Post Modern Artisan Made Angular Ebonized Oak And Steel Chairs
By Gerrit Rietveld
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This pair of minimal, post modern, artisan-made chairs are interesting from all angles.
Steel
Large Scale Directional Post Modern Swivel Chairs & Ottoman in Mocha Fabric
By Directional
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Stretch out and then some in these luxurious extra large Post Modern Directional Swivel Chairs newly professionally reupholstered in glimmering Mocha textured fabric.
Fabric, Upholstery
1980’s Post Modern Sculptural Black Upholstered Lounge Rounded Arm Chair
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Sculptural 1980's lounge armchair fully upholstered in a black satin fabric. This Post Modern curved chair features a tight back and seat.
Upholstery
$5,100Sale Price / set|31% Off
Post-Modern Channel Tufted Lounge Chairs, Attributed to Vladimir Kagan, 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This beautiful pair of 1980s Post-Modern channel tufted lounge chairs feature three legs, one rear center leg and curved arms which morph in the front two legs, these club chairs hav...
Fabric
Italian Post-Modern T-Line Chairs by Burkhard Vogtherr for Arflex
By Burkhard Vogtherr, Arflex
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1980’s Italian Post modern pair of T-Line Chairs by Burkhard Vogtherr for Arflex..
Steel
Italian post-modern three legged red and white metal chair with round seat 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian post-modern three legged red and white metal chair with round seat 1980s Chair with round seat in white painted metal.
Metal
Vladimir Kagan Post Modern Ivory Bouclé Swivel Chairs & Ottoman for Directional
By Vladimir Kagan, Directional
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Post modern pair of Vladimir Kagan tilt and swivel chairs for directional with custom en suite ottoman newly reupholstered in soft luxurious ivory white bouclé.
Bouclé, Upholstery
$520Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Post Modern Royal Blue Chrome & Walnut Accent Chair
By Knoll
Located in Madison, WI
Chrome framed Side / accent / lounge / Office chair in the manner of Knoll has walnut armrests & royal blue wool upholstery in good condition. The upholstery could use a good cleanin...
Chrome
$6,700Sale Price|28% Off
Alan Siegel Post-Modern Craftsman 'Tongue' Chair, Signed & Dated 1981
By Alan Siegel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work of Post-Modern functional art is called the 'Tongue' chair by artist and sculptor Alan Siegel, exhibited in 1981 at the Betsy Rosenfield Gallery in Chicago.
Wood
$1,016Sale Price|31% Off
Post Modern Upholstered Lounge / Accent Chair by Schweiger Industries. C 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Post Modern Upholstered Lounge / Accent Chair by Schweiger Industries.
Upholstery
1970s Post Modern Black Vinyl and Chrome Daystrom Scoop Chairs
By Giotto Stoppino, Daystrom Furniture, Chromcraft
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Exuding bold style and structural elegance, this carefully curated set of four chairs by Daystrom presents a textbook example of mid-century modern ambition executed in chrome and vi...
Chrome
$2,240Sale Price|20% Off
Post Modern Studio Craft Made Lounge Chair c 1960/1980's
By Sam Maloof
Located in New York, NY
Stylish Organic Modern, Post Modern style lounge, arm chair constructed of solid teak, with an upholstered seat.
Upholstery, Teak
Adrian Pearsall Channeled Post Modern Slipper Chairs in Ivory White Bouclé
By Comfort Design Furniture, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Pair of channeled Post Modern slipper chairs designed by Adrian Pearsall for Comfort Designs, Inc.
Upholstery, Bouclé
Post-Modern Sculptural Chairs by Preview, Reupholstered in Caramel Velvet, 1980s
By Preview
Located in Saint Louis, MO
These Lounge Chairs made by Preview Furniture Company in Caramel Velvet c. 1980 inspire curiosity and exude modern luxury. Lavishly reupholstered in supple caramel velvet, the lounge...
Velvet, Upholstery
Post-Modern Object Chair Leda by Angela Oedekoven, no 26, limited edition of 50
By Cremer & Cremer, Angela Oedekoven
Located in Hyères, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
a new wave chair. back to the eighties – an extremely productive decade in furniture design. in the united states, postmodernism migrated from architecture to interior design; in it...
