A Pair of Large Late 20th Century Postmodern Ceramic Table Lamps.
Located in Miami, FL
A Pair of Large Late 20th Century Postmodern Ceramic Table Lamps. Features large textured ceramic bases with abstract geometric etched details in muted hues of Browns, Blues, and Gr...
Ceramic, Plaster
Resin and Fiberglass Table Lamp Postmodern Style by Steve Zoller
By Steve Zoller
Located in Doornspijk, NL
American artist Steve Zoller is unique in his use of color, elemental shapes and flamboyant style. In 1993 he made this beautiful table lamp together with a floor lamp, a sconce and ...
Epoxy Resin, Plexiglass
Postmodern Martini Lamp by David Krys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A rare 1993 postmodern martini lamp designed by David Krys. Metal wire forms the glass' shape with a skewered green olive stuffed with a red light bulb disguised as a pimento. Great ...
Chrome
Postmodern White Murano Glass and Brass Table Lamp, Italy, 1980s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s. This table lamp is made in Murano glass and brass. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in perfect ...
Brass
Postmodern Acrylic Table Lamp by CYB, Canada, Circa 1980, 23.5" Tall
Located in Wheat Ridge, CO
This is a postmodern acrylic lamp that was made in Canada by CYB. It would be a perfect addition to any art deco, mid-century modern, postmodern, or contemporary space.
Acrylic
Elegant Postmodern Handmade Grey Raku Ceramic Table Lamp, Signed, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s. It is signed but the signature is not comprehensible. The lamp features an handmade raku ceramic base and a fabric lampshade. The wiring has been inspected and ...
Ceramic, Fabric
Postmodern Spanish Black Table Lamp by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz, 1980s
By Estiluz, Estiluz Lighting, Leonardo Marelli
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Beauty and cool Postmodern Chromed Table Lamp by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz.
Metal
Vintage Postmodern Italian Model Brera Table Lamp by Achille Castiglioni, 1990s
By Achille Castiglioni
Located in Hamburg, DE
The table lamp version from the Brera series by Flos, designed by Achille Castiglioni.
Metal
Michel Aroutcheff, postmodern red Pencil table lamp, Ed. Vilac France 1980s
By Pierre Sala
Located in Firenze, IT
Postmodern red Crayon table lamp designed by Michel Aroutcheff Ed.
Wood
Mid-Century Italian Postmodern Space Age Minimalist Metal Table Lamp, 1960s
By Boccato Gigante Zambusi
Located in Hamburg, DE
Italian table lamp with postmodern design language and a special color scheme in green and white.
Metal
Postmodern Flamingo Table Task Lamp by Fridolin Naef for Luxo, 1980s
By Luxo
Located in Hamburg, DE
Filigree table lamp from Luxo after a design by Fridolin Naef from the early 80s.
Metal
Postmodern Italian Desk Table Lamp by Progetti Designed by G Tonetti
By Progetti, Gianpietro Tonetti
Located in San Diego, CA
great design multidirectional table desk lamp by Progetti modelo COSI designed by Gianpietro Tonetti circa 1990's excellent condition working impressive futuristic design.
Plastic
Postmodern Tikal Table Lamp by P.G. Ramella for Arteluce, 1980s
By Pier Giuseppe Ramella
Located in Hamburg, DE
- Elegant table lamp from the Italian manufacturer Arteluce. - The design seems to be inspired by the play of light of a solar eclipse - The lamp has two sides with different light e...
Metal
Postmodern Model Ara Table Lamp by Philippe Starck for Flos, 1980s
By Flos
Located in Hamburg, DE
A design classic from flos according to a design by designer philippe starck from the 80s. A postmodern design of special materiality and a unique function. Postmodern accents are s...
Metal
Postmodern Pair of "Fina" Wood Table Lamps by Blauet, Barcelona, 1990s
By Blauet
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Unique and pretty Postmodern Spanish "Fina" Pair of Beech Wood Table Lamps by Blauet.
Beech, Textile
Tolomeo Table Lamp Michele De Lucchi Giancarlo Fassina Artemide Italy PostModern
By Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina, Artemide
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a Tolomeo Table Lamp, an iconic piece of Italian lighting design. It was designed in 1987 (some sources cite 1989) by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina ...
Aluminum
Postmodern Italian Virgo Table Lamp by Ilalia Gibertini for Nemo, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Very rare table lamp from the Italian manufacturer Nemo after a design by Ilaria Gibertini from the early 90s.
