$4,907 / item
Gol. 005 Marble Side Table by Chapter Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Gol. 005 marble side table by Chapter Studio Dimensions: H 60 x D 38 Material: marble (dark emperador) Effortless composition and eccentric design bring forth the Golestan Seri...
Marble
$4,907 / item
Gol. 005 Marble Side Table by Chapter Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Gol. 005 marble side table by Chapter 101 Dimensions: H 60 x D 38 Material: marble (noce travertine) Effortless composition and eccentric design bring forth the Golestan Series...
Marble
$4,907 / item
Gol. 005 Marble Side Table by Chapter Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Gol. 005 Marble side table by Chapter Studio Dimensions: H 60 x D 38 Material: marble (beige travertine) Effortless composition and eccentric design bring forth the Golestan Se...
Marble
1980s Organic Modern Sculptural Plaster Side Table in John Dickinson Style
By John Dickinson
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A striking sculptural side table or pedestal featuring a deeply textured hand-finished surface and dramatic scalloped silhouette. Executed in plaster or cast composite, the piece evo...
Plaster
$3,400Sale Price|20% Off
Custom Italian Travertine Coffee Table, Marble Center Table Table, Side Table
Located in İnegöl, TR
POST MODERN TRAVERTINE MARBLE COFFEE TABLE Type of Marble: Travertine Dimensions: 52" x 35 x 16" Leg Model: Travertine Customizable: Available! Production Time: 3-4 Weeks Shipping C...
Travertine, Marble
Side Bed Table, Solid Wood, Dama Collection by Sebastiano Zilio
Located in Geneve, CH
Side Bed Table, Solid Wood, Dama Collection by Sebastiano Zilio Dimensions: W 87.6 x D 49.2 x H 48.5 cm. Materials: Solid Sungkai wood, About: Sebastiano Zilio Italy, 1969 Italian...
Wood
Wide & Tall Mid Century Italian Modern Dark Green Marble Pedestal or Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A simple yet elegant green marble pedestal table from Italy circa 1980's. It features beautiful veining of solid slab marble construction. Extremely heavy.
Marble
$8,728 / item
Arch Side Table by Sam Goyvaerts
By Sam Goyvaerts
Located in Geneve, CH
Arch side table by Sam Goyvaerts Dimensions: 45 x 34 x 34 cm Marble and brass. Its strong design language sets arch 01.1 c apart. The marble object is beautifully fnished with a met...
Marble, Brass
Bubblegum Oort Resin Side Table by Creators Of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Bubblegum Oort resin side table by creators of objects Materials: Resin, pigment DImensions: W 56 x D 36 x H 36 cm Also Available: Tourmaline, Bordeaux, Spice, Ochre, Forest, Ocea...
Aluminum, Other
$7,481 / item
Lichen Oort Resin Side Table by Creators of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Lichen Oort Resin side table by creators of objects. Materials: Resin, pigment DImensions: W 56 x D 36 x H 36 cm Also Available: Tourmaline, Bordeaux, Spice, Ochre, Forest, Ocean,...
Aluminum, Other
$7,481 / item
Pebble Oort Resin Side Table by Creators of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Pebble Oort Resin Side Table by creators of objects. Materials: Resin, pigment. DImensions: W 56 x D 36 x H 36 cm Also Available: Tourmaline, Bordeaux, Spice, Ochre, Forest, Ocean...
Aluminum, Other
$7,481 / item
Mist Oort Resin Side Table by Creators of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Mist Oort Resin Side Table by creators of objects. Materials: Resin, pigment DImensions: W 56 x D 36 x H 36 cm Also Available: Tourmaline, Bordeaux, Spice, Ochre, Forest, Ocean, T...
Aluminum, Other
Twilight Oort Resin Side Table by Creators of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Twilight Oort Resin side table by creators of objects. Materials: Resin, pigment DImensions: W 36 x D 36 x H 56 cm Also Available: Tourmaline, Bordeaux, Spice, Ochre, Forest, Ocea...
Aluminum, Other
$7,481 / item
Coral Oort Resin Side Table by Creators of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Coral Oort resin side table by Creators Of Objects Materials: Resin, pigment DImensions: W 56 x D 36 x H 36 cm Also available: tourmaline, bordeaux, spice, ochre, forest, ocean, t...
