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Post-Modern Object Chair Leda by Angela Oedekoven, no 26, limited edition of 50
By Angela Oedekoven, Cremer & Cremer
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
furniture.
a fine example for this approach is the object chair „leda“ by german interior architect angela
Category
Vintage 1980s German Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
H 34.26 in W 15.75 in D 19.69 in
Abstract Industrial Found Object Metal Table Sculpture, Post Modern Sottsass Era
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A great Industrial material sculpture including a huge crescent wrench among other various mechanical parts. Extremely heavy and well made. Made by a local Philadelphia artist, unsig...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
H 17 in W 16 in D 5 in
Modern Steel and Brass Object
By Argosy Designs
Located in Treadwell, NY
Modern steel and brass sculptural object by Erik Johnson of APD.
1 of 1
Stamped APD 00039
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Brass
Post Modern Canvas Dracaena Tree
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Incredible Post Modern canvas Dracaena tree. Super cool, super sculptural. Created out of canvas
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Canvas
American Post-Modern Bronze Figure Sculpture
By Carol Bruns
Located in New York, NY
American Post-Modern Design bronze sculpture of a figure with lowered arms and bent knees on a
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Post Modern Acrylic Abstract Sculpture
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Style: Mid-Century Modern / Post Modern
Dimensions: 17" wide x 6" deep x 17.5" tall
Condition
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Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
Modern bronze on brass sculptural object
By Argosy Designs
Located in Treadwell, NY
The Chameleon: a modern bronze-on-brass sculptural object by Erik Johnson of Argosy Designs and APD
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Vintage Post-Modern Travertine Lidded Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage post-modern travertine lidded trinket box, circa 1980s. The box is in very good vintage
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine
Vintage Post-Modern Wood Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
A really cool and unique vintage post-modern wood sculpture, circa 1967. The industrial looking
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Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Shemi Post Modern Abstract Metal Sculpture
By Calman Shemi
Located in Countryside, IL
Shemi Post-Modern Abstract Metal Sculpture
This sculpture measures: 24 wide x 14 deep x 25 high
Category
1990s Argentine Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
8ft Post Modern Canvas Palm Tree
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Incredible Post Modern canvas palm tree. Super cool, super sculptural. This tree is large
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Post Modern Maitland Smith Travertine Lidded Trinket Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage post-modern travertine lidded trinket box, circa 1980s. Very chic and timeless addition to
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine
American Post-Modern Kneeling Figure Sculpture
By Carol Bruns
Located in New York, NY
American Post-Modern Design bronze sculpture of a kneeling figure with lowered arms on a narrow
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Post Modern Sculpture by Floyd Gompf
By Floyd Gompf
Located in Chicago, IL
Post Modern Biomorphic sculpture in metal by Floyd Gompf. There are inserted nails on the
Category
Vintage 1980s North American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Post-Modern Mid Century Table Vase
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Add a splash of retro elegance to your decor with this Post-Modern Mid Century Table Vase. The vase
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Scholar's Objects
Materials
Pottery
Post-Modern Marble Block / Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous post-modern green marble block / paperweight ,circa 1980s. The piece is in very good
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Post-Modern Italian Marble Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Small post-modern Italian marble vase, circa 1980s. The vase is primarily a dark brown in color
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Post-Modern Italian Marble Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Small post-modern Italian marble vase, circa 1980s. The vase is primarily a dark tan in color, but
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Post-Modern Italian Marble Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous post-modern Italian marble vase, circa 1970s. Striking tan, brown and cream fleck
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Post-Modern Italian Marble Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Small post-modern Italian marble vase, circa 1970s. The vase is primarily a dark tan in color, but
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Post-Modern Italian Marble Column Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice post-modern Italian marble column paperweight, circa 1980s. The piece is primarily cream in
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Post Modern Cobalt Blue Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish post modern vase dates to 1994 and is hand-blown in cobalt blue, clear and black glass
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Post-Modern Spanish Brass Sculpture, XXI Century
Located in Madrid, ES
A Post-Modern Spanish sculpture made of brass and consisting of two assembled discs. Beautiful and
Category
Early 2000s Spanish Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Post Modern Table Clock, 1980s
Located in Čelinac, BA
This post modern clock is part of a unique series of 24 hand made wall and table clocks by the
Category
Vintage 1980s Serbian Post-Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Wood
Nicolai Canetti Post Modern Chimes
By Canetti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This charming set of chimes designed by post modern designer Nicolai Canetti is a total homage to
Category
Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Post Modern Glass Pedestal Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Impactful piece of glass that brings lines and design to your décor. This postmodern piece consists of two pieces: Blown glass in a purple hue is conjoined and shaped into a V shaped...
