Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
POSTMODERN STYLE
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
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
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.
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Style: Post-Modern
Memphis Style Triangular Mixed Wood Trinket Box by Russ Keil
By Russ Keil
Located in San Diego, CA
Memphis style mixed wood triangular trinket box by Russ Keil, circa 1990s. The box measures 4.5"W x 4.5"D x 5.75"H and is made of a padouk, walnut and sugar maple hardwood . There is...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Maple, Padouk, Walnut
Tiny Pink Marble Cylindrical Box
Located in Round Top, TX
A diminutive carved pink marble Postmodern cylindrical trinket box. The perfect size for gifting a piece of jewelry or as a gift in itself for a box collector. In excellent condition...
Category
Late 20th Century Pakistani Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Memphis Style Triangular Mixed Wood Trinket Box by Russ Keil
By Russ Keil
Located in San Diego, CA
Memphis style mixed wood triangular trinket box by Russ Keil, circa 1990s. The box measures 4.5"W x 4.5"D x 5.75"H and is made of a padouk, walnut and sugar maple hardwood . There is...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Maple, Padouk
Postmodern Tessellated Stone Box
Located in Houston, TX
Late 20th Century Postmodern tessellated travertine and black marble box with brass inlay and brown cloth interior lining.
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Marble
MEMPHIS-style GRACIEUX ACCUEIL Lidded Box (1983) / Nathalie Du Pasquier (France)
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
Around the time that MEMPHIS had become a world-wide phenomenon, several Italian manufacturers approached the various MEMPHIS designers to execute similar work but on different produ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Maitland Smith Post-Modern Triangle Tessellated Stone Box
Located in Houston, TX
Late 20th Century triangle tessellated travertine stone box featuring black marble and black cloth interior lining.
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Marble
Cassetti, Large Sterling Silver Box, Jewelry/ Decorative, with Wood Lining
By Cassetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful large sterling silver box by Cassetti, marked. Nice wood lining.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
R Romanelli semi-precious stones , rare box / jewelry trinket, exquisite work.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an amazing and exquisite lapidary work. A mix of many hard stones carefully crafted . Many semi-precious stones .Paper label in back , R Romanelli .
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Postmodern Decorative Marble Box circa 1980
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Postmodern Decorative Marble Box circa 1980.
Category
20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone & Brass Square Box Postmodern
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage box attributed to Maitland Smith (no label present). Tessellated Stone & Brass Square Box. Postmodern era. Dominant colors: off-white, green and go...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
Vintage Italian Pink And Gold Alabaster Round Pill Box 1970
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage timeless elegance handcrafted Italian pink alabaster pill box trimmed in gold tone metal.
Featuring a hinged lid and gilt brass metal trim,the lid is decorated with a rose, i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
Post Modern Maitland Smith Travertine Lidded Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage post-modern travertine lidded trinket box, circa 1980s. Very chic and timeless addition to your decor. An ideal piece to add personality to your decor and style. This piece...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine
Post-Modern Tessellated Pink Marble and Red Travertine Box by Maitland Smith
Located in Miami, FL
Post Modern tobacco or snuff box rendered in tessellated pink marble and rosso travertino, red travertine with brass inlay, brown velvet and wood interior by Maitland Smith.
Match...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine, Marble, Brass
Postmodern Memphis-Inspired Granite Stand & Artisan Teak Lidded Box
Located in Round Top, TX
Postmodern artisan-made sculptural, carved granite & aluminum stand displayed with handmade, studio craft, teak trinket box.
Such a beautiful and unique pairing of objects. We'v...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Granite, Aluminum
PostModern MAILBOX 7000 Michael Graves (USA) (1990)
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
MICHAEL GRAVES (AMERICAN, 1934-2015), ENAMELED ROLLED STEEL MAILBOX, C.1990, H 14", L 23 3/4":An enameled and rolled steel mailbox. By Michael Graves and the Markuse Corporation. The...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel, Steel
Fornasetti ceramic / wood box plus incense hole in lid. Profumi .
