$6,255 / set
Pair of Brass Side Tables, Hourglass, Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Pair of brass side tables, hourglass by Misaya Dimensions: H.49 x W.35 x L.35 cm Handsculpted brass and marble tables.
Brass
$1,883 / item
Object 065 Side Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 065 Side Table by NG Design Dimensions: D40 x H50 cm Materials: Marble Verde Dorato Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on demand. ...
Marble
$1,883 / item
Object 065 Side Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 065 Side Table by NG Design Dimensions: D40 x H50 cm Materials: Marble Verde Dorato Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on demand. The...
Marble
$2,606 / item
Jaguar Side Table by Andres Gutierrez
Located in Geneve, CH
Jaguar side table by Andres Gutierrez. Dimensions: D45 x W45 x H60 cm. Materials: Body: Pine structure and white oak plywood. Hives: Solid white oak. Andrés Gutiérrez founded A-...
Oak, Pine, Plywood
$2,559 / item
Big Serena Side Table by Estudio Prosa
Located in Geneve, CH
Big Serena Side Table by Estudio Prosa Dimensions: D 30 x H 45 cm Materials: Wood. Available in Cedro Arana, Jequitiba, Muiracatiara, or Cumaru wood options. Please contact us. The...
Wood
$2,322 / item
Small Serena Side Table by Estudio Prosa
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Serena Side Table by Estudio Prosa Dimensions: D 20 x H 55 cm Materials: Wood. Available in Cedro Arana, Jequitiba, Muiracatiara, or Cumaru wood options. Please contact us. T...
Wood
$15,638 / item
Autunno Bronze Side Table by Marsica Fossati
Located in Geneve, CH
Autunno Bronze Side Table by Marsica Fossati Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 55 cm. Materials: Bronze. Dimensions and finishes available upon request. A sculptural table where nature m...
Bronze
$6,468 / item
Brut Side Table by Daniel Schneiger
Located in Geneve, CH
Brut side table by Daniel Schneiger Dimensions: D 61 x W 61 x H 46 cm Materials: Wood and resin Custom finishes available. Custom sizes available. Dan Schneiger As an architec...
Resin, Wood
$5,734 / item
Console Side Table by Konstantin Achkov
Located in Geneve, CH
Console Side Table by Konstantin Achkov Limited Edition Dimensions: D 45 x W 38 x H 45 cm. Materials: American walnut wood, epoxy resin, and stainless steel. Konstantin Achkov is a ...
Stainless Steel
$7,013 / item
MG406 Marble Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG406 Marble Side Table by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 40 x H 42 cm. Materials: Brown Line marble. Malte Gormsen Møbelsnedkeri is a cabinetmaker who combines Danish craftsmanship t...
Marble
$7,013 / item
MG406 Oak Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG406 Oak Side Table by Malte Gormsen Limited Edition Dimensions: D 40 x H 42 cm. Materials: Oak. Malte Gormsen Møbelsnedkeri is a cabinetmaker who combines Danish craftsmanship tr...
Oak
$14,441 / item
Dischi Side Table by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Dischi side table by Gentner Design. Dimensions: D 30.5 x W 30.5 x H 48 cm. Materials: brass, darkened stainless steel. With a nod to Harry Bertoia, the Dischi table is both scu...
Brass, Stainless Steel
$2,926 / item
Chouchou High Sand Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Chouchou high sand side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D 39 x H 57 cm Materials: Ceramic. Also available in different colours. Chouchou bears the contours of an antique column – which,...
Ceramic
Rare Luciano Frigerio Side Table in Hammered Brass
By Frigerio Di Desio, Luciano Frigerio
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Luciano Frigerio for Frigerio Di Desio, brass, Italy, ca. 1970 An exquisite piece by Italian designer Luciano Frigerio, this side table reflects the bold yet refined character of 1...
Brass
$1,528 / item
MG213 Aluminum Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG213 Side Table by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 41 x H 40 cm. Materials: Aluminum. Malte Gormsen Møbelsnedkeri is a cabinetmaker who combines Danish craftsmanship traditions with th...
