Ebonized White Ash Altai Apothecary Console Table by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Ebonized White Ash Altai Apothecary Console Table by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: W 137 x D 46 x H 76 cm. Materials: Ebonized White Ash, Natural rubbed bronze. A17 Also available in d...
Ash
Every Breaking Wave Console Table in Cast Bronze by William Guillon
By William Guillon
Located in Geneve, CH
Every Breaking Wave Console Table in Cast Bronze by William Guillon Hand Sculpted, Dated and Signed Dimensions: D 55 x W 200 x H 120 cm (custom dimensions upon request) Materials: Pa...
Bronze
Postmodern Ebonized Beech Console Table with a Lower Shelf, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s. This console table features an ebonized beech frame with a lower shelf. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be cons...
Beech
Perspicere Unique Console Table in Hand-Carved Travertine by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Perspicere Unique Console Table in Hand-Carved Travertine by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 30 x W 140 x H 112 cm. Materials: Travertine. Available in different finishes ...
Travertine
Postmodern Console Table, Tesselated Marble & Rattan Columns, Glass, USA, 1980s
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
An exceptional postmodern glass-top console table featuring a bold geometric design and high-contrast materials. The tesselated marble base anchors the piece with weight and texture,...
Marble
Andrew Unique Console Table in Travertine Stone & Brass by Alex Turco
Located in Geneve, CH
Andrew Unique Console Table in Travertine Stone & Brass by Alex Turco One Of a Kind Dimensions: D 38 x W 185 x H 78 cm. Materials: Travertine stone and brass. Andrew is a one-of-a-k...
Travertine, Brass
Shell Console Table in Natural Oak Veneer and Lava Stone by Pendhapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Shell Console Table in Natural Oak Veneer and Lava Stone by Pendhapa. Dimensions: W 170 x D 45 x H 93 cm. Materials: natural oak veneer, lava stone with creme brulee finish. This li...
Oak
Small Il Pezzo 6 Nickel Console Table by Il Pezzo Mancante
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Il Pezzo 6 Nickel Console Table by Il Pezzo Mancante Dimensions: W 160 x D 45 x H 81 cm Materials: Top: 100% solid walnut and solid ash /wenge stained solid ash treated with n...
Brass
Postmodern Ivory Lacquered Walnut Wall Mirror and Console Table, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s. This set features a walnut frame, with ivory lacquered parts. They might show slight traces of use since they are vintage, such as their original patina, but t...
Mirror, Walnut
A postmodern lacquered console table with gold detail, late 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
An art deco style postmodern lacquered console table with gold edge, circa 1980. Attributed to Karl Springer, this piece borrows heavily from the Art Deco movement whilst holding fir...
Acrylic, Wood, Lacquer
Stone Bronze Lama Semi-Ellipse 45120 Console Table, Steel Frame by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Bronze Lama Semi-Ellipse 45120 Console Table, Steel Frame by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 120 x D 45 x H 75 cm Materials: Bronze. Weight: 12 kg. Code: DT5021 Semi-ellipse cons...
Steel
Postmodern console/table in thick transparent plexiglass glass top, 1980
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Thick transparent plexiglass console table with glass top, 1980. Elegant and minimalist, this console table is distinguished by its remarkably thick plexiglass frame, which lends sta...
Glass, Plexiglass
Rectangular Gold Aluminum Console Table with Two Glass Shelves, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s. This shelving unit is made in anodized aluminum and glass. It can be used as a divider. It may show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be consi...
Aluminum
Prisma Console Table in Trani Marble & Curved Iron by D´ARK Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Prisma Console Table in Trani Marble & Curved Iron by D´ARK Atelier One Of a Kind Dimensions: D 25 x W 120 x H 110 cm. Materials: Iron and Trani marble. PRISMA — the latest prototyp...
Marble, Iron
Hold Up Console Table in Natural Oak Veneer and Lacquer by Pendhapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Hold Up Console Table in Natural Oak Veneer and Lacquer by Pendhapa. Dimensions: W 150 x D 37 x H 90 cm. Materials: Natural Oak Veneer, Lacquer. You can customize the finish with a ...
Oak, Lacquer
Herringbone Tile Console Table White Tiles Black Steel by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Herringbone tile console table white tiles black steel by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D100 x W35 x H80 cm Material: Ceramic tiles, MDF, Powder coated steel Weight: 20 kg Also availab...
