$2,085 / item
Imani Side Table by Albert Potgieter Designs
Located in Geneve, CH
Imani side table by Albert Potgieter Designs Dimensions: D 40 x H 45 cm Materials: Elm wood Product is customizable. “Look and Feel designs”, this is the Tagline and the way o...
Elm
$3,198 / item
Large Coklat Side Table by Studio Kallang
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Coklat Side Table by Studio Kallang Dimensions: W 60 x D 37 x H 80 cm Materials: Solid Teak, Solid Sungkai. STUDIO KALLANG IS A SINGAPORE AND SEATTLE BASED PROJECT FOCUSING O...
Wood, Teak
$5,876 / item
Arthur Side Table by Studio Uwe Gaertner
Located in Geneve, CH
Arthur Side Table by Studio Uwe Gaertner Dimensions: Ø 59 x H 57 cm. Materials: Oak. DESIGN BY STUDIO UWE GAERTNER The furniture collection from Studio Uwe Gaertner is a harmonious...
Oak
$6,859 / item
Studio Side Table by Studio Uwe Gaertner
Located in Geneve, CH
Studio Side Table by Studio Uwe Gaertner Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 48 cm. Materials: Oak. DESIGN BY STUDIO UWE GAERTNER The furniture collection from Studio Uwe Gaertner is a harmonious...
Oak
$1,634 / item
PLINTH Column High Side Table by Donatas Zukauskas
By Donatas Žukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
PLINTH Column High Side Table by Donatas Zukauskas Dimensions: W 53 x L 60 x H 74 cm. Materials: Handcrafted mineral composite, varnished with a high-quality matte varnish. PLINTH i...
Composition, Other
$1,161 / item
Subtle Ecru Puzzle Side Table by Majbele
Located in Geneve, CH
Subtle Ecru Puzzle Side Table by Majbele Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 42 cm. Materials: Varnished beech wood, 20mm MDF. The Puzzle collection is intriguing entertainment with unconve...
Wood
$2,345 / item
SST016-1 Side Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST016-1 side table by Stone Stackers Limited edition of 5 products. Dimensions: W 39 x D 48 x H 48 cm. Materials: Marble Structure: Onyx Ivory, Marble Base: Onyx Jade Green. Wei...
Marble
$2,345 / item
SST016-2 Side Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST016-2 side table by Stone Stackers Limited Edition of 5 products. Dimensions: W 48 x D 35 x H 46 cm. Materials: Marble base: Onyx ivory, marble structure: Onyx Jade green. Weight:...
Marble
$2,345 / item
SST016-3 Side Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST016-3 side table by Stone Stackers Limited Edition of 5 products. Dimensions: W 47 x D 35 x H 45 cm. Materials: Marble structure: Emerald Quartzite, Marble base: Onyx white. Weigh...
Marble
$521 / item
White Trip Side Table by Storängen Design
Located in Geneve, CH
White Trip side table by Storängen Design Dimensions: D 35 x H 62 cm Materials: birch wood. Also available in other colors. Trip is our smallest table, a lightweight three-legg...
Birch
$521 / item
Black Trip Side Table by Storängen Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Trip side table by Storängen Design Dimensions: D 35 x H 62 cm Materials: birch wood. Also available in other colors. Trip is our smallest table, a lightweight three-legg...
Birch
$7,096 / item
Danseuse Side Table by Studio Uwe Gaertner
Located in Geneve, CH
Danseuse Side Table by Studio Uwe Gaertner Dimensions: D 69 x W 60 x H 40 cm. Materials: White onyx. Also available in Statuario marble. Please contact us. DESIGN BY STUDIO UWE GAE...
Onyx
$5,212 / item
Ahadi Side Table by Albert Potgieter Designs
Located in Geneve, CH
Ahadi side table by Albert Potgieter Designs Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 45 cm. Materials: different types of wood. The Ahadi Side table is a functional sculptural design. Made to be b...
Wood
Will Stone Style Postmodern Marble Side Table
By Will Stone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and sculptural, this striking postmodern side table is a masterful expression of form and material in the style of Will Stone. The table features a dramatic conical base crafted...
