$1,646 / item
TV Mini Brown High Small Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
TV Mini Brown High Small Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 35 x W 90 x H 75 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA,...
Wood
Bespoke Postmodern Style Colored Glass and Brass Cabinet
Located in London, London
Bespoke side cabinet Colored glass on wooden frame Brass base and details Postmodern style Contemporary, Italy.
Brass
$1,917 / item
Schrank Classy Mid Open Large Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Schrank Classy Mid Open Large Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 30 x W 140 x H 89 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum...
Wood
The Collector's Cabinet Varnished Hardwood Cupboard by Bowen Liu
Located in Geneve, CH
The Collector's Cabinet Varnished Hardwood Cupboard by Bowen Liu Dimensions: D 20 x W 44.25 x H 75 cm Materials: Hardwood, White Oak Based in, produced and shipped from the US. Als...
Other
$2,340 / item
Be My Guest Bar Cabinet by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Be My Guest bar cabinet by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D95 x W35 x H90 cm Material: White oiled oak and french cane, Black noir powder coated steel frame Weight: 32 kg Warm Nordic ...
Steel
$22,091 / item
Bishop SW 160 Cabinet and Mirror by Estro Collezioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Bishop SW 160 Cabinet and Mirror by Estro Collezioni Dimensions: W 160 x D 52 x H 57 cm Mirror Bishop: W 160 x D 3 x H 110 cm Materials: Wood, Marble, Metal. Bishop SW model is m...
Marble, Metal
$15,186 / item
Bishop SW 100 Cabinet and Mirror by Estro Collezioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Bishop SW 100 Cabinet by Estro Collezioni Dimensions: W 100 x D 52 x H 57 cm Mirror Bishop: W 100 x D 3 x H 110 cm Materials: Wood, Marble, Metal. Bishop SW model is made of a so...
Marble, Metal
$18,138 / item
Bishop SW 120 Cabinet and Mirror by Estro Collezioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Bishop SW 120 Cabinet and Mirror by Estro Collezioni Dimensions: W 120 x D 52 x H 57 cm Mirror Bishop: W 120 x D 3 x H 110 cm Materials: Wood, Marble, Metal. Bishop SW model is m...
Marble, Metal
$18,115 / item
Cnstr Cabinet, Stained Birch SD by Paul Heijnen
Located in Geneve, CH
CNSTR cabinet, stained birch single door by Paul Heijnen (2009) Dimensions: H190 x L95 x W60 Materials: Stained birch Also available in, oak, natural birch, walnut, and other variet...
Birch
$9,457 / item
Accaio Stage 2 Low Cabinet by Max Lipsey
Located in Geneve, CH
Accaio Stage 2 Low Cabinet by Max Lipsey Dimensions: D 62 x W 225 x H 71 cm. Materials: Powder-coated steel, alu, and leather. The cabinet is available in all RAL colors. Please con...
Steel, Other
Memphis Fridge by Roberto Pezzetta transformed to cabinet
Located in Mortsel, BE
THE WIZARDS COLLECTION FRIDGE BY ROBERTO PEZZETTA FOR ZANUSSI, 1980S. Transformed to a multifunctional cabinet that can open on both sides.
Metal
$8,739 / item
Column Root Wood Unit Low Cabinet by Tuğçe Geyik
Located in Geneve, CH
Column Root Wood Unit Low Cabinet by Tuğçe Geyik Dimensions: D 45 x W 180 x H 45 cm. Materials: Wood. Tuğçe Geyik is an architect and designer based in Istanbul. She studied at Yil...
Wood
$5,116 / item
Seller Wooden Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Seller Wooden Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 45 x W 97 x H 160 cm Materials: Wood. Under a nineteenth-century appearance of forgotten filing cabinets, with Seller, we wanted ...
Wood
Pavage de Couleurs Sculptural Cabinet by Katia Luna Benaï
Located in Geneve, CH
Pavage de Couleurs Sculptural Cabinet by Katia Luna Benaï. Dimensions: W 60 x D 120 x H 190 cm Materials: Solid Canaletto walnut, hand-inlaid mother of pearl. The Pavage de Couleurs...
