$10,384 / item
Black Patina Blade Console by Pol Quadens
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Patina Blade Console by Pol Quadens Limited Edition Of 8+4 Pieces. Dimensions: D 30 x W 210 x H 95 cm. Materials: Patinated steel. Pol Quadens was born in Brussels. His fathe...
Steel
Italian Postmodern Travertine Console Attributed To Angelo Mangiarotti
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Romeo Rega, Mario Bellini, Gio Ponti, Willy Rizzo
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modernist Travertine Console Attributed To Angelo Mangiarotti. This stunning Italian Postmodern honed travertine console table is beautifully designed with a beveled glass to...
Travertine
$10,761 / item
Column Root Wood Console by Tuğçe Geyik
Located in Geneve, CH
Column Root Wood Console by Tuğçe Geyik Dimensions: D 45 x W 180 x H 88 cm. Materials: Wood. Tuğçe Geyik is an architect and designer based in Istanbul. She studied at Yildiz Techn...
Wood
Hollywood Regency Travertine Marble Glass Brass Console Table by Artedi c. 1970s
By Artedi
Located in New York, NY
Chic Post Modern, Hollywood Regency style console table by Artedi, made in Italy c. 1970/80's.
Travertine, Brass
$7,894 / item
Ruins Console 1.0 in Resin by Szymon Keller
Located in Geneve, CH
Ruins Console 1.0 in Resin by Szymon Keller. Dimensions: W 100 x D 25 x H 90 cm. Materials: Resin, fibers, plaster and structural materials. Available in Green, Brown, Terracotta an...
Resin, Plaster
$1,427 / item
Sandcastle Console by Atelier Ruben Van Megen
Located in Geneve, CH
Sandcastle Console by Atelier Ruben Van Megen Dimensions: W 60 x D 22 x H 20 cm Materials: Sand, Resin, Bronze. Ruben van Megen (1984) graduated from the Design Academy in Eindhove...
Sandstone, Bronze
$1,427 / item
Sandcastle Console by Atelier Ruben Van Megen
Located in Geneve, CH
Sandcastle Console by Atelier Ruben Van Megen Dimensions: W 60 x D 22 x H 20 cm Materials: Sand, Resin, Bronze. Ruben van Megen (1984) graduated from the Design Academy in Eindhove...
Sandstone, Bronze
$2,773 / item
Tetris Walnut and Marble Console by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Tetris Walnut and Marble Console by Morica Design Dimensions: D 49 x W 150 x H 75 cm. Materials: Canaletto walnut, White Carrara marble, metal. Available in Canaletto Walnut, Laguna...
Marble, Metal
$2,820 / item
Tetris Oak and Marble Console by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Tetris Oak and Marble Console by Morica Design Dimensions: D 49 x W 150 x H 75 cm. Materials: Oak, White Carrara marble, metal. Available in Canaletto Walnut, Laguna Oak, or Oak woo...
Marble, Metal
$15,057 / item
Four... For Luck Ebony Console by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Four... For Luck Ebony Console by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 45 x W 150 x H 90 cm. Materials: marquetry work in ebony veneer, solid polished brass. 50 kg. Also available in rosewood....
Brass
$14,585 / item
Four... For Luck Rosewood Console by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Four... For Luck Rosewood Console by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 45 x W 150 x H 90 cm. Materials: marquetry work in rosewood veneer, solid polished brass. 50 kg. Also available in ebo...
Brass
$22,326 / item
Trilithon Marble Console by OS and OOS
By Oskar Peet and Sophie Mensen
Located in Geneve, CH
Trilithon marble console by OS And OOS Dimensions: 180 x 59 x 81 cm Materials: Emperador gold and nero marquina. Studio OS And OOS is design studio for small objects to larger...
Marble
Carrara Marble Evoluzione Sculptural Console by Atelier Terrai
Located in Geneve, CH
Carrara Marble Evoluzione Sculptural Console by Atelier Terrai Dimensions: D 35 x W 150 x H 85 cm. Materials: Carrara marble. This sculpture is engraved from a solid block of white ...
Carrara Marble
Brass Sculpted Butterfly Wings Console Frame by Misaya
By Masaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Sculpted Butterfly Wings Console Frame by Misaya Dimensions: W100 x D30 x H36 cm Materials: Brass Also Available: Different colors (Gold, Polished Brass. Black, Painted Brass)...
