Postmodern Banker's Lamp Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs Mid-Century
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a Postmodern "Banker's Lamp" designed by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs, typically dating to the 1980s.
Steel
Postmodern Model Z-Lite Zig Zag Flexible Table Lamp, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lamp with a transformable design.
Metal
Mid 20th Century Postmodern Ceramic Swirl Lamps, a Pair
By Royal Haeger
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Awesome pair of post modern glazed ceramic lamps in the style of Royal Haeger. Black circular design invoking a nautilus feel. Shades are for staging and not included.
Ceramic
Vintage Italian Floor Lamp, Glass and Metal, Postmodern Style, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Materials: Glass, Metal Color: Black Styles: Postmodern Country of Origin: Italy Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Diamension: 17.32ʺW × 17.32ʺD × 70.8...
Metal
Postmodern Italian Washington Table Lamp by Jean Michel Wilmotte, 1980s
By Lumen Center
Located in Hamburg, DE
The surface is finished in matte black, which further emphasizes the striking geometry of the lamp.
Metal
Postmodern Italian Model Opus Terra Floor Lamp for Lumina, 1980s
By Lumina
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Materials: Metal, Plastic Color: Black Styles: Postmodern Country of Origin: Italy Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Diamension: 11.81ʺW × 11.81ʺD × 73...
Metal
Striking Rare Postmodern Floor Lamp Torchiere by Alvaline Bologna Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking hallogen postmodern floor lamp very rare by Alvaline Italy , excellent condition almost no used beautiful glow nice glass ring and shade that moves up and down metal frame n...
Metal
Vintage Postmodern Italian Nestore Table Lamp by Carlo Forcolini, 1980s
By Carlo Forcolini
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Material: Metal, Plastic Color: Black Styles: Postmodern Country of Origin: Italy Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Diamension: 42.52ʺW × 9.45ʺD × 22.4...
Metal
Koch and Lowy Postmodern Green Glass and Steel Floor Lamp, 1990s
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern Koch and Lowy floor lamp with conical green glass diffuser shade and a black base circa 1990s.
Steel
Delta table lamp Mario Bertorelle JR RDM 1980 postmodern
By Mario Bertorelle
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Table lamp designed by Mario Bertorelle for JR RDM in 1980. Featuring a clean, geometric design, Delta reflects the industrial and functional style of the period, with a black plasti...
Metal
Postmodern Italian Washington Table Lamp by Jean Michel Wilmotte, 1980s
By Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Located in Hamburg, DE
The surface is finished in matte black, which further emphasizes the striking geometry of the lamp.
Metal
Postmodern Flamingo Desk Lamp by Fridolin Naef for Luxo, 80s
By Fridolin Naef
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
80s postmodern flamingo desk lamp by Fridolin Naef for Luxo.
Metal
Postmodern "Libra" Halogen lamp by Stefano Cevoli, Italy, 1980's
By Stefano Cevoli
Located in Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL
Unknown designer for Stefano Cevoli. The Libra lamp is made of 3 joints which allows the user to adjust and compose it in various ways. No longer in production.
Metal
$640Sale Price|20% Off
1980s Postmodern Halogen Desk Lamp by Robert Sonneman, Glass & Brass
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Postmodern design halogen desk lamp after Robert Sonneman for Kovacs. Use with halogen light bulb 60 watts max. Dimmer switch with knob to center of base. Dimensions: H 15.25 in. ...
Metal, Brass
Floor Lamp King and Miranda Triana 80s Arteluce Minimalsit Postmodern
By Arteluce, Perry King and Santiago Miranda
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Floor lamp designed by King and Miranda for Arteluce. Designed and published in the 80s. Black painted base and pole. Shade is made of pattern painted glass. This lamp comes with tw...
Steel
Postmodern Heron Blue Lamp by Isao Hosoe for Luxo, 1980s
By Isao Hosoe
Located in Delft, NL
Dimensions: 38cm - 54cm H, 50cm-80cm W, 13,5cm D Condition: Good some light scratches Period: 1980s Origin: Norway Material: Plastic
Plastic
Lucitalia KRI Floor Lamp Red Metal Adjustable Italian Postmodern Halogen Light
By Shigeaki Asahara
Located in Lisboa, PT
A versatile and collectible Italian floor lamp, ideal for interiors focused on postmodern design, industrial aesthetics, or curated lighting collections.
