$354 / item
Trip Side Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Trip Side Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: D 35 x H 50 cm Materials: Base: Paint, Top: Veneer or lacquer. Also available in D 35 x H 60 cm With the intention of providing good t...
Metal
$1,514 / item
Grão Wood Side Table by Studio Orth
Located in Geneve, CH
Grão Wood Side Table by Studio Orth Dimensions: W 45 x D 39 x H 42 cm Materials: Solid wood. Finishes: Solid Imbuia wood or Solid Freijo wood. About: Studio Orth is a multidiscipli...
Wood
$5,240 / item
Layered Side Table by Studio Gameiro
Located in Geneve, CH
Layered Side Table by Studio Gameiro Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 50 cm. Materials: Salt and Moleanos stone. Available in two different finishes: chiseled or honed. Please contact us...
Stone, Other
$5,010 / item
Frequency Side Table by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Frequency Side Table by Sebastián Angeles Material: Bronze, Silver Patina Dimensions: W18 x D21 x H47 cm Weight: 7 kg Love is a powerful emotion that can bring people together and c...
Silver, Bronze
$1,738 / item
Lilith Side Table by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Lilith Side Table by Atlas Project Dimensions: Ø 38 x H 46 cm. Materials: Black painted iron and marble Travertino Yellow. Available in different materials and sizes. Please contac...
Marble, Iron
$1,738 / item
Lilith Side Table by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Lilith Side Table by Atlas Project Dimensions: Ø 38 x H 46 cm. Materials: Black painted iron and Green Guatemala marble. Available in different materials and sizes. Please contact ...
Marble, Iron
$13,744 / item
Botero Side Table by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Botero Side Table by De Castelli Dimensions: ⌀ 82 x H 50 cm Materials: Brushed Brass, Metal Other versions are available, please contact us for any request. Botero, a large side tab...
Metal, Brass
$2,058 / item
Drop Side Table in Jesmonite by Perler
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop Side Table in Jesmonite by Perler. Dimensions: W 55 x D 34 x H 40 cm. Materials: Jesmonite. Color: A subtle shade of warm white/ivory. Finish: Matte. Texture: Smooth to the tou...
Other
$2,566 / item
Grão Stone Side Table by Studio Orth
Located in Geneve, CH
Grão Stone Side Table by Studio Orth Dimensions: W 45 x D 39 x H 42 cm Materials: Stone, Options: Cristallo quartzite, Soapstone, Branco Paraná Marble, Travertine Finishes: Stones: C...
Stone
$17,778 / item
Throne Side Table by Gabor Gobi
Located in Geneve, CH
Throne Side Table by Gabor Gobi Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 75 x W 65 x H 104 cm. Materials: Oak wood and white marble. This hand carved art object is crafted from a repurposed dini...
Marble
Vintage Postmodern Floating Brass & Glass Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Brass-Plated Metal, Original Glass Top This sculptural 1970s side table features a dramatic floating form crafted from brass-plated...
Metal
$3,903 / item
Stoneware Side Table by Sophie Vaidie
Located in Geneve, CH
Stoneware Side Table by Sophie Vaidie One Of A Kind. Dimensions: Ø 44 x H 62 cm. Materials: Beige stoneware with beige glaze. In the beginning, there was a need to make, with the h...
Stoneware
$1,431 / item
Mottled Side Table by Donatas Zukauskas
By Donatas Žukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
Mottled Side Table by Kasanai Dimensions: D 46 x H 61 cm. Materials: Concrete, recycled cardboard, glue, paint. 6 kg. The fusion of sturdiness and elegance, along with the blend of ...
Concrete
$18,489 / item
Enzo Side Table by Rosanna Ceravolo
Located in Geneve, CH
Enzo side table by Rosanna Ceravolo. Dimensions: W 40.2 x D 43 x H 48 cm. Materials: Solid american walnut fronts, polished brass handles, polyurethane spray finish. Also availabl...
Brass
1980s Michele De Lucchi Side Table
By Michele de Lucchi
Located in Renens, CH
Michele De Lucchi Side table from the 1980s. This rare “side table” was created in the late 1980s by Michele de Lucchi. Highly architectural, with graphic lines that play with blac...
