$1,890 / 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
$1,890 / item
Ribbons Burgundy 90 Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons Burgundy 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 Edg...
Aluminum, Other
$1,890 / 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
$1,890 / 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
$1,890 / item
Ribbons Bronze 90 Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons bronze 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 ...
Aluminum, Other
$1,890 / item
Ribbons Black 90 Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons black 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 o...
Aluminum, Other
$1,890 / item
Ribbons Grey 90 Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons grey 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
$1,890 / item
Ribbons Cream 90 Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons cream 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 o...
Aluminum, Other
$1,890 / item
Ribbons Salmon 90 Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons Salmon 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...
Aluminum, Other
$4,259 / 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
$1,879 / item
Les Savoyards Table by Mélissa Mariller
Located in Geneve, CH
Les Savoyards Table by Mélissa Mariller Dimensions: D 35 x W 45 x H 40 cm. Materials: Aluminum. Three different tabletop variations are available. Please contact us. Inspired by re...
Aluminum
Volcano Table by Ettore Sottsass for Zanotta
By Zanotta, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1980s. Italy. Very rare tri leg table with chrome legs and patterned top. Tagged.
Chrome
$2,642 / item
Bermuda Triangle Table by Odditi
Located in Geneve, CH
Bermuda Triangle Table by Odditi Dimensions: W 56 x D 46 x H 45 cm Materials: Petrified Wood, Limestone Composite (Light Colour), Lava Stone Composite (Dark Colour), Steel The ‘Berm...
Limestone, Steel, Other
$5,888 / item
Untitled High Table by Henry D'ath
Located in Geneve, CH
High Untitled Side Table by Henry D'ath Dimensions: D 25 x W 25 x H 135 cm Materials: Wood. Available finishes: Black ink. Henry d’ath is a New Zealand-born, Hong Kong-based artis...
Wood
$2,141 / item
Antimatter Table by Dechem Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Antimatter table by Dechem Studio. Dimensions: D 40 x H 37 cm. Materials: glass, metal. Based on the same principle as our Antimatter Vase and Lamp, this table is comprised of a...
Metal
$16,098 / item
Glass Methodology Table by Timothy Schreiber
By Timothy Schreiber
Located in Geneve, CH
Glass methodology table by Timothy Schreiber Limited editions of 25 Dimensions: 21 x 17 x 17 in Materials: Glass Highly driven by today’s advancements in digital technology Sch...
Glass
$728 / item
Uni Black Table 73 by MOWEE
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni black table 73 by MOWEE Dimensions: D 45.5 x H 73 cm Material: Aluminium, Tempered glass Weight: 5.5 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable version ...
Aluminum
$728 / item
Uni Chocolate Table 73 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni chocolate table 73 by Mowee. Dimensions: D45.5 x H73 cm. Material: Aluminium, tempered glass. Weight: 5.5 kg. Also Available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable ve...
Aluminum
$706 / item
Uni Cream Table 50 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni cream table 50 by Mowee. Dimensions: D45.5 x H50 cm. Material: Aluminium, tempered glass. Weight: 5 kg. Also Available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable version ...
Aluminum
$706 / item
Uni White Table 50 by MOWEE
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni white table 50 by MOWEE Dimensions: D 45.5 x H 50 cm Material: Aluminium, Tempered Glass Weight: 5 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable version av...
Aluminum
$706 / item
Uni Black Table 50 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni black table 50 by Mowee. Dimensions: D45.5 x H50 cm. Material: Aluminium, Tempered Glass. Weight: 5 kg. Also Available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable version ...
Aluminum
$706 / item
Uni Grey Table 50 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni grey table 50 by Mowee. Dimensions: D45.5 x H50 cm. Material: Aluminium, tempered glass. Weight: 5 kg Also Available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable version av...
Aluminum
$706 / item
Uni Chocolate Table 50 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni chocolate table 50 by Mowee. Dimensions: D45.5 x H50 cm. Material: Aluminium, tempered glass. Weight: 5 kg Also Available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable versi...
Aluminum
$706 / item
Uni Burgundy Table 50 by MOWEE
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni burgundy table 50 by MOWEE Dimensions: D 45.5 x H 50 cm Material: Aluminium, tempered glass Weight: 5 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable version...
Aluminum
$728 / item
Uni White Table 73 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni white table 73 by Mowee. Dimensions: D45.5 x H73 cm. Material: Aluminium, tempered glass. Weight: 5.5 kg. Also Available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable versio...
Aluminum
$728 / item
Uni Cream Table 73 by MOWEE
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni cream table 73 by MOWEE Dimensions: D 45.5 x H 73 cm Material: Aluminium, tempered glass Weight: 5.5 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable version ...
