$1,017 / item
Floating Side Table in Brushed Aluminum by Veliento
Located in Geneve, CH
Floating Side Table in Brushed Aluminum by Veliento. Dimensions: W 50 x D 35 x H 50 cm. Materials: Aluminum. All pieces are made to order. Custom finishes available, please contact ...
Metal, Aluminum
$4,555 / item
Beige Cube Side Table by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Cube Side Table by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 45 cm. Materials: MDF, painted rye straw, brass and wax. Weight: 20 kg. Dimensions and colors are customizable. Avai...
Other, Brass
$4,555 / item
Ruta Cube Side Table by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Ruta Cube Side Table by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 45 cm. Materials: MDF, painted rye straw, brass and wax. Weight: 20 kg. Dimensions and colors are customizable. Avail...
Brass, Other
$4,011 / item
Flame Pistachio Side Table by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Flame Pistachio Side Table by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 50 cm. Materials: Brushed brass and satin fabric. Also available in different colored satin fabric or client...
Brass
$4,011 / item
Flame Pearl Side Table by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Flame Side Table by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 50 cm. Materials: Brushed brass and satin fabric. Also available in different colored satin fabric or client's fabric....
Brass
Chris Schanck - Column Side Table, 2017 - Unique Piece
By Chris Schanck
Located in Renens, CH
The Column side table by Chris Schanck is a typical example of his signature “Alufoil” technique, where aluminum foil is hand-applied over a sculpted polystyrene and steel form, then...
Metal
$4,236 / item
Arquería Ocasional Side Table by Algo Studio
By Algo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Arquería Ocasional Side Table by Algo Studio Dimensions: D 42 x W 46 x H 54 cm. Materials: Plywood, foamular, PVA glue, sand, pigments, polyurethane and granite. Weight: 25 kg. ...
Granite, Other
$5,206 / item
Foot Side Table With Drawer by Project 213A
Located in Geneve, CH
Foot Side Table With Drawer by Project 213A Dimensions: W 32 x D 28 x H 62 cm Materials: Oak The Foot Side Table is made from Oak wood with carefully designed jointing details. ...
Oak
Vintage French Postmodern White Metal + Marble Adjustable Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A French postmodern side table from the 1980s, composed of white metal with a solid marble base. Defined by clean geometry and softened curves, the table features a swiveling circul...
Marble, Metal
$2,343 / item
Woven Side Table, Wicker and Leather, by AUSTE OST
Located in Geneve, CH
Woven Side Table, Wicker and Leather, by AUSTE OST Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 50 cm Materials: Wicker, Leather. The combination of natural materials, such as wicker and leather us...
Leather, Wicker
$1,431 / item
Black Mottled Side Table by Donatas Zukauskas
By Donatas Žukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Mottled Side Table by Kasanai Dimensions: D 46 x H 61 cm. Materials: Cement, recycled paper, glue, paint. 6 kg. The fusion of sturdiness and elegance, along with the blend of ...
Concrete
$1,502 / item
Black Tripod Side Table by Donatas Zukauskas
By Donatas Žukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Tripod Side Table by Kasanai Dimensions: D 38 x H 65 cm. Materials: Cement, wood, recycled paper, glue, paint. 6 kg. The fusion of sturdiness and elegance, along with the blen...
Concrete
$2,603 / item
Sphere & Wave Side Table by Studio Christinekalia
Located in Geneve, CH
Sphere & wave side table by Studio Christinekalia Dimensions: W 90 x D 90 x H 50 cm. Materials: Swedish pine solid Wood, MDF, stainless steel. The bold design of this side tabl...
Stainless Steel
$3,195 / item
Yellow Hana Side Table by Tino Seubert
Located in Geneve, CH
Hana side table by Tino Seubert. Dimensions: D 43, W 38 x H 50 cm. Materials: Solid walnut wood, walnut veneer, Formica. Oak or other wood possible. Tino Seubert When he fir...
Formica, Walnut
$3,195 / item
Red Hana Side Table by Tino Seubert
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Hana side table by Tino Seubert. Dimensions: D 43 x W 38 x H 50 cm. Materials: Solid walnut wood, walnut veneer, Formica. Oak or other wood possible. Tino Seubert When h...
