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Unique Post Modern Mixed Media Art Pedestal
By Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills 1, Mackenzie Childs
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Unique post modern pedestal. Colorful mixed media piece. See images for details. Minimal loss
Category

Late 20th Century Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Resin, Paint

Italian Travertine Post Modern Fluted Pedestal Centerpiece Table, Circa 1980's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid travertine pedestal table in excellent original condition. Post modern, circa 1980's
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Travertine

Vintage Mid Century Post Modern Tessellated Stone Pedestal
By Maitland Smith
Located in Atlanta, GA
Attributed to Maitland Smith, mid century. A vintage Post Modern Tessellated stone pedestal
Category

20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Stone

Mid Century Italian Post Modern Off White Plaster Pedestal Table after Sirmos
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful off white textured pedestal. Heavy plaster rock form in very good condition.
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Plaster

Midcentury Italian Post Modern off White Plaster Cube Pedestal or Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Heavy textured plaster pedestal from Italy circa 1990s. Casted plaster table in bone white color
Category

1990s Italian Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Plaster

Midcentury Italian Post Modern Hexagonal Travertine Marble Pedestal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A tall and sleek looking pedestal from Italy, circa 1980s. It consists of thick solid travertine
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Pedestals

Materials

Travertine

Post Modern / Contemporary Pedestal Display Stand, Clear & Black Lucite/ Acrylic
Located in Kansas City, MO
Modern / Contemporary pedestal / display stand in black and clear Acrylic. Very good condition with
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Acrylic

Post Modern Curtis Jeré Brass and Smoked Glass Pedestal Signed 1984
By C. Jeré Artisan House, Curtis Jeré
Located in Saint Louis, MO
glamour from every angle. This sultry Post Modern pedestal features concave angled sides that float over a
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Brass

Post Modern Curtis Jere Circular Pedestal of Brass and Smoked Glass, c. 1984
By C. Jeré Artisan House, Curtis Jeré
Located in Saint Louis, MO
. Sophisticated glamour from every angle. This sultry Post Modern pedestal features a smooth circular brass base
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Brass

Black Cube Pedestal Table
Located in New York, NY
A black gloss laminate veneered pedestal or cube end table, '70s Modern/Postmodern period, circa
Category

Vintage 1970s Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Black Cube Pedestal Table
Black Cube Pedestal Table
H 15.5 in W 15.5 in D 15.5 in
Octagon Plaster Dining Table Pedestal
Located in Las Vegas, NV
used as a table base or oversized pedestal. Base is in overall excellent vintage condition, with only
Category

Late 20th Century Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Plaster

Ivory Pedestal and Side Table
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The ivory pedestal is (in my mind) the accompaniment to Sottsass' TARTAR Cubist-like sideboard
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Hardwood

Pair of Postmodern Pedestal Tables
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of tall postmodern tables. Pointed black enamel legs with round glass top.
Category

Early 2000s Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Steel

Black Lighted Pedestal Column Pillar Stand or Table, circa 1970s Modern
Located in New York, NY
A substantial and well-made black high-gloss pedestal column pillar stand or table, in a hexagon
Category

Vintage 1970s Modern Pedestals

Materials

Glass, Wood

She's Lost Control Pedestal Table by William Guillon
By William Guillon
Located in Geneve, CH
She's Lost Control pedestal table by William Guillon. One of a Kind Dimensions: D 29 x H 82 cm
Category

2010s French Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Italian Travertine Marble Dining Table Bases Side Tables Display Pedestals
Located in Lake Worth, FL
travertine marble dining table bases side tables display stands Featuring 3 tier stone black bullnose bases
Category

Vintage 1970s Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Travertine, Marble

Italian Modern Pedestal Column in Wood Painted as Stone, 1990s-2000s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern pedestal column in wood painted as stone, 1990-2000s Pedestal column with base and
Category

Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Wood

Unique Custom Table/ Pedestal w/ 6 Point Antler Base
Located in East Hampton, NY
This whimsical original custom table in "L" shape design and an organic 6-point antler horn as the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Antler, Wood