Aluminum
$785 / item
Uni White Table 105 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni white table 105 by Mowee. Dimensions: D45.5 x H105 cm. Material: Aluminium, tempered glass. Weight: 6.2 kg. Also Available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable vers...
Aluminum
$728 / item
Uni Burgundy Table 73 by MOWEE
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni Burgundy table 73 by MOWEE Dimensions: D 45.5 x H 73 cm Material: Aluminium, tempered glass Weight: 5.5 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable versi...
Aluminum
$728 / item
Uni Grey Table 73 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni grey table 73 by Mowee. Dimensions: D45.5 x H73 cm. Material: Aluminium, tempered glas Weight: 5.5 kg Also Available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable version av...
Aluminum
$785 / item
Uni Burgundy Table 105 by MOWEE
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni Burgundy table 105 by MOWEE Dimensions: D 45.5 x H 105 cm Material: Aluminium, tempered glass Weight: 6.2 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable ver...
Aluminum
$785 / item
Uni Grey Table 105 by MOWEE
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni grey table 105 by MOWEE Dimensions: D 45.5 x H 105 cm Material: Aluminium, tempered glass Weight: 6.2 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable version...
Aluminum
$785 / item
Uni Cream Table 105 by MOWEE
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni cream table 105 by MOWEE Dimensions: D 45.5 x H 105 cm Material: Aluminium, tempered glass Weight: 6.2 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable versio...
Aluminum
$785 / item
Uni Black Table 105 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni black table 105 by MOWEE Dimensions: D 45.5 x H 105 cm Material: Aluminium, tempered glass Weight: 6.2 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. Collapsable versio...
Aluminum
$785 / item
Uni Chocolate Table 105 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni chocolate table 105 by Mowee. Dimensions: D45.5 x H105 cm. Material: Aluminium, tempered glass. Weight: 6.2 kg. Also Available in different colours and finishes.Collapsable v...
Aluminum
La Pluie Sculptural Accent Table in Glazed Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky
Located in Geneve, CH
La Pluie Sculptural Accent Table in Glazed Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky. Dimensions: W 37 x D 23 x H 35 cm. Materials: Black chamotte stoneware, satin black glaze. Thalia Dalecky is...
Ceramic
$8,769 / item
Cube Table 02 by Studio Roso
Located in Geneve, CH
Cube table 02 by Studio Roso. Dimensions: D45 x W45 x H45 cm. Material: Laminated glass. Weight: 20 kg Studio Roso is a partnership between Sophie Nielsen and Rolf Knudsen. T...
Glass
$8,769 / item
Cube Table 01 by Studio Roso
Located in Geneve, CH
Cube table 01 by Studio Roso Dimensions: D45 x W45 x H45 cm Material: Laminated glass Weight: 20 kg Studio Roso is a partnership between Sophie Nielsen and Rolf Knudsen. The ...
Glass
$2,129 / item
Lilith Coffee Table by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Lilith Coffee Table by Atlas Project Dimensions: Ø 65 x H 37 cm. Materials: Black painted iron and marble Travertino Yellow. Available in different materials and sizes. Please cont...
Marble, Iron
$2,129 / item
Lilith Coffee Table by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Lilith Coffee Table by Atlas Project Dimensions: Ø 65 x H 37 cm. Materials: Black painted iron and Green Guatemala marble. Available in different materials and sizes. Please contac...
Marble, Iron
$5,888 / item
Handmade High Table by Henry D'ath
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade High Table by Henry D'ath Dimensions: D 25 x H 135 cm Materials: Wood, calligraphy ink. Piece is handmade by artist. Carved by hand from a single wooden log over many mont...
Wood
$12,528 / item
Table #14 by John Eric Byers
By John Eric Byers
Located in Geneve, CH
Table #14 by John Eric Byers Dimensions: D40 x H50 cm Materials: carved + blackened + maple All works are individually handmade to order. John Eric Byers creates geometrically insp...
Other
$12,528 / item
Table #13 by John Eric Byers
By John Eric Byers
Located in Geneve, CH
Table #13 by John Eric Byers Dimensions: D46 x H50 cm Materials: carved + blackened + maple All works are individually handmade to order. John Eric Byers creates geometrically insp...
Other
$9,772 / item
Lago Low Table by Iterare Arquitectos
Located in Geneve, CH
Lago low table by Iterare Arquitectos Dimensions: D186 x W62 x H43 cm Materials: Stone (in seven options), Polished stainless steel. Also Available in different Stones: Marquina, ...
Stone, Steel
Route Table 02.01 in Cast Aluminium by Sofia Karnukaeva
Located in Geneve, CH
Route Table 02.01 in Cast Aluminium by Sofia Karnukaeva. Dimensions: Ø 45 x H 55 cm. Materials: Cast aluminium with a natural finish. 'Route' is a series of objects inspired by the ...
