1980s Italian Postmodern Square Travertine Stone Parsons Coffee Table
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Gae Aulenti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Up & Up
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This Vintage Square Postmodern Travertine Parsons Coffee Table features a bold, architectural form crafted entirely from solid natural stone. Designed in the Postmodern Parsons style...
Travertine
Cipi Side Table Solid Acid-Treated Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Cipi Side Table Solid Acid-Treated Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier Dimensions: W 28 x D 28 x H 55 cm Materials: Travertine. Side tables in solid acid-treated Ostuni tra...
Travertine
Cipi Side Table Solid Acid-Treated Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Cipi Side Table Solid Acid-Treated Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier Dimensions: W 35 x D 45 x H 41 cm Materials: Travertine. Side tables in solid acid-treated Ostuni tra...
Travertine
$19,264 / item
Roman Travertine Monolithic Font by Tino Seubert
Located in Geneve, CH
Roman Travertine Monolithic font by Tino Seubert Dimensions: D 100.5 x W 61 x H 62.1 cm. Materials: Roman Travertine. Tino Seubert When he first made his now signature wicker a...
Travertine
Bellissimo 02 Floor Lamp in Travertine by Pietro Franceschini
By Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Bellissimo 02 Floor Lamp in Travertine by Pietro Franceschini. Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 195 cm. Materials: Travertine. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to t...
Travertine
Bellissimo 01 Floor Lamp in Travertine by Pietro Franceschini
By Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Bellissimo 01 Floor Lamp in Travertine by Pietro Franceschini. Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 195 cm. Materials: Travertine. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to t...
Travertine
Lingüa Unique Sculptural Chair in Carved Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Lingüa Unique Sculptural Chair in Carved Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 80 x W 60 x H 100 cm. Materials: Travertine. Available in different finishes a...
Travertine
Carlo Side Table Solid Acid-Treated Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Carlo Side Table Solid Acid-Treated Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier Dimensions: W 35.5 x D 35 x H 46 cm Materials: Acid-etched Ostuni travertine, wire-brushed with an op...
Travertine
Solana Unique Bath Tub in Carved Travertine by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Solana Unique Bath Tub in Carved Travertine by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 100 x W 180 x H 50 cm. Materials: Marble. Available in different material options. Prices ma...
Travertine
Pair of 1970's Italian Travertine Coffee/Side Tables
Located in Bern, CH
Pair of identical 1970’s Travertine Coffee / Side Tables. Marked beneath tabletop: 'Made in Italy'. Solid travertine tabletop and base. Perfect use as side tables, bedside tables or...
Travertine
Black Oak & Travertine Table with Sculptural Detail by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Renzo Square Occasional Table in Black Oak and Travertine by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 104 x D 110 x H 41 cm Materials: Black Oak, White Travertine. Occasional table RENZO in Black...
Travertine
Slice Me Up Sculptural Coffee Table in Travertine by Pietro Franceschini
By Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Slice Me Up Sculptural Coffee Table in Travertine by Pietro Franceschini. Dimensions: W 161cm x L 117cm x H 36 cm Materials: Travertine. This listing features the Slice Me Up Coffe...
Travertine
Surrealist Post Modern Three Legged Chair in Ivory Bouclé, circa 1980s
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Photographed along with and also currently available in our shop: 1980s Brass Vase 1980s Post Modern Travertine side table
Bouclé, Upholstery, Wood
Tecton Bench in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980
Located in Geneve, CH
Tecton Bench in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980. Dimensions: W 170.5 x D 60 x H 44 cm. Materials: Travertine. This Bench is available in a selection of premium natura...
Travertine
1980s Postmodern Travertine Pedestal Base Dining Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Such an elegant table. It’s really hard for me to believe this table is over 40 years old. The previous owner inherited it from her mother and sold it to me bc she runs an in house d...
Travertine, Marble, Soapstone, Metal
Mindscape 02 Medium Travertine Sculpture by Jeroen Broux
Located in Geneve, CH
Mindscape 02 Medium Travertine Sculpture by Jeroen Broux Dimensions: D 15 x W 15 x H 22,5 cm Materials: Travertine This modular sculpture, comprised of six individual stones, invite...
