$27,828 / item
Scrigno Living S Cabinet by Estro Collezioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Scrigno Living S Cabinet by Estro Collezioni Dimensions: W 120 x D 50 x H 50 cm Materials: Wood, Marble, Metal. Scrigno model is made of solid wood with a marble top. On the front...
Marble, Metal
$31,689 / item
Scrigno Living SF Cabinet by Estro Collezioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Scrigno Living SF Cabinet by Estro Collezioni Dimensions: W 120 x D 50 x H 88 cm Materials: Wood, Marble, Metal. Scrigno model is made of solid wood with a marble top. On the fron...
Marble, Metal
$2,855 / item
Norm Large TV Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Norm Large TV Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 190 x H 56 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobel, Br...
Wood
$1,598 / item
Mid Lane Medium Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Mid Lane Medium Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 100 x H 85 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: BPA, Nobel, Brandy, Whiske...
Wood
$3,443 / item
Lorn Vinyl Medium Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Lorn Vinyl Medium Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 38 x W 100 x H 105 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobe...
Wood
$1,623 / item
TV Mini Small Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
TV Mini Small Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 35 x W 100 x H 55 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobel, Br...
Wood
$2,599 / item
Classy Vinyl Large Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Classy Large Vinyl Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 35 x W 160 x H 57 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes and combinations. Availa...
Wood
$47,146 / item
L’Aure TB Cabinet by Estro Collezioni
Located in Geneve, CH
L’Aure TB Cabinet by Estro Collezioni Dimensions: W 180/220 x D 50 x H 90 cm Materials: Wood, Marble, Metal. Freestanding cabinet made in solid wood structure. The top is in 6 cm ...
Marble, Metal
$40,806 / item
L’Aure TB Cabinet by Estro Collezioni
Located in Geneve, CH
L’Aure TB Cabinet by Estro Collezioni Dimensions: W 140/160 x D 50 x H 90 cm Materials: Wood, Marble, Metal. Freestanding cabinet made in solid wood structure. The top is in 6 cm ...
Marble, Metal
Large Postmodern Geometric Bar Cabinet in Custom Lacquer
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A large-scale architectural postmodern cabinet defined by bold stepped geometry and strong volumetric composition. Composed of offset cubic forms arranged in an asymmetrical configu...
Wood, Lacquer
$2,329 / item
Brok Extra Small Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Brok Extra Small Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 42,5 x W 120 x H 46 cm Materials: Stained and varnished wood. The furniture in the picture is made in Rum. Available in different ...
Wood
$12,609 / item
Stuck Cabinet C1 by Studio Pin
Located in Geneve, CH
Stuck cabinet C1 by Studio Pin Dimensions: W 120 x D 44 x H 205 cm Materials: solid oak / MDF matt white finish. Weight: 60 kg “Stuck” by Studio Pin is a collection that goes a...
Oak
$14,043 / item
Walnut Bar Cabinet by Ginger & Jagger
Located in Geneve, CH
Walnut Bar Cabinet by Ginger & Jagger Dimensions: D 56 x W 100 x H 196 cm. Materials: American walnut, brass, and lacquer. Finish: Doors in American Walnut veneer in matt; drawers a...
Brass
Ettore Sottsass Casablanca cabinet Memphis Milano 1981
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Ettore Sottsass's Casablanca cabinet boasts a totem-like profile, closely resembling his iconic Carlton room divider and Ashoka lamp. This piece stands out with its anthropomorphic s...
Laminate
Bespoke Colored Glass and Brass Cabinet
Located in London, London
Bespoke side cabinet Colored glass on wooden frame Brass base and edging Contemporary, Italy.
Brass
Bespoke Italian Post-Modern Blue Turquoise Gray Glass 6-Drawer Semainier Chest
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
What we love about this piece is not only the functionality with its 6 drawers (options for sizes) but the artistic impact of the different tints in this minimalist design with the e...
Brass
$25,325 / item
Future Ruins Cabinet by Michael Gittings
By Michael Gittings
Located in Geneve, CH
Future Ruins cabinet by Michael Gittings One of a Kind Dimensions: D 45 x W 185 x H 88 cm Materials: stainless steel Michael Gittings Melbourne based designer Michael Gittings...