Aluminum
$1,883 / item
Tribeca Side Table by Giacomo Tomazzi Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Tribeca Side Table by Giacomo Tomazzi Studio Dimensions: W 60 x D 60 x H 50 cm Materials: Wood. ABOUT Giácomo Tomazzi graduated in architecture and urban planning from the Federal ...
Wood
$13,292 / item
Torque Walnut Side Table by Studio TOOJ
Located in Geneve, CH
Torque Walnut Side Table by Studio TOOJ Designed by Johan Wilén Dimensions: D 44 x H 51 cm. Materials: Walnut wood. A true testament to the designer’s signature style, redefining wh...
Walnut
$2,665 / item
Tio Mahogany Side Table by Studio TOOJ
Located in Geneve, CH
Tio Mahogany Side Table by Studio TOOJ Designed by Johan Wilén Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 50 cm. Materials: Mahogany wood. A true testament to the designer’s signature style, redef...
Mahogany
$876 / item
Object 063 Side Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 063 side table by NG Design Dimensions: D40 x H50 cm Materials: Powder coated steel Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on demand. ...
Steel
$4,205 / item
MG211 Walnut Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG211 Side Table by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 36 x H 58 cm. Materials: Walnut. Also available in oak wood. Please contact us. Malte Gormsen Møbelsnedkeri is a cabinetmaker who co...
Walnut
$3,862 / item
MG205 Large Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG205 Large Side Table by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 67 x H 50 cm. Materials: Oak. Available in Nature, Raw Nature, Light Nature, Grey Nature, and Dark Nature. Malte Gormsen Møbel...
Oak
$2,108 / item
MG203 Turned Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG203 Turned Side Table by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 45 x H 40 cm. Materials: Oak. Available in Nature, Raw Nature, Light Nature, Grey Nature, and Dark Nature. Malte Gormsen Møbe...
Oak
$4,205 / item
MG205 Large Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG205 Large Side Table by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 67 x H 50 cm. Materials: Grey Nature oak. Available in Nature, Raw Nature, Light Nature, Grey Nature, and Dark Nature. Malte G...
Oak
$3,388 / item
MG205 Small Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG205 Small Side Table by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 60 x H 45 cm. Materials: Oak. Available in Nature, Raw Nature, Light Nature, Grey Nature, and Dark Nature. Malte Gormsen Møbel...
Oak
$3,862 / item
MG205 Large Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG205 Large Side Table by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 67 x H 50 cm. Materials: Dark Nature oak. Available in Nature, Raw Nature, Light Nature, Grey Nature, and Dark Nature. Malte G...
Oak
$3,388 / item
MG205 Small Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG205 Small Side Table by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 60 x H 45 cm. Materials: Dark Nature oak. Available in Nature, Raw Nature, Light Nature, Grey Nature, and Dark Nature. Malte G...
Oak
$2,345 / item
MG203 Turned Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG203 Turned Side Table by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 45 x H 40 cm. Materials: Grey Nature oak. Available in Nature, Raw Nature, Light Nature, Grey Nature, and Dark Nature. Malte ...
Oak
$2,108 / item
MG203 Turned Side Table by Malte Gormsen
Located in Geneve, CH
MG203 Turned Side Table by Malte Gormsen Dimensions: D 45 x H 40 cm. Materials: Dark Nature oak. Available in Nature, Raw Nature, Light Nature, Grey Nature, and Dark Nature. Malte ...
Oak
$497 / item
Object 084 Side Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 084 Side Table by NG Design Dimensions: ⌀ 28 x H 50 cm Materials: Powder-Coated Steel Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on demand. A...
Steel
$8,921 / item
Fungus Side Table by David Valner
Located in Geneve, CH
Fungus Side Table by David Valner Dimensions: D 42 x W 67 x H 56 cm. Materials: Handcrafted glass, metal, granite, and polyurethane foam. Weight: 25 kg. “The fungi kingdom, an infin...
