Duramen Stainless Steel Top and Solid Walnut Sculptural Object by Jules Lobgeois
By jules Lobgeois
Located in Geneve, CH
Duramen Stainless Steel Top and Solid Walnut Sculptural Object by Jules Lobgeois Unique Piece Dimensions: D 56 x H 38 cm. Materials: Solid walnut, stainless steel. The heartwood is ...
Stainless Steel
Unique MOSI Sculptural Sidetable by Marthine Spinnangr
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique MOSI sculptural sidetable by Marthine Spinnangr One of a Kind Dimensions: D 28 x W 24 x H 48 cm Materials: Ceramic Different glaze types available. MOSI is inspired by ...
Ceramic
Unique Mosi Sculptural Large Sidetable by Marthine Spinnangr
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique MOSI sculptural large sidetable by Marthine Spinnangr One of a Kind Dimensions: D 50 x W 28 x H 79 cm Materials: Ceramic Different glaze types available MOSI is inspire...
Ceramic
Unique Mosi Sculptural Sidetable by Marthine Spinnangr
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique MOSI sculptural sidetable by Marthine Spinnangr One of a Kind Dimensions: D 28 x W 24 x H 48 cm Materials: Ceramic Different glaze types available MOSI is inspired by a...
Ceramic
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Tessellated Stone Nightstand in the Style of Marquis of Beverly Hills
By Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills 1
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice tessellated stone Postmodern single drawer side table or nightstand in the style of Marquis of Beverly Hills, circa 1990s. Great look and functionality on this piece that...
Stone
Bedside 1 Stoneware Sculpture by Carlo Lorenzetti
By Carlo Lorenzetti
Located in Antwerp, BE
Functional art or Collectible design bedside sculpture by Carlo Lorenzetti, 2019. currently on view at Everyday Gallery's In Real Life exhibition. The Bedside series is an attemp...
Stoneware
$5,799 / item
Hana Sideboard by Tino Seubert
Located in Geneve, CH
Hana sideboard by Tino Seubert Dimensions: D 35, W 130 x H 40 cm. Materials: Solid oak wood, oak veneer, Formica. Walnut or other wood possible. Tino Seubert When he first ma...
Formica, Oak
$11,325 / item
Executive Desk by Nick Sugihara
Located in Geneve, CH
Executive Desk by Nick Sugihara Dimensions: D 81.28 x W 167.64 x H 71.12 cm. Materials: Oiled cherry wood. Available in cherry, oak, mahogany, and walnut. Please contact us. Sugih...
Cherry
$3,080
Butt Stool
By Chuch Estudio
Located in Mérida, MX
Solid wood stool sculpted by hand into a butt shape as a symbol of equality (we all have butts).
Wood
Travertine Square Cube Post-Modern Side End Pedestal Table
Located in Toronto, ON
Travertine stone square cube table that can be used as a side or end table, it can also serve as a pedestal display. It is made out of travertine stone, circa 1970s, originating from...
Travertine
Set of 2 Soft Beige Nightstands by Studio Christinekalia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 soft beige nightstands by Studio Christinekalia Dimensions: W 24 x D 47 x H 27 cm. Materials: Swedish Pine Solid Wood, Lacquered mdf. Christine Kalia is a design studi...
Wood, Pine, Lacquer
Green Soft Nightstand by Studio Christinekalia
Located in Geneve, CH
Green soft beige nightstand by Studio Christinekalia Dimensions: W 24 x D 47 x H 27 cm. Materials: Swedish Pine Solid Wood, Lacquered mdf. Christine Kalia is a design studio ex...
Wood, Pine, Lacquer
Set of 3 Day Bench, Pillow & Headrest by Bicci De Medici
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 day bench, pillow & headrest by Bicci de Medici Dimensions: 147 x 33 x H 33.7 cm Materials: Natural wood. Oiled. Mat finished. Linen pillow and headrest. Technique: Carve...
