$23,300 / item
Source Console Table No.2 by A Space
Located in Geneve, CH
The source console table No.2 by A Space Dimensions: D 160 x W 80 x H 25 5cm Materials: Black tuff. Weight: 290 kg Inspired by antiquity, material, craftsmanship and architectu...
Other
Multilayer Wood Portante Console Table by Dainelli Studio Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Multilayer Wood Portante Console Table by Dainelli Studio Atelier Dimensions: W 190 x D 55 x H 65 cm Materials: Multi-layer wood, natural Elm burl. Console with a base made of multi...
Wood, Elm
Désenchantée Console Table in Cast Bronze by William Guillon
By William Guillon
Located in Geneve, CH
Désenchantée Console Table in Cast Bronze by William Guillon Hand Sculpted, Dated and Signed Dimensions: D 40 x W 130 x H 81 cm (custom dimensions upon request) Materials: Patinated ...
Bronze
Fracture Bois Déchiré Sculptural Console Table by Meubles Thouret
Located in Geneve, CH
Fracture Bois Déchiré Sculptural Console Table by Meubles Thouret. Numbered and signed by the artists. Delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity. Dimensions: W 28 x D 132 x H 99 c...
Resin, Wood
Harrison Van Horn Lacquered Raffia Belly Console Table
By Harrison Van Horn
Located in Round Top, TX
Harrison Van Horn "belly" console table in lacquered raffia and brass in deep, dark espresso brown with unlacquered brass trim. Uncommon piece and always desirable in size, quality,...
Brass
Jay Spectre "Entrance Maker" Console Table with Mirror
By Century Furniture, Jay Spectre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jay Spectre for Century Furniture "Entrance Maker" White Oak Console with Hanging Mirror. Console is ziggurat-shaped with a Mirrored Back-Splash. Inspired from Art Deco Step Back D...
Mirror, Oak
$7,766 / item
Heritage Gwol Console Table by Lee Jung Hoon
Located in Geneve, CH
Heritage Gwol console table by Lee Jung Hoon Dimensions: D98 x W28 x H76 cm Materials: walnut, granite, stainless steel, Steel. The Heritage series, created by designer Lee Jun...
Granite, Steel, Stainless Steel
$3,589 / item
Luna 150 Metal Console Table by Laurence Du Tilly
Located in Geneve, CH
Luna 150 Metal Console Table by Laurence Du Tilly Dimensions: D 150 x W 37 x H 85 cm Materials: Metal Also available in two hundred different colors from the RAL color chart, please...
Metal, Other
$2,989 / item
Luna 130 Metal Console Table by Laurence Du Tilly
Located in Geneve, CH
Luna 130 Metal Console Table by Laurence Du Tilly Dimensions: D 130 x W 37 x H 85 cm Materials: Metal Also available in two hundred different colors from the RAL color chart, please...
Metal, Other
$2,494 / item
Luna 110 Metal Console Table by Laurence Du Tilly
Located in Geneve, CH
Luna 110 Metal Console Table by Laurence Du Tilly Dimensions: D 110 x W 37 x H 85 cm Materials: Metal Also available in two hundred different colors from the RAL color chart, please...
Metal, Other
$11,003 / item
Il Pezzo 10 Console Table by Il Pezzo Mancante
Located in Geneve, CH
Il Pezzo 10 Console Table by Il Pezzo Mancante Dimensions: W 165 x D 45 x H 89 cm Materials: Structure: 100% solid walnut treated with natural oil Base: satin brass / bronze / gold...
Walnut
$1,340Sale Price|45% Off
Brass Plated and Beveled Glass Postmodern Console Sofa Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful brass polished flat metal and beveled glass top console table, beautiful simple elegant, circa 1980's.Post-modern design.
Brass
Unique Console Table in Poplar Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Console Table in Poplar Wood by Jörg Pietschmann. Dimensions: D 30 x W 80 x H 44 cm. Materials: Poplar. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a l...
Poplar
Alkemy Console Table by Vetralia, Mirrored Glass & Wood, Italy
Located in Geneve, CH
Alkemy Console Table by Vetralia Designed by Leo De Carlo Dimensions: W 180 x D 38 x H 85 cm Materials: Mirrored glass, lacquered wood. VETRALIA Functional Art based in Venice Acti...