Postmodern Lighted Pedestal
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Postmodern lighted pedestal with mirror rimmed frosted glass top. High gloss black pedestal with 2
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Composition

Postmodern Lighted Pedestal
Postmodern Lighted Pedestal
H 36.5 in Dm 13.75 in
Pedestal or Side Table in Patchwork Leather with Mirrored Top
Located in Waalwijk, NL
and mirrored top. This piece was made in Europe in the 1980s, and shows post modern characteristics
Category

Vintage 1980s European Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Leather, Mirror

Italian Mario Bellini Style Fluted Travertine Pedestal or Table Base
By Mario Bellini, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Mario Bellini style fluted travertine pedestal or table base. This stunning postmodern
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Travertine

Postmodern White Carrara Marble Flower Stand Pedestal Table, Italy, 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful Italian post-modern pedestal / flower table / plant stand with a white marble base and
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble, Metal

Modern Polished Fluted Travertine Column Pedestal in Soft Pale Earth Tones
Located in Morristown, NJ
A modern Travertine fluted column pedestal. The pedestal has been polished to allow the wonderful
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pedestals

Materials

Travertine

Large White Pedestal by Philippe Starck. Draped Table Motif. Expertly Restored
By Philippe Starck
Located in Kansas City, MO
White Pedestal / Table designed by Philippe Starch as a store display piece in Los Angeles, 1990s
Category

1990s American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Wood

Plaster Postmodern Pedestal, 1970
By John Dickinson
Located in Chicago, IL
Plaster Postmodern pedestal, 1970.
Category

Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Plaster

Plaster Postmodern Pedestal, 1970
Plaster Postmodern Pedestal, 1970
H 28 in W 18 in D 18 in
Modern Brass Pedestal Column Pillar Stand Signed by Designers C. Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in New York, NY
A Modern style Post-Modern period brass plated pedestal column pillar stand signed by designers C
Category

Vintage 1970s American Modern Pedestals

Materials

Brass

Nero Marquina Marble Pedestal
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stone pedestal in a stunning Italian Nero Marquina marble with white veining in the style of Angelo
Category

Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Marble

Nero Marquina Marble Pedestal
Nero Marquina Marble Pedestal
H 30.75 in W 14 in D 14 in
Postmodern Speckled Fluted Column Pedestal
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Unique Postmodern Fluted Column Pedestal. Great ‘80s color scheme.
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Plaster

Cubic Crystal Pedestal by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Cubic Crystal Pedestal by Dainte Dimensions: D 28 x W 29 x H 38 cm. Materials: Crystal. This
Category

2010s American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Crystal

Cubic Crystal Pedestal by Dainte
Cubic Crystal Pedestal by Dainte
H 14.97 in W 11.42 in D 11.03 in
Uniquely Shaped Pedestal by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Uniquely Shaped Pedestal by Dainte Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 35 cm. Materials: Crystal. This
Category

2010s American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Crystal

Uniquely Shaped Pedestal by Dainte
Uniquely Shaped Pedestal by Dainte
H 13.78 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Vintage Bamboo Dining Console Table Bases Pedestals by McGuire
By McGuire
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Table Bases Pedestals by McGuire Approximate Measurements in Inches 28" high 17" wide 8.75" deep
Category

Vintage 1970s Organic Modern Pedestals

Materials

Bamboo

Lavish Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Lavish Pedestal by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 100 cm. Materials: Brushed brass and
Category

2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Brass, Stainless Steel

Lavish Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Lavish Pedestal by Memoir Essence
H 39.38 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in
Lavish Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Lavish Pedestal by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 100 cm. Materials: Brushed brass and
Category

2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Brass, Stainless Steel

Lavish Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Lavish Pedestal by Memoir Essence
H 39.38 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in
Lacquered Grey Grasscloth Pedestal, 1970
By Karl Springer
Located in Chicago, IL
Grey grasscloth pedestal, 1970. Original.
Category

Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Grasscloth

Postmodern Tessellated Marble Waisted Pedestal
By Enrique Garcel, Maitland Smith, Karl Springer, Casa Bique, Robert Marcius
Located in West Chester, PA
A vintage tessellated marble pedestal circa 1980s unmarked. The main color appears almost black in
Category

Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Marble

Postmodern Tessellated Marble Waisted Pedestal
Postmodern Tessellated Marble Waisted Pedestal
H 42.25 in W 14.125 in D 14.125 in
Short Illuminated Mirror Pedestal, 1980s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
- 23.5”h, 11.75”w, 11.75”d - Mirrored glass, wood - Type A plug, on-off switch on cord, accepts 1 standard base bulb - Condition: Excellent
Category

Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Wood

Short Illuminated Mirror Pedestal, 1980s
Short Illuminated Mirror Pedestal, 1980s
H 23.5 in W 11.75 in D 11.75 in
Tall Illuminated Mirror Pedestal, 1980s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
- 35.5”h, 11.75”w, 11.75”d - Mirrored glass, wood - Type A plug, on-off switch on cord, accepts 1 standard base bulb - Condition: Excellent
Category

Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Wood

Tall Illuminated Mirror Pedestal, 1980s
Tall Illuminated Mirror Pedestal, 1980s
H 35.5 in W 11.75 in D 11.75 in
Large Tessellated Stone and Brass Pedestal
By Maitland Smith, Enrique Garcel, Karl Springer, Casa Bique, Robert Marcius
Located in Houston, TX
Large tessellated stone and brass pedestal. This shapely postmodern pedestal is perfect for a
Category

Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Stone

Large Tessellated Stone and Brass Pedestal
Large Tessellated Stone and Brass Pedestal
H 42.25 in W 11.13 in D 11.13 in
Minimalist Italian Travertine Pedestal, Circa 1970s
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Beautiful Italian travertine marble pedestal / column / pillar / stand. Circa 1970s Made in
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Travertine

Onyx Pedestal iii by Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Onyx pedestal III by Pietro Franceschini. Materials: Onyx Dimensions: D 25 x W 25 x H 57 cm
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Onyx

Onyx Pedestal iii by Pietro Franceschini
Onyx Pedestal iii by Pietro Franceschini
H 22.45 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Onyx Pedestal V by Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Onyx pedestal V by Pietro Franceschini Materials: onyx Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 38 cm
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Onyx

Onyx Pedestal V by Pietro Franceschini
Onyx Pedestal V by Pietro Franceschini
H 14.97 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Onyx Pedestal iv by Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Onyx pedestal IV by Pietro Franceschini. Materials: Onyx. Dimensions: D 25 x W 25 x H 87 cm
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Onyx

Onyx Pedestal iv by Pietro Franceschini
Onyx Pedestal iv by Pietro Franceschini
H 34.26 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Two Illuminated Lucite Pedestal Display Columns
Located in Hanover, MA
Two custom fabricated lucite pedestal columns both with ~2” thick lucite tops and bases with
Category

Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Lucite

1980s Tessellated Stone Pedestal by Casa Bique
By Casa Bique
Located in Miami, FL
Stylish 1980s tessellated stone pedestal by Casa Bique. Crafted from tessellated stone in variants
Category

Vintage 1980s Philippine Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Stone

Medium Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio
By Algo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio Designed by Diego Garza Dimensions:  D 37 x W 30 x  H 48 cm
Category

2010s Mexican Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Formica, Plywood, Paper

Medium Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio
Medium Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio
H 18.9 in W 11.82 in D 14.57 in
Tall Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio
By Algo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Piedra pedestal by Algo Studio Designed by Diego Garza Dimensions:  D 31 x W 33 x  H 56 cm
Category

2010s Mexican Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Formica, Plywood, Paper

Tall Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio
Tall Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio
H 22.05 in W 13 in D 12.21 in
Short Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio
By Algo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Short Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio Designed by Diego Garza Dimensions:  D 30 x W 35 x  H 35 cm
Category

