$7,400
H 76 in W 15.5 in D 15.5 in
Vintage Italian Postmodern Floor Lamp with Fabric Shades + Stone Base
Located in Chicago, IL
An Italian postmodern floor lamp from the 1980s, pairing an architectural ivory-enameled metal
Marble, Metal
$499Sale Price|55% Off
H 53 in W 11 in D 11 in
Postmodern Cerused Limed Oak Wood Barley Twist Floor Lamp
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Delightful take on the classic barley twist. Base is 11” square. Diameter of barley twist is 9”.
Wood
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
Metal
$1,055
H 45.28 in W 15.35 in D 7.87 in
Vintage Italian Postmodern Model Shape Floor Lamp from Slamp, 1990s
By Slamp
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern floor lamp from the Italian manufacturer Slamp from the 90s. The luminaire body serves
Metal
Vintage Italian Floor Lamp, Glass and Metal, Postmodern Style, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Italian Floor Lamp, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 European Plug (up
Metal
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
H 82 in W 16.25 in D 16.25 in
PostModern 70s Giant Brass Floor Lamp Luxo Articulating Architect Drafting
By Luxo
Located in Madison, WI
Luxo Architectural drafting lamp, and this is the floor lamp size! Looks excellent with a Postmodern
Brass, Chrome
$4,461
H 61.42 in W 22.84 in D 11.82 in
Italian Postmodern Design 1970 Lacquered Aluminium Floor Lamp with Plexiglass
Located in Brescia, IT
This Postmodern style floor lamp is a prototype of a collection made from the Italian factory
Aluminum
$4,103
H 40.94 in Dm 5.91 in
Italian Postmodern Floor Lamp by Andrea Bastianello for Disegnoluce, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Filigree floor lamps from the Italian manufacturer Disegnoluce according to a design by Andrea
Metal
$1,189Sale Price|20% Off
H 59.06 in Dm 8.27 in
Lucitalia KRI Floor Lamp Red Metal Adjustable Italian Postmodern Halogen Light
By Shigeaki Asahara
Located in Lisboa, PT
suitable as a reading floor lamp, task light, or ambient lighting element. The lamp is also dimmable
Metal, Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
1980s by Erco Postmodern Italian Design Adjustable Floor Lamp
By Erco
Located in Brescia, IT
Black and white metal Steel details Black laquered wood base Excellent condition Rare model.
Metal, Steel
Postmodern Metal Floor Lamp by Mario Ruiz for Metalarte, White
By Mario Ruiz
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elegant floor lamp from the Spanish manufacturer Metalarte. The design is reminiscent of a tree
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
Steel
$1,084Sale Price|32% Off
H 90.56 in W 14.18 in D 14.18 in
Postmodern red black white uplighter floor lamp, Memphis style 1980s
Located in Zevenaar, NL
Incredible sculptural high postmodern uplighter metal floor lamp by Neukro-Menden. The head can be
Metal
$566Sale Price|20% Off
H 50.4 in Dm 16.15 in
Habitat Orange Mushroom Floor Lamp Acrylic Steel Space Age Postmodern Glow
By Habitat International
Located in Lisboa, PT
This Habitat orange mushroom floor lamp is a striking example of postmodern design influenced by
Steel, Chrome
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
Steel
Postmodern Italian Model Opus Terra Floor Lamp for Lumina, 1980s
By Lumina
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elegant standing lamp from the Italian manufacturer Lumina according to a design by Walter Monici
Metal
$1,776
H 61.42 in Dm 8.67 in
Pier Giuseppe Ramella attr Postmodern Italian Adjustable Floor Lamp By Arteluce
By Pier Giuseppe Ramella
Located in Norwich, GB
Postmodern Italian height adjustable floor lamp by Arteluce - Model "Club 1195". The design
Metal
Postmodern Original Splendid Floor Lamp by Martine Bedin, Italy, 1980s
By Memphis Group, Martine Bedin
Located in Renens, CH
Original period (not a re-edition) Splendid floor lamp, designed and produced by Martine Bedin in
Metal
$1,800