Marble
$284 / item
Jupiter Birchwood Side Table by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Jupiter Birchwood Side Table by Cuero Design Dimensions: D 40 x W 44 x H 40 cm. Materials: Birch wood and steel. Weight: 7 kg. This birchwood side table is all you need and more. It...
Steel
$4,347 / item
Red Allen Side Table by Arturo Verástegui
By Arturo Verástegui
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Allen side table by Arturo Verástegui Dimensions: D 35 x H 45 cm Materials: walnut wood, MDF. Also available in natural wood and black. Walnut wood and MDF lacquered in red...
Walnut
$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: Hand carved solid wood, granite, calligraphy ink. Available in nat...
Granite
$971 / item
Object 070 Side Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 070 side table by NG Design Dimensions: D 40 x H 40 cm Materials: Powder coated steel, Solid Oak Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and color...
Steel
$4,537 / item
Small Youtopia Oak Side Table by Dennis Kaiser
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Youtopia Oak Side Table by Dennis Kaiser Dimensions: D 49 x W 39 x H 55 cm. Materials: European oak. Handcrafted in Tuscany, Italy. Customization is available on request. Plea...
Oak
$4,537 / item
Large Youtopia Oak Side Table by Dennis Kaiser
Located in Geneve, CH
Youtopia Oak Side Table by Dennis Kaiser Dimensions: D 45 x W 55 x H 60 cm. Materials: European oak. Handcrafted in Tuscany, Italy. Customization is available on request. Please con...
Oak
$3,755 / item
Alwa Three White Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa three white side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D38 x H44 cm Materials: casted and handblown glass Also available in different colors. Normally, glass is regarded as being ...
Glass
$3,755 / item
Alwa Three Transparent Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa three transparent side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D38 x H44 cm. Materials: casted and handblown glass. Also available in different colours. Normally, glass is regarded ...
Glass
Pair of Postmodern Carrara Marble Pedestal Side Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition A sculptural pair of Postmodern Carrara marble pedestal side tables, circa 1980s. Each table features a square marble top with softly beveled ...
Carrara Marble
$8,636 / item
BD 06 Bed Side Table by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
BD 06 Bed Side Table by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 60 x D 45 x H 55 cm Materials: Wood, Metal, Marble. Wooden bedside table with Maxima carved drawers and structure covered in liquid...
Marble, Metal
$4,916 / 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 marble. Rosa Peralba marble. Also available: Calacatta Viola marble, walnut B...
Marble
Vintage Marble Side Table, Italian, Cipollino Ondulato, End Table, Living Room
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Vintage Marble Side Table, Italian, Cipollino Ondulato, End Table, Living Room, Bedroom, Post Modern, Pedestal.
Marble
$5,236 / item
Single Blown Glass Side Table by Haymann Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Single Table by Haymann Editions Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 33.5 cm. Materials: Blown glass, cork. Available in black, white, silver, or gold finishes. Designed by Dan Yeffet, Sin...
Blown Glass, Cork
$1,800 / item
Brick Side Table 01 by Idaaf Architects
Located in Geneve, CH
Brick Side Table by Idaaf Architects Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 45 cm. Materials: Solid walnut. ‘Brick’ is the first attempt by Idaaf Architects workshop to create a new building m...
Walnut
$11,077 / set
Clou Side Table Set by Richard Yasmine
By Richard Yasmine
Located in Geneve, CH
Clou side table set by Richard Yasmine Materials: solid pentelic marble Dimensions: 44 x 40 cm A nail (in french clou) is an elongated metallic piece used to connect two objects...
Marble
$2,464 / item
Nicola 55 Side Table by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Nicola 55 Side Table by De Castelli Dimensions: ⌀ 35 x H 55 cm Materials: Copper Other versions are available, please contact us for any request. Decisive geometries for a table cha...
Copper
$9,406 / item
Allen Bronze Side Table by Arturo Verástegui
By Arturo Verástegui
Located in Geneve, CH
Allen bronze side table by Arturo Verástegui Limited Edition of 70 Dimensions: D 35 x H 45 cm Materials: walnut wood, bronze. Solid walnut wood and bronze side table. Arturo...
