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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
Vintage Industrial Mid Century Modern Copper Metal "Ship Turbine" Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Postmodern Beach House Ceramic Plaster White Bulbous Table Lamps by Sunset Cosco - a Pair. Item features purple/blue/green "wave/shell" feathered decorations. Very nice vinta...
Ceramic
Large Italian 1980s Ceramic Table Lamp Without a Shade from IL Punto La Bottega
By Il Punto la Bottega
Located in München, DE
Large 1980s ceramic table lamp without a shade from IL Punto La Bottega. Made in Italy. Beautiful in the typical 1980s Postmodern design. With original label on the cable. The lam...
Metal, Chrome
Oxide Moro Ceramic Table Lamp in Glazed Earthenware Clay by Gazar Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Oxide Moro Ceramic Table Lamp in Glazed Earthenware Clay by Gazar Studio Unique Piece Dimensions: Ø 22 x H 56 cm. Materials: Earthenware clay with oxide brass glaze. All our lamps ...
Clay
Grenat Foncé Table Lamp in Deep Burgundy Glazed Ceramic by Gazar Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Grenat Foncé Table Lamp in Deep Burgundy Glazed Ceramic by Gazar Studio Unique Piece Dimensions: Ø 13 x H 37 cm. Materials: Clay with deep burgundy glaze. All our lamps can be wire...
Clay
Sculptural ceramic floor light (hand build)
By Rutger de Regt
Located in The Hague, NL
Sculptural earthenware floor light resembling embracing characters The piece is a one-off and signed by the artist.
Ceramic
Sculptural ceramic table light (hand build)
By Rutger de Regt
Located in The Hague, NL
Sculptural earthenware table light resembling embracing characters The piece is a one-off and signed by the artist.
Ceramic
$2,316 / item
Palm Floor Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Palm Floor Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 28 x D 28 x H 121 cm. Materials: ceramic 7 decorative elements and satin glass globe dia.20 cm Product code: 02966GG The Palm floor lamp pl...
Ceramic, Satin
Handmade Ceramic Sculptural Tealight Medium Candle Holder by Maku Ceramic
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade Ceramic Sculptural Tealight Medium Candle Holder by Maku Ceramic Dimensions: Ø 17.7 x H 25.4 cm Materials: Ceramic, volcanic stoneware Maku Ceramic is an Istanbul-based cer...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Handmade Ceramic Sculptural Tealight Large Candle Holder by Maku Ceramic
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade Ceramic Sculptural Tealight Large Candle Holder by Maku Ceramic Dimensions: Ø 20.3 x H 30.4 cm Materials: Ceramic, volcanic stoneware Maku Ceramic is an Istanbul-based cera...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Handmade Ceramic Sculptural Tealight Small Candle Holder by Maku Ceramic
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade Ceramic Sculptural Tealight Small Candle Holder by Maku Ceramic Dimensions: Ø 17.7 x H 20.3 cm Materials: Ceramic, volcanic stoneware Maku Ceramic is an Istanbul-based cera...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Handmade Tea Light Textured Black Ceramic Candle Holder by Maku Ceramic
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade Tea Light Textured Black Ceramic Candle Holder by Maku Ceramic Dimensions: W 24 x H 20 cm Materials: Ceramic, Stoneware Maku Ceramic is an Istanbul-based ceramic studio fou...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$1,175 / item
Jasper Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Jasper Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 35 x D 27 x H 60 cm. Materials: Ceramic, Metal. Product code: 02206BL Jasper ceramic lamp with metal structure. The lampshade suggested i...
Ceramic, Satin
Floor Lamp Bibip by Achille Castiglioni for Flos, 1976
By Flos, Achille Castiglioni
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Floor Lamp Bibip by Achille Castiglioni for Flos, 1976 Post-Modern Style, minimalist and functional "Bibip" floor lamp designed by Achille Castiglioni for Flos in 1976 featuring a w...
Metal, Aluminum
$2,168 / item
Pins Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Pins Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 57 x D 62 x H 22 cm. Materials: Ceramic base and brass stem, with 4 satin glass globes. Notorious is a collection inspired by the 40s style...
