$3,464 / item
Giant Wood Babka Sconce by Di Fretto
Located in Geneve, CH
Giant Wood Babka Sconce by Di Fretto Dimensions: W 25 x D 16 x H 44 cm Materials: Oak The Babka wall light is made to order by hand in white poplar. The veins and colors depend on e...
Oak
Terracotta Brut Body Sconces by Di Fretto
Located in Geneve, CH
Terracotta Brut Body Sconces by Di Fretto Dimensions: W 26 x D 10 x H 27 cm Materials: White and Terracotta Faiences (not glazed) The look of the terracotta and white version is du...
Faience
$921 / item
Luno Brass Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Luno Brass Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 13 x W 27 x H 27 cm. Materials: Brass and alabaster. Available in different brass and alabaster options and finishes. Custom ...
Alabaster, Brass
$653 / item
Duono Cotton Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Duono Cotton Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 12 x W 24 x H 38 cm. Materials: Cotton. Custom options available on request. Please contact us. All our lamps can be wire...
Cotton
$688 / item
Okla Cotton Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Okla Cotton Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 12 x W 24 x H 38 cm. Materials: Cotton. Custom options available on request. Please contact us. All our lamps can be wired...
Cotton
$2,694 / item
Armstrong 4 R Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Armstrong 4 R wall sconce by Schwung Dimensions: W 35 x D 33 x H 92 cm Materials: Brass, opal glass Weight: 6 kg Finishes available: Black gunmetal, polished nickel, brass Oth...
Brass
$886 / item
Marquise Buccia Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari
Located in Geneve, CH
Marquise Buccia Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari Dimensions: D 8 x W 20 x H 20 cm. Materials: Metal and gold leaf. Different finishes are available. All our lamps can be wired according ...
Metal, Gold Leaf
$454 / item
Small White Babka Sconce by Di Fretto
Located in Geneve, CH
Small White Babka Sconce by Di Fretto Dimensions: W 15 x D 10 x H 28 cm Materials: White Faience (not glazed) Also Available: Terracotta (not glazed) The Babka wall lamp is a twist ...
Faience
$454 / item
Small Terracotta Babka Sconce by Di Fretto
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Terracotta Babka Sconce by Di Fretto Dimensions: W 15 x D 10 x H 28 cm Materials: Terracotta Faience (not glazed) Also Available: White (not glazed) The Babka wall light is a...
Faience
$839 / set
White Brut Body Sconces by Di Fretto
Located in Geneve, CH
White Brut Body Sconces by Di Fretto Dimensions: W 26 x D 10 x H 27 cm Materials: White Faience The Body appliques are the 2 sides of the sculpture of a woman's body. An antique sta...
Faience
$688 / item
Eklipso Brass Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Eklipso Brass Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 19,5 x W 14 x H 14 cm. Materials: Brass and glass. Available in different marble, brass, steel and alabaster options and f...
Brass
Swedish Designer, Sconces, Pine, Fabric, Sweden, C. 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of pine wood wall lights designed and produced in Sweden, circa 1970s. Backplate presents with light wear as illustrated. Wear consistent with age and use. Overall Dimensio...
Pine, Fabric
Swedish Designer, Sconce, Pine, Fabric, Sweden, c. 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pine and fabric wall light designed and produced in Sweden, circa 1970s. Fabric shade presents with some moderate staining staining. Wear consistent with age and use. Overall D...
Pine, Fabric
Swedish Designer, Sconces, Pine, Fabric, Sweden, c. 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of pine wood wall lights designed and crafted in Sweden, circa 1970s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 11.5"H x 5.56"W x 8.37"D Dimensions of back plate (inches): 4.56" Di...
Fabric, Pine
$968 / set
White Glazed Body Sconces by Di Fretto
Located in Geneve, CH
White Glazed Body Sconces by Di Fretto Dimensions: W 26 x D 10 x H 27 cm Materials: White Faience Glazed The Body appliques are the 2 sides of the sculpture of a woman's body. An an...
Faience
Swedish Designer, Sconces, Pine, Rattan, Sweden, c. 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of pine and rattan wall lights designed and produced in Sweden, circa 1970s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 11.5"H x 7.25"W x 9.5"D Backplate Dimensions (inches): 5.23" ...