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
Framed Glass Coaster Cabinet, Stained Birch Wood by Mun Hau Production
Located in Geneve, CH
Framed Glass Coaster Cabinet, Stained Birch Wood by Mun Hau Production Dimensions: W 27 x D 14 x H 10.5 cm. Materials: Stained Birch Wood, Pattern Glass. About Mun Hau Production i...
Wood, Glass
Brass And Solid Wood Bugs Cabinet by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass And Solid Wood Bugs Cabinet by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS Dimensions: D 42 x W 60 x H 115 cm. Materials: Solid wood, veneer, and brass. The Cabinet “BUGS” from the collection is a...
Brass
$3,999 / item
Tauro Wooden Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Tauro Wooden Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 42 x W 126 x H 134 cm Materials: Wood. We are Félix and Désirée Ramos, brothers and product designers of our brand, Lola Glamour....
Wood
$10,516 / item
Amore TV Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Amore TV Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 35 x W 345 x H 170 cm Materials: Wood. We are Félix and Désirée Ramos, brothers and product designers of our brand, Lola Glamour. We ...
Wood
$3,361 / item
Tauro Wooden Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Tauro Wooden Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 42 x W 125 x H 135 cm Materials: Wood. A versatile wardrobe, both in functionality and location. With its original use of geometry...
Wood
$4,430 / item
Mytho Wooden Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Mytho Wooden Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 45 x W 120 x H 160 cm Materials: Wood. A bet on ingenuity. A set of wooden pieces with different thicknesses glides across its sur...
Wood
$4,199 / item
Totem Wooden Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Totem Wooden Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 38.5 x W 120 x H 160 cm Materials: Wood. Geometry in motion, constantly changing perspective and depth. Pure lines at right angles...
Wood
$13,739 / item
Weight of Shadow Screen Cabinet by Atelier V&F
Located in Geneve, CH
Weight of Shadow Screen Cabinet by Atelier V&F Dimensions: Opened: D 25 x W 160 x H 168.5 cm. Closed: D 50 x W 80 x H 168.5 cm. Materials: Ash. Available in black or grey. Please ...
Ash
$13,739 / item
Weight of Shadow Screen Cabinet by Atelier V&F
Located in Geneve, CH
Weight of Shadow Screen Cabinet by Atelier V&F Dimensions: Opened: D 25 x W 160 x H 168.5 cm. Closed: D 50 x W 80 x H 168.5 cm. Materials: Ash. Available in black or grey. Please ...
Ash
$4,046 / item
Khalo Wooden Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Khalo Wooden Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 45 x W 120 x H 150 cm Materials: Wood. It has a walnut wood skin and a set of relief moldings that run along its body and direct o...
Wood
$37,524 / item
Cnstr Cabinet, Solid Oak M by Paul Heijnen
Located in Geneve, CH
CNSTR cabinet, solid oak M by Paul Heijnen (2009) Dimensions: H200 x L160 x W60 Materials: Oak Also Available in stained birch, natural birch, Walnut, and other varieties of woo...
Birch, Oak
$48,522 / item
CNSTR Cabinet, Stained Birch XL by Paul Heijnen
Located in Geneve, CH
CNSTR cabinet, stained birch XL by Paul Heijnen (2009) Dimensions: H230 x L200 x W65 cm Materials: Stained birch Also available in, oak, natural birch, walnut, and other varieti...
Birch, Oak
Brass And Metal Bubbles Decorative Cabinet by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass And Metal Bubbles Decorative Cabinet by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS Dimensions: D 55 x W 55 x H 190 cm. Materials: MDF, brass, metal, and LED lighting. The “Bubbles collection” is ...
Brass, Other, Metal
Brass And Glass Bubbles Decorative Cabinet by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass And Glass Bubbles Decorative Cabinet by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS Dimensions: D 55 x W 55 x H 190 cm. Materials: MDF, brass, glass, and LED lighting. The “Bubbles collection” is ...
Brass, Other
Brass And Burgundy Bubbles Decorative Cabinet by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass And Burgundy Bubbles Decorative Cabinet by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS Dimensions: D 55 x W 55 x H 190 cm. Materials: MDF, brass paint, and LED lighting. The “Bubbles collection” ...
Brass, Other
Minimal Light Panel and Maple Wood Cabinet by Heilig Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Königswinter Tallboy Cabinet in Maple Wood by Heilig Objects Dimensions: D 45 x W 87 x H 180 cm. Materials: Light panel 1966 and maple wood. Daniel Heilig. A young Hungarian-German ...
