers are made of solid walnut. Available in two different s...
Walnut
$4,333 / item
Velo Dresser by Dale Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Velo 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 sizes ...
Walnut
$4,635 / item
Binario Dresser by Dale Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Binario Dresser by Dale Italia Dimensions: D 55 x W 131 x H 80 cm. Materials: Walnut. Walnut veneer blockboard, drawers in solid walnut, and handles in solid Wenge. Available in two...
Walnut
$4,821 / item
Trama E Ordito Dresser by Dale Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Trama E Ordito Dresser by Dale Italia Dimensions: D 55 x W 131 x H 80 cm. Materials: Walnut. Walnut veneer blockboard and drawers in sawn effect solid walnut. Available in two diffe...
Walnut
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.