Mirror, Wood
Jean-Jacques Argueyrolles brutalist console tables wrought iron 1990
By Jean-Jacques Argueyrolles
Located in Paris, IDF
A pair of brutalist French patinated wrought iron console tables designed by Jean Jacques Argueyrolles in the early 1990s. These sculptural console tables have a rectangular tabletop...
Wrought Iron
Solid, Robust, Leather-wrapped Legs Sampha Console Table by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Solid, Robust, Leather-wrapped Legs Sampha Console Table by Madheke Dimensions: D 167.6 x W 45.7 x H 80.5 cm. Materials: Veneered console top with marquetry and central brass inlay f...
Leather
Burl Desk Console Table in Burl Wood Veneer by Panorammma
Located in Geneve, CH
Burl Desk Console Table in Burl Wood Veneer by Panorammma Dimensions: D 50 x W 120 x H 74 cm. Materials: Burl wood veneer. Each edition’s patterns and tone will naturally vary. Plea...
Wood
Delphine Console Table with Popular Gray Lacquer Finish by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Delphine Console Table with Popular Gray Lacquer Finish by Ultramobili. Dimensions: W 160 x D 50 x H 76 cm. Materials: Solid structure, Popular Gray high-gloss lacquer finish, polis...
Steel
Delphine Console Table with Traffic Purple Lacquer Finish by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Delphine Console Table with Traffic Purple Lacquer Finish by Ultramobili. Dimensions: W 160 x D 50 x H 76 cm. Materials: Solid structure, Traffic Purple high-gloss lacquer finish, p...
Steel
Dream Nuvola Console Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Dream Nuvola Console Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 44 x W 92 x H 80 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Iconic, functional and aesthetical solution...
Aluminum
Carrara Marble Console Table by Philippe Starck, France, 1990s
By Philippe Starck
Located in Antwerp, BE
Carrara marble console table designed by Philippe Starck. Crafted with precision and finesse, this exquisite piece exudes sophistication and luxury. Whether gracing your living room ...
Carrara Marble, Metal
Kaizo Oto for Dia Postmodern Memphis Style Console Table
By Kaizo Oto, Design Institute America
Located in Miami, FL
Steel, brass, chrome and glass console table in the Memphis style by Kaizo Oto for Design Institute of America. Glass is 3/4”.
Steel, Chrome
$1,080Sale Price|20% Off
Stylish Postmodern Milo Baughman style Laminated Geometric Console Sofa Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fun Post-modern geometric chrome and white laminate console table.
Chrome
$13,592 / item
Navona Travertine Lily Console Table by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Navona Travertine Lily Console Table by Fred and Juul Dimensions: D 43 x W 122 x H 85 cm. Materials: Navona travertine. Fred&Juul, short for Federico Minarelli and Julie Janssen, ar...
Travertine
$19,746 / item
Achilles Console Table in Bleached Oak by OZA Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Achilles Console Table in Bleached Oak by OZA Design Dimensions: D 45 x W 140 x H 81 cm. Materials: Bleached oak wood. Available in different finishes and size options. Prices may ...
Oak
Brass Console Table in the Style of Antony Gormley
Located in Antwerp, BE
Console table made of rectangles and squares in gilt metal, France, 1970s. Eclectic piece that fits well in a Hollywood Regency interior inspired by Maison Jansen or Willy Rizzo. ...
Steel
Contemporary Console Table, Gilt Metal Frame with Glass Top, USA
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary rectangular console table with gilt metal frame and glass top and a centered shelf.
Metal
Ebonized White Ash Altai Console Table by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Ebonized White Ash Altai Console Table by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: W 183 x D 36 x H 81 cm. Materials: Ebonized White Ash. A15 Also available in different materials. A. Jacob Mar...
Ash
High Heels Console Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
High Heels Console Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 35 x W 150 x H 92 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. High heels and endless legs for a high sex ap...
Aluminum, Other
White Cyclone Console Table Oval Glass metal 1980s Postmodern Minimalist
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in London, GB
The playful twisted geometric pattern created by this console table gives a superb latticework effect. A white powder-coated metal oval serves as the base for numerous metal poles, c...
Metal
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Maitland Smith Style Travertine Console Table with Brass Inlay, 1970s
By Robert Marcius, Maitland Smith
Located in Chattanooga, TN
A modernist symphony in stone and metal, this striking travertine pedestal console table marries sculptural minimalism with curated extravagance. Its monolit block base—hewn from ri...
