Vintage English Gate Leg Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This charming vintage gate-leg side table beautifully captures the timeless appeal of English Jacobean design. Crafted with an eye for traditional detail, the table features an elega...
Walnut
$3,209 / item
Bevel Side Table by HADGE
By Hadge
Located in Geneve, CH
Bevel Side Table by HADGE Dimensions: D 36 x W 36 x H 40 cm. Materials: Weathered chrome black steel. Also available in different materials and colors. HADGE - an architecture I ...
Steel
$3,664 / item
Adana Side Table by Kasanai
Located in Geneve, CH
Adana Side Table by Kasanai Dimensions: D 64 x W 43 x H 42 cm. Materials: Lime plaster. Also available in different colors. Please contact us. Sometimes, simple is best. Adana follo...
Plaster
$5,519 / item
Ipanema Side Table by DUISTT
Located in Geneve, CH
Ipanema Side Table by DUISTT Dimensions: W 53 x D 50 x H 49 cm Materials: Satin Lacquered Wood, Light Bronze details Ipanema side table is designed for contemporary taste and made f...
Bronze
$2,824 / item
Bevel Side Table by HADGE
By Hadge
Located in Geneve, CH
Bevel Side Table by HADGE Dimensions: D 36 x W 36 x H 40 cm. Materials: Steel. Finish: Weathered rammed black earth. Also available in different materials and colors. HADGE - an ...
Steel
$2,929 / item
Mano Side Table by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Mano side table by Domkapa Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 56 cm. Materials: Black lacquered matte, natural leather (Albany Coimbra). Also available in different materials. An out...
Leather, Lacquer
$2,053 / item
Satin Side Table by Mingardo
Located in Geneve, CH
Satin side table by Mingardo Dimensions: D53 x H60 cm. Materials: RAL 9005 black varnished iron structure. Brushed and polished natural brass base and top. Weight: 21 kg Also ava...
Brass, Iron
$478 / item
Bron Side Table by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Bron Side Table by Pastform Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 42 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobel, Brandy, S...
Wood
$3,395 / item
Arizona Side Table by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Arizona Side Table by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 55 cm. Materials: Walnut and oak veneer. 18 kg. In the remote location of Coyote Buttes lies one of Arizona’s treasure...
Oak, Walnut
$875 / item
Copacabana Side Table by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Copacabana side table by Domkapa Materials: black texturized stainless steel, bamboo wood. Dimensions: W 50 x D 50 x H 50 cm. Also available in different materials. Sometimes...
Stainless Steel
$805 / item
Manhattan Side Table by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Manhattan Side Table by Morica Design Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 46 cm. Materials: Canaletto walnut, metal. Available in Canaletto Walnut, Laguna Oak, or natural oak wood. Please c...
Wood
$723 / item
Bondi Side Table by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Bondi side table by Domkapa. Materials: black texturized steel, grey lacquered. Dimensions: W 56 x D 52 x H 52.5 cm. Also available in different materials. It is time to access...
Stainless Steel
$9,242 / item
Shamalow Side Table by Senimo
Located in Geneve, CH
Shamalow Side Table by Senimo Limited Edition Dimensions: D 50 x W 48 x H 45 cm. Materials: Wood and synthetic fur. SENIMO is a designer carpenter who creates and manufactures each ...
Wood, Faux Fur
$7,013 / item
Columnar Side Table by Ombia
By Ōmbia Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Columnar side table by Ombia Dimensions: W 42 x D 33 x H 43.5 cm Materials: White raw plaster finish. Custom colors upon request. Ombia is a ceramic sculpture and design st...
Other
$4,236 / item
Macari Side Table by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Macari Side Table by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 50 x H 65 cm Materials: Horn, glass, stainless steel. Small table in horn and stainless steel. Top in extra clear glass. Colors and shad...
Stainless Steel
$1,318 / item
Trestle Side Table by Mingardo
Located in Geneve, CH
Trestle side table by Mingardo Dimensions: D 20 x W 10 x H 42.4 cm Materials: Nat. Or wengé oak wood structure. Satin nat. Brass/or copper rods top Weight: 9 kg Also available...
Brass, Copper
$3,781 / item
Silos Side Table by Dalmoto
Located in Geneve, CH
Silos Side Table by Dalmoto Dimensions: Ø 54 x H 67 cm. Materials: Nichel Marino nickel and resin. Available in different metal and resin options. Available in two sizes. Please con...
Nickel
$1,096 / item
Bhoomi Side Table by Deetee Home
Located in Geneve, CH
Bhoomi Side Table by Deetee Home Dimensions: D 36.83 x H 45.72 cm Materials: Stoneware To craft timeless, luxury furniture and objects that celebrates India’s rich artisanal heritag...
Stoneware
$1,902 / item
Panton Side Table by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Panton side table by Domkapa Dimensions: W 50 x D 50 x H 51 cm. Materials: Grey beige matte lacquered, bronze glass, black texturized, gold brushed stainless steel. Also available...