Steel, Other
Herringbone Tile Console Table Black Tiles Black Steel by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Herringbone tile console table black tiles black steel by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D100 x W35 x H80 cm Material: Ceramic tiles, MDF, Powder coated steel Weight: 20 kg Also availab...
Steel, Other
Essenziale Console Table in Horn, Tosca Leather & Burnished Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Essenziale Console Table in Horn, Tosca Leather & Burnished Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 37 x W 160 x H 87 cm. Materials: Matte horn, Tosca leather, and burnished brass. In 1958,...
Brass, Other
Astra Console Table in Natural Oak Veneer and Straw Marquetry by Pendhapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Astra Console Table in Natural Oak Veneer and Straw Marquetry by Pendhapa. Dimensions: W 110 x D 40 x H 10 cm. Materials: Natural Oak Veneer, Straw Marquetry. You can customize the ...
Oak, Straw Marquetry
Bamboo and Formica Demilune Console Table with a Lower Shelf, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s. It features a bamboo frame with a formica veneered top. The lower shelf has a missing band (as you can see in the pictures) but this doesn't affect its stabili...
Formica, Bamboo
Cantilevered Faux Goatskin Glass Hall Sofa Console Table Karl Springer Brueton
By Karl Springer, Brueton
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A cantilevered faux goatskin and glass console table in the style of Karl Springer and Brueton. The glass section of the table is H 29.5” W 41.75 x D16” and is .75” thick.
Fabric, Glass
Postmodern steel console table with spiral squiggle design USA 1980s / 1990s
Located in Hastings, GB
Stylish skinny postmodern steel console table with spiral squiggle design. USA 1980s/ 90s. Some wear to surface on right hand side (see video) Dimensions: width 120.5cm, depth 30.5c...
Steel
Tessellated Stone Console
Located in Denton, TX
Black & grey tessellated stone console table with glass top. Base measures 24.63 L x 11 D x 26.13 H.
Stone
Aura Unique Console Table in Carved Solid Quarry Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Aura Unique Console Table in Carved Solid Quarry Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 40 x W 130 x H 100 cm. Materials: Quarry stone. Available in different finishes a...
Marble
Stone Bronze Lama Semi-Ellipse 45140 Console Table, Steel Frame by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Bronze Lama Semi-Ellipse 45140 Console Table, Steel Frame by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 140 x D 45 x H 75 cm Materials: Bronze. Weight: 13 kg. Code: DT5022 Semi-ellipse cons...
Steel
Postmodern 1980s Art Deco Revival Style Console/ Entry Table. Circa 1980s
By Karl Springer
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern 1980s Art Deco Revival Style Console/ Entry Table. Circa 1980s Features two Art Deco-inspired soft pink columns supporting a 5/8" thick removable glass top. In e...
Glass, Plaster, Wood
Sculptural Hollywood Palm Regency Entry Hall Console Table Tropical Banana Leaf
By Serge Roche, Dorthy Draper
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Fabulous Hollywood Palm Regency console sofa table featuring a tropical banana leaf design. This dramatic sculptural table has a matte cream/white finish with a removable beveled cle...
Composition
C1104 Console Table in Beech And Walnut Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
C1104 Console Table in Beech And Walnut Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 36 x W 142 x H 85 cm. Materials: Beech and walnut. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuri...
Beech, Walnut
Andria Console Table Lacquered Wood, Horn & Burnished Brass in by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Andria Console Table Lacquered Wood, Horn & Burnished Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 42 x W 162 x H 60 cm. Materials: Glossy black lacquered wood, horn, and burnished brass. In 195...
Brass, Other
Nettuno Console Table in Horn & Burnished Brass Plated Steel by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Nettuno Console Table in Horn & Burnished Brass Plated Steel by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 40 x W 180 x H 80 cm. Materials: Matte horn and burnished brass-plated stainless steel. In 195...
Brass, Other, Stainless Steel
Zero Rectangular Console Table in Epoxy Resin & Crystal Clear Glass by WeDO
Located in Geneve, CH
Zero Rectangular Console Table in Epoxy Resin & Crystal Clear Glass by WeDO Dimensions: D 35 x W 120 x H 85 cm. Materials: Epoxy resin, glass, and paint. Customizations are availab...
