Unique Waxed Aluminum Cabinet with Natural Golden Pink Stone by Pierre De Valck
Located in Geneve, CH
Cabinet with Petrified oak by Pierre De Valck. Dimensions: W 70 x D 45 x H 96 cm. Materials: Waxed aluminium with petrified oak Weight: 65 kg. Each piece is unique. Pierre De ...
Aluminum
Perfidia Bar Cabinet in Solid Wood with Cast Bronze Details by Estudio Andean
Located in Geneve, CH
Perfidia Bar Cabinet in Solid Wood with Cast Bronze Details by Estudio Andean Dimensions: D 43,8 x W 85 x H 185 cm. Materials: Solid wood, cast bronze, steel, and aged mirror. Bar ...
Bronze, Steel
Rare Smoked Glass and Chrome Cabinet or Vitrine by Pierre Cardin
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large smoked glass and chrome cabinet or vitrine by Pierre Cardin. Three doors and six compartments. Can be backlighted (optional). A spectacular piece in any room.
Chrome
2x Bonaldo Cabinet de Curiosité Regal Bücherregal Fabrice Berrux2
By Fabrice Berrux, Bonaldo
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten eins von insgesamt elf Bonaldo "Cabinet de Curiosité" Bücherregale aus dem Jahr 2023 zum Verkauf an. Die Regale wurden von Fabrice Berrux entworfen und verfügen über unter...
Wood
1x Bonaldo Cabinet de Curiosité Regal Bücherregal Fabrice Berrux
By Bonaldo, Fabrice Berrux
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten eins von insgesamt elf Bonaldo "Cabinet de Curiosité" Bücherregale aus dem Jahr 2023 zum Verkauf an. Die Regale wurden von Fabrice Berrux entworfen und verfügen über unter...
Wood
2x Bonaldo Cabinet de Curiosité Regal Bücherregal Fabrice Berrux
By Bonaldo, Fabrice Berrux
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten eins von insgesamt elf Bonaldo "Cabinet de Curiosité" Bücherregale aus dem Jahr 2023 zum Verkauf an. Die Regale wurden von Fabrice Berrux entworfen und verfügen über unter...
Wood
Stained Birch XL CNSTR Cabinet by Paul Heijnen, Hand-Crafted in NL
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
Impavido 240 White Sandblasted Larch And Grey Oak Cabinet by Casa Casati
Located in Geneve, CH
Impavido 240 White Sandblasted Larch And Grey Oak Cabinet by Casa Casati Dimensions: D 54 x W 240 x H 140 cm. Materials: Veneered MDF, larch, oak, and marble. Available in differe...
Marble, Other
Unique Round Patinated Bronze Cabinet With Rough Jade Stone by Pierre De Valck
Located in Geneve, CH
Round Cabinet With Rough Jade Stone by Pierre De Valck Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 56 x W 56 x H 17 cm. Materials: Patinated bronze and Rough Jade stone. Pierre de Valck, Rick Owens...
Jade, Bronze
Half-moon Wall Patinated Bronze Cabinet with Jade Green Stone by Pierre De Valck
Located in Geneve, CH
Bow wall cabinet by Pierre De Valck Dimensions: D 100 x W 28 x H 15 Materials: Stone, bronze Weight: 25 kg Each piece is unique Pierre De Valck (1991) born in Brussels, is a G...
Stone, Bronze
Giorgio III Glossy Rosewood And Light Bronze Metal Cabinet by Casa Casati
Located in Geneve, CH
Giorgio III Glossy Rosewood And Light Bronze Metal Cabinet by Casa Casati Dimensions: D 54 x W 200 x H 84 cm. Materials: Lacquer, MDF, brass, rosewood, and metal. Available in dif...
Metal, Brass, Other
Unique Waxed Aluminum Cabinet with Natural Dusty Pink Stone by Pierre De Valck
Located in Geneve, CH
Cabinet with Thulite by Pierre De Valck. Dimensions: W 55 x D 34 x H 70 cm. Materials: Waxed aluminum with petrified oak Weight: 65 kg. Each piece is unique. Pierre De Valck (1991) ...
Stone, Aluminum
Auminium Round Wall Cabinet with Deep Blue Natural Stone by Pierre De Valck
Located in Geneve, CH
Round wall cabinet with lapis lazuli by Pierre De Valck. Dimensions: W 90 x D 15 x H 90 cm. Materials: Waxed aluminium with Lapis Lazuli. Weight: 45 kg. Each piece is unique. Pierre...
