$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
$10,525 / 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: Calacatta Viola marble, walnut burl. Also available: Botticino marble, Rosa Peralba mar...
Marble
$920Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage 1980s modular rattan coffee tables/side tables -a pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage rattan side or end tables or small coffee table with glass tops. A smaller version of these are also available.
Rattan, Glass
Postmodern Italian 1980s Memphis Style Table Side Lamp, 1980s
By Memphis Milano, Michele de Lucchi, Ettore Sottsass, Martine Bedin
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful post-modern minimalist table or side lamp made in Italy in the 1980s, very much in the spirit of Memphis Milano design.
Metal
Pair of Polished Brass Hourglass-Shaped Side Tables by Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Pair of brass gueridon table, Gordian Node, Misaya. Dimensions: W 40 x L 40 x H 50 cm Hand-sculpted brass table. Available in other brass finishes
Brass
Calligraphic Sculpted Blackened/Antique/Polished Brass Side Table 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-...
Brass
Calligraphic Sculpted Side Table in Black-Painted Brass by Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Calligraphic Sculpted Side Table in Black-Painted Brass by Misaya Dimensions: W 27 x L 30 x H 57 cm Hand-sculpted brass table. Misaya emulates Chinese ink paintings through the proc...
Brass
Refined Set of 2 Travertino Silver Contemporary Marble Side Tables
Located in Geneve, CH
Refined Set of 2 Travertino silver contemporary marble side tables Measures: Tall 62 x 45 x 45 cm Short 36 x 80 x 80 cm Angelo is the essence of a round table in natural stone, ...
Marble
Refined Set of 3 Travertino Silver Contemporary Marble Side Tables
Located in Geneve, CH
Refined Set of 3 Travertino silver contemporary marble side tables Measures: Tall: 62 x 45 x 45 cm Medium: 48 x 55 x 55 cm Short: 36 x 80 x 80 cm Materials: Travertino Silver mar...
Marble
Postmodern Travertine Nesting Side Tables, a Set of 3
By Karl Springer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A set of three nesting side tables in solid travertine, designed in a stepped form typical of postmodern furniture. Each table is constructed as a U-shaped volume, allowing the small...
Travertine
$35,015 / item
Abstraction II Side Table by Kris Lamba Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Abstraction II Side Table by Kris Lamba Studio Edition Number: 9 +2 AP Dimensions: W 33 x D 33 x H 70 cm Materials: Hand burnished bronze. Weight: 60 Kg. Options: polished, patinated...
Copper
One-of-a-kind Missisquoi Side Table (№ 11) by Simon Johns
By Simon Johns
Located in East-Bolton, Quebec
The Missisquoi №11 integrates a stone who's contour and features were traced and shaped into the tabletop, hovering above it to mirror its origins. An illusion of both airiness and i...
Stone, Chrome
$33,461 / item
Two Sides of Solitude Coffee Table by Claste
Located in Geneve, CH
Two sides of solitude coffee table by Claste Dimensions: D 106.7 x W 106.7 x H 35.5 cm Material: Marble Weight: 364 kg Also vailable in two standard sizes. Since 2017 Quinlan ...
Marble
$700Sale Price|24% Off
Vintage 1980s small modular rattan coffee tables/side tables -a pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage rattan side or end tables or small coffee table with glass tops. Made in America in the late 1980s A large version of these are also available.
Rattan
Sculptural Postmodern Side Table by Jonathan Christian, Wood & Marble, France
Located in Lille, FR
Sculptural Postmodern side table by Jonathan Christian.
Carrara Marble
Sculptural Postmodern Side Table by Jonathan Christian, Wood & Marble, France
Located in Lille, FR
Sculptural Postmodern side table by Jonathan Christian.
Carrara Marble
1970's Italian Design Travertine Nesting Side Table Set
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage 1970's Italian Design set of 3 Travertine Nesting Side Tables. Made in Italy in the 1970's. Square with rounded edges on each table. All are in good condition, the largest mo...