Metal
Postmodern Round Side Table Stone Leather
Located in New York, NY
A substantial stone and leather round side or drinks table, Postmodern design period, circa late-20th century. The sand/beige round stone top (similar to travertine marble) is substa...
Marble, Stone
$10,208 / item
Nopper Side Table by Bram Kerkhofs
Located in Geneve, CH
Nopper side table by Bram Kerkhofs Dimensions: D 82 x W 46 x H 84cm Materials:Stainless steel. Nopper is a modular system for building a cupboard or a desk. The construction ori...
Stainless Steel
$6,896 / item
Pedestal Side Table by Txt.Ure
Located in Geneve, CH
Pedestal Side Table by Txt.Ure Perla Valtierra Dimensions: W 57 x D 57 x H 65 cm Materials: Ceramic Exterior/Interior Side Table, Perla Valtierra Ceramic Tiles, Wood interior structu...
Other
$874 / item
Tall Manhattan Side Table by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Manhattan Side Table by Morica Design Dimensions: D 45 x W 45x H 56 cm. Materials: Canaletto walnut, metal. Available in Canaletto Walnut, Laguna Oak, or natural oak wood. Plea...
Wood
$7,806 / item
Copper Side Table by Pol Quadens
Located in Geneve, CH
Copper Side Table by Pol Quadens Limited Edition Of 24+8 Pieces. Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 40 cm. Materials: Patinated steel and polished copper. Pol Quadens was born in Brussels...
Steel, Copper
$3,595 / item
Alentejo Acrylic Side Table by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Alentejo Acrylic Side Table by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 49 x W 49 x H 60 cm. Materials: Acrylic, cast brass with patinated effect. 11 kg. Other materials available. Alentejo side ...
Brass
$2,342 / item
Materia Side Table by Brera Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Materia side table by Brera Studio. Limited Edition of 20 pieces. Dimensions: Base: D 25 x W 25 x H 45 cm. Glass base: W 50 x L 50 cm. Materials: Pink stone base and smoke-colored...
Stone
$780Sale Price|20% Off
Tessellated Stone One Drawer Side Table
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice tessellated stone, one drawer side table circa 1990's. There is a small chip on the bottom of one of the legs of the table; please see pictures. Very functional and sturd...
Stone
$1,620 / item
Moon Side Table by Gabor Gobi
Located in Geneve, CH
Moon Side Table by Gabor Gobi Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 43 x W 43 x H 37 cm. Materials: Beech wood, plywood, and cork. This bespoke bedside table is crafted from repurposed real w...
Beech, Cork, Plywood
$5,878 / item
Era Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik
Located in Geneve, CH
Era Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 50 cm. Materials: Wood and cast iron. Tuğçe Geyik is an architect and designer based in Istanbul. She studied at Yildiz Tec...
Iron
$6,943 / item
Loop Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik
Located in Geneve, CH
Loop Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik Dimensions: D 45 x W 60 x H 70 cm. Materials: Stainless steel and wood. Available in custom sizing and finishes. Please contact us. Tuğçe Geyik is an...
Stainless Steel
$12,017 / item
Loop Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik
Located in Geneve, CH
Loop Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik Dimensions: D 45 x W 60 x H 70 cm. Materials: Stainless steel and wood. Available in custom sizing and finishes. Please contact us. Tuğçe Geyik is an...
Stainless Steel
$4,553 / item
Block Side Table by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Block Side Table by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 45 cm. Materials: MDF, painted rye straw and wax. Weight: 20 kg. Dimensions and colors are customizable. Available in dif...
Other
$4,553 / item
Block Side Table by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Block Side Table by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 45 cm. Materials: MDF, painted rye straw and wax. Weight: 20 kg. Dimensions and colors are customizable. Available in dif...
Other
$8,197 / item
Cleo Clay Side Table by Ombia
By Ōmbia Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Cleo clay side table by Ombia Dimensions: W 42 x D 33 x H 43.5 cm Materials: Clay, textured black glaze. Custom colors upon request. Ombia is a ceramic sculpture and design ...
Other
$3,146 / item
Euphoria Side Table by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Euphoria Side Table by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 37 x W 37 x H 57,5 cm. Materials: Poplar Root veneer and brushed brass. Also available in polished brass. Please contact us. Me...