Lapis Lazuli, Aluminum
Post-Modern Italian Bar Unit with Cabinets and Bar Stools
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Bar unit, chrome, metal, glass, mirror, fabric, wood, Italy, 1970s This Italian bar from the 1970s combines several materials typical of the period, including chrome, metal, wood, g...
Metal, Chrome
Rare Smoked Glass and Chrome Cabinet or Vitrine by Pierre Cardin
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large smoked glass and chrome cabinet or vitrine by Pierre Cardin. Three doors and six compartments. Can be backlighted (optional). A spectacular piece in any room.
Chrome
A two-part cabinet in rare exotic woods with solid ebony inlays, Italy, 1990s
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A large two-part cabinet in rare exotic woods with solid ebony inlays. This unique two-part sideboard, crafted by Bottega Costa in the 1990s, is a remarkable example of Ligurian cra...
Ebony, Fruitwood, Rosewood
Oren Zoldan "Monolith" Multifunctional Display and Storage Cabinet Prototype
Located in Chicago, IL
Oren Zoldan "Monolith" Multifunctional Display and Storage Cabinet Prototype This striking cabinet features seven graduated drawers and open display shelves, all mounted on wheels fo...
Wood
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
American Post-War White Wooden Table Desk with Chrome Base
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design white painted wood table desk with drawers and supported on 2 chrome "X" form bases. (Desk in need of full restoration) Metal frame has very light scratchin...
Wood
Giorgio I Oxblood Glossy Lacquer And Light Bronze Metal Cabinet by Casa Casati
Located in Geneve, CH
Giorgio I Oxblood Glossy Lacquer And Light Bronze Metal Cabinet by Casa Casati Dimensions: D 54 x W 90 x H 140 cm. Materials: Lacquer, MDF, brass, and metal. Available in differen...
Other, Metal, Brass
Loft Industrial Style Wood and Iron Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Loft Industrial Style Wood and Iron Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 45 x W 147 x H 160 cm Materials: Wood, iron. The Loft wardrobe is inspired by the legendary industrial styl...
Iron
Half-moon Wall Polished Bronze Cabinet with Jade Green Stone by Pierre De Valck
Located in Geneve, CH
Bow cabinet with Malachite by Pierre De Valck. Dimensions: W 63 x D 30 x H 190 cm. Materials: Polished bronze with Malachite. Weight: 15 kg. Each piece is unique. Pierre De Va...
Stone, Malachite, Bronze
Half-moon Wall Polished Bronze Cabinet with Jade Green Stone by Pierre De Valck
Located in Geneve, CH
Bow cabinet with Malachite by Pierre De Valck. Dimensions: W 55 x D 34 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polished bronze with Malachite. Weight: 15 kg. Each piece is unique. Pierre De Val...
Stone, Malachite, Bronze
Eoli Credenza in White Onyx, Sculptural and Funcional Sideboard/Cabinet
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Carved from solid onyx, the Eoli Credenza is a sculptural storage piece shaped by the idea of wind in motion. Its form recalls slow, continuous forces: erosion, pressure, flow. The...
Onyx
Wendell Castle “Samba” Cabinet for Icon Design Sculptural Ash Wood Storage Cabin
By Wendell Castle
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning example of American furniture, the Samba Cabinet by Wendell Castle for Icon Designs reflects Castle’s signature philosophy of treating furniture as sculpture. The piece fe...
Leather, Wood
Rare Cabinet 'Isola d'Elba' by Aldo Rossi, Bruno Longoni Cantú, Solid Wood, 1980
By Cantu, Aldo Rossi
Located in Berlin, DE
This very rare and eccentric closet is made of solid wood, it has drawers and shelves and a coat rack. The door can be locked with a key. Brass finishing on top and foot. Manufacture...
Brass
$6,995 / item
Maple Path of Totality Bar Cabinet
By New Age Design Studio
Located in Portland, OR
Prototyped in the weeks leading up to a solar eclipse, this bar cabinet is an exploration of partially obscured light. The laser cut lattice work on the bypass doors is an interpreta...
Steel
Postmodern Black Lacquered China or Display Cabinet by Millennium for Ashley
Located in Topeka, KS
Marvelous vintage Postmodern by Millennium for Ashley Furniture black lacquered China or display cabinet composed of 2 pieces including a lighted top hutch with glass doors, mirrored...
