$25,914 / item
Imperfetto Console Table by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
Imperfetto Console Table by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 180 x D 48.5 x H 80 cm Materials: Liquid metal Efesto. Console in wood with three legs and structure covered in liquid metal Ef...
Metal
$6,094 / item
Plinto Console Table by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Plinto Console Table by Somaschini Dimensions: W 129 x D 34 x H 70 cm Materials: Lightened mdf, Top in lacquered mdf or marble. Double sided. S44 Black Ash wooden venner in matt fini...
Marble
$23,579 / item
Collectionist Console Table by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
Collectionist Console Table by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 160 x D 40 x H 96 cm Materials: Glossy shaded lacquered wood RAL 8004, grey Travertine, polished steel. Console with curved ...
Steel
$15,813 / item
Poe Console Table by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
Poe Console Table by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 160 x D 75 x H 73 cm Materials: Shaded glossy lacquered wood black and black rye straw. Family of desks with round‐shaped top and leg...
Wood
$4,306 / item
Unique Console Table by Goons
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique console table by Goons Dimensions: W 120 x D 27 x H 74 cm Materials: Wood Dimensions can be adjusted +/- 10 cm Goons is located in Paris, France. All of their designs are ma...
Wood
$4,306 / item
Standard Console Table by Goons
Located in Geneve, CH
Standard Console table by Goons Dimensions: W 27 x D 120 x H 74 cm. Materials: Wood. Dimensions can be adjusted +/- 10 cm. Goons is located in Paris, France. All of their designs...
Wood
$11,801 / item
Selene Console Table by Mythology
Located in Geneve, CH
Selene Console Table by Mythology Dimensions: D 46 x W 186 x H 84 cm Materials: Beech. Its base showcases a hand-carved flowing texture, contrasting with the piece's minimalistic fo...
Beech
$9,577 / item
Striped Console Table by Goons
Located in Geneve, CH
Striped console table by Goons. Dimensions: W 200 x D 35 x H 74 cm. Materials: wood. Dimensions can be adjusted +/- 10 cm. Goons is located in Paris, France. All of their desi...
Wood
$10,565 / item
Console Table by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Console Table by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: W 120 x D 70 x H 75 cm Materials: Ceramic. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious moment ...
Ceramic
Pencil Reed Console Table Circa 1980s
Located in Peabody, MA
A post modern art deco style console table in wide pencil reed molding, ca. 1980s.
Reed, Glass
$18,637 / item
Muisca Console Table by Ombia
By Ōmbia Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Muisca Console Table by Ombia One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 51 x D 199 x H 82 cm Materials: Textured brass. Ōmbia is a ceramic sculpture and design studio based in Los Angeles. The n...
Brass
Vintage Cream Marble Console Table
Located in Denver, CO
1970’s - 80’s Post Modern Believed to be American-made when similar items were being imported from Italy. Double chamfer table top. Solid marble. Sourced in Colorado. ...
Marble, Stone
$2,706 / item
Bowl Console Table by Wentz
By Guilherme Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Bowl Console Table by Wentz Dimensions: D 45 x W 165 x H 80 cm Materials: Steel, Ceramic, Stainless Steel.
Steel, Stainless Steel
$38,804 / item
Console Table by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Console table by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 177.8 x W 37.5 x H 85 cm Materials: brass, glass Part of Christopher Gentner's 2018 Fraction Collection, the console table combines mul...
Brass
$18,261 / item
Shu Console Table by Studiopepe
Located in Geneve, CH
Shu console table by Studiopepe Dimensions: W 180 x D 54 x H 83 cm Materials: Onyx. Multifaceted design agency Studiopepe was founded in Milan in 2006. Eclectic, voguish, it is ...
Onyx
$18,766 / item
Pol Console Table by INDO-
Located in Geneve, CH
Pol Console Table by INDO- Dimensions: D 35.6 x W 177.8 x H 91.4 cm Materials: charcoal black limewash, nero marquina marble and brass. Each piece is carefully handcrafted by our te...
Stone, Brass
$2,497 / item
Hlutha Console Table by TheUrbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Hlutha console table by TheUrbanative Dimensions: R 100 x H 75 cm Material: Powder-coated steel framework, Woven rope detailing, Ash top TheUrbanative is a contemporary South Af...
Steel
$4,800 / item
Venice Cannaregio Console Table by Morici
Located in Geneve, CH
Venice Cannaregio Console Table by Morici Dimensions: W 120 x D 41 x H 73 cm. Materials: Wood, inlay veneer. Finish : Gloss brushed polyester. Exquisitely crafted by expert hands...
