Oat Ceramic Arko Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Oat Ceramic Arko Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 67 cm. Materials: Cotton lampshade and ceramic. Also available in different marbles and ceramics. Custom options ...
Ceramic, Cotton
Black Ceramic Arko Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Ceramic Arko Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 67 cm. Materials: Cotton lampshade and black ceramic. Also available in different marbles and ceramics. Custom ...
Cotton, Ceramic
Ostro Ecru Ceramic Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ostro Ecru Ceramic Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 31 x H 20 cm. Materials: Opal matt glass and ceramic. Custom options available on request. Please contact us. All ou...
Ceramic, Opaline Glass
Ostro Sea Ceramic Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ostro Sea Ceramic Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 31 x H 20 cm. Materials: Opal matt glass and ceramic. Custom options available on request. Please contact us. All our...
Ceramic, Opaline Glass
Black Ceramic Josef Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Ceramic Josef Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 41.5 cm. Materials: Brass, cotton and ceramic. Also available in different marble, wood and alabaster options ...
Brass
Beige Ceramic Josef Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Ceramic Josef Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 41.5 cm. Materials: Brass, cotton and ceramic. Also available in different marble, wood and alabaster options ...
Brass
Ecru Ceramic Josef Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ecru Ceramic Josef Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 41.5 cm. Materials: Brass, cotton and ceramic. Also available in different marble, wood and alabaster options a...
Brass
Green Ceramic Josef Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Green Ceramic Josef Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 41.5 cm. Materials: Brass, cotton and ceramic. Also available in different marble, wood and alabaster options ...
Brass
$2,865 / item
Mesia Glass And Ceramic Table Lamp by Luis Gimeno
Located in Geneve, CH
Mesia Glass And Ceramic Table Lamp by Luis Gimeno Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 36 cm Materials: Ceramic, glass. Available in Green or Amber glass colors. Please contact us. This cer...
Ceramic, Glass
Thomas Hellström, Table Lamp, Ceramic, Rattan, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A grey-glazed incised stoneware and rattan table lamp designed and produced by Thomas Hellström, Sweden, c. 1970s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 12.65” H x 3.25" Diameter Dimensions ...
Ceramic, Rattan
Vintage Murray Feiss Ceramic Floral Table Lamp, Postmodern Hollywood Regency
By Murray Feiss
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Elegant vintage ceramic table lamp by Murray Feiss featuring a refined pastel floral motif in soft lavender, blush pink, and powder blue tones set against a creamy ivory ground. The ...
Ceramic
Ceramic Owl Table Lamp, French Studio Design, 1980s, Sculptural Form
By Albert Tormos
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A singular ceramic lamp conceived as a stylized owl, emblematic of the expressive freedom of French studio ceramics in the 1980s. This piece transcends its function to become a true ...
Ceramic
$1,075 / set
Ceramic Table Lamps by Eldorado Mfg. Co., a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of large ceramic table lamps made by Eldorado Mfg. Co. Sculptural vases are decorated with a raised and indented irregular geometric line and arc pattern, finished in a chalk ...
Ceramic
Grey Ribbed Ceramic Venuso Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Grey Ribbed Ceramic Venuso Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 78 cm. Materials: Cotton and ceramic. Also available in different ceramic options. Custom options avail...
Ceramic, Cotton
Red Ribbed Ceramic Venuso Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Ribbed Ceramic Venuso Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 78 cm. Materials: Cotton and ceramic. Also available in different ceramic options. Custom options availa...
Ceramic, Cotton
Beige Ribbed Ceramic Venuso Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Ribbed Ceramic Venuso Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 78 cm. Materials: Cotton and ceramic. Also available in different ceramic options. Custom options avai...
Ceramic, Cotton
Grey Reactive Ceramic Venuso Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Grey Reactive Ceramic Venuso Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 78 cm. Materials: Cotton and ceramic. Also available in different ceramic options. Custom options ava...
Ceramic, Cotton
Red Reactive Ceramic Venuso Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Reactive Ceramic Venuso Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 78 cm. Materials: Cotton and ceramic. Also available in different ceramic options. Custom options avai...
Ceramic, Cotton
Italian Sculptural White Ceramic Cactus Table Lamp with Opaline Bulb, 1970s
Located in Toronto, CA
A wonderful example of 1970s Italian sculptural lighting, this rare ceramic cactus lamp is an eye-catching statement piece that will appeal to collectors of vintage Italian design, P...
Ceramic
Contemporary Refractory Handmade Table Side Lamp Ceramic, White
Located in Carballo, ES
The design of this lamp is unique and the material is the most durable. This lamp could last generations sharing between each other. It is electrified for both the United States and ...
Brass
Large pebble ceramic table lamp by François Chatain, France 1990s
By François Châtain 1
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Large François Chatain lamp in speckled yellow, cobalt blue, and light red glazed ceramic, with its original lampshade. All in very good condition and working order, signed on labe...
