$13,887 / item
Large Forest Green Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Forest Green Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern Dimensions: W 140 x D 80 x H 30 cm (Marble Tray
Ash
$10,602 / item
Large Crema Marfil Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Crema Marfil Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern Dimensions: W 140 x D 80 x H 30 cm (Marble Tray
Ash
$12,784 / item
Large Alpi Gray Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Alpi Gray Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern Dimensions: W 140 x D 80 x H 30 cm (Marble Tray
Ash
$12,784 / item
Large Carrara White Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Carrara White Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern Dimensions: W 140 x D 80 x H 30 cm (Marble Tray
Ash
$31,309 / item
Beauty of Simplicity Coffee Table by Grzegorz Majka
By Grzegorz Majka
Located in Geneve, CH
selected Travertine material. Simple modern table that will make your interior even more interesting than
Stone
Deposit 50% / Set of 2 Andrea and Luca Coffee Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Andrea and Luca coffee table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci Dimensions: Andrea: D 94 x W 71 x H
Travertine, Bronze
Custom Listing / Set of 2 Andrea and Luca Coffee Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Andrea and Luca coffee table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci Dimensions: Andrea: D 94 x W 71 x H
Travertine, Bronze
Nissa Travertino Stone Contemporary Coffee Table by Ivan Colominas
Located in Geneve, CH
Nissa Travertino Stone Contemporary Coffee Table by Ivan Colominas Dimensions: W 182.5 x D 72.5 x H
Stone
$11,693 / item
Lily Round Oak Coffee Table by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Lily Round Oak Coffee Table by Fred and Juul Dimensions: Ø 122 x H 36 cm. Materials: Oak
Oak
$2,960Sale Price|20% Off
Pia Manu Sculptural Marble Coffee Table with Steel Legs, Belgium
By Pia Manu
Located in Antwerp, BE
; Post-Modern; Belgian post-modern marble sculptural coffee table created by Pia Manu in the 1990s. A
Marble, Steel
$907Sale Price|20% Off
Two tier wooden pivoting top coffee table by roche Bobois, 1980s
By Roche Bobois
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Rare wooden coffee table with two pivoting table tops by roche Bobois. Beautiful post modern
Oak
Cristallo Unique Sculptural Coffee Table in Crystal & Quartz by Alex Turco
Located in Geneve, CH
Cristallo Unique Sculptural Coffee Table in Crystal & Quartz by Alex Turco One Of a Kind Dimensions
Crystal, Quartz
Tecton Coffee Table in Red Alabaster by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980
Located in Geneve, CH
Tecton Coffee Table in Red Alabaster by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980. Limited Edition of 2
Alabaster
Rectangular Prism Base Light Blue Grey Onyx Coffee Table by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
Taffy Blue Onyx Coffee Table by RAFFINATO Dimensions: Ø 100 x H 38 cm. Materials: Blue onyx. This
Onyx
Cylindrical Honey Onyx Coffee Table with Round Clear Glass Top by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
Apollo Honey Onyx Coffee Table by RAFFINATO Dimensions: D 100 x 100 x H 43 cm. Materials: Honey
Onyx
Square Block White Veining and Dark Red Marble Coffee Table by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
Cara Rosso Levanto Coffee Table by RAFFINATO Dimensions: D 100 x W 100 x H 55 cm. Materials: Rosso
Marble
Ernest Unique Coffee Table in Agate Gemstone & Cast Brass by Alex Turco
Located in Geneve, CH
Ernest Unique Coffee Table in Agate Gemstone & Cast Brass by Alex Turco One Of a Kind Dimensions: D
Agate, Brass
Stoneage One Of A Kind Sculptural Coffee Table in Brass & Marble by Alex Turco
Located in Geneve, CH
Stoneage Sculptural Coffee Table in Brass, Marble & Cast by Alex Turco One Of a Kind Dimensions: D
Marble, Brass, Other
Ialino One Of A Kind Sculptural Coffee Table in Crystal & Quartz by Alex Turco
Located in Geneve, CH
Ialino One Of A Kind Sculptural Coffee Table in Crystal & Quartz by Alex Turco One Of a Kind
Crystal, Quartz
Duo Reflected Black and Gold Marble Sculptural Coffee Table by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
: Portoro black marble. Stone options available: Grey, black and white marble, natural and red travertine
Marble
Aurisino One Of A Kind Coffee Table in Bronze, Marble & Resin by Alex Turco
Located in Geneve, CH
Aurisino One Of A Kind Coffee Table in Bronze, Marble & Resin by Alex Turco One Of a Kind
Marble, Bronze
$25,830 / item
Puzzle Table Travertino Noce by Madina Tsarikaeva
Located in Geneve, CH
contract with the Heritage Gallery for the production of a series of tables made of marble and travertine
Travertine
$24,786 / item
Lonely Table Travertino Noce by Madina Tsarikaeva
Located in Geneve, CH
contract with the Heritage Gallery for the production of a series of tables made of marble and travertine
Travertine
Brutalist Coffee Table Handmade and signed by Pia Manu, 1960s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
