Vintage Coastal Cerused Pencil Reed Arch Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fantastic vintage cerused pencil reed mirror featuring a beautifully sculptural arched frame with refined Postmodern influences. The fluted pencil reed detailing and soft cerused f...
Reed, Mirror
Swedish Designer, Wall Mirror, Birch, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A round burnished birch wall mirror, designed and produced in Sweden, 1970s.
Mirror, Birch
$1,132 / item
Small Prix Hand-Sculpted Mirror by Laurene Guarneri
By Laurene Guarneri
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Prix hand-sculpted mirror by Laurene Guarneri Limited edition Handmade Materials: mirror Sizes: ø 17 x 70 cm (Could be made to order in other dimensions) Hang hook suppli...
Mirror
$6,693 / item
Le Sud Hand-Sculpted Large Mirror, Laurene Guarneri
By Laurene Guarneri
Located in Geneve, CH
Le Sud Hand-Sculpted Large Mirror, Laurene Guarneri Limited edition, signed and numbered Handmade Materials: Gold tinted mirror Dimensions: 96 x 90 x 1,6 cm (Could be made to order i...
Mirror
$10,942 / item
Smoke and Silver Loop I Concave Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Smoke and Silver Loop I Concave Mirror by Homa. Dimensions: D 97 x H 7 cm. Materials: Silver and Smoke Mirror, Hanger: Brass. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in Istanbul...
Brass
$7,466 / item
Purdah Full Length Mirror by INDO-
Located in Geneve, CH
Purdah Full Length Mirror by INDO- Dimensions: D 10.2 x W 61 x H 208.3 cm. Materials: Satin brass, mirrored glass and gold leaf. Each piece is carefully handcrafted by our team usin...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Vintage Faux Shagreen Round Mirror - Coastal Palm Beach Regency
By Maitland Smith, Karl Springer
Located in Delray Beach, FL
A stylish circular wall mirror finished in faux shagreen. The textured surface and refined organic finish are reminiscent of luxury designs by Karl Springer, Maitland-Smith, and R & ...
Mirror
$3,627 / item
Mura Mirror in Leather and Brushed Brass by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Mura Mirror in Leather and Brushed Brass by Madheke Dimensions: W 50 x D 15 x H 156.5 cm. Materials: Brushed antique brass mirror frame and tray surround, leather inset tray, fluting...
Metal, Brass
$15,447 / item
Fragment Wall Mirror by ROCHE & FRÈRES
Located in Geneve, CH
Fragment Wall Mirror by ROCHE & FRÈRES Limited Edition Of 8 Pieces + 4 A.P. Dimensions: D 1,6 x W 67 x H 173 cm. Materials: Polished and hand-forged stainless steel and silver mirror...
Stainless Steel
$12,264 / item
Splendor Wall Mirror by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Splendor Wall Mirror by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 14 x W 114 x H 220 cm. Materials: Polished stainless steel, high gloss black lacquered finish and clear and aged mirror. Also av...
Stainless Steel
Selfportrait, Make-up Mirror - I.Innocenti & G.Laboratore
Located in Geneve, CH
The appeal of the Silk Road – the route which connected the East to the West, reaching as far as Venice –is brought back to life by this object inspired by Chinese fans, where the mi...
Mirror
Selfportrait, Make-Up Mirror, I.Innocenti & G.Laboratore
Located in Geneve, CH
The appeal of the silk road the route which connected the east to the west, reaching as far as Venice is brought back to life by this object inspired by Chinese fans, where the mirro...
Mirror
Contemporary Black Slate Mirror "Narcisse" by Frédéric Saulou
By Frederic Saulou
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Slate Mirror "Narcisse" by Fre´de´ric Saulou Designer: Fre´de´ric Saulou. Materials: Black slate, black perfect mirror. Dimensions: 190 x 50 x 4 cm. Edition of eight. Signed a...
Slate
Reflecting XL Hanging Mirror Sculpture by Milena Kling
Located in Geneve, CH
Reflecting XL Hanging Mirror Sculpture by Milena Kling Unique Piece. Dimensions: Ø 39 x 59 cm. Materials: Mouth-blown mirror. Each hanging or standing Mirror Sculpture is one of a k...
