$1,162 / 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
Project Materia 2025 Orbis Table in Botticino Marble by Project Materia
Located in Geneve, CH
Project Materia 2025 Orbis Table in Botticino Marble by Project Materia. Designed by Cathrine Raben Davidsen. Limited Edition of 14. Dimensions: Ø 34 x H 35 cm. Materials: Botticino ...
Marble
$5,722 / item
Amber Onyx Rosa Bedside Table by Studio Gaia Paris
Located in Geneve, CH
Amber Onyx Rosa Bedside Table by Studio Gaia Paris Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 50 cm Materials: Amber Onyx The Rosa table is a bedside table, a side table or an end table. It is ma...
Onyx
$5,722 / item
Red Onyx Rosa Bedside Table by Studio Gaia Paris
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Onyx Rosa Bedside Table by Studio Gaia Paris Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 50 cm Materials: Red Onyx The Rosa table is a bedside table, a side table or an end table. It is made f...
Onyx
$19,434 / item
Ondine Bois Déchiré Accent Table by Meubles Thouret
Located in Geneve, CH
Ondine Bois Déchiré Accent Table by Meubles Thouret. Numbered and signed by the artists. Delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity. Dimensions: D 89 x H 76 cm. Materials: Maple Wo...
Resin, Wood, Maple
$1,128 / item
Uni Grey Table Xl 105 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni grey table XL 105 by MOWEE Dimensions: D 50 x H 105 cm Material: Aluminium, tempered glass Weight: 9.7 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. A table designe...
Aluminum
$1,128 / item
Uni Black Table Xl 105 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni black table XL 105 by Mowee. Dimensions: D50 x H105 cm Material: Aluminium, Tempered Glass Weight: 9.7 kg Also Available in different colours and finishes. A table design...
Aluminum
$1,128 / item
Uni Burgundy Table XL 105 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni burgundy table XL 105 by MOWEE Dimensions: D50 x H105 cm Material: aluminium, tempered glass Weight: 9.7 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. A table desi...
Aluminum
$1,128 / item
Uni Chocolate Table XL 105 by MOWEE
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni chocolate table XL 105 by MOWEE Dimensions: D 50 x H 105 cm Material: Aluminium, tempered glass Weight: 9.7 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. A table de...
Aluminum
$1,128 / item
Uni White Table XL 105 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni white table XL 105 by MOWEE. Dimensions: D50 x H105 cm Material: aluminium, tempered glass Weight: 9.7 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. A table design...
Aluminum
$1,128 / item
Uni Cream Table XL 105 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Uni cream table XL 105 by MOWEE Dimensions: D50 x H105 cm Material: aluminium, tempered glass Weight: 9.7 kg Also available in different colours and finishes. A table designe...
Aluminum
$946 / item
Object 026 Bedside Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 026 bedside table by NG Design Dimensions: D40 x W41 x H67 cm Materials: Powder coated steel, Tempered Glass. Also Available: All of objects available in different materi...
Steel
$980 / item
Object 025 Bedside Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 025 Bedside Table by NG Design Dimensions: D40 x W41 x H67 cm Materials: Powder coated steel, Tempered Glass. Also Available: All of objects available in different materi...
Steel
$2,256 / item
Sea Surface Low Table by Studio Christinekalia
Located in Geneve, CH
Sea surface low table by Studio Christinekalia Dimensions: W 130 x D 130 x H 30 cm. Materials: Poplar solid wood, veneer. This table is the pilot piece of the series, conceived ...
Wood
FIG Table in Resin and Lacquered Wood by CHRISTOPHE PERICHON
Located in Geneve, CH
FIG Table in Resin and Lacquered Wood by CHRISTOPHE PERICHON. Dimensions: Ø 70 × H 80 cm. Materials: Resin and lacquered wood. Manufactured in France. Biography Christophe Perich...
Resin, Wood, Lacquer
$35,483 / item
Pewter Landscape Table by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Pewter landscape table by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 138.5 x W 123 x H 33 cm Materials: pewter on steel. The Pewter Collection is a family of furniture pieces defined by their mat...
Steel, Pewter
Satin Glass "Isom Tall" Coffee Table, Sebastian Scherer
By Sebastian Scherer
Located in Geneve, CH
Satin glass "Isom Tall" coffee table, Sebastian Scherer Dimensions: 50 H x 43 W x 50 D cm Materials: Solid colored glass Different colors and sizes are available The Isom table...
