Milky White Together Side Table by Favaretto&Partners
Located in Geneve, CH
Milky White Together Side Table by Favaretto&Partners Dimensions: D 40 x W 66 x H 68 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 7 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered version...
Other
Sweet Fuchsia Together Side Table by Favaretto&Partners
Located in Geneve, CH
Sweet Fuchsia Together Side Table by Favaretto&Partners Dimensions: D 40 x W 66 x H 68 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 7 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered versi...
Other
$1,455 / item
Flame Red Together Side Table by Favaretto&Partners
Located in Geneve, CH
Flame Red Together Side Table by Favaretto&Partners Dimensions: D 40 x W 66 x H 68 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 7 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered version. ...
Other
$10,936 / item
Source Side Table No.2 by a Space
Located in Geneve, CH
The Source side table No.2 by A Space Dimensions: D30 x W30 x H55cm Materials: Pink tuff. Weight: 50 kg Inspired by antiquity, material, craftsmanship and architecture of Armen...
Other
Lighted White Ambrogio Side Table by Favaretto&Partners
Located in Geneve, CH
Lighted White Ambrogio Side Table by Favaretto&Partners Dimensions: D 38,5 x W 42,5 x H 60,5 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 5 kg. A removable wood tray is available on request...
Other
Lighted White Amanda Side Table by Favaretto&Partners
Located in Geneve, CH
Lighted White Amanda Side Table by Favaretto&Partners Dimensions: D 36 x W 36 x H 60 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 3,5 kg. A removable wood tray is available on request. Avai...
Other
$10,936 / item
Source Side Table No.3 by a Space
Located in Geneve, CH
The source side table No.3 by A Space Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 50cm Materials: Pink tuff. Weight: 35 kg Inspired by antiquity, material, craftsmanship and architecture of Ar...
Other
$10,934 / item
Source Side Table No.5 by a Space
Located in Geneve, CH
The source side table No.5 by a Space Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 45cm Materials: Black tuff. Weight: 45 kg Inspired by antiquity, Material, craftsmanship and architecture of A...
Other
$419Sale Price / set|40% Off
Pair of Pierre Vandel Paris side tables, 1970s
By Pierre Vandel
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Pair of Pierre Vandel Paris side tables circa 1970, black lacquered aluminum structure, gold band inclusion, original beveled glass resting on black rubber glides. All in good condi...
Aluminum
$3,200 / item
A Penny For Your Thoughts Side Table
By Micah Rosenblatt
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A Penny For Your Thoughts Side Table pairs raw copper with welded steel for an elegant and honest piece of design. The powder-coated steel body is pierced by 5/8" thick solid copper...
Copper, Steel
Cohesion Unit Aluminium Side Table by Bureau of Entropy
Located in Geneve, CH
Cohesion Unit Aluminium Side Table by Bureau of Entropy. Limited edition, numbered & signed. Dimensions: W 43 x D 40 x H 40 cm. Materials: Aluminium. Cohesion Unit is a side ta...
Aluminum
Postmodern Polished Brass and Glass Sculptural Side Table, 1980s
By Milo Baughman, Karl Springer
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A striking Postmodern side table executed in polished brass with a thick circular glass top. The sculptural pedestal base features elegantly curved supports rising from an elongated ...
Brass
$1,423Sale Price|25% Off
DOG-SHAPED Table An Unusual Modernist Side-Table Accent in Black Plywood
Located in Miami, FL
A side table in the shape of a stylized dog. This is an unusual and very decorative side table designed in the shape of a stylized dog. Crafted in Italy in solid black plywood with ...
Steel
$3,420 / item
Alwa Two Transparent Black Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa two transparent black side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D38 x H44 cm Materials: casted glass; powder coated steel Also available in different finishes. Normally, glass is regar...
Steel
RL 07 Round Side Table in Brushed Aluminum by CASPAL
Located in Geneve, CH
RL 07 Round Side Table in Brushed Aluminum by CASPAL Dimensions: Ø 38 x H 45 cm. Materials: Brushed aluminum. Available in brushed, varnished, or mirror-polished aluminum. Prices m...
Aluminum
Side Table "Besico" by Siggi Fischer for Leolux, 1994
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Side Table "Besico" by Siggi Fischer for Leolux, 1994 Postmodern - Side table - Leolux / France The Besico side table is a design by Siggi Fischer for the Leolux brand, 1990s. A post...
Metal
Brown Jordan Glass-Top Outdoor Side Table, circa 1980s
By Brown Jordan
Located in San Diego, CA
Elegant and minimal Brown Jordan outdoor side table featuring a sculptural powder-coated aluminum frame in a soft off-white finish. The gently curved square apron supports an inset g...