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice and surrealist style in this traditional design by the well known artist / designer Piero Fornasetti . This box is also for incense and has a hole for burning . Not incense incl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1980's Tessellated Stone & Brass Lidded Box by Desia
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Felt-lined lidded box all handcrafted from natural stones Indigenous to the Philippines.
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Lucite Jewelry Vanity Box
Located in New York, NY
A square Lucite jewelry or trinket box, Postmodern design, circa late-20th century, 1990s. Great to hold jewelry or other small items on a vanity, des...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Marble Box with Jewish Star of David Design
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful modern style or Postmodern period marble and brass box with Jewish Star of David design, circa late-20th century, 1980s, 90s. Box, att...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
$500 Sale Price
20% Off
Pen shell Pyramid Box attributed to Maitland Smith
Located in Winnetka, IL
A pyramid shaped box having 4 graduating drawers with brass ball knobs . Made of polished pen shell which is a material that the manufacturer Maitland Smith often used. All sitting u...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Alessandro Albrizzi Italian White Perspex Boxes 1990s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian perspex plexiglass jewelry or storage boxes designed by Franco Albrizzi,
with engraved mark under base, Italy 1990s.
Please note that ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plexiglass
Postmodern Modern Marble and Brass Ashtray Box, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A chic Postmodern marble and brass sphere ball ashtray box, circa 1970s. Piece makes a great decorative object box as well as an ashtray (three indents ar...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Memphis Style Triangular Mixed Wood Trinket Box by Russ Keil
By Russ Keil
Located in San Diego, CA
Memphis style mixed wood triangular trinket box by Russ Keil, circa 1990s. The box measures 4.5"W x 4.5"D x 5.75"H and is made of a padouk and sugar maple hardwood . There is a small...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Maple, Padouk
Pair of Post-Modern Small Black Marble Cannisters / Boxes
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful pair of post-modern small black marble cannisters / boxes, circa 1970s. The cannisters are in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measure 2.875"D x 4...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Fine Handcut Crystal Grand Rochester Perfume Flacon
Located in Geneve, CH
Fine handcut crystal grand rochester perfume flacon.
Materials: Fine handcut crystal.
Dimensions: D 9 x W 27.8 x H32 cm.
Weight: 3.68 kg.
Reflec...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
$1,785 / item
Post Modern Snake Skin and Parchment Box by R & Y Augousti Paris
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Open topped box wrapped in parchment and with a lid having an arched top and continuing down the short sides wrapped in snakeskin with conforming bone edges. Marked on the bottom R&Y...
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Vintage Asian Octagonal Lacquer Box with Turtle Closure
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Asian Octagonal Lacquer Box With Turtle Closure.
Lovely 20th century Asian lacquer box with Greek key design and a metal turtle closure.
Th...
Category
20th Century Asian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Hermès Paris decorative box in leather and bronze.
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Hermès Paris decorative box in leather and bronze.
This Hermès Paris decorative box features a cylindrical design covered in textured black leather on the exterior. The top and botto...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Maitland Smith Vintage Tessellated Stone Travertine Box 1970s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Tessellated square shape decorative lidded marble box by Maitland Smith.
Measures: Square 4" x 4" x 2" H.
Maitland Smith 1970s tessellated travertine table...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Marble, Brass
Memphis Style Postmodern Mixed Wood Jewelry Box with Drawer
Located in San Diego, CA
Memphis style Postmodern mixed wood jewelry box with drawer, circa 1998. The box measures: 9" W x 9" D x 7.25" H and is made of a variety of hard woods including ash, walnut and mapl...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ash, Maple, Walnut
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Gilt and Blue Ceramic 1970s-1980s Box with Pois and Strap
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This vintage box is made from hand painted and gilt ceramic with a pois and strap relief decoration. it was designed and manufactured in Italy between the 1970s and the 1980s. The bo...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Maitland Smith Stone and Gemstone Decorative Box w Drawer
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Unique Maitland Smith decorative box with sliding drawer. Beautiful stone work topped with an amethyst stone with brass band. Rosewood interior.
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Maitland Smith Mother Of Pearl Box
Located in Houston, TX
Maitland Smith Mother Of Pearl Box.