Aluminum, Other
Tourmaline Oort Resin Side Table by Creators of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Tourmaline Oort Resin side table by creators of objects. Materials: Resin, pigment DImensions: W 36 x D 36 x H 56 cm Also Available: Tourmaline, Bordeaux, Spice, Ochre, Forest, Oc...
Aluminum, Other
$7,481 / item
Creme Oort Resin Side Table by Creators of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Creme Oort Resin side table by creators of objects. Materials: Resin, pigment DImensions: W 56 x D 36 x H 36 cm Also Available: Tourmaline, Bordeaux, Spice, Ochre, Forest, Ocean, ...
Aluminum, Other
$7,481 / item
Thistle Oort Resin Side Table by Creators of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Thistle Oort Resin side table by creators of objects. Materials: Resin, pigment DImensions: W 56 x D 36 x H 36 cm Also Available: Tourmaline, Bordeaux, Spice, Ochre, Forest, Ocean...
Aluminum, Other
$8,305 / item
Cerise Oort Resin Side Table by Creators of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Cerise Oort Resin side table by creators of objects. Materials: Resin, pigment DImensions: W 51 x D 51 x H 40 cm Also Available: Tourmaline, Bordeaux, Spice, Ochre, Forest, Ocean,...
Aluminum, Other
$7,481 / item
Lagoon Oort Resin Side Table by Creators of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Lagoon oort resin side table by creators of objects. Materials: Resin, pigment Dimensions: W 56 x D 36 x H 36 cm Also available: Tourmaline, bordeaux, spice, ochre, forest, ocean,...
Aluminum, Other
$1,933 / item
Walnut Arc Side Table by Ditte Vad and Julie Bertrup
Located in Geneve, CH
Walnut Arc side table by Ditte Vad and Julie Bertrup. Materials: Walnut, Nano Laminate. Dimensions: D 42 x W 42 x H 45 cm. The founders, Mia and Torben Koed, decided to put thei...
Laminate, Walnut
Price Upon Request
'Side Table 10' Side Table by Peter Shire, 1984
By Peter Shire
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Vintage side table by Peter Shire, 1984. Birch solid core plywood and Laminate. Exact dimensions available upon request. Other models available Peter Shire: Peter Shire is an ...
Laminate, Plywood
Price Upon Request
'Side Table 9' Side Table by Peter Shire, 1984
By Peter Shire
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Vintage side table by Peter Shire, 1984. Birch solid core plywood and laminate. Exact dimensions avail. Upon request. *other models available Peter Shire: Peter Shire is an LA...
Laminate, Plywood
Cipi Side Table Solid Acid-Treated Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Cipi Side Table Solid Acid-Treated Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier Dimensions: W 35 x D 45 x H 41 cm Materials: Travertine. Side tables in solid acid-treated Ostuni tra...
Travertine
Cipi Side Table Solid Acid-Treated Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Cipi Side Table Solid Acid-Treated Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier Dimensions: W 28 x D 28 x H 55 cm Materials: Travertine. Side tables in solid acid-treated Ostuni tra...
Travertine
Carlo Side Table Solid Acid-Treated Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Carlo Side Table Solid Acid-Treated Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier Dimensions: W 35.5 x D 35 x H 46 cm Materials: Acid-etched Ostuni travertine, wire-brushed with an op...
Travertine
Cult Hand-Sculpted Stool & Side Table in Blue Calcite Stone by Panorammma
Located in Geneve, CH
Cult Hand-Sculpted Stool & Side Table in Blue Calcite Stone by Panorammma Dimensions: Ø 25 x H 45 cm. Materials: Blue calcite stone. Custom colors & materials available to quote. Ea...
Stone
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Marble and Glass End / Side Tables by Kaiser Newman
By Kaiser Newman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A handsome matching set of glass drink tables designed and produced by Kaiser Newman in the 1990s. The tables features a black polished stone base and a spun aluminum stem with glass...
Granite, Aluminum, Brass
Coral Spice Oort Resin Side Table by Creators of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Coral Spice Oort Resin side table by creators of objects. Materials: Resin, pigment DImensions: W 51 x D 51 x H 40 cm Also Available: Tourmaline, Bordeaux, Spice, Ochre, Forest, O...