Bronze
Enrique Garcel Tesselated Stone Side Table, 1970
By Casa Bique
Located in Chicago, IL
Enrique Garcel Tesselated Stone Side Table, 1970
Stone
$1,587 / item
Ribbons Burgundy 70 Side Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons Burgundy 70 side table by MOWEE Dimensions: D70 x W70 x H75 cm. Material: Aluminum, HPL top. Weight: 12 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black Ed...
Aluminum, Other
$1,587 / item
Ribbons Salmon 70 Side Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons Salmon 70 side table by MOWEE Dimensions: D70 x W70 x H75 cm. Material: Aluminum, HPL top. Weight: 12 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black Edge...
Aluminum, Other
$1,587 / item
Ribbons Navy 70 Side Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons navy 70 side table by MOWEE Dimensions: D70 x W70 x H75 cm. Material: Aluminum, HPL top. Weight: 12 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black Edge o...
Aluminum, Other
$1,587 / item
Ribbons Cream 70 Side Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons cream 70 side table by MOWEE Dimensions: D70 x W70 x H75 cm. Material: Aluminum, HPL top. Weight: 12 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black Edge ...
Aluminum, Other
$1,587 / item
Ribbons Black 70 Side Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons black 70 side table by MOWEE Dimensions: D70 x W70 x H75 cm. Material: Aluminum, HPL top. Weight: 12 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black Edge ...
Aluminum, Other
$1,587 / item
Ribbons White 70 Side Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons White 70 side table by MOWEE Dimensions: D70 x W70 x H75 cm. Material: Aluminum, HPL top. Weight: 12 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black Edge ...
Aluminum, Other
$1,587 / item
Ribbons Grey 70 Side Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons grey 70 side table by MOWEE Dimensions: D70 x W70 x H75 cm. Material: Aluminum, HPL top. Weight: 12 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black Edge o...
Aluminum, Other
Italian Postmodern Dark Green Marble Side Table
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Postmodern side drinks table with a grey gun-metal frame and dark green marble top, circa 1990s, Italy. A great table for drinks/cocktails in a convenient size. Very good ...
Marble, Metal
$11,420 / item
Noto Side Table by Le Berre Vevaud
Located in Geneve, CH
Noto Side Table by Le Berre Vevaud Dimensions: W 42 x D 42 x H 55 cm. Materials: Eglomized glass top Legs composed of 4 tulipwood balls in New Ivory RAL 9001 glossy lacquered brass. ...
Brass
$6,231 / item
Tavolino2 Fango Green Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Tavolino2 Fango green side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D 135.5 x W 59.5 x H 40 cm Materials: Glass, aluminium All color combinations available on request. Clear lines, avantga...
Aluminum
$5,591 / item
Tavolino2 Smoky Grey Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Tavolino2 smoky grey side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D135.5 x W59.5 x H40 cm Materials: Glass, aluminum All color combinations available on request. Clear lines, avantgarde ...
Aluminum
$6,444 / item
Tavolino2 Beige Red Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Tavolino2 beige red side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D 135.5 x W 59.5 x H 40 cm Materials: Glass, aluminium All color combinations available on request. Clear lines, avantgard...
Aluminum
$6,468 / item
Tavolino2 Ultramarine Blue Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Tavolino2 ultramarine blue side table by Pulpo Dimensions: D135.5 x W59.5 x H40 cm Materials: Glass, aluminum All color combinations available on request. Clear lines, avant...
Aluminum
$2,191 / item
Wood Rino I Side Table by Studio Orth
Located in Geneve, CH
Wood Rino I Side Table by Studio Orth Dimensions: W 51 x D 40 x H 48 cm Materials: Solid wood. Finishes: Solid Imbuia wood or Solid Freijo wood. About: Studio Orth is a multidiscip...
Wood
$1,563 / item
Cosmos Mini Side Table by Studio Monsoleil
Located in Geneve, CH
Cosmos Mini Side Table by Studio Monsoleil Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 55 cm. Materials: Laminated glass. The Cosmos table series is created by combining glasses with gradient color transi...