Wood
$18,296 / item
ST 21 Console Table by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
ST 21 Console Table by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 162 x D 50 x H 80 cm Materials: Black Iron Cenere. Console completely clad in black iron cenere. Laurameroni: The ability of craft...
Iron
Vintage Boho Tessellated Stone Console Table
By Enrique Garcel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your interior with the sophisticated texture and sculptural form of this vintage tessellated stone console table. A hallmark of chic 1980s and Postmodern design, this piece f...
Travertine
$4,850 / item
Empat Arched Console Table Cherry Red
Located in New York, US
Elegant, deep detailing gives the Empat console table a sculptured appearance that makes it an artistic accent as well as a functional table. Its graceful arches add interest without...
Resin, Plywood
$46,652 / item
Pop Story Console Table by Vetralia
Located in Geneve, CH
Pop Story Console Table by Vetralia Designed by Leo De Carlo Dimensions: W 180 x D 42 x H 90 cm Materials: Engraved coloured matt mirror, silver leaf coated wood. VETRALIA Function...
Mirror, Wood
$4,850 / item
Empat Arched Console Table Hunter Green
Located in New York, US
Elegant, deep detailing gives the Empat console table a sculptured appearance that makes it an artistic accent as well as a functional table. Its graceful arches add interest without...
Resin, Plywood
$13,801 / item
BD 38 Console Table by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
BD 38 Console Table by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 180 x D 45 x H 80 cm Materials: Wood, Metal. Wooden console with Maxima carving on front, back, sides and legs and covered with a li...
Metal
$6,047 / item
SSC103 Console Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SSC103 console table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: W 101.5 x D 40.5 x H 81 cm. Materials: Calacatta Oro marble, Verde Alpi marble. Marble Structure: Calacatta Oro Marble Base: Verde ...
Marble
$4,341 / item
SSC101 Console Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SSC101 console Table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D 23 x W84.5 x H84.5cm Materials: Marbles: Marble Structure: Arabescato Vagli Marble Decor: Marquina Marble Support: Grigio C...
Marble
$6,377 / item
Obsidian Console Table by NO AGE STUDIO
Located in Geneve, CH
Obsidian Console Table by NO AGE STUDIO Dimensions: D 48 x W 182 x H 60 cm (15cm base + 45cm body) Materials: Solid oak Finish: Hand-applied Shou Sugi Ban (charred & oiled) Handcraf...
Oak
$4,565 / item
SSC102 Console Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SSC102 console table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D31 x W75 x H128 cm Materials: Marbles: Marble Structure: Calacatta Oro Marble Decor: Portoro Silver Weight: 65 kg Original...
Marble
Vintage Postmodern Faux Coral Console Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Unleash the bold, architectural spirit of Postmodern design with this extraordinary vintage console table. A masterful study in texture and form, this piece features a sleek, black t...
Glass, Resin, Laminate, Wood
$23,167 / item
Para Console Table in Lacquer by Pendhapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Para Console Table in Lacquer by Pendhapa. Dimensions: W 200 x D 47 x H 70 cm. Materials: Lacquer. This listing features our Para Console Table, expertly crafted with a premium lacq...
Lacquer
$25,344 / item
Orion Console Table by Drusch Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Orion Console by Drusch Design Dimensions: W 200 x D 50 x H 109 cm Materials: Carrara Marble & Stainless Steel. Weight: 475 kg. The Orion Console by Drusch Design elegantly combine...
Marble, Stainless Steel
Faux Goat Skin Postmodern Console Table
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Faux Goat Skin Postmodern Console Table This console table measures: 56.5 wide x 16.75 deep x 29.25 inches high We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio to show as much d...
Goatskin, Wood
$7,483 / item
Walking Console Table by Laylo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Walking Console Table by Laylo Studio Dimensions: D 53.3 x W 152.4 x H 75 cm. Materials: Oxidized maple. LAYLO is the practice of Sam and Lydia Link. Founded with the intention of ...
Maple
$7,765 / item
Jaguarcito Console Table by Andres Gutierrez
Located in Geneve, CH
Jaguarcito console table by Andres Gutierrez. Dimensions: D35 x W120 x H75 cm. Materials: Solid white oak. Available in natural or black lacquer finish. — Inspired by the jagua...