Wood
Post modern wooden dining chairs, 1980s - set of 10
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage design dining chairs with black metal frames and black wooden backrests. Assymetric design wich makes them unique. Made by Esseti italy, labelled. 1980s - Italy Good con...
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Pair of Lounge Chairs in White Fiberglass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pair of lounge chairs, fabric, fiberglass, Italy, 1970s These exquisite armchairs, crafted with fiberglass bases in Italy, embody the post-modern spirit of the 1970s.
Fabric, Fiberglass, Beech
Post-Modern Lounge Chair by Mandelli & Selva for Salmistraro, Italy, 1980s
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
A rare and playful Italian post-modern lounge chair, designed by Augusto Mandelli and Walter Selva for Salmistraro in the 1980s.
Leather, Velvet
Post Modern Pallone Lounge Chair by Roy de Scheemaker for Leolux, 1989
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and elegant Post-Modern Pallone lounge chair. Design by Roy de Scheemaker for Leolux.
Chrome
Post Modern Italian Lacquered Set of Four Dining Chairs
By Saporiti
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Set of 4 Postmodern lacquered white dining room chairs. Marked made in Italy, in the style of Saporiti. Minor blemishes to the lacquer is at a minimum. Pictured. Size: Seat height i...
Naugahyde, Hardwood
Post Modern Folding Chair by Niels Gammelgaard for Ikea, 1980’s
By Niels Gammelgaard
Located in Delft, NL
Post modern folding chair by Niels Gammelgaard for Ikea, 1980’s.
Metal
Post-Modern 1980s Sculptural Ribbon Form Dark Blue Leather Lounge Chair
By Verner Panton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A super sculptural and very comfortable all leather (dark blue) arm or lounge chair. Produced in the US in the late 1970's or early 1980's. This dynamic chair has an incredible prese...
Leather
Post modern high back dining chairs, set of 6, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
The post modern design with the long curved backrests is strongly inspired by the Golem chairs by Vico Magistretti.
Fabric, Wood
Post Modern Biomorphic Chair attibuted to Olivier Mourgue for Djinn, 1960s
By Olivier Mourgue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural side chair in burgundy velvet with organic, biomorphic curves. Both futuristic and sensual, it recalls the bold experimental spirit of 1970s design
Velvet
Post Modern Italian Black Lacquered Dining Chairs - Set of 8
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
Make a bold statement with this stunning set of eight Postmodern Italian Black Lacquered Dining Chairs, circa 1990s. Featuring sleek architectural silhouettes, these sophisticated ch...
Upholstery, Lacquer
1990s Carsons Post Modern Pastel Swivel Chairs and Footstools, Set of 4
By Carson's Furniture
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Showcasing some of the best designs of the Post Modern era from one of the most iconic designers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Upholstery, Wood
Post-Modern Style Aurora Chair in Walnut Finish with Wooden Back and Textile
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
The Aurora collection aka Dawn marks a new exiting moment in our design history, in where we dove deep in to the creativity unknown, to create a collection that would be able to hold...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
Post-Modern Style Aurora Chair in Black Ebonized with Cane Back and Leather
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
The Aurora collection aka Dawn marks a new exiting moment in our design history, in where we dove deep in to the creativity unknown, to create a collection that would be able to hold...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
Post-Modern Style Aurora Chair in Walnut Finish with Wooden Back and Textile
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of the award-winning Aurora Collection, also known as Dawn — a transformative milestone in our esteemed design legacy that has earned the pr...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
Post-Modern Style Aurora Chair in Sculpted Walnut Finish with Cane and Leather
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
The Aurora collection aka Dawn marks a new exiting moment in our design history, in where we dove deep in to the creativity unknown, to create a collection that would be able to hold...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
Post-Modern Style Aurora Sculpted Chair in Natural Finish No Arms, Solid Seat
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
The Aurora collection aka Dawn marks a new exiting moment in our design history, in where we dove deep in to the creativity unknown, to create a collection that would be able to hold...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
1980s Post Modern Hand Painted Fabric Dining Chairs by Preview
By Preview
Located in Chicago, IL
1980s Post Modern hand painted fabric dining chairs by Preview.