Aluminum, Other
Cult Hand-Sculpted Stool & Side Table in Green Marble & Onyx by Panorammma
Located in Geneve, CH
Cult Hand-Sculpted Stool & Side Table in Green Marble & Onyx by Panorammma Dimensions: Ø 25 x H 45 cm. Materials: Green marble and onyx composite. Custom colors & materials availabl...
Onyx, Marble
Sculptural black wood side table, France 1980s
Located in Firenze, IT
Sculptural side table France 1980s Lacquered wood 46 × 47 × 36 cm The object can be used as a simple floor or table sculpture, as a side table with a glass shelf or tray on top,...
Wood
White Oak Arc Side Table by Ditte Vad and Julie Bertrup
Located in Geneve, CH
White oak arc side table by Ditte Vad and Julie Bertrup. Materials: oak, lacquer. Dimensions: D 42 x W 42 x H 45 cm. The founders, Mia and Torben Koed, decided to put their 30 ...
Oak, Lacquer
Black Ash Arc Side Table by Ditte Vad and Julie Bertrup
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Ash Arc Side Table by Ditte Vad and Julie Bertrup Materials: Ash, Nano Laminate Dimensions: D 42 x W 42 x H 45 cm. Also available in different sizes and materials: Ash, Oak,...
Metal
Zanotta Leather Side/End/Nightstand Table, Italy 1980
By Zanotta
Located in Chicago, IL
Zanotta Leather Side/End/Nightstand Table, Italy 1980’s. Original leather. Measures 25.5” tall 16” wide 12” deep
Leather
Stool & Side Table, Concave, Black Lacquered Wood, Post-Modern, Panorammma
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Two hand-turned wooden pieces with an elegant piano polish lacquer play together as sculptural stools or side table sets.
Resin, Wood
Cult Hand-Sculpted Stool & Side Table in Mexican Ice Onyx & Marble by Panorammma
Located in Geneve, CH
Cult Hand-Sculpted Stool & Side Table in Mexican Ice Onyx & Marble by Panorammma Dimensions: Ø 25 x H 45 cm. Materials: Mexican Ice onyx and marble composite. Custom colors ...
Onyx, Marble
$5,205 / item
Chatior Side Table by Aède Studios
Located in Geneve, CH
Chatior Side Table by Aède Studios Dimensions: D 44 x W 44 x H 50 cm. Materials: Figured mahogany. Available in figured mahogany or oak. Custom materials are available on demand. ...
Wood
Stool & Side Table, Convex, Black Lacquered Wood, Post-Modern, Panorammma
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Two hand-turned wooden pieces with an elegant piano polish inform an imaginative play as sculptural stools or side table sets. Directly referencing chess pieces, these stools luidica...
Resin, Wood
$2,368 / item
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Side Table by Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Calligraphic sculpted brass side table by Misaya Dimensions: W 27 x L 30 x H 57 cm Hand-sculpted brass table. Misaya emulates Chinese ink paintings through the process of lost-wax c...
Brass
Postmodern Side Coffe Table 1980s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Postmodern Side Coffe table Italy 1980s
Metal
Side Table & Stool, Solid Wood & Resin, Sculptural Post-Modern, Panorammma
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Night Log Formed from a reclaimed tree trunk, Night Log preserves the natural silhouette of the wood its knots, cracks, and irregular contours that trace the memory of growth. After ...
Resin, Wood
$10,982Sale Price / set|20% Off
Ettore Sottsass Set of two Rocchettone Round Side Table by Poltronova 1960s
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Rocchettone side table realized in lacquered walnut wood with bright orange decorations (under the table top and on the base), it was designed by Ettore Sottsass and manufactured by ...
Plastic, Wood, Walnut
$5,491Sale Price|20% Off
Ettore Sottsass Rocchettone Round Side Table in Walnut Wood by Poltronova 1960s
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Rocchettone side table realized in lacquered walnut wood with bright orange decorations (under the table top and on the base), it was designed by Ettore Sottsass and manufactured by ...
Wood, Plastic, Walnut
$5,491Sale Price|20% Off
Ettore Sottsass Rocchettone Round Side Table in Walnut Wood by Poltronova 1960s
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Rocchettone side table realized in lacquered walnut wood with bright orange decorations (under the table top and on the base), it was designed by Ettore Sottsass and manufactured by ...