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Post-Modern Glass "Monaco Powerboat" by Daum
By Daum
Located in Miami, FL
Art Crystal "Monaco Powerboat" sculpture on pate-de-verre blue base by Daum-France.
Made in France.
Date: 1989.
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20th Century French Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Massive Post-Modern Italian Marble Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Massive post-modern Italian black marble vase, circa 1980s. The vase has a black background with
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
1980’s Post Modern Ceramic Vase
By Heide Warlamis
Located in Houston, TX
1980s Post modern ceramic vase by noted Austrian artist Heide Warlamis (b.1942) from her renowned
Category
Vintage 1980s Austrian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Striking Post Modern Wire Sculpture Large Horse
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking metal wire horse free-standing sculpture in enameled black finish circa 1980s, nice abstract bend wire great conversation piece.
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Small Post-Modern Italian Marble Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Small post-modern Italian marble vase, circa 1970s. The vase is primarily a dark tan in color, but
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
1980 Italy Post Modern Figurative Bronze Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Andrea Picini, a talented artist of years 80' in Italy.
This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 pieces; we c...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Petite Post-Modern Italian Marble Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous petite post-modern Italian marble vase, circa 1970s. Striking black and white flecking
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Pair of Post-Modern Marble Spheres / Paperweights
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous set of two post-modern marble spheres / paperweights, circa 1980s. The pieces are in very
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Post-Modern Solid Travertine Sphere on Lucite Base
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful post-modern solid polished travertine sphere on lucite ring base, circa 1980s. The sphere
Category
Late 20th Century Pakistani Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Travertine
Think Big Post Modern Over Sized Salt Shaker
By Think Big
Located in Garnerville, NY
retailed oversized objects to the public. The advice of good friends went ignored as they pushed to get the
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Italy Post-Modern Abstract Pewter Sculpture Walter Valentini
By Walter Valentini
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in...
Category
Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pewter
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H 1.19 in W 3.35 in D 5.52 in
Post-Modern Italian Marble Lidded Jar
Located in San Diego, CA
Post-modern Italian marble lidded jar, circa 1970s. The jar is in very good vintage condition with
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Jars
Materials
Marble
Rare Pair of Post-Modern Wrought Iron Candelabra
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage rare pair of post-modern wrought iron candleholders. The two pieces are graphic and clean
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Sculptural Post Modern Hammered Copper Candleholders (Pair)
By Dirk Van Erp, Heintz Art Metal Shop
Located in San Diego, CA
rustic styles to modern and minimalist settings. The metal treatment gives these simple forms an opulent
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Copper
1980 Italy Post Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture Archictectures
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Edmondo Cirillo, a talented artist of years 80' in Italy.
This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 pieces; we...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italy Post Modern Jiro Sugawara Aluminium Multiple Abstrac Sculpture
By Jiro Sugawara
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the artist Jiro Sugawara, the title is "Circle"
Jiro Sugawara is a post
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
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H 7.49 in W 3.75 in D 1.38 in
Jack Schuyler Post-Modern Chromed Steel Bust Sculpture
By Jack Schuyler
Located in New York, NY
Jack Schuyler chromed stainless steel sculptural bust, in the Art Deco taste, modeled in profile and with hammered details to the coiffed hairline, mounted on a stand, signed and dat...