Travertine
$9,389 / item
Mindscape 01 XL Travertine Sculpture by Jeroen Broux
Located in Geneve, CH
Mindscape 01 XL Travertine Sculpture by Jeroen Broux Dimensions: D 20 x W 20 x H 30 cm Materials: Travertine Also Available: Black marble This modular sculpture, comprised of six in...
Travertine
Mindscape 01 Large Travertine Sculpture by Jeroen Broux
Located in Geneve, CH
Mindscape 01 Large Travertine Sculpture by Jeroen Broux Dimensions: D 20 x W 20 x H 30 cm Materials: Travertine Also Available: Black marble This modular sculpture, comprised of six...
Travertine
Davido Unique Coffee Table in Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Davido Unique Coffee Table in Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 60 x W 120 x H 40 cm. Materials: Travertine stone. Available in different finishes and ma...
Travertine
RAB Armchair in Wool and Travertine by EURL CHRISTOPHE PERICHON
Located in Geneve, CH
RAB Armchair in Wool and Travertine by EURL CHRISTOPHE PERICHON. Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 80 cm. Materials: Boiled wool and travertine. Manufactured in France. Biography Christophe Pe...
Travertine
Adrian Pearsall Post Modern Swivel Chair and Ottoman in Ivory White Bouclé
By Comfort Designs, Inc., Adrian Pearsall
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Photographed along with and also currently available in our shop: Pair of post modern off white ceramic lamps Post Modern Travertine side table.
Bouclé, Upholstery
Portico Side Table Acid-etched Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Portico Side Table Acid-etched Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier Dimensions: W 36 x D 36 x H 40 cm Materials: Acid-etched Ostuni Travertine. Side table in solid acid-trea...
Travertine
Marble travertine side tables by Jean-Frédéric Bourdier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jean-Frédéric Bourdier Travertin marble tables Signed on the feet France 2010 Length: 51 cm Width:38 cm Height: 38 cm
Travertine, Marble
Nautilus Side Table Acid-etched Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Nautilus Side Table Acid-etched Ostuni Travertine by Dainelli Studio Atelier Dimensions: W 27 x D 28 x H 55 cm Materials: Acid-etched Ostuni Travertine. Side table in solid acid-tre...
Travertine
Italian Travertine Marble Jewelry Box, Postmodern, Fratelli Mannelli, '70s Italy
By Fratelli Mannelli
Located in New York, NY
An Italian rectangular travertine marble box, attributed to designer Fratelli Mannelli, Postmodern design period, circa late‑20th century, (1970s), Italy. The box is crafted in warm ...
Stone, Travertine, Marble
Palmeira Fireplace by Studio Gameiro, Light Red Travertine, Portugal
Located in Geneve, CH
Palmeira Fireplace by Studio Gameiro Dimensions: D 260 x W 116 x H 150 cm. Materials: Light travertine stone, red travertine stone, steel, and gas fireplace system. The weight and l...
Travertine, Steel
$17,154 / item
Arkhe Oval No. 4 Travertine Coffee Table by Studio Kali
Located in Geneve, CH
Arkhe Oval No. 4 Travertine Coffee Table by Studio Kali Dimensions: D 92 x W 172 x H 35 cm. Materials: Travertine. Customization is possible in dimensions and materials. Can be prod...
Travertine
Toupy Travertine and Brass 44 Hanging Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
Toupy Travertine and Brass 44 Hanging Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: Ø 44 x H 200 cm. Materials: Travertine and brass. Available in four wood colors, three marble options, two...
Travertine, Brass
1980s Travertine Postmodern Vintage Coffee Table with Angled Edge
Located in Chicago, IL
So so cool! I love the double bases and angles edges of this coffee table. The soft travertine contrasts with the shape lines. Excellent condition.
Travertine, Stone, Marble
$2,796Sale Price|30% Off
Travertine Coffee Table Italian Live Edge 1970s by Stone International
By Stone International
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Would work great in a Postmodern, Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavian Modern or Danish Modern home.
