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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

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 Mendinia 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
Polished Brass Bull and Bear Bookends Paperweights Wall Street
Located in North Hollywood, 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...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Brass

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....
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2010s Indian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Wood

Vintage Genie 1970s Retro Brown Leather Push Butoon Telephone
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful vintage brown leather covered telephone with intricate stitching and brass plate around the push buttons. Made by Genie and designed in the late-1970s in the USA. This mode...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Leather, Plastic

Small Tan Leather Desk Mat 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...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Leather

Postmodern Glazed Ceramic Pen Holder by Giovanni Bertoncello for Schiavon
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy by Giovanni Bertoncello for Schiavon, 1970s. It is made in brown glazed ceramic. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be cons...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Ceramic

Set of 2 Towel Hooks 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...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Aluminum, Brass

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...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Contemporary L Shaped Bronze Bookend 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...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Bronze

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...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Crystal

Tribeca Crystal Book End, Hand-Sculpted Contemporary Crystal
Located in Geneve, CH
Tribeca crystal book end, hand-sculpted contemporary crystal Decorative vase Hand-sculpted in crystal Measures: W 9.5, H 16.8, D 9.5 cm. The re...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Crystal

Blackened Bottle Bracket 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...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Aluminum, Brass, Bronze

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...
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20th Century Scottish Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Postmodern Perforated Metal Desk Utensilo Organizer, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Perforated Metal Desk Utensilo Organizer, 1980s
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1980s European Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Metal

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...
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20th Century Argentine Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

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...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Marble

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...
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2010s Swedish Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Metal

Quick Release Key Ring 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...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Brass

1970s Ashtray with Ceramic and Brass Lighter by Paolo Traversi , working
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Ashtray with ceramic and brass lighter by Paolo Traversi. 1970s, working Paolo Traversi is a designer and manufacturer of interior furnishings known throughout the world. The curren...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Brass

Blackened Brute Handle 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....
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Bronze

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...
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Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass, Sommerso, Glass

Brass Ribbon Hook 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...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

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. Our mission is to encourage people to make their home the best place to be, to get inspired and to receive friends and family. Designed and manufactured by ourselves, we offer lightings to help people creating distinctive living spaces. Enhancing the authenticity of natural and organic materials using associations and contrasts. Extreme quality behind a facade of ultra-minimalism. We find our materials to the source to ensure we give the best value...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Marble

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...
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20th Century British Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Metal

Art Glass Sommerso Blue Bird Paperweight Figurine
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Abstract blue art glass bird figurine was hand blown in sommerso technique, with flue and white speckled gather of colored glass encased in clear glass. Minimal, sculptural tail and...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass

Contemporary Aluminium S Shaped Ribbon Hook by Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Aluminium Ribbon Hook by Henry Wilson Dimensions: W 2 x D 8 x H 12 cm Materials: Aluminium The Ribbon Hook is sand cast in solid aluminium. Ribbon hook has two protruding blocks to ...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Aluminum

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...
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1990s Danish Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stainless Steel

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 ...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso

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...
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Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Plastic

Vintage Blown Art Glass Paperweight Blue and White Flower
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage beautiful and colorful vintage Murano hand blown blue and white Italian art glass paperweight. Gorgeous vintage studio hand blown crystal art glass paperweight with a cobalt blue base and a white cascading flower or frost. The inside of the paperweight has a large flower and is filled a large controlled bubble in the centre with multiple small controlled bubbles. Vintage Crystal Ball...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Contemporary Natural Black Travertine Big Poche 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...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Travertine

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: Black leather an...
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2010s Swedish Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

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...
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Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Marble, Brass

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...
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20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass

1980 Brown Ceramic Abstract shape bookend a pair
Located in Staten Island, NY
1980 Haeger Ceramic Brown Bookends - a Pair Perfect for your office or use them as a decorative piece anywhere in your space
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic

Italian Photo Frame /Picture Frame in Plexiglass , Sharing Red Round
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing round red is a unique multiples edition of Art with Heart collection of recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is de...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plexiglass

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Metal

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...
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Late 20th Century Brazilian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Onyx, Agate

Set of 2 Small Leather Desk Mats 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...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Pair Post-Modern Marble Interlocking Rings / Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of post-modern marble interlocking rings / paperweight, circa 1980s. The piece is in very good condition with no chips or cracks and measures 5"W x 3.5"D x 3"H. Beautiful brown ...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Marble

