$1,982 / item
Aya Table Lamp by TheUrbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Aya table lamp by TheUrbanative The Andrika Collection Dimensions: 21,5 x 18,5 x 53 cm Material: Powdercoated steel Plate European Ash Brass plated lampholder Light bulb exclud...
Brass, Steel
$1,346 / item
Storm Table Lamp by Emilie Cathelineau
Located in Geneve, CH
Storm table lamp by Emilie Cathelineau Dimensions: D 15.6 x W 5 X H 26.5 cm Materials: solid brass, white polycarbonate. Others finishes are available. All our lamps can be wir...
Brass
$1,931 / item
Cone Table Lamp by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Cone table lamp by Contain Dimensions: D 12 x W 44 x H 25 cm Materials: brass structure, opal glass and stone base. Also available in different finishes. All our lamps can be ...
Stone, Brass
Wildware Triceratops Turcae Floor Lamp by Andreu Carulla Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Wildware Triceratops Turcae Floor Lamp by Andreu Carulla Studio Dimensions: W 25 x D 160 x H 40 cm. Materials: Solid Brass. Weight: 215 gr. With materiality, craftsmanship and sus...
Brass
Wildware Cochlearis Rex Floor Lamp by Andreu Carulla Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Wildware Cochlearis Rex Floor Lamp by Andreu Carulla Studio Dimensions: W 25 x D 160 x H 40 cm. Materials: Solid Brass. Weight: 215 gr. With materiality, craftsmanship and sustain...
Brass
$2,165 / item
Zena Table Lamp by G.Luce
Located in Geneve, CH
Zena Table Lamp by G.Luce Dimensions: W 36 x D 34 x H 59 cm Materials: Brass Structure Light Satin Gold or Black Nickel Finish, Opal Glass Lampshade. Weight: 7.5 Kg. G.Luce is the...
Brass
The Foglia Floor Lamp by Tommaso Barbi for Carlo Giorgi, Italy
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in PARIS, FR
Tommaso Barbi was born in Florence and trained as a sculptor before turning to decorative design. Working through the 1960s and 1970s, he became synonymous with a particular strain o...
Brass
$6,437 / set
Set of 2 Upper Floor Lamps by Hervé Langlais
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Upper floor lamps by Hervé Langlais Dimensions: D60X H200 cm Materials: Solid brass,Lampshade Drop Paper® M1, Black textile cable (2m). Others finishes are available. ...
Brass
$936 / item
Fringe Cream White Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Fringe Cream White Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D20 x W26 x H126 cm Material: Brass plated steel, Viscose fringes Weight: 1 kg Also available in different colours. Pleas...
Brass, Steel, Other
$2,153 / item
Triangle Box Brass Desk Light by Atelier Areti
Located in Geneve, CH
Triangle Box Brass Desk Light by Atelier Areti Dimensions: D 12 x W 15 x H 43 cm. Materials: Brushed brass, white acrylic panels. Available in nickel, black, or brass. All our lamp...
Brass
$8,755 / item
TC Floor Lamp 1 by Studio ThusThat
Located in Geneve, CH
TC floor lamp 1 by Studio ThusThat Unique piece. Dimensions: 150cm x 58cm x 30cm Materials: Hand-formed slag geopolymer, hammered copper, brass fitting. All lamps could be wire...
Brass, Copper
$5,794 / item
Il Pezzo 3 Bronze Floor Lamp by Il Pezzo Mancante
Located in Geneve, CH
Il Pezzo 3 Bronze Floor Lamp by Il Pezzo Mancante Dimensions: W 44 x D 32 x H 172 cm Materials: Gold, Satin brass, Bronze, Nickel Also available in bronze satin, brass, gold nickel...
Brass, Bronze
$2,111 / item
Ellis Floor Lamp by Hervé Langlais
Located in Geneve, CH
Ellis Floor Lamp by Hervé Langlais Dimensions: D60x H55 cm Materials: Solid brass, Lampshade Drop Paper® M1, Black textile cable (2m). Others finishes and dimensions are available...
Brass
$1,287 / item
Ellis Table Lamp by Hervé Langlais
Located in Geneve, CH
Ellis table lamp by Hervé Langlais Dimensions: D 39 x H 33 cm Materials: Solid brass, lampshade drop paper® M1, Black textile cable (2m). Others finishes and dimensions are availa...