Travertine
$18,924Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern Angelo Mangiarotti Travertine Salmon Dining Table w/ Pedestal Base
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Basel, BS
Style of Angelo Mangiarotti designer 1970s round travertine dining table with sculptural pedestal signature Mangiarotti base This table and base are In spectacular condition, origin...
Travertine
Monumental Post Modern Pair of Weiman Lounge Chairs in Marmalade Orange Fabric
By Weiman
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Photographed with and also currently available in our shop – Monumental Post Modern Raspberry Pink Sorbet Ceramic Lamps by Sunset c. 1980 Pair of Post Modern Travertine End Tables, c...
Fabric, Upholstery
Contemporary Sculptural Helios Coffee Table in Travertine by Michel Amar
Located in Geneve, CH
Contemporary Sculptural Helios Coffee Table in Travertine by Michel Amar Dimensions: D 125 x W 175 x H 35 cm. Materials: Travertine. At the head of his own agency, Michel Amar has ...
Travertine
Ondina Unique Wash Basin in Carved Travertine & Glass by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Ondina Unique Wash Basin in Carved Travertine & Glass by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 100 cm. Materials: Travertine and glass. Available in different fini...
Travertine, Brass
Rectangular Top 200 Muted Beige Travertine Dining Table by Beije Avenue
Located in Geneve, CH
Olympia Lizea 200 Handcrafted Travertine Dining Table by Beije Avenue Dimensions: D 100 x W 200 x H 75 cm. Materials: Travertine. Available in different size options. Please contac...
Travertine
Postmodern Coffee Table in Travertine and Walnut veneer, Germany 1982
By Hohnert Design
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a striking postmodern coffee table by Hohnert Design, Italy, dating to the late 1970s–1980s. The piece is distinguished by its bold geometric compositio...
Travertine
Iter Unique Floor Mirror in Puebla Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Iter Unique Floor Mirror in Puebla Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 25 x W 70 x H 180 cm. Materials: Puebla travertine and glass mirror. Available in di...
Travertine
Lavene Unique Side Table in Carved Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Lavene Unique Side Table in Carved Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 20 x W 30 x H 50 cm. Materials: Travertine. Available in different finishes and mate...
Travertine
Lily Round Navona Travertine Coffee Table by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Lily Round Navona Travertine Coffee Table by Fred and Juul Dimensions: Ø 122 x H 36 cm. Materials: Honed Navona Travertine. Available in oak, evonized oak and in Navona Travertine. ...
Travertine
Sablia Muted Beige Travertine Hourglass Shaped Side Table by Beije Avenue
Located in Geneve, CH
Sablia Muted Beige Travertine Hourglass Shaped Side Table by Beije Avenue Dimensions: Ø 31 x H 46 cm. Materials: Travertine. Our Sablia side table, made from organic travertine, wi...
Travertine
Mario Bellini Round 'Il Colonato' Table in Massive Red Persian Travertine 150cm
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Mario Bellini for Cassina, 'Il Colonato' center or dining table, massive red Persian travertine, Italy, 1977 Designed by Mario Bellini for Cassina in 1977, Il Colonato is a striking...
Travertine
Cubes Square Muted Beige Travertine Decorative Side Table by Beije Avenue
Located in Geneve, CH
Cubes Herra Square Handcrafted Travertine Decorative Side Table by Beije Avenue Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 100 cm. Materials: Travertine. Available in different size options. Please cont...
Travertine
Round Top 100 Beige Travertine Decorative Coffee Table by Beije Avenue
Located in Geneve, CH
Aimée Lizea 100 Travertine Round Decorative Coffee Table by Beije Avenue Dimensions: Ø 100 x H 40 cm. Materials: Travertine. Available in different size options. Please contact us....
Travertine
Kanyon Oak And Travertine Coffee Table by Studio Kali
Located in Geneve, CH
Kanyon Oak And Travertine Coffee Table by Studio Kali Dimensions: Ø 90 x H 37 cm. Materials: Oak, veneer, and travertine. Customization is possible in dimensions and materials. Can ...
Travertine
1980s Postmodern Italian Travertine Coffee Table by Stone Intentional, Italy
By Stone International
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Italian Travertine coffee table by Stone Intentional Italy. Circa 1980s. Features a nicely curved border at edges and a gorgeous natural grain. Top removes for e...
