$800
H 27.5 in W 16 in D 17 in
Vintage IKEA Ry Chrome & Glass Side Table Designed by Tord Björklund, ca. 1980s
By Tord Bjorklund, IKEA, Memphis Group
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage 1980s side table features a U-leg chrome base and round glass table top. Similar to
Chrome
$960Sale Price|20% Off
H 20.58 in Dm 18 in
Postmodern Glass Top Side or End Table by Becker Designs, 1990s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern black lacquered steel side or end table with three stacked pieces of glass designed and
Steel
Tessellated Marble Glass Side End Table by Magnussen
By Magnussen Furniture
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Side End Table With an inlaid brass design and beveled glass top Approximate Measurements Glass: 28" x
Marble, Brass
$4,085 / set
H 26.38 in W 19.69 in D 15.75 in
Cream Lacquered Glass Side Tables Wheels 1970s Hollywood Regency Pair bedside
Located in London, GB
A pair of effortlessly chic side tables, made of lacquered metal and sat atop castor wheels. Each
Metal
French Designer, Side Table, Metal, Glass, Brass, France, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A black-lacquered metal, glass and brass side table designed and produced in France, c. 1960s
Metal, Brass
$4,664 / item
H 25.6 in Dm 19.69 in
Macari Side Table in Bronze Glass, Matte Horn & Burnished Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Macari Side Table in Bronze Glass, Matte Horn & Burnished Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 65
Other, Brass
$454 / item
H 17.72 in Dm 20.48 in
From Above Side Table Smoke Brown Glass Butter Yellow by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
From Above Side Table Smoke Brown Glass Butter Yellow by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D52 x H45 cm
Steel
From Above Side Table Smoke Brown Glass Rusty Red by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
From Above side table smoke brown glass rusty red by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 52 x H 45 cm
Steel
From Above Side Table Smoke Grey Glass Black Noir by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
From Above Side Table Smoke Grey Glass Black Noir by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D52 x H45 cm Material
Steel
$4,999 / item
H 21.66 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Block Form Silver Travertine Side Table with Transparent Glass Top by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
Narcho Silver Travertine Side Table by RAFFINATO Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 55 cm. Materials
Travertine
$1,870 / set
H 21 in W 21 in D 21 in
Pair of Casprini Italian Postmodern Side Tables in Brass, Grey Glass and Lacquer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking pair of Italian postmodern side tables by Casprini, produced in the 1980s and defined by
Brass
$1,136
H 19.69 in Dm 19.69 in
Minimalist Round Side Table with glass top and base by Draenert, Germany 1983
By Peter Draenert
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a sleek, round side table designed by Peter Draenert, model 1010
Steel
Postmodern Coffee or Side Table, Metal & Smoked Glass, USA, c.1980s
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A distinctive postmodern coffee or side table in the 1980s design tradition, crafted from smoked
Metal
$984Sale Price|40% Off
H 21 in W 25.5 in D 25.5 in
Postmodern Glass Top Side Table with Black Sphere Faux Marble Lacquer Base 1980s
Located in Toronto, CA
A sculptural Postmodern pedestal side table in the Memphis style, circa 1980s, featuring a high
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
$3,517 / item
H 26.38 in W 25.6 in D 15.75 in
Solid Freijo and Imbuia Wood and Glass Memento Side Table by Andreas Anwander
Located in Geneve, CH
Solid Freijo and Imbuia Wood and Glass Memento Side Table by Andreas Anwander Dimensions: W 65 x D
Glass, Wood
Tripod Postmodern Side Table
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful 1980s Postmodern tripod side table. The table is constructed of brush aluminum legs
Aluminum
$1,600 / set
H 24.75 in Dm 20 in
Traditional Cherry Wood and Transparent Glass Round Side Tables - a Pair
Located in Secaucus, NJ
listed is for a pair (two side tables) Specification: The top is 0.50 thick polished transparent glass
Metal
Nun Side Table by Shou
Located in Geneve, CH
Nun side table by Shou Dimensions: W 30 x D 35 x H 40 cm Materials: Tempered glass. Nun side
Glass
$5,262 / item
H 24.41 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Cone-Shaped Honey Onyx Side Table with Round Clear Glass Top by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
Atlas Honey Onyx Side Table by RAFFINATO Dimensions: D 50 x 50 x H 62 cm. Materials: Honey onyx and
Onyx
Aconito Side Table by Vetralia
Located in Geneve, CH
Aconito Side Table by Vetralia Designed by Alessandro Trambaioli Dimensions: D 45 x H 60 cm