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Lacquer
$5,175Sale Price / set|20% Off
TORCELLO Series Display Cabinet Set by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Stildomus
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Stildomus
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Postmodern Italian Design TORCELLO Series Display Cabinet Set of 2 by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Stildomus. Made in Italy, 1980's period. Marked with a stamp inside one of the doors. Ve...
Metal
Customizable Italian Pink Gray Blue Black Geometric Postmodern Cabinet/Sideboard
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Bespoke customizable 3-door modern cabinet sideboard, entirely handcrafted in Italy with Memphis inspiration for the attractive colorful deconstructed geometric decor with raised pat...
Brass
Ettore Sottsass Tempus Wall Cabinet in Wood by Poltronova 1960s
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Cascina, Pisa
An elegant wall-mounted cabinet in veneered walnut with a white lacquered front and an inset round mirror. Above the mirror there is a barometer, while below it there is a drawer wit...
Metal
Paul McCobb for Directional Black Eight Drawer Chest with Brass Leg Posts
By Directional, Paul McCobb
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Paul McCobb for Directional #7025 black Chest of Drawers. Featuring newly restored and re-enameled rectangular black enameled eight drawer Chest, Dresser, detailed with reflective Br...
Brass
Bespoke Italian Ivory Yellow Green Blue Geometric Postmodern Cabinet/Sideboard
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Bespoke customizable 3-door modern cabinet sideboard, entirely handcrafted in Italy with Memphis inspiration for the attractive colorful abstract geometric decor with raised pattern ...
Brass
Bespoke Italian Green Orange Yellow Gray Geometric Postmodern Cabinet/Sideboard
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Bespoke customizable 3-door modern cabinet sideboard, entirely handcrafted in Italy with Memphis inspiration for the attractive colorful geometric decor with raised pattern and handl...
Brass
Custom Italian White Black Blue Yellow Geometric Postmodern Cabinet/Sideboard
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Bring your own accent colors to any space with our customizable modern collection, entirely handmade in Italy, with the purpose of anchoring individuality through Art in a functional...
Brass
Custom Italian White Black Blue Yellow Geometric Postmodern Cabinet/Sideboard
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Bring your own accent colors to any space with our customizable modern collection, entirely handmade in Italy, with the purpose of anchoring individuality through Art in a functional...
Brass
Bespoke Italian Ivory Yellow Green Blue Geometric Postmodern Cabinet/Sideboard
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Bespoke customizable 3-door modern cabinet sideboard, entirely handcrafted in Italy with Memphis inspiration for the attractive colorful abstract geometric decor with raised pattern ...
Brass
Bespoke Italian Green Orange Yellow Grey Geometric Postmodern Cabinet/Sideboard
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Bespoke customizable 3-door modern cabinet sideboard, entirely handcrafted in Italy with Memphis inspiration for the attractive colorful geometric decor with raised pattern and handl...
Brass
Bespoke Italian Black Cream Green Ochre Geometric Postmodern Cabinet/Sideboard
Located in New York, NY
A contemporary creative 3-door modern credenza, entirely hand-made in Italy, the surround in an attractive geometric decor that recalls Rothko's paintings, with raised art glass pane...
Brass
Vintage Postmodern Marble & Glass Lighted Display Cabinet by Pulaski Furniture
By Pulaski Furniture Corporation
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage Art Deco Revival to Postmodern wood, marble, brass, mirror, & glass lighted display case by Pulaksi Furnishings. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vi...
Marble, Brass
MADRID Corner Cabinet by Michele de Lucchi, Memphis Milano, 1986
By Michele de Lucchi
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
MADRID Corner Cabinet Collection: Memphis Milano Designer: Michele De Lucchi Year: 1986 Corner cabinet in plastic laminate with glass doors and inside lights. Size: W 120, D 58, H 22...
Glass, Laminate, Wood
Bespoke Italian Black Purple Blue Gold Geometric Postmodern Cabinet / Sideboard
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
A creative 2 compartment, 3-door modern credenza, entirely handmade in Italy with high-quality details of execution in an attractive geometric decor with raised pattern and handles. ...
Brass
Bespoke Italian Black Cream Green Ochre Geometric Postmodern Cabinet/Sideboard
Located in New York, NY
A contemporary creative 3-door modern credenza, entirely handmade in Italy, the surround in an attractive geometric decor that recalls Rothko's paintings, with raised art glass panel...