Glass
Clear Glass "Isom Tall" Coffee Table, Sebastian Scherer
By Sebastian Scherer
Located in Geneve, CH
Clear glass "Isom Tall" coffee table, Sebastian Scherer. Dimensions: 45 H x 39 W x 45 D cm. Materials: Solid colored glass. Different colors and sizes are available. The Isom t...
Glass
$6,269 / item
Heritage Layer Table by Lee Jung Hoon
Located in Geneve, CH
Heritage layer side table by Lee Jung Hoon Dimensions: D 100 x W 29.4 x H 471cm Materials: walnut, stainless steel, steel. Also available in different dimension. The Heritage ...
Steel, Stainless Steel
Slice Me Up Coffee Table in Eucalyptus Pomele Wood by Pietro Franceschini
By Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Slice Me Up Coffee Table in Eucalyptus Pomele Wood by Pietro Franceschini. Dimensions: W 161cm x L 117cm x H 36 cm. Materials: Eucalyptus Pomele wood, matte finish. This listing fea...
Wood
Slice Me Up Coffee Table in Madrona Burl Wood by Pietro Franceschini
By Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Slice Me Up Coffee Table in Madrona Burl Wood by Pietro Franceschini. Dimensions: W 161cm x L 117cm x H 36 cm. Materials: Madrona Burl, matte finish. This listing features the Slic...
Wood
Slice Me Up Coffee Table in Noce Canaletto Wood by Pietro Franceschini
By Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Slice Me Up Coffee Table in Noce Canaletto Wood by Pietro Franceschini. Dimensions: W 161cm x L 117cm x H 36 cm Materials: Noce Canaletto Wood, matte finish. This listing features ...
Wood
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern Brass and Glass End Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Excellent Postmodern design with the four three-sided column legs securely attached through the 3/8" glass top by solid brass discs. Patinated brass finish and X-form support.
Brass
Peter Ghyczy for Horn Collection Pair of Nesting Tables in Yellow Fiberglass
By Peter Ghyczy
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Peter Ghyczy for Horn Collection, pair of nesting tables, lacquered polyurethane, Germany, 1970s This set of tables is designed by Peter Ghyczy (1940-2022), who is particularly kno...
Plastic
$7,059 / item
Gueridon Papillon Cherry Table by Biome Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Gueridon papillon cherry table by Biome Design One of a Kind Dimensions: D 45 x H 50 cm Materials: 50 year old cherry wood, biobased resin This table takes you to the tropical ...
Resin, Cherry
Ebonized White Ash Eno Accent Table by A. Jacob Marks
Located in Geneve, CH
Ebonized White Ash Eno Accent Table by A. Jacob Marks Dimensions: D 40.5 x H 56 cm. Materials: Ebonized White Ash. Also available in different materials. A. Jacob Marks is the fou...
Ash
$35,107 / item
Maple Round Table Sculpted by John Eric Byers
By John Eric Byers
Located in Geneve, CH
Maple round table sculpted by John Eric Byers Dimensions: 45.7 x diameter 107 cm Materials: Carved blackened maple All works are individually handmade to order. John Eric Bye...
Maple
$5,266 / item
Small Stix Table by The GoodMan Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Stix Table by The GoodMan Studio Dimensions: W 36 x D 55 x H 50 cm Materials: Metal, Steel, Temple Glass - Lattice Kilncast Temple glass. Hand made and polished Glass and Stee...
Metal, Steel
$5,676 / item
Large Stix Table by The GoodMan Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Stix Table by The GoodMan Studio Dimensions: W 49 x D 72 x H 56 cm Materials: Metal, Steel, Temple Glass - River Rock Kilncast Temple glass. Hand made and polished Glass and S...
Metal, Steel
$2,199 / item
Brass Swinging Drink Table by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass swinging drink table by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 14 x W 14 x H 55.8 cm Materials: brass A table for your drink that is already a little drunk. Gentner Design Roote...
Brass
$740 / item
Lace White 60 High Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Lace white 60 high table by MOWEE Dimensions: D75 x H111 cm Material: Polyethylene and stainless steel Weight: 10.5 kg Also available in different colors and finishes. Lace i...