Aluminum
Milanese Side Table, Brass and Rose Quartz, by AUSTE OST
Located in Geneve, CH
Milanese Side Table, Brass and Rose Quartz, by AUSTE OST Dimensions: W 40 x D 30 x H 50 cm Materials: Brass, Rose Quartz. Inspired by the elegant Milanese doorways, this side table...
Brass
Marble travertine side tables by Jean-Frédéric Bourdier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jean-Frédéric Bourdier Travertin marble tables Signed on the feet France 2010 Length: 51 cm Width:38 cm Height: 38 cm
Travertine, Marble
$1,952 / item
Fire Oak Side Table III by Daniel Elkayam
Located in Geneve, CH
Fire oak side table II by Daniel Elkayam One of a Kind Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 35 cm Materials: Oak Wood Daniel Elkayam — Designer Jerusalem-born Art-designer and Photogr...
Oak
$2,864 / item
High Fire Oak Side Table by Daniel Elkayam
Located in Geneve, CH
High Fire oak side table by Daniel Elkayam One of a Kind Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 60 cm Materials: Oak Wood Daniel Elkayam — Designer Jerusalem-born Art-designer and Photo...
Oak
RL 06 Round Side Table in Brushed Aluminum by CASPAL
Located in Geneve, CH
RL 06 Round Side Table in Brushed Aluminum by CASPAL Dimensions: Ø 38 x H 45 cm. Materials: Brushed aluminum. Available in brushed, varnished, or mirror-polished aluminum. Prices m...
Aluminum
$3,420 / item
Alwa Two Transparent Black Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa two transparent black side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D38 x H44 cm Materials: casted glass; powder coated steel Also available in different finishes. Normally, glass is...
Steel
$3,420 / item
Alwa Two Transparent Black Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa two transparent black side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D38 x H44 cm Materials: casted glass; powder coated steel Also available in different finishes. Normally, glass is...
Steel
$1,952 / item
Fire Oak Side Table I by Daniel Elkayam
Located in Geneve, CH
Fire oak side table I by Daniel Elkayam One of a Kind Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 35 cm Materials: Oak Wood Daniel Elkayam — Designer Jerusalem-born Art-designer and Photographer b...
Oak
$1,952 / item
Fire Oak Side Table II by Daniel Elkayam
Located in Geneve, CH
Fire oak side table II by Daniel Elkayam. One of a Kind. Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 35 cm. Materials: oak wood. Daniel Elkayam — Designer Jerusalem-born Art-designer and Photograp...
Oak
$3,420 / item
Alwa Two Amber Black Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa two amber black side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D38 x H44 cm Materials: casted glass; powder coated steel Also available in different finishes. Normally, glass is rega...
Steel
$3,124 / item
Alwa One White Black Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa one white black side table by Pulpo. Dimensions: D38 x H44 cm. Materials: casted glass; powder coated steel. Also available in different finishes. Normally, glass is r...
Steel
$6,249 / item
Barbican Side Table No.2 by a Space
Located in Geneve, CH
Barbican Side Table No.2 by A Space Dimensions: H40,64 x W26,035 x D34,29 cm Materials: Misc recycled. The design duo conceived the Barbican Collection over the spring/summer of...
Other
$7,030 / item
Barbican Side Table No.4 by A Space
Located in Geneve, CH
Barbican side table No.4 by A Space Dimensions: H55,88 x W25,4 x L33,02 cm Materials: Misc recycled. The design duo conceived the Barbican Collection over the spring/summer of 2...
Other
$6,249 / item
Barbican Side Table No.3 by a Space
Located in Geneve, CH
Barbican side table No.3 by A Space Dimensions: H34, 29 x W27, 31 x H40, 64 cm Materials: Misc. recycled. The design duo conceived the Barbican Collection over the spring/summer of...
Other
$7,030 / item
Barbican Side Table No.1 by a Space
Located in Geneve, CH
Barbican side table No.1 by A Space Dimensions: H43,18 x W43,18 x D30,48 cm Materials: Misc recycled. The design duo conceived the Barbican Collection over the spring/summer of ...
Other
$3,893 / item
Toros Black Marble Sobre Side Table by Studio Mohs
Located in Geneve, CH
Toros Black Marble Sobre Side Table by Studio Mohs Dimensions: W 45 x D 30 x H 51 cm Materials: Marble. The Toros Black marble, which is extracted from Alanya Demirtas, is a highly ...
Marble
$4,000 / item
Sky Blue Marble Ola Side Table by Studio Mohs
Located in Geneve, CH
Sky Blue Marble Ola Side Table by Studio Mohs Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 45 cm Materials: Marble. The Sky Blue marble originating from Alanya-Gazipaşa has orange-green and gray-blu...