Mirror
$2,118 / set
Set of 3 Astra Table Mirrors by Clemence Birot
Located in Geneve, CH
A set of 3 astra table mirrors by Clemence Birot Dimensions: Ø 34 x 50 cm; Ø 30 x 33 cm; Ø 24 x 20 cm. Materials: mirror, glass, cork. Clemence Birot started her career in Cope...
Glass, Mirror, Cork
$12,451 / item
Radiance Wall Mirror by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Radiance Wall Mirror by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 14 x W 100 x H 100 cm. Materials: Polished brass, gold leaf and clear mirror. Memoir Essence Interiors has been writing its memo...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Milano Stone Bronze 1250 Round Frameless Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Milano Stone Bronze 1250 Round Frameless Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 125 x H 1.5 cm Materials: bronze mirror / bronzo, specchio. Weight: 13 kg. Code: DS1075 Round frameless...
Bronze
“Yukka” vanity mirror by Anna Anselmi for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1980
By Anna Anselmi
Located in Weesp, NL
“Yukka” Vanity Mirror by Anna Anselmi for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1980 A striking example of Italian postmodern design, this illuminated “Yukka” vanity mirror was created by Anna Anselm...
Metal, Chrome
Amorph Globe I Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Amorph Globe I Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: D 40 x H 35 cm Materials: Blown Glass. Silver Mirror. Silver Mirror Block. HOMA is a contemporary de...
Glass, Mirror
$8,496 / item
Lunar X-Large Hand-Sculpted Mirror, Laurene Guarneri
By Laurene Guarneri
Located in Geneve, CH
Lunar X-large hand-sculpted mirror, Laurene Guarneri Limited edition. Handmade. Materials: Sky blue colored mirror, dark blue colored mirror, dark colored mirror Dimensions: 100 ...
Glass, Mirror
Dark Blue Eclipse Hand-Sculpted Mirror, Laurene Guarneri
By Laurene Guarneri
Located in Geneve, CH
Dark blue eclipse hand-sculpted mirror, Laurene Guarneri Limited edition. Handmade. Materials: Sky blue colored mirror, dark blue colored mirror, dark colored mirror. Dimensions: 45 ...
Glass, Mirror
Dark Eclipse Large Hand-Sculpted Mirror, Laurene Guarneri
By Laurene Guarneri
Located in Geneve, CH
Dark Eclipse large hand-sculpted mirror, Laurene Guarneri Limited edition. Handmade. Materials: gold colored mirror, dark colored mirror. Dimensions: 100 x 100 cm Laurène Guar...
Glass, Mirror
Dark Eclipse Small Hand-Sculpted Mirror, Laurene Guarneri
By Laurene Guarneri
Located in Geneve, CH
Dark Eclipse small hand-sculpted mirror, Laurene Guarneri Limited edition. Handmade. Materials: Gold colored mirror, dark colored mirror. Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm Laurène Guarne...
Glass, Mirror
Dark Eclipse Medium Hand-Sculpted Mirror, Laurene Guarneri
By Laurene Guarneri
Located in Geneve, CH
Dark Eclipse medium hand-sculpted mirror, Laurene Guarneri Limited edition. Handmade. Materials: Gold colored mirror, dark colored mirror. Dimensions: 80 x 80 cm Laurène Guarn...
Glass, Mirror
$3,007 / item
Atlas Insula 120 Wall Mirror by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Atlas Insula 120 Wall Mirror by Atlas Project Dimensions: Ø 120 cm. Materials: Mirror. Available in different finishes and sizes. Please contact us. ATLAS The geometry is reflecte...
Mirror
$1,767 / item
Atlas Insula 90 Wall Mirror by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Atlas Insula 90 Wall Mirror by Atlas Project Dimensions: Ø 90 cm. Materials: Mirror. Available in different finishes and sizes. Please contact us. ATLAS The geometry is reflected ...
Mirror
$1,568 / item
Atlas Insula 80 Wall Mirror by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Atlas Insula 80 Wall Mirror by Atlas Project Dimensions: Ø 80 cm. Materials: Mirror. Available in different finishes and sizes. Please contact us. ATLAS The geometry is reflected ...
Mirror
Karl Springer Patinated Embossed Leather Mirror, C. 1980s
By Karl Springer
Located in Westport, CT
An exceptional vintage mirror designed by Karl Springer in the 1980s, showcasing the luxurious materials and refined craftsmanship that defined his work. The substantial frame is ful...
