Tall Dutch Canal Post in Weathered Iron Wood
Located in Dallas, TX
This end table is made from a mildly weathered canal posts that features beautiful fissures that add organic texture and interest to any room. The wood features a rich walnut tone th...
Limestone
Set of two 001 'Tall and short' Side Tables by Archive for Space, UK 2020
By Archive for Space
Located in London, GB
Side table 001 is a made to order design by Archive for Space, a multidisciplinary design practice founded in London in 2019. Side table 001 was designed to celebrate raw steel throu...
Steel, Cut Steel
$862Sale Price|31% Off
Small Black Tubular Plastic Side Table with Smoked Glass, Postmodern, 1980s
Located in London, GB
A small 1980s post modern style tubular black plastic side table with smoked glass.
Glass, Plastic
Barbera Heron Round Coffee Table, Modern Solid Bronze Base with Stone Top
By Daniel Barbera
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Designed by Daniel Barbera, the Heron coffee table, is a muscular sandcast solid bronze base with four organic forms rising from the base to support the top. The form is hand finishe...
Granite, Marble, Metal, Aluminum, Bronze
$9,033 / item
Brass Flint Table by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Flint Table by Madheke Dimensions: D 90 x W 90 x H 75 cm. Materials: Sunbeam veneer marquetry table top with high gloss finish, Brass table top trim detail with Greco-styled le...
Brass
Tessellated Horn Drum Table After Karl Springer
By Casa Bique, Enrique Garcel, Karl Springer, Maitland Smith, R & Y Augousti
Located in Houston, TX
Tessellated Horn Drum Table. Offered is a handsome round Post-Modern Karl Springer inspired tessellated horn table on a raised plinth.
Horn
$4,200 / set
Italian Travertine Marble End Tables, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A substantial pair of Italian travertine marble end or side tables, Modern style/Postmodern period, circa late 20th century (1970s), Italy. Executed in travertine with a clean square...
Travertine, Marble
$4,000 / item
528 HZ Table/ Frequency
By Sebastián Ángeles
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Sound propagates by means of waves that are generated every time a certain object shakes the air around it, which causes small changes in the air pressure. It is for this reason that...
Bronze
$4,313 / item
Ludovica Table by Ayres
Located in Geneve, CH
Ludovica Table by Ayres Dimensions: W 41 x D 41 x H 48 cm. Materials: Red Travertine. At AYRES we design utilitarian objects and furniture with a primary aesthetic. Our basic shap...
Marble
$7,294 / item
Form Entry Table by Goons
Located in Geneve, CH
Form Entry Table by Goons Dimensions: W 35 x D 31 x H 74 cm Materials: Wood. Finish: White wash The Form Entry Table, multifaceted and multifunctional, was born of our studio itself...
Wood
$1,275 / item
Mason's Table by MOB
Located in Geneve, CH
Mason's table by MOB Limited editions of 5 + 1 prototype Designer: BAST (France) Dimensions: H 75 x D 60 x W 60 cm Material: concrete The mason’s table is conceived to be bui...
Concrete
$840Sale Price|30% Off
Postmodern Plaster Stacked Table
Located in San Diego, CA
Excellent example of 1980s Postmodern design, beautiful geometric stacked occasional table that can function as side table, end table or coffee table.
Plaster
Vintage French Faux Stingray Table
By R & Y Augousti, Karl Springer, Aldo Tura
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage French Faux Stingray Table. This great faux R & Y Augousti style stingray table, gueridon or side table is an interesting shape and was made with hidden casters for ease ...
Faux Leather
$3,038 / item
Onde Table by Studio Kallang
Located in Geneve, CH
Onde Table by Studio Kallang Dimensions: W 120 x D 50 x H 75 cm Materials: Solid Teak. STUDIO KALLANG IS A SINGAPORE AND SEATTLE BASED PROJECT FOCUSING ON OBJECTS DESIGNED BY FAEZAH...
Teak
Cast Plaster Monkey Table - Postmodern 1980s
Located in Raleigh, NC
Postmodern table from the 1980s featuring a cast plaster monkey figure as the base. The sculptural monkey supports a glass top, combining whimsical figurative form with functional f...