Formica, Walnut
$4,070 / item
Jura Side Table by Ah Um Design Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Jura Side Table by Ah Um Design Studio Handmade Dimensions: D 55.9 x W 35.5 x H 55.9 cm. Materials: Walnut wood, oil finish. Available in other finish options. Please contact us. F...
Walnut
Chrome and Glass Side Drinks Table Tord Björklund
By Tord Bjorklund
Located in New York, NY
A tubular chrome and glass side drinks table, Postmodern design period, by/attributed to Swedish designer Tord Björklund, for IKEA, circa late-20th century, late 1970s to early 1980s...
Chrome
Vintage Italian Iron + Glass Top Side Table - 2 Available
Located in Chicago, IL
An Italian Postmodern side table from the 1980s, where restraint and gesture meet in a compact form. The structure is composed of black lacquered iron, rising in a single, confident...
Plastic, Lacquer
$3,195 / item
Beige Hana Side Table by Tino Seubert
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Hana Side Table by Tino Seubert Dimensions: D 43 x W 38 x H 50 cm. Materials: Solid walnut wood, walnut veneer, Formica. Oak or other wood possible. Please contact us. T...
Formica, Walnut
$5,029 / item
Kupoli Side Table 4 by Cameron Design House
Located in Geneve, CH
Kupoli Side Table 4 by Cameron Design House Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 40 cm. Materials: Steel, glass. Available in other dimensions. Available in paint or pigmented chrome finishe...
Steel
$11,028 / item
Kupoli Side Table 9 by Cameron Design House
Located in Geneve, CH
Kupoli Side Table 9 by Cameron Design House Dimensions: D 84 x H 40 cm. Materials: Steel, glass. Available in other dimensions. Available in paint or pigmented chrome finishes. Plea...
Steel
Late 1970s Black Lacquer Postmodern Side Table
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage black lacquer postmodern side table. Circa Late 1970s. Features a geometric x-shape designed pedestal with a black glossy lacquer finish, and a beveled square removable glas...
Glass, Lacquer
$3,443 / item
Marmorino Travertino Marble Side Table by Dalmoto
Located in Geneve, CH
Marmorino Travertino Marble Side Table by Dalmoto Dimensions: D 26 x W 92 x H 28 cm. Materials: Nichel Marino nickel, Travertino marble and leather. Available in different metal, ma...
Marble, Nickel
$5,940 / item
Don't Be Square Side Table by Ayres
Located in Geneve, CH
Don't Be Square Side Table by Ayres Dimensions: W 65 x D 45 x H 45 cm Materials: Green Onyx At AYRES we design utilitarian objects and furniture with a primary aesthetic. Our basic...
Onyx
$9,194 / item
Anemos Side Table in Natural Oak Veneer by Pendhapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Anemos Side Table in Natural Oak Veneer by Pendhapa. Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x H 52 cm. Materials: Natural oak veneer. This design is available in natural oak veneer with a distinct...
Oak
YOUMY Round Foggy Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
YOUMY Round Foggy Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: Ø 36 x H 43 cm. Materials: Foggy steel. Also available in different colors and finishes. Round symmetrical or rectangular asym...
Steel
$4,331 / item
Drop 30 Side Table by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop 30 Side Table by De Castelli Dimensions: W 89 x D 59 x H 30 cm Materials: Stainless Steel, Copper, Other Other versions are available, please contact us for any request. Drops ...
Copper, Stainless Steel, Other
$8,330 / item
Duo Simplicia Side Table by Justus Knut Schomann
Located in Geneve, CH
Duo Simplicia Side Table by Justus Knut Schomann Dimensions: W 38 x D 30 x H 85 cm Materials: Brushed steel, waxed finish. Weight: 35 Kg. Justus Knut Schomann Born in Cologne in 19...
Steel
$1,862 / item
Duplex Side Table by Mambo Unlimited Ideas
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Open since 1997 and based in Lisbon, Portugal, a country with a long crafts tradition, Mambo Unlimited Ideas' design team researches for innovation and creativity developments around...