Stainless Steel
$15,512 / item
Solomia 4 Cabinet by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Solomia 4 Cabinet by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 45 x W 170 x H 75 cm. Materials: Solid wood (ash), rye straw inlay, plywood, glass and brass. Weight: 70 kg. Dimensions are customizab...
Brass
$15,512 / item
Solomia 3 Cabinet by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Solomia 3 Cabinet by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 45 x W 170 x H 75 cm. Materials: Solid wood (ash), rye straw inlay, plywood and brass. Weight: 70 kg. Dimensions are customizable. Ple...
Brass
$15,512 / item
Solomia 1 Cabinet by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Solomia 1 Cabinet by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 45 x W 170 x H 75 cm. Materials: Solid wood (ash), rye straw inlay, plywood and brass. Weight: 70 kg. Dimensions are customizable. Ple...
Brass
$25,231 / item
Frame Living H Cabinet by Estro Collezioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Frame Living H Cabinet by Estro Collezioni Dimensions: W 115 x D 54 x H 180 cm Materials: Wood, Marble, Metal. Frame is an element that Estro has created to glorify one of the mos...
Marble, Metal
Bespoke Italian Post-Modern Blue Turquoise Gray Glass 6-Drawer Semainier Chest
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
What we love about this piece is not only the functionality with its 6 drawers (options for sizes) but the artistic impact of the different tints in this minimalist design with the e...
Brass
$16,476 / item
Chaos Cabinet by Atelier V&F
Located in Geneve, CH
Chaos Cabinet by Atelier V&F Limited Edition Of 8+2AP Pieces. Dimensions: D 37 x W 86 x H 147 cm. Materials: Goatskin offcuts and cast aluminum. 「Chaos Cabinet」 rose and took shape...
Aluminum
$16,546 / item
Tlaloc Wine Cabinet by Andres Gutierrez
Located in Geneve, CH
Tlaloc Wine cabinet by Andres Gutierrez Dimensions: D40 x W80 x H130 cm Materials: Body: solid white oak wood, Legs: white oak plywood. — Inspired by Tlaloc, “The One Who Make...
Oak, Plywood
Contemporary Swedish Cabinet model "Visir" by Max Lund.
Located in Stockholm, SE
Contemporary Swedish Cabinet model "Visir" by Max Lund. With double doors made of perforated metal and inside with glass shelves. Signs of age and wear, overall nice condition with ...
Metal
Mattaliano "Frank" Walnut & Vellum Clad Sideboard/ Cabinet
By Mattaliano
Located in North Miami, FL
Mattaliano "Frank" Walnut and Vellum Four-Door Sideboard, left side compartment fitted with wine bottle storage (can be removed) and right side to open shelves. "Mattaliano / Chicag...
Walnut, Parchment Paper
$25,854 / item
Engraved Cabinet by Elis Monsport
Located in Geneve, CH
Engraved Cabinet by Elis Monsport Limited Edition Of 10 Pieces. Dimensions: D 42 x W 105 x H 85 cm. Materials: Engraved semi-permeable mirror plate, milled steel, milled marble slab,...
Marble, Metal, Steel
$16,805 / item
Forest Natūra Cabinet by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Forest Natūra Cabinet by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 45 x W 130 x H 130 cm. Materials: Solid wood (oak), rye straw inlay, plywood and brass. Weight: 100 kg. Dimensions are customizabl...
Brass
$15,512 / item
Showcase Cabinet, 3x4 by Paul Heijnen
Located in Geneve, CH
Showcase cabinet, 3x4 by Paul Heijnen (2011) Dimensions: H200 x L120 x W50 cm Materials: Steel, Oak, Glass Available in different varieties/stains Each cabinet is made to ord...
Steel
$3,571Sale Price / item|35% Off
Post Modern John Stuart Chrome Accent Cane Front Gentlemens Dresser Armoire
By Founders Furniture Company, John Stuart Inc., Jack Cartwright
Located in Chattanooga, TN
A striking example of post-modern design by John Stuart, this gentlemen’s chest marries gracious scale with finely considered detail. Crafted in honey-toned oak, the chest features...
