$480Sale Price|20% Off
Post-Modern Brass Table Lamp with Brass Shade
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and unique Post-Modern brass table lamp with brass shade, circa 1980s.
Brass
Post Modern Metal Floor Lamp with Handblown glass shade
Located in Pasadena, TX
This floor lamp has a huge handblown glass shade. The shade is 27' in diameter and 10" in height. The base is anchored by rectangular granite base. The body has straight lines giving...
Granite, Metal
Post-Modern Table Lamp by Ron Rezek, Red Perforated Shade, 1980
By Ron Rezek
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Post-Modern Model 110 Table Lamp by Ron Rezek with perforated Shade, circa 1980.
Steel, Metal
1980s Post-Modern Table Lamp by VeArt, White Glass Shade, Metal Base
By VeArt
Located in Landgraaf, NL
Table lamp by VeArt, Italy 1980s. White glass cone shaped shade and metal patinated base. This is a rare lamp as we can not find another one. Marked with VeArt logo on the shade. Pos...
Metal
Post-Modern Metal Floor Lamp with Blue Bird-Shaped Shade by Bjart Rhenen
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Charming floor lamp made by Dutch design firm Bjart Rhenen. The shade made of aluminium has the shape of a bird. This lamp dates back to the 1980's. Bjart Rhenen no longer exists ...
Steel
Vintage Plaster Cactus Lamp With Globe Lamp Shade MCM Postmodern Retro 70s 80s
By Michael Taylor, John Dickinson, Richard Etts, Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Vintage Cactus Plaster Lamp. The lamp is made out of plaster and the lampshade is made out of acrylic. Solid and very heavy. Color: Off White Condition: In great vintage condi...
Plaster
Modern Table Lamp by Ron Rezek, Blue Glass & Frosted Shade, 1980s
By Ron Rezek
Located in Seattle, WA
A Modern table lamp by Ron Rezek, circa 1980s. Also known as the "Mushroom Lamp." This lamp features blue glass body, with a heavy frosted glass dome shade and a black lacquered circ...
Metal
Modern Industrial Table Lamp with Burnished Aluminum Shade and Brass Hardware
By Argosy Designs
Located in Treadwell, NY
Collection I: Disc lamp in burnished aluminum. Available in a matte black or softly burnished finish, the shade of the disc lamp can either fade into its surroundings or catch lig...
Aluminum, Brass
$1,850Sale Price / item|19% Off
Modern Industrial Table Lamp with Matte Black Aluminum Shade and Brass Hardware
By Argosy Designs, Erik Johnson
Located in Treadwell, NY
Collection I: Disc lamp in matte black Available in a matte black or softly burnished finish, the shade of the disc lamp can either fade into its surroundings or catch light to em...
Brass, Steel, Aluminum
Postmodern Pyramid Paper Shade Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tripod postmodern paper shade table lamp with black enameled frame. The table lamp showcases a triangular paper shade with enameled metal swirl detail on each side of the shade with ...
Metal
$3,124 / item
Adam Table Lamp with Shade by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Adam Table Lamp with Shade by Marioni Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 95 cm. Materials: Matching fabric shade, Ceramic base. Product code: 02506 Three elements ceramic lamp base with m...
Fabric, Ceramic
$2,796 / item
Liz Table Lamp with Shade by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Liz Table Lamp with Shade by Marioni Dimensions: W 46 x D 46 x H 86 cm. Materials: Matching shade and wooden base. Product code: 02501 Liz ceramic table lamp with wooden base and f...
Fabric, Wood
$3,452 / item
Marvin Table Lamp with Shade by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Marvin Table Lamp with Shade by Marioni Dimensions: W 45 x D 45 x H 100 cm. Materials: Matching fabrics shade, Ceramic base, Wood. Product code: 02507 Marvin sculptural ceramic ta...
Ceramic, Fabric, Wood
Franco Buzzi Ceriani Tri-Shade Metal Floor Lamp
By Franco Buzzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very rare Franco Buzzi Ceriani three shade floor lamp, c.1970s, Italy. The floor lamp is constructed of three brown steel tubular stems and three white powdered coated shades all on ...