Marble
$4,000 / item
Toros Black Marble Ola Side Table by Studio Mohs
Located in Geneve, CH
Toros Black Marble Ola Side Table by Studio Mohs Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 45 cm Materials: Marble. The Toros Black marble, which is extracted from Alanya Demirtaş, is a highly de...
Marble
Piccolo side table by Edward Geluk for Arco, 1980s Holland
By Edward Geluk
Located in Den Haag, NL
Sweet little Memphis style pink and Grey lacquered 'Piccolo' side table with a heavy weighted steel base, designed by Edward Geluk for Arco in the early eighties. In original condit...
Steel
$970 / set
Set Of 2 Bron Side Tables by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Bron Side Tables by Pastform Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 42 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobel,...
Wood
$2,864 / item
Sphere on Sphere Side Table by Studio Christinekalia
Located in Geneve, CH
Sphere on sphere side table by Studio Christinekalia Dimensions: W 65 x D 65 x H 66 cm. Materials: Solid wood, Burl veneer. Derived from the element of the sphere, this low woo...
Wood, Burl
Satellite Side Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Satellite Side Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 75,5 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Just like a real satellite, this little table will gra...
Aluminum
$6,521 / item
Baltic Darkened Bronze Side Table by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Baltic darkened bronze side table by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 33 x W 33 x H 48 cm Materials: darkened bronze Available in lightened bronze and darkened bronze. The Baltic ...
Bronze
$3,503 / item
Pina Low Transparent Black Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Pina low transparent black side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D44 x H42 cm Materials: glass; brass and steel Also available in different colours. Sebastian Herkner’s distinctiv...
Brass, Steel
Hourglass Shape Ash White Onyx Side Table by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
Ash White Onyx Side Table by RAFFINATO Dimensions: D 42,5 x W 50 x H 50 cm. Materials: White onyx. This table is available in different stone options: White Travertine, Rosso Levant...
Onyx
$3,502 / item
Pina Low Green Black Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Pina low green black side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D 44 x H 42 cm Materials: glass; brass and steel Also available in different colors. Sebastian Herkner’s distinctively ta...
Brass, Steel
$1,866 / item
Duplex Lacquered Side Table by Mambo Unlimited Ideas
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Open since 1997 and based in Lisbon, Portugal, a country with a long crafts tradition, Mambo Unlimited Ideas' design team researches for innovation and creativity developments around...
Travertine
$5,988 / item
Heritage Layer Side Table by Lee Jung Hoon
Located in Geneve, CH
Heritage layer side table by Lee Jung Hoon Dimensions: D100 x W29.4 x H45 cm Materials: walnut, stainless steel, steel. Also available in different dimension. The Heritage seri...
Steel, Stainless Steel
Matek Pyrite Side Table in Recycled Composite by Project Materia
Located in Geneve, CH
Matek Pyrite Side Table in Recycled Composite by Project Materia. Designed by Onno Adriaanse. Dimensions: W 83 x D 64 x H 50 cm. Materials: MATEK™ recycled composite. A side table i...
Composite
$1,432 / item
Black Mottled Side Table 40 by Donatas Zukauskas
By Donatas Žukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Mottled Side Table 40 by Kasanai Dimensions: D 40 x H 50 cm. Materials: Cement, recycled paper, glue, paint. 8 kg. The fusion of sturdiness and elegance, along with the blend ...
Concrete
Monolit Side Table, Solid Wood by Cezar Moldovan x Arbore
Located in Geneve, CH
Monolit Side Table, Solid Wood by Cezar Moldovan x Arbore Dimensions: W 45 x D 45 x H 45 cm. Material: Solid Oak. Wood finishes: Arctic, Wenge, Black. The Monolit Side Table — Soli...
Wood
$3,124 / item
Accaio Stage 2 Side Table by Max Lipsey
Located in Geneve, CH
Accaio Stage 2 Side Table by Max Lipsey Dimensions: D 49 x W 83 x H 71 cm. Materials: Powder-coated steel, alu, and leather. The side table is available in all RAL colors. Please co...
Steel, Other
Michele De Lucchi "Continental" Side Table, Postmodern, Italy, 1984
By Michele de Lucchi
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
This playful and eclectic side table was designed in 1984 by Michele De Lucchi. The unique silhouette of this piece is crafted of engineered wood and plastic. It comprises a base tha...
Laminate, Hardwood
Polished Diabase Marble Ola Side Table by Studio Mohs
Located in Geneve, CH
Polished Diabase Marble Ola Side Table by Studio Mohs Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 45 cm Materials: Marble. Diabase, also known as dolerite and microgarbo in the literature, extracte...