Oak
$2,329 / item
Virgo Large Console Table by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Virgo Large Console Table by Pastform Dimensions: D 30 x W 120 x H 95 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. The color of this piece of furniture is Rum. Available in different ...
Wood
$2,259 / item
Virgo Medium Console Table by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Virgo Medium Console Table by Pastform Dimensions: D 30 x W 100 x H 95 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. The color of this piece of furniture is Rum. Available in different...
Wood
$9,259 / item
Diamante Console Table by NITUSH AROOSH
Located in Geneve, CH
Diamante Console Table by NITUSH AROOSH Dimensions: D 38 x W 120 x H 80 cm. Materials: Stainless steel. Available in different finishes. All our lamps can be wired according to eac...
Stainless Steel
$5,894 / item
Brass Sculpted Console Table, Galaxy, Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass coffee table, Galaxy by Misaya Dimensions: W 40 x L 40 x H 69 cm Hand-sculpted brass table.
Brass
$2,706 / item
Black Bowl Console Table by Wentz
By Guilherme Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Bowl Console Table by Wentz Dimensions: D 45 x W 165 x H 80 cm Materials: Steel, Ceramic, Stainless Steel.
Steel, Stainless Steel
$4,906 / item
Scorpio Large Console Table by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Scorpio Large Console Table by Pastform Dimensions: D 30 x W 120 x H 90 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in three different widths: 80/100/120 cm. Please contact...
Wood
$5,671 / item
Bogdan Console Table by Studio Intervallo
Located in Geneve, CH
Bogdan console table by Studio Intervallo Dimensions: W 120 x D 34 x H 91 cm Materials: LINDEN solid wood, with colored decoration on the circumference. Other types of wood avai...
Wood
$10,613 / item
Crystal Wood Console Table by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Crystal Wood Console Table by Dainte Dimensions: D 33 x W 117 x H 80 cm. Materials: Crystal and wood. This exquisitely crafted crystal console table is both distinctive and daring i...
Crystal
$10,024 / item
Braque Console Table by Daniel Schneiger
Located in Geneve, CH
Braque console table by Daniel Schneiger. Dimensions: D132 x W41 x H71 cm. Materials: wood and resin. Glass top not included. Custom finishes available. Custom sizes available. ...
Resin, Wood
$15,531 / item
Erosion Console Table by Atelier Demichelis
Located in Geneve, CH
Erosion console table by Atelier Demichelis Numbered and Signed Dimensions: W 98 x D 38 x H 107 cm Materials: Patinated Brass, Copper Laura Demichelis Laura was born & broug...
Brass, Copper
Vintage 1980s Postmodern Memphis Pedestal Console Entryway Table
By Ettore Sottsass, Shiro Kuramata, Kazuhide Takahama, Gaetano Pesce, Mario Bellini
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Striking vintage console table featuring a bold Postmodern silhouette and dramatic charcoal and light grey geometric pattern throughout. This piece showcases exceptional visual depth...
Wood
Mastercraft Console Table Designed By William Doezema
By Mastercraft, William Doezema
Located in Houston, TX
Mastercraft Console Table Designed By William Doezema. Offered is a shapely black lacquer and brass console table desgined by William Doezema for Mastercraft in the 1980's. This time...
Brass
$1,482 / item
Natural Oak Marius Console Table by HARTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Oak Marius Console Table by HARTO Dimensions: W 100 x D 36.5 x H 90 cm. Materials: Solid Wood, MDF wood veneer. Weight: 20.0 kg The Marius console, with its drawer engrav...
Wood
$23,814 / item
Multifunctional Object Console Table by Studio Lugo
Located in Geneve, CH
Multifunctional Object Console Table by Studio Lugo Dimensions: W 118.3 x D 68.7 x H 92.5 cm Materials: Roupala Tree/Brazilian Lacewood Veneer, Stainless Steel, Horse Hair. Finishing...
Stainless Steel
$1,788 / item
Natural Walnut Marius Console Table by HARTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Walnut Marius Console Table by HARTO Dimensions: W 100 x D 36.5 x H 90 cm. Materials: Solid Wood, MDF wood veneer. Weight: 20.0 kg The Marius console, with its drawer eng...
Wood
Vintage Contemporary Dia Brass Band Console Table
By Design Institute America
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This striking vintage contemporary console table by Design Institute of America (DIA) exudes modern sophistication with its sleek brass-plated metal base and elegant glass top. The g...