Maple
Nosy Cabinet by Mimmo Paladino for Meta Memphis Milan
By Mimmo Paladino, Memphis Milano
Located in Ravenna, IT
Storage cabinet made by Mimmo Paladino for Meta Memphis, limited edition of 25 pieces. The central body consists of a double door cabinet, which can be opened by curved steel element...
Iron
$5,264 / item
Coil #3 Cabinet Wall Mounted by Bram Kerkhofs
Located in Geneve, CH
Coil #3 cabinet wall mounted by Bram Kerkhofs Dimensions: D 80 x W 40 x H 122.4 cm. Materials: stainless steel, aluminium, elastic rope (natural rubber, polyethylene). Other dim...
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Bianco Statuarietto Visibile M Horizontal Display Cabinet by Angelo Alinea
Located in Geneve, CH
Bianco Statuarietto Visibile M Horizontal Display Cabinet by Angelo Alinea Dimensions: W 120 x D 45 x H 125 cm Material: Display cabinet with marble bottom (honed). Frame in metal, ...
Marble, Metal
Post Modern Space Age Plastic Shelves by Olaf Von Bohr for Kartell c. 1970's
By Olaf von Bohr, Kartell
Located in New York, NY
Space Age, Postmodern plastic shelf unit, designed by Olaf Von Bohr for Kartell, made in Italy circa 1970's. This example is in very good, original, clean and ready to use condition,...
Plastic
$1,880Sale Price|20% Off
Drexel Heritage Cabochon TV Console Entertainment Center Cabinet 868-960 72"
By Drexel
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Drexel Heritage Cabochon TV console / entertainment center / bar or liquor cabinet featuring post modern styling. Made from whitewashed oak with paneled doors over an iron ba...
Iron
$1,776 / item
TV Mini Vinyl Small Cabinet With Drawers by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
TV Mini Vinyl Small Cabinet With Drawers by Pastform Dimensions: D 35 x W 100 x H 57 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, ...
Wood
Ernest Igl for Wilhelm Werndl Cabinet in Off-White Polyurethane
By Wilhelm Werndl
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernest Igl for Wilhelm Werndl, sideboard, polyurethane, Germany, 1970/71 Ernest Hofmann, also known by his artist name 'Igl', recently gained an international audience for his desig...
Plastic
Large Genuine Ferrari Dealer Accessory Display Cabinets
By Ferrari Milano
Located in Ferndale, MI
Giant lacquered cabinets supplied by Ferrari to their dealerships . Showroom display cabinets for wheels , clothing and accessory parts . There are some chips and scratches shown in...
Acrylic, Wood
Vintage Postmodern French Bathroom Mirror Cabinet from Decotec, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern design bathroom cabinet from the French manufacturer Decotec. A postmodern eye-catcher that impresses with its colors and functionality. The different surfaces of the cab...
Metal
Luna Lux Vino Bar Cabinet in Walnut Veneer by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS
Located in Geneve, CH
Luna Lux Vino Bar Cabinet in Walnut Veneer by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS Dimensions: D 80 x W 78 x H 47 cm. Materials: MDF in walnut veneer. A bar cabinet with a minimalist design and a...
Wood
Vintage Postmodern 2 Tier Glass Shelf Blonde Wood Display Cabinet
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A vintage postmodern display shelf. This is a wonderful shelving unit with a simple, clean design. This piece is constructed with a blonde wood with darker wood accents around the to...
Wood
Unique Aderiva Cabinet in Moleanos Limestone & Stainless Steel by Rosana Sousa
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Aderiva Cabinet in Moleanos Limestone & Stainless Steel by Rosana Sousa. One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 38 x W 120 x H 160 cm. Materials: Stainless Steel, Moleanos Limestone (e...
Limestone, Stainless Steel
Canneto Cabinet by De Castelli, Brushed Brass & Walnut, Italy
Located in Geneve, CH
Canneto Cabinet by De Castelli Dimensions: W 102 x D 57 x H 157 cm Materials: Brushed Brass, Canaletto Walnut Wood Copper and Stainless Steel versions also available. Please contact ...