/ Brutalist Brutalist post-modern coffee table by the Belgian artist Pia Manu, handcrafted in the 1960s. This
Stone, Metal, Chrome
$9,500Sale Price|32% Off
Rare Pia Manu Brutalist Coffee Table, circa 1969 Belgium, Signed
By Pia Manu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, ceramic, and resin. Consider using this rare Pia Manu coffee table in a Mid-Century Modern, Space Age Mod
Steel
$7,673 / item
Lily Drink Table by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Lily Drink Table by Fred and Juul Dimensions: Ø 24 x H 60 cm. Materials: Navona travertine and
Travertine, Brass
$9,350Sale Price|33% Off
Rare Pia Manu Brutalist Coffee Table, circa 1969 Belgium, Signed
By Pia Manu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, travertine, quartz, stone, steel, ceramic, and resin. Consider using this rare Pia Manu coffee table in a Mid
Steel
Sculptural Pia Manu coffee table in marble and stone, Belgium 1970s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Rare post-modern sculptural Pia Manu table, handmade in Belgium in the 1970s. This stunning table
Marble, Metal, Tin
$3,400Sale Price|20% Off
Custom Italian Travertine Coffee Table, Marble Center Table Table, Side Table
Located in İnegöl, TR
POST MODERN TRAVERTINE MARBLE COFFEE TABLE Type of Marble: Travertine Dimensions: 52" x 35 x 16
Travertine, Marble
$13,306 / item
Large Andrea Nesting Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Andrea nesting table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci Dimensions: D 94 x W 71 x H 28 cm. Materials
Travertine, Bronze
$10,804 / item
Small Andrea Nesting Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Andrea Nesting table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci. Dimensions: D 74 x W 56 x H 18 cm
Travertine, Bronze
$15,820 / item
Nisus Accent Table by Alter Ego Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Nisus Accent Table by Alter Ego Studio Dimensions: D 66 x W 83 x H 41 cm. Materials: Travertine
Marble
$27,656 / item
Puzzle Table Nero Marquina Venato by Madina Tsarikaeva
Located in Geneve, CH
Puzzle Table Nero Marquina Venato by Madina Tsarikaeva Dimensions: W 160 x D 66 x H 45 cm
Marble
$5,600Sale Price|22% Off
Paul Evans Brutalist Cocktail Table in Patinated Steel and Bronze, c. 1970
By Directional, Paul Evans
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptional Brutalist coffee table by Paul Evans, created as part of his celebrated Sculptured
Bronze, Steel
Sculptural Post-Modern Kotor Center Table Walnut Wood by Mavo Atelier Handmade
By Mavo Atelier
Located in Trofa, PT
The Kotor Coffee Table expresses architectural depth, layered materiality, and structural clarity
Brass
Rotating Top Maitland Smith Tessellated Travertine Side Tables with Brass Inlay
By Maitland Smith
Located in Saint Louis, MO
If you are a fan of travertine stone tables or one who is drawn to a more neutral airy palate this
Travertine, Brass
Verhey Center Table in Brass and Romano Travertine by Mavo Atelier
By Mavo Atelier
Located in Trofa, PT
VERHEY COFFEE TABLE The handcrafted, asymmetrical Verhey Coffee Table expresses the purity of
Travertine, Brass
Post Modern Curtis Jeré Brass and Smoked Glass Pedestal Signed 1984
By C. Jeré Artisan House, Curtis Jeré
Located in Saint Louis, MO
glamour from every angle. This sultry Post Modern pedestal features concave angled sides that float over a
Brass
Geometrical Console in Black Oak and Light Travertine Detail by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
and coffee table RENZO, designed in the contrast of black oak and travertine. Ultramobili: Tactile
Travertine
Round Coffee Table with Brown Marble Base & Smoky Glass Top by Antonio De Marco
Located in Geneve, CH
, form the bases for a series of tables, desks and coffee tables. Antonio de Marco (1983) has been
Travertine, Metal
Tecton Stool & Coffee Table in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980
Located in Geneve, CH
Tecton Stool & Coffee Table in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980. Dimensions: W 69.2 x
Travertine
Set Of 2 Marble Crepa Coffee Tables by Atelier Terrai
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Marble Crepa Coffee Tables by Atelier Terrai Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 55 cm. Materials
Carrara Marble, Marble, Brass
Nissa Travertino Stone Contemporary Stool And Side Table by Ivan Colominas
Located in Geneve, CH
coffee table, where the quality of the material and the craftsmanship are the essence. With MMairo's
Travertine
Nissa S Travertino Stone Contemporary Side Table by Ivan Colominas
Located in Geneve, CH
design of Nissa, an elegant family composed of: dining table, stool, side table, and coffee table, where
Travertine
Nissa Travertino Stone Contemporary Round Dining Table by Ivan Colominas
Located in Geneve, CH
elegant family composed of: dining table, stool, side table, and coffee table, where the quality of the
Travertine
$1,482 / item
Object 041 Center Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
in different materials and colors on demand. A coffee table with four tops to choose from. Each