Metal, Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
Dutch Postmodern Spiral Glass Table Lamp by ILU Design, Netherlands, 1980s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Sculptural postmodern table lamp designed and produced by ILU Design in the Netherlands, circa 1980s.
Metal
Postmodern Italian Mini Luxo L-1 Style Table Lamp, 1930s
Located in Hamburg, DE
The l-1 "architect's lamp" is a design classic after a design by jac jacobsen from the 1930s. This is a scaled mini version of an italian manufacturer. The design and unspeakably fu...
Metal
Postmodern Gaucho Desk Lamp by Studio Per for Egoluce, 1980s
By Egoluce
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
Italian postmodern lamp by Studio P.E.R for Egoluce. Iconic adjustable mechanism which not only looks great, which is also usefull. By adjusting upwards, the light can be shone on ...
Metal
Postmodern Cirkel Table Lamp by IKEA, Metal and Plastic, Sweden, 1980s
By IKEA
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lamp from Ikea from the 1980s. Elegant table lamp with a technical design language.
Metal
Japanese Postmodern Sirio Floor Lamp by Kazuhide Takahama for Sirrah, 1970s
By Sirrah, Kazuhide Takahama
Located in Kelkheim (Taunus), HE
Floor Lamp Sirio by Kazuhide Takahama for Sirrah Designer Kazuhide Takahama (1930 - 2010) Maker Sirrah, Italy Era 1970s Material metall Size 44,5 x 43 x 190 cm Condition good ...
Metal
Postmodern Halogen Table Lamp Style of Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Postmodern - Desk lamp - Memphis Designer Light Measures : 43x12cm H:38cm Materials : Glass - Metal Beautiful vintage postmodern halogen table lamp in the style of Robert Sonneman f...
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Postmodern Jackson Pollock Style Splatter Glaze Lamps - a Pair
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Pair of vintage, pink and white graphic splatter glaze over black finish table lamps in the style of Jackson Pollock. Height to top of socket is approx. 20" Chrome neck, lucite base ...
Glass
Vintage Postmodern Brushed Steel and Brass Columnar Lamps Metal Shade
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Striking post modern steel and brass columnar lamps. Dramatic presence with a metal shade topped with a heavy brass finial and brass interior to cast soft yet adequate lighting. 5 sl...
Brass, Steel
Postmodern Sculpture Torchiere Lamp “Let There Be Neon” Rudi Stern Style
By Rudi Stern and Don Chelsea
Located in Chicago, IL
Postmodern Sculpture Torchiere Lamp “Let There Be Neon” Rudi Stern Style This postmodern Rudi Stern style lamp has a sturdy iron base. The "Let There Be Neon" style sculptural lamp ...
Metal, Iron, Aluminum
Postmodern Design TEGOLA Desk Lamp by Bruno Gecchelin, Italy 1980's
By Skipper, Bruno Gecchelin
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Postmodern Design "TEGOLA" Desk or Table Lamp by Bruno Gecchelin for Skipper.
Marble, Metal
Postmodern Model Stringa Table Lamp by Hans Ansems for Luxo, 1980s
By Hans Ansems
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lamp from Luxo based on a design by Hans Ansems from the 80s.
Metal
Postmodern Belux Adjustable Head Floor Lamp with Double Glass Pane Diffuser
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern Belux black enameled steel frame floor lamp with adjustable head halogen lamp and two glass pane diffusers.
Steel
Postmodern Model Ara Table Lamp by Philippe Starck for Flos, 1980s
By Flos
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Materials: Metal, Plastic Color: Black Styles: Postmodern Brand: Flos Designer: Philippe Starck Country of Origin: Italy Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-ow...
Metal
Italian Postmodern Tebe Floor Lamp by Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide, 1980s
By Ernesto Gismondi
Located in Hamburg, DE
Imposing standing lamp from the Italian manufacturer Artemide after a draft by Ernesto Gismondi from the late 1980s. A postmodern design with special proportions. This floor lamp is...