Travertine
1980s Mauve Pink with Green Stone Custom Side Tables, a Pair
Located in Staten Island, NY
Mauve pink with green stone custom side tables, a pair Straight from a 1980s high end lawyer office who custom made everything in their office.
Lacquer
Postmodern Perforated Metal Nesting Side Table from Ikea, 1980s
By IKEA
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern metal side table from Ikea from the 1980s. A delicate design. The finely crafted frame forms runners. A perforated metal sheet serves as the table top. The entire table i...
Metal
One-of-a-kind Missisquoi Side Table (№ 10) by Simon Johns
By Simon Johns
Located in East-Bolton, Quebec
The Missisquoi № 10 from the collection integrates a stone who's contour and features were traced and shaped into the tabletop, hovering above it to mirror its origins. The top is fl...
Stone, Steel
$3,142 / item
High Three Rocks Black Side Table by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
High Three Rocks Black Side Table by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 40 x W 51 x H 48 cm. Materials: Black lacquered. 7 kg. Other materials available. From The Special Tree, Fallen Leave...
Lacquer
High Three Rocks Marquetry Side Table by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
High Three Rocks Marquetry Side Table by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 40 x W 51 x H 48 cm. Materials: Wood structure with marquetry work in smoky brown bird’s eye, rosewood, ebony, and...
Wood
Shirudo Round Coffee Table/ Side Table, Black Varnished Iron Finish by Mingardo
Located in Geneve, CH
Shirudo Round Coffee Table/ Side Table, Black Varnished Iron Finish by Mingardo Dimensions: D 90 x H 28 cm Materials: RAL 9005 black varnished iron structure Weight: 45 kg Also Ava...
Iron
Postmodern Glass, Brass and Wood Side Table, Germany, 1980s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Striking postmodern side table produced in Germany in the 1980s, combining architectural form with refined, luxurious materials. The circular glass tabletop rests on a bold central ...
Brass
1970s Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin pair of end, side or coffee tables
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Made of wood. Sleek, simple post modern design. Professionally refinished with new white lacquer.
Plywood
Joe D'Urso Coffee / Side Table for Knoll
By Knoll, Joseph D'Urso
Located in Chicago, IL
Joe D'Urso Coffee / Side Table for Knoll A practical size that can be used as either a coffee table or side occasional table. Shows age wear mainly to underside. The metal itself i...
Stainless Steel
$3,600Sale Price / set|20% Off
Danny Ho Fong for Tropi-Cal Basket Weave Rattan Side Table Pair
By Danny Ho Fong, Tropi-cal
Located in Lutz, FL
Pair of uncommon Tanganika model basket weave rattan side/end table pair designed by Danny Ho Fong for Tropi-Cal circa 1970's. Lovely open hand woven basket weave rattan frames with ...
Composition
2x Vitra Metal Side table Couchtisch Ronan Erwan Bouroullec weiß2
By Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Vitra
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen von zwei wunderschönen quadratischen Beistelltisch (metal side table) vom deutschen Premiumhersteller Vitra zum Verkauf an. Entworfen wurde der Tisch von Ronan und E...
Metal
Postmodern Rnd Tessellated Mactan Stone Side Table 4 Sphere Style Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous postmodern tessellated Mactan rough edge stone round pedestal base side table with 4 polished spheres and a round beveled glass top in the style of Maitland Smith. Beautiful...
Stone
Contemporary Refractory Handmade Table Side Lamp Ceramic, White
Located in Carballo, ES
The design of this lamp is unique and the material is the most durable. This lamp could last generations sharing between each other. It is electrified for both the United States and ...
Brass
Model Guéridon PI Side Table by Martin Szekely for Neotu Edition, 1985
By Martin Szekely
Located in Kelkheim (Taunus), HE
Postmodern "PI" Side Table by Martin Szekely for Neotu Edition, 1985. Bibliographie: Martin Szekely “meublier - designer” p. 42 Provenance: Hamburg (Germany) Private Collection.