Ceramic
Large pebble ceramic table lamp by François Chatain, France 1990s
By François Châtain 1
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Large François Chatain lamp in speckled yellow, cobalt blue, and light red glazed ceramic, with its original lampshade. All in very good condition and working order, signed on labe...
Ceramic
$175Sale Price|49% Off
Postmodern Cream and Tan Ceramic and Lucite Table Lamp
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Excellent vintage postmodern ceramic table lamp. Features a tan and cream gradient finish to appear as textured natural stone.
Ceramic, Lucite
Unique Sculptural Ceramic Side Table with Lamp by Austin Coudriet
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Sculptural Ceramic Side Table with Lamp by Austin Coudriet. One of a kind. Dimensions: W 51 x D 51 x H 82cm. Materials: Ceramic (stoneware), underglaze, lamp component. All o...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Thomas Hellström, Table Lamp, Ceramic, Rattan, Cord, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A grey-glazed incised ceramic, rattan and cord table lamp designed by Thomas Hellström and produced by Nittsjö, Sweden, c. 1970s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 9” H x 4.25” Diameter ...
Ceramic, Cord, Rattan
Bottle Green Ceramic Josef Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Bottle Green Ceramic Josef Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 41.5 cm. Materials: Brass, cotton and ceramic. Also available in different marble, wood and alabaster o...
Brass
$324Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern White Ceramic Table Lamp with Brass Base & Pleated Shade
Located in Freehold, NJ
This postmodern 1980s table lamp features unique sculpted ceramic base, brass accents, a pleated shade, and vintage wiring. Dimensions in listing are for lamp without shade. With t...
Ceramic
$2,644Sale Price / set|35% Off
Pink Ceramic Table Lamps, Athena Model, Ini Archibong, 2018
By Sé London, Ini Archibong
Located in Glasgow, GB
This pair of Athena table lamps by Ini Archibong is a contemporary design from 2018, combining ceramic and glass in a refined, sculptural form. The bases are executed in glazed cera...
Ceramic, Blown Glass
$1,023Sale Price|20% Off
Sculptural Ceramic Table Lamp, Turquoise Glaze, Art Deco, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Sculptural art deco regency style ceramic heart shaped table lamp with shiny bright turquoise and light pastel minty blue glaze. Protuding soft graphic lined wide shape consisting of...
Ceramic, Pottery
Alba Floor Lamp in Ceramic & Linen with Samuel & Sons Trimming by POPUS EDITIONS
By Popus Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Alba Floor Lamp in Ceramic & Linen with Samuel & Sons Trimming by POPUS EDITIONS. Dimensions: W 48 x D 28 x H 102 cm. Materials: Handmade ceramic structure completed with a premium l...
Ceramic, Linen
Ecorce Table Lamp in Ceramic, Copper and Cotton by POPUS EDITIONS
By Popus Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Ecorce Table Lamp in Ceramic, Copper and Cotton by POPUS EDITIONS. Dimensions: Ø 37 x H 60 cm. Materials: Handmade ceramic structure detailed with a premium copper finish, cotton sha...
Copper
X-shaped table lamp, black ceramic, glazed and angled, handmade
By Manolo Eirin
Located in Carballo, ES
Handmade ceramic table lamp, designed and signed by the artisan Rulo and the artist Manolo Eirin. Vitrified piece in black. The electrical connection of the lamp is suitable for both...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Vintage Danish Spherical Ceramic Table Lamp w. Pink Glaze, 1980s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1980s Danish table light by Lamperiet Aarhus. The ceramic ball base features a monochrome pink glaze and the light comes installed with a fluted white shade. Measurements: H: 36 ...
Ceramic
Orange Ceramic Table Lamp by Louis Drimmer, France, Late 20th Century
By Louis Drimmer
Located in Barntrup, DE
This colorful Post-Modern table lamp features an impressive lamp base - pebble-shaped irregularly stacked spheres made of ceramic in dark and light orange color with the original ora...
Brass
Pair Ceramic Skyscraper Building Sculpture Lamps by Doug Spalding Studio Pottery
By Spalding
Located in Troy, MI
A pair of unique sculptural table lamps by Detroit ceramic artist Doug Spalding circa 1990s Two ceramic buildings in matte glaze with pierced windows emitting a dim ambient glow Gr...
Ceramic
$549Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern ceramic table lamp with brass & hand-painted finish, Italy, 1980s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Cubist and Post-Modern style ceramic table lamp, Italy, 1980s.
Brass
Elegant Postmodern Handmade Grey Raku Ceramic Table Lamp, Signed, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s. It is signed but the signature is not comprehensible. The lamp features an handmade raku ceramic base and a fabric lampshade. The wiring has been inspected and ...
Ceramic, Fabric
Postmodern Black and Gold Glazed Ceramic Table Lamps, Italy 1980s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s. These table lamps are made in black and gold glazed ceramic and brass. They are vintage items, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but they can be ...