Linen, Wood
Trasnfera Side Table by Alina Rotzinger, Birch & Steel, Post-Modern
Located in Geneve, CH
Trasnfera side table by Alina Rotzinger Materials: Phenolic birch plywood treated and lacquered with epoxy resin, Steel metal base lacquered with epoxy resin. Dimensions: H 40 x W ...
Steel
Vintage Cypress Wood Side Table Steven Chase Post Modern
By Steven Chase 1
Located in Lake Worth, FL
This vintage Cypress wood side table not signed but looks to be the same designs as Steven Chase, features a round glass tabletop with a white wash cypress wood base, complemented by...
Metal
Vintage Post Modern Waterfall Glass Coffee Table or Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Curved Glass, Metal Base This sculptural Post Modern glass table from the 1980s features a striking waterfall design crafted from a...
Metal
Post Modern Pair of Italian Travertine Pedestal End / Side Tables
By Ello Furniture, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Post Modern Pair of Italian Travertine Pedestal End / Side Tables The tops on these have yellowed somewhat over time.
Travertine
Post Modern Modern Art Top Tessellated Stone Side Table Black White & Taupe
By Maitland Smith, Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills 1
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This table is a work of art. Beside the amazing shape of the contrast legs, the top of this table is art piece. Post Modern Abstract pieced by hand (not stamped or printed) in circle...
Stone
1980s-1990s post modern swivel side table or display stand
Located in Phoenix, AZ
1980s-1990s post modern swivel side table or display stand. Wood with chrome, black, purple and turquoise laminate.
Chrome
Mid Century Italian Post Modern Marble Side Tables or End Tables on Casters
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Simple, modern & versatile cube tables set from Italy circa 1980's. These feature solid marble slab construction with unseen low profile casters for easy moving. Price includes the p...
Marble
Pair Mid Century Italian Post Modern Marble Side Tables or End Tables on Casters
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Simple, modern & versatile cube tables set from Italy circa 1970's. These feature calacatta marble herringbone construction on wood with low profile casters for easy moving. Price in...
Marble
Bubble Glass Side Table by Panorammma, Hand-Blown, Post-Modern Design
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
The Bubble Glass Side Table embodies a retro-futuristic fantasy. Inspired by past visions of the future, it draws from mysterious tales of speculative technologies and flying saucers...
Glass
Midcentury Italian Post Modern off White Plaster Cube Pedestal or Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Heavy textured plaster pedestal from Italy circa 1990s. Casted plaster table in bone white color. Very good condition and ready to use.
Plaster
Tord Bjorklund Post-modern Side or Coffee Table, Memphis Style, Sweden, 1980s
By IKEA, Tord Bjorklund
Located in Vienna, AT
A round folding Memphis style coffee / side / occasional flip-top table in yolk-yellow. Designed in 1986 by Tord Björklund for Ikea. This collapsible table is made of metal, has love...
Metal
Post-Modern Memphis & Art Deco Style Porcelain Table or Side Lamp, Italy, 1980s
By Memphis Milano
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and decorative postmodern Art Deco-style table or side lamp from the 1980s, made in Italy. The lamp’s base is crafted from porcelain with a beige glaze and features stunn...
Brass
$2,880Sale Price|20% Off
A Pair Missoni Post-Modern Table Side Lamps by Massimo Valloto, Italy, 1980s
By Missoni, Missoni Home
Located in Vienna, AT
An amazing pair of colorful postmodern Missoni table or side lamps, nightstand lights from the 1980s, designed by Massimo Valloto. This light has an unusual conical base made of dark...
Metal
Pr. Post Modern Oak and Glass Side, or End Tables c. 1970/80's
By Howard Furniture Manufacturing
Located in New York, NY
Chic and stylish pair of mechanical disk form three tier side, or end tables, constructed of solid oak frames with tinted glass insert tops. The tables feature three circular stable...
Glass, Oak
Scandinavian Post Modern End Table Rectangle Marble Top Bendixen Designs Denmark
By Bendixen Design
Located in Topeka, KS
Fantastic Late 20th Century Scandinavian Post Modern to Postmodern end or side table comprised of a rectangular shaped gray & black Gneiss or marble top with an eased edge & ...