Rattan, Pine
$979 / item
Small Sea Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Small ea Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 13 x W 20.5 x H 20.5 cm. Materials: Brass and glass. Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed b...
Brass
$4,992 / item
Natural Stone Wall Sconce II by Aver
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural stone wall sconce II by Aver Dimensions: W 18 x D 10 x H 86 cm Materials: Natural rocks, high-quality cut crystals, jewelry chains, hand blown glass, other. Also Available: M...
Stone, Crystal
$4,164 / item
Natural Stone Wall Sconce I by Aver
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural stone wall sconce I by Aver Dimensions: W 18 x D 10 x H 65 cm Materials: Natural rocks, high-quality cut crystals, jewelry chains, hand-blown glass, other. Also Available: Ma...
Stone, Crystal
$2,974 / item
Sigil Crest Wall Sconce by NITUSH AROOSH
Located in Geneve, CH
Sigil Crest Wall Sconce by NITUSH AROOSH Dimensions: Ø 22 x H 45 cm. Materials: Stainless steel and selenite. Available in different finishes. All our lamps can be wired according ...
Stainless Steel, Other
$1,482 / item
Ostro Marble Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ostro Marble Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 17 x W 31 x H 31 cm. Materials: Marble and glass. Available in different ceramic and marble options and finishes. Custom op...
Marble
Sculptural Vintage Triangular One Sconce Icaro Carlo Forcolini 1984 Italy
By Carlo Forcolini, Artemide
Located in Vienna, AT
Sculptural post - modern vintage one ( 1 ) sconce or wall light Icaro by Carlo Forcolini for Artemide 1986 Italy.
Metal
$921 / item
Marquise Cuspide Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari
Located in Geneve, CH
Marquise Cuspide Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari Dimensions: D 16 x W 12 x H 39 cm. Materials: Burnished metal and blown glass. Different finishes are available. All our lamps can be wi...
Metal
$1,084 / item
MMM Chill Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari
Located in Geneve, CH
MMM Chill Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari Dimensions: D 46 x W 33 x H 20 cm. Materials: Metal, satin fumè blown glass, and opale ice white PMMA. Different finishes are available. All ou...
Metal
$1,641 / item
Pair of Clear Glass Leaf Wall Sconces/lights, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful leaf shaped wall sconces. The wall lights have a grey colored metal base with a thick leaf shaped clear pressed glass. Made in Germany, around 1970. One small base bulb pe...
Chrome
$1,574 / item
Small Geo Sconce by The GoodMan Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Geo Sconce by The GoodMan Studio Dimensions (May vary): ⌀ 21 x H 6 cm (with ⌀ 8 cm sphere) Materials: Glass, Metal, Silver Leaf Blown glass with silvered leaf glass pearl cent...
Metal, Other
$1,831 / item
Medium Geo Sconce by The GoodMan Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Geo Sconce by The GoodMan Studio Dimensions (May vary): ⌀ 28 x H 6 cm (with ⌀ 11 cm sphere) Materials: Glass, Metal, Silver Leaf Blown glass with silvered leaf glass pearl ce...
Metal, Other
$2,088 / item
Large Geo Sconce by The GoodMan Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Geo Sconce by The GoodMan Studio Dimensions (May vary): ⌀ 36 x H 6 cm (with ⌀ 13 cm sphere) Materials: Glass, Metal, Silver Leaf Blown glass with silvered leaf glass pearl cen...
Metal, Other
$16,016 / item
Machine Age Prism 7 Sconce by Former Matter
Located in Geneve, CH
Machine Age Prism 7 Sconce by Former Matter Dimensions: W 23 x D 7 x H 42 cm. Materials: Solid Brass. Weight: 17 Kg. By studying the history of design and precious materials, each c...
Brass
$21,020 / item
Amsterdam School 9 Bricks Sconce by Former Matter
Located in Geneve, CH
Amsterdam School 9 Bricks Sconce by Former Matter Dimensions: W 32.4 x D 28.2 x H 27 cm. Materials: Solid Onyx, Weight: 21 Kg. By studying the history of design and precious materia...