Stainless Steel, Other
$740 / item
Lace Cream 60 High Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Lace cream 60 high table by MOWEE Dimensions: D75 x H111 cm Material: Polyethylene and stainless steel Weight: 10.5 kg Also available in different colors and finishes. Lace i...
Stainless Steel, Other
$740 / item
Lace Grey 60 High Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Lace grey 60 High table by MOWEE Dimensions: D75 x H111 cm Material: Polyethylene and stainless steel Weight: 10.5 kg Also available in different colors and finishes. Lace is...
Stainless Steel, Other
$740 / item
Lace Chocolate 60 High Table by MOWEE
Located in Geneve, CH
Lace Chocolate 60 High table by MOWEE Dimensions: D75 x H111 cm Material: Polyethylene and stainless steel Weight: 10.5 kg Also available in different colors and finishes. La...
Stainless Steel, Other
$740 / item
Lace Burgundy 60 High Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Lace Burgundy 60 high table by MOWEE Dimensions: D75 x H111 cm Material: Polyethylene and stainless steel Weight: 10.5 kg Also available in different colors and finishes. Lac...
Stainless Steel, Other
$740 / item
Lace Black 60 High Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Lace black 60 high table by MOWEE Dimensions: D75 x H111 cm Material: Polyethylene and stainless steel Weight: 10.5 kg Also available in different colors and finishes. Lace i...
Stainless Steel, Other
WOW oliva small table in resin by MOĆI Collective
By MOĆI Collective
Located in Como, Italy
Inspired by the geometry of a diamond, the WOW small table fuses sharp precision with a pop-glamour spirit. Its glossy crystal-resin top, cast in a custom mold with a pyramid-like in...
Brass
WOW lavanda small table in resin by MOĆI Collective
By MOĆI Collective
Located in Como, Italy
Inspired by the geometry of a diamond, the WOW small table fuses sharp precision with a pop-glamour spirit. Its glossy crystal-resin top, cast in a custom mold with a pyramid-like in...
Brass
WOW maldive small table in resin by MOĆI Collective
By MOĆI Collective
Located in Como, Italy
Inspired by the geometry of a diamond, the WOW small table fuses sharp precision with a pop-glamour spirit. Its glossy crystal-resin top, cast in a custom mold with a pyramid-like in...
Brass
Wave Bedside Table in Powder Coated Aluminium by Julien Vidame
Located in Geneve, CH
Wave Bedside Table in Powder Coated Aluminium by Julien Vidame. Dimensions: W 50 x D 40 x H 195 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminium. Available in Dull Black, Shiny White, or Silve...
Aluminum
1980s Postmodern Marble and Stone Composite Nesting Tables, Set of Three
By Maitland Smith, Magnussen Furniture
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A striking set of three vintage Postmodern occasional tables, most likely produced in the Philippines circa 1980s. The sculptural group is crafted from textured cream-colored Mactan ...
Cast Stone, Marble
Jay Spectre "DeLanay" Round Chrome and Glass Table
By Jay Spectre, Century Furniture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jay Spectre "DeLanay" Glass and Chrome Side Table. In beautiful Condition. Couldn't an example of this table anywhere besides in an Ad! Updated Deco feel with a beautiful Etched G...
Chrome
WOW capri small table in resin by MOĆI Collective
By MOĆI Collective
Located in Como, Italy
Inspired by the geometry of a diamond, the WOW small table fuses sharp precision with a pop-glamour spirit. Its glossy crystal-resin top, cast in a custom mold with a pyramid-like in...
Brass
WOW rubino small table in resin by MOĆI Collective
By MOĆI Collective
Located in Como, Italy
Inspired by the geometry of a diamond, the WOW small table fuses sharp precision with a pop-glamour spirit. Its glossy crystal-resin top, cast in a custom mold with a pyramid-like in...
Brass
WOW pink small table in resin by MOĆI Collective
By MOĆI Collective
Located in Como, Italy
Inspired by the geometry of a diamond, the WOW small table fuses sharp precision with a pop-glamour spirit. Its glossy crystal-resin top, cast in a custom mold with a pyramid-like in...
Brass
WOW fiamma small table in resin by MOĆI Collective
By MOĆI Collective
Located in Como, Italy
Inspired by the geometry of a diamond, the WOW small table fuses sharp precision with a pop-glamour spirit. Its glossy crystal-resin top, cast in a custom mold with a pyramid-like in...