Chrome
Luxurious Italian Cabinet in Bamboo and Brass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cabinet, lacquered bamboo and ash, brass, Italy, 1970s. This glamorous cabinet, dating from the 1970s, has a compact geometric shape that is at once simple and assertive. Yet the e...
Brass
$25,678 / item
Laulu Cabinet, High by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Laulu cabinet, high by Made By Choice with Matti Klenell Dimensions: 100 x 41 x 180 cm Materials: Base in Solid Ash, Frames in Valchromat Also available: Laulu Cabinet - Low, Cu...
Ash
$16,546 / item
Solomia 2 Cabinet by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Solomia 2 Cabinet by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 45 x W 170 x H 75 cm. Materials: Solid wood (ash), rye straw inlay, plywood, glass and brass. Weight: 80 kg. Dimensions are customizab...
Brass
Angle Cabinet by Francesco Binfare for Cassina, 1980
By Francesco Binfaré, Cassina
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Angle cabinet designed by Francesco Binfare for Cassina Very versatile piece of storage with plentiful shelving, with sliding glass door with Binfares signature 80's pattern on the ...
Glass, Wood
$12,433 / item
Column Root Wood Cabinet by Tuğçe Geyik
Located in Geneve, CH
Column Root Wood Cabinet by Tuğçe Geyik Dimensions: D 45 x W 180 x H 88 cm. Materials: Wood. Tuğçe Geyik is an architect and designer based in Istanbul. She studied at Yildiz Techn...
Wood
Ettore Sottsass, Custom Cabinet, Maple, Italy, 1989
By Sottsass Associati, Ettore Sottsass
Located in High Point, NC
A maple and white-painted maple cabinet designed by Ettore Sottsass and custom-produced by Sottsass Associati, Italy for the Mayer-Schwarz Gallery, Beverly Hills in 1989.
Maple
Bridget High Cabinet in Natural Rattan by POPUS EDITIONS
By Popus Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Bridget High Cabinet in Natural Rattan by POPUS EDITIONS. Dimensions: W 100 x D 35 x H 185 cm. Materials: Natural stained rattan and wrapped rattan. Like a delicately intertwined ne...
Rattan
Bridget Low Cabinet in Natural Rattan by POPUS EDITIONS
By Popus Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Bridget Low Cabinet in Natural Rattan by POPUS EDITIONS. Dimensions: W 110 x D 35 x H 100 cm. Materials: Natural stained rattan and wrapped rattan. Like a delicately intertwined nec...
Rattan
$9,833 / item
Blackbird Low Drawers Cabinet by Francesco Profili
Located in Geneve, CH
Blackbird Low Drawers Cabinet by Francesco Profili Dimensions: W 250 x D 50 x H 55 cm Materials: Walnut, LEDs. The cabinet fully reflects the collection core concepts. The essence ...
Walnut
$20,424 / item
Think Twice Cabinet by Francesco Profili
Located in Geneve, CH
Think Twice Cabinet by Francesco Profili Dimensions: W 135 x D 60 x H 235 cm Materials: Walnut, Noir Saint Laurent Marble, Glass Shelves, Matt Lacquered. The detail-rich cabinet in...
Marble, Other
$7,704 / item
Right Mida Cabinet by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Right Mida Cabinet by De Castelli Dimensions: ⌀ 90 x H 25 cm Materials: DeOpale Brass, Wood, DeLabré Stainless Steel outer shell. Copper and Stainless Steel versions also available. ...
Brass, Stainless Steel
$7,998 / item
Left Mida Cabinet by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Left Mida Cabinet by De Castelli Dimensions: ⌀ 90 x H 25 cm Materials: DeOpale Copper, Wood, DeLabré Stainless Steel outer shell. Brass and Stainless Steel versions also available. P...
Stainless Steel, Copper
$8,543 / item
Coil #5 Cabinet by Bram Kerkhofs
Located in Geneve, CH
Coil #5 cabinet by Bram Kerkhofs Dimensions: D80 x W40 x H225.6cm Materials: stainless steel, aluminium, elastic rope (natural rubber, polyethylene). Other dimensions are availa...