Granite, Metal
$8,921 / item
Fungus Side Table by David Valner
Located in Geneve, CH
Fungus Side Table by David Valner Dimensions: D 39 x W 56 x H 59 cm. Materials: Handcrafted glass, metal, granite, and polyurethane foam. Weight: 24 kg. “The fungi kingdom, an infin...
Granite, Metal
$8,921 / item
Fungus Side Table by David Valner
Located in Geneve, CH
Fungus Side Table by David Valner Dimensions: D 37 x W 61 x H 57 cm. Materials: Handcrafted glass, metal, granite, and polyurethane foam. Weight: 27 kg. “The fungi kingdom, an infin...
Granite, Metal
$1,824 / item
Ivy II Side Table by Yugen Lab
Located in Geneve, CH
Ivy II Side Table by Yugen Lab Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 54 cm. Materials: 6mm tempered ribbed glass and flat tempered glass. Ivy-II is a vibrant glass side table with a coastal c...
Glass
$1,883 / item
Object 066 Side Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 066 side tTable by NG Design Dimensions: D 40 x H 50 cm Materials: Marble Volakas Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on demand. ...
Marble
$4,430 / item
Golden Feather Brass Side Table by Misaya
By Masaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Golden Feather Brass Side Table by Misaya Dimensions: W50 x D100 x H35 cm. Materials: Brass. Also Available: Different colors (Gold, Polished Brass. Black, Painted Brass) and materi...
Brass
$1,634 / item
Kaila Small Side Table by Yugen Lab
Located in Geneve, CH
Kaila Small Side Table by Yugen Lab Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 47 cm. Materials: 6mm tempered ribbed glass. Kaila Small side table boasts an elegant ribbed glass design with carefully cho...
Glass
$1,694 / item
Kaila Medium Side Table by Yugen Lab
Located in Geneve, CH
Kaila Medium Side Table by Yugen Lab Dimensions: Ø 51 x H 42 cm. Materials: 6mm tempered ribbed glass. Kaila Medium side table boasts an elegant ribbed glass design with carefully c...
Glass
$1,824 / item
Ivy I Side Table by Yugen Lab
Located in Geneve, CH
Ivy I Side Table by Yugen Lab Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 54 cm. Materials: 6mm tempered ribbed glass and flat tempered glass. Ivy-I is a vibrant glass side table with a coastal col...
Glass
$639 / item
Layout Side Table by Studio Super Sunday
Located in Geneve, CH
Layout Side Table by Studio Super Sunday Dimensions: Ø 30,5 x H 61 cm. Materials: Ash. Available in six different finishes and three different sizes. Prices may vary. Dimensions ma...
Ash
$2,926 / item
Chouchou High Rose Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Chouchou high rose side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D 39 x H 57 cm Materials: ceramic Also available in different colours. Chouchou bears the contours of an antique column – which, ...
Ceramic
$1,942 / item
Chouchou High Green Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Chouchou high green 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
$8,915 / item
Bolete Side Table by Henry D'ath
Located in Geneve, CH
Bolete Side Table by Henry D'ath In collaboration with Batten and Kamp Dimensions: D 40 x W 45 x H 45 cm Materials: Wood, granite. Available in natural or black ink finishes. The Bo...
Granite
$698 / item
Object 073 Side Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 073 side table by NG Design Dimensions: D39 x W38 x H63 cm Materials: Powder coated steel Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on demand...
Steel
$26,064 / item
Moon Marble Side Table by Marsica Fossati
Located in Geneve, CH
Moon Marble Side Table by Marsica Fossati Dimensions: D 55 x H 55 cm. Materials: Marble / Onix. Dimensions and finishes available upon request. The series of artsy coffee tables bl...
Onyx, Marble
$5,106 / item
Bent Side Table Big Transparent by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Bent side table big transparent by Pulpo Dimensions: D75 x H35 cm. Materials: casted glass. Also available in different finishes and dimensions. The bubbled surface of the c...