Stone, Brass
$11,600Sale Price|20% Off
Inca Console Table, Angelo Mangiarotti, Skipper, Italian Design, 1978
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Skipper
Located in Antwerp, BE
Development on the previous "Eros" system, the “Incas" range features the same structural idea in a different material, extra strong stone (initially proposed in Pietra Serena sandst...
Stone
Cabaret 01 Console Table in Licorice Glossy Varnished Aluminum by CASPAL
Located in Geneve, CH
Cabaret 01 Console Table in Licorice Glossy Varnished Aluminum by CASPAL Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 114 cm. Materials: Varnished aluminum. Available in different color options. Prices ma...
Aluminum
Cabaret 02 Console Table in Licorice Glossy Varnished Aluminum by CASPAL
Located in Geneve, CH
Cabaret 02 Console Table in Licorice Glossy Varnished Aluminum by CASPAL Dimensions: D 40 x W 180 x H 114 cm. Materials: Varnished aluminum. Available in different color options. P...
Aluminum
$12,427 / item
Found I Console Table No.1 by A Space
Located in Geneve, CH
Found I console table No.1 by A Space Dimensions: D 122 x W 20 x H 102 cm Materials: Marble, steel. FOUND I collection centers around the power of the medium to dictate the fina...
Marble, Steel
$12,427 / item
Found i Console Table No.2 by a Space
Located in Geneve, CH
Found I console table No.2 by A Space Dimensions: D122 x W20 x H102 cm Materials: Marble, steel. FOUND I collection centers around the power of the medium to dictate the final f...
Marble, Steel
Aperta C1 100 American Walnut Console Table by Mokko Amsterdam
Located in Geneve, CH
Aperta C1 100 American Walnut Console Table by Mokko Amsterdam Dimensions: D 40 x W 100 x H 84 cm. Materials: American walnut. Available in different material options and dimension...
Walnut
1980s Jonson & Marcius Console Table from Lorin Marsh Gallery
By Lorin Marsh, Gene Jonson and Robert Marcius
Located in West Chester, PA
A show stopping console designed by Gene Jonson and Robert Marcius featuring two lacquered pedestals with brass mounts and painted details. Each pedestal retains the original Jonson ...
Brass
Bespoke Spruce Wood Console Table with Columns, Italy, circa 1980
By Rainer Daumiller
Located in Vienna, AT
Bespoke monumental console table from spruce wood, produced circa 1980 Dimensions are 70.5" x 30.7" (height) x 15.35" This bespoke large spruce wood console table from Italy is...
Wood, Spruce
'Balance' inflated metal console table, stainless steel and glass
By Stephen Newby
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
Inflated metal console table. Highly mirror polished stainless steel and 12mm toughened glass with polished edges. Each table is formed using our metal inflation process, resulting ...
Stainless Steel, Metal, Steel
Mesa Console Table in Oiled & Waxed Walnut by Vonnegut Kraft
Located in Geneve, CH
Mesa Console Table in Oiled & Waxed Walnut by Vonnegut Kraft Dimensions: D 43,2 x W 182,9 x H 76.2 cm. Materials: Walnut. Vonnegut/Kraft is a New York based design studio created by...
Walnut
Normandie Console Table by Alina Alamorean, Granite & Steel, France
Located in Geneve, CH
Normandie Console by Alina Alamorean One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 43 x W 210 x H 103 cm. Materials: Granite and iron steel. Born into a family of avant-garde architects in 1968 in T...
Granite, Steel, Iron
$12,000Sale Price|20% Off
Mattia Bonetti Unique “Jelly” Bedroom Console Table circa 2009
By Mattia Bonetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portman Gallery offers: Mattia Bonetti Unique “Jelly” Bedroom Console Table circa 2009 metallic painted oak, plexiglas monogrammed MB 19 1/4 x 29 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (48.9 x 74 x 26.3...
Plexiglass, Oak
Postmodern Black Lacquer Console Table with Brass Banding, Attributed to Century
By Century Furniture
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A refined Postmodern console table crafted in a lustrous piano black lacquer finish and accented by a polished brass band that elegantly wraps the apron. The streamlined form feature...
Wood, Lacquer
Postmodern Console Table in Ivory Faux Marble, Glass Top, 1980s Design
By Karl Springer
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
An elegant 1980s Postmodern console table featuring a substantial rectangular glass top supported by a pair of sculptural faux marble pedestal bases. The gracefully curved waterfall ...