Glass
$39,784 / item
Marble Yno Console Table by Kelly Boukobza
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble Yno Console Table by Kelly Boukobza Dimensions: W 140 x D 38 x H 75 cm Materials: Stone and Marble / Solid wood and metal. Available Finishes : Marble / Travertine Kelly Bouk...
Stone, Marble
$4,400 / item
Brass Sculpted Console Table, Golden Tree, Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass sculpted console table, golden tree, Misaya. Dimensions: W 45 x L 85 x H 70 cm Hand-sculpted brass table. Sold without the glass top.
Brass
Brass Sculpted Console Table, Golden Symmetry, Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass sculpted console table - Golden symmetry - Misaya Dimensions: W 150 x L 37 x H 70 cm. Hand-sculpted brass table. Sold without the glass top.
Brass
Unusual Asian Style Polychrome Plaster Console Table
Located in New York, NY
If one put Post-modernism and Asian influences in a blender, you would get this unusual console table. Riffing on an altar table form, the top with upturned ends painted a metallic c...
Plaster
$9,907 / item
Obeisance Console Table by Henry D'ath
Located in Geneve, CH
Obeisance Console Table by Henry D'ath Dimensions: D 150 x W 45 x H 85 cm Materials: Wood. Piece is handmade by artist. Like its smaller counterpart, the Obeisance console table re...
Wood
$1,341 / item
Object 096 Console Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 096 Console Table by NG Design Dimensions: W 100 x D 27 x H 90 cm Materials: Powder-Coated Steel Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on...
Steel
$10,330 / item
Medium Ita Console Table by Estudio Prosa
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Ita Console Table by Estudio Prosa Dimensions: W 175 x D 45 x H 20 cm Materials: Wood. Available in Cedro Arana, Jequitiba, Muiracatiara, or Cumaru wood options. Please conta...
Wood
$8,859 / item
Small Ita Console Table by Estudio Prosa
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Ita Console Table by Estudio Prosa Dimensions: W 120 x D 35 x H 20 cm Materials: Wood. Available in Cedro Arana, Jequitiba, Muiracatiara, or Cumaru wood options. Please contac...
Wood
$11,071 / item
Large Ita Console Table by Estudio Prosa
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Ita Console Table by Estudio Prosa Dimensions: W 200 x D 45 x H 20 cm Materials: Wood. Available in Cedro Arana, Jequitiba, Muiracatiara, or Cumaru wood options. Please contac...
Wood
$2,047 / item
Layout Console Table by Studio Super Sunday
Located in Geneve, CH
Layout Console Table by Studio Super Sunday Dimensions: D 33 x W 91,4 x H 76,2 cm. Materials: Ash. Available in six different finishes. Prices may vary. Please contact us. We are a...
Ash
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.
Few pieces of furniture are celebrated for their functionality as much as their decorative attributes in the way that console tables are. While these furnishings are not as common in today’s interiors as their coffee-table and side-table counterparts, console tables are stylish home accents and have become more prevalent over the years.
The popularity of wood console tables took shape during the 17th and 18th centuries in French and Italian culture, and were exclusively featured in the palatial homes of the upper class. The era’s outwardly sculptural examples of these small structures were paired with mirrors or matching stools and had tabletops of marble. They were most often half-moon-shaped and stood on two scrolled giltwood legs, and because they weren’t wholly supported on their two legs rather than the traditional four, their flat-backed supports were intended to hug the wall behind them and were commonly joined by an ornate stretcher. The legs were affixed or bolted to the wall with architectural brackets called console brackets — hence, the name we know them by today — which gave the impression that they were freestanding furnishings. While console tables introduced a dose of drama in the foyer of any given aristocrat — an embodiment of Rococo-style furniture — the table actually occupied minimal floor space (an attractive feature in home furniture). As demand grew and console tables made their way to other countries, they gained recognition as versatile additions to any home.
Contemporary console tables comprise many different materials and are characterized today by varying shapes and design styles. It is typical to find them made of marble, walnut or oak and metal. While modern console tables commonly feature four legs, you can still find the two-legged variety, which is ideal for nestling behind the sofa. A narrow console table is a practical option if you need to save space — having outgrown their origins as purely ornamental, today’s console tables are home to treasured decorative objects, help fill empty foyers and, outfitted with drawers or a shelf, can provide a modest amount of storage as needed.
The rich collection of antique, new and vintage console tables on 1stDibs includes everything from 19th-century gems designed in the Empire style to unique rattan pieces and more.