Postmodern Design Bamboo Side Table by Axel Vervoordt, Belgium 1980's
By Axel Vervoordt
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Postmodern Design Bamboo Side Table by Axel Vervoordt.
Bamboo
Pair of Italian Postmodern Travertine Three Column Side Tables c 1970s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sculptural pair of travertine side tables or drinks tables circa 1970s. Each table has three architectural columns, supporting a 10 inch diameter thick travertine top creating a stro...
Travertine
Ettore Sottsass Lipari Side Table Zanotta Italy 1992 Postmodern Memphis Design
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A postmodern “Lipari” side table designed by Ettore Sottsass for Zanotta, Italy 1992.
Laminate, Wood
Postmodern Glass Top Side or End Table by Becker Designs, 1990s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern black lacquered steel side or end table with three stacked pieces of glass designed and manufactured by Becker Designs USA circa 1990s.
Steel
Vintage Postmodern DIA Cantilever Brass / Chrome Side End Table / Karl Springer
By Design Institute America
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Postmodern DIA Cantilever brass and a dark chrome and glass Side End Table An interesting architectural side table with a mirror border glass insert top that can be replaced...
Brass
$2,240Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Postmodern Clear Glass Block End Table or Side Table after Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very cool architectural design from the 1980s. It features heavy solid glass block construction with thick clear glass top.
Glass
Kioko side table De Pas, D'urbino, Lomazzi postmodern 80s style
By Gionathan de Pas & Donato D’Urbino & Paolo Lomazzi, Zanotta
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Kioko side table designed by De Pas, D'urbino, Lomazzi. This table was published in the early 90s. Legs are probably aluminum. Table top is painted wood. To Europe and Asia buyers....
Steel
$840Sale Price|30% Off
Postmodern Plaster Stacked Table
Located in San Diego, CA
Excellent example of 1980s Postmodern design, beautiful geometric stacked occasional table that can function as side table, end table or coffee table.
Plaster
$868Sale Price|31% Off
Small Black Tubular Plastic Side Table with Smoked Glass, Postmodern, 1980s
Located in London, GB
A small 1980s post modern style tubular black plastic side table with smoked glass.
Glass, Plastic
Postmodern Marble and Brass Side Table in the Artedi Style. Circa 1980s.
By Artedi
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Marble and Brass Side Table in the Artedi Style.
Marble
Pair of Postmodern Memphis Style Glass Top Side Tables Attributed to Lam Lee
By Lam Lee Group
Located in Raymondville, TX
A pair of postmodern, Memphis-style sculptural side tables attributed to Lam Lee Group, featuring glass tops with slightly rounded corners and elaborate bases with raised decorative ...
Glass, Resin, Paint, Composite
Postmodern End or Side Table with Mirror Top & Black Laquered Pedestal Base
Located in Topeka, KS
Marvelous vintage Postmodern end or side table comprised of a black lacquered pedestal base with beveled edges & gold base trim and a rounded square shaped top with gold trim edges a...
Composition
Postmodern Glass, Brass and Wood Side Table, Germany, 1980s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Striking postmodern side table produced in Germany in the 1980s, combining architectural form with refined, luxurious materials.
Brass
Postmodern Birdseye Maple Accent Table
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in Richmond, VA
Fantastic postmodern neo classical accent table in the manner of Michael Graves. Table is handcrafted in birdseye maple veneer with ebony inlay. Italy, circa 1980
Birdseye Maple, Ebony
Postmodern Glass Top Side Table with Black Sphere Faux Marble Lacquer Base 1980s
Located in Toronto, CA
A sculptural Postmodern pedestal side table in the Memphis style, circa 1980s, featuring a high-gloss black lacquered base with stepped plinth detail and a floating tempered glass top.
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
Postmodern 1980s Marble and Brass Half-moon Side Table in the Artedi Style.
By Artedi
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Marble-and-Brass Half-moon-shaped Side Table in the Artedi Style.
Marble, Brass
Postmodern Italian Help Series Side Table in Glass by Paolo Bistacchi for Albed
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern glass side table from Italian manufacturer Albed to a design by Paolo Bistacchi.
Metal
Lord Yi Marble Side Table Philippe Starck Chair Postmodern Minimal in Stock
By Driade, Philippe Starck
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Lord Yi table designed by Philippe Starck for Driade. White marble top and aluminum leg.
Carrara Marble, Aluminum
Cast Plaster Monkey Table - Postmodern 1980s
Located in Raleigh, NC
Postmodern table from the 1980s featuring a cast plaster monkey figure as the base.
Glass, Plaster
Dutch Postmodern Red Side Drinks Table w/Shelf by Erik van Buijtenen for Nebu
By Nebu, Erik van Buijtenen
Located in New York, NY
A Dutch Postmodern red lacquered side drinks table with shelf by designer Erik van Buijtenen for Nebu, circa 1970s, Holland.