Brass
Umberto Asnago for Giorgetti "Galaxy" Console, Black Lacquered Wood & Glass
By Giorgetti S.p.A., Umberto Asnago
Located in Astoria, NY
Umberto Asnago for Giorgetti "Galaxy" Console Table, 1980s, black lacquered wood and glass. 34.75" H x 72" W x 17" D. Provenance: From a 45 Sutton Place South Estate.
Glass, Wood
Contemporary Silver Aluminum Arch Console by Pietro Franceschini
By Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Contemporary Silver Aluminum Arch Console by Pietro Franceschini. Sold exclusively by Galerie Philia Manufacturer: Prinzivalli Dimensions: W 103 x L 30 x H 86 cm Materials: Aluminum ...
Aluminum
Blackened Iron Console W/ Limestone Inset After JMF
By JMF
Located in North Miami, FL
After an iconic design by JMF, this sleek console table features tapering legs with a beautifully textured limestone top which sits inside the console walls. NOTE: there is a SECOND ...
Limestone, Iron
Wave Console in Powder Coated Aluminium by Julien Vidame
Located in Geneve, CH
Wave Console in Powder Coated Aluminium by Julien Vidame. Dimensions: W 50 x D 35 x H 95 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminium. Available in Dull Black, Shiny White, or Silver Varni...
Aluminum
$4,640Sale Price|20% Off
Jay Spectre Console for Century Furniture– Cerused Oakwood 1985c.
By Jay Spectre, Century Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Jay Spectre Console for Century Furniture – Cerused Oakwood (1985) Post-Modernism design, Features extended block elements on top edges with negative space behind a graduated center...
Oak
Tetris Laguna Oak and Marble Console by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Tetris Laguna Oak and Marble Console by Morica Design Dimensions: D 49 x W 150 x H 75 cm. Materials: Laguna oak, White Carrara marble, metal. Available in Canaletto Walnut, Laguna O...
Marble, Metal
Contemporary White Plaster Arch Console by Pietro Franceschini
By Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
White Arch Console by Pietro Franceschini --Sold exclusively by Galerie Philia-- Dimensions: W 103 x L 32 x H 86 cm. Materials: white plaster. **Made-to-order dimensions can be possi...
Aluminum
Vintage Italian Wood and Black Lacquer Console with Glass Top
Located in Chicago, IL
An Italian console from the 1980s, where geometry is treated not as a fixed system, but as something to be shifted, offset, and rebalanced. The composition is asymmetrical, built th...
Glass, Wood
$6,938 / item
Erro Console by Regina Merino and Rodrigo Ordóñez
By Regina Merino
Located in Geneve, CH
Erro consonle by Regina Merino and Rodrigo Ordóñez Dimensions: D 140 x W 40 x H 76.5 cm. Materials: steel, wood. Console made of carbon steel plate with mirror finish. Part o...
Steel
Grand Sculptural Dichroic Glass Console by ODA LIK Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Grand Sculptural Dichroic Glass Console by ODA LIK Studio. Limited Edition. Dimensions: W 284 x D 60 x H 14 cm. Materials: Dichroic glass composition with custom chromatic properties...
Stainless Steel
Leviose Unique Console in Travertine Stone & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Leviose Unique Console in Travertine Stone & Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 20 x W 130 x H 20 cm. Materials: Travertine and steel. Available in different finishe...
Travertine, Steel
Ioro Unique Console in Travertine Stone & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Ioro Unique Console in Travertine Stone & Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 30 x W 120 x H 90 cm. Materials: Travertine and steel. Available in different finishes a...
Travertine, Steel
Tecton Console in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980
Located in Geneve, CH
Tecton Console in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980. Dimensions: W 170.5 x D 45 x H 84 cm. Materials: Travertine. This Console is available in a selection of premium na...
Travertine
Silas Seandel, Freeform Console, Bronzed Steel, Marble, USA, 1970s
By Silas Seandel
Located in High Point, NC
A bronzed steel and marble console table designed and produced by Silas Seandel, USA, c. 1970s. With artists signature to base. Replaced marble top.
Marble, Bronze, Steel
Strata Unique Console in Grey Marble & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Strata Unique Console in Grey Marble & Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 25 x W 120 x H 12 cm. Materials: Marble and steel. Available in different finishes and mate...
Marble, Steel
$148,767 / item
Abyss Console in White Carrara Marble and Glass by :DUFFY
Located in Geneve, CH
Abyss Console in White Carrara Marble and Glass by :DUFFY. Limited Edition. Dimensions: W 200 x D 55 x H 75 cm. Materials: White Carrara Marble, Glass. This piece is also fully cust...
