Post-Modern Desk Accessories
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
Post-Modern Art Glass Paperweight / Sculpture by Svoboda Karlov
By Svoboda
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Gorgeous post-modern art glass paperweight / sculpture by Svoboda Karlov circa 1980s. Great period design with floating red, white, and blue triangles in the manner of Alexander Cald...
Category
1980s Czech Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
ADT Handle Brass by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
ADT Handle Brass by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: D 3 x W 9 x H 1.8 cm
Materials: Brass
This versatile handle can be used for cabinetry, sliding doors and...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$179 / item
Postmodern Black Enameled Perforated Metal Utensil Pen Desk Top Holder
Located in San Diego, CA
Black enameled perforated metal utensil pen holder circa 1980's small ding on the bottom as shown.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Leather Stitched Padfolio Bond Street Italy
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Moroccan leather burgundy leather padfolio.
Vintage Bond Street Leather Portfolio Italy Burgundy.
Gorgeous Burgundy Pebbled Leather Portfolio
B...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Post-Modern Brass Desk Letter Tray By McDonald Products 1970's
Located in San Diego, CA
Post-modern polished brass single desk letter tray by McDonald Products, circa 1980s. The tray is in good vintage condition with black enameled interior.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Bronze Vase and Pocket Emptier, Italy, 1980
Located in Weesp, NL
Stylish, classy and rare bronze pocket emptier designed by Esa Fedrigolli and made in Italy in the 1980s. This beautiful piece comes in it's original gi...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$1,732 / set
Vintage Arthur Court Polished Aluminum Chickadee Paperweight
By Arthur Court
Located in Doraville, GA
Beautiful polished aluminum alloy partridge paperweight with ruby red eyes designed by Arthur Court Designs in 1992. The partridge is 3 1/2 inches long, 3.0 inches wide and 2 1/2 inc...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Soho Crystal Book End, Handsculpted Contemporary Crystal
Located in Geneve, CH
Soho crystal book end, hand-sculpted contemporary crystal
Decorative vase
Hand-sculpted in crystal
Measures: W 10, H 19, D 6.5 cm
The reflectio...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Brass Brute Handle by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Brute Handle by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 3 x D 2 x H 10 cm
Materials: Brass
This versatile handle can be used for cabinetry, sliding doors and sash windows.
Each piece is s...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$215 / item
Set of 2 Towel Hooks by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Towel Hooks by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 2 x D 5 x H 9 cm
Materials: Brass, Aluminium
The Towel Hook is sand cast and hand finished.
They are man...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
$274 / set
Perthshire Art Glass Paperweight Twists and Millefiori
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Perthshire paperweight features large central P cane (signature cane), surrounded by 3 rings of highly detailed millefiori can...
Category
20th Century Scottish Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
British The Eclectic Copycat Brass Stencil Typeface Tool A from Tom Dixon
Located in Hamburg, DE
British The Eclectic Copycat Brass Stencil Typeface Tool A from Tom Dixon, in Flawless conditions. Designed from 2000 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Mat...
Category
20th Century British Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
American postmodern Plastic lego desk telephone by Tyco, 1990s
Located in MIlano, IT
American postmodern Plastic lego desk telephone by Tyco, 1990s
Desk telephone entirely built with colored plastic Lego pieces. The black handset features 3 decorative lines in red, y...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Glass paperweight with Churba vitrofusion technique
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Churba glass paperweight with vitrofusion technique
Beautiful paperweight from the 70s made of Churba glass, using the vitrofusion technique, it has a striking design of veins encaps...
Category
20th Century Argentine Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Contemporary Blackened Brass Teardrop Handle by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Blackened Brass Planchart Handle by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 2 x D 8 x H 19 cm
Materials: Blackened brass.
The Planchart Handle is a bold, unique utilitarian object, created in ho...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
1980s Blenko Blue Apple With Clear Stem, Original Label
By Blenko Glass
Located in Charleston, SC
A beautiful Blenko Blue Apple with a Clear Stem. It still retains its original label. This large hand blown apple measures 4" wide by 5" high by 4" deep. M...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Blackened Brute Handle by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Blackened Brute Handle by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 3 x D 2 x H 10 cm
Materials: Blackened bronze.
This versatile handle can be used for cabinetry, sliding doors, and sash windows....
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$215 / item
Quick Release Key Ring by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Quick Release Key Ring by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: D 8 x H 8 cm
Materials: Brass
Solid brass machined key ring with quick release.
"Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, o...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$215 / item
Le Carré White Marble Organizer by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Le Carré White Marble Organizer by Simone & Marcel
Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 8 cm.
Materials: White Marble.
Custom options available on request. Please contact us.
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Postmodern Perforated Metal Desk Utensilo Organizer, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Perforated Metal Desk Utensilo Organizer, 1980s
Category
1980s European Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Italy 1980 Post-Modern Abstract Pewter Sculpture Walter Valentini
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Miniature Mariposa Chair Desk Decoration by Cuero Design
Dimensions: D 23 x W 23 x H 23 cm.
Materials: Black leather and metal.