Brass
Ambrogio Tresoldi e Alberto Salvati Wardrobe Cabinet Purple Blue Lacquered Wood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ambrogio Tresoldi and Alberto Salvati, cabinet / wardrobe, lacquered wood, Italy, 1970s Ambrogio Tresoldi and Alberto Salvati began their careers at the Politecnico di Milano under ...
Wood, Lacquer
Magistrato al Sal Nero Cabinet by Vetralia, Wood and Glass, Italy
Located in Geneve, CH
Magistrato al Sal Nero Cabinet by Vetralia Designed by Trent Jansen Dimensions: D 115 x H 200 cm Materials: Wooden structure and cups, glass grain. VETRALIA Functional Art based in...
Wood, Glass
Guido Faleschini for Mariani Cabinets in Red Brown Leather
By i4 Mariani, Guido Faleschini
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guido Faleschini for i4 Mariani, cabinets from the 'Pace Collection', leather, fabric, chrome-plated steel, aluminum, mahogany, Italy, circa 1975 This captivating set of four cabin...
Chrome, Aluminum, Steel
Cosmopolitan Bar Cabinet in Makassar Ebony Veneer, Horn & Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Cosmopolitan Bar Cabinet in Makassar Ebony Veneer, Horn & Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 55 x W 100 x H 145 cm. Materials: Makkasar ebony veneer, horn, and brass. In 1958, Mario Gu...
Brass, Other
Ocean Green Painted Murano Glass and Brass Two-Door Cabinet
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazingly crafted 2-door cabinet clad completely in Murano green glass and trimmed with brass, also features wonderful tapering glass legs. Interior long clear glass shelf. T...
Glass
Helios Cabinet in Makassar Ebony Veneer, Horn & Satin Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Helios Cabinet in Makassar Ebony Veneer, Horn & Satin Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 50 x W 230 x H 90 cm. Materials: Makkasar ebony veneer, horn, and satin brass. Available in Mak...
Brass, Other
Set of 3 Vintage German Postmodern Profilsystem Corner Container Cabinets
By Elmar Flötotto
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare corner containers from the profile system Collection of Flötotto in a special color. A very simple and functional design. The containers come from the profile system collection...
Plastic, Wood
Brass And Pastel Pink Bubbles Decorative Cabinet by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass And Pastel Pink Bubbles Cabinet by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS Dimensions: D 55 x W 55 x H 190 cm. Materials: MDF, brass paint, and LED lighting. The “Bubbles collection” is an ex...
Brass, Other
$4,046 / item
Denver Walnut Wood Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Denver Walnut Wood Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 51 x W 130 x H 150 cm Materials: Walnut wood. Made of walnut wood, this designer piece of furniture is a true gem that will ...
Wood
$3,881 / item
Phoenix Walnut Wood Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Phoenix Walnut Wood Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 46 x W 120 x H 151 cm Materials: Wood. What makes “Phoenix” truly special are the geometric wooden details that adorn its f...
Wood
Okumé Plywood and Natural Elm Burl Modulo Cabinet by Dainelli Studio Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Okumé Plywood and Natural Elm Burl Modulo Cabinet by Dainelli Studio Atelier Dimensions: W 215 x D 50 x H 75 cm Materials: Okumé plywood, Polished Brass, Natural Elm Burl. Cabinet...
Plywood, Elm
Okumé Plywood and Natural Elm Burl Sipario Cabinet by Dainelli Studio Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Okumé Plywood and Natural Elm Burl Sipario Cabinet by Dainelli Studio Atelier Dimensions: W 112 x D 50 x H 162 cm Materials: Okumé plywood, Polished Brass, Natural Elm Burl. Bar c...
Elm, Plywood
Walnut and Black Mat Lacquered Legs Gbar Bar Cabinet by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Walnut Canaletto and Mat Lacquered Legs Gbar Bar Cabinet by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 90.2 x D 45.2 x H 150.1 cm Materials: Walnut Canaletto, Lacquer. Wooden structure Bar Cabine...
Walnut, Lacquer
$10,704 / item
Tetris Composition TV Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Tetris Composition TV Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 45 x W 260 x H 180 cm Materials: Wood. We are Félix and Désirée Ramos, brothers and product designers of our brand, Lola...
Wood
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.