Aluminum
Postmodern Virgo Table Lamp by Ilalia Gibertini for Nemo, Italy, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Very rare table lamp from the Italian manufacturer Nemo after a design by Ilaria Gibertini from the early 90s.
Plastic
Postmodern Pair of "Bonsai" Wood Table Lamps by Blauet, Barcelona, 1990s
By Blauet
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Unique and pretty Postmodern Spanish "Gran Bonsai" Pair of Beech Wood Table Lamps by Blauet.
Metal
Postmodern Dutch Glass Cone Table Lamp from Mobo Light, Holland, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Simple cone table lamp made of glass from Mobo Light from the Netherlands.
Glass
Italian Postmodern Aggregato Table Lamp by Enzo Mari & Giancarlo Fassina, 1970s
By Artemide
Located in Hamburg, DE
Very rare table clamp lamp from the Aggregato series from the Italian manufacturer Artemide after a design by Enzo Mari and Giancarlo Fassina from the 70s.
Metal
Italian Postmodern 1970's Marble & Polished Chrome Table Desk Spot Lamp
By Robert Sonneman
Located in San Diego, CA
Faboulous multidirectional chrome & marble spot desk Italian lamp , circa 1970's great condition we have polished and rewired the lamp nice and heavy quality .
Marble, Chrome
Postmodern Halogen Table Lamp Style of Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs
By Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
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
Vintage Postmodern Cranberry Red Sculptural Snail Scroll Ceramic Table Lamp Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Postmodern Cranberry Red Sculptural Snail Scroll Ceramic Table Lamps on Lucite Bases - a Pair.
Ceramic, Lucite
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 Dimmable Spanish Gold White Table Lamp by Estiluz, Barcelona, 1980s
By Leonardo Marelli, Estiluz, Estiluz Lighting
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Chic and cool postmodern Gold White metal Table Lamp by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz.
Metal
Set of 2 Vintage Postmodern Space Age Spring Table Lamps, 1980s
By Massive Lighting
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern table lights from the Belgian manufacturer massive. A simple spotlight head sits at the end of a finely executed shaft. The shaft is shaped into a spiral in the lower are...
Metal
Postmodern Large Dimmable Spanish White Table Lamp by Estiluz, Barcelona, 1980s
By Estiluz Lighting, Estiluz, Leonardo Marelli
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Unique, large and cool Postmodern White metal and glass Table Lamp by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz.
Metal
Postmodern Bouillotte Lamp Verdigris and Brass
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Unique post-modern bouillotte lamp. textured verdigris finish with rich brass base and finial accent. Great slimline scale with a pop.
Metal, Brass
Italian Postmodern Tizio Table Lamp by Richard Sapper for Artemide, 1970s
By Richard Sapper
Located in Hamburg, DE
The design classic from the Italian manufacturer Artemide according to a design by Richard Sapper from the 1970s. The Tizio convinces with its clear design language. A minimalist de...
Metal
"Perla" Bruno Gecchelin O-Luce 1980 Postmodern Italian Design Table Lamp
By Oluce, Bruno Gecchelin
Located in Brescia, IT
"Perla" Table Lamp Oluce , Bruno Gecchellin Italy Opaline glassshade and white metal black lacquered metal frame and Carrara marble base. Excellent condition Perfect working order.
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
$1,052Sale Price / set|24% 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
Postmodern Pao T1 Table Lamp by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, 1990s
By Matteo Thun
Located in Hamburg, DE
The small T1 table light version from the Pao light series by Matteo Thun. Here in a rare version with a shaft in light beech wood. The Pao lights impress with their characteristic ...
Glass, Wood
Set of 2 Red Vintage Table Lamps Postmodern Memphis Design Italy, 1980s
Located in Montecalvoli, IT
Set of 2 red vintage table lamps Postmodern Memphis design Italy, 1980s This extraordinary set of 2 minimalist table lamps comes from Italy around the 1980s.
Metal
$558Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern ceramic table lamp with brass & hand-painted finish, Italy, 1980s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Cubist and Post-Modern style ceramic table lamp, Italy, 1980s. It has the shape of a tibor or white glazed ceramic vase with golden hand-painted trims. The structure of the top is ma...
Brass
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.
Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
$2,750 / set
Vintage Original Postmodern Fish Lamps - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your interior with this exceptional pair of Postmodern sculptural table lamps. Drawing inspiration from organic coastal forms and the abstract geometry of the late 20th centu...
Brass
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
Vintage Set of Two Postmodern Murano Glass Table Lamps from 70s
Located in Catania, CT
Great vintage condition with slight trace of age and use for this set of two Murano glass table lamps produced in Italy during the 70s. New wiring. Full working with EU standard, ada...