Marble, Carrara Marble
Luna Lux Orizzonte Console in Walnut Veneer by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS
Located in Geneve, CH
Luna Lux Orizzonte Console in Walnut Veneer by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS Dimensions: D 100 x W 230 x H 76 cm. Materials: MDF in walnut veneer. A console table with an elongated shape a...
Stainless Steel, Other
Ettore Sottsass Montenegro Carrara Marble & Granite Console for Ultima Edizione
By Ettore Sottsass, Ultima Edizione
Located in Almelo, NL
Ettore Sottsass Montenegro Carrara Marble & Granite Console for Ultima Edizione 1980s The Montenegro console table, created by Ettore Sottsass in 1980s, is a rare and collectible ...
Granite, Carrara Marble
JMF Style Blackened Iron Console w/ Thick Limestone Top
By JMF
Located in North Miami, FL
Giacometti style iron console with 1 inch thick natural limestone plateau. Tapering legs and mountable to wall for additional sturdiness. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR...
Limestone, Iron
Medium Sculptural Dichroic Glass Console 2 by ODA LIK Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Sculptural Dichroic Glass Console 2 by ODA LIK Studio. Limited Edition. Dimensions: W 186 x D 44 x H 14 cm. Materials: Dichroic glass, mirror-polished stainless steel. Solar ...
Stainless Steel
Medium Sculptural Dichroic Glass Console 1 by ODA LIK Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Sculptural Dichroic Glass Console 1 by ODA LIK Studio. Limited Edition. Dimensions: W 188 x D 46 x H 14 cm. Materials: Glass composition with dichroic chromatic properties, mi...
Stainless Steel
Impressive French 70's Ebonized and Gilt Bronze Console
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impressive French 70's ebonized and gilt bronze console. Beautiful patina on the gilt bronze accent strips.
Bronze
Klein Blue Silk Matt Lacquer Paint, Klavelle Console By OMER OZTURK
Located in Geneve, CH
Klein Blue Silk Matt Lacquer Paint, Klavelle Console By OMER OZTURK Dimensions: W 150 x D 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Boucle Fabric Light Brown Natural Oak Wood, Gold Spheres. About: D...
Lacquer
Polished Stainless Steel Console with Marble Top Insert by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Perseo Console in Polished Steel with Marble Top Insert by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 148.3 x D 36 x H 91.6 cm Materials: Polished stainless steel console with cylinder leg. Structur...
Stainless Steel
Limited Edition Black Oak Wood Console by Bottega Nera Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Limited Edition Black Oak Wood Console by Bottega Nera Furniture Dimensions: W 160 x D 40 x H 90 cm Materials: Black Oak Wood. C5 - 70.50.110. Black oak wood, decorated and painte...
Wood, Oak
Duna Unique Console in Red Travertine Stone & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Duna Unique Console in Red Travertine Stone & Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 20 x W 120 x H 40 cm. Materials: Travertine and steel. Available in different finish...
Travertine, Steel
Sculptural Sirene Console in Wood by Tomasz Omachel Studio & Palucki Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Coffee Table by Tomasz Omachel Studio & Palucki Studio Dimensions: L 125 × W 39 × H 92.5 cm Materials: Solid ash, natural goat parchment, bronze (foot) Colours: Smoked wood...
Bronze
Mutation Console – Contemporary Sculptural Design in Blackened Brass by Misaya
By Masaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Mutation Console – Contemporary Sculptural Design in Blackened Brass by Misaya Dimensions: W 118 x D 44 x H 80 cm Materials: Brass Also available: Different colors (gold, polished b...
Brass
Tecton Small Console in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980
Located in Geneve, CH
Tecton Small Console in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980. Dimensions: W 85.5 x D 45 x H 84 cm. Materials: Travertine. This Small Console is available in a selection of...
Travertine
Black Walnut Hand Carved Wall Mount Console by Michael Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Walnut Hand Carved Wall Mount Console by Michael Wilson Dimensions: W 148.59 x D 36.83 x H 23.50 cm Materials: black walnut The Michael Wilson Studio was founded in the fall o...
Other
Samotrax Console, Anti-flex Metal Core and Aluminium Plates by ORFEO STUDIO
Located in Geneve, CH
Samotrax Console, Anti-flex Metal Core and Aluminium Plates by ORFEO STUDIO Dimensions: W 130 x D 50 x H 90 cm. Material: Anti-flex Metal Core and Aluminium Plates. Finish: Patina fi...