Leather, Mirror
Guanto Wall Mirror in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Guanto Wall Mirror in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 5 x W 35 x H 80 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum and mirror. Funny expression of elegance and refinemen...
Aluminum
Monza Wall Mirror in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Monza Wall Mirror in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Limited Edition Of 1003 Pieces Dimensions: D 6 x W 215 x H 108 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum and mirror. monza is n...
Aluminum
Lapis Sculptural Smoke Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis Sculptural Smoke Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa. Dimensions: W 35 x D 20 x H 40 cm. Materials: Blown Glass. Smoke Mirror. Colour: Smoke. Shaped by hand, heat, and breath,...
Glass, Mirror
Medium Laguna Oak Wood Eye Mirror by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Laguna Oak Wood Eye Mirrors by Morica Design Dimensions: D 4 x W 104 x H 68 cm Materials: Mirror, Laguna oak. Available in Canaletto Walnut, Laguna Oak, or Oak wood. Please c...
Mirror, Wood
Small Laguna Oak Wood Eye Mirror by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Laguna Oak Wood Eye Mirrors by Morica Design Dimensions: D 4 x W 73 x H 48 cm Materials: Mirror, Laguna oak. Available in Canaletto Walnut, Laguna Oak, or Oak wood. Please con...
Mirror, Wood
$16,129 / item
Constellation Mirror by Tom Palmer
Located in Geneve, CH
Constellation mirror by Tom Palmer Dimensions: D 120 x H 5 cm Mterials: Glass, Resin Also Available: Other sizes and variations available. The constellation mirrors are made fr...
Glass, Resin
$23,145 / item
Constellation Mirror by Tom Palmer
Located in Geneve, CH
Constellation Mirror by Tom Palmer. Dimensions: D 150 x H 5 cm. Mterials: Glass, Resin. Also available: other sizes and variations available. The constellation mirrors are made...
Glass, Resin
$10,942 / item
Smoke and Silver Loop II Concave Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Smoke and Silver Loop II Concave Mirror by Homa. Dimensions: D 97 x H 7 cm. Materials: Silver and Smoke Mirror, Hanger: Brass. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in Istanbu...
Brass
Convex Floor Mirror in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Convex Floor Mirror in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 5 x W 80 x H 190 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum and mirror. A smooth and sinuous frame taking shape ...
Aluminum
$15,447 / item
Exposè Mirror in Glass and Plywood by Animate Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Exposè Mirror in Glass and Plywood by Animate Objects. Limited Edition of 8 pieces. Dimensions: W 130 x D 4 x H 135 cm. Materials: Mirror Glass, Glossy Lacquered Black Plywood. Expo...
Mirror, Plywood
Mismar Mirror in Stainless Steel and Leather by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Mismar Mirror in Stainless Steel and Leather by Madheke. Dimensions: W 152.5 x D 10 x H 75 cm. Materials: Polished stainless steel frame with flat rivet detail, leather surround and ...
Metal, Stainless Steel
Sole Bio French Contemporary Ceramic Mirror by Renzo Maar
Located in Geneve, CH
Sole Bio French Contemporary Ceramic Mirror by Renzo Maar Signed Dimensions: Ø 40 cm Materials: Enameled ceramic (white stoneware), glass. Reminiscent of sun mirrors like those of b...
Ceramic, Stoneware, Glass, Mirror
Rocket Bronze Maxi Sculptural Wall Mirror by GTG Design Couture
Located in Geneve, CH
Rocket Bronze Maxi Sculptural Wall Mirror by GTG Design Couture Special Edition of 7 Pieces + 1 AP Dimensions: D 16,5 x W 147 x H 320 cm. Materials: Mirror and Okoumé wood. Availab...
Mirror, Wood
Rocket Silver Maxi Sculptural Wall Mirror by GTG Design Couture
Located in Geneve, CH
Rocket Silver Maxi Sculptural Wall Mirror by GTG Design Couture Special Edition of 7 Pieces + 1 AP Dimensions: D 16,5 x W 147 x H 320 cm. Materials: Mirror and Okoumé wood. Availab...
Mirror, Wood
Pace Wall Mirror in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Pace Wall Mirror in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 10 x W 61 x H 61 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum and mirror. An iconic and funny product but at the same...