Travertine, Metal
$6,603 / item
Kynos Refined Contemporary Marble Side Table 62/45
Located in Geneve, CH
Kynos refined contemporary marble side table 62/45. Dimensions: diameter 45 x height 62 cm. Materials: Kynos Angelo is the essence of a round table in natural stone, a sculptura...
Marble
$4,070 / item
Skirt And Bead Side Table by Newblue
Located in Geneve, CH
Skirt And Bead Side Table by Newblue Unique Piece Dimensions: D 38 x W 38 x H 54 cm. Materials: Patent-pending Newblue recycled ceramic material, recycled sanitary ware, recycled gla...
Quartz, Other, Brass
$5,336 / item
Small Untitled Side Table by Henry D'ath
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Untitled Side Table by Henry D'ath Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 55 cm Materials: Wood. Available finishes: Black ink. Carved by hand from a single wooden log over many months,...
Wood
$6,461 / item
Geo Large Side Table by Daniel Schneiger
Located in Geneve, CH
Geo large side table by Daniel Schneiger Dimensions: D 61 x W 66 x H 51 cm Materials: Wood and resin Custom finishes available. Custom sizes available. Dan Schneiger As an arc...
Resin, Wood
$5,822 / item
Geo Small Side Table by Daniel Schneiger
Located in Geneve, CH
Geo Small Side Table by Daniel Schneiger. Dim qwwwensions: D 51 x W 46 x H 41 cm. Materials: Wood and resin. Custom finishes available. Custom sizes available. Dan Schneiger A...
Resin, Wood
$3,751 / item
Alwa Three Smoky Grey Side Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa three smoky grey side table by Pulpo. Dimensions: D 38 x H 44 cm. Materials: casted and hand-blown glass. >>Also available in different colors. Normally, glass is regard...
Glass
$8,070 / item
Twin Polished Bronze Side Table by Palena Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Twin Polished Bronze Side Table by Palena Furniture Dimensions: W 50.8 x D 48.26 x H 50.8 cm Materials: Polished Bronze, Black Lacquer Available in custom dimensions and materials, ...
Bronze, Other
$7,810 / item
Balance Side Table, Brass and Raw, by AUSTE OST
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance Side Table, Brass and Raw, by AUSTE OST Dimensions: W 50 x D 30 x H 50 cm Materials: Brass, raw with brushed finish. BALANCE was unveiled at Salone Satellite, Salone del Mo...
Brass
$1,195 / item
YOUMY Round Red Shaded Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
YOUMY Round Red Shaded Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: Ø 36 x H 43 cm. Materials: Red shaded steel. Also available in different colors and finishes. Round symmetrical or r...
Steel
$5,857 / item
Large Untitled Side Table by Henry D'ath
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Untitled Side Table by Henry D'ath Dimensions: D 70 x W 70 x H 70 cm Materials: Wood. Available finishes: Black ink. Henry d’ath is a New Zealand-born, Hong Kong-based artis...
Wood
$43,121 / item
Past Green Side Table with Chair by Vetralia
Located in Geneve, CH
Past Green Side Table with Chair by Vetralia Designed by Leo De Carlo Dimensions: W 71 x D 58 x H 87 cm Materials: Colored engraved mirror, oxidised copper, wood. VETRALIA Function...
Copper
$26,034 / item
Moon Mars Marble Side Table by Marsica Fossati
Located in Geneve, CH
Moon Mars 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 tabl...
Onyx, Marble
$26,034 / item
Moon Hourglass Marble Side Table by Marsica Fossati
Located in Geneve, CH
Moon Hourglass 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...
Onyx, Marble
$26,034 / item
Moon Galassia Marble Side Table by Marsica Fossati
Located in Geneve, CH
Moon Galassia 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 t...
Onyx, Marble
$5,857 / item
Found Ming Side Table by Henry D'ath
Located in Geneve, CH
Found Ming side table by Henry D'ath Dimensions:D40 x W40 x H50 cm Materials:Wood, Calligraphy Ink Piece is an alteration to a found object. Henry d’ath is a new zealand born...