Aluminum
Superstudio for Zanotta Quaderna 710 Console Black silkscreen print on white
By Zanotta, Superstudio
Located in London, GB
Superstudio for Zanotta Quaderna 710 Console Black silkscreen print on white plastic laminate H84 x L180 x D42 cm Contemporary production An iconic design from Italy’s Radical Design...
Plastic, Laminate
$7,840Sale Price|20% Off
Hand Painted Faux Malachite Console / Desk, Alessandro, Baker, 1980's
By Baker Furniture Company, Alessandro Gambrielli
Located in Culver City, CA
This rare desk / console was designed by European designer and artist Alessandro Gambalogna, known simply as “Alessandro,” for Baker Furniture in the 1980s ~ and she is not your stan...
Malachite
Luna Lux Arcen Massive Console in Walnut Veneer by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS
Located in Geneve, CH
Luna Lux Arcen Massive Console in Walnut Veneer by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS Dimensions: D 90 x W 150 x H 45 cm. Materials: MDF in walnut veneer, stainless steel with titanium nitride c...
Stainless Steel, Other
Limited Edition, Contemporary Black Plywood Console by Lucas Tyra Morten
By Lucas Morten
Located in Geneve, CH
Grav Console by Lucas Tyra Morten Limited Edition of 11 + 1 AP Signed Dimensions: D40 x W160 x H67 cm Material: Hand waxed plywood Objects comes with a "Certificate of Authenticity"...
Plywood
Contemporay Black Plywood Console, Rectangular Top by Lucas Tyra Morten
By Lucas Morten
Located in Geneve, CH
Antites console by Lucas Tyra Morten Limited Edition of 15 + 1 AP Signed Dimensions: D40 x W240 x H90 cm Material: Hand-waxed plywood Objects comes with a "Certificate of Authentici...
Plywood
Geometrical Console in Black Oak and Light Travertine Detail by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Renzo Geometrical Console in Black Oak and Travertine by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 156 x D 40 x H 92 cm Materials: Black Oak, Travertine. 40 mm structure in black oak and traverti...
Travertine
Oval Walnut Wood Console with Inserted White Marble Top by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique, Walnut Creta Wood Console Table by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 150 x D 42 x H 80 cm Materials: Walnut, Marble. Oval console Creta in Walnut Canaletto (Noce Canaletto) with m...
Marble
Oval Coral Red Console with Inserted Black Marble Top by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique, Coral Red Creta Console Table by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 150 x D 42 x H 80 cm Materials: Coral Red matte lacquer finish with Nera Marquina marble top insert. Lacquered ov...
Marble
Roma Minimalistic Console in Black Oak and Light BeigeTravertine by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Roma Minimalistic Console in Black Oak and Travertine by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 130 x D 36 x H 80 cm Materials: Black Oak, Travertine. ROMA console in Black Oak structure and T...
Travertine
Textured Chestnut Burl Wood Console with Bronze Finish Spacers by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Full Chestnut Burl Ines RC Console with Bronze Finish Spacers by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 180 x D 47 x H 89 cm Materials: Full Chestnut Burl with bronze finish spacers Full Chestn...
Bronze
Set Of 2 Crpyta Console & Mirror in Travertine & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Crpyta Console & Mirror in Travertine & Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 25 x W 160 x H 180 cm. Materials: Travertine and steel. Available in different fi...
Travertine, Steel
Golden Gate Console in Aged Thermo-Wood & Steel by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS
Located in Geneve, CH
Golden Gate Console in Aged Thermo-Wood & Steel by PANOPTIKUM COLLECTIONS Dimensions: D 50 x W 160 x H 81 cm. Materials: Aged thermo-wood and stainless steel with titanium nitride co...
Stainless Steel, Other
Marble Modular Base & Steel Top Contemporary Art Console by Samuele Brianza
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble console by Samuele Brianza Dimensions: 130 x 30 x 75 cm Materials: - Paonazzo marble 8 blocks - Raw waxed steel rectangular top Primo is a modular system made of load-...
Marble, Steel
Marble Modular Base & Steel Top Contemporary Art Console by Samuele Brianza
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble console by Samuele Brianza Dimensions: 130 x 30 x 75 cm Materials: - Paonazzo marble 8 blocks - Raw waxed steel rectangular top Primo is a modular system made of load-...
Marble, Steel
Glossy Black Brown Console with Rounded Edges Top & Cylinder Base by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Brown Gloss Lacquered Eva Console with Rounded Edges Top by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 150 x D 42 x H 90 cm Materials: Black Brown gloss lacquered finish and in G0/ Greige mat ...
Lacquer
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.