Composition
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern Brass and Glass End Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Excellent Postmodern design with the four three-sided column legs securely attached through the 3/8" glass top by solid brass discs. Patinated brass finish and X-form support.
Brass
Set of 2 Postmodern German Rolling Metal and Glass Side Tables from D-Tec, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern metal side tables or home bars from D-Tec from the 80s.
Metal
Pair of Postmodern Lacquer & Walnut Martini Tables, Nesting Drink Tables
By The Tailored Home, Jhon Ortiz
Located in Greenwich, CT
Designed and handcrafted in Norwalk, CT, this pair of square martini tables features a sleek, hourglass silhouette with contrasting walnut wood tops. The vibrant lacquered bases are ...
Lacquer, Walnut
Vintage Postmodern Architectural Black Acrylic Nightstands or End Tables, Pair
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of Postmodern accent tables that embody the clean lines and bold material contrasts of 1980s design. Constructed from glossy black acrylic, each table features a step...
Glass, Acrylic
1980s Postmodern Marble and Stone Composite Nesting Tables, Set of Three
By Magnussen Furniture, Maitland Smith
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A striking set of three vintage Postmodern occasional tables, most likely produced in the Philippines circa 1980s.
Cast Stone, Marble
$1,250
Red Side Drinks Table
Located in New York, NY
A red geometric side/drinks table, Postmodern period, circa late-20th century.
Plastic, Resin
Pair of Postmodern Bedside Tables "Maletik Series" by Borek Šípek
By B. Sipek
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Postmodern pair of wall-mounted nightstands was designed by Borek Šípek in1995. Crafted from lacquered wood, the floating cabinets feature glass tops supported by chromed tubula...
Brass, Chrome
Postmodern Model OTI Metal Table by Niels Gammelgaard for Ikea, 1980s
By IKEA, Niels Gammelgaard
Located in Hamburg, DE
The table for the OTI chair, a design classic from the 1980s by Danish architect Niels Gammelgaard. The table adopts the basic geometric shape of the triangle that characterizes the...
Metal
Side Drinks Table Hourglass Shape
Located in New York, NY
A substantial silver and copper hued metal hourglass side drinks table, Postmodernism, circa late-20th century.
Metal, Enamel
Set of Two Faceted Postmodern Low Tables in Hand-Lacquered Custom RAL Colors
By JLC
Located in New York, NY
This collection of lithic low tables explores the tension between primitive, rock-like formations and refined, architectural silhouettes. This set features a low-profile coffee table...
Wood, Lacquer
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.
Steel
Vintage Post Modern Stainless Steel Pedestals Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition This vintage Postmodern stainless steel pedestal side table, circa 1980s, features a clean geometric cube form with a sleek reflective surface.
Steel
Mactan stone side table by Pierre Magnussen Ponte
Located in London, GB
Mactan stone side table by Pierre Magnussen Ponte A highly sought-after postmodern coffee or side table by Pierre Magnussen Ponte.
Stone
Pr. Hollywood Regency Postmodern Glass and Brass Tables Made in Italy 1970/80's
By Design Institute America, Milo Baughman
Located in New York, NY
Voguish chic matched pair of side tables having squared stock brass frames, with thick tempered glass tops. Design reminiscent of Milo Baughman, Design Institute America, etc - we b...
Brass
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
A RADICAL & POSTMODERN Lucite CONSOLE, France 1970
Located in PARIS, FR
A rigorous rectangular console, Post-Modernist, Space-Age, Seventies, Shabby-Chic, geometric structure solidified by a low shelf both aesthetic and constructive, in very thick strips...
Lucite
1980s Natural Mactan Stone Square End/Side Tables
Located in Dallas, TX
Unique Postmodern 1980s design, freeform end/side tables. Each table base in rough edged brick motif Mactan stone.
Stone
Pair of Vintage Leather Parsons Side Tables, Vintage Design, USA
By Karl Springer, Pierre Cardin, (after) Jean Michel Frank, Harrison Van Horn, Maitland Smith
Located in Round Top, TX
Postmodern Leather Parsons Side Tables A pair of genuine leather wrapped side tables with protective glass tops.
Leather, Glass, Wood
Vintage Mid Century Modern Stacked Glass Skyscraper Round Accent Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Stacked Glass Postmodern Skyscraper Round Accent Side Table. Circa Late 20th Century.
Glass
Hungarian Postmodern Brass and Smoked Glass Rolling Hi-Fi Media Stand
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
An exceptional and highly architectural Italian postmodern multi-tiered media stand manufactured in Hungary during the 1980s. This striking piece perfectly captures the bold aestheti...
Brass
Karl Springer Style Black Lacquer Pedestal Side Table with Glass Top
By Milo Baughman, Karl Springer
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A striking Postmodern sculptural side table dating from the late 1980s to early 1990s, featuring a dramatic architectural pedestal base finished in high-gloss black lacquer and suppo...