Metal
Pair Chrome Lucite Table Lamps 1970s Hollywood Regency Postmodern Minimalism
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in London, GB
An impressive and elegant tall pair of octagonal steel chromium table lams with lucite details. This minimal pair of table lamps with a mirror polish surfaces is giving that wow eff...
Chrome
Italian Postmodern Tao Floor Lamp by Barbaglia & Colombo for PAF Studio
By Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elegant floor lamp in the postmodern design language from the italian manufacturer paf studion based on a design by barbaglia and colombo.
Metal
$2,050Sale Price|30% Off
Postmodern Counterweight Desk Lamp by Robert Sonneman, USA 1970-80s
By Robert Sonneman, Sonneman Lighting
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Ingenious desk lamp with a counterweight mechanism which allows the lamp to be stable in every position. The spheric counterweight is solid steel and heavy enough to point or positio...
Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Postmodern Italian Ala Table Lamp by Rodolfo Bonetto for Iguzzini, 1980s
By Rodolfo Bonetto
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lamp from the Italian manufacturer Iguzzini according to a design by Rodolfo Bonetto from the 1980s.
Metal
Postmodern Flamingo Table Task Lamp by Fridolin Naef for Luxo, 1980s
By Luxo
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Materials: Metal, Plastic Color: Black Styles: Postmodern Country of Origin: Germany Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Diamension: 27.56ʺW × 7.87ʺD × 3...
Metal
Postmodern Italian Virgo Table Lamp by Ilalia Gibertini for Nemo, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Materials: Aluminum, Plastic Color: Black Styles: Postmodern Brand: Cassina Period: 1990s Country of Origin: Italy Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Di...
Aluminum
Postmodern Table Lamp by Piotr Sierakowski for Koch & Lowy, 1980s
By Piotr Sierakowski, Koch & Lowy
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An Minimalist table lamp designed by Piotr Sierakowski having matte-black metal bodies and cantilevered milk glass hoods. Made by Koch & Lowy, circa 1980s.
Steel
Italian Postmodern Tizio Table Lamp by Richard Sapper for Artemide, 1970s
By Richard Sapper
Located in Hamburg, DE
A minimalist design made of metal and plastic kept entirely in black. The peculiarity of this lamp lies in the game of the balance of the two arms.
Metal
Pair of Italian Postmodern Foldable "Disco" Table Lamps by Mario Bertorelle
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of diminutive Postmodern "Disco" Table Lamps by Mario Bertorelle for JM RMD (ca. 1980s, Italy).
Plastic
Postmodern Halogen Table Lamp Style of Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Topeka, KS
Marvelous vintage Postmodern halogen table lamp style of Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs with brass plated double shaft, chrome plated capitals, black painted metal top & base, dim...
Metal
Postmodern Table Lamp by Gao Xiaowu for KARE Design, Germany 2000s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a striking table lamp based on the sculpture "Standard Times" (also known as "Skinny Man") by the contemporary Chinese artist Gao Xiaowu and manufacture...
Marble
Postmodern Reticulated Lamp in the Manner of J.Hoffman, Italy, 1980s
Located in Firenze, IT
Postmodern reticulated floor / table lamp in the manner of J.Hoffman’s Bieffeplast designs Italy 1980s Pop Art/ Cartoon style Plastic, neon light H: 68 cm 30 x 14 cm C...
Metal
Postmodern Danish Model Rappe Louis Table Lamp by Alfred Homann, 1980s
By Alfred Homann
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elegant desk lamp from the Danish lighting manufacturer Louis Poulsen based on a design by Alfred Homann from the 80s. The shape of the lamp can be understood as a continuous foldin...
Metal
Postmodern Zen Table Lamp by Sergio & Oscar Devesa for Metalarte, 1980s
By Sergi & Oscar Devesa
Located in Hamburg, DE
A rare table light from the Spanish manufacturer Metalarte after a design by Sergio & Oscar Devesa from the 80s. The shape of this design is based on the properties and possibilitie...
Metal
French Postmodern Ceramic Table Lamp, Private Detective, by J.C. Peiré, 1980s
By JC Peire
Located in Lille, FR
Jean-Claude Peiré built his signature in the 1980s with a series of ceramic light fixtures reimagining everyday objects at full scale — a tennis racket, a weightlifter's arm, a boxin...