Brass
$33,179 / item
Arrebol Rayado Side Table by STUDIOROCA
Located in Geneve, CH
Arrebol Rayado Side Table by STUDIOROCA Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 50 cm Materials: Stone, Brass Plated Steel STUDIOROCA is a Mexico City design studio focused on architecture...
Stone
$2,294 / item
Stainless Steel Side Table by Petra Madalena
Located in Geneve, CH
Stainless Steel Side Table by Petra Madalena Dimensions: W 30 x D 25 x H 50 cm Materials: stainless steel (5mm) Weight: 20 kg (± 5 kg for packaging) Elevate the ambiance of your hom...
Stainless Steel
$1,502 / item
Grey Side Table by Donatas Zukauskas
By Donatas Žukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
Grey Side Table by Kasanai Dimensions: D 35 x W 30 x H 59 cm. Materials: Concrete, wood, recycled paper. 8 kg. The fusion of sturdiness and elegance, along with the blend of archais...
Concrete
$2,744 / item
Bermuda Triangle Side Table by Odditi
Located in Geneve, CH
Bermuda Triangle Side Table by Odditi Dimensions: W 45 x D 42 x H 65 cm Materials: Petrified Wood, Limestone Composite (Light Colour), Lava Stone Composite (Dark Colour), Steel The ...
Limestone, Steel, Other
$4,151 / item
Yellow Maryland Occasional Side Table by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Yellow Maryland Occasional Side Table by Somaschini Dimensions: D 50 x H 37 cm Materials: Lightened mdf monolithic structure with emptying. S34 Honey yellow polyester lacquered high ...
Lacquer
$5,204 / item
Pebble Side Table by Pol Quadens
Located in Geneve, CH
Pebble Side Table by Pol Quadens Limited Edition Of 24+4 Pieces. Dimensions: D 55 x W 55 x H 35 cm. Materials: Polished stainless steel and linen. Pol Quadens was born in Brussels....
Stainless Steel, Steel
$3,442 / item
Frida Side Table by Studio Gaia Paris
Located in Geneve, CH
Frida Side Table by Studio Gaia Paris Dimensions: ⌀ 50 x H 50 cm Materials: Black and White Onyx. The Frida Striped Onyx Side Table is a refined and elegant piece of furniture that...
Onyx
$5,311 / item
Frida Side Table by Studio Gaia Paris
Located in Geneve, CH
Frida Side Table by Studio Gaia Paris Dimensions: ⌀ 50 x H 50 cm Materials: White, Red, Green and Amber Onyx. The Frida Striped Onyx Side Table is a refined and elegant piece of fu...
Onyx
$1,502 / item
STILL Form Side Table by Donatas Zukauskas
By Donatas Žukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
STILL Form Side Table by Donatas Zukauskas. Dimensions: W 40 x L 40 x H 55 cm. Materials: Solid oak top, finished with food-safe oils. Sculptural base in mineral composite, sealed wi...
Composition, Other
$768 / set
Pair of Memphis style side tables, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage memphis style round side tables with a metal frame and two tier glasses. Inspired by Ettore Sottsass's designs. 1980s - Italy Good condition Height: 60cm Lenght: 50cm Dep...
Metal
$5,665 / item
Infinity Side Table by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Infinity Side Table by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 50 cm. Materials: Polished brass, walnut root and white marble. Also available in brushed brass. Please contact us....
Marble, Brass
$2,400 / item
Porada Birillo side table postmodern 80s style
By Porada Arredi, Tarcisio Colzani
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Birillo side table designed by Tarcisio Colzani for Porada. This table was published in the early to middle 80s. In those days, there are another variation table such as coffee table...
Steel
$5,050 / item
Aro Side Table by Gabriela Campos
Located in Geneve, CH
Aro Side Table by Gabriela Campos Dimensions: D 45 x W 60 x H 60 cm. Materials: Freijó wood with imbuia finish and hand-painted fabric. The essence of this capsule of 4 pieces is a ...