Brass
$2,844 / item
Satellite CG 45 Table Lamp by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
Satellite CG 45 Table Lamp by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 42 x D 11 x H 54 cm Materials: Burnished brass. Rotating table lamp in dark oxidized burnished brass with a double‐plug LED ...
Brass
$1,982 / item
Tiki Lamp by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Tiki lamp by Tero Kuitunen Material: slip cast terracotta, hand knot paper shade, brass and textile cable. Dimensions: D30 x H55 cm Edition of 3 Also Available in colors: Blue,...
Brass
Tubular Sphere Table Lamp Attributed to Roger Rougier
Located in Houston, TX
Tubular sphere table lamp attributed to Roger Rougier featuring enameled metal tubes with a folded brass base.
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Vintage Boho Washed Pencil Reed Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Illuminate your interior with the sculptural elegance of this vintage pencil reed and rattan table lamp. The design features a striking architectural silhouette, characterized by a c...
Brass
$2,739 / item
Planette Alabaster Table Lamp by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Planette Alabaster table lamp by Contain Dimensions: D16.5 x H16.5 cm Materials: alabaster, brass Also available in different finishes. All our lamps can be wired according to...
Alabaster, Brass
$8,497 / item
Totem Table Lamp by Lionel Hamon
Located in Geneve, CH
Totem Table Lamp by Lionel Hamon Dimensions: D 20 x W 45 x H 59 cm. Materials: Brass and cotton. Finish: Black patina and black lampshade. Available in three finishes: black patina...
Brass
$8,966 / item
Forest Table Lamp by Lionel Hamon
Located in Geneve, CH
Forest Table Lamp by Lionel Hamon Dimensions: D 20 x W 45 x H 75 cm. Materials: Brass and cotton. Finish: Light patina and black lampshade. Available in three finishes: black patin...
Brass
$8,966 / item
Forest Table Lamp by Lionel Hamon
Located in Geneve, CH
Forest Table Lamp by Lionel Hamon Dimensions: D 20 x W 45 x H 75 cm. Materials: Brass and cotton. Finish: Light patina and white lampshade. Available in three finishes: black patin...
Brass
$12,290 / item
Disarmante Table Lamp by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Disarmante Table Lamp by Secondome Edizioni Limited Edition Of 30 pieces + 3 A.P. Designer: Gio Tirotto. Dimensions: Ø 49 x H 65 cm. Materials: Glass and brass. Collection / Producti...
Brass
$2,200 / item
Balestra Table Lamp by G.Luce
Located in Geneve, CH
Balestra Table Lamp by G.Luce Dimensions: W 35 x D 10 x H 65 cm Materials: Marble and Brass Base, Satin Light Gold Finish Lampshade either opal Glass, Satinated Glass, or Aluminium. ...
Marble, Brass
$3,265 / item
Heron Table Lamp by CTO Lighting
By CTO Lighting
Located in Geneve, CH
Heron table lamp by CTO Lighting Materials: satin brass with movable head. Also available in bronze with movable head. Dimensions: W 26 x D 37 x H 69 cm All our lamps can be w...
Brass
$1,158 / item
Calee XS Table Lamp by POOL
Located in Geneve, CH
Calee XS table lamp by Pool Dimensions: D22 X H42 cm Materials: solid brass, polycarbonate, textile cable (2m). Others finishes and dimensions are available. All our lamps can ...
Brass
$56,605 / item
Elysian Sculptural Standing Lamp by Katia Luna Benaï
Located in Geneve, CH
Elysian Sculptural Standing Lamp by Katia Luna Benaï. Dimensions: W 86 x D 174 x H 200 cm. Materials: Solid Canaletto walnut, brass disc, amber Murano glass. All our lamps can be wi...
Brass
$2,481 / item
Alma Table Lamp II by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Alma Table Lamp II by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 40 x H 63 cm Materials: Horn, leather, brass. Table lamp in matte horn and Tosca leather (cat. D), dark brown color. Burnished brass det...
Brass
$5,981 / item
Pivot Table Lamp by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Pivot table lamp by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 15.6 x W 30.7 x H 78.7 cm Materials: darkened brass Available in polished tarnished brass, darkened brass and hand rubbed brass. ...
Brass
$8,158 / item
Tube Table Lamp by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Tube table lamp by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 60 x W 35.5 x H 35.5 cm Materials: tarnished brass Available in darkened brass and tarnished brass. All our lamps can be wired a...