Aluminum
Nuvola Wall Mirror in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Nuvola Wall Mirror in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 10 x W 80 x H 55 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum and mirror. Original idea to decorate the walls of ev...
Aluminum
1970s–1980s Vintage James Dean Pop Art Screenprint Advertising Wall Mirror
Located in Roma, IT
We are pleased to offer this unusual and currently rare vintage advertising mirror, acquired by us in Rome, where our business is based. While the object itself is Italian, its subje...
Mirror
$3,054 / item
Itaca Wall Mirror by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Itaca Wall Mirror by Atlas Project Dimensions: D 3 x W 58 x H 157 cm. Materials: Black powder painted iron, Calacatta Gold marble, brushed brass, mirror, blue leather, and wood. I...
Marble, Brass, Iron
Set of 3 Marrakesh Table Mirrors by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Marrakesh table mirrors by Tero Kuitunen. Material: slip cast terracotta, Mdf, chalk paint, mirror, brass. Dimensions: D30 x H58 cm, D20 x 53cm , D20 x H40 cm Edition of 8...
Brass
Maitland Smith Tessellated Horn Mirror With Console, Circa 1980s
By Maitland Smith
Located in Peabody, MA
A tessellated horn tortoise shell wall mirror by Maitland Smith, circa 1980s. Beveled mirror glass; inlaid brass accent, and beveled framework. Paired with a sculptural postmodern, a...
Horn, Mirror, Wood, Lacquer
Charles Hollis Jones Vanity Mirror in Brushed Brass and Lucite
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning vintage table or vanity mirror in Lucite and polished brass by Charles Hollis Jones designed and manufactured in the late 1970s. The simple lines and rimless mirror add min...
Brass
Lapis 21 Sculptural Smoke Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 21 Sculptural Smoke Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 25 x D 18 x H 46 cm Materials: Blown Glass. Smoke Mirror. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in ...
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 22 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 22 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 37 x D 17 x H 40 cm Materials: Blown Glass. Silver Mirror. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based i...
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 19 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 19 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 37 x D 20 x H 39 cm Materials: Blown Glass. Silver Mirror. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based i...
Glass, Mirror
Lapis Cynober Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis Cynober Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa. Dimensions: W 24 x D 23 x H 50 cm. Materials: Blown Glass. Silver Mirror. Colour: Purple. Shaped by hand, heat, ...
Glass, Mirror
Umlauf Wall Mirror in Chromed Aluminum & Mirrored Glass by Medium Small
Located in Geneve, CH
Umlauf Wall Mirror in Chromed Aluminum & Mirrored Glass by Medium Small Dimensions: D 10,2 x W 38.1 x H 53.3 cm. Materials: Aluminum and mirrored glass. Available chromed or anodize...
Aluminum
Limited Edition Nebula III Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Limited Edition Nebula III Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa Dimensions: D 97 x H 7 cm Materials: Concave Oxidized Mirror, Hanger: Brass. HOMA is a contemporary design atel...
Brass
Carrara Marble Evoluzione Sculptural Mirror by Atelier Terrai
Located in Geneve, CH
Carrara Marble Evoluzione Sculptural Mirror by Atelier Terrai Dimensions: D 3 x W 80 x H 100 cm. Materials: Carrara marble and mirror. A captivating piece that exquisitely matches t...
Carrara Marble
$9,081 / item
Drop of Silver on Copper VIII Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop of Silver on Copper VIII Mirror by Homa. Dimensions: W 49 x D 5 x H 49 cm Materials: Blown Glass. Silver Mirror. Copper Frame. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in I...
Copper
$9,081 / item
Drop of Silver on Copper VII Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop of Silver on Copper VII Mirror by Homa. Dimensions: W 49 x D 5 x H 49 cm Materials: Blown Glass. Silver Mirror. Copper Frame. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in Is...
Copper
$11,070 / item
The Eye of the Universe III Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
The Eye of the Universe III Mirror by Homa Dimensions: D 97 x H 7 cm Materials: Concave Mixed Technique Mirror, Hanger: Brass. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in Istanbu...
Brass
$11,070 / item
The Eye of the Universe VI Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
The Eye of the Universe VI Mirror by Homa Dimensions: D 97 x H 7 cm Materials: Concave Mixed Technique Mirror, Hanger: Brass. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in Istanbul...
Brass
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.