Fabric, Wood
French Modern Polyhedron Lacquered Table
By R & Y Augousti, Karl Springer
Located in Houston, TX
French Modern Polyhedron Lacquered Table. This stunning French post modern octagonal table in the manner of R & Y Augousti has a marbleized lacquered finish and a thick acrylic base....
Acrylic, Wood
$5,937 / item
Arco Side Table by Gabriela Campos
Located in Geneve, CH
Arco Side Table by Gabriela Campos Dimensions: D 45 x W 60 x H 60 cm. Materials: Freijó wood with imbuia finish and hand-painted fabric. The essence of this capsule of 4 pieces is a...
Fabric, Wood
$2,081 / item
Medium Ceramic Side Table by Project 213A
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Ceramic Side Table by Project 213A Dimensions: W38 x D38 x H44 cm Materials: Ceramic The artisanal ceramic side tables have been created in-house and are a result of explorin...
Ceramic
$3,643 / item
Large Ceramic Side Table by Project 213A
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Ceramic Side Table by Project 213A Dimensions: W57 x D57 x H54 cm Materials: Ceramic. The artisanal ceramic side tables have been created in-house and are a result of explorin...
Ceramic
$2,732 / item
Medium Ceramic Side Table by Project 213A
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Ceramic Side Table by Project 213A Dimensions: W35 x D57 x H38 cm Materials: Ceramic The artisanal ceramic side tables have been created in-house and are a result of explorin...
Ceramic
$2,081 / item
Sculptural Side Table by Donatas Zukauskas
By Donatas Žukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural Side Table by Kasanai Dimensions: D 45 x H 54 cm. Materials: Oak, cement, recycled paper, glue, paint. 6 kg. The visual inspiration for the side table is a combination of...
Concrete
$6,245 / item
Tree Branches Side Table by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Tree Branches Side Table by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 60 x W 60 x H 60 cm. Materials: wood structure with marquetry work in rosewood, ebony and olive tree veneers in half gloss varn...
Brass
$7,499 / item
Octogon Side Table by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Octogon Side Table by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 46 x W 46 x H 54,5 cm. Materials: Brushed brass, Nero Marquina marble and gris mirror. Also available in polished brass. Please co...
Marble, Brass
$19,741 / item
Bliss Side Table by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Bliss side table by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 35.5 x W 35.5 x H 58.5 cm Materials: polished stainless steel The stainless steel table is reflective of those ever so fleeting glim...
Stainless Steel
$2,803 / item
Bent Side Table by Donatas Zukauskas
By Donatas Žukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
Bent Side Table by Kasanai Dimensions: D 45 x H 62 cm. Materials: Cement, wood, recycled paper, glue, paint. 6 kg. The fusion of sturdiness and elegance, along with the blend of arc...
Concrete
$343 / item
White Ami Side Table by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
White Ami Side Table by OK Design Dimensions: D 40 x H 59.5 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. Available in black or white. Please contact us. Ami is a sophisticated little side t...
Metal
$343 / item
Black Ami Side Table by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Ami Side Table by OK Design Dimensions: D 40 x H 59.5 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. Available in black or white. Please contact us. Ami is a sophisticated little side t...
Metal
$7,026 / item
Dripotlé Mahogany Side Table by Studio TOOJ
Located in Geneve, CH
Dripotlé Mahogany Side Table by Studio TOOJ Designed by T. Woon Dimensions: D 47 x H 55 cm. Materials: Mahogany wood. Also available in walnut, travertine, and quartz sand. Please c...
Mahogany
$2,921 / item
Chouchou High Tobacco Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Chouchou high tobacco side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D39 x H57 cm Materials: ceramic Also available in different colours. Chouchou bears the contours of an antique column – which...
Ceramic
$2,507 / item
SST013-2 Side Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST013-2 side table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D 36 x W 44.5 x H 45 cm Materials: Frappuccino marble, Invisible Grey marble. Marble Structure: Frappuccino Marble Base: Invisible G...
Marble
$5,074 / item
Obeisance Side Table by Henry D'ath
Located in Geneve, CH
Obeisance Side Table by Henry D'ath Dimensions: D 50 x H 50 cm Materials: Wood. Available in natural finish too. Piece is handmade by artist. The Obeisance side table is propped up...
Wood
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.