Post-Modern Decorative Objects
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
Large Candle Stick by Michael Gittings
Located in Geneve, CH
Large candle stick by Michael Gittings
Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 35 cm.
Materials: Stainless steel.
Michael Gittings
Michael Gittings imagines with his hands. Since establishing h...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel
$595 / item
Soft Vase Sculptural Vessel
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Making direct reference to the ability of bodily organs to function as vessels, while also alluding to plastic surgery and sex toys? Our soft vessels p...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel, Nickel
Red Fold Room Divider by Storängen Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Fold room divider by Storängen Design
Dimensions: D 4 x W 70 x H 170 cm
Materials: oak wood, leather straps.
Available in other colors and ...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather, Oak
$3,786 / item
Solid Patinated Bronze Post-Modern Abstract Sculpture by Bob Bennett
By Bob Bennett
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid patinated bronze post-modern abstract sculpture on black marble base by listed artist Bob Bennett, circa 1990. The piece has a great look and beautiful finish and patina; it m...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Venini Murano Italy Green Glass Bottle Serie “Velati”, 1996
By Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Amazing and fabulous very rare Italian handmade and blown bottle in light green color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and prod...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Sometimes, I Have Coffee With My Own Demons Sculpture by Carri
Located in Geneve, CH
Sometimes, I Have Coffee With My Own Demons Sculpture by Carri
Dimensions: W 50 x D 5 x H 50 cm
Materials: Volcanic rock.
B 1995 Fernanda Carri ́s int...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Set of 2 Aluminum Towel Hooks by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Aluminum Towel Hooks by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 2 x D 5 x H 9 cm
Materials: Aluminum
The Towel Hook is sand cast and hand finished.
They are manufactured in small batche...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Floating Rivets in Lucite Cube Advertisement Paperweight Style of William Rolfe
Located in San Diego, CA
Floating rivets in lucite cube advertisement for the J L Thompson Corporation, paperweight in the style of William Rolfe, circa the 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Porcelain Paper Bag Vase by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal, 2000s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Porcelain Paper Bag Vase by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal, 2000s, in Very Good conditions. Designed from 2000 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: C...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Venini Murano Italy Glass Blue Bottle Serie “Velati”, 1992
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Amazing and fabulous Italian handmade and blown bottle in light blue color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produced by Ven...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
1980's Memphis Era Large Footed Compote Ceramic bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful large glossy pink ceramic Memphis era ball footed compote, with turquoise ceramic bowls circa 1980's great condition.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$380 Sale Price
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Contemporary Art Bronze Sculpture Partenze by Giampaolo Talani
Located in Pistoia, IT
Limited Edition of 8 Pieces.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Post Modern Italian Column Green Marble Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of postmodern marble bookends from Italy. These sizeable pieces of marble are captivating as they are commanding. The veining that develops on the green marble with gr...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
$204 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Early Figure Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Early Figure hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Dimensions: D20 x W24 x H49 cm
Materials: Marble
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, wa...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Post Modern Spherical Clear and Purple Bubble Swirl Lucite Lidded Bowl Sculpture
By Haziza
Located in Miami, FL
Unique Postmodern Lucite bowl sculpture, rendered in hand blown and polished clear lucite with internal bubbles and a swirl of purple lucite bands, with a pivoting and removable lid,...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite
Post Modern Ikebana Vase by Libby Ware
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly graphic post-modern ikebana ceramic vase by known U.S. artist Libby Ware. The vessel is cylinder like evoking a variety of ideas. The deep dark g...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$360 Sale Price
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Modern bronze on brass sculptural object
Located in Treadwell, NY
The Chameleon: a modern bronze-on-brass sculptural object by Erik Johnson of Argosy Designs and APD. The Chameleon is a magical and transformat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Marco de Gueltz Sandblasted Glass Candlesticks or Candle Holders, France 1980s
By Marco de Gueltzl, Marco de Gueltz
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of unique postmodern sculptural candlesticks or candle holders rendered in hand cut and sandblasted glass by Marco de Gueltz, Gueltzl. France 1980s
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Cut Glass
Swedish Designer, Vase, Fossil Stone, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A fossil stone vase designed and produced in Gotland, Sweden, c. 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Blue Ombre Jupiter Vase by Elyse Graham
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue Ombre Jupiter Vase by Elyse Graham
Dimensions: W 28 x D 28 x H 30.5 cm
Materials: Plaster, Resin
MOLDED, DYED, AND FINISHED BY HAND IN LA. CUSTOMI...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin, Plaster
$1,155 / item
Daum France, Cats, Kittens, Playing in Glass/Crystal/Pate De Verre, Signed
By Daum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Adorable kittens kissing and playing in this beautiful Pate De Verre glass sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Hand Woven Rope Basket / Magazine Holder by Gunther Lambert
Located in San Diego, CA
A super nice hand woven rope basket / magazine holder by Gunther Lambert, circa 1980s. The piece is signed on the side, is in very good vintage conditi...