Brass
$3,503 / item
Freno Floor Lamp by Caio Superchi
Located in Geneve, CH
Freno floor lamp by Caio Superchi Dimensions: D 40 x W 22 x H 160 cm Materials: Steel, Wood, Ceramic All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it...
Steel
$2,328 / item
Fat OP Small Standing Lamp by Pani Jurek
By Pani Jurek
Located in Geneve, CH
Fat OP Small Floor Lamp by Pani Jurek Dimensions: D 22 x H 48 cm Material: Hand glazed ceramic. Available in: Ultramarine + Saffron / Brown + Cobalt/Orange / Green + Burgundy / Lil...
Ceramic
$3,492 / item
Fat OP Large Standing Lamp by Pani Jurek
By Pani Jurek
Located in Geneve, CH
Fat OP Large Floor Lamp by Pani Jurek Dimensions: D 22 x H 96 cm Material: Hand glazed ceramic. Available in: Ultramarine + Saffron / Brown + Cobalt/Orange / Green + Burgundy / Lil...
Ceramic
$2,910 / item
Fat OP Medium Standing Lamp by Pani Jurek
By Pani Jurek
Located in Geneve, CH
Fat OP Medium Floor Lamp by Pani Jurek Dimensions: D 22 x H 72 cm Material: Hand glazed ceramic. Available in: Ultramarine + Saffron / Brown + Cobalt/Orange / Green + Burgundy / Li...
Ceramic
$1,575 / item
Slim OP Large Standing Lamp by Pani Jurek
By Pani Jurek
Located in Geneve, CH
Slim OP Large Standing Lamp by Pani Jurek Dimensions: D 11 x H 96 cm Material: Hand glazed ceramic. Available in: Matt Cobalt / Black / Brown / Ochre / Green / Pistachio / Pink / R...
Ceramic
$1,152 / item
Slim OP Small Standing Lamp by Pani Jurek
By Pani Jurek
Located in Geneve, CH
Slim OP Small Standing Lamp by Pani Jurek Dimensions: D 11 x H 48 cm Material: Hand glazed ceramic. Available in: Matt Cobalt / Black / Brown / Ochre / Green / Pistachio / Pink / R...
Ceramic
$1,381 / item
Slim OP Medium Standing Lamp by Pani Jurek
By Pani Jurek
Located in Geneve, CH
Slim OP Medium Standing Lamp by Pani Jurek Dimensions: D 11 x H 72 cm Material: Hand glazed ceramic. Available in: Matt Cobalt / Black / Brown / Ochre / Green / Pistachio / Pink / ...
Ceramic
Postmodern Ribbed Color Speckled Pillar Floor Lamp
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Incredible vintage postmodern ceramic floor lamp. Features a fibbed body with a pink green and purple speckled over white finish.
Ceramic
$1,780 / item
Podo Lamp by Abid Javed
Located in Geneve, CH
Podo lamp by Abid Javed Dimensions: D 15 x H 50 cm (dimensions are variable) Materials: Ceramic Available in multiple clay bodies and size options. Ceramic table lamp base. H...
Ceramic
$2,191 / item
Pins Arched Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Pins Arched Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 52 x D 82 x H 22 cm. Materials: Ceramic base and brass stem, with satin glass globes. Product code: 02984 Exquisite Pins table lamp ...
Brass
$5,387 / item
Tall Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 42 x D 24 x H 90 cm. Materials: Brushed brass with glazed ceramic tiles. Product code: 02911 Tall Sunset table lamp in brushed brass...
Brass
$5,147 / item
Medium Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 42 x D 24 x H 70 cm. Materials: Brushed brass with glazed ceramic tiles. Product code: 02910 Sunset, medium table lamp in brushed ...
Brass
$5,387 / item
Tall Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 42 x D 24 x H 90 cm. Materials: Brushed brass with glazed ceramic tiles. Product code: 02911 Tall Sunset table lamp in brushed brass...