H 65 in W 16 in D 10 in
Midcentury Italian Postmodern Steel & Frosted Glass Floor Lamp after Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A super heavy and well made floor from the Postmodern 1990s era. It features stainless steel and
Stainless Steel
$3,250
H 72 in W 8 in D 16 in
Italian Floor Lamp, Postmodern, In the Style of Goffredo Reggiani, 1980s
Located in Austin, TX
Floor lamp in the postmodern style from Italy. This piece is made in the style of designer Goffredo
Metal
Postmodern Pink Swirl With Speckled Green and Blue Swirl Floor Lamp
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Postmodern Pink Swirl Floor Lamp — bold swirl finish with pink, green & blue tones, sculptural
Ceramic
$2,750
H 73 in W 11 in D 4 in
Rodolfo Dordoni Postmodern Brass & Wood Uplight Floor Lamp, Italy, 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
An exceptional brass floor lamp, designed by Rudolf Dordoni in the early 1980s. Has a beautiful
Brass
$1,427
H 76.78 in W 9.85 in D 14.18 in
Floor Lamp White Lacquered Aluminum Castaldi Illuminazione Postmodern Italy 1980
By Maurizio Bertoni, Ing. Castaldi Illuminazione
Located in Palermo, IT
Minimalist floor lamp designed by Maurizio Bertoni and produced in Italy in the 80s by Castaldi
Aluminum
$1,542
H 74.81 in W 17.52 in D 16.93 in
Japanese Postmodern Sirio Floor Lamp by Kazuhide Takahama for Sirrah, 1970s
By Kazuhide Takahama, Sirrah
Located in Kelkheim (Taunus), HE
Floor Lamp Sirio by Kazuhide Takahama for Sirrah Designer Kazuhide Takahama (1930 - 2010) Maker
Metal
French Postmodern Palm Frond Plaster Floor Lamp Inspired by Serge Roche
By Dorothy Draper, Frances Elkins, Serge Roche, Sirmos, John Dickinson
Located in Houston, TX
French Postmodern palm frond plaster floor lamp inspired by Serge Roche. This tall French modern
Plaster
$1,600
H 52 in W 10.5 in D 54 in
Adjustable Midcentury Postmodern Italian Floor Lamp in Chrome and Travertine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An articulating floor lamp made in Italy, circa 1980s. It consists of a heavy travertine base
Travertine, Steel, Chrome
Postmodern Brass Floor Lamp with 3 Plant Stands, Uplight, 1970s Design
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Postmodern Floor Lamp with 3 Plant Stands This is a beautifully designed and very practical
Brass
$1,046Sale Price|20% Off
H 60.24 in Dm 5.91 in
Postmodern Varnished Metal Column Floor Lamp Ascribable to Reggiani, Italy
By Reggiani
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s. This beautiful and unique column floor lamp was probably produced by
Chrome, Metal
$650
H 54 in W 11 in D 11 in
Vintage Leeazanne Postmodern Art Deco Style Metal Tapered Skyscraper Floor Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
. Vintage Leeazanne Postmodern Art Deco Style Metal Tapered Skyscraper Floor Lamp with Wooden Base. Circa
Metal
Postmodern Brass Torchiere Uplight Halogen Floor Lamp c. 1970/90's
By Arredoluce, Arteluce
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional postmodern, Hollywood Regency style uplight torchiere floor lamp, in excellent
Brass
$1,173
H 17.72 in Dm 9.45 in
Postmodern German Model Pinguin Balancing Floor Lamp by Dominic Symons, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern German Model Pinguin Balancing Floor Lamp by Dominic Symons for Flötotto, in Very Good
Plastic
Late 20th Century Modern to Postmodern Brass Plated Torchier Floor Lamp
Located in Topeka, KS
Lovely vintage Modern to Postmodern brass plated torchier floor lamp composed of a solid shaft
Metal, Brass
$1,524
H 75.59 in Dm 14.57 in
Italian Postmodern Tebe Floor Lamp by Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide, 1980s
By Ernesto Gismondi
Located in Hamburg, DE
from the late 1980s. A postmodern design with special proportions. This floor lamp is a functional
Metal
$840Sale Price|30% Off
H 70 in W 10 in D 12 in
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
Steel
$2,931 / set
H 33.46 in W 7.87 in D 7.87 in