Aluminum
Route Table 01.01 in Cast Aluminium by Sofia Karnukaeva
Located in Geneve, CH
Route Table 01.01 in Cast Aluminium by Sofia Karnukaeva. Dimensions: Ø 32 x H 76 cm. Materials: Cast aluminium with a natural finish. 'Route' is a series of objects inspired by the ...
Aluminum
Route Table 01.03 in Cast Aluminium by Sofia Karnukaeva
Located in Geneve, CH
Route Table 01.03 in Cast Aluminium by Sofia Karnukaeva Dimensions: Ø 32 x H 90 cm. Materials: Cast aluminium with a natural finish. 'Route' is a series of objects inspired by the i...
Aluminum
Route Table 01.02 in Cast Aluminium by Sofia Karnukaeva
Located in Geneve, CH
Route Table 01.02 in Cast Aluminium by Sofia Karnukaeva. Dimensions: Ø 32 x H 75 cm. Materials: Cast aluminium with a natural finish. 'Route' is a series of objects inspired by the ...
Aluminum
$5,307 / item
Root Wide Silver Coffee Table by Caia Leifsdotter
Located in Geneve, CH
Root Wide Silver Coffee Table by Caia Leifsdotter. Materials: Steel. Dimensions: D 90 x W 90 x H 40 cm . The design studio of Caia Leifsdotter designs bespoke objects for clients &a...
Steel
$29,065 / item
Forever Together Coffee Table by Pietro Franceschini
By Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Forever Together coffee table by Pietro Franceschini. Dimensions: W 129 x L 100 x H 32 cm. Materials: Cast polished bronze. Pietro Franceschini is an architect and designer based in...
Bronze
$650 / item
Italian Coffee Tables in Granite and Brass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Coffee tables, granite, brass, black lacquered steel, Italy, 1980s These Italian side tables showcase a rectangular brown granite tabletop with a striking, vivid surface. The granit...
Granite, Metal, Brass
Unique Sculptural Wooden Tractor Glass Coffee Table One-Off
Located in Krefeld, DE
Unknown Designer, Sculptural Tractor Glass Coffee Table, Wood and Glass, Unique Postmodern One-Off Piece Sculptural coffee table in the form of a tractor, combining wood constructio...
Wood
$6,321 / item
Era Coffee Table by Tuğçe Geyik
Located in Geneve, CH
Era Coffee Table by Tuğçe Geyik Dimensions: D 70 x W 120 x H 35 cm. Materials: Wood and tempered glass. Tuğçe Geyik is an architect and designer based in Istanbul. She studied at Yi...
Wood, Glass
Slice Me Up Sculptural Coffee Table in Plaster by Pietro Franceschini
By Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Slice Me Up Sculptural Coffee Table in Plaster by Pietro Franceschini. Dimensions: W 161cm x L 117cm x H 36 cm Materials: plaster. This listing features the Slice Me Up Coffee Tabl...
Plaster
Slice Me Up Sculptural Coffee Table in Travertine by Pietro Franceschini
By Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Slice Me Up Sculptural Coffee Table in Travertine by Pietro Franceschini. Dimensions: W 161cm x L 117cm x H 36 cm Materials: Travertine. This listing features the Slice Me Up Coffe...
Travertine
1980’s Tessellated Drum Tables by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
1980’s tessellated drum tables.
Marble
$2,255 / item
Curtain Tea Table by Nick Sugihara
Located in Geneve, CH
Curtain Tea Table by Nick Sugihara Dimensions: D 27.94 x W 45.72 x H 45.72 cm. Materials: Oiled cherry wood. Available in cherry, oak, and walnut. Please contact us. Sugihara Fine...
Cherry
Minimalist Sculptural Accent Table in Aluminum by Veliento
Located in Geneve, CH
Minimalist Sculptural Accent Table in Aluminum by Veliento. Dimensions: W 40 x D 30 x H 35 cm. Materials: 10mm thick brushed aluminum. All pieces are made to order. Custom finishes ...
Metal, Aluminum
$842 / item
Brass Single Deck Table by OxDenmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Single Deck Table by OxDenmarq Dimensions: D 57 x W 57 x H 38 cm Materials: Steel, Brass Also Available: Different top options available, OX DENMARQ is a Danish design br...
Brass, Steel
$1,298 / item
Natural Walnut Eno Accent Table by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Walnut Eno Accent Table by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: D 40.5 x H 56 cm. Materials: Natural Walnut. Also available in different materials. A. Jacob Marks is the founder and...
Walnut
$1,161 / item
Natural Cypress Eno Accent Table by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Cypress Eno Accent Table by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: D 40.5 x H 56 cm. Materials: Natural Cypress. Also available in different materials. A. Jacob Marks is the founder a...
Cypress
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.