Glass, Plaster
$2,864 / item
Amazonia Occasional Table by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Amazonia Occasional Table by Somaschini Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 50 cm Materials: S48 Mdf structure in Black 3D Wood effect resin, with soft touch finish. Base with iron layer wi...
Metal
$2,017 / item
Amazonia Occasional Table by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Amazonia Occasional Table by Somaschini Dimensions: W 36 x D 36 x H 60 cm Materials: S47 Mdf structure in Black 3D Wood effect resin, with soft touch finish. Iron top with with Pure ...
Metal
$6,621 / item
Loop Night Table by Redeco
Located in Geneve, CH
Loop Night Table by Redeco Dimensions: W 46 x D 46 x H 50 cm Materials: Warm grey N.56 lacquered matt finishing, top in Belvedere marble, Biotite satin metal. ReDéco is a truly sol...
Satin
$14,541 / item
Planet Table by Madina Tsarikaeva
Located in Geneve, CH
Planet Table by Madina Tsarikaeva Dimensions: D 43 x H 63 cm. Materials: Rosso francia, arabescato rosso orobico, bianco lasa vena oro, verde guatemala. Madina Tsarikaeva (1994) ...
Marble
$6,377 / item
Waiting Table by MOB
Located in Geneve, CH
Waiting table by MOB Limited editions of 10 + 1 prototype Designer: Sami Arquitectos (Portugal) Dimensions: H 60 x D 57 cm Material: 2mm steel sheet, 2mm aluminium sheet, 10mm steel...
Steel
$336 / item
Black Arc Table by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Arc Table by OK Design Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 60 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. Available in black, white, or blue. Please contact us. Arc Table is a sleek and eleg...
Metal
$336 / item
White Arc Table by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
White Arc Table by OK Design Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 60 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. Available in black, white, or blue. Please contact us. Arc Table is a sleek and eleg...
Metal
$336 / item
Blue Arc Table by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue Arc Table by OK Design Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 60 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. Available in black, white, or blue. Please contact us. Arc Table is a sleek and elega...
Metal
$8,929 / item
Bough Table by Cal Summers
By Cal Summers
Located in Geneve, CH
Bough Table by Cal Summers Dimension: D 58.42 x H 34.29 cm Materials: Sculpted Steel with Bronze Patina and Waxed Finish. Cal Summers is a British designer who makes bespoke handma...
Steel
$9,566 / item
Crea Table by Cal Summers
By Cal Summers
Located in Geneve, CH
Crea Table by Cal Summers Dimension: D 48.26 x H 48.26 cm Materials: Sculpted Steel with an Aged Zinc Finish. Cal Summers is a British designer who makes bespoke handmade furnitur...
Steel
$8,674 / item
Level Table by Cal Summers
By Cal Summers
Located in Geneve, CH
Level Table by Cal Summers Dimension: W 42 x D 30.48 x H 43.18 cm Materials: Solid Steel, Heavily Rusted. Cal Summers is a British designer who makes bespoke handmade furniture an...
Steel
$6,377 / item
Oxyde Table by Pol Quadens
Located in Geneve, CH
Oxyde Table by Pol Quadens Limited Edition Of 8+4 Pieces. Dimensions: D 90 x W 105 x H 35 cm. Materials: Black patinated steel. Pol Quadens was born in Brussels. His father was act...
Steel
$4,905 / item
Patchwork Table by Studio Gaia Paris
Located in Geneve, CH
Patchwork Table by Studio Gaia Paris Dimensions: ⌀ 35 x H 50 cm Materials: Exotic, Green and Red Onyx This elegant side table is a masterpiece of craftsmanship, harmoniously combin...
Onyx
$8,929 / item
WMF Small Table by Mob
Located in Geneve, CH
WMF small table by MOB Limited editions of 5 + 1 prototype Designer: Alejandra Prieto and Pablo Valle (Chile) Dimensions: H 72 x W 70 cm Material: Polished bronze, chestnut wood,...
Bronze
$2,910 / item
Hex400 Table by MLK Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Hex400 Table by MLK Furniture Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 65 cm. Materials: Aluminum. Also available in brass, copper, or stainless steel. Arthur Moulucou (1989) is a French desig...
Aluminum
$3,165 / item
Hex600 Table by MLK Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Hex600 Table by MLK Furniture Dimensions: D 60 x W 52 x H 75 cm. Materials: Aluminum. Also available in brass, copper, or stainless steel. Arthur Moulucou (1989) is a French desig...