Marble
$3,704 / item
Brushed Diabase Marble Ola Side Table by Studio Mohs
Located in Geneve, CH
Brushed Diabase Marble Ola Side Table by Studio Mohs Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 45 cm Materials: Marble. Diabase, also known as dolerite and microgarbo in the literature, extracted...
Marble
$5,397 / item
Helle Solid Wood Side Table by Bowen Liu
Located in Geneve, CH
Helle Solid Wood Side Table by Bowen Liu Dimensions: D 22 x H 19 cm Materials: Solid wood, white oak Based in, produced and shipped from the US. It is a versatile side table that f...
Other
Modern Bronzed Steel Conical Spiral Form Accent Table
Located in Astoria, NY
Modern Bronzed Steel Conical Spiral Side Table. 18.5" H x 20.25" Diameter. Provenance: From a Fort Lauderdale, Florida Estate.
Steel
Forest & Sunset Murano Waste Side Table by Hillsideout
Located in Geneve, CH
Forest & Sunset Murano Waste Side Table by Hillsideout Dimensions: W 37 x D 37 x H 39 cm. Materials: Murano Glass, Woods, Epoxy resin, Acrylic. The side-table is as well lighting a...
Glass, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Wood
$2,509 / item
Lotus, In Growth Vase Side Table by Newblue
Located in Geneve, CH
Lotus, In Growth Vase Side Table by Newblue Unique Piece Dimensions: D 28 x W 28 x H 51 cm. Materials: Patent-pending Newblue recycled ceramic material, recycled sanitary ware, recyc...
Quartz, Other
$1,995 / item
Duplex Walnut Side Table by Mambo Unlimited Ideas
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Open since 1997 and based in Lisbon, Portugal, a country with a long crafts tradition, Mambo Unlimited Ideas' design team researches for innovation and creativity developments around...
Travertine
$1,822 / item
Wooden Side Table in Darker Brown by Project 213A
Located in Geneve, CH
Wooden side table in Darker Brown by Project 213A Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 43.5 cm Materials: Solid wood. This sculptural side table is hand carved by local artisans in Port...
Wood
Jeffrey Greene Postmodern Side Table, Mahogany & Curly Maple, 1990
By Jeffrey Greene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jeffrey Green postmodern table made out of mahogany and curly maple with curved black lacquer legs. Great little accent table fits into lots of different styles and looks top has bee...
Birch, Mahogany, Walnut
$5,669 / item
Foot Walnut Side Table With Drawer by Project 213A
Located in Geneve, CH
Foot Side Table With Drawer by Project 213A Dimensions: W 32 x D 28 x H 62 cm Materials: Walnut The Foot Side Table is made from Oak wood with carefully designed jointing details. T...
Walnut
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.
While the range of styles and variety of materials have broadened over time, the priceless functionality of side tables has held true.
Antique and vintage side tables are an integral accent to our seating and provide additional, necessary storage in our homes. They can be a great foundation for that perfect focal piece of art that you want all your guests to see as you congregate for cocktails in the living room. Side tables are indeed ideal as a stage for your decorative objects or plants in your library or your study, and they are a practical space for the novel or stack of design magazines you keep close to your sofa.
Sure, owning a pair of side tables isn’t as imperative as having a coffee table in the common area, though most of us would struggle without them. Those made of metal, stone or wood are frequently featured in stylish interiors, and if you’re shopping for side tables, there are a couple of things to keep in mind.
With respect to the height of your side tables, a table that is as high as your lounge chair or the arm of your couch is best.
Some folks are understandably fussy about coherence in a living room area, but coherence doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t mix and match. Feel free to introduce minimalist mid-century modern wooden side tables designed by Paul McCobb alongside your contemporary metal coffee table. If you think it isn’t possible to pair a Hollywood Regency–style side table with a contemporary sofa, we’re here to tell you that it is. Even a leggy side table can balance a chunky sofa well. Try to keep a limited color palette in mind if you’re planning on mixing furniture styles and materials, and don’t be afraid to add a piece of abstract art to shake things up.
As far as the objects you’re planning to place on your side tables, if you have heavy items such as stone or sculptures to display, a fragile glass-top table would not be an ideal choice. Think about what material would best support your collectibles and go with that. If it’s a particularly small side table, along with a tall, sleek floor lamp, it can make for a great way to fill a corner of the room you wouldn’t otherwise easily be able to populate.
Whether you are looking for an antique 19th-century carved oak side table or a vintage rattan side table (because rattan never went away!), the collection on 1stDibs has you covered — find Art Deco side tables, bamboo side tables, travertine side tables and more today.