Glass
$5,106 / item
Bent Side Table Big Transparent by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Bent side table big transparent by Pulpo. Dimensions: D75 x H35 cm. Materials: casted glass. Also available in different finishes and dimensions. The bubbled surface of the ...
Glass
$11,989 / item
Pescador Medium Side Table by Gabriela Campos
Located in Geneve, CH
Pescador Medium Side Table by Gabriela Campos Dimensions: D35 x W35 x H50 cm. Materials: TRAVERTINO + ROSSO SICILY A lyrical world of our tropical country with soft landscapes. “O V...
Marble
$9,904 / item
Pescador Small Side Table by Gabriela Campos
Located in Geneve, CH
Pescador Small Side Table by Gabriela Campos Dimensions: D35 x W35 x H35 cm. Materials: TRAVERTINO + ROSSO SICILY A lyrical world of our tropical country with soft landscapes. “O VE...
Marble
$2,926 / item
Chouchou High White Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Chouchou high white side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D 39 x H 57 cm Materials: ceramic Also available in different Colours. Chouchou bears the contours of an antique column – ...
Ceramic
$2,926 / 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 –...
Ceramic
$7,037 / item
Minimalist Honey Onyx Side Table by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
Mallow White Onyx Side Table by RAFFINATO Dimensions: D 35 x 37,5 x H 55 cm. Materials: White onyx and glass. This table is available in different stone options: White Travertine, C...
Onyx
$1,196 / item
YOUMY Round Shaded Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
YOUMY Round Shaded Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: Ø 36 x H 43 cm. Materials: Shaded steel. Also available in different colors and finishes. Round symmetrical or rectangul...
Steel
Vintage Side Table, Postmodern, Laminate, Cream, Off White, Accent Table
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Vintage Side Table, Postmodern, Laminate, Cream, Off White, Accent or End Table, Square, Living Room Measurements: 27" L x 27" W x 24" H In excellent condition. We are happy to sen...
Laminate
Unique Side Table, Postmodern, 80s, Glass, Plaster Base, End Table
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Unique Side Table, Postmodern, 80s, Glass, Plaster Base, End Table, Nightstand, Mid Century Vintage from the 1980s Measurements: 22.25" H x 24" D x 27" W Glass Height: 19.5" Conta...
Glass, Plaster
$3,300 / item
A Heavy Plaster Tri-Legged Side Table
By John Dickinson
Located in North Miami, FL
These heavy plaster tri-legged side tables with foot details to legs. Sourced from a Miami Beach hotel and in wonderful condition (light touch up and repaint). SEE all detail images ...
Plaster
$2,606 / item
Ettore Sottsass Single Side Table by Petra Madalena
Located in Geneve, CH
Ettore Sottsass Single Side Table by Petra Madalena Dimensions: W 45 x D 45 x H 65 cm Materials: multilaminar wood veneer. Weight: 20 kg (± 5 kg for packaging) Introducing an unpara...
Wood
$5,343 / item
Coco Lacquer Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik
Located in Geneve, CH
Coco Lacquer Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 47 cm. Materials: Lacquer. Tuğçe Geyik is an architect and designer based in Istanbul. She studied at Yildiz Tech...
Lacquer
$5,568 / item
Flocks 32 Side Table by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Flocks 32 Side Table by De Castelli Dimensions: W 75 x D 58 x H 32 cm Materials: Copper Other versions are available, please contact us for any request. The Flocks table collection ...
Copper
$5,177 / item
Column Lacquered Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik
Located in Geneve, CH
Column Lacquered Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 45cm. Materials: Lacquer. Tuğçe Geyik is an architect and designer based in Istanbul. She studied at Yildiz T...
Lacquer
$3,755 / item
Alwa Three Amber Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa Three Amber Side Table by Pulpo Dimensions: D 38 x H 44 cm Materials: casted and handblown glass **Also available in different colors. Usually, glass is regarded as being light...
Glass
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.