Steel, Stainless Steel
$1,855 / item
Pins Round Side Table by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Pins Round Side Table by Marioni Dimensions: D 40 x H 40 cm. Materials: Brass structure and glazed ceramic base. Back painted glass top. Product code: 02925 Pins round side table i...
Brass
$1,995 / item
Pins Round Side Table by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Pins Round Side Table by Marioni Dimensions: D 50 x H 55 cm. Materials: Brass structure and glazed ceramic base. Back painted glass top. Product code: 02926 Pins round side table i...
Brass
$2,555 / item
Pins Round Side Table by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Pins Round Side Table by Marioni Dimensions: D 65 x H 65 cm. Materials: Brass structure and glazed ceramic base. Back painted glass top. Product code: 02927 Pins round side table i...
Brass
$6,838 / item
Side Table by Michael Gittings
By Michael Gittings
Located in Geneve, CH
Side table by Michael Gittings Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 55 cm. Materials: stainless steel. Michael Gittings Michael Gittings imagines with his hands. Since establishing his ...
Stainless Steel
$2,695 / item
Trama Side Table by Rosana Sousa
Located in Geneve, CH
Trama Side Table by Rosana Sousa One Of A Kind Dimensions: D 35,5 x W 35,5 x H 52 cm. Materials: Oak and walnut. Every piece is one-of-a-kind due to the availability of raw materia...
Oak, Walnut
$2,053 / item
SST023 Side Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST023 side table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D 34 x W 54 x H 45 cm Materials: Calacatta Oro marble. Weight: 19 kg The Side table is made up of two oval shaped Calacatta Oro marbl...
Marble
$1,225 / item
Traspade Side Table by Testatonda
By Testatonda
Located in Geneve, CH
Traspade side table by Testatonda Dimensions: D 55 x W 55 x H 42 cm. Materials: stainless steel, glass. The Trespade collection is the repetition of dimensions, the intertwining...
Stainless Steel
$5,134 / item
SST025 Side Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST025 side table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D 70 x W 120 x H 61 cm Materials: Calacatta Vagli marble, Dover White marble, Namibia Sky marble. Marble Shelves: Dover White & Namibi...
Marble
$2,800 / item
SST021 Side Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST021 side table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D 56.5 x W 55 x H 69.5 cm Materials: Carrara marble, Dover White marble. Marble Structure: Carrara Marble Base: Dover White Weight: 35...
Marble
$2,485 / item
SST022 Side Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST022 side table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D 45 x W 50 x H 52 cm Materials: Calacatta Oro marble, Marquina marble. Marble Structure: Calacatta Oro Marble Base: Marquina Weight: ...
Marble
$2,053 / item
Brass Side Table, Compound I, Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass side table - compound I by Misaya. Dimensions: 49 x 48 x 44 cm Hand-sculpted brass table.
Brass
$2,200 / item
Marco Zanini Zanzibar side table violet
By Marco Zanini, Bieffeplast
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Zanzibar side table designed by Marco Zanini for Bieffeplast. Marco Zanini designed 12 side tables for Bieffeplast around the late 80s. This is one of 12 varietions that Bieffeplast ...
Steel
$2,200 / item
Marco Zanini Zanzibar side table black
By Bieffeplast, Marco Zanini
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Zanzibar side table designed by Marco Zanini for Bieffeplast. Marco Zanini designed 12 side tables for Bieffeplast around the late 80s. This is one of 12 varietions that Bieffeplast ...
Steel
$10,082 / item
Cuitzeo Side Table by Drusch Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Cuitzeo Side Table by Drusch Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 60 x H 54 cm Materials: Cantera stone with a natural matte finish, 9mm smoked tempered glass. Weight: 175 kg. The Cuitzeo s...
Stone
$7,036 / item
Solid Walnut Palodia Side Table by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Solid Walnut Palodia Side Table by Madheke Dimensions: D 61 x W 61 x H 50.8 cm. Materials: Solid walnut construction with natural grain, Intricate hand-carved surface, Supported by d...
Wood
$2,742 / item
Droplet Side Table II by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Droplet Side Table II by DAaZ Dimensions: D 30 x W 55 x H 46.5 cm. Materials: Copper. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and revel...
Copper
$4,913 / item
Glee Copper Side Table by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Glee Copper Side Table by DAaZ Limited Edition Dimensions: D 33 x W 33 x H 51 cm. Materials: Copper. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ord...
Copper
$1,178 / item
Tent Side Table by Studio Kallang
Located in Geneve, CH
Tent Side Table by Studio Kallang Dimensions: W 45 x D 45 x H 55 cm Materials: Solid Sungkai. STUDIO KALLANG IS A SINGAPORE AND SEATTLE BASED PROJECT FOCUSING ON OBJECTS DESIGNED BY...
