$4,450 / set
Set of Post Modern Coconut Shell Tables
By Casa Bique, Karl Springer, Enrique Garcel
Located in Houston, TX
Set of post modern coconut shell tables. This handsome Karl Springer style set consists of 3 mid-century oval coconut shell tables with bronze mirrored tops.
Mirror, Coconut
$1,520Sale Price|20% Off
Pair of Modern Lacquered Side Tables
Located in Pasadena, TX
Pair of modern lacquered side tables Slick metal and glass side tables recently restored in off-white.
Glass
$5,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
Modern Low Column Stool/Side Table
By Erik Johnson, Argosy Designs
Located in Treadwell, NY
Modern Low Column Stool/Side Table Patinated architectural bronze plate, lacquered aluminum, oiled wood, forged hot rolled steel Dimensions: 11.5” L x 10.5” W x 18.5” H Weight: 4...
Steel, Aluminum, Bronze
Large Mid Century Italian Post Modern Travertine Marble Cube Table or End Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A simple modern cube table from Italy circa 1970's. It features thick cream colored travertine construction. Heavy slab construction.
Travertine
Modern Tesselated Bone and Chrome Drum Side Table
By Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills 1
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice tesselated bone and chrome drum side table in the style of Marquis of Beverly Hills, circa 1990s. The table is in very good vintage condition and measures 13.25"D x 26.25...
Stone
Post Modern Reverse Painted Red and Black Glass Cube End Tables c. 1980
Located in Saint Louis, MO
1980s Post Modern red and black glass cube end or side tables.
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Chrome and Glass Tubular Side Table
Located in Southampton, NJ
Sculptural Z form Mid-Century Modern chrome and glass end or accent table with tubular frame with removable 1/2" glass top. 1970's production; Italy.
Chrome
Karl Springer-Taller Maria Teresa Méndez Goatskin Geometric Tables Post-Modern
By Karl Springer, Taller Maria Teresa Mendez
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a pair of side tables. Circa the 1980s, in the style of Karl Springer-Taller Maria Teresa Méndez Pair of Corner Geometric Goatskin Tables Fabulous clean moder...
Aluminum
$1,256Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Post Modern Brass Plated Glass Top Tables in the Manner of Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in Cordova, SC
Tubular brass plated side tables with glass top. Both tables are in good condition.
Brass
$1,750 / item
Hilu Side Table
Located in Singapore, SG
The Hilu Stool, designed by Studio Kallang, is a sculptural, timeless piece handcrafted in Indonesia from solid teak and sungkai by skilled generational artisans. Inspired by child...
Teak
$937 / item
Oculta Side Table
By Tri Design
Located in Londrina, Paraná
Oculta means hidden in Portuguese. This side table plays with the idea of having a table underneath another table. (This product consists of only 1 table).
Wood
Sculptural Steel Side Table
Located in Greensboro, NC
Welded steel studio made side table. Patina to the top as shown. 20.25 x 19.75 x 20.75
Steel
Edward Axel Roffman Pair Minimalist Enameled Oak Cube Tables MCM Post-Modern
By Edward Axel Roffman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed by Edward Axel Roffman, American, circa 1970s, these practical and fashionable side tables can be used in any number of ways. Retaining original enamel, showing minor scuffs...
Enamel
$1,200
Lee Weitzman Side Table
By Lee Weitzman
Located in Highland, IN
A playful post-modern design, this side table by Lee Weitzman is reductive in form, but also embraces surface decoration with the black and plumb crackled paint finish.
Wood
$9,212 / set
Side Table by Laboratorio
Located in Geneve, CH
Side Table by Laboratorio Dimensions: Ø 130 x H 45 cm. Materials: Satin/galvanized steel and Calacatta Red marble. Dimensions and prices may vary. Please contact us. Laboratorio is...
Marble, Steel
$1,181Sale Price|27% Off
1970's Side Tables
Located in London, GB
A pair of orange and brown formica top side tables, Weighted aluminium Eero Saarinen style bases. The formica tops are oak edged.
Aluminum
$1,250
Red Side Drinks Table
Located in New York, NY
A red geometric side/drinks table, Postmodern period, circa late-20th century. A chic red resin geometric side drinks table. Hue is a 'Coca-Cola' red. A great statement piece for a l...
Plastic, Resin
$6,500 / set
Postmodern Italian Marble Side Tables
Located in Chicago, IL
Post modern Italian marble side tables. Each top 8” deep and w 19.75”.
Marble
Post modern Dutch slatted wooden wavy curvy bench or coffee table, 1970s
Located in Zaandam, NL
Wonderful example of gorgeous early version of this slatted side table which can also be used as a small bench. This table is in great vintage condition with a lovely light wear and ...
Wood
Tripod Postmodern Side Table
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful 1980s Postmodern tripod side table. The table is constructed of brush aluminum legs that are painted lite pink and blue with a smoked glass top. It can be turned in to a ...