Category
Vintage 1980s North American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Post Modern Acrylic Astrolabe, Italian, 1970s
Located in Brugge, BE
Experience the captivating allure of this vintage modernist acrylic astrolabe, meticulously crafted in Italy circa 1972. Combining artistry and scientific precision, this Italian mas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Materials
Acrylic
Large Post-Modern Italian Carrara Marble Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Large post-modern Italian Carrara marble vase, circa 1970s. The vase is primarily white in color
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Carrara Marble
1980 Italy Post-Modern Bronze Chromed Abstract Sculpture
By Urano Palma
Located in Brescia, IT
Urano Palma is an Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana.
He specially worked to the sculptured furniture, inventing a casting tec...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Maitland Smith Post Modern White Tessellated Hexagonal Stone Box 1980's
By Maitland Smith
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Post Modern 1980s Maitland Smith Marble Covered Box with hinged lid and a round polished brass pull
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Rare French Modern Craftsman Stool / Chair Attr. to Garouste and Bonetti, 1988
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in New York, NY
-modern object is composed of a partially gilt wrought iron tripod base with flaring gilt sabots, a six
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Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Benches
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Set of Four Post-Modern Marble Blocks / Paperweights
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous set of four post-modern marble blocks / paperweights, circa 1980s. The pieces are in very
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Post Modern Dara International Brass Fan Vase
By Dara International
Located in Garnerville, NY
Signed Dara International solid cast brass fan vase. Circa 1983. Heavily cast with a small rectangular opening at the top. A very nice minimalist design from a company that made and ...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Brass
Post Modern Ikebana Vase by Libby Ware
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly graphic post-modern ikebana ceramic vase by known U.S. artist Libby Ware. The vessel is
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Post Modern Rare Wall Clock Chrome Plated Frame & Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
This very rare and collectible wall clock, circa 1980's a great postmodern design chrome plated frame and glass top unique piece nice handles battery operated.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Chrome
1979 Italy Post-Modern Graziano Pompili Abstract Bronze Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
permanent collections of modern Art Museum in Italy and all over the world.
The artwork will be delivered
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Post Modern Decor Multi Color Swirl Glass Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional postmodern glass sculpture on a lucite vase. Features a hand blown red and blue swirl.
Category
Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Italy 1980 Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture Graziano Pompili
Located in Brescia, IT
important career as sculptor. Since then, his artworks were present in the permanent collections of modern
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Post Modern Celadon Polyhedric Danish Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
Polyhedric Danish glass vase has an ethereal celadon color, catching the light at many angles.
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Post Modern Murano Glass Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco style blue Murano glass vase.
Made in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Post-Modern Sculpture Brutante D in Terracotta Lacquered Handmade Metal
By Fi Sofia Alvarado
Located in Gamboa, PA
Functional post-modern sculpture D in terracotta lacquered metal handmade in Panama by Fi - Sofia
Category
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
H 11.82 in W 22.84 in D 11.82 in
1980 Italy Post Modern Bronze Sculpture Horse and Rider
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Vito Antonio Mastrorocco, a talented young artist of years 80' in Italy.
This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Post-Modern Mondrian Manner Terracotta Water Jug
Located in New York, NY
Post-Modern Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872-1944) style terracotta water jug with glazed geometric
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Jars
Materials
Terracotta
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Find a variety of post modern objects available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, ceramic and glass, all post modern objects available were constructed with great care. Find 1906 antique and vintage post modern objects at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 2142 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. Post modern objects have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Post modern objects bearing Modern or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Many post modern objects are appealing in their simplicity, but Ettore Sottsass, Reflections Copenhagen and Tom von Kaenel produced popular post modern objects that are worth a look.
How Much are Post Modern Objects?
Post modern objects can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $998, while the lowest priced sells for $28 and the highest can go for as much as $220,000.
A Close Look at post-modern Furniture
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
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
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.
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