Short "T" Side Table by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Short "T" side table by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 35.5 cm Materials: darkened
Stainless Steel
Mersman Side Table designed by Lou Hodges for Mersman c. 1970's
By Mersman, Lou Hodges
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional post modern side, or end table, designed by Lou Hodges for Mersman, c. 1970's. The
Glass, Oak
Postmodern Side Table in the Memphis Group Style. Circa 1980s
By Memphis Milano
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Side Table in the Memphis Group Style. Circa 1980s Features a quintessential
Glass, Lacquer
Gero Polished Bronze Side Table by Palena Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Gero Polished Bronze Side Table by Palena Furniture Dimensions: W 43.18 x D 50.8 x H 50.8 cm
Bronze, Other
YOUMY Round Foggy Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
. Available in two versions and several colors. Please contact us. Design round side table, in cut and folded
Steel
$1,654 / item
H 17.72 in W 15.36 in D 17.72 in
Clear Glass "Isom Tall" Coffee Table, Sebastian Scherer
By Sebastian Scherer
Located in Geneve, CH
Clear glass "Isom Tall" coffee table, Sebastian Scherer. Dimensions: 45 H x 39 W x 45 D cm
Glass
$2,416 / item
H 19.69 in W 16.93 in D 19.69 in
Satin Glass "Isom Tall" Coffee Table, Sebastian Scherer
By Sebastian Scherer
Located in Geneve, CH
Satin glass "Isom Tall" coffee table, Sebastian Scherer Dimensions: 50 H x 43 W x 50 D cm
Glass
YOUMY Round Corten Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
. Available in two versions and several colors. Please contact us. Design round side table, in cut and folded
Steel
Set Of 3 Lotus Vases And Side Table by Newblue
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 3 Lotus Vases And Side Table by Newblue Unique Pieces Dimensions: D 28 x W 28 x H 30/53 cm
Quartz, Other
YOUMY Round White Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
version. Available in two versions and several colors. Please contact us. Design round side table, in cut
Steel
YOUMY Round Bronze Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
in two versions and several colors. Please contact us. Design round side table, in cut and folded
Bronze
YOUMY Rectangular Black Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
, a side table that can be divided in two so that all guests can keep their glasses close to them. You
Steel
YOUMY Rectangular Bronze Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
, a side table that can be divided in two so that all guests can keep their glasses close to them. You
Steel
YOUMY Rectangular White Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
, a side table that can be divided in two so that all guests can keep their glasses close to them. You
Steel
YOUMY Round Black Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
. Available in two versions and several colors. Please contact us. Design round side table, in cut and folded
Steel
Sculpted Side Table, Human Element III, Collin Velkoff
By Collin Velkoff
Located in Geneve, CH
, Denmark A Passing Permanence - Vappan Taiteen Tila - Helsinki, Finland 2017 Side Show - Paja
Stone
Sculpted Side Table 'Human Element II' Collin Velkoff
By Collin Velkoff
Located in Geneve, CH
, Denmark A Passing Permanence - Vappan Taiteen Tila - Helsinki, Finland 2017 Side Show - Paja
Stone
Bronze and Glass Tri-Pod Occasional Table
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful solid polish bronze and glass occasional table with a reversi glass top. One side is
Bronze
$1,380
H 22 in W 24 in D 30 in
Postmodern Marble and Brass Side Table in the Artedi Style. Circa 1980s.