Glass
Vintage Maison Dada “Sonia Et Caetra” Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This striking side table from Maison Dada’s "Sonia et Caetra" collection is a masterclass in playful Post-Modernism and artistic expression.
Metal
$4,039 / item
Wood Rino III Side Table by Studio Orth
Located in Geneve, CH
Wood Rino III Side Table by Studio Orth Dimensions: W 64 x D 48 x H 48 cm Materials: Solid wood. Options: Imbuia wood, Freijó wood. Finishes: Solid Imbuia wood or Solid Freijo wood. ...
Wood
$5,532 / item
Stone Rino III Side Table by Studio Orth
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Rino III Side Table by Studio Orth Dimensions: W 64 x D 48 x H 48 cm Materials: Carved Stone Finishes: Avalanche marble, Travertine, Soapstone, Branco Paraná marble, All Saints...
Stone
$2,949 / item
Stone Rino I Side Table by Studio Orth
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Rino I Side Table by Studio Orth Dimensions: W 51 x D 40 x H 48 cm Materials: Carved Stone. Finishes: Avalanche marble, Travertine, Soapstone, Branco Paraná marble, All Saints ...
Stone
Papilio Side Table by Alessandro Mendini 1985
By Alessandro Mendini
Located in Weesp, NL
Elevate your space with these exquisite postmodern two-tier glass side tables, a rare and iconic design by Alessandro Mendini, one of the most influential figures in modern design. T...
Steel
$3,862 / item
Lyris S Marble Side Table by Lorenzo Zaccarin
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyris S Marble Side Table by Lorenzo Zaccarin Dimensions: D 36 x H 50 cm Materials: Bianco Michelangelo and Nero Marquinia marble. Attis is a collection that fuses together symbols ...
Marble
$11,989 / item
Senhorita Medium Side Table by Gabriela Campos
Located in Geneve, CH
Senhorita Medium Side Table by Gabriela Campos Dimensions: D35 x W35 x H50 cm. Materials: PORTOGALLO + ROSSO SICILY + BROWN ONYX In 1907 Picasso presented to a few friends the work ...
Onyx, Marble
$10,946 / item
Senhorita Small Side Table by Gabriela Campos
Located in Geneve, CH
Senhorita Small Side Table by Gabriela Campos Dimensions: D40 x W40 x H35 cm. Materials: PORTOGALLO + ROSSO SICILY + BROWN ONYX In 1907 Picasso presented to a few friends the work t...
Onyx, Marble
$5,082 / item
Ruins Side Table in Resin by Szymon Keller
Located in Geneve, CH
Ruins Side Table in Resin by Szymon Keller. Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 50 cm. Materials: Resin, fibers, and natural pigments. Available in Green, Brown, Terracotta and White. Pleas...
Resin
$5,473 / item
Lyris L Marble Side Table by Lorenzo Zaccarin
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyris L Marble Side Table by Lorenzo Zaccarin Dimensions: D 36 x H 65 cm Materials: Bianco Michelangelo and Nero Marquinia marble. Also available in other colors, please contact us....
Marble
$5,295 / item
Small Movimiento Side Table by Joel Escalona
By Joel Escalona
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Movimiento side table by Joel Escalona Limited Edition of 9 Dimensions: D 55 x W 35 x H 35 cm Materials: oak wood, metal. Natural white oak with metal table. Joel Esca...
Metal
$7,428 / item
VI Sexta Side Table by Joel Escalona
By Joel Escalona
Located in Geneve, CH
VI Sexta side table by Joel Escalona Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 55 cm Materials: oak woo, Negro Monterrey marble. Auxiliary table made of natural white oak and Negro Monterrey ...
Marble
$4,039 / item
Wood Stack Side Table by Hyungjun Lee
Located in Geneve, CH
Wood Stack Side Table by Hyungjun Lee Dimensions: D 48 x W 49 x H 46 cm. Materials: Stainless steel. Hyungjun Lee EDUCATION 2015-2018 ESAD Orléans / Objet & Espace ...
Stainless Steel
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.