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Italian Post-Modern Wood, Leather, Stainless Dining Chairs, Set of 4
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Post-Modern Wood, Leather, Stainless Dining Chairs, Set of 4 Offered for sale is a set of
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Set of 4 Midcentury Post Modern Black Dining Chairs by Pietro Costantini Italy
By Ello Furniture, Pietro Costantini
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
delicate Post Modern Designed Black Lacquer dining chairs with upholstered Seats. All chairs are ready for
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Post modern high back dining chairs, set of 6, 1970s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Striking vintage dining chairs with black ebonized wooden frames and a black fabric seat. The post
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Set of Six Pietro Costantini Post Modern Lacquered Dining Chairs
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Chic set of post modern dining chairs designed by Pietro Costantini in San Vito al Torre Italy. The
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Set of 4 post modern dining chairs by Tetide Italy - 1980s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Set of 4 post modern dining chairs produced by Tetide. Nice sleek design with a black metal frame
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

Post Modern High Back Leather Dining Chairs - Pietro Consantini - Set of 8
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Decatur, GA
Set of eight (8) Pietro Costantini post modern high back dining chairs with exaggerated slatted
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Beech, Lacquer

Post Modern High Back Leather Dining Chairs - Pietro Consantini - One Pair (2)
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Decatur, GA
One pair / set of two Pietro Costantini post modern high back dining chairs with exaggerated
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Beech, Lacquer

Set of 4 Pietro Costantini Post Modern Dining Chairs, Made in Italy, 1970s
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of four dining chairs designed by Pietro Costantini for Ello. The chairs feature black
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Hardwood, Lacquer

Set of Eight Italian Lacquered Wood and Leather Modern Dining Chairs
By A. Sibau
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Set of 8 highback dining chairs with black lacquered wooden frames and leather seats and backrests
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Four Black Post Modern Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
High- back dining chairs attributed to the noted Italian designer Pietro Costantini in black
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Lacquer, Wood, Paint

Four Black Post Modern Chairs
Four Black Post Modern Chairs
H 40 in W 18 in D 19 in
Set of Eight Italian Modern Dining Arm Chairs in Leather Stainless Steel Wood
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of eight, post modern style, leather, stainless steel and wood Italian dining arm chairs
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Black Walnut Hewitt Wood Dining Chair by New York Heartwoods
By New York Heartwoods
Located in Accord, NY
New York Heartwoods' contemporary black walnut Hewitt Dining Chair is influenced by Mid-century
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Butterfly Charcoal Black Dining Chair by Esvee Atelier
By Esvee
Located in Geneve, CH
Butterfly Charcoal Black Dining Chair by Esvee Atelier Dimensions: D 55 x W 53 x H 80 cm. Materials
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2010s Indian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

Italian Set of Four Dining Chairs in Wood and Metal
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Set of four dining chairs, black lacquered wood, wood, Italy, 1970s Set of four dining chairs with
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

4 Post Modern Black Lacquer curved dining chairs Robert Mallet Stevens Style
By Robert Mallet-Stevens, Memphis Milano
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
4 Post Modern Black Lacquer curved dining chairs Robert Mallet Stevens / Memphis Milano Style. Very
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer

Halikko Dining Chair, Black by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Halikko dining chair, black by made by choice Dimensions: 51 x 47 x 79 cm Materials: solid oak
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2010s Finnish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Oak

Halikko Dining Chair, Black by Made by Choice
Halikko Dining Chair, Black by Made by Choice
H 31.11 in W 18.51 in D 20.08 in
Set of 6 Black Wooden High Back Dining Chairs, 1980s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Set of 6 high back black wooden dining chairs with their cool striped 1980s fabric. The design
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Westnofa Set of Four Norwegian Designer 80s Modern Dining or Game Chairs
By Westnofa Furniture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This rare and outstanding example of good, modern Norweigian design came from a very upscale palm
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Vintage 1980s Norwegian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

Post-Modern Style Aurora Chair in Sculpted Black Ebonized Solid Wood
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
dining / side chair / stools. The project focus was to create a collection that joins great unique
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut

Leather and Wood Dining Chair by Arnold Merckx for Arco, circa 1980
By Arco, Arnold Merckx
Located in Surbiton, GB
Black leather and stained wooden dining chairs designed by Dutch designer Arnold Merckx and
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Vintage 1980s Dutch Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Set of 2 Butterfly Charcoal Black Dining Chairs by Esvee Atelier
By Esvee
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Butterfly Charcoal Black Dining Chairs by Esvee Atelier Dimensions: D 55 x W 53 x H 80 cm
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2010s Indian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