Marble, Steel
$1,482 / item
Object 040 Center Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
in different materials and colors on demand. A coffee table with four tops to choose from
Marble, Steel
Sculptural Organic Reverie Center Table in Mix Marbles by Mavo Atelier Handmade
By Mavo Atelier
Located in Trofa, PT
REVERIE CENTER TABLE The sculptural Reverie Coffee Table features alternating layers of White
Marble
Sculptural Verhey Center Table in Antique Brass and Marble by Mavo Atelier
By Mavo Atelier
Located in Trofa, PT
VERHEY COFFEE TABLE The handcrafted, asymmetrical Verhey Coffee Table expresses the purity of
Marble, Brass
$34,300Sale Price|28% Off
Documented 'Kono' Dining Table / Desk by Lella & Massimo Vignelli, 1984, Italy
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, a desk, a center table or just as a stand-alone Post-Modern sculpture. The L-shaped Imperial Red
Granite, Copper
$14,350 / item
Trono Travertine Classico Romano Chair by Lisa Franzen
Located in Geneve, CH
furniture in 2022. The first object, called POMPEI 001, is a coffee table made of Swiss marble Crtistallina
Travertine
$13,371 / item
Brut Console by Buket Hoşcan Bazman
By Buket Hoscan Bazman
Located in Geneve, CH
. Awards: 2020 Metamorphosis, Elite Design Award 2018 Drop Coffee Table, DIA Award, Shortlisted 2017
Travertine, Brass
Post Modern Directional Pouf Ottoman in Teddy Bear Camel Bouclé
By Directional
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Tessellated Travertine Side Tables with Brass Inlay Mastercraft Brass and Glass Ming Coffee Table c. 1970s
Bouclé, Upholstery
Maitland Smith Vintage Tessellated Stone Travertine Boxes 1970s Set of Two
By Maitland Smith
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
20th century. Elegant Post Modern style tessellated stone boxes, possibly marble or travertine with
Stone, Travertine, Marble, Brass
21st Century Elena Salmistraro Stool Low Table White Travertine Polyurethane
By Elena Salmistraro
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
aspect of this highly versatile product, which can be a coffee table or even a stool. Eight top finishes
Marble
21st Century Elena Salmistraro Stool Low Table Classic Travertine Polyurethane
By Elena Salmistraro
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
aspect of this highly versatile product, which can be a coffee table or even a stool. Eight top finishes
Marble
$18,263 / item
PSI Chair by Lisa Franzen
Located in Geneve, CH
furniture in 2022. The first object, called POMPEI 001, is a coffee table made of Swiss marble Crtistallina
Travertine
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.
As a practical focal point in your living area, antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables are an invaluable addition to any interior.
Low tables that were initially used as tea tables or coffee tables have been around since at least the mid- to late-1800s. Early coffee tables surfaced in Victorian-era England, likely influenced by the use of tea tables in Japanese tea gardens. In the United States, furniture makers worked to introduce low, long tables into their offerings as the popularity of coffee and “coffee breaks” took hold during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
It didn’t take long for coffee tables and cocktail tables to become a design staple and for consumers to recognize their role in entertaining no matter what beverages were being served. Originally, these tables were as simple as they are practical — as high as your sofa and made primarily of wood. In recent years, however, metal, glass and plastics have become popular in coffee tables and cocktail tables, and design hasn’t been restricted to the conventional low profile, either.
Visionary craftspeople such as Paul Evans introduced bold, geometric designs that challenge the traditional idea of what a coffee table can be. The elongated rectangles and wide boxy forms of Evans’s desirable Cityscape coffee table, for example, will meet your needs but undoubtedly prove imposing in your living space.
If you’re shopping for an older coffee table to bring into your home — be it an antique Georgian-style coffee table made of mahogany or walnut with decorative inlays or a classic square mid-century modern piece comprised of rosewood designed by the likes of Ettore Sottsass — there are a few things you should keep in mind.
Both the table itself and what you put on it should align with the overall design of the room, not just by what you think looks fashionable in isolation. According to interior designer Tamara Eaton, the material of your vintage coffee table is something you need to consider. “With a glass coffee table, you also have to think about the surface underneath, like the rug or floor,” she says. “With wood and stone tables, you think about what’s on top.”
Find the perfect centerpiece for any room, no matter what your personal furniture style on 1stDibs — shop Art Deco coffee tables, travertine coffee tables and other antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables today.