Steel
$10,016 / item
Simple Shade 03 Table Lamp by Naomi Paul
By Naomi Paul
Located in Geneve, CH
Simple shade 03 table lamp by Naomi Paul Dimensions: D 30 x W 43 x H 57 cm Materials: Metal frame, Egyptian cotton cord. Colors: Ombré finish in Ecru and Rust. Available in other...
Metal
Vintage Postmodern Brushed Steel and Brass Columnar Lamps Metal Shade
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Striking post modern steel and brass columnar lamps. Dramatic presence with a metal shade topped with a heavy brass finial and brass interior to cast soft yet adequate lighting. 5 sl...
Brass, Steel
Vintage Red and Black Desk Lamp with Metal Shade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An arresting 1980s adjustable desk lamp with round enameled black base and stem, red metal shade, and power switch on the cord. Adjustable height, angle, and cord clips. In very go...
Metal
Herda Halogen Floor Lamp with Murano Glass Shade, 1980s Design
By Herda
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice floor lamp. Murano Glass shade, in a orange yellow color / Halogen with a dimmer. Produced by Herda Holland 1980s. Very good condition.
Murano Glass
$324Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern White Ceramic Table Lamp with Brass Base & Pleated Shade
Located in Freehold, NJ
This postmodern 1980s table lamp features unique sculpted ceramic base, brass accents, a pleated shade, and vintage wiring. Dimensions in listing are for lamp without shade. With t...
Ceramic
Large Extraordinary 1980s Metal Table Lamp and Opal Glass Shade
Located in München, DE
Great extraordinary table lamp from the 1980s or 1990s. Rare Minimalist design. The lamp neck tends to the side, what gives the lamp an organic shape. Frame is painted in typical 1...
Metal
$1,950Sale Price|40% Off
Postmodern Brushed Steel Female Leg Marilyn Monroe Floor Lamp w/ Shade 1990
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hand machined Brushed Steel Female Leg Floor Lamp inspired by Marilyn Monroe. This unique piece was forged and finished from raw steel to the shape of a human leg, with a carved pine...
Steel
1980's Postmodern Italia Table Lamp by Vetri Chrome & Glass Shade
By Vetri
Located in San Diego, CA
Majestic unique and very rare postmodern lamp in polished chrome finish with glass shade a rare and unique design in the style of Phillipe Starck.
Chrome
$665Sale Price|30% Off
Koch and Lowy Postmodern Black Steel Floor Lamp with Adjustable Shade, 1990s
By Koch & Lowy
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern Koch and Lowy floor lamp with metal toggle near the top for low or bright light settings. Uses E27 normal or LED dimmable bulb.
Steel
Tulipán Handcrafted Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Tulipán Handcrafted Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 160 cm. Materials: Rosa Morada, fiberglass and linen. Made in Rosa Morada, the two invert...
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
Barovier & Toso Table Lamp, Milk Glass Shade, Black Base, Italy 1993
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Hellouw, NL
Barovier & Toso, established in Murano, Italy, is one of the world’s most distinguished glassmaking companies with centuries of heritage in creating refined lighting and decorative g...
Glass
Lily Table Lamp in Wood with Cotton Pleated Shade by POPUS EDITIONS
By Popus Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Lily Table Lamp in Wood with Cotton Pleated Shade by POPUS EDITIONS. Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 69 cm. Materials: Brushed oak or solid turned beech wood base paired with a premium pleated ...
Cotton, Wood
1980s Postmodern Poul Henningsen Style Floor Lamp, Bone Enamel, Multi-Disc Shade
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Produced in Denmark during the 1980s, this floor lamp draws directly from Poul Henningsen's foundational multi-disc shade system while incorporating Postmodern proportions and materi...
Metal, Enamel
210cm Minimalist "Three Rod" Chrome Floor Lamp with White Bowl Shade, 1980
Located in Mortsel, BE
Elevate your interior with this architectural triple stem floor lamp, an example of 1980s postmodern design. 210 cm (nearly 7 feet) postmodern halogen uplighter. The design features...
Metal, Steel, Chrome
20th Century Vintage Table Lamp, Milk Glass Shade and Metallic Rod
Located in Beirut, LB
Discover the elegance and versatility of tjis stunning large table lamp, which stands impressively at 73 cm in height. This exquisite piece features a striking black base that suppor...