Brass
$1,185 / item
Cloudy Grey Porcelain Deck Table by OxDenmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Cloudy Grey Porcelain Deck Table by OxDenmarq Dimensions: D 57 x W 57 x H 67 cm Materials: Steel, Porcelain Also Available: Different tray conbinations available, OX DENMARQ is...
Steel
$1,185 / item
Ancient White Porcelain Deck Table by OxDenmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Ancient White Porcelain Deck Table by OxDenmarq Dimensions: D 57 x W 57 x H 67 cm Materials: Steel, Porcelain Also Available: Different tray conbinations available, OX DENMARQ ...
Steel
$1,185 / item
White Carrara Marble Deck Table by OxDenmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
White Carrara Marble Deck Table by OxDenmarq Dimensions: D 57 x W 57 x H 67 cm Materials: Steel, White Carrara Marble Also Available: Different tray conbinations available, OX ...
Marble, Steel
$843 / item
Copper Single Deck Table by Ox Denmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Copper single deck table by Ox Denmarq Dimensions: D 57 x W 57 x H 38 cm Materials: Steel, Copper Also Available: Different top options available. OX DENMARQ is a Danish design...
Copper, Steel
$683 / item
Grey Marble Single Deck Table by OxDenmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Grey Marble Single Deck Table by OxDenmarq Dimensions: D 57 x W 57 x H 38 cm Materials: Steel, grey marble Also Available: Different top options available, OX DENMARQ is a Dani...
Marble, Steel
Black Oak & Travertine Table with Sculptural Detail by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Renzo Square Occasional Table in Black Oak and Travertine by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 104 x D 110 x H 41 cm Materials: Black Oak, White Travertine. Occasional table RENZO in Black...
Travertine
Slice Me Up Coffee Table in Ash Burl Wood by Pietro Franceschini
By Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Slice Me Up Coffee Table in Ash Burl Wood by Pietro Franceschini. Dimensions: W 161cm x L 117cm x H 36 cm. Materials: Ash Burl, matte finish. This listing features the Slice Me Up ...
Wood, Ash
$1,721 / item
Taylor Bedside Table Left / Right by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Taylor bed side table left / right by Domkapa Dimensions: W 61 x D 50 x H 50 cm. Materials: Moka lacquered matte, microfiber (Tarn 05). Also available in different materials. T...
Metal
$3,419 / item
Lithyalin and Brass Table by Dechem Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Lithyalin and brass table by Dechem Studio. Dimensions: D 27 x W 45 x H 45 cm. Materials: glass, brass. This simple yet sophisticated coffee table features a minimal geometric c...
Brass
Everlastingreen Table and Stool Set by Richard Yasmine
By Richard Yasmine
Located in Geneve, CH
Everlastingreen table and stool set by Richard Yasmine Materials: Gaugin granite with solid polished brass legs Dimensions: - Table: 42cm x 136cm x 48cm - Stool: 16.5cm x 44...
Granite, Brass
Postmodern Model OTI Metal Table by Niels Gammelgaard for Ikea, 1980s
By IKEA, Niels Gammelgaard
Located in Hamburg, DE
The table for the OTI chair, a design classic from the 1980s by Danish architect Niels Gammelgaard. The table adopts the basic geometric shape of the triangle that characterizes the...
Metal
Silent Block Sculptural Table in Stainless Steel by Veliento
Located in Geneve, CH
Silent Block Sculptural Table in Stainless Steel by Veliento. Dimensions: W 35 x D 35 x H 45 cm. Materials: Hand textured Stainless Steel. All pieces are made to order. Custom finis...
Metal, Stainless Steel
Bubble Glass Coffee Table in Blown & Tempered Glass by Panorammma
Located in Geneve, CH
Bubble Glass Coffee Table in Blown & Tempered Glass by Panorammma Dimensions: D 100 x W 100 x H 38 cm. Materials: Blown and tempered glass. Custom colors & materials available to qu...
Marble
Pair One & Co for Council Design '47' Tables in Silver & Reclaimed Doug Fir
By Design Within Reach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Circa 2011, these tables were designed by One & Co. in partnership with Council Design. Every element of its design and philosophy is well thought out. Each table is made from re...
Silver
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.