By Artedi
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Marble and Brass Side Table in the Artedi Style. Circa 1980s. Features a clean
Marble
$5,000
H 30.31 in W 23.62 in D 23.62 in
Memphis Table By Shiro Kuramata Sally Glass Chrome Rolling Table, 1987
By Memphis Group, Shiro Kuramata
Located in Vienna, AT
Round rolling table sally by Shiro Kuramata for Memphis, 1987 Dimensions are 30.31" x 23.35" x
Metal, Chrome
Jay Spectre "DeLanay" Round Chrome and Glass Table
By Jay Spectre, Century Furniture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jay Spectre "DeLanay" Glass and Chrome Side Table. In beautiful Condition. Couldn't an example of
Chrome
Baltic Darkened Bronze Side Table by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Baltic darkened bronze side table by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 33 x W 33 x H 48 cm Materials
Bronze
Nudo Unique Side Table in Oak Wood by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Nudo Unique Side Table in Oak Wood by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 50 cm
Oak
$6,463 / item
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Ash Contemporary Smoke and Silver Mirror Side Table by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Ash Contemporary Smoke and Silver Mirror Side Table by Homa. Dimensions: W 50 x D 50 x H 70 cm
Mirror
$36,407 / item
H 21.66 in W 21.66 in D 21.66 in
The Touch III Handcrafted Cristalita Blue Quartzite Side Table by Grzegorz Majka
By Grzegorz Majka
Located in Geneve, CH
The Touch III Handcrafted Cristalita Blue Quartzite Side Table by Grzegorz Majka Unique Piece
Brass, Other
Double Side Table 40 3 Legs by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Double side table 40 3 legs by Contain Dimensions: D 40 x H 51 cm Materials: Iron, brass
Stone, Marble, Brass, Iron
Simple Side Table 50 3 Legs by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Simple side table 50 3 legs by Contain Dimensions: D 50 x H 51 cm Materials: Iron, brass
Stone, Marble, Brass, Iron
Simple Side Table 40 3 Legs by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Simple side table 40 3 legs by Contain. Dimensions: D 40 x H 51 cm. Materials: iron, brass
Stone, Marble, Brass, Iron
$1,380
H 22 in W 28 in D 16 in
Postmodern 1980s Marble and Brass Half-moon Side Table in the Artedi Style.
By Artedi
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Marble-and-Brass Half-moon-shaped Side Table in the Artedi Style. Circa 1980s
Marble, Brass
Orbis Side Table in Marble with Mirror Core by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Orbis Side Table in Marble with Mirror Core by Homa. Dimensions: W 50 x D 50 x H 30 cm Materials
Onyx, Marble
$3,561 / item
H 19.69 in W 11.82 in D 7.88 in
Lavene Unique Side Table in Carved Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Lavene Unique Side Table in Carved Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 20
Travertine
$6,139 / item
H 19.69 in W 11.82 in D 7.88 in
Papaia Unique Side Table in Carved Green Onyx by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Papaia Unique Side Table in Carved Green Onyx by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 20 x W
Onyx
Set of 2 Sanayi313 Side Tables by Sanayi 313
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Sanayi313 Side Tables by Sanayi 313 Unique Set Dimensions: W 16 x D 16 x H 60 cm
Ash
$1,319 / item
H 19.69 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in
Ordo Unique Side Table & Stool in Oak Wood by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Ordo Unique Side Table & Stool in Oak Wood by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x
Oak
$1,662 / item
H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Brass-Framed Hourglass Side Table with Black Top by Misaya
By Masaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass-Framed Hourglass Side Table with Black Top by Misaya Dimensions: W35/40 x D35/40 x H50 cm
Brass
$1,125 / set
H 15.5 in W 38 in D 26 in
MCM Milo Baughman Style Brass Tear Drop Ying/Yang Coffee/Side Tables For Dia
By Design Institute America
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid century Modern Milo Baughman Style Brass Finish Flat Bar Base Tear Drop Ying/Yang Glass Top
Brass
$1,055Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 15.95 in W 26.78 in D 18.9 in
1970's Willy Rizzo Style Design Sofa Ends Two Tier Side Table Set
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Postmodern Italian design in the style of Willy Rizzo sofa ends two tier side table set of 2. Made
Metal, Brass
$8,238 / item
H 19.69 in W 28.75 in D 21.26 in
Cloud Side Table in Onyx & Brushed Brass by Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Geneve, CH
Cloud Side Table in Onyx & Brushed Brass by Barberini & Gunnell Limited Edition of 45 + 2 AP + 1 p
Onyx, Brass