Onyx
Italian Postmodern Chrome Sconce by Oscar Torlasco for Stilkronen, 1970s
By Oscar Torlasco
Located in Chicago, IL
An Italian Postmodern wall sconce designed by Oscar Torlasco for Stilkronen in the 1970s. The design pairs polished chrome with a thick, sculptural glass lens, creating a precise int...
Chrome
$2,041 / item
Fleur Butterfly Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari
Located in Geneve, CH
Fleur Butterfly Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari Dimensions: D 15 x W 24 x H 64 cm. Materials: Metal, gold leaf, and Murano glass. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. I...
Metal, Gold Leaf
$1,446 / item
Link Plus Glass Globe Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Link Plus Glass Globe Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 11.5 x W 11.5 x H 45.7 cm. Materials: Brass and glass. Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt bras...
Brass
$2,123 / item
Mooda Bleached Maple Sconce 9 by INDO-
Located in Geneve, CH
Mooda bleached maple sconce 9 by INDO- Dimensions: Ø 40.6 x D 15.2 cm Materials: bleached maple, venetian Calacatta marble All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If s...
Stone
$1,924 / item
Mooda Oxidized Oak Sconce 6 by INDO-
Located in Geneve, CH
Mooda Oxidized Oak sconce 6 by INDO- Dimensions: Ø 30.5 x 12.7 cm Materials: Oxidized Oak, Venetian Calacatta Marble All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to...
Stone
$2,123 / item
Mooda Bleached Maple Sconce 9 by INDO-
Located in Geneve, CH
Mooda bleached maple sconce 9 by INDO- Dimensions: Ø 40.6 x D 15.2 cm Materials: bleached maple, venetian calacatta marble All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If s...
Stone
$2,309 / item
Mooda Natural Oak Sconce 9 by INDO-
Located in Geneve, CH
Mooda natural oak sconce 9 by INDO- Dimensions: Ø 40.6 x D 15.2 cm Materials: Natural Oak, Venetian Calacatta Marble. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold t...
Stone
$2,309 / item
Mooda Oxidized Oak Sconce 9 by INDO-
Located in Geneve, CH
Mooda Oxidized Oak sconce 6 by INDO- Dimensions: Ø 40.6 x D 15.2 cm Materials: Oxidized Oak, Venetian Calacatta Marble All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold...
Stone
$1,738 / item
Mooda Bleached Maple Sconce 6 by INDO-
Located in Geneve, CH
Mooda Bleached Maple sconce 6 by INDO- Dimensions: Ø 30.5 x 12.7 cm Materials: Bleached maple, Venetian Calacatta Marble. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If so...
Stone
$1,539 / item
Mooda Oxidized Maple Sconce 6 by INDO-
Located in Geneve, CH
Mooda Oxidized maple sconce 6 by INDO- Dimensions: Ø 30.5 x 12.7 cm Materials: Oxidized maple, Mugla White stone All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the...
Stone
$1,738 / item
Mooda Natural Maple Sconce 6 by INDO-
Located in Geneve, CH
Mooda Natural Maple sconce 6 by INDO- Dimensions: Ø 30.5 x 12.7 cm Materials: Natural maple, Crema Marfil Marble All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the...
Marble
$2,123 / item
Mooda Bleached Maple Sconce 9 by INDO-
Located in Geneve, CH
Mooda Bleached Maple sconce 9 by INDO- Dimensions: Ø 40.6 x D 15.2 cm Materials: Bleached Maple, Venetian Calacatta Marble All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If s...
Stone
$1,621 / item
Marquise Sky Large Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari
Located in Geneve, CH
Marquise Sky Large Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari Dimensions: D 17 x W 7 x H 65 cm. Materials: Metal. Available in different sizes and finishes. All our lamps can be wired according t...
Metal
$1,621 / item
Marquise Sky Large Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari
Located in Geneve, CH
Marquise Sky Large Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari Dimensions: D 17 x W 7 x H 65 cm. Materials: Metal. Available in different sizes and finishes. All our lamps can be wired according t...
Metal
Marquise Sky Small Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari
Located in Geneve, CH
Marquise Sky Small Wall Sconce by MM Lampadari Dimensions: D 34 x W 7 x H 14 cm. Materials: Metal. Available in different sizes and finishes. All our lamps can be wired according t...