Travertine
Tecton Coffee Table in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980
Located in Geneve, CH
Tecton Coffee Table in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980. Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 40 cm. Materials: Travertine. This Side Table is available in a selection of premi...
Travertine
1980's Postmodern Italian Travertine Soap Towel dish tray
Located in San Diego, CA
Exceptional vintage Italian Postmodern travertine bath accessories, dating to circa the 1980s. This sophisticated ensemble showcases the bold yet understated character of Italian des...
Travertine
$3,627 / item
Classico Travertine Pill Sconce by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Classico Travertine Pill Sconce by Henry Wilson Dimensions: W 10 x D 10 x H 40 cm Materials: Travertine Sandwiched between two components, the light source is projected onto the co...
Travertine
Pair of Italian Travertine Ashtrays / Vide-Poches, round and square, 1970
Located in Conversano, IT
Overview A striking pair of Italian travertine ashtrays from the 1970s—one round, one square—each fitted with a removable polished metal dish. Two sculptural, architectural objects c...
Travertine
1990s Travertine and Sculptural Iron Tables, Set of 2
By Kreiss
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Transport yourself back to the sleek and sophisticated 1990s with this exquisite hand crafted travertine iron tables. The ultra rare tables gives an air of culture and refinement. Ou...
Travertine, Iron
Iwaya Architectural Altar Set in Carved Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Iwaya Architectural Altar Set in Carved Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Pieces Dimensions: D 300 x W 300 x H 170 cm. Materials: Travertine. Available in different finishes...
Travertine
$17,154 / item
Arkhe Oval No. 3 Travertine Coffee Table by Studio Kali
Located in Geneve, CH
Arkhe Oval No. 3 Travertine Coffee Table by Studio Kali Dimensions: D 92 x W 172 x H 35 cm. Materials: Oak and travertine. Customization is possible in dimensions and materials. Can...
Travertine
$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" Leg Model: Travertine Customizable: Available!
Travertine, Marble
Otero Copper and Travertine Wall Sculpture by Aura Carpio
Located in Geneve, CH
Otero Copper and Travertine Wall Sculpture by Aura Carpio. Dimensions: W 90 x D 8 x H 210 cm. Materials: Copper, Travertine. An all-Travertine marble edition is available upon reque...
Travertine, Copper
Toupy Travertine and Black Metal 38 Hanging Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
Toupy Travertine and Black Metal 38 Hanging Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: Ø 38 x H 150 cm. Materials: Travertine and black metal. Available in four wood colors, three marble ...
Travertine, Metal
1980's Postmodern Italian Solid travertine Square in Circle Sculpture Object
Located in San Diego, CA
Elegant Italian minimalist travertine sculpture dating to circa the 1980s, featuring a striking geometric composition of a circle set within a square form. Executed entirely in soli...
Travertine
Black Oak Structure Table with Multiple Light Travertine Inserts by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Dama Ocassional Table in Black Oak with Travertine Inserts by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 104 x D 104 x H 38 cm Materials: Black Oak structure with natural travertine inserts. Circle...
Travertine
$7,932Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern 1970s Cream Off White Round Travertine Dining Table, Pedestal Base
Located in Basel, BS
One of a kind Postmodern Italian designer 1970s off white round Solid travertine dining table with sculptural pedestal signature base This table and base are In very good vintage co...
Travertine
Stone Low Hanukkiah in Sterling Silver and Travertine Stone by Iris Tutnauer
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Low Hanukkiah in Sterling Silver and Travertine Stone by Iris Tutnauer. Dimensions: W 35 x D 6 x H 5 cm. Materials: Sterling Silver and Travertine Stone. The Windowsill Hanukk...
Travertine, Sterling Silver
$38,340 / item
Red Travertine And Walnut Lily Credenza by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Travertine And Walnut Lily Credenza by Fred and Juul Dimensions: D 43 x W 202 x H 78 cm. Materials: Red travertine and walnut. Fred&Juul, short for Federico Minarelli and Julie ...
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.