Set of 2 Postmodern Manhattan Series Floor Lamp from Koziol, 1990s
By Koziol
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table or floor lamps from the manhattan series from the german manufacturer koziol from
Plastic
$950
H 75 in W 8 in D 8 in
Koch and Lowy Postmodern Black Steel Floor Lamp with Adjustable Shade, 1990s
By Koch & Lowy
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern Koch and Lowy floor lamp with metal toggle near the top for low or bright light settings
Steel
$1,358
H 68.51 in W 24.41 in D 24.41 in
Rare large postmodern American textured plaster zig zag floor lamp, 1980s
Located in Hastings, GB
Rare large postmodern American textured plaster zig zag floor lamp, complete with large drum shade
Concrete
$1,950
H 43.5 in W 12 in D 6 in
Rare Postmodern Industrial Floor Lamp by Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs, 1960s
By George Kovacs
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a true American Modern masterpiece: a rare Post Modern floor lamp designed by the
Metal
1980s Postmodern Tao Floor Lamp by Barbaglia & Colombo for PAF Studio
By PAF Studio, Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An elegant postmodern "Tao" floor lamp designed by Italian architects and designers Mario Barbaglia
Metal
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
Metal
$5,353 / item
H 59.06 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Italian Postmodern Titania Terra Floor Lamp Alberto Meda Paolo Rizzatto Luceplan
By Lucepan
Located in Hamburg, DE
and Paolo Rizzatto from the late 80s. Here in the rare Terra version as a floor lamp. The Titania
Metal
$900
H 77 in W 12.25 in D 10.75 in
1980s Postmodern Lite Source Floor Lamp in Black for Underwriters Laboratories
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Modern Floor Lamp, released by Light Source in the USA in the 1980s. The piece features
Steel
$9,500
H 74 in W 16 in D 14 in
Midcentury Postmodern Optical Neon Floor Lamp Sculpture after Rudi Stern
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and impressive 1980s neon sculpture designed by Zimmerman Studios and produced by Archigraphics LA in 1987. Comes complete with pedestal as shown. Signed and numbered.
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
$10,112
H 77.96 in W 13.39 in D 13 in
Italian Postmodern "Shogun" Floor Lamp by Mario Botta for Artemide, 1980s
By Artemide, Mario Botta
Located in Renens, CH
Vintage Artemide floor lamp, model Shogun Terra – a design by the architect Mario Botta (1985). An
Metal
$2,350
H 68 in Dm 18 in
Sculptural Postmodern Sycamore and Art Glass Floor Lamp by Jean-François Crochet
By Sergio Terzani, Jean-Fracois Crochet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural postmodern sycamore and art glass floor lamp by Jean-François Crochet for Terzani. Jean
Steel
$1,481
H 77.96 in Dm 11.82 in
Postmodern Italian Floor Lamp RT3 Designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Relco
By Gianfranco Frattini, Relco Italia
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This floor lamp was designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Relco. It can both be used as an uplighter
Steel
$1,450
H 55 in W 36 in D 10.5 in
Postmodern Adjustable Two Light Brass Floor Lamp by Holtkoetter Luechten 1980's
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Elegant, brass floor lamp by noted German makers Holtkoetter and Leuchten, circa 1970/80's. The
Brass
$17,844
H 98.43 in W 14.57 in D 85.04 in
Vintage Postmodern German Brass Boca Arc Floor Clamp Lamp Florian Schulz, 1970s
By Florian Schulz
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare arc floor lamp with clamp bar attributed to the renowned lighting designer Florian Schulz. The
Brass
$761Sale Price|20% Off
H 81.11 in W 18.12 in D 18.12 in
Postmodern Green Pyramid Floor Lamp with Green Glass Beads, Italy 1980s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
This pyramid floor lamp was made in the 1980s. It is made from glass beads and metal and is set on