Metal
Malva Contemporary Parota Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Malva Contemporary Parota Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 160 cm. Materials: Turned parota wood, fiberglass and linen. The cone is a balanced...
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
Malva Contemporary Parota Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Malva Contemporary Parota Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 160 cm. Materials: Turned parota wood, fiberglass and linen. The cone is a balanced...
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
Mezquite Sculptural Pine Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Mezquite Sculptural Pine Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 181 cm. Materials: Linen and pine wood. Like a chess bishop, Mezquite makes its pres...
Linen, Pine
Postmodern Table Lamp with Black Cone Shade and Brushed Aluminum Stem, 1980s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A striking example of postmodern design, this table lamp features a bold, geometric silhouette that balances industrial materials with sculptural elegance. The black conical shade of...
Aluminum, Steel
Mezquite Sculptural Pine Wood Table Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Mezquite Sculptural Pine Wood Table Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada Dimensions: Ø35.5 x H 68.5 cm. Materials: Linen and pine wood. When burnt using the Japanese technique Sh...
Linen, Pine
Small Elephant Leg Parota Wood Lamp with Fabric Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Elephant Leg Parota Wood Lamp with Fabric Shade by Isabel Moncada Dimensions: Ø 48.5 x H 74 cm. Materials: Turned parota wood base and fabric-lined lampshade with fiberglass an...
Wood, Linen, Fiberglass, Polystyrene
Medium Elephant Leg Parota Wood Lamp with Fabric Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Elephant Leg Parota Wood Lamp with Fabric Shade by Isabel Moncada Dimensions: Ø 53.5 x H 91 cm. Materials: Turned parota wood base and fabric-lined lampshade with fiberglass a...
Linen, Fiberglass, Polystyrene, Wood
Large Elephant Leg Parota Wood Floor Lamp with Fabric Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Elephant Leg Parota Wood Floor Lamp with Fabric Shade by Isabel Moncada Dimensions: Ø 55 x H 150 cm. Materials: Turned parota wood base and fabric-lined lampshade with fibergla...
Linen, Fiberglass, Polystyrene, Wood
$327Sale Price / set|40% Off
Postmodern Steel Cafe Table Lamp With Cone Shaped Glass Shade Pair, 10 Available
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Post Modern steel cafe table lamp with a glass cone-shaped, half-frosted,/half-clear shade.
Steel
XXL 70s Pop Art floor lamp with a dark brown wicker frame and a plexiglass shade
Located in München, DE
Stunning XXL 1970s Pop Art "Tulip" floor lamp. Metal frame with a burgundy-red wicker/woven covering. Most likely of Italian manufacture. Beautiful minimalist design featuring a larg...
Wicker, Plexiglass
Metal Floor Lamp with Murano Glass Frosted Shade by Relco Milano, Italy, 1980s
By Relco Milano
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Italian Murano frosted glass and bronze finish metal floor lamp produced by Relco Milano, 1980s. Unusual 1980's bronze standing lamp featuring unusual frosted textured glass in the ...
Metal
Large Italian 1980s Ceramic Table Lamp Without a Shade from IL Punto La Bottega
By Il Punto la Bottega
Located in München, DE
Large 1980s ceramic table lamp without a shade from IL Punto La Bottega. Made in Italy. Beautiful in the typical 1980s Postmodern design. With original label on the cable. The lam...
Metal, Chrome
$6,553 / item
Small Simple Shade 01 Pendant Lamp by Naomi Paul
By Naomi Paul
Located in Geneve, CH
Small simple shade 01 pendant lamp by Naomi Paul. Dimensions: D 50 x H 8 cm. Materials: metal frame, Egyptian cotton cord. Available in other colors and in 3 sizes: D50, D60, D80 ...
Metal
$25,826 / item
Large Simple Shade 03 Pendant Lamp by Naomi Paul
By Naomi Paul
Located in Geneve, CH
Large simple shade 03 pendant lamp by Naomi Paul Dimensions: D 80 x H 35 cm Materials: Metal frame, Egyptian cotton cord. Color: Dusky Pink. Available in other colors and in 4 si...