Finish: Grass Green leat...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Small Tan Leather Desk Mat by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Tan Leather Desk Mat by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 32 x D 22 x H 0.4 cm
Materials: Leather
Our leather desk mats are made of vegetable tanned s...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
$322 / item
Pelotas Decor Objects by Studio Indigene
Located in Geneve, CH
Pelotas Decor Objects by Studio Indigene
Dimensions: D 10.16 x W 7.62 x H 15.24 cm
D 11.43 x W 8.89 x H 22.86 cm
Materials: Reclaimed Teak Wood.
Colors Brown, Natural Wooden Finish....
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
$394 / set
Blackened Bottle Bracket by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Blackened Bottle Bracket by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 4 x D 7 x H 8 cm
Materials: Aluminium, Brass, Black Bronze
Bottle Bracket is a solid, hand poured form available in dual or si...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Bronze
$215 / item
Postmodern Patinated Brass Double Desk Letter Tray Paper Holder
Located in San Diego, CA
Double letter tray in patinated brass finish with black enamel lining by Mc Donald Products of Buffalo New York. Very nice accent to any executive desk
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Italian Scissors and Letter Opener
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of fine Italian brass-plated and stainless-steel scissors, letter opener, and grained leather case, Post-Modern design period//70s Modern, circa late-20th century, It...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel, Brass
$625 / set
Brass Accented Crystal Prism Tray by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Accented Crystal Prism Tray by Dainte
Dimensions: D 26 x W 28 x H 4 cm.
Materials: Crystal and brass.
The decorative prism tray is designed to fascinate and delight. Creating ...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
$466 / item
Brass Ribbon Hook by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Ribbon Hook by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 2 x D 8 x H 12 cm
Materials: Brass
The Ribbon Hook is sand cast in solid brass. Ribbon hook has two protruding blocks to allow you to...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$215 / item
Set of 2 Small Leather Desk Mats by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Small Leather Desk Mats by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 32 x D 22 x H 0.4 cm
Materials: Leather
Our leather desk mats are made of vegetable ta...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Aguru Incense Stick Holder by Studio Indigene
Located in Geneve, CH
Aguru Incense Stick Holder by Studio Indigene
Dimensions: D 27.94 x W 11.43 x H 3.81 cm
Materials: Reclaimed Teak Wood, Brass.
Colors Brown, Natur...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Natural Black Travertine Big Poche by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Travertine Big Poche by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: D 30 x H 7 cm
Materials: Black travertine.
Available in Black travertine, Calacatta marble, Classico travertine, and Green Gua...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine
Oro Bianco, Hand-Sculpted Containers
Located in Geneve, CH
Materials
Container / White Travertine marble, natural open pores or plastered in blue.
Accessorie and base / 0,15 cm of thickness polished sheet of steel galvanized in light gold.
Measures
Long / H3 x 27,5 x 12 cm
Dot / H3 x ø 10 cm
TECHNICAL INFO
Please note that each Oro Bianco...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
$460 / set
Paul Seide for Milropa Studio Sculpture or Paperweight Art Studio Glass 1977
By Paul Seide
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking, complex art glass sculpture or paperweight features fused central core with controlled bubbles, multi-layered pigments, and dichroic glass that is encased in clear glass l...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso, Glass
$660 Sale Price
20% Off
Monte Dunlavy Striped Paperweight, American Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage colorful paperweight features white, pink, powder blue, and cobalt blue glass stripes fused in concentric manner. Harmonious color palette allows the use of bright colors to...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Steve McGugan for Royal Copenhagen "Wave" Desk Series Note Paper Holder, Denmark
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This Royal Copenhagen Wave Series paper holder, created by Steve McGugan in 1992, is a beautiful addition to any collection. Made with top-quali...
Category
1990s Danish Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Contemporary L Shaped Bronze Bookend by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Langley Bookend by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 11 x D 10 x H 17 cm
Materials: Sand-cast Gunmetal bronze
Langley Bookend is part modernist sculpture part functional shelf accessory...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$1,900 / item
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 Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Onyx
Large Photo Frame Walnut Wood, Humour Wood
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Humour wood is a large wood photo
frame, a design edition of the Italian collection of picture frames Laura G Art with Heart.
It is realized by Italian handcrafts in walnut wood.
It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Marble and Brass Picture Frame by Designer Maitland Smith, 1980s
By Maitland Smith, Artisan Collection LTD
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful '80s marble and brass picture frame by designer Maitland-Smith, circa late-20th century, 1980s. Frame is rectangular/octagonal in shape, with marble in shades of light sa...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
Brazilian Agate Onyx and Wood Round Jewelry Trinket Box, Brazil, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
A round Brazilian agate onyx and wood trinket or jewelry box, in the Modern style Post-Modern period, circa-late 20th century, 1980s early 1990s, Brazil. Box has a rich brown wood wi...