Metal
$5,353
H 45.28 in Dm 13.78 in
German Postmodern Sucu Cactus Floor Lamp by Art Nowo for Flötotto, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare cactus floor lamp from Flötotto. The stylized cactus shape makes for a decorative yet
Plastic
$2,855
H 71.26 in W 13.39 in D 13.39 in
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
Brass, Wrought Iron
$690
H 55.5 in W 12 in D 12 in
Postmodern Pink and Green on White Palm Frawn Sculpted Plaster Floor Lamp
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elevate your space with the Postmodern Palm Frond Floor Lamp—where 1980s coastal charm meets
Plaster
$5,353
H 45.28 in Dm 13.78 in
German Postmodern Sucu Cactus Floor Lamp by Art Nowo for Flötotto, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Cactus floor lamp from Flötotto in a special version. The large sucu in green is very rare to find
Plastic
$1,522Sale Price|20% Off
H 70.28 in W 9.06 in D 9.06 in
Postmodern Design Brass Fluted Torchiere Floor Lamp by Relco, Italy 1980's
By Relco Milano
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Postmodern Italian Design Brass Fluted "TORCHIERE" Floor Lamp by Relco. Made in Milano
Brass
$1,950Sale Price|40% Off
H 58 in W 15 in D 7.5 in
Postmodern Brushed Steel Female Leg Marilyn Monroe Floor Lamp w/ Shade 1990
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hand machined Brushed Steel Female Leg Floor Lamp inspired by Marilyn Monroe. This unique piece was
Steel
$3,152
H 78.75 in Dm 41.74 in
Postmodern Vintage Black Floor Lamp by Carlo Forcolini 1989 for Artemide Italy
By Carlo Forcolini, Artemide
Located in Vienna, AT
A Postmodern vintage black floor lamp, which was designed by Carlo Forcolini 1989 for Artemide
Metal
$41,638 / item
H 43.31 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
Postmodern floor lamp BRASILIA by Michel Boyer for Verre Lumiere, France 1974
By Verre Lumière, Michel Boyer
Located in Beograd, RS
designed by Michel Boyer for the lighting company Verre Lumière. This hand-made lamp was produced in a
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.
The modern floor lamp is an evolution of torchères — tall floor candelabras that originated in France as a revolutionary development in lighting homes toward the end of the 17th century. Owing to the advent of electricity and the introduction of new materials as a part of lighting design, floor lamps have taken on new forms and configurations over the years.
In the early 1920s, Art Deco lighting artisans worked with dark woods and modern metals, introducing unique designs that still inspire the look of modern floor lamps developed by contemporary firms such as Luxxu.
Popular mid-century floor lamps include everything from the enchanting fixtures by the Italian lighting artisans at Stilnovo to the distinctly functional Grasshopper floor lamp created by Scandinavian design pioneer Greta Magnusson-Grossman to the Paracarro floor lamp by the Venetian master glass workers at Mazzega. Among the more celebrated names in mid-century lighting design are Milanese innovators Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, who, along with their eldest brother, Livio, worked for their own firm as architects and designers. While Livio departed the practice in 1952, Achille and Pier Giacomo would go on to design the Arco floor lamp, the Toio floor lamp and more for legendary lighting brands such as FLOS.
Today’s upscale interiors frequently integrate the otherworldly custom lighting solutions created by a wealth of contemporary firms and designers such as Spain’s Masquespacio, whose Wink floor lamps integrate gold as well as fabric fringes.
Visual artists and industrial designers have a penchant for floor lamps, possibly because they’re so often a clever marriage of design and the functions of lighting. A good floor lamp can change the mood of any room while adding a touch of elegance to your entire space. Find yours now on 1stDibs.