Glass, Epoxy Resin, Paint
Vanité Unique Console Table in Carved Travertine Stone & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Vanité Unique Console Table in Carved Travertine Stone & Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 60 x W 160 x H 120 cm. Materials: Travertine and steel. Available in diff...
Travertine, Steel
Cloud Console Table in Crystal Glass & Stainless Steel by Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Geneve, CH
Cloud Console Table in Crystal Glass & Stainless Steel by Barberini & Gunnell Limited Edition of 24 + 2 AP + 1 p. Dimensions: D 49 x W 140 x H 242 cm. Materials: Stainless steel and...
Stainless Steel
Postmodern Sculptural Pencil Reed & Glass Console Table with wood Inlay, 1970's
Located in Beirut, LB
An exceptional 1970s Postmodern console table that masterfully blends organic materials with a bold, architectural silhouette. This piece features a dramatic, flared pedestal base me...
Glass, Wood
$240Sale Price|69% Off
Postmodern Tessellated Mactan Stone Console Table w/ Polished Pink Stone Accent
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Embrace elegance with our Tessellated Stone Mactan Console Table, featuring mactan stone with pink stone accents, contrasting a sleek glass top. Tessellated mactan stone base offers...
Stone
Two Unique Italian Postmodern Gilt and Copper Cantilevered Consoles / Sofa Table
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian consoles or sofa tables in giltwood with copper stretchers and copper side panels. Glass tops are 47.25 x 15.75 x 3/4". The pieces are Postmodern in conception. The...
The Elementary I Natural Granite Limited Edition Console Table by Grzegorz Majka
By Grzegorz Majka
Located in Geneve, CH
The Elementary I Natural Granite Limited Edition Console Table by Grzegorz Majka Limited Edition Of 8 Pieces. Dimensions: D 50 x W 180 x H 50 cm. Materials: Natural granite and soli...
Granite, Brass
Attimo Console Table in Walnut, Glass, and Stainless Steel by Animate Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Attimo Console Table in Walnut, Glass, and Stainless Steel by Animate Objects. Dimensions: W 112 x D 40 x H 80 cm. Materials: Walnut, Glass, Stainless Steel. Inspired by Fortunato D...
Stainless Steel
Herringbone Tile Console Table Re-Plast Soft Black Steel by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Herringbone tile console table re-plast soft black steel by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 100 x W 35 x H 80 cm Material: Re-Plast, MDF, Powder coated steel Weight: 20 kg Also availab...
Steel, Other
Set of 2 Heritage Gwol Console Tables by Lee Jung Hoon
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Heritage Gwol Console Tables by Lee Jung Hoon Dimensions: D98 x W28 x H76 cm Materials: Walnut, Granite, Stainless steel, Steel. The Heritage series, created by design...
Granite, Steel, Stainless Steel
Art Deco Revival Travertine Mirror & Console Table Set, Att. Maitland Smith '80s
By Maitland Smith
Located in Richmond, Surrey
A striking postmodern mirror and console table set attributed to Maitland-Smith, crafted in the 1980s. The Art Deco revival ensemble features tessellated travertine stone inlaid with...
Travertine, Brass
Stone Dark Brown Lama Semi-Ellipse 45120 Console Table Steel Frame by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Dark Brown Lama Semi-Ellipse 45120 Console Table Steel Frame by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 120 x D 45 x H 75 cm Materials: Dark Brown, Black. Weight: 12 kg. Code: DT5019 Sem...
Steel
Stone Dark Brown Lama Semi-Ellipse 45140 Console Table Steel Frame by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Dark Brown Lama Semi-Ellipse 45140 Console Table Steel Frame by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 140 x D 45 x H 75 cm Materials: Dark Brown, Black. Weight: 13 kg. Code: DT5020 Sem...
Steel
Fenestra 140 Console Table in Warm Brown European Oak by Mokko Amsterdam
Located in Geneve, CH
Fenestra 140 Console Table in Warm Brown European Oak by Mokko Amsterdam Dimensions: D 35 x W 140 x H 84 cm. Materials: European oak. Available in different material options and di...
Oak
Minerva Console Table in Titanium Travertine, Horn & Satin Metal in by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Minerva Console Table in Titanium Travertine, Horn & Satin Metal by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 45 x W 165 x H 88 cm. Materials: Travertine, horn, and satin metal. In 1958, Mario Guerra,...