Murano Glass
Black Ceramic and Brass Table Lamp by Champman Postmodern, circa 1980s
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
A relatively large, black glazed ceramic and brass table lamp by Chapman, Post-Modern period, circa 1980s. Table lamp Includes original large round brass finial. Maker's mark at sock...
Brass
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
$2,450 / set
Vintage Postmodern Chapman Brass Lamps - A Pair
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Illuminate your interiors with the architectural elegance of this pair of vintage brass table lamps by the esteemed manufacturer Chapman.
Brass
Italian Postmodern Pao T2 Table Lamp by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, 1990s
By Arteluce, Matteo Thun
Located in Hamburg, DE
The large T2 table lamp from Matteo Thun’s Pao lighting series. Shown here in a rare version with a light-colored beech wood base. The Pao lamps are distinguished by their characte...
Metal
Midcentury Italian Postmodern Murano Vetri Glass Table Lamp in Pink & White
By Murano 5, Vetri
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous Italian art glass table from the 1980s. The lamp features a hand blown glass body, Lucite base, faceted glass shade and brass details. Tested, working and ready for use.
Brass
Set of 2 Postmodern German Tessa Table Lamp from Brilliant Leuchten, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern German Tessa Table Lamp from Brilliant Leuchten, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions.
Metal
Set of 2 Postmodern German Glass Table Lamp and Vase Set, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern German Glass Table Lamp and Vase Set from Ambiente Schott Zwiesel, 1980s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions.
Glass
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
1980s Postmodern Dove Table Lamp Mario Barbaglia & Marco Colombo For PAF Studio
By Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo
Located in Norwich, England
Postmodern "Dove" yellow table lamp designed by Mario Barbaglia & Marco Colombo for PAF Studio - Italy.
Metal
Postmodern Spanish "Fina" Wood Table Lamp by Josep Llusca for Blauet, 1990s
By Josep Llusca, Blauet
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Unique and pretty Postmodern Spanish "Fina" Beech Wood Table Lamp by Blauet.
Textile, Beech
1980’s Postmodern Pall Table Lamp Designed By Raul Barbieri & Giorgio Marianelli
By Raul Barbieri and Giorgio Marianelli
Located in Norwich, England
Postmodern Pall table lamp designed in 1983 by Raul Barbieri & Giorgio Marianelli for Tronconi.
Metal
Axel Chay Sphinx Table Lamp Blue Steel Double Globe Postmodern French Design
Located in Lisboa, PT
The Sphinx table lamp by Axel Chay is a sculptural lighting piece representative of contemporary French collectible design, produced circa 2019 and handcrafted in France.
Steel
1980s Pair Postmodern Op Art Deco Halo Rougier Style Ellipse Table Lamps
By Roger Rougier
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Pair of 1980s Vintage Art Deco Postmodern White Ceramic Halo Roger Rougier Style Ellipse Table Lamps Mid Century Modern meets Nuevo Deco.
Ceramic
Vintage Postmodern Italian Zelig Table Lamp by Walter Monici for Lumina, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
The table lamp version of the culinary of the Italian manufacturer Lumina after a design by Walter Monici from 1990.
Metal
Postmodern "Bonsai" Wood Table Lamp by Josep Llusca for Blauet, Barcelona, 1990s
By Josep Llusca, Blauet
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Unique and pretty Postmodern Spanish "Gran Bonsai" Beech Wood Table Lamp by Blauet.
Metal
$2,840Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern Design XL Glass Table Lamp by Daniela Puppa for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Daniela Puppa
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Postmodern Design XL Glass Table Lamp by Daniela Puppa for Fontana Arte.
Glass
Pair of Postmodern Italian Iridescent Murano Glass Fan Table Lamps, 1980s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of fan-shaped lamps in iridescent murano glass.
Metal
Postmodern Pair of Gold Table Lamps by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz, 1980s
By Estiluz, Estiluz Lighting, Leonardo Marelli
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Beauty and cool Postmodern Pair of Gold Table Lamps by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz.
Metal
Postmodern Pair of Chromed Table Lamps by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz, 1980s
By Estiluz, Estiluz Lighting, Leonardo Marelli
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Beauty and cool Postmodern Pair of Aluminium Table Lamps by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz.
Metal
Vintage Postmodern MCM Hivo Van Teal Sculptural Lucite & Chrome Table Lamps Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Postmodern Sculptural Lucite & Chrome Table Lamps attributed to Hivo Van Teal - a Pair.
Chrome
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.
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.