Glass, Wood, Resin
$5,131 / item
H 19.69 in W 11.82 in D 15.75 in
U Shape Base Red Travertine Side Table with Transparent Glass Top by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
Artemis Red Travertine Side Table by RAFFINATO Dimensions: D 40 x W 30 x H 50 cm. Materials: Red
Travertine
$6,052 / item
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 11.82 in
Minimalist Ceres Green Onyx Side Table with Support Clear Glass Top by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
Ceres Green Onyx Side Table by RAFFINATO Dimensions: D 30 x 50 x H 50 cm. Materials: Green onyx and
Onyx
$12,900 / set
H 19.25 in W 30 in D 24 in
Two-Tier Safety Wire Glass Top & Brass Trim Side Tables on Casters, Pair
By Donald Judd
Located in North Miami, FL
These all iron base rectangular side tables are topped with embedded safety wire mesh glass and
Brass, Iron
$1,325
H 16.5 in Dm 20 in
Flute of Chicago Corrugated Side Table w/ Glass Top and Copper Disc Centerpiece
By Flute Chicago
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful post modern side table constructed of black corrugated cardboard wrapped in a a tapered
Copper
$6,878 / item
H 19.69 in Dm 15.75 in
S Shape, Transperant Glass and Brick Red Marble Side Table by Frederic Saulou
By Frederic Saulou
Located in Geneve, CH
Delta S side table by Frederic Saulou Limited Edition of 10 Materials: White glass, Azur Imperial
Marble
$42,612 / item
H 7.49 in Dm 8.67 in
Helle Cast Glass Fire Polished Hand Sanded Low Side Table by Bowen Liu
Located in Geneve, CH
Helle Cast Glass Fire Polished Hand Sanded Low Side Table by Bowen Liu Limited Edition of 8 + 1
Other
$2,774
H 22.05 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Papilio 3 Trier Glass Side Table by Alessandro Mendini for Zanotta 1990's Italy
Located in Lisboa, PT
A striking example of 1990s Italian postmodern design, this "Papilio" three-tier side table was
Metal
$61,573 / item
H 22.45 in W 27.56 in D 20.08 in
Vertigo Gold Side Table in 24K Gold-Plated Inox & Glass by Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Geneve, CH
Vertigo Gold Side Table in 24K Gold-Plated Inox & Glass by Barberini & Gunnell Limited Edition of
Gold Plate, Stainless Steel
Macari Side Table by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Macari Side Table by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 50 x H 65 cm Materials: Horn, glass, stainless steel
Stainless Steel
Pair of Brass and Glass End or Side Tables
By Milo Baughman
Located in Redding, CT
Pair of Hollywood Regency Brass and Glass end tables with mirrored bottom shelves. Art deco 1980's
Brass
Cuitzeo Side Table by Drusch Design
Located in Geneve, CH
timeless quality, while the 9mm smoked black tempered glass offers a modern touch. This side table
Stone
Tao Side Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Tao Side Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: D 60 x H 40 cm Materials: Base: Veneer , Top: Clear
Glass
Panton Side Table by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Panton side table by Domkapa Dimensions: W 50 x D 50 x H 51 cm. Materials: Grey beige matte
Steel, Stainless Steel
Vintage Boho Arched Rattan Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
within a relaxed Boho context. Topped with original smoked glass, these tables perfectly balance airy
Rattan, Glass
$1,844 / set
H 19.29 in W 14.96 in D 13.78 in
Set of 2 Postmodern German Rolling Metal and Glass Side Tables from D-Tec, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern metal side tables or home bars from D-Tec from the 80s. The round body is made of heavy
Metal
Luminous Side Table by Yugen Lab
Located in Geneve, CH
Luminous Side Table by Yugen Lab Dimensions: D 40 x W 45 x H 46 cm. Materials: 4 mm ribbed glass
Glass
Pégasus Side Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Pégasus Side Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: D 60 x H 55 cm Materials: Base: Veneer, Top: Clear
Glass, Wood
Traspade Side Table by Testatonda
By Testatonda
Located in Geneve, CH
Traspade side table by Testatonda Dimensions: D 55 x W 55 x H 42 cm. Materials: stainless steel
Stainless Steel
Hoop Side Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Hoop Side Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 60 x D 60 x H 40 cm Materials: Base: Reconstituted
Leather, Glass
Vidro Side Table G by Wentz
By Guilherme Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Vidro Side Table L by Wentz Dimensions: D 60 x W 60 x H 50 cm Materials: Glass, Wood. Weight
Glass, Wood
Vidro Side Table M by Wentz
By Guilherme Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Vidro Side Table S by Wentz Dimensions: D 60 x W 60 x H 40 cm Materials: Glass, Wood. Weight
Glass, Wood
Vidro Side Table S by Wentz
By Guilherme Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Vidro Side Table S by Wentz Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 45 cm Materials: Glass, Wood. Weight