Lacquer
$472Sale Price|40% Off
Postmodern Tessellated Pink and Beige Stone Glass Top Console Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Postmodern Tessellated Pink and Beige Stone Glass Top Console Table is a stunning addition to any interior. It features a tessellated stone base in pink and beige, creating an al...
Glass
$23,300 / item
Found II Console Table No.1 by A Space
Located in Geneve, CH
Found II Console Table No.1 by A Space Dimensions: D 94 x W 25 x H 84cm Materials: Marble, steel, gold leaf. Spontaneity, environmental awareness and the primeval nature of the ...
Marble, Steel, Gold Leaf
$23,300 / item
Found II Console Table No.2 by A Space
Located in Geneve, CH
Found II console table No.2 by A Space Dimensions: D100 xW 25 xH 84cm Materials: Marble, steel, gold leaf. Spontaneity, environmental awareness and the primeval nature of the ma...
Marble, Steel, Gold Leaf
Postmodern Pink Lacquered Karl Springer Style Column Console Glass Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Bensalem, PA
Stunning three piece console table with pink tiered lacquered columns and a 3/4” thick glass top.
Glass, Fiberglass
Customizable Luxury Giraffe Console Table with Granite Top - Made in England
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
The Giraffe console table is made to order with a powder-coated steel frame and a natural granite stone top. This luxury console has been designed to be geometric and compact with be...
Granite, Steel
Festa Mobile Coco Console Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Festa Mobile Coco Console Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 40 x W 120 x H 72 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Tables and console, tribute to Coco C...
Aluminum
$3,880Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern John Mascheroni Attributed "Tubo" Chrome & Marble Console Table, 1970
By John Mascheroni
Located in Basel, BS
This one is a stunner, a very hard to find and cool Postmodern statement console table piece! Attributed as the "Tubo" Series console table, designed by John Mascheroni and made by ...
Marble, Aluminum
$210Sale Price|73% Off
Postmodern Pink and Beige Tessellated Stone Glass Top Console Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Postmodern Pink and Beige Tessellated Stone Glass Top Console Table is a stunning fusion of postmodern design and elegance. Featuring a tessellated stone base in pink and beige, ...
Glass
"Chatsworth" Mahogany & Giltwood Console Table by Dessin Fournir, Los Angeles
By Dessin Fournir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Console or sofa table designed and manufactured in Los Angeles California by Dessin Fournir. The table is made in a combination of mahogany wood and gold gilding with carved a...
Wood, Giltwood
Vintage Linen Buon Fresco Faux Finished Console Table in Venetian Green
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This striking vintage console table is a masterclass in Postmodern minimalism, featuring a sleek Parsons-style silhouette with a sophisticated Linen Buon Fresco faux finish in Veneti...
Plaster, Wood
Postmodern Mosaic Top Console Table with Patinated Iron Base. Circa 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern Modern Mosaic Top Console Table. Circa 1980s Features a patinated iron base with a mosaic top. In excellent, near mint original condition with very minor signs of wear and...
Iron
Stone Bronze Settanta Oval Console Table with Steel Frame by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Bronze Settanta Oval Console Table with Steel Frame by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 160 x D 45 x H 75 cm Materials: Dark brown steel plate frame / telaio in piatto di acciaio verni...
Steel
Silas Seandel, Freeform Console Table, Bronzed Steel, Marble, USA, 1970s
By Silas Seandel
Located in High Point, NC
A cast bronze and marble console table designed and produced by Silas Seandel, USA, c. 1970s. With artists signature to base. Replaced marble top.
Bronze, Steel
Brik Black Console Table in Stone Textured Lacquered MDF by Hermhaus
Located in Geneve, CH
Brik Black Console Table in Stone Textured Lacquered MDF by Hermhaus Dimensions: D 50 x W 180 x H 90 cm Materials: MDF with stone texture and special lacquer finish. Shaped by the ...
Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF)
Brik Orange Console Table in Stone Textured Lacquered MDF by Hermhaus
Located in Geneve, CH
Brik Orange Console Table in Stone Textured Lacquered MDF by Hermhaus Dimensions: D 50 x W 180 x H 90 cm Materials: MDF with stone texture and special lacquer finish. Shaped by the...
Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF)
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.