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Agate
Brian Lonsway Paperweight, Toledo OH, American Art Studio Glass, 1980
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage sculptural art glass paperweight features a free-flowing central core of light amber glass and controlled bubbles, enclosed in clear glass in sommerso technique. Reflective ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Jeff Seely Large Paperweight, American Studio Art Glass 1980s
By J. Seeley
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Massive, heavy paperweight features complex asymmetrical fused glass center, accentuated by groups of controlled bubbles. Three free-form string stru...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
Black Art Glass Sphere Paperweight Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Modern/Postmodern black and neutral flesh-tone art glass sphere decorative object or paperweight with an organic modern design, circa 1970s. This handmade art glass color...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass
Modern Aluminum Sculptural Bookends
Located in Treadwell, NY
Collection I: Sculptural bookends
Architectural forms, minimalist design, and Machine Age simplicity inform these statuesque bookends.
Each p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
$1,500 / item
Polished Brass Bull and Bear Bookends Paperweights Wall Street
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage polished brass bull and bear bookends paperweights Wall Street cedor.
Great on any desk the polished brass bull and bear on stitched faux embossed leather stands bookends or paperweights.
Great decorative brass book ends. Wall Street bull and bear broker decorative desk decoration.
These stunning vintage Wall Street...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Italian Murano Art Glass Ashtrays Venetian Sculpture of Gondolas
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Murano Blown Glass Gondola Ashtrays.
Gorgeous vintage Murano Venetian hand-blown art glass sculpture of gondola boats one red, one green.
A very beautiful...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Querandi Art Glass Paperweight in Cobalt Blue
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Querandi Art Glass Paperweight in Cobalt Blue
This Querandi art glass paperweight features an ovoid shape. Its design is characterized by a pattern of concentric bands in shades of c...
Category
20th Century Argentine Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Shauna Watkins Op-Art Paperweight, American Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage art glass paperweight features Op-Art design with dark, almost black Burgundy red glass circular structure, surrounded by striped glass ribbon in blue, white, and burnt oran...
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
Italian Photo Frame Enamel Red Flowers , La Dolce Vita
Located in Sarezzo, IT
La dolce vita is a wonderful italian handcrafted bronze rhodium and red enamelled four leaf flowers photo frame .
Art with Heart picture frames are special because they are all recto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Querandi glass paperweight
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Querandi Glass Paperweight
This Querandi glass paperweight from the 1970s features an oval shape similar to that of an egg, with a flat base for stability. Its interior design featur...
Category
20th Century Argentine Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Postmodern Chrome Table Lighter Kogen Japan, 1970s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Postmodern chrome table lighter Kogen Japan Piezo, 1970s
Postmodern vintage chrome table lighter.
Removable lighter portion is marked Piezo on top and Kogen on bottom
Vintage mid century modern 70s table lighter.
Does not work.
Great decorative collectible rare vintage table lighter...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Postmodern Black Metal, Clear Acrylic and Steel Nails Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A Postmodern period clear and black acrylic and metal decorative object, circa late-20th century Piece is rectangular in shape, comprised of three pieces acrylic (black and clear), black metal screws and thin metal nails (approximately 500), making this an interesting Postmodern decorative object...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
BeoCom 6000 Desktop Telephone in Navy Blue by Martin Iseli for Bang & Olufsen
Located in San Diego, CA
BeoCom 6000 cordless handset and table charger by Martin Iseli for Bang & Olufsen, circa 1990s. The phone is navy blue and grey and has a black cradle / table charger; it is in very...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Stella Tray by Purho
Located in Geneve, CH
Stella tray by Purho
Dimensions: D40 x H2.3 cm
Materials: Glass
Other colours and dimensions are available.
Purho is a new protagonist of made in Italy design, a work of synthe...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
$3,405 / item
Postmodern Lucite Desk Pen Holder
Located in New York, NY
A Lucite and U.S. coppery penny decorated desk pen holder, Postmodern design period, United States of America. All copper pennies encased in Lucite are dated 1953 - 1981. A great des...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
James Alloway Paperweight with Controlled Bubbles, American Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The piece measures 3.25" high and 2.25" wide at the center. It is signed by the artist near the base.
James Alloway (b. 1957) is a renowned American glass artist. James had a fasci...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Mahogany Tray with Antique Brass Handles
Located in Treadwell, NY
Individually stamped and numbered, these one of a kind presentation trays feature patinated brass handles with a satin finish lacquer top coat. Each wooden slab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Five Piece Art Deco Desk Set by Silver Crest Bronze Co.
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice five piece Art Deco desk set in sterling silver coated bronze by Silver Crest Bronze Co., circa 1930s. The set is in good vintage condi...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
$360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Metal Geometric Abstract Bookends, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A substantial pair of metal bookends with a geometric abstract design and a copper-rose gold hue, in the Post-Modern Deconstructivist design style. Pair could work well as individual...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
$625 / set
Post-modern desk accessories for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern desk accessories 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 desk accessories created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, plastic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern desk accessories made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original desk accessories, popular names associated with this style include Henry Wilson, Laura G Art With Heart, Argosy Designs, and Walter Valentini. 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 desk accessories differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $79 and tops out at $11,717 while the average work can sell for $488.
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