Wood
$5,100 / item
Bent Side Table Big Smoky Grey by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Bent side table big smoky grey by Pulpo Dimensions: D 75 x H 35 cm Materials: casted glass Also available in different finishes and dimensions. The bubbled surface of the cas...
Glass
$5,100 / item
Bent Side Table Big Smoky Grey by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Bent side table big smoky grey by Pulpo Dimensions: D 75 x H 35 cm Materials: casted glass Also available in different finishes and dimensions. The bubbled surface of the cas...
Glass
Contemporary Handcratfed Ceramic Side Table by Clément Brazille
By Clément Brazille
Located in London, GB
'Battoir' Pedestal by Clément Brazille Ceramic Side Table Handcrafted in stoneware and metalic glaze L 27 x P 27 x H 51 cm Limited edition of 20 Signed and numbered Made in France ...
Ceramic, Stoneware
YOUMY Round Corten Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
YOUMY Round Corten Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: Ø 36 x H 43 cm. Materials: Corten steel. Also available in different colors and finishes. Round symmetrical or rectangular as...
Steel
$4,686 / set
Set of 3 Tomes Side Tables by Karystios
Located in Geneve, CH
A set of 3 Tomes side tables by Karystios. One of a kind, Handcrafted. Dimensions: approx. sizes in cm (w x h): 40 x 70; 40 x 46; 46 x 46 Materials: Chestnut wood Intersections (T...
Chestnut
$7,029 / item
Minimalist Quinn Blue Onyx Side Table by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
Quinn Blue Onyx Side Table by RAFFINATO Dimensions: D 43 x 43 x H 55 cm. Materials: Blue onyx and glass. This table is available in different stone options: White Travertine, Calaca...
Onyx
YOUMY Round White Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
YOUMY Round Matte White Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: Ø 36 x H 43 cm. Materials: Matte white steel. Also available in different colors and finishes. Round symmetrical or rect...
Steel
YOUMY Round Bronze Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
YOUMY Round Bronze Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: Ø 36 x H 43 cm. Materials: Bronze. Also available in different colors and finishes. Round symmetrical or rectangular asymmetr...
Bronze
YOUMY Rectangular Bronze Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
YOUMY Rectangular Bronze Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: D 33 x W 34 x H 43 cm. Materials: Bronze colored steel. Also available in different colors and finishes. Round symmetri...
Steel
YOUMY Rectangular Black Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
YOUMY Rectangular Black Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: D 33 x W 34 x H 43 cm. Materials: Matte black steel. Also available in different colors and finishes. Round symmetrical ...
Steel
YOUMY Rectangular White Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
YOUMY Rectangular White Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: D 33 x W 34 x H 43 cm. Materials: Matte white steel. Also available in different colors and finishes. Round symmetrical ...
Steel
YOUMY Round Black Side Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
YOUMY Round Black Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: Ø 36 x H 43 cm. Materials: Matte black steel. Also available in different colors and finishes. Round symmetrical or rectangula...
Steel
$9,111 / item
Gero Polished Bronze Side Table by Palena Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Gero Polished Bronze Side Table by Palena Furniture Dimensions: W 43.18 x D 50.8 x H 50.8 cm Materials: Polished Bronze, Eucalyptus Available in custom dimensions and materials, ple...
Bronze, Other
$5,171 / item
Column Root Wood Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik
Located in Geneve, CH
Column Root Wood Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 45cm. Materials: Wood. Tuğçe Geyik is an architect and designer based in Istanbul. She studied at Yildiz Tech...
Wood
$5,336 / item
Coco Root Wood Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik
Located in Geneve, CH
Coco Root Wood Side Table by Tuğçe Geyik Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 47 cm. Materials: Wood. Tuğçe Geyik is an architect and designer based in Istanbul. She studied at Yildiz Techn...
Wood
$1,171 / item
Redemption Side Table 2 by Albert Potgieter Designs
Located in Geneve, CH
Redemption side table 2 by Albert Potgieter Designs Dimensions: D 40 x H 45 cm Materials: oak wood Product is customizable. “Look and Feel designs”, this is the Tagline and th...
Oak
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.