Offered is a very large decorative box of tessellated mother of pearl in the geometric Art Deco styl...
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Hedwig Bollhagen Biscuit Box Group of Three
Located in Litchfield, CT
By Hedwig Bollhagen, Germany, circa 1960-1970s. These canisters are brilliantly Deco and fabulously Post Modern. Their colorful geometry is perfect fo...
Category
1960s German Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$2,100 / set
Fine Handcut Crystal Riverside Perfume Flacon
Located in Geneve, CH
Fine handcut crystal riverside perfume flacon
Materials: fine handcut crystal
Dimensions: D 5.7 x W 16 x H 16 cm
Weight: 1.05 kg
Reflections Copenhagen, a collection of handmade decorative mirrors and crystal pieces, finely balanced to Challenge the traditional styles and shapes of todays’ homes by adding new dimensions and possibilities to interior decorating. Julie Hugau and Andrea Larsson, inspired by the graphic expression of Art Deco, the vast contrasts of the 1980s and the opportunity to explore the delicate materials that the mirrors are made of, combined their visions and the start of Reflections was a fact. The collection sums up their perspectives of how to provide new expressions through strength and form, the mirrors are designed with a strong visual structure to create a contrast of light and reflections through non-traditional mirror...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Memphis Post Modern Lidded Ice Bucket for Taste Seller by Sigma
By Taste Seller By Sigma
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lidded post modern Memphis ice bucket for Taste Seller, c.1980s, Japan. The bucket features and geometric black red and teal pattern with cream outlining. The black lid has three tiers and is finished with a teal globe pull...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plastic
Small Selene Box by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Selene Box by Arcahorn
Dimensions: D 15 x W 22 x H 4 cm
Materials: Leather, wood, horn, brass.
Rectangular box in horn and wood with lacquered ivory gloss finish. Lid in wood ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,147 / item
1990s Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone Stepped Geometric Design Decorative Box
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a vintage Maitland-Smith decorative box, showcasing the brand’s renowned craftsmanship and sculptural presence. This piece is clad in tessellated stone,...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Spirit of Art No. 2 box 192/750 by Keith Haring for Villeroy & Boch, 1992
Located in Kelkheim (Taunus), HE
Limited porcelain box by Keith Haring (1958-1990)/ under licensed by his estate in 1992 and produced in cooperation with the German porcelain manufacturer Villeroy & Boch in a limite...
Category
1990s German Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Postmodern Decorative Marble Box circa 1980
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Postmodern Decorative Marble Box circa 1980.
Category
20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Burl Wood Box Organic Modern Postmodern
Located in New York, NY
A studio elder burl wood box, hand-crafted and signed by artist, Organic Modern style Post-Modern period, circa late-20th century. A beautiful hand-made blond elder burl wood box wit...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Burl
Gabrielle Crespi's acrylic box from the 1970s
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Acrylic box by Gabrielle Crespi, 1970s
The box features a rectangular design with rounded corners, combining the transparency of acrylic with a patinated bronze band that surrounds i...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Brazilian Agate Onyx and Wood Round Jewelry or Trinket Box, Brazil, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
A Brazilian wood and agate onyx round jewelry or trinket box, in the Modern style/Post-Modern period, circa late 20th century, 1980s, Brazil. Agate is a light grey hue. Piece would s...
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Onyx
Vintage Post-Modern Travertine Lidded Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage post-modern travertine lidded trinket box, circa 1980s. The box is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 4.75"W x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Vintage Post-Modern Travertine Lidded Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage large post-modern travertine lidded box, circa 1980s. The box is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 12"W x 8"D x 4"H. Super cool and very wel...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine
Decorative geode and black glass jewelry box by Don Drumm, late 20th century
By Don Drumm
Located in View Park, CA
A very unique decorative jewelry box hand-crafted of black glass, mirror, iron, and geode by Don Drumm, late 20th century. The geode boasts a bevy of brilliant blues, from cerulean t...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rock Crystal, Iron
$88 Sale Price
20% Off
Dorothy Hafner Rare Prototype Box Uniquely Hand Painted
Located in Sharon, CT
Beautiful hand painted ceramic box.