Francesco Binfaré for Cassina Set of Four 'Hock' Dining Chairs in Black
By Cassina, Francesco Binfaré
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Francesco Binfaré for Cassina, set of four 'Hock' dining chairs, black lacquered wood, leather
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Postmodern Italian Black Lacquer Tonon Dining Chairs Ello - a Set of Ten
By Tonon, Ello Furniture
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A set of ten Tonon Postmodern dining chairs. Made in Italy in the 1980s. Fully marked.
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Set of Four Mid-Century Modern Dining Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of four 1980s "Costes" dining-chairs designed by Philippe Starck and made in Italy by Driade
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

Set of 2, Halikko Dining Chairs, Black by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2, Halikko dining chairs, black by Made By Choice Dimensions: 51 x 47 x 79 cm Materials
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2010s Finnish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Oak

Set of 4, Halikko Dining Chairs, Black by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4, Halikko dining chairs, black by Made By Choice Dimensions: 51 x 47 x 79 cm Materials
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2010s Finnish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Oak

Arches Dining Chair by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Arches Dining Chair by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 67 x W 59 x H 89 cm. Materials: Black lacquered
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Arches Dining Chair by InsidherLand
Arches Dining Chair by InsidherLand
H 35.04 in W 23.23 in D 26.38 in
Set of 4 Postmodern Norwegian Memphis Ebonized Black Dining Chairs, 1980s
Located in Madison, WI
Set of 4 Norwegian Post-Modern sculptural and incredibly unique statement dining chairs. The seats
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Set of 8 Costantini Lacquered Dining Chairs
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Dallas, TX
Chic set of post modern dining chairs designed by Pietro Costantini in San Vito al Torre Italy. The
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Arches Dining Chair II by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Arches Dining Chair II by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 67 x W 53 x H 89 cm. Materials: Black
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Arches Dining Chair II by InsidherLand
Arches Dining Chair II by InsidherLand
H 35.04 in W 20.87 in D 26.38 in
1980s Postmodern Dining Chairs, Set of 5
Located in Chicago, IL
Gorgeous and completely restored dining chairs. We painted the wood with a fresh coat of soft black
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Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood, Paint

Postmodern Design Leather Dining Chairs, Italy 1980's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
on black gloss lacquered wood bend base. In the style of Afra and Tobia Scarpa design chairs. These
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Butterfly Tan Brown Dining Chair by Esvee Atelier
By Esvee
Located in Geneve, CH
Butterfly Tan Brown Dining Chair by Esvee Atelier Dimensions: D 55 x W 53 x H 80 cm. Materials: Tan
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2010s Indian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

Red Top, Ink Dining Chair by Masaya
By Masaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Red top, ink dining chair by Masaya Dimensions: W54 x D58 x H63/79 cm Materials: brass Also
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2010s Thai Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Brass

Red Top, Ink Dining Chair by Masaya
Red Top, Ink Dining Chair by Masaya
H 31.11 in W 21.26 in D 22.84 in
Noble Chair Black Lacquered Beech Black by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
the noble wood, underscoring the timeless appearance of the Danish-manufactured dining chair. Choose
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Upholstery, Wood, Beech

Halikko Dining Chair by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Halikko dining chair by Made By Choice Dimensions: 51 x 47 x 79 cm Materials: solid oak
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2010s Finnish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Oak

Halikko Dining Chair by Made by Choice
Halikko Dining Chair by Made by Choice
H 31.11 in W 18.51 in D 20.08 in
Set of Six Pietro Costantini Lacquered Gondola Dining Chairs
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Rio Vista, CA
al Torre Italy. The chairs feature a black lacquer piano finish on the klismos style sculptural wood
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Faux Leather, Naugahyde, Wood

Vintage Postmodern Italian Dining Chairs, 1980s, Set of 4
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Postmodern tripod dining chairs made from a black lacquered wooden frame and a colourful gemotric
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Set of 6 vintage dining chairs by Tobia & Afra Scarpa, 1970s
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Set of 6 dining chairs designed by Tobia & Afra Scarpa for Molteni. Beuatiful modern design wooden
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Gesture Chair Black Beech by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Gesture chair black beech by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 56 x W 53 x H 80 cm Material: Teak or
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood, Beech, Oak, Teak

Gesture Chair Black Beech by Warm Nordic
Gesture Chair Black Beech by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 20.87 in D 22.05 in
Orange Chair Challenger Black Lacquered Oak, Black by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
The Orange Chair Vegetal Smoked Oak / Nude by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D64 x W71 x H 78 cm
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood, Oak, Leather

Black & White, Ink Chair by Masaya
By Masaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Black & White, Ink Chair by Masaya Dimensions: W54 x D58 x H63/79 cm Materials: Brass Also
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2010s Thai Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Brass

Black & White, Ink Chair by Masaya
Black & White, Ink Chair by Masaya
H 31.11 in W 21.26 in D 22.84 in
Italian Ebonized Bentwood & Leather Dining Chairs by Calligaris, Set of 6
By Calligaris
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Post Modern Italian ebonized bentwood & leather dining chairs by Calligaris - set of 6
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Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood, Lacquer