Brass
MEZZO Credenza — Minimal, Architectural Blackened Steel Storage Cabinet or Case
By Laylo Studio
Located in Chicago, IL
MEZZO is signified by gently contoured, tiered metal planes each hand-finished and precisely welded to outboard leveling legs creating an open shelving system activated by the items ...
Brass, Bronze, Steel, Stainless Steel
Ambrogio Tresoldi e Alberto Salvati Wardrobe Cabinet in Purple Blue Wood
By Salvati e Tresoldi
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
$1,225Sale Price|75% Off
Italian Acerbis Modern Black Lacquer Sheraton Sideboard
By Acerbis
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Super long. Would fit an 100" TV with room to spare. Italian Postmodern glossy black lacquer "Sheraton" sideboard, designed by Giotto Stoppino (Italian, 1926-2011) and Lodovico Acer...
Wood, Lacquer
Bertrand Cabinet by Massimo Iosa Ghini for Memphis, Milano, 1987
By Memphis Group, Massimo Iosa Ghini
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare Bertrand cabinet by Massimo Iosa Ghini for Memphis, Milano, 1987. Original condition with very few blemishes. This can be used as a bar cabinet, sideboard, or general storage.
Steel, Chrome
Postmodern Chest of Drawers / Cabinet by Richard Snyder
Located in London, GB
‘The Cabinet of 3 7/8 Wishes’ by Richard Snyder (b. 1951). American, 1992. Incredible and very large sculptural postmodern chest of drawers with accompanying postcard from R. Snyder...
Brass
Mario Botta, Robot, Cabinet / Chest of Drawers, Italy, 1980s
By Mario Botta, Alias
Located in Renens, CH
Mario Botta “Robot” – Chest of Drawers for Alias, Italy 1980s This sculptural piece is in its purest sense a vertical storage unit composed of stacked geometric volumes, each functi...
Steel
Titti Fabiani "Book System" Modular Cabinet for Ideal Form Team (IFT)
Located in Firenze, IT
An iconic and versatile "Sistema Book" modular cabinet, designed by Titti Fabiani for Ideal Form Team (IFT) in 1969. This piece is a landmark of Italian modular design, celebrated fo...
Glass, Ash
Italian Modern Blue Black Solid Wood Sideboard by Umberto Asnago, Giorgetti 1982
By Umberto Asnago, Giorgetti S.p.A.
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian post modern blue, black and wooden solid wood sideboard by Umberto Asnago for Giorgetti Italia, 1982. Sideboard in solid wood, with a curved profile, composed of a row of ce...
Wood
Bespoke Pop Art Italian Black Yellow Pink Multicolor Modern Credenza/Sideboard
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Add fun to your interior and color statement! Contemporary Bespoke customizable 4-door modern console/sideboard, entirely handcrafted in Italy with art glass hand painted on the reve...
Brass
One of a Kind Custom Made Art Modern Sideboard Doors Opening Upwards Stylish
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very interesting and stylish Art Modern sideboard which has been custom made A very artist and creative piece, the style is like nothing I ...
Wood
“Zink” Magazine Stand, Källemo, Sweden
By Jonas Bohlin
Located in Brussels, BE
Jonas Bohlin — “Zink” Magazine Stand, Källemo, Sweden, Post-1984 Designer: Jonas Bohlin (b. 1953) Manufacturer: Källemo, Värnamo, Sweden Design Year: 1984 A bold expression of Swedi...
Concrete, Metal
$1,500Sale Price|40% Off
Modern Bar cart or trolly indoor or outdoor Patio Pool white and wood
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modern Bar cart or tea trolly indoor or outdoor poolside white and wood. Circa 1990 or 1980. Powder coated white steel frame with exotic hardwood slats. Has (2) large white wheels wi...
Rubber, Hardwood, Lacquer
Unique Wall Unit by Giuseppe Rivadossi with Impressive Size in Oak 12.86 feet
By Officina Rivadossi, Giuseppe Rivadossi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giuseppe Rivadossi for Officina Rivadossi, unique custom-made wall unit, oak, glass, Italy, 1975 Behold this unique monumental wall unit by Giuseppe Rivadossi, custom-made for a pri...
Glass, Oak
$11,480 / item
Geller Credenza by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Geller Credenza by Madheke Dimensions: D 202 x W 54 x H 76.1 cm. Materials: Marbled stone credenza top, Walnut credenza body with pronounced front edge profile, Walnut veneered sculp...
Brass
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.