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Postmodern German Porcelain Box with Lid from KPM Royal Porzellan, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Postmodern German Porcelain Box with Lid from KPM Royal Porzellan, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional infor...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Postmodern Box with Slate Lid, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Box with Slate Lid, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989.
Additional information:
Color: Black
Styles: Postmodern
Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owne...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Capricia Box III by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Capricia Box III by Arcahorn
Dimensions: D 13 x W 22 x H 12 cm
Materials: Leather, wood, horn.
Box in Aida pebbled leather, Onyx color with handmade ivory stitching. Lid in matte Am...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Leather, Wood
$1,892 / item
Esa Fedrigolli Sculptural Bronze 1980s Italian Box
Located in New York, NY
A sculptural decorative lidded bronze Italian box designed by Esa Fedrigolli for Esart. Signed
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Montgomery Smith 1983 Figural Whitewater Canoers Covered Vessel
Located in Garnerville, NY
An outstanding hand built terracotta covered vessel by Montgomery Smith, Circa 1983. Signed on the bottom, M. Smith, ' 83. The lid depicts two whitewater canoers clearly concentratin...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Artist-made vintage onyx / agate & walnut lidded vessel box, signed & dated 1984
Located in Hastings, GB
This beautifully tactile sculptural onyx lidded box is a unique artist-made piece...unfortunately I've been unable to identify the maker's mark. We sourced it in Phoenix, Arizona, al...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx
Maitland Smith Vintage Tessellated Stone Travertine Boxes 1970s Set of Two
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Tessellated round shape decorative lidded marble boxes by Maitland Smith Set of Two.
Dimensions: Shorter: 4" diameter x 6" height
Longer: 5" diameter x 7.75" height.
Maitland Smith 1970s tessellated travertine table...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Marble, Brass
Postmodern Ceramic Box by Rita Duvall (1987)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A beautiful handmade Postmodern ceramic trinket or jewelry box by Rita Duvall, similar in style to the work of Peter Shire and Michael Duvall. Glazed i...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Artist-Made Vintage Onyx / Agate & Walnut Lidded Vessel Box, Signed & Dated 1986
Located in Hastings, GB
This beautifully tactile sculptural onyx lidded box is a unique artist-made piece...unfortunately I've been unable to identify the maker's mark. We sourced it in Phoenix, Arizona.
B...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx
Maitland Smith Post Modern White Tessellated Hexagonal Stone Box 1980's
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Post Modern 1980s Maitland Smith Marble Covered Box with hinged lid and a round polished brass pull on top.
Vintage Postmodern geometric design decorative box white tessellated stone...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
1980's, Postmodern Ceramic Box with Lid Signed SB
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful ceramic box with lid circa 1980's great graphics and colors with awesome glaze, no chips or cracks signed at the bottom SB.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Italy 1980 Abstract Sculpture Sphere in Brass Natural Wood and Metal Chrome
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a unique piece and prototype of this interesting artwork of Filippo Panseca, an Italian artist that it is considered, together with Laurence Gartel, the father of the Computer Art.
Friend of Renato Guttuso, later he created the Biodegradable Art. His artworks were shown at Art Basel and the Biennale of Art in Venice.
In this piece we can see the investigation of the artist of the Cosmic world and Cinetic art...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rotonda Large Box in Vegetable Tanned Leather & Steel by UNIQKA
Located in Geneve, CH
Rotonda Large Box in Vegetable Tanned Leather & Copper by UNIQKA
Designed by CARA \ DAVIDE
Dimensions: D 32 x W 32 x H 15 cm.
Materials: Vegetable-tanned leather and anodized alumin...
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Post-modern decorative boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern decorative boxes for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative boxes created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, case pieces and storage cabinets, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with stone, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern decorative boxes made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative boxes, popular names associated with this style include Reflections Copenhagen, Thomas Engelhart, Maitland Smith, and Formaminima. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative boxes differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $65 and tops out at $12,364 while the average work can sell for $638.
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