Modern Set of 4 Dining Chairs with Leather Seats by Torstein Flatøy for Bahus
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and completely original set of four Post Modern design dining chairs. Norwegain design, Model
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20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal, Chrome, Iron

Orange Chair Black Lacquered Oak, Dark Bordeaux, Black by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
The orange chair black lacquered oak dark bordeaux black by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 64 x W 71 x
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Upholstery, Wood, Oak

Gesture Chair Black Beech Black Leather by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Gesture chair Black Beech Black Leather by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D56 x W53 x H 80 cm Material
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Upholstery, Beech

4 x Brutalist ZETA Dining Chairs by Martin Haksteen for Harvink, Netherlands
By Harvink
Located in DE MEERN, NL
elevate your dining space. Crafted with precision, the ZETA chairs feature three sleek black metal legs
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Vintage 1980s Dutch Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

Afra & Tobia Scarpa for B&B Set of Eight 'Dialogo' Dining Chairs
By B&B Italia, Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Afra and Tobia Scarpa for B&B Italia, set of eight ‘Dialogo’ dining chairs, black lacquered wood
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fiberglass, Wood

Black Ángulo Chair by Arturo Verástegui
By Arturo Verástegui
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Ángulo chair by Arturo Verástegui Dimensions: D 54 x W 60 x H 78 cm Materials: oak wood
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Oak

Black Ángulo Chair by Arturo Verástegui
Black Ángulo Chair by Arturo Verástegui
H 30.71 in W 23.63 in D 21.26 in
The Orange Chair Black Lacquered Oak by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
The orange chair black lacquered oak by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D64 x W71 x H 78 cm Material
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood, Oak

Noble Chair Black Lacquered Beech Terracotta by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Noble chair black lacquered beech terracotta by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D55 x W47 x H 85 cm
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Textile, Upholstery, Wood, Beech

Noble Chair White Oiled Oak Black by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
the noble wood, underscoring the timeless appearance of the Danish-manufactured dining chair. Choose
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Upholstery, Wood, Oak

Noble Chair White Oiled Oak Black by Warm Nordic
Noble Chair White Oiled Oak Black by Warm Nordic
H 33.47 in W 18.51 in D 21.66 in
Gesture Chair Black Beech Black Leather Butter by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Gesture chair black beech black leather butter by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D56 x W53 x H 80 cm
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Beech

Gesture Chair Black Beech Black Leather Cinnamon by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Gesture Chair Black Beech Black Leather Cinnamon by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D56 x W53 x H 80 cm
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Beech, Leather, Textile

Set of Six Mandarin Dining Chairs by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll
By Knoll, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Kansas City, MO
Set of six dining chairs designed by Ettore Sottsass, the founder of the Memphis Group, Milan
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Steel

Set of 4, Halikko Dining Chairs by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4, Halikko dining chairs by Made By Choice Dimensions: 51 x 47 x 79 cm Materials: solid
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2010s Finnish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Oak

Set of 2, Halikko Dining Chairs by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2, Halikko dining chairs by Made By Choice Dimensions: 51 x 47 x 79 cm Materials: Solid
Category

2010s Finnish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Oak

Italian Set of Six Dining Chairs with Sculptural Round Backrests
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Set of six dining chairs, stained beech, leatherette, Italy, 1970s Stunning dining chairs made in
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Faux Leather, Beech

Noble Chair White Oiled Oak Black by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
the noble wood, underscoring the timeless appearance of the Danish-manufactured dining chair. Choose
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Wood, Oak

Noble Chair White Oiled Oak Black by Warm Nordic
Noble Chair White Oiled Oak Black by Warm Nordic
H 33.47 in W 18.51 in D 21.66 in
Noble Chair Black Lacquered Beech by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Noble chair Black Lacquered Beech by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D55 x W47 x H 85 cm Material: Black
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Beech

Noble Chair Black Lacquered Beech by Warm Nordic
Noble Chair Black Lacquered Beech by Warm Nordic
H 33.47 in W 18.51 in D 21.66 in
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Post Modern Wood Black Dining Chairs For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of post modern wood black dining chairs available for sale. Frequently made of wood, fabric and upholstery, all post modern wood black dining chairs available were constructed with great care. There are 146 antique and vintage post modern wood black dining chairs for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 215 modern editions to choose from as well. Post modern wood black dining chairs have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Post modern wood black dining chairs are generally popular furniture pieces, but mid-century modern, modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Many post modern wood black dining chairs are appealing in their simplicity, but Masaya, Pietro Costantini and Cassina produced popular post modern wood black dining chairs that are worth a look.

How Much are Post Modern Wood Black Dining Chairs?

Prices for post modern wood black dining chairs start at $230 and top out at $82,852 with the average selling for $2,529.

A Close Look at post-modern Furniture

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

  • Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
  • A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
  • Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
  • Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
  • Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980) 
  • Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
  • Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam

CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
  • Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood 
  • Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
  • Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art

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 Mendinia 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.