Aluminum
Postmodern Birdseye Maple Accent Table
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in Richmond, VA
Fantastic postmodern neo classical accent table in the manner of Michael Graves. Table is handcrafted in birdseye maple veneer with ebony inlay. Italy, circa 1980
Birdseye Maple, Ebony
$13,804 / item
Nisus Accent Table by Alter Ego Studio
Located in Castelo da Maia, PT
Nisus Accent Table by Alter Ego Studio Dimensions W 66 cm D 66 cm H 41 cm Product features Product options: Upholstery: Available in all Alter Ego Studio leathers and fabrics....
Stone
Large Pair of Blue Robot Nightstands Bedside Tables - Customisable
By Jo Wilton and Mirka Grohn
Located in Leicester, GB
A bespoke pair (size customisable) of elegant Blueberry blue steel Robot bedside tables. The Robot side table features an open shelf on zig zag legs. A wide, low elegant design made ...
Steel
$1,862 / item
Sculptural Basket Brass Table by Misaya
By Masaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural Basket Brass Table by Misaya Dimensions: W92 x D92 x H43 cm. Materials: Brass. Also Available: Different colors (Gold, Polished Brass. Black, Painted Brass) and materials...
Brass
$4,777 / item
Small Perianth Natural Oak Table by Haymann Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Perianth Table by Haymann Editions Dimensions: D 39.5 x W 40 x H 45 cm. Materials: Oak. Available in black or natural oak. Also available in different marble tops. Perianth f...
Oak
Memphis Table By Shiro Kuramata Sally Glass Chrome Rolling Table, 1987
By Shiro Kuramata, Memphis Group
Located in Vienna, AT
Round rolling table sally by Shiro Kuramata for Memphis, 1987 Dimensions are 30.31" x 23.35" x 23.35" Iconic table 'Sally' by Shiro Kuramata, Japan, 1987 for Memphis. Comprised of ...
Metal, Chrome
$6,450 / set
Pair of Vintage Faux Malachite Tables
By Angus Bruce 1
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of vintage Faux Malachite tables. This stylish pair of modernist style side tables, drink tables, gueridons or cigarette tables are realistically faux malachite decorated with m...
Mirror, Wood
$6,435 / item
Really Rococo Table by Ebba Lindgren
Located in Geneve, CH
Really Rococo Table by Ebba Lindgren Dimensions: D 64 x W 97 x H 75 cm. Materials: Recycled textile fiberboard (“really board”). Ebba Lindgren Is an internationally renowned artist...
Other
$5,461 / item
Hexcurve Table by MLK Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Hexcurve Table by MLK Furniture One of a Kind Dimensions: D 60 x W 40 x H 75 cm. Materials: Aluminum, nylon. HEXCurve Table is a one-off item pedestal table. Smooth and curvy top co...
Aluminum
$8,674 / item
Cigar Table by Cal Summers
By Cal Summers
Located in Geneve, CH
Cigar Table by Cal Summers Dimension: D 30.48 x H 60.96 cm Materials: Sculpted Steel with Bronze Patina and Waxed finish. Cal Summers is a British designer who makes bespoke handma...
Steel, Bronze
$3,571 / item
Marble Pouf Table by Euromarmi Store
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble Pouf Table by Euromarmi Store Dimensions: D 40 x W 33 x H 45 cm. Materials: Rosa Norvegia. Founded by Angela Stiuso, Euromarmi Store was born from the experience and dedicati...
Marble
$4,209 / item
Marble Pouf Table by Euromarmi Store
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble Pouf Table by Euromarmi Store Dimensions: D 40 x W 33 x H 45 cm. Materials: Calacatta marble, Picasso Onyx. Founded by Angela Stiuso, Euromarmi Store was born from the experi...
Marble
$3,954 / item
Marble Pouf Table by Euromarmi Store
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble Pouf Table by Euromarmi Store Dimensions: D 40 x W 33 x H 45 cm. Materials: Calacatta marble. Founded by Angela Stiuso, Euromarmi Store was born from the experience and dedic...
Marble
$2,922 / item
Brown Lazy-O Occasional Table by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Brown Lazy-O Occasional Table by Somaschini Dimensions: D 45 x H 40 cm Materials: Lightened mdf monolithic structure. Side table in N.151 Copper brown Argilla finish About: Somas...