Metal
$1,447 / item
Drop Brass Wall Sconce Two by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop Brass Wall Sconce Two by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 23 x W 18 x H 51 cm. Materials: Brass. --Different finishes are available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass, and brushed bra...
Brass
$3,849 / item
Light & Shade Wall Sconce in Brass by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Light & Shade Wall Sconce in Brass by De Castelli. Dimensions: D 60 x H 7.5 cm. Materials: Brass. Design by Adele Martelli. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If ...
Metal, Brass
Pilolo White Alabaster Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Pilolo White Alabaster Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 11 x W 22 x H 42 cm. Materials: White alabaster. Available in different brass and alabaster options and finishes....
Alabaster
Pilolo Tobacco Alabaster Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Pilolo Tobacco Alabaster Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 11 x W 22 x H 42 cm. Materials: Alabaster. Available in different brass and alabaster options and finishes. Cus...
Alabaster
Contemporary Abstract Ceramic Sconces by Natasha Dakhli, France
Located in London, GB
Sconces by Natasha Dakhli Dimension: H 52 x 35 cm / H 41 x 39 cm Material: Enamelled stoneware Type: one-of-a-kind Year: 2023 Revolving around inspiration of primitive architectures...
Cast Stone
$979 / item
Small Drop Brass Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Drop Brass Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 15.5 x W 15.5 x H 30.5 cm. Materials: Brass. Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed b...
Brass
Swedish Designer, Sconces, Brass, Rattan, Sweden, C. 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass and rattan sconces designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1970s. Sold with Lampshades. Stated dimensions refer to the sconces with the shades. Dimensions of back...
Brass
$979 / item
A Brass Dome Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
A Brass Dome Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 15.5 x W 22 x H 48.5 cm. Materials: Brass. Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed brass P...
Brass
$979 / item
J Brass Dome Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
J Brass Dome Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 15.5 x W 22 x H 48.5 cm. Materials: Brass. Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed brass P...
Brass
$1,621 / item
Johnnie Bronze Wall Sconce by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Johnnie Bronze Wall Sconce by Fred and Juul Dimensions: Ø 19 x D 8 cm. Materials: Bronze. Available in different finishes of bronze. Custom sizes, materials or finishes are availabl...
Bronze
$1,271 / item
Rhythm Brass Dome Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Rhythm Brass Dome Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 33 x W 27 x H 58.5 cm. Materials: Brass. Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed bras...
Brass
$1,271 / item
Fly Brass Dome Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Fly Brass Dome Wall Sconce by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 20.5 x W 21.5 x H 21.5 cm. Materials: Brass. Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brushed bra...
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.
From the kitchen to the bedroom and everywhere in between, there is one major part of home decor that you definitely want to master: lighting. Carefully selected vintage sconces and wall lights can do wonders in establishing mood and highlighting your distinctive personality.
We’re a long way from the candelabra-inspired chandeliers of the medieval era. Lighting is no longer merely practical, and lighting designers have been creating and reinventing lighting solutions for eons. Because of the advancements crafted by these venturesome makers, we now have the opportunity to bring unique, customizable lighting solutions into our homes.
It’s never been easier to create dramatic bedrooms, cozy kitchen areas and cheerful bars than it is today. Think of an elegant wall sconce as functional and as a work of art, adding both light and style to your hallways, whimsical kids’ rooms and elsewhere.
When choosing a lighting solution, first determine what your needs are: Will you opt for a moody or a bright feel? The room that will serve as your home office will need adequate lighting — think “the brighter, the better” for this particular setting.
For the bedroom, bedside wall lamps with warm-temperature bulbs instead of bedside table lamps could be the way to go to induce a sense of calm or intimacy. Try to match the style of the wall light or sconce that you’re installing to the overall design scheme of your room. It’s never “just a light.” You should approach the lighting of a room with a mindset that is one part practical and one part aesthetics-driven.
Let 1stDibs help you set the mood with the right antique and vintage wall lights and sconces for your home. Our collection includes every kind of fixture, from sculptural works by Austrian craftsman J.T. Kalmar to chic industrial-style wall sconces, from adjustable painted aluminum wall lamps designed by Artemide to a wide variety of minimalist mid-century modern masterpieces.