Brass
$1,632 / item
Woman Lamp by MCB Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Woman Lamp by MCB Ceramics Unique piece. Dimensions: D 40 x H 68 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Numerated and signed by the artist. All measures are indicative as all pieces are unique, h...
Ceramic
$1,632 / item
Ibiza Lamp by MCB Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Ibiza Lamp by MCB Ceramics Unique piece. Dimensions: D 40 x H 88 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Numerated and signed by the artist. All measures are indicative as all pieces are unique, h...
Ceramic
$1,700 / item
Large Palm Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Palm Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 22 x D 22 x H 92 cm. Materials: 5 ceramic decorative elements and satin glass globe dia.20 cm Product code: 02966G The Palm floor lam...
Ceramic, Satin
$1,335 / item
Medium Palm Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Palm Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 22 x D 22 x H 65 cm. Materials: 3 ceramic decorative elements and satin glass globe dia.20 cm Product code: 02966M Starting from pur...
Ceramic, Satin
$1,038 / item
Small Palm Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Palm Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 22 x D 22 x H 36 cm. Materials: 1 ceramic decorative element and satin glass globe dia.20 cm Product code: 02966P The Palm small tabl...
Ceramic, Satin
$2,819 / item
Masia Table Lamp by Luis Gimeno
Located in Geneve, CH
Masia Table Lamp by Luis Gimeno Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 36 cm Materials: Ceramics and glass. This ceramic lamp by Luis Gimeno Design comes with a green shade to add a touch of ...
Ceramic, Glass
$2,590 / item
Black Chinoz Table Lamp by Parachilna
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Chinoz Table Lamp by Parachilna Dimensions: D 35 x H 62 cm Materials: Lacquered wood base, Ceramic structure, Blown glass diffuser. Weight: 8.8 kg CHINOZ -BLACK - BURGUNDY BA...
Glass, Ceramic, Wood
$1,449 / item
Capri Table Lamp by G.Luce
Located in Geneve, CH
Calipso Table Lamp by G.Luce Dimensions: D 40 x H 61 cm Materials: Ceramic. Weight: 6.3 Kg. G.Luce is the result of a thirty-year history of commitment, research and collaboratio...
Ceramic
$308 / item
Alien Lamp by Siup Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Alien lamp by Siup Studio. Dimensions: D21 x W21 x H45cm Materials: glass and ceramics. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for...
Ceramic, Glass
$216 / item
Pink Lamp by Siup Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Pink Lamp by Siup Studio Dimensions: D11 x W22 x H12cm Materials: glass and ceramics. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for t...
Ceramic, Glass
$194 / item
Candy Lamp by Siup Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Candy lamp by Siup Studio. Dimensions: D 9x W 9 x H 14cm. Materials: Glass and ceramics. Also available in different colours and dimensions. Please contact us. All our lamps ca...
Ceramic, Glass
$3,013 / item
Swirl Lamp by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Swirl lamp by Tero Kuitunen Material: Hand blown glass, hand built ceramic, textile cable. Dimensions: D23 x H38 to 43 cm Limited edition Glass parts done in a Collaboration with...
Ceramic, Textile, Glass
Postmodern Sculptural Lamps by Pacific Coast - a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of postmodern lamps by Pacific Coast dated 1991. Postmodern sculptural style vases in peach are cast with flowing folds draped to give the look of fabric. Both the table lamp ...
Ceramic
$3,047 / item
Adam Table Lamp with Shade by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Adam Table Lamp with Shade by Marioni Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 95 cm. Materials: Matching fabric shade, Ceramic base. Product code: 02506 Three elements ceramic lamp base with m...
Fabric, Ceramic
$205 / item
Moutain Lamp by Siup Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Moutain Lamp by Siup Studio Dimensions: D8 x H22cm Materials: glass and ceramics. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for t...
Ceramic, Glass
$228 / item
Morph Lamp by Siup Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Morph lamp by Siup Studio Dimensions: D14 x H18 cm Materials: glass and ceramics. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for t...
Ceramic, Glass
$2,259 / item
Nan Table Lamp by Nish Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Nan Table Lamp by Nish Studio Dimensions: W 45 x D 12 x H 42 cm Materials: Ceramic Base, Double Bulbed, Clip Lamp Shade N I S H is a Cape Town based Fashion and Furniture design st...