Marble
Modern Multifunctional 'X' Steel Side Table and Rack
By Erik Johnson, Argosy Designs
Located in Treadwell, NY
Collection I: X Rack The X Rack is an elegant, minimal, and modern object that is both sculptural and functional - a crisp silhouette creating the illusion that the form and its c...
Steel
$2,500 / item
Modern Multifunctional 'Y' Steel Side Table and Rack
By Argosy Designs
Located in Treadwell, NY
Collection I: Y Rack The Y Rack is an elegant, minimal, and modern object that is both sculptural and functional - a crisp silhouette creating the illusion that the form and its c...
Steel
Organic Modern Side Table Catus in Terrazzo Encarnado
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, Marble, Metal
$2,273 / item
Organic Modern Side Table Catus in Wood Weneer
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, Marble, Metal
$1,847 / item
Organic Modern Side Table Catus in Guatemala Marble
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, Marble, Metal
$1,654 / item
Organic Modern Side Table Catus in Travertine Marble
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, Marble, Metal
$1,680 / item
Organic Modern Side Table Catus in Terrazzo Beige
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, Marble, Metal
$1,691 / item
Organic Modern Side Table Catus in Lacquered Wood
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, Marble, Metal
$388Sale Price|20% Off
Josep Lluscà for Metalarte Post Modern Anade Side / Desk Lamp 1985 Spain
By Metalarte Spain
Located in Miami, FL
The ÁNADE Desk lamp was created by Catalan designer Josep Lluscà in 1984 for the Spanish lighting manufacturer Metalarte which produced it in 1985. This bedside / desk light is made ...
Aluminum, Steel
$4,781 / item
Lavanche Side Table by Serafini
Located in Geneve, CH
Lavanche side table by Serafini Special Edition Materials: Marble. Dimensions: D 40 x H 50 cm The Lavanche side table, designed by Piotr Dabrowa for Serafini, is a continuation of ...
Marble
48alessandro mendini table/chair „zabro“, by „divisione nuova alchimia, 1984
By Alessandro Mendini
Located in Hyères, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
alessandro mendini table/chair „zabro“, early version by „divisione nuova alchimia“, later versions labelled as “zanotta edizioni”. metal plaque showing the „zabro“ name, initials „a...
Metal
Modern Multifunctional 'X' Steel Side Table and Rack (Display Model)
By Argosy Designs, Erik Johnson
Located in Treadwell, NY
Collection I: X Rack The X Rack is an elegant, minimal, and modern object that is both sculptural and functional - a crisp silhouette creating the illusion that the form and its c...
Steel
Organic Modern Side Table Catus in Terrazzo Green Marble
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, Marble, Metal
$4,072 / item
Temper Side Table by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Temper side table by Madheke Dimensions: D 43.5 x W 43.5 x H 55 cm. Materials: Leather, wood, metal. Veneered top, bronzed collar, fluted crafted leather base. Reflecting the f...
Metal
$1,292 / item
Sentrum Side Table by Schmahl + Schnippering
Located in Geneve, CH
Sentrum side table by Schmahl +Schnippering. Materials: Metal Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 36 cm Also available in different colours. The founders, Mia and Torben Koed, decided ...
Metal
Organic Modern Side Table Catus in Terrazzo Sage Marble
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, Marble, Metal
$503 / item
Cyborg Side Table by Mati Sipiora
Located in Geneve, CH
Cyborg Side Table by Mati Sipiora Dimensions: D 37 x W 52 x H 65 cm Materials: Steel. Finish: Glossy Powder Coating Paint. Weight: 7 Max Capacity: 9 KG Cyborg is a steel tripod th...
Steel
$423 / item
BLT Table Big Almond Side Table by +kouple
Located in Geneve, CH
BLT Table Big Almond Side Table by +kouple Dimensions: D 32 x W 32 x H 70 cm. Materials: Powder-coated steel and textile. Available in different color options. Available in two dif...