Tall Game of Stone Side Table, Blue by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Game of Stone Side Table, Blue by Josefina Munoz Game of Stone Collection Dimensions: H55 x
Marble
$11,812
H 28.35 in Dm 21.66 in
Postmodern Vintage Side Table Sirfo Alessandro Mendini Zanotta Edizione 1986
By Alessandro Mendini
Located in Vienna, AT
Postmodern Vintage side table from cast aluminum and clear glass goose - like by Alessandro Mendini
Aluminum
$5,012 / item
H 21.66 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in
Irregular Sculptural Black Volcanic Stone Side Table by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Crusta Side Table by Andres Monnier Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 55 cm. Materials
Stone
$2,770 / item
H 19.69 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Kanzitō Unique Side Table in Oak Wood & Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Kanzitō Unique Side Table in Oak Wood & Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions
Oak
$6,800 / set
H 15 in W 13 in D 22.5 in
Rotating Top Maitland Smith Tessellated Travertine Side Tables with Brass Inlay
By Maitland Smith
Located in Saint Louis, MO
pair of travertine Maitland Smith rotating top side tables with brass inlays speaks your language
Travertine, Brass
$2,850
H 11.88 in Dm 15.88 in
Dutch Postmodern Red Side Drinks Table w/Shelf by Erik van Buijtenen for Nebu
By Erik van Buijtenen, Nebu
Located in New York, NY
Nebu, circa 1970s, Holland. This Post-Modern / '70s Modern table is round, has a 'Coca-Cola' red hue, a
Composition
$5,804 / item
H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Vena Unique Side Table in Carved Red Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Vena Unique Side Table in Carved Red Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D
Travertine
$1,200Sale Price|25% Off
H 18 in Dm 16 in
Warren Platner for Knoll International Wire Side Table, circa 1970s
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
a glass surface with a beveled edge, this side table is graceful, gentle, yet stately and strong
Metal
Low Game of Stone Side Table, Blue by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Low game of stone side table, blue by Josefina Munoz Game of stone Collection Dimensions: H40 x
Marble
$7,758 / item
H 19.69 in W 28.75 in D 21.26 in
Cloud Side Table in Marble & Mirror Polished Brass by Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Geneve, CH
Cloud Side Table in Marble & Mirror Polished Brass by Barberini & Gunnell Limited Edition of 45 + 2
Marble, Brass
Tall Game of Stone Side Table, Black Silver by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall game of stone side table, black silver by Josefina Munoz Game of stone collection Dimensions
Marble
Industrial Studio Occasional Table w/19th C. Glass, 4 available
Located in North Miami, FL
Custom studio designed heavy blackened iron bases with 19th Century 1" green sandblasted glass tops
Iron
Mirrored Side Tables by Michel Pigneres
By Michel Pigneres
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A stunning and sophisticated pair of side tables by French designer Michel Pignères, exemplifying
Brass, Stainless Steel
$1,250
H 20.88 in W 15 in D 10 in
Vintage Postmodern DIA Cantilever Brass / Chrome Side End Table / Karl Springer
By Design Institute America
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Postmodern DIA Cantilever brass and a dark chrome and glass Side End Table An interesting
Brass
Contemporary Lacquered Glass and Metal End Table
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary "OTO" circular end table with a satin blue-gray beveled glass top and lacquered metal
Glass
$3,200Sale Price / set|33% Off
H 15.5 in W 20 in D 20 in
Set of Three Tubular Lucite and Nickel Side Tables or Nightstands, 1970s
By Karl Springer, Charles Hollis Jones, Lion in Frost
Located in Los Angeles, CA
work great with the current variation of glass tint. This set of three side tables in the style of
Nickel
$12,531 / set
H 29.53 in Dm 17.72 in
Marble Modular Base Contemporary Art Side Table Set by Samuele Brian
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble side table set by Samuele Brianza. Dimensions: 45 x 45 x 57 cm. 45 x 45 x 75 cm
Stone, Marble
$3,035
H 25.6 in Dm 19.69 in
Brass Vereinigte Werkstätten München Side Coffee Table 1950s Hollywood Regency
By Vereinigte Werkstätten München
Located in London, GB
An elegant and rare Mid-Century Modern tripod side table designed and manufactured by Vereinigte
Brass
$1,031 / item
H 17.33 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Herringbone Tile Side Table Butter Yellow Warm White Steel by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Herringbone side table is perfect as a sophisticated design element with modern charm any place where you
Steel, Other
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 .