Other
$2,716 / item
Pleomorph 50A Lamp by Abid Javed
Located in Geneve, CH
Pleomorph 50A lamp by Abid Javed Dimensions: D 20 x 50 cm (Dimensions are variable) Materials: Ceramic Multiple clay color and size options. Coiled hollow form with a non-glaz...
Ceramic
Kokeshi High White Acetato Terracotta Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Kokeshi high white acetato terracotta floor lamp by Pulpo. Dimensions: D60 x H150 cm. Materials: glass and ceramic. Also available in different finishes: white acetato white, gr...
Ceramic, Glass
Kokeshi High Grey Acetato Terracotta Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Kokeshi high grey acetato terracotta floor lamp by Pulpo Dimensions: D60 x H150 cm Materials: Glass and ceramic Also available in different finishes: white acetato white, grey a...
Ceramic, Glass
Kokeshi High White Acetato Terracotta Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Kokeshi high white acetato terracotta floor lamp by Pulpo. Dimensions: D60 x H150 cm. Materials: glass and ceramic. Also available in different finishes: white acetato white, gr...
Ceramic, Glass
Kokeshi Medium Grey Acetato White Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Kokeshi medium grey acetato white floor lamp by Pulpo. Dimensions: D45 x H112.5 cm. Materials: glass and ceramic Also available in different finishes: white acetato white, grey ...
Ceramic, Glass
Kokeshi High Grey Acetato Terracotta Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Kokeshi high grey Acetato Terracotta floor lamp by Pulpo Dimensions: D60 x H150 cm Materials: glass and ceramic Also available in different finishes: white acetato white, grey a...
Ceramic, Glass
Kokeshi High White Acetato Terracotta Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Kokeshi high white acetato terracotta floor lamp by Pulpo. Dimensions: D60 x H150 cm. Materials: glass and ceramic. Also available in different finishes: white acetato white, gr...
Ceramic, Glass
$5,204 / item
Kokeshi High Grey Acetato Grey Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Kokeshi high grey acetato grey floor lamp by Pulpo. Dimensions: D60 x H150 cm. Materials: glass and ceramic. Also available in different finishes: white acetato white, grey acet...
Ceramic, Glass
$2,910 / item
Clam Table Lamp by Studio Gameiro
Located in Geneve, CH
Clam Table Lamp by Studio Gameiro Dimensions: D 38 x W 48 x H 48 cm. Materials: Polished copper and ceramic. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA...
Copper
$3,367 / item
Marvin Table Lamp with Shade by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Marvin Table Lamp with Shade by Marioni Dimensions: W 45 x D 45 x H 100 cm. Materials: Matching fabrics shade, Ceramic base, Wood. Product code: 02507 Marvin sculptural ceramic ta...
Ceramic, Fabric, Wood
$2,248 / item
Black Exo Lamp by Abid Javed
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Exo Lamp by Abid Javed Dimensions: W 20 x 32 H cm (Dimensions are variable) Materials: Stoneware ceramic, Brass. Multiple clay color and size options. Coiled hollow form ...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$3,264 / item
White Exo Lamp by Abid Javed
Located in Geneve, CH
White Exo lamp by Abid Javed Dimensions: D 25 x 50 cm (Dimensions are variable) Materials: Stoneware ceramic Multiple clay color and size options. Coiled hollow form with a non...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$3,264 / item
Brown Exo Lamp by Abid Javed
Located in Geneve, CH
Brown Exo lamp by Abid Javed Dimensions: D 25 x 50 cm (Dimensions are variable) Materials: Stoneware ceramic. Multiple clay color and size options. Coiled hollow form with a no...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$3,264 / item
Red Exo Lamp by Abid Javed
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Exo Lamp by Abid Javed Dimensions: D 25 x 50 cm (Dimensions are variable) Materials: Stoneware ceramic Multiple clay color and size options. Coiled hollow form with a non-g...
Ceramic, Stoneware
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.