Ceramic
Postmodern Adjustable Angle Poise Desk Lamp by LUXO c 1970's
By Luxo
Located in New York, NY
Unusual adjustable desk, or task, lamp made in Denmark by Luxo. This model features a hood shade, and two arms which flex at the center joint. The lamp also swivels on the circular b...
Metal
Postmodern ir Art Deco revival Torchiere Floor Lamp in brass, Italy 1970s
By Stilnovo
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a striking example of Italian modernist lighting from the 1970s, this sculptural floor torchiere embodies the bold material contrasts and architectural ...
Brass, Wrought Iron
$971Sale Price / set|30% Off
Spanish Postmodern Pair of "Scorpio" Table Lamps by Fase, Madrid, 1980s
By Fase
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Pair of "Scorpio" table lamps by Fase, from 1980s. These pieces were made during the 1980s in Madrid by “Fase”. And there was sort production of this model "Scorpio". “Fase” origina...
Metal
Italian Postmodern Elle 55 Floor Lamp by Tommaso Cimini for Lumina, 1980s
By Tommaso Cimini
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern floor lamp from the Italian manufacturer Lumina according to a design by Tommaso Cimini from the 80s.
Metal
Italian Postmodern Duna Floor Lamp by Barbaglia & Colombo for PAF Studio, 1980s
By Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo
Located in Hamburg, DE
A special detail lies in the elegant connection of the shaft and luminaire body over a gap. The black color of the entire lamp is also characteristic of the design.
Metal
$243Sale Price|72% Off
Vintage Postmodern Polish Modern Desk Lamp with Clock by Wojciech Dybek
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This iconic Type 27.B.101 desk lamp was designed by Wojciech Dybek for POLAMP - FSOiUT PUŁTUSK in 1987. The lamp is made of black plastic. It has two light points activated by separa...
Plastic
Set of 2 Vintage Italian Postmodern Meridiana Table Lamps by Paolo, 1980s
By Stefano Cevoli
Located in Hamburg, DE
Set of 2 Vintage Italian Postmodern Meridiana Table Lamps by Paolo Francesco Piva for Stefano Cevoli, 1980s Two elegant table lights from the Italian manufacturer Stefano Cevoli aft...
Metal
Vintage Postmodern Italian Zelig Table Lamp by Walter Monici for Lumina, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Material: Metal, Plastic Color: Black Styles: Postmodern Country of Origin: Italy Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Diamension: 22.83ʺW × 7.48ʺD × 37.4...
Metal
Set of 3 Italian Murano Glass Canne Table Lamps, Multicolored, Postmodern, 1990s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Postmodern Multicolored Murano Glass Canne Table Lamp, Italy, 1990s. This vibrant Italian table lamp was produced by Vintage Murano Gallery and features a striking arrangement of han...
Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Postmodern Italian Floor Lamp RT3 Designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Relco
By Relco Italia, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This floor lamp was designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Relco. It can both be used as an uplighter and as a reading light. With built-in dimmer. No longer in production.
Steel
Postmodern Italian Multi X Table Lamp by Yaacov Kaufmann for Lumina, 1980s
By Yaacov Kaufman, Lumina
Located in Hamburg, DE
Flexible desk lamp by Lumina, based on a design by Yaacov Kaufmann from the 1980s. The design stands out for its flexibility and technical aesthetics. The lamp arm is integrated int...
Metal
Vintage Postmodern Italian Igloo Table Lamp by Tommaso Cimini for Lumina, 1980s
By Tommaso Cimini
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Material: Metal, Plastic Color: Black Period: 1980s Styles: Postmodern Country of Origin: Italy Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Diamension: 12.2ʺW × ...
Metal
Vintage Postmodern Italian Model Wing 509 Table Lamp by Bruno Gecchelin, 1970s
By Bruno Gecchelin
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Materials: Metal, Plastic Color: Black Styles: Postmodern Period: 1970s Country of Origin: Italy Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Diamension: 20.47ʺW ...
Metal
Set of 2 Postmodern Italian Virgo Table Lamps by Ilalia Gibertini, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Material: Aluminum, Plastic Color: Black Styles: Memphis, Postmodern Brand: Cassina Country of Origin: Italy Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Diamensi...
Aluminum
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.
The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.
Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.
Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.
Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.
As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.
There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.
With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.
The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.