Aluminum
$3,687 / item
Labium Side Table by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Labium Side Table by Somaschini Dimensions: D 25 x H 55 cm Materials: Monolithic milled structure in solid Roman Travertine. Side table in solid Roman Travertine. About: Somaschin...
Travertine
$5,525 / item
Fiftyfour Side Table by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Fiftyfour Side Table by Somaschini Dimensions: W 36 x D 36 x H 40 cm Materials: Monolithic milled structure in solid Roman Travertine. Side table in solid Roman Travertine. About: ...
Travertine
$5,920 / item
Palmyre Side Table by EBUR
Located in Geneve, CH
Palmyre Side Table by EBUR Dimensions: W 47 x D 47 x H 63 cm. Materials: Sucupira, bronze. Weight: 14 Kg. The Palmyre side table in sucupira, with its jagged forms, is inspired by ...
Bronze
$9,212 / item
Boudoir Side Table by Senimo
Located in Geneve, CH
Boudoir Side Table by Senimo Dimensions: W 48 x D 33 x H 89 cm Materials: Laquered Wood (MDF) Each piece is unique or in very small series. Entirely handmade. The structure is made ...
Wood
$10,000 / set
Pair of Sculptural Side Tables
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Pair of Sculptural Side Tables By Ger C. Bout The Netherlands, Circa 1990 Painted Wood Assemblage 20½”W x 17"D x 24"H
Wood
$8,293 / item
Ballerina Side Table by Senimo
Located in Geneve, CH
Ballerina Side Table by Senimo Dimensions: W 44 x D 40 x H 50 cm Materials: Laquered Wood (MDF) Each piece is unique or in very small series. Entirely handmade. The structure of the...
Wood
$7,840 / item
Sharpei Side Table by Senimo
Located in Geneve, CH
Sharpei Side Table by Senimo Dimensions: W 48 x D 40 x H 40 cm Materials: Laquered Wood (MDF) Each piece is unique or in very small series. Entirely handmade. The structure of the s...
Wood
$2,400 / item
Honed Travertine Occasional Side Table
Located in Houston, TX
Honed travertine occasional side table with column base.
Travertine
$1,512 / item
Raw Side Table by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Raw Side Table by DAaZ Dimensions: D 27 x W 27 x H 46 cm. Materials: Marble. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and revel in the m...
Marble
$5,641 / item
Droplet Side Table by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Droplet Side Table by DAaZ Dimensions: D 60 x W 80 x H 36 cm. Materials: Copper. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and revel in t...
Copper
$604 / item
Taonga Side Table by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Taonga Side Table by DAaZ Dimensions: D 36.2 x W 65 x H 45 cm. Materials: Albizzia wood. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and re...
Wood
$767 / item
Naive Side Table by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Naive Side Table by DAaZ Dimensions: D 46 x W 46 x H 55 cm. Materials: Albizzia wood. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and revel...
Wood
$1,523 / item
Glee Side Table by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Glee Side Table by DAaZ Dimensions: D 33 x W 33 x H 51 cm. Materials: Aluminum. Available in copper. Please contact us. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace th...
Aluminum
$2,303 / item
Amazonas Side Table by Ayres
Located in Geneve, CH
Amazonas Side Table by Ayres Dimensions: W 43 x D 25 x H 45 cm Materials: Red Travertine At AYRES we design utilitarian objects and furniture with a primary aesthetic. Our basic sh...
Travertine
$2,617 / item
Amazonas Side Table by Ayres
Located in Geneve, CH
Amazonas Side Table by Ayres Dimensions: W 43 x D 25 x H 45 cm Materials: Sand Travertine At AYRES we design utilitarian objects and furniture with a primary aesthetic. Our basic s...
Travertine
$9,375 / item
SKS Side Table by Veermakers
Located in Geneve, CH
SKS Side Table by Veermakers Dimensions: D 50 x H 43 cm. Materials: Solid Walnut Premium with a satin clear hard wax oil. About: After years of successful collaboration on luxury i...
Walnut
$10,992 / item
Aconito Side Table by Vetralia
Located in Geneve, CH
Aconito Side Table by Vetralia Designed by Alessandro Trambaioli Dimensions: D 45 x H 60 cm Materials: Charred wood, resin, Murano glass. VETRALIA Functional Art based in Venice Ac...
Glass, Wood, Resin
$1,733 / item
Nun Side Table by Shou
Located in Geneve, CH
Nun side table by Shou Dimensions: W 30 x D 35 x H 40 cm Materials: Tempered glass. Nun side table wich plans to create an aesthetic atmosphere with the transparecy and reflecti...
Glass
$2,908 / item
Vayu Side Table by Mythology
Located in Geneve, CH
Vayu Side Table by Mythology Dimensions: D 25 x W 25 x H 50 cm Materials: Scorched reclaimed oak. Sculpted from a single piece of reclaimed timber and scorched to a deep black, the ...