Upholstery
Percival Lafer Post Modern Brazilian Black Leather Reclining Pony Lounge Chair
By Percival Lafer, Lafer
Located in Troy, MI
Percival Lafer "Pony" recliner in original black leather circa 1980s Super comfortable and innovative design with relaxed leather cushions and metal front T leg support Reclines org...
Metal
Adrian Pearsall Post Modern Swivel Chair and Ottoman in Ivory White Bouclé
By Adrian Pearsall, Comfort Designs, Inc.
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Large 1980s Adrian Pearsall Post Modern swivel chair and swivel top ottoman freshly reupholstered in Ivory White Bouclé made by Comfort Designs.
Bouclé, Upholstery
Sculptural Pair of Fully Restored Post Modern Slipper Chairs in Leopard Velvet
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Get these while you can Pair of Post Modern Leopard Velvet Slipper Chairs fully restored with new foam cushions and new leopard velvet upholstery.
Upholstery, Velvet
6 Post-Modern White Upholstered High Back Parsons Dining Chairs
By Milo Baughman, Pace Collection
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Clean, refined, and effortlessly timeless, this matching set of six high-back Parsons dining chairs embodies understated sophistication. Fully upholstered in a crisp white fabric, ea...
Fabric
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Post Modern Brass Gold Bent Chrome Cantilever Chair Attributed to Thonet
By Anton Lorenz, Thonet
Located in Madison, WI
Mid Century Modern Arm Chair attributed to Iconic Italian Designer Anton Lorenz for Thonet c 1960-1970s. This classic chair is a beauty. It is beautifully reupholstered in a designer...
Chrome
Post-Modern Italian Lounge Chair in Wood and Creme Colored Velvet Upholstery
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Lounge chair, beech, fabric, Italy, 1970s This lounge chair dates from Italy in the 1970s and is designed in the style of Afra and Tobia Scarpa. The design is defined by clear propo...
Fabric, Beech
Set of 2 Post Modern Carved & Bent Oak Chairs By Shin-Lee, After Michael Thonet
By Michael Thonet, J & J Kohn & Mundus
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculptural with clean lines and somewhat organic forms, they are an unusual mash up of Post Modern and Bohemian style. There is not a single right angle on these chairs with rounded ...
Cane, Oak, Bentwood
Monumental Post Modern Pair of Weiman Lounge Chairs in Marmalade Orange Fabric
By Weiman
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Sitting in these large Post Modern Lounge Chairs feels like riding a small chariot.
Fabric, Upholstery
A Post-Modern SPACE-AGE Desk CHAIR by WELLE, Germany 1970
By Joe Colombo
Located in PARIS, FR
A spectacular adjustable, telescopic and wheeled office chair, Pop, Post-Modernist, Memphis, white lacquered metal structure, white plastic seats, priduced by Welle, Germany 1970-198...
Metal
Set of Six Pietro Costantini Post Modern Lacquered Dining Chairs
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Chic set of post modern dining chairs designed by Pietro Costantini in San Vito al Torre Italy.
Leather, Wood
1990s Post Modern Colorful Upholstered Three Legged Barrel Chairs, Set of 2
By Carter Furniture 1
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Showcasing some of the best designs of the Post Modern era from one of the most iconic designers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Aluminum
$2,748Sale Price / set|50% Off
Italian Post-Modern Set of Six Nutwood Chairs with Paper Seats, 1970
Located in Brescia, IT
This set of chairs are following the elegant Italian Post-Modern style, so contemporary and unique style.
Raffia, Walnut
Post Modern Oak & Yellow Steel Small Sculptural Chair, France 1980's
Located in New York, NY
Post modern tripod chair in yellow enameled steel with an oak seat and accents.
Steel
Pair of Post-Modern Dining Chairs in Solid Ash Wood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pair of dining chairs, ash, Europe, 1980s Striking pair of dining chairs, made in Europe in the 1980s. These chairs showcase beauty and strength due to their material, solid ash woo...