Steel
$423 / item
BLT Table Black Big Side Table by +kouple
Located in Geneve, CH
BLT Table Black Big Side Table by +kouple Dimensions: D 32 x W 32 x H 70 cm. Materials: Powder-coated steel and textile. Available in different color options. Available in two diff...
Steel
$400 / item
BLT Table Coral Small Side Table by +kouple
Located in Geneve, CH
BLT Table Coral Small Side Table by +kouple Dimensions: D 32 x W 32 x H 60 cm. Materials: Powder-coated steel and textile. Available in different color options. Available in two di...
Steel
$4,530 / item
Structure Side Table by Subject Bureaux
Located in Geneve, CH
Structure Side Table by Subject Bureaux Limited Edition DImensions: ? 45 x H 49 cm Materials: Brass, Waxed Satin. The Structure Side Table is an homage to the unseen, and for t...
Brass
Pr Post Modern International Bauhaus Style Chrome and Glass End Chrome Tables
By Milo Baughman
Located in New York, NY
Pair of chic architectural Bauhaus, International, Post Modern style endear side tales. The tables feature bright chrome bases of squared metal, which support nice thick ( .75 in. ) ...
Chrome
$9,186 / item
Axis Side Table by Dovain Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Axis Side Table by Dovain Studio Dimensions: H 60 x Ø 60 cm Materials: Estremoz White Marble, Eco leather Dovain Studio Creative direction by Sergio Prieto, a Spanish artist-de...
Marble
$3,443 / item
Podo Side Table by Abid Javed
Located in Geneve, CH
Podo side table by Abid Javed Dimensions: D 30 x 50 cm (Dimensions are variable) Materials: Stoneware ceramic Available in multiple clay colour and size options. Handmade stone...
Ceramic, Stoneware
BLT Table Ultra Blue Small Side Table by +kouple
Located in Geneve, CH
BLT Table Ultra Blue Small Side Table by +kouple Dimensions: D 32 x W 32 x H 60 cm. Materials: Powder-coated steel and textile. Available in different color options. Available in t...
Steel
$1,292 / item
Taupe Sentrum Side Table by Schmahl + Schnippering
Located in Geneve, CH
Taupe Sentrum side table by Schmahl +Schnippering Materials: Metal Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 36 cm Also available in different colours. Please contact us. The founders, Mia a...
Metal
$9,460 / item
Black Marble Side Table by Dovain Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Black marble side table by Dovain Studio Dimensions: H 60 x Ø 60 cm Materials: Estremoz White Marble, Ruivina Black Marble Dovain Studio Creative direction by Sergio Prieto, a ...
Marble
$9,460 / item
Pink Marble Side Table by Dovain Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Pink marble side table by Dovain Studio Dimensions: H 60 x Ø 60 cm Materials: Estremoz white marble, Estremoz pink marble Dovain Studio Creative direction by Sergio Prieto, a S...
Marble
$566 / item
The Triangle Side Table by Rita Kettaneh
Located in Geneve, CH
The triangle side table by Rita Kettaneh Dimensions: The base: brushed stainless steel optionally plated with copper or brass The top: acrylic Materials: H 49.5 x W 41 x D 9.5 ...
Steel
$3,283 / item
Marble Jack Side Table by Dovain Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble Jack Side Table by Dovain Studio. Dimensions: H 60 x Ø 60 cm. Materials: Estremoz white marble, metal. Dovain Studio Creative direction by Sergio Prieto, a Spanish artis...
Marble, Metal
Modern Karl Springer Style Sculptural Curved Waterfall Side End Table, 1980's
By Karl Springer
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Modern curved waterfall side end table in the style of Karl Springer. This sculptural piece features a neutral cream-beige tone laminate. Beautiful as is or could be wrapped in grass...
Laminate, Wood
$2,516 / item
Cure 07 Side Table by Sundo Yoon
Located in Geneve, CH
Cure 07 Side Table by Sundo Yoon Dimensions: D 30 x W 39 x H 43 cm Materials: Aluminum on scratch texture. Cure Series - Sundo Yoon 'The Cure Series is a series of works by designer...
Aluminum
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.