Wood
$758 / item
Mio Side Table by Thorup Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Mio Side Table by Thorup Copenhagen Dimensions: D 32 x H 44 cm. Materials: Stained oak. Available in stained oak or oiled oak. Please contact us. Thorup Copenhagen is an independen...
Oak
$758 / item
Mio Side Table by Thorup Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Mio Side Table by Thorup Copenhagen Dimensions: D 32 x H 44 cm. Materials: Oiled oak. Available in stained oak or oiled oak. Please contact us. Thorup Copenhagen is an independent ...
Oak
$2,567 / item
SST010 Side Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST010 side table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D38.5 x W49.5 x H68.2 cm Materials: Marbles: Marble Structure: Calacatta Oro Marble base & top: Portoro silver Weight: 23 kg T...
Marble
$3,337 / item
SST009 Side Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST009 side table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D 61.2 x W 95 x H 65.5 cm Materials: Marbles: Marble structure: Carrara Marble base & shelves: Portoro Silver Weight: 37 kg Th...
Marble
$3,687 / item
MG211 Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG211 Side Table by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 36 x H 58 cm. Materials: Oak. Also available in walnut wood. Please contact us. Malte Gormsen Møbelsnedkeri is a cabinetmaker who co...
Oak
$8,635 / item
Baby E Side Table by Veermakers
Located in Geneve, CH
Baby E Side Table by Veermakers Dimensions: W 67 x D 45 x H 56 cm. Materials: Mahogany Classic veneer with satin clear coat / Off Red Hi-Gloss legs About: After years of successful...
Mahogany
$910 / item
Filla Side Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Filla Side Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 40 x D 35 x H 55 cm Materials: Base: Aged steel, Top: Veneer or lacquer. With the intention of providing good taste and personalit...
Steel
$5,473 / item
Eight Side Table S by Veermakers
Located in Geneve, CH
Eight Side Table S by Veermakers Dimensions: D 40 x H 60 cm. Materials: Craft Black steel. About: After years of successful collaboration on luxury interior design projects, Louise...
Steel
$723 / item
Ora Side Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Ora Side Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: D 60 x H 45 cm Materials: Base: Veneer , Top: reconstituted leather. Also available in D 60 x H 55 cm. Please contact us. With the in...
Leather
$1,073 / item
Eclipse Side Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Eclipse Side Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 70 x D 70 x H 55 cm Materials: Veneer. Also available in D 80 x H 55 cm. Please contact us. With the intention of providing good...
Wood
$945 / item
Tao Side Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Tao Side Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: D 60 x H 40 cm Materials: Base: Veneer , Top: Clear glass 8mm. Also available in D 60 x H 50, D 80 x H 40, D 80 x H 50 cm With the inte...
Glass
$1,668 / item
Vanta Side Table by Studio Indigene
Located in Geneve, CH
Vanta Side Table by Studio Indigene Dimensions: D 27.94 x W 27.94 x H 55.88 cm Materials: Reclaimed Teak Wood. Colors Brown; Natural Wooden Finish The Vanta is a quaint side table, ...
Wood
$571 / item
Alca 1 Side Table by Wentz
By Guilherme Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Alca 1 Side Table by Wentz Dimensions: D 36 x W 36 x H 71 cm Materials: Steel.
Steel
$758 / item
Alca 2 Side Table by Wentz
By Guilherme Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Alca 2 Side Table by Wentz Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 71 cm Materials: Steel.
Steel
Vintage Boho Arched Rattan Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Define your living space with the architectural charm of this pair of vintage tortoise rattan side tables. Each table features a rectilinear frame constructed from sturdy bamboo-styl...
Rattan, Glass
Gene Summers Bronze F4 Side Table
By Gene Summers
Located in Highland, IN
Architect Gene Summers (b. 1928) studied at Texas A&M and Illinois Institute of Technology under Mies van der Rohe, becoming Mies' project manager and right-hand man from 1950 un...
Bronze
$1,283 / item
Tecolli Side Table by Lørdag & Søndag
Located in Geneve, CH
Tecolli Side Table by Lørdag & Søndag Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 50 cm. Materials: Oak wood. Lørdag & Søndag is a design studio founded in 2011 by Salvador Compañ. Based in...
Oak
$6,745 / item
Cloud Mirror Side Table by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Cloud Mirror Side Table by Homa Dimensions: D 50 x H 0.4 cm Marble Block: 32 x 25 x 47 cm Materials: Smoke and Silver Mirror. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in Istanbu...
Mirror
$9,627 / item
Ash Matryoshka Side Table by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Ash Matryoshka Side Table by Homa Dimensions: W 60 x D 60 x H 90 cm Materials: Smoke and Silver Mirror. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in Istanbul. The atelier’s tradem...
Mirror
$12,323 / item
Mandacaru Side Table by Gabriela Campos
Located in Geneve, CH
Mandacaru side table by Gabriela Campos Dimensions: Ø 45 x H 50 cm. Materials: Marble composition on emerald green, blue martinica and rafaello, Brass Sculpture. The work “A Lua...
Marble
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.