Brass
$3,031 / item
Drenare Table Lamp by Caio Superchi
Located in Geneve, CH
Drenare table lamp by Caio Superchi Dimensions: D28 x W28 x H22 cm Materials: Solid Peroba do Campo wood + grid and brass connections + 6w led All our lamps can be wired accord...
Brass
$9,808 / item
Standing Lamp 3 Rotating Arms by Serge Mouille
Located in Geneve, CH
Standing lamp 3 rotating arms by Serge Mouille Dimensions: D135 x W145 x H210 cm Materials: Brass, steel, aluminium One of a King, Numbered. Also available in different colour. ...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
$1,790 / item
Space Table Lamp by Dovain Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Space Table Lamp by Dovain Studio Dimensions: H 65 x W 30 x D 30 cm Materials: Lacquered Metal, Brass detail Dovain Studio Creative direction by Sergio Prieto, a Spanish artist...
Metal, Brass
$1,439 / item
Wonder Table Lamp by Emilie Cathelineau
Located in Geneve, CH
Wonder table lamp by Emilie Cathelineau Dimensions: D 11.2 x W 9 x H 23 cm Materials: Solid Brass and painted steel, Textured white PMMA diffuser, Black textile cable. Others fini...
Brass, Steel
$5,524 / set
Set of 2 Nuvol Double Floor Lamps by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Nuvol double floor lamps by Contain Dimensions: D28 x H150 cm each Materials: Brass structure and matte or glossy glass. Available in different finishes. All our lamps...
Brass
$3,523 / item
Oddysey Table Lamp by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Oddysey Table Lamp by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 56 cm. Materials: Brushed brass and white marble. Odyssey Table Lamp is the new addition to Memoir’s lighting collec...
Marble, Brass
$1,250Sale Price|30% Off
Aha Table Lamp by Demeter, France, c.1980
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT This rare 1980s French postmodern "Aha" table lamp, designed by Olivier Verlet for Demeter, features an ingenious articulated body crafted from a heavy-duty aluminum folding d...
Aluminum, Brass
$7,261 / item
Mano Standing Lamp Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Mano standing lamp table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci Dimensions: W15.2 x D27.9 x H31.7 cm Materials: brasse, aluminium base, led strip. All our lamps can be wired according to eac...
Aluminum, Brass
$4,284 / item
Small Double Lamp by Sophie Rogers
Located in Geneve, CH
Small double lamp by Sophie Rogers Dimensions: D 40 x H 35 (base only) / 45 (with bulb) cm Materials: black stoneware, matte cream glaze, aged brass Bulb spec: 6W, E27, 340 Lumens...
Brass
$5,794 / item
Large Double Lamp by Sophie Rogers
Located in Geneve, CH
Large double lamp by Sophie Rogers Dimensions: D 51 x H 50 (base only) / 74 (with bulb) cm Materials: white stoneware, matte black glaze, aged brass Bulb spec: 6W, E27, 340 Lumens...
Brass
$3,499 / item
Saturn Table Lamp by Serge Mouille
Located in Geneve, CH
Saturn table lamp by Serge Mouille Dimensions: D 41 x W 39 x H 40 cm Materials: Brass, steel, aluminum One of a King. Numbered. Also available in different color. All our lamp...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
$6,285 / item
Paper Table Lamp by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Paper table lamp by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 50.8 x W 20.3 x H 63.5 cm Materials: darkened brass, plastic. Available in polished tarnished brass and darkened brass. All our...
Brass
$2,626 / item
Ballerina Table Lamp by Elise Luttik
Located in Geneve, CH
The Ballerina table lamp by Elise Luttik Dimensions: D 53 x H 50 cm Materials: Silicon translucent tutu, brass, marble base. Available in 2 sizes: H 40, H 50 cm. Elise Luttik materi...
Marble, Brass
$4,295 / item
Orb 2 Floor Lamp by Square in Circle
Located in Geneve, CH
Orb 2 Floor Lamp by Square in Circle Dimensions: H 165 x W 58 cm Globe diameter 15 cm Materials: brushed brass finish, white marble, green marble, opaque white globe A statement flo...
Marble, Brass
$15,450 / item
Red Aurea Table Lamp Demian Quincke
By Demian Quincke
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Aurea table lamp Demian Quincke Dimensions: 16 Ø x H 40 cm Materials: Casted Brass, unique red natural quartz points. Like an eruption of red strength blooming from an organ...