Set of Four Post-Modern Marble Blocks / Paperweights
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous set of four post-modern marble blocks / paperweights, circa 1980s. The pieces are in very good condition with no chips or cracks and the largest one measures 3"W x 2"D x 6....
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

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...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Copper

tessellated Black Marble Stone Desk Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
elegant beautiful black tessellated marble by Renoir designs , catch it all ,desk tray , circa 1970's elegant and versatile ,
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20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Marble

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...
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1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Blown Glass, Art Glass

Large Photo Frame in Fuchsia and White Plexiglass Vision
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Vision is a large photo frame of the precious collection of photo frames Art with Heart Laura G. Handcrafted fuchsia methacrylate and plexiglas with white and fuchsia serigraphy w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Plexiglass

Beranek Large Abstract Paperweight or Glass Sculpture, Signed
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large art glass paperweight or sculpture features an abstract design in sapphire blue with green accents, enclosed in clear glass in sommerso technique. The piece is marked with the...
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1980s Czech Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso

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...
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Early 2000s American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass, Sommerso

1980 Lucite Copper Penny Paperweight Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
An '80s modern or Postmodern period Lucite and copper U.S. penny paperweight, 1980, USA. All pennies are of the year 1980. A great desk accessory or ...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Copper

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...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Sterling Silver, Bronze

Contemporary Small Photo Frame Green Plexi, Humour Green
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Humour plexi green lime is a design photo frame signed laura G Art with Heart.The funny photo frame, named Humour, is suitable to hold nice photos of our children. On the back of the photo holder there is a black decoration because every picture frame signed Laura G is a recto-verso photo frame to mean that people and life's moments are the most precious to be saved in our memory.Handcrafted in Italy by art crafters of plexiglass. Photo size is 5.9 x 3.9 inches ( 15 x 10 cm ) Children photo frame , proudly handmade in Italy Please be so kind to let me know if you like this collection , it will be a pleasure to have your comment on its design . Proudly handmade in Italy as every other photo frame signed Laura G , the one and only Italian designer of photo frames, well know for her idea to change the meaning of photo frame object .
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Plexiglass

Italian Photo Frame Yellow White Plexi , Sharing Yellow Round
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing round yellow is a unique multiples edition of Art with Heart collection of pop recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plexiglass

Unique Floor Photo Frame, Humour Plexi Fuchsia
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Humour plexi fuchsia is the first floor Photoframe to be put on the floor of your sitting room, a very nice pop picture frame in artistic plexiglass handmade in Italy. It can be ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Plexiglass

Postmodern Black Marble Desk Pen Pencil Holder, 1990s
Located in New York, NY
A '90s Postmodern black and brown polished marble stone desk pen pencil holder, circa 1990s. Dimensions: 2.5" square x 4.19" height. Matching...
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1990s European Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Stone, Marble

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Brass

Italian Handmade Photo Frame Red White Plexi, Otto Sharing Red
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing Otto Red is a unique multiples edition of Art with Heart collection of pop recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Plexiglass

Double Large Photo Frame Plexiglass, Will Plexi Wood
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Will plexi wood is a large double picture frame in wood and clear plexiglass of the collection Art with Heart. It is possible to insert two large photos, o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Plexiglass, Wood

Italian Photo Frame Plexi White and Pink, Sharing Pink
Located in Sarezzo, IT
The picture frame sharing pink is a square italian pink plexiglass, edition of Art with Heart collection of photo frames recto verso by Laura G It...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Plexiglass

Jeff Seely Large Paperweight, American Studio Art Glass 1980s
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...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass, Sommerso

Italian Photo Frame Red and White Plexiglass, Sharing Red
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing Red is a limited edition of art with Heart collection of pop recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is decorated fron...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Plexiglass

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Wood

Italian Photo Frame in Top Quality Plexiglass, Sharing Shocking
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing Shocking is a photo frame of Laura G Art with Heart collection of recto-verso photo frames. It is realized in shocking pink and white artistic plexiglass, with guillochè rays hand worked into shocking pink flou plexi, giving light to the whole piece. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is decorated front and back, a typical example of Art with Heart photo frames...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plexiglass

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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