Glass, Lacquer, Composite stone
Scandinavian Post Modern Side Table Square Marble Top Bendixen Designs Denmark
By Bendixen Design
Located in Topeka, KS
This exquisite end or side table bears a spectacular Scandinavian Modern to Postmodern style and is ready to grace your home, apartment, or industrial loft with its absolute MARVELOU...
Marble
Post modern polished travertine side or end tables, USA 1980s, two available
Located in Hastings, GB
Simple and stylish postmodern polished travertine side or end tables, two available.
Travertine
Postmodern Swedish Model OTI Lounge Chair by Niels Gammelgaard for Ikea, 1980s
By IKEA, Niels Gammelgaard
Located in Hamburg, DE
A design classic from the 1980s by Danish architect Niels Gammelgaard. At first glance, the OTI Chair is somewhat reminiscent of the classic Diamond Chair, but it has entirely diffe...
Metal
Post Modern Glass and Acrylic Side Table in Manner of Shlomi Haziza, c. 1980s
By Shlomi Haziza
Located in Peabody, MA
Postmodern glass and acrylic side table in the manner of Shlomi Haziza, c. 1990s.
Glass, Acrylic
Postmodern Birillo Side Table and Floor Lamp by Parisotto for Fontana Arte, 80s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern side table with lighting by the Italian manufacturer Fontana Arte, designed by Parisotto from the 80s.
Metal
Pucci De Rossi for H Dolin Stuart Signed Battista Occasional Table, 1987
By Pucci De Rossi
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Pucci De Rossi for H Dolin Stuart Signed Battista Occasional Table, 1987 A delightful postmodern sculptural side table with an interlocking charcoal color metal base with glass top ...
Metal
Postmodern German Table with Drawer and Granite Tabletop from Interlübke, 1980s
By Interlübke
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern side table with drawer and granite tabletop by Interlübke.
Granite
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Tessellated Stone Nightstand in the Style of Marquis of Beverly Hills
By Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills 1
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice tessellated stone Postmodern single drawer side table or nightstand in the style of Marquis of Beverly Hills, circa 1990s.
Stone
Postmodern Side Coffe Table 1980s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Postmodern Side Coffe table Italy 1980s
Metal
Vintage Postmodern Natural Mactan Stone Side / Coffee Table
By Maitland Smith
Located in Denton, TX
Beautiful Tessellated Macan stone set on a diagonal design and capped with a square glass top. Can be used with or with out the glass top. The measurements of the base is 19 x 19 x ...
Stone
$2,704Sale Price / set|20% Off
Postmodern Memphis 1980s Pair of End Tables, Side Tables -- 2 Pcs
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Basel, BS
Gorgeous, RARE pair of stylish Postmodern 1980s end tables. Very versatile, excellent as bedside tables, or in a living room next to a couch or lounge chair. Brand unknown, no labels...
Wood
1980s Postmodern Glass and Chrome Side / End Table 21x27x21 Inches
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a postmodern end table that dates back to the 1980s. The exact designer and manufacturer of the table are unknown. This piece is comprised of a chrome frame with a glass tabl...
Chrome
Postmodern Italian 1980s Memphis Style Table Side Lamp, 1980s
By Memphis Milano, Michele de Lucchi, Ettore Sottsass, Martine Bedin
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful post-modern minimalist table or side lamp made in Italy in the 1980s, very much in the spirit of Memphis Milano design. The lamp is exceptionally well-made and solidly c...
Metal
Postmodern Blue Wrought Iron "Skyscraper" Glass Top Pedestal Stand Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Postmodern Blue Wrought Iron "Skyscraper" Glass Top Pedestal Stand Side Table.
Metal
$660Sale Price|40% Off
Postmodern Lucite Cubic Table or Side Lamp, Italy, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful cube table or side lamp made of perspex from the 1970s. Made in Italy, in very good condition. Makes a wonderful light.
Lucite
Postmodern Travertine Nesting Side Tables, a Set of 3
By Karl Springer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A set of three nesting side tables in solid travertine, designed in a stepped form typical of postmodern furniture.
Travertine
Postmodern Perforated Metal Nesting Side Table from Ikea, 1980s
By IKEA
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern metal side table from Ikea from the 1980s.
Metal
Pair of Italian Postmodern Neo-Classical side tables, in pink breccia marble.
By Mario Bellini, Karl Springer, Ettore Sottsass
Located in København K, 84
This elegant pair of side tables exemplifies the renewed fascination with architectural form and luxurious natural materials that characterized Italian design in the late 1970s.
Breccia Marble
Postmodern Pedestal End Table
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Postmodern Pedestal End Table This side table measures: 26 wide x 26 deep x 21.25 inches high About Photos: We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio to show as much detai...
Wood
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.
A side table should stand one to three inches below the arm of the sofa or chair it is placed next to.