Quartz, Brass
$421 / item
Ambience Charcoal Table Lamp by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Ambience charcoal table lamp by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D22 x W32 x H43 cm Material: Lacquered steel, Brass Weight: 1 kg Also available in different colors. A beautiful table...
Brass, Steel
$14,771 / item
Canal Table Lamp by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Canal Table Lamp by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 33 x W 50.8 x H 137 cm Materials: darkened brass All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be...
Brass
Judith Stiles Postmodern Table Lamps, Circa 1980, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of hand painted Postmodern table lamps by ceramic artist Judith Stiles of New York, NY. Vases are topped with brass caps, and decorated with abstract graphic designs. Geometri...
Brass
$7,725 / item
Envie Table Lamp by Arch Plus Ultra
Located in Geneve, CH
Envie Table Lamp by Arch Plus Ultra Dimensions: W 42 x D 42 x H 70 cm. Materials: Ebony wood, Brass, Jacquard of trevira. Inspired by the byzantine mosaic art, small irregular cubes...
Brass
$3,382 / item
Regency Table Lamp by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Regency Table Lamp by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 60 cm. Materials: Polished brass, knurled tubes, white marble and satin fabric. Besides its small size as a table la...
Marble, Brass
$3,382 / item
Regency Table Lamp by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Regency Table Lamp by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 60 cm. Materials: Polished brass, knurled tubes, white marble and satin fabric. Besides its small size as a table la...
Marble, Brass
$2,021 / item
7-Lens Floor Lamp by Object Density
Located in Geneve, CH
7-Lens floor lamp by Object Density Handmade Dimensions: Ø28 x 125 cm Material: Brass (Messing), Optical lenses, Dimmable 12V LED Through a close inquiry into an optician’s pro...
Brass
$1,815 / item
5-Lens Floor Lamp by Object Density
Located in Geneve, CH
5-lens floor lamp by Object Density Handmade Dimensions: Ø28 x 108 cm Material: Brass (Messing), optical lenses, dimmable 12V LED Through a close inquiry into an optician’s pro...
Brass
$2,610 / item
Antony Desk Lamp by Serge Mouille
Located in Geneve, CH
Antony desk lamp by Serge Mouille Dimensions: D24.5 x W30 x H37 cm Materials: Brass, Steel, Aluminum One of a King. Numbered. Also available in different color. All our lamps...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
$1,662 / item
Transgenic Table Lamp by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Transgenic Table Lamp by Secondome Edizioni Limited Edition Of 90 pieces. Designer: Matteo Cibic. Dimensions: Ø 12 x H 45 cm. Materials: Hand-blown glass and brass. Collection / Prod...
Brass
$1,662 / item
Transgenic Table Lamp by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Transgenic Table Lamp by Secondome Edizioni Limited Edition Of 90 pieces. Designer: Matteo Cibic. Dimensions: Ø 12 x H 45 cm. Materials: Hand-blown glass and brass. Collection / Prod...
Brass
$1,662 / item
Transgenic Table Lamp by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Transgenic Table Lamp by Secondome Edizioni Limited Edition Of 90 pieces. Designer: Matteo Cibic. Dimensions: Ø 12 x H 45 cm. Materials: Hand-blown glass and brass. Collection / Prod...
Brass
$1,158 / item
The Bride Medium White Floor Lamp by Mammalampa
Located in Geneve, CH
The Bride Medium White Floor Lamp by Mammalampa Unique Piece. Designed by Ieva Kalēja. Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 170 cm. Materials: Paper, brass, and white painted steel. Available in di...
Brass, Steel
$1,158 / item
The Bride Medium Graphite Floor Lamp by Mammalampa
Located in Geneve, CH
The Bride Medium Graphite Floor Lamp by Mammalampa Unique Piece. Designed by Ieva Kalēja. Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 170 cm. Materials: Paper, brass, and white painted steel. Available in...
Brass, Steel
$1,158 / item
The Bride Medium Brown Floor Lamp by Mammalampa
Located in Geneve, CH
The Bride Medium Brown Floor Lamp by Mammalampa Unique Piece. Designed by Ieva Kalēja. Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 170 cm. Materials: Paper, brass, and painted steel. Available in differen...
Brass, Steel
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 table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.
Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.
Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.
Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.
As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.
There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.
With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.
The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.