Lacquer
$2,180 / item
Brown Lazy-O Occasional Table by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Brown Lazy-O Occasional Table by Somaschini Dimensions: D 25 x H 48 cm Materials: Lightened mdf monolithic structure. S49-02 Copper brown Argilla finish. Side table in N.151 Copper ...
Lacquer
$3,374 / item
Grey Lazy-O Occasional Table by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Grey Lazy-O Occasional Table by Somaschini Dimensions: D 45 x H 40 cm Materials: Lightened mdf monolithic structure. S50 Shadow grey high gloss polyester lacquered finish. Side tabl...
Lacquer
$2,388 / item
Black Lazy-O Occasional Table by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Lazy-O Occasional Table by Somaschini Dimensions: D 25 x H 48 cm Materials: Lightened mdf monolithic structure. S49 Black high gloss polyester lacquered finish. Side table in ...
Lacquer
$6,888 / item
C Series Table by Jaclyn Pappalardo
Located in Geneve, CH
C Series Table by Jaclyn Pappalardo Dimensions: W 76 x D 40 x H 57 cm Materials: Precision ground tool steel. Jaclyn is a designer and maker based in London. Her background in set ...
Steel
$2,168 / item
SST006 Small Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST006 small table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D35.6 x H41 cm Materials: Marbles: Marble Top: Carrara Gioia Marble Structure: Portoro Emperador Dark Rosso Cardinale Calacatta O...
Marble
$1,760 / item
Disrupt Tall Table by Arne Desmet
Located in Geneve, CH
Disrupt Tall Table by Arne Desmet Dimensions: D44 x W44 x H46 cm Materials: Powder coated aluminium. Other colours available on request. The shapes of the Disrupt tables are in...
Aluminum
$6,679 / item
Loop 5055 Night Table by Redeco
Located in Geneve, CH
Loop 5055 Night Table by Redeco Dimensions: W 46 x D 46 x H 50 cm Materials: Structure in Pearl Champagne lacquered polyester silk finish. Top in Bronze brushed crossed lacquered hig...
Metal, Bronze
Illuminated Lucite Drum Table by Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in London, London
This illuminated drum table by Karl Springer exemplifies the designer’s bold, glamorous modernism of the 1970s–1980s. The piece features a striking cylindrical base finished in high-...
Lucite
$7,800 / set
Pair Romeo Rega Brass Glass Occassional Tables
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Romeo Rega occassional tables constructed of heavy brass with tempered and embossed Fontana Arte contract glass (Milan/Rome production). International Orders: All internatio...
Brass
$7,653 / item
Unique Signed Table by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique signed table by Jörg Pietschmann Table Caucasian walnut burl, American black walnut measures: H 38 x W 121 x D 78 cm, tabletop 7 cm Radiant grained wood with natural edge on a...
Walnut
$4,337 / item
Half Moon Bedside Table in Jesmonite by Perler
Located in Geneve, CH
Half Moon Bedside Table in Jesmonite by Perler. Dimensions: W 55 x D 34 x H 45 cm. Materials: Jesmonite. Color: A subtle shade of warm white or ivory, complemented by a ceramic inla...
Other
$2,110 / item
Pillow Table by Nick Sugihara
Located in Geneve, CH
Pillow Table by Nick Sugihara Dimensions: D 30.48 x W 43.18 x H 43.18 cm. Materials: Oiled cherry wood. Available in cherry, oak, and walnut. Please contact us. Sugihara Fine Furn...
Cherry
$1,924 / item
Ribbons Chocolate 90 Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons chocolate 90 table by MOWEE Dimensions: D90 x W90 x H75 cm. Material: Aluminum and HPL top. Weight: 16 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black Edg...
Aluminum, Other
$1,924 / item
Ribbons Navy 90 Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons navy 90 table by MOWEE Dimensions: D90 x W90 x H75 cm. Material: Aluminium and HPL top. Weight: 16 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black Edge or...
Aluminum, Other
$1,924 / item
Ribbons White 90 Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons white 90 table by MOWEE Dimensions: D90 x W90 x H75 cm. Material: Aluminum and HPL top. Weight: 16 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black Edge or...
Aluminum, Other
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.