Metal
Set of Mid Century Postmodern Side Tables or Cocktail Table after Enrique Garcel
By Enrique Garcel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of two faux painted tables in the manner of Enrique Garcel. These would be great as a coffee table.
Wood
$12,570 / item
Super White Marble Side Table π 02 by Atelier Dutré
Located in Geneve, CH
Super White Marble Side Table π 02 by Atelier Dutré Dimensions: 40.13 L × 40.13 W × 55.88 H cm Materials: Super White Marble Atelier Dutré operates at the intersection of design an...
Marble
Contemporary Outdoor Riviera Side table in lacquered Sage metal and Travertine
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Our newly unveiled collection is meticulously handcrafted in Portugal. Departing from conventional norms, we embrace a palette of unconventional materials, including different marble...
Metal
Pair of Large 'Angulaire' Marble Side or End Tables by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of large 'Angulaire' marble side or end tables by Design Frères.
Marble, Steel
Pair of Large 'Angulaire' Marble Side or End Tables by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of large 'Angulaire' marble side or end tables by Design Frères.
Marble, Steel
Karl Springer Style Grasscloth Console and Pair Side Tables for Ernest C. Masi
By Ernest C. Masi
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Postmodern Karl Springer Style Grasscloth Wrapped Waterfall Console with Side Chests for Ernest Massi - 3 Piece Set This exquisite three-piece set features a vintage postmo...
Grasscloth
Exquisite Solid Burr Walnut Handcrafted by Nature Side End Lamp Wind Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this one of a kind, solid burr walnut hand crafted by nature side table with inlaid leaf top This is the first solid burr walnut table I have ev...
Walnut
Unique Sculptural Ceramic Side Table with Lamp by Austin Coudriet
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Sculptural Ceramic Side Table with Lamp by Austin Coudriet. One of a kind. Dimensions: W 51 x D 51 x H 82cm. Materials: Ceramic (stoneware), underglaze, lamp component. All o...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stunning Architectural Set of Sectional Coffee or Side Tables 1980s
Located in Meer, VAN
Architectural Set of Sectional Coffee or Side Tables 1980s A spectacular pair of architectural side or coffee tables in solid and veneered maple. Europe, 1980s. These 1980s tables ...
Wood, Maple
Scalae 34 Side Table in Walnut Wood by Mokko Amsterdam
Located in Geneve, CH
Scalae 34 Side Table in Walnut Wood by Mokko Amsterdam Dimensions: D 27,5 x W 34 x H 38 cm. Materials: European oak. Available in different material options and dimensions. Designe...
Walnut
Contemporary Riviera Side table in lacquered metal and travertine for Outdoors
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Our newly unveiled collection is meticulously handcrafted in Portugal. Departing from conventional norms, we embrace a palette of unconventional materials, including different marble...
Metal
High Three Rocks Gold Leaf Side Table by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
High Three Rocks Gold Leaf Side Table by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 40 x W 51 x H 48 cm. Materials: Gold leaf. 7 kg. Other materials available. From The Special Tree, Fallen Leaves ...
Gold Leaf
Lyora FSC Teak Wood Round Side Coffee Table by SNOC
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyora FSC Teak Wood Round Side Coffee Table by SNOC Dimensions: Ø 43 x H 46 cm. Materials: Teak wood. A delicate mid-century style, tempered by contemporary and eclectic incursions ...
Teak
Postmodern Navy Blue Lacquered Wood Pedestal Side Table, 1980s, Memphis Style
Located in Antwerp, BE
A striking round pedestal side table crafted from wood and finished in a deep navy blue lacquer. Heavily influenced by the Italian Memphis movement, it features a unique cluster-pill...
Wood
Contemporary Outdoor Riviera Side table in lacquered Nude metal and Red Marble
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Our newly unveiled collection is meticulously handcrafted in Portugal. Departing from conventional norms, we embrace a palette of unconventional materials, including different marble...