Plastic, Wood, Walnut
$2,240Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Travertine Marble Dining Table Bases Side Tables Display Pedestals
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Travertine, Marble
Enrique Garcel Lacquered Goatskin Side/End Tables, 1991
By Enrique Garcel
Located in Chicago, IL
Enrique Garcel Lacquered Goatskin Side/End Tables, 1991 Measures 27” deep 22” wide 22” tall
Goatskin
Karl Springer Grasscloth Nightstand/Side/End Table, 1980
By Karl Springer
Located in Chicago, IL
Karl Springer Black Grasscloth Nightstand/Side/End Table, 1980s. Original. Measures 24.25” tall 20” deep 26” long
Grasscloth
$2,699Sale Price / set|20% Off
Postmodern Memphis 1980s Pair of End Tables, Side Tables -- 2 Pcs
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Basel, BS
Gorgeous, RARE pair of stylish Postmodern 1980s end tables. Very versatile, excellent as bedside tables, or in a living room next to a couch or lounge chair. Brand unknown, no labels...
Wood
BARBERA Molecule Side Table with Solid Bronze Base and Green Fantasy Marble Top
By Daniel Barbera
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Designed by Daniel Barbera, this Molecule Side Table has a solid bronze base married to a natural Green Fantasy Marble top. The base is cast bronze that has been polished to a lu...
Marble, Bronze
Pair of 1980s Postmodern Green Figured Marble Side Tables
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A pair of 1980s postmodern side tables crafted in highly figured green marble. The stone displays sweeping forest-green and slate-gray veining against a pale celadon ground, giving e...
Marble
Set of Refined Contemporary Marble Oval Low Table and Side Table
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of refined contemporary marble oval low table and side table Dimensions: 130 x 27 cm/ 45 x H 62 cm Materials: Kynos, Grey Saint Laurent Angelo is the essence of a round tab...
Marble
1980s Postmodern Smoked Glass Side Table with Faux Marble Pedestal
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A sculptural 1980s Postmodern side table featuring a square smoked-glass top over a bold geometric pedestal base with a black faux-marble finish and contrasting veining. The substant...
Marble
Vintage Postmodern Natural Mactan Stone Side / Coffee Table
By Maitland Smith
Located in Denton, TX
Beautiful Tessellated Macan stone set on a diagonal design and capped with a square glass top. Can be used with or with out the glass top. The measurements of the base is 19 x 19 x ...
Stone
Stool & Side Table Set, Black Lacquered Wood, Post-Modern Design, Panorammma
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Two hand-turned wooden pieces with an elegant piano polish lacquer play together as sculptural stools or side table sets.
Resin, Wood
$4,950 / set
Maison Regain Square Side Tables in Elm
By Maison Regain
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Maison Regain, pair of side tables, elm, France, 1970s These side tables by Maison Regain, made in France in the 1970s, reflect a focus on solid construction and functional design. ...
Elm
Maitland Smith Tesselated Stone Side Cocktail Table Hollywood Regency
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
A rarely seen black and beige tessellated marble Maitland Smith end cocktail Table. The beveled top has a beige and black geometric design.
Stone
Pair of Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Side Tables by Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Pair of calligraphic sculpted brass side tables by Misaya. Dimensions: W 27 x L 30 x H 57 cm W 52 x L 31 x H 41 cm Hand-sculpted brass table. Misaya emulates Chinese ink paint...
Brass
Calligraphic Sculpted Side Table in Polished Brass by Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Calligraphic sculpted brass side table by Misaya Dimensions: W 52 x L 31 x H 41 cm Hand-sculpted brass table. Misaya emulates Chinese ink paintings through the process of lost-wax c...
Brass
Pair of Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Side Tables by Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Pair of calligraphic sculpted brass side tables by Misaya Dimensions: W 27 x L 30 x H 57 cm W 52 x L 31 x H 41 cm Hand-sculpted brass table. Misaya emulates Chinese ink painti...
Brass
$5,376 / item
Salvante S1 Side Table by Piotr Dąbrowa
Located in Geneve, CH
Salvante S1 side table by Piotr Dabrowa Unique Piece Dimensions: D 50 x H 50 cm Materials: Rosa Portogallo marble, Rosa Peralba marble. Also available in other marbles. Salvan...
Marble
$956Sale Price|20% Off
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone Sculptural Coffee Side Table
By Maitland Smith
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Stone
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.