Oak
$3,419 / item
Aya Side Table by Mythology
Located in Geneve, CH
Aya Side Table by Mythology Dimensions: D 24 x W 24 x H 52 cm Materials: Reclaimed oak. Featuring bold, architectural curves and intricate carved detailing, the Aya side table seaml...
Oak
$1,837 / item
Lara Side Table by Mythology
Located in Geneve, CH
Lara Side Table by Mythology Dimensions: D 38 x H 56 cm Materials: Beech. Handcrafted from solid spalted beech, the Lara Side Table has a simple yet assertive form. Contemporary lin...
Beech
$767 / item
Side Table 01 by Iranzo
Located in Geneve, CH
Side Table 01 by Iranzo Dimensions: D 85 x W 85 x H 45 cm. Material: Epoxy resin & polypropylene Available in: White / Black - at the same price Light pink / Blue / Pastel gree...
Epoxy Resin
$4,082 / item
Leather Field Side Table by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Leather Field Side Table by Madheke Dimensions: D 72.4 x W 79.6 x H 39.7 cm. Materials: Natural veneer table top with curved inner edge, Leather-clad body, Stainless-steel handle and...
Leather
$5,990 / item
Ceramic Petalouda Side Table by deBlona
Located in Geneve, CH
Ceramic Petalouda Side Table by deBlona Dimensions: D 55 x H 50 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Colors: Black, blue, light blue, green, white. The ‘Petalouda’ side table embodies the timel...
Ceramic
$5,292 / item
Bossa Side Table by DUISTT
Located in Geneve, CH
Bossa Side Table by DUISTT Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 47 cm Materials: High gloss and Matte Mahogany wood The Bossa side table, crafted with great attention to detail, is inspire...
Wood
$3,454 / item
Aya Side Table by Kasanai
Located in Geneve, CH
Aya Side Table by Kasanai Dimensions: D 25 x W 26 x H 45 cm. Materials: Lime plaster. Also available in different colors. Please contact us. Aya is a small but perfectly formed side...
Plaster
$3,454 / item
Aya Side Table by Kasanai
Located in Geneve, CH
Aya Side Table by Kasanai Dimensions: D 25 x W 26 x H 45 cm. Materials: Lime plaster. Also available in different colors. Please contact us. Aya is a small but perfectly formed side...
Plaster
$3,454 / item
Aya Side Table by Kasanai
Located in Geneve, CH
Aya Side Table by Kasanai Dimensions: D 25 x W 26 x H 45 cm. Materials: Lime plaster. Also available in different colors. Please contact us. Aya is a small but perfectly formed side...
Plaster
$1,267 / item
Togi Side Table by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Togi Side Table by DAaZ Dimensions: D 45 x W 65 x H 43.5 cm. Materials: Albizzia wood, ceramics. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinar...
Wood, Ceramic
$2,058 / item
Stalgia Side Table by Laluz
Located in Geneve, CH
Stalgia Side Table by Laluz Dimensions: W 46 x D 66 x H 67 cm Materials: Bronze, Polyurethane, Guarango Wood. Weight: 33 kg. LaLuz Design is a young, dynamic company that specialize...
Bronze
$988 / item
Totem Side Table by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Totem Side Table by DAaZ Dimensions: D 32.5 x W 35.5 x H 50.5 cm. Materials: Albizzia wood, marble. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordi...
Marble
$1,465 / item
Jimma Side Table by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Jimma Side Table by DAaZ Dimensions: D 60 x H 42 cm. Materials: Albizzia wood, marble. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and reve...
Marble
$9,212 / item
Budoir Side Table by Senimo
Located in Geneve, CH
Budoir Side Table by Senimo Limited Edition Dimensions: D 33 x W 48 x H 89 cm. Materials: Glossy lacquered wood. SENIMO is a designer carpenter who creates and manufactures each pie...
Wood
$7,840 / item
Sharpei Side Table by Senimo
Located in Geneve, CH
Sharpei Side Table by Senimo Limited Edition Dimensions: D 40 x W 48 x H 40 cm. Materials: Glossy lacquered wood. SENIMO is a designer carpenter who creates and manufactures each pi...
Wood
$8,293 / item
Ballerina Side Table by Senimo
Located in Geneve, CH
Ballerina Side Table by Senimo Limited Edition Dimensions: D 40 x W 44 x H 50 cm. Materials: Glossy lacquered wood. SENIMO is a designer carpenter who creates and manufactures each ...
Wood
Side Drinks Table Hourglass Shape
Located in New York, NY
A substantial silver and copper hued metal hourglass side drinks table, Postmodernism, circa late-20th century. Table has a weighted base for stability. A great table for drinks, coc...
Metal, Enamel
$2,407 / item
Travertine Side Table by Petra Madalena
Located in Geneve, CH
Travertine Side Table by Petra Madalena Dimensions: W 20 x D 30 x H 50 cm Materials: travertine. Weight: 30 kg (± 5 kg for packaging) Indulge in the ultimate luxury and sophisticati...
Travertine
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.