Travertine, Metal, Other
Postmodern Natural Mactan Stone Entry Console Table With Wall Mirror. C 1990s
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Natural Mactan Stone Entry Console Table With Wall Mirror. C 1990s Features a half-moon fractured Mactan Stone facade with a removable glass top resting on four ...
Stone
Postmodern Marble and Brass Console Table in the Artedi Style. Circa 1980s
By Artedi
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern Marble and Brass Console / Entry Table in the Artedi Style. Circa 1980s. Features a minimalist design with a marble base with beautiful stone veins, polished brass glass s...
Marble, Brass
Vintage Karl Springer Style Faux Goatskin Console Table With Mirror Set
By Karl Springer
Located in West Chester, PA
A high quality Karl Springer style console table and mirror set with the original tri color goatskin faux finish. Circa late 20th century and unsigned. Mirror measures 45.25”w x 39....
Mirror, Wood, Lacquer
C2332 Console Table in Oak And Bog Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
C2332 Console Table in Oak And Bog Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 42 x W 120 x H 60 cm. Materials: Oak and bog oak. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries...
Oak
Kaizo Oto for Design Institute America Postmodern Steel and Brass Console Table
By Kaizo Oto, Design Institute America
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Kaizo Oto for Design Institute of America Postmodern Steel and Brass Console Table This console table measures: 33.25 wide x 9 deep x 26.75 inches high We take our photos in a cont...
Brass, Steel
Paco Rabanne 1970s Console Table in Gilt Brass & Quartz, French Design
By Paco Rabanne
Located in Queens, NY
French (1970s) postwar design console table with a gilt brass base supporting a brown lacquered top having a protruding quartz sculpture (signed: Paco Rabanne on top edge). There i...
Quartz, Brass
$5,554Sale Price|45% Off
ECCO Marble & Crystal Design Console Table Oxid Slate Meddel Spain Joaquín Moll
By Joaquín Moll, Meddel
Located in VALVERDE DEL MAJANO, CL
ECCO Marble & Crystal Design Console Table Oxid Slate Meddel Spain Joaquín Moll The ECCO console table, designed by Spanish artist Joaquín Moll, is a contemporary style piece of...
Stone, Crystal, Slate
C1094 Console Table in Oak And European Walnut Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
C1094 Console Table in Oak And European Walnut Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 40 x W 136 x H 84 cm. Materials: Oak and walnut. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for ce...
Walnut, Oak
C1166 Console Table in Beech And Smoked Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
C1166 Console Table in Beech And Smoked Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 40 x W 154 x H 51 cm. Materials: Beech and smoked oak. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for...
Oak, Beech
$8,390 / item
Diapason Console by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Diapason Console by Somaschini Dimensions: W 150 x D 35 x H 75 cm Materials: Structure composed of curved plywood and mdf. Black matt polyester lacquered finish. Console in N.142 Bl...
Lacquer
$28,349 / item
Betty Console by Haymann Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Betty Console by Haymann Editions Dimensions: D 35 x W 130 x H 89 cm. Materials: Lacquered wood, smoked glass. The “Betty” table and console, an exceptional piece that elegantly ble...
Glass, Wood
Goatskin Long Chic Lacquered Console Table with Chrome Base Karl Springer Style
By Karl Springer
Located in Bensalem, PA
Amazing console circa 1980s lacquer over goat skin with chrome surrounds in the manner of Karl Springer
Goatskin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
Burned and Black Stained Solid Oak Lahmu Low Console Table by Sizar Alexis
By Sizar Alexis
Located in Geneve, CH
Burned and Black Stained Solid Oak Lahmu Low Console Table by Sizar Alexis Dimensions: W 70 x D 90 x H 50 cm, W 70 x D 90 x H 50 cm. Together side by side, width 180cm. Materials: B...
Oak
Burned and Black Stained Solid Oak Lahmu Small Console Table by Sizar Alexis
By Sizar Alexis
Located in Geneve, CH
Burned and Black Stained Solid Oak Lahmu Small Console Table by Sizar Alexis Dimensions: W 44 x D 40 x H 36 cm, W 44 x D 40 x H 36 cm. Together side by side, width 88 cm. Materials:...
Oak
A 1970s, lacquered wood, mirrored glass and brass, Italian console table
By Memphis Milano
Located in Oxford, GB
This is a unique piece of furniture designed in the late 1970s for a boutique in Milan . Exeptional quality, the legs are turned wood , lacquered in an eau de nil colour and capped ...
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.
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.