Metal
$7,524 / item
Small Simple Shade 03 Wall Lamp by Naomi Paul
By Naomi Paul
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Simple Shade 03 wall lamp by Naomi Paul Dimensions: D 30 x W 50 x H 27 cm Materials: Metal frame, Egyptian cotton cord. Available in other colors in 2 sizes: D30 x W50, D50 ...
Metal
Vintage 1990s Black Pendant Lamp with Glass Top Shade. Italy
Located in Catania, CT
Elegant pendant lamp from the 1990s featuring a distinctive modernist design. The lamp showcases a glossy black finish and a sculptural double-dome structure — a large glass shade pa...
Metal
Unavailable|$431
Post Modern desk lamp by Hala Zeist, 1970s
Located in MIJDRECHT, NL
Post modern design with a tubular lamp shade closed off on the back side by a piece of acrylic giving it a special touch.
Metal, Chrome, Sheet Metal
Unavailable|$2,185 / item
Table Lamp in Aged Brass, Modern Art Deco Design Handmade. Shade included
By Jaime Tresserra
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Art Deco design handmade and hand-finished table lamp. We combine skilled craftsmanship with the finest materials to give shape to our designs. Its artisan finish makes ...
Composition, Marble, Brass
Unavailable|$2,023 / item
FUTURA Table Lamp in Aged Brass, Modern Art Deco Design Handmade Shade included
By Jaime Tresserra
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Art Deco design handmade and hand-finished table lamp. We combine skilled craftsmanship with the finest materials to give shape to our designs. Its artisan finish makes ...
Composition, Marble, Brass
Unavailable|$2,023 / item
FUTURA.Table Lamp in Aged Nickel, Modern Art Deco Design Handmad. Shade Included
By Jaime Tresserra
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Art Deco design handmade and hand-finished table lamp. We combine skilled craftsmanship with the finest materials to give shape to our designs. Its artisan finish makes ...
Composition, Marble, Brass
Unavailable|$2,545 / item
INCA. Table Lamp in Aged Brass Modern Art Deco Design Handmade Shade Included
By Jaime Tresserra
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Art Deco design handmade and hand-finished table lamp. We combine skilled craftsmanship with the finest materials to give shape to our designs. Its artisan finish makes ...
Composition, Marble, Brass
Unavailable|$2,545 / item
INCA, Table Lamp in Aged Bronze, Modern Art Deco Design Handmade, Shade Included
By Jaime Tresserra
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Art Deco design handmade and hand-finished table lamp. We combine skilled craftsmanship with the finest materials to give shape to our designs. Its artisan finish makes ...
Composition, Marble, Brass
Unavailable|$2,398 / item
OPIO. Table Lamp in Aged Nickel, Modern Art Deco Design Handmade. Shade included
By Jaime Tresserra
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Art Deco design handmade and hand-finished table lamp. We combine skilled craftsmanship with the finest materials to give shape to our designs. Its artisan finish makes ...
Composition, Marble, Brass
Contemporary Tower Floor Lamp with Terracotta Geometric Oak Base & Frosted shade
By Louis Jobst
Located in London, GB
The Tower floor lamp V2 is a One-off design by Louis Jobst. It has an asymmetric solid oak base made up from harmonised geometric forms with a Terracotta finish. The design echoes po...
Glass, Acrylic, Oak
Unavailable|$2,545 / item
RA. Table Lamp in Aged Brass, Contemporary Art Deco Design Handmade. Shade inclu
By Jaime Tresserra
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Art Deco design handmade and hand-finished table lamp. We combine skilled craftsmanship with the finest materials to give shape to our designs. Its artisan finish makes ...
Composition, Marble, Brass
Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamp With Glass Shade
Located in Astoria, NY
Italian Post-Modern period floor lamp in metal with glass shade.
Metal
Hala Post Modern Cantilevered Floor Lamp with Half Dome Shade in White
By Hala Zeist
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Post Modern white enameled metal Hala cantilevered floor lamp with half moon shade.
Metal
Pair Post Modern Design marble Floor Lamps with Pink Art Glass pink Shade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair Post Modern Design marble low Floor or table Lamps with Pink Art Glass pink Shade circa 1988.
Marble
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.