2010s Mexican Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Formica, Plywood, Paper

Short Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio
Short Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio
H 13.78 in W 13.78 in D 11.82 in
Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 110 cm. Materials: Polished
Category

2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Brass

Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence
H 43.31 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in
Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 110 cm. Materials: Polished
Category

2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Brass

Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence
H 43.31 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in
Postmodern Pedestal or Plant Stand, Italy 1990s
Located in Zagreb, HR
Postmodern pedestal table from the 1980s/1990s Unknown manufacturer The base is made of pink
Category

Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Concrete, Marble, Metal

Set of Four Birch Lighted Museum Pedestals
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A set of four graduated birch wood lighted pedestals. The square shape with a frosted glass top
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Glass, Birch

Set Of 2 Lavish Pedestals by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Lavish Pedestals by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 100 cm. Materials: Brushed
Category

2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Brass, Stainless Steel

Set Of 2 Lavish Pedestals by Memoir Essence
Set Of 2 Lavish Pedestals by Memoir Essence
H 39.38 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in
Set of 3 Piedra Pedestals by Algo Studio
By Algo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Piedra pedestals by Algo Studio Designed by Diego Garza Dimensions:  D 31 x W 33 x  H 56
Category

2010s Mexican Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Formica, Plywood, Paper

Set of 3 Piedra Pedestals by Algo Studio
Set of 3 Piedra Pedestals by Algo Studio
H 22.05 in W 13 in D 12.21 in
Pilgrim Glass Cobalt Blue Fluted Doric Column Pedestal
By Pilgrim Art
Located in Hanover, MA
Wonderful Pedestal Stand in the form of a classical fluted Doric column made of mouth-blown
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Blown Glass

Monumental Memphis Styled Lucite Light Up Column Pedestal
By Memphis Group
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A Lucite Memphis styled column pedestal finished in a gun metal gray hammer coating with step up
Category

Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Lucite

Set Of 2 Royal Ebony Pedestals by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Royal Ebony Pedestals by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 110 cm. Materials
Category

2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Brass

Set Of 2 Royal Ebony Pedestals by Memoir Essence
Set Of 2 Royal Ebony Pedestals by Memoir Essence
H 43.31 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in
Charles Hollis Jones Steel and Brass Pedestal
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Rare Charles Hollis Jones steel and brass pedestal 1970s with original patina no restoration was
Category

Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Pedestals

Materials

Brass, Steel

John Dickinson Style Plaster Tromp L' Oeil Draped Pedestal Cinched Rope & Tassel
By John Dickinson
Located in West Chester, PA
Vintage plaster Tromp L' Oeil pedestal in the manner of John Dickinson. Design of thick linen
Category

Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Pedestals

Materials

Plaster

Rope and Tassel Gilt Pedestal with Carrara Marble Vintage
Located in Lake Worth, FL
our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions of a Vintage Rope and Tassel Gilt Pedestal
Category

Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Pedestals

Materials

Marble, Wrought Iron

Restored Stacked Rattan & with Mahogany Display Pedestal Top
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Post War stacked steam-bent rattan circular pedestal end table with a mahogany top
Category

Vintage 1950s American Pedestals

Materials

Rattan

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Post Modern Pedestal Tables For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of post modern pedestal tables is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique post modern pedestal tables was constructed with extraordinary care, often using stone, marble and wood. We have 125 antique and vintage post modern pedestal tables in-stock, while there are 11 modern editions to choose from as well. Post modern pedestal tables have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of post modern pedestal tables to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Modern and Mid-Century Modern post modern pedestal tables are of considerable interest. Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills, Algo Studio and Ettore Sottsass each produced beautiful post modern pedestal tables that are worth considering.

How Much are Post Modern Pedestal Tables?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,995, while they’re typically $165 on the low end and $23,500 highest priced.

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

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 Mendinia 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.

Finding the Right tables for You

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 .