Glass, Wood
Side Table 019 by Jesper Eriksson
Located in Geneve, CH
Side table 019 by Jesper Eriksson Dimensions: D 60 x W 60 x H 70 cm Materials: anthracite coal
Other
Lui Side Table by Ira Boyko
Located in Geneve, CH
LUI side table by Ira Boyko Dimentions: D 42 x W 42 x H 42 cm Materials: Glass, Stone travertine
Travertine
Stak Side Table by Studio Indigene
Located in Geneve, CH
Stak Side Table by Studio Indigene Dimensions: D 30.48 x W 30.48 x H 63.5 cm. Materials: Reclaimed
Bronze
YVES Side Table by Ira Boyko
Located in Geneve, CH
YVES side table by Ira Boyko Dimentions: D 36.9 x W 35 x H 55.2 cm Materials: Glass, Stone
Stone
Boy Side Table by Ira Boyko
Located in Geneve, CH
BOY side table by Ira Boyko Dimentions: D 33 x W 33 x H 33 cm Materials: glass, stone Thassos
Stone
Twist Side Table by Studio Monsoleil
Located in Geneve, CH
Twist Side Table by Studio Monsoleil Dimensions: Ø 45 x H 50 cm. Materials: Tempered glass. Twist
Glass
Pair of Memphis style side tables, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage memphis style round side tables with a metal frame and two tier glasses. Inspired by
Metal
Ceasare Lacca Pair of Tripod Side Tables with Glass top circa 1950
By Cesare Lacca
Located in CA, CA
Cesare Lacca pair of tripod side tables are iconic examples of Italian Mid-Century Modern design
Glass, Wood
Materia Side Table by Brera Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Materia side table by Brera Studio. Limited Edition of 20 pieces. Dimensions: Base: D 25 x W 25 x
Stone
Porada Birillo side table postmodern 80s style
By Porada Arredi, Tarcisio Colzani
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Birillo side table designed by Tarcisio Colzani for Porada. This table was published in the early
Steel
$2,562 / set
H 24.02 in Dm 31.11 in
Pair of Pottery Urn Pots, Large Thick Beveled Glass Tops Side End Lamp Tables
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
beveled glass tops These are a large and substantial pair of very decorative pots side tables, I bought
Pottery, Glass
Ivy II Side Table by Yugen Lab
Located in Geneve, CH
glass and flat tempered glass. Ivy-II is a vibrant glass side table with a coastal color palette
Glass
$1,759
H 15.75 in Dm 19.69 in
Postmodern Italian Help Series Side Table in Glass by Paolo Bistacchi for Albed
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern glass side table from Italian manufacturer Albed to a design by Paolo Bistacchi
Metal
Kaila Small Side Table by Yugen Lab
Located in Geneve, CH
glass. Kaila Small side table boasts an elegant ribbed glass design with carefully chosen gradient
Glass
Kaila Medium Side Table by Yugen Lab
Located in Geneve, CH
glass. Kaila Medium side table boasts an elegant ribbed glass design with carefully chosen gradient
Glass
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.
The right vintage, new or antique tables can help make any space in your home stand out.
Over the years, the variety of tables available to us, as well as our specific needs for said tables, has broadened. Today, with all manner of these must-have furnishings differing in shape, material and style, any dining room table can shine just as brightly as the guests who gather around it.
Remember, when shopping for a dining table, it must fit your dining area, and you need to account for space around the table too — think outside the box, as an oval dining table may work for tighter spaces. Alternatively, if you’ve got the room, a Regency-style dining table can elevate any formal occasion at mealtime.
Innovative furniture makers and designers have also redefined what a table can be. Whether it’s an unconventional Ping-Pong table, a brass side table to display your treasured collectibles or a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk to add an air of nostalgia to your loft, your table can say a lot about you.
The visionary work of French designer Xavier Lavergne, for example, includes tables that draw on the forms of celestial bodies as often as they do aquatic creatures or fossils. Elsewhere, Italian architect Gae Aulenti, who looked to Roman architecture in crafting her stately Jumbo coffee table, created clever glass-topped mobile coffee tables that move on bicycle tires or sculpted wood wheels for Fontana Arte.
Coffee and cocktail tables can serve as a room’s centerpiece with attention-grabbing details and colors. Glass varieties will keep your hardwood flooring and dazzling area rugs on display, while a marble or stone coffee table in a modern interior can showcase your prized art books and decorative objects. A unique vintage desk or writing table can bring sophistication and even a bit of spice to your work life.
No matter your desired form or function, a quality table for your living space is a sound investment. On 1stDibs, browse a collection of vintage, new and antique bedside tables, mid-century end tables and more .