Ash
Post modern dining chairs, 1980s set of 4
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Post modern dining chairs with a striking design consisting of a black lacquered metal frame fabric seats upholstered with their original fabric.
Metal
Pair of Weiman Post Modern Lounge Chairs Newly Upholstered in Latte Bouclé
By Weiman Preview Furniture
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Envelop yourself in plush luxurious comfort in these modern Weiman Lounge Chairs with enveloping upholstered barrel backs and plunging thickly upholstered arms newly and freshly prof...
Bouclé, Upholstery
1980s Pair of Post-Modern Swivel Lounge Chairs in Brown Suede & Plaid
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and American-Made during the Post-Modern period, this pair of chairs features great construction and a handsome look as a result of the design and upholstery used.
Suede, Upholstery
$880Sale Price / item|20% Off
Post-Modern Danish Dining Chairs, Black Metal & Bouclé, 1980s Design
Located in Antwerp, BE
Postmodernism; Denmark; 1980s; Dining Chairs; Armchairs; Mid-Century Modern; Modernist Design; Italian Design; Danish Design; Post-modern dining chairs, a perfect blend of eleganc...
Metal
Post-Modernist Style Sculptural Steel Chairs, Orange Powder-Coat
Located in Alhambra, CA
Originally acquired from a Paramount Studio prop house, and had been made custom for a Nickelodeon project sometime in the 2000's. Fantastic industrial post-modern design, with a whi...
Steel
Re-Upholstered Michael Wolk for Directional Swivel Chairs, A Pair, Post-Modern
By Directional, Michael Wolk
Located in Round Top, TX
A pair of Michael Wolk-designed "Miami" chairs. This beautiful set of swivel chairs were designed by Miami-based New York designer Michael Wolk. They feature new nubby upholstery tha...
Textile, Wood
$2,682Sale Price / item|40% Off
Alto Lounge Chair by Franco V, Powder-Coated Steel, Post-Modern USA
By Franco V
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Alto Lounge Chair is a minimalist post-modern masterpiece designed and handcrafted by Brooklyn based artists Franco V.
Steel
Post Modern Italian Leather Lounge Chairs in Butterscotch Carmel Leather c. 1980
By Sapporo, Cassina, Mobil Girgi, Mario Bellini, Alberto Rosselli Saporiti
Located in Saint Louis, MO
If you want to live La Dolce Vita, do so in these incredibly stylish Italian Post Modern lounge chairs with surround oversized and overstuffed cushions in supple carmel leather.
Leather, Upholstery, Wood
Post-Modern Style Aurora Chair in Solid Wood with Caning Back and Cane Seat
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
The Aurora collection aka Dawn marks a new exiting moment in our design history, in where we dove deep in to the creativity unknown, to create a collection that would be able to hold...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
Post-Modern Style Aurora Chair in Solid Wood with Wooden Back and Wood Seat
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
The Aurora collection aka Dawn marks a new exiting moment in our design history, in where we dove deep in to the creativity unknown, to create a collection that would be able to hold...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
Post-Modern Style Aurora Chair in Sculpted Solid Wood with Cane Back and Leather
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
The Aurora collection aka Dawn marks a new exiting moment in our design history, in where we dove deep in to the creativity unknown, to create a collection that would be able to hold...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
Post-Modern Italian Pair of Lounge Chairs in Chrome and Beige Fabric
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pair of lounge chairs, chrome-plated metal, fabric, Italy, 1970s These captivating Italian lounge chairs from the 1970s are a playful and expressive example of postmodern design. Wi...
Metal, Chrome
Etcetera Lounge Chair by J.O. Carlsson, Gold Silk, Post-Modern, 1970s
Located in London, England
Manufactured by J.O.Carlsson of Sweden. Newly upholstered in gold silk fabric, from de la Cuona.
Fabric
Peregalli and Calatroni Post Modern Armchair, circa 1985, Italy
By Maurizio Peregalli
Located in Brussels, BE
Post-modern Maurizio Peregalli and Sergio Calatroni chair, edited by Zeus circa 1985, Italy.
Metal
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.
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.