Metal
In-Stock Pair of Large 'Angulaire' Marble Side or End Tables by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In-stock pair of large 'Angulaire' marble side or end tables by Design Frères. This pair is available now and ready to ship.
Marble, Steel
Postmodern American textured plaster / concrete side or coffee table, 1980s
Located in Hastings, GB
Stylish postmodern stepped textured plaster/concrete side or coffee table. USA 1980s. Zig zag lamp also available: see other other listings. Dimensions: 51cm wide, 51cm deep, 40cm ...
Concrete
High Three Rocks Black and Brass Side Table by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
High Three Rocks Black and Brass Side Table by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 40 x W 51 x H 48 cm. Materials: Black lacquered, brushed brass. 8 kg. Other materials available. From The S...
Brass
Stone International Italian Travertine Marble Coffee, Console, Side Tables, Trio
By Stone International
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An amazing set of filled and polished tops, travertine-marble tables, with natural and porous travertine edging. The simplicity of the design and surface treatments is what makes thi...
Travertine, Marble
Dark Hardwood Bevan Funnell Coffee Table or Large Side End Lamp Wine Table
By Bevan Funnell Ltd.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this new ex display lovely deep dark Mahogany Bevan Funnell coffee table This was bought as an ex display piece directly from the Bevan Funnell ...
Hardwood
Postmodern “625” Coffee / Side Table by Peter Noever for Zanotta, 1980s
By Zanotta
Located in Renens, CH
Coffee / side table designed by Peter Granite for Zanotta during the 1980s. Granite top with a Stove-enamelled cast-iron base. Materials: Granite, cast-iron Origination: Italy, 198...
Granite
Postmodern Perforated Metal Nesting Side Tables from Ikea, 1980s, Set of 2
By IKEA
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern metal nesting side table from Ikea from the 1980s. A delicate design. The finely crafted frame forms runners. A perforated metal sheet serves as the table top. The table ...
Metal
Tabula Medium Side Table in Mixed Veneer and Carbon Fiber by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Tabula Medium Side Table in Mixed Veneer and Carbon Fiber by Madheke. Dimensions: W 76 x D 62 x H 43 cm. Materials: Mixed veneer and carbon fiber table top, stainless steel inlay and...
Stainless Steel
Tabula Small Side Table in Mixed Veneer and Carbon Fiber by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Tabula Small Side Table in Mixed Veneer and Carbon Fiber by Madheke. Dimensions: W 54 x D 39 x H 51 cm. Materials: Mixed veneer and carbon fiber table top, stainless steel inlay and ...
Stainless Steel
Sculptural Brass Side Table by Pace Collection
By Pace Collection
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning Post-Modern brass colored round side table with glass top, circa 1970s-1980s by Pace.
Glass
$4,114Sale Price / set|20% Off
Govert Heikoop, minimal Art, De Stijl, Coffee/Side tables, vase & console.
By Govert Heikoop
Located in CASTENRAY, NL
This is unique order-made furniture set (5). Consisting of 3 side tables that can be shoved together into one coffee table.
Plywood, Paint
Mini Ovni Uovo Black Marble & Glass Sculptural Side Table, by Panorammma
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
The Mini Uovo Sculptural Side Table presents a retro-futurist fantasy. Performing as a past vision of the future Uovo constructs over mysterious tales of speculative technologies and...
Marble
Koura 50 Table Lamp in 2 Sides Painted Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge
Located in Geneve, CH
Koura 50 Table Lamp in 2 Sides Painted Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge Dimensions: Ø 50 cm Materials: Bamboo plywood Plywood available in: untreated, 1 painted side, or 2 painted s...
Bamboo, Plywood
Koura 50 Table Lamp in 1 Side Painted Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge
Located in Geneve, CH
Koura 50 Table Lamp in 1 Side Painted Bamboo Plywood by David Trubridge Dimensions: Ø 50 cm Materials: Bamboo plywood Plywood available in: untreated, 1 painted side, or 2 painted si...
Bamboo, Plywood
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.