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
$2,667 / item
Object 023 TV Cabinet by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 023 TV cabinet by NG Design Dimensions: D 160 x W 46 x H 56 cm Materials: Powder coated steel, tempered glass. Also Available: All of objects available in different mater...
Steel
$2,608 / item
Object 024 TV Cabinet by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 023 TV cabinet by NG Design Dimensions: D160 x W46 x H56 cm Materials: Powder coated steel, Tempered Glass. Also Available: All of objects available in different material...
Steel
$6,252 / item
Coil #3 Cabinet by Bram Kerkhofs
Located in Geneve, CH
Coil #3 low cabinet by Bram Kerkhofs Dimensions: D80 x W40 x H144.5 cm Materials: Stainless steel, aluminum, elastic rope (natural rubber, polyethylene). Other dimensions are av...
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
$25,231 / item
Trunk Cabinet by Atelier Ruben Van Megen
Located in Geneve, CH
Trunk Cabinet by Atelier Ruben Van Megen Dimensions: W 158 x D 64 x H 235 cm Materials: Oak (base), MDF, HPL, Brass. Ruben van Megen (1984) graduated from the Design Academy in Ein...
Brass
1970’s French Elm Cabinet by Maison Regain
By Maison Regain
Located in Chicago, IL
1970’s French Elm cabinet designed by Maison Regain
Elm
$21,314 / item
Mirage Bar Cabinet by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirage Bar Cabinet by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 50 x W 90 x H 165 cm. Materials: Brushed brass, olive veneer patchwork and lacquer. Also available in polished brass and olive ven...
Brass
Pierre Chapo Cabinet Model 'R18' in Solid Elm
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pierre Chapo, cabinet model 'R18', solid elm, France, 1960s This exquisitely crafted 'R18' cabinet combines a simplified yet complex design combined with nifty, solid construction d...
Elm
Perfume Cabinet, Stained Birch Wood by Mun Hau Production
Located in Geneve, CH
Perfume Cabinet, Stained Birch Wood by Mun Hau Production Dimensions: W 35 x D 18 x H 32 cm. Materials: Stained Birch Wood, Glass. About Mun Hau Production is a Hong Kong woodworki...
Wood, Glass
$7,580 / item
Raison Bar Cabinet by Studio Uwe Gaertner
Located in Geneve, CH
Raison Bar Cabinet by Studio Uwe Gaertner Dimensions: D 37 x W 75 x H 95 cm. Materials: Oak and glass. DESIGN BY STUDIO UWE GAERTNER The furniture collection from Studio Uwe Gaertn...
Oak, Glass
$2,632 / item
XOXO HUG Low Cabinet L by Phormy
Located in Geneve, CH
XOXO HUG low cabinet L by Phormy Dimensions: D 47 x W 181 x H 54.5 cm. Materials: Natural and painted oak veneer / natural or painted oak Different materials and sizes available...
Oak
$28,698 / item
The Special Tree Cabinet by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
The Special Tree Sideboard by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 79 x W 90 x H 200 cm. Materials: Wooden structure: exotic veneers (myrtle root, elm root, olive ash burl, olive tree and pal...
Copper
Pollock Bar Cabinet in Lacquered Wood & Glass by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Pollock Bar Cabinet in Lacquered Wood & Glass by altreforme Dimensions: Ø 74 x H 214 cm. Materials: Lacquered wood and glass. Inspired by the carousel ride and circus tents, Pol...
Glass, Wood
$20,166 / item
Cubic Pillar Cabinet by Atelier V&F
Located in Geneve, CH
Cubic Pillar Cabinet by Atelier V&F Limited Edition Of 5+2AP Pieces. Dimensions: D 45.5 x W 103.5 x H 219.5 cm. Materials: Oak. Cubic Pillar, Blocks, and Lines is a continuation of...
Oak
$4,912 / item
Lyn Small Blue Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn small blue black cabinet by Pulpo Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H110 cm Materials: glass; powder coated steel Also available in different colours. Studio Visser & Meijwaard de...
Steel
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.