Brass
$956Sale Price|20% Off
French Riviera style. Pineapple ceramic table lamp by Bassano, Italy, 1980s
By Cerámicas BONDIA, Hispania CH, Bassano
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Post-Modern and Hollywood Regency style ceramic table lamp by Bassano, Italy, 1980s.
Metal, Brass
A Pair of Large Late 20th Century Postmodern Ceramic Table Lamps.
Located in Miami, FL
A Pair of Large Late 20th Century Postmodern Ceramic Table Lamps. Features large textured ceramic bases with abstract geometric etched details in muted hues of Browns, Blues, and Gr...
Ceramic, Plaster
Vintage Postmodern Cranberry Red Sculptural Snail Scroll Ceramic Table Lamp Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Postmodern Cranberry Red Sculptural Snail Scroll Ceramic Table Lamps on Lucite Bases - a Pair. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 32" H (to finial) x 21" H (to light sock...
Ceramic, Lucite
Sea Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with White Lampshade by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Sea Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with White Lampshade by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 67 cm. Materials: Cotton lampshade and ceramic. Also available in different marbles and cera...
Ceramic, Cotton
Midnight Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with White Lampshade by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Midnight Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with White Lampshade by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 67 cm. Materials: Cotton lampshade and ceramic. Also available in different marbles an...
Ceramic, Cotton
Iron Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with White Lampshade by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Iron Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with White Lampshade by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 67 cm. Materials: Cotton lampshade and ceramic. Also available in different marbles and cer...
Ceramic, Cotton
Ecru Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with White Lampshade by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ecru Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with White Lampshade by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 67 cm. Materials: Cotton lampshade and ceramic. Also available in different marbles and cer...
Ceramic, Cotton
Green Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with White Lampshade by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Green Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with White Lampshade by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 67 cm. Materials: Cotton lampshade and ceramic. Also available in different marbles and ce...
Ceramic, Cotton
Ecru Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with Beige Lampshade by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ecru Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with Beige Lampshade by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 67 cm. Materials: Cotton lampshade and ceramic. Also available in different marbles and cer...
Ceramic, Cotton
Black Ceramic and Brass Table Lamp by Champman Postmodern, circa 1980s
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
A relatively large, black glazed ceramic and brass table lamp by Chapman, Post-Modern period, circa 1980s.
Brass
Mini Alabaster Wave Form Ceramic Table Lamp by Forma Rosa Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Mini Alabaster Wave Form Table Lamp by Forma Rosa Studio Dimensions: D 14 x W 14 x H 30.5 cm. Materials: Ceramic, brass. Available in Oxblood, Green, and Alabaster colors. Our Wave...
Brass
Pair of Late 20th Century Two Handles Jar Ceramic Table Lamps
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of large late 20th century two handles jar ceramic table lamps. C 1980s Feature a modernist interpretation of a traditional two handles water jar. With carved arches and a gl...
Ceramic
Alba Table Lamp in Ceramic & Linen with Samuel & Sons Trimming by POPUS EDITIONS
By Popus Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Alba Table Lamp in Ceramic & Linen with Samuel & Sons Trimming by POPUS EDITIONS. Dimensions: Dimensions: W 37.5 x D 18.5 x H 57.5 cm. Materials: Handmade ceramic structure completed...
Ceramic, Linen
Handmade Table Side Pac-Man lamp, pocket pick, Ceramic White/Beige
By Manolo Eirin
Located in Carballo, ES
Table lamp hand - crafted with storage to leave keys, wallet etc tidy at home. The electrical connection of the lamp is suitable for both the American and European markets. The inter...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Ecru Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with Grey Olive Lampshade by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ecru Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with Grey Olive Lampshade by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 67 cm. Materials: Cotton lampshade and ceramic. Also available in different marbles an...
Ceramic, Cotton
Sea Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with Light Brown Lampshade by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Sea Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with Light Brown Lampshade by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 67 cm. Materials: Cotton lampshade and ceramic. Also available in different marbles an...
Ceramic, Cotton
Ecru Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with Light Brown Lampshade by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ecru Ceramic Arko Table Lamp with Light Brown Lampshade by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 67 cm. Materials: Cotton lampshade and ceramic. Also available in different marbles a...
Ceramic, Cotton
$519Sale Price|51% Off
Mint green ceramic table lamp from Porcelaines de Bruxelles in Memphis style.
Located in Herentals, BE
The lamp base has a matte mint green glaze and slim shape. The table lamp has a professionally handmade custom lampshade made of fine cotton with a floral pattern in soft colors. The...
Ceramic, Fabric
Tomasso Barbi Style Floor Lamp White Ceramic and Brass, 1970s
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Attributed to Tomasso Barbi Floor Lamp in white ceramic and brass, circa 1970's 1980's. Tommaso Barbi vintage ivory color ceramic and brass floor lamp. Italy. Stunning unusual floo...
Metal, 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.
The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.
Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.
Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.
Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.
As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.
There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.
With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.
The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.