Category
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Rope
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Richard Marquis Latticino Glass Cone Vase /Sculpture, by Noble Effort, 1985
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful glass latticing and murrains glass cone vase by the well known glass blower Richard Marquis.
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Camel Sculpture by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Camel sculpture by Pulpo
Dimensions: D22 x W8.5 x H18.5cm.
Materials: bronze.
A crash, a tower, a herd, a flock. However you name this group, they simp...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$690 / item
Large Post Modern Lucite Sculpture by Norman Mercer c 1991
Located in New York, NY
Spectacular post modern sculpture by noted artist Norman Mercer, signed and dated ( Aug. '91 ). This impressive piece is created of colored lucite, which creates a mesmerizing prismatic effect, changing colors and hues as you change your perspective. The large lucite diamond...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite
1980s Imagination II Airplane Clock by Ko Mizuyama for Yachiyo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A fantastic wall clock designed by Ko Mizuyama, a prolific Japanese designer of clocks in the 1980s. It has a round plastic case, blue face with white clouds, black hour and minute ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Leif Wikner, Candlesticks, Pine, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of sculptural pine candle holders designed and produced by Leif Wikner, Sweden, c. 1970s.
Smaller Cube Dimensions (inches): 4.25” H x 3” W x 3” D
Candle Diameter (inches): 0.75”
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
Postmodern Lino Sabattini Silver-Plated Brass Shell Vide-Poche, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This is a great silver plated brass vide-poche in the shape of a shell.
Its simple design was created by Lino Sabattini.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Bronze Lighter by Rick Owens
By Rick Owens
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronze lighter by Rick Owens
Dimensions: L 11.5 x W 5.5 x H 3 cm
Materials: Bronze
Weight: 0.45 kg
Available in Black and Nitrate finish.
Rick ...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$1,643 / item
Huge 16" 40cm Signed Art Studio Pottery Bowl by Angelika Jansen-Meints 2005
By Angelika Jansen-Meints
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Huge 16" / 41cm wide signed minimalist / modernist studio art pottery bowl by German ceramic artist Angelika Jansen-Meints. The proportions of this bowl are spectacular and most defi...
Category
Early 2000s British Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Pair of Postmodern Style Candleholders Designed by Kate Spade for Lenox
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of porcelain postmodern style candle holders, beautiful colors with silver edge accent by Kate Spade for Lenox.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Cut Naked Raku Clear Medium Vase by Studionudo
Located in Geneve, CH
Cut Naked Raku Clear Medium Vase by Studionudo
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 23 x H 30 cm.
Materials: Clay.
Different finishes and sizes are available. Prices may vary. Please contact...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
$1,488 / item
Abstract Industrial Found Object Metal Table Sculpture, Post Modern Sottsass Era
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A great Industrial material sculpture including a huge crescent wrench among other various mechanical parts. Extremely heavy and well made. Made by a local Philadelphia artist, unsig...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
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 Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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. Made circa 1982-1999 based o...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
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 Objects
Materials
Travertine
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Sculpture Bloomen 11 by Zanellazine Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpture Bloomen 11 by Zanellazine Ceramics
Dimensions: W 20 x H 58 cm
Materials: Red clay, Brown semi-refractorie clay, White fireclay.
About:
Giovanna Zighetti, ceramist and set ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$2,620 / item
Memphis Style Ceramic Vase "Atzeco" by Florio Keramia
Located in Debrecen, HU
Crafted by the esteemed Florio Keramia, this Memphis Style ceramic vase named Atzeco is a true embodiment of postmodern artistry. Its abstract design is complemented by a vibrant blu...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Round Post Modern Green Marble Ashtray 1970 Made in Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage carrara marble stone green Italian ashtray or catchall.
Post Modern stylish post modern round green onyx marble stone ashtray with three indents...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Postmodern "Super Present" Pendulum Wall Clock by Shohei Mihara for Wakita
By Wakita, Shohei Mihara
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning 1980s pendulum wall clock designed by Shohei Mihara for Wakita's "Super Present" line of clocks. Mihara was a leader in postmodern design in Japan during the 1980s. Usuall...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
1980s Multicolor Stacked Desk or Mantel Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With a stunning combination of red, blue, green, and yellow enameled metal, and yellow lucite accents, this postmodern clock is designed with a stacke...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Vintage Bespoke Wire Sculptural Bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique and rare, this beautiful piece is sculptural as it is figural. Wire has been modeled to create waves that shape the vessel. Lightness conforms the piece as the edges solidify ...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wire
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Medium Wave Mar de Cobre Wall Sculpture by Aura Carpio
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Wave Mar de Cobre Wall Sculpture by Aura Carpio
Dimensions: D 70 x H 5 cm.
Materials: Copper.
Weight: 7 Kg.
Aura Carpio® (CDMX). Mexican indust...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Mid-Century Brutalist Studio Pottery Art Sculpture, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Brutalist Studio Pottery Art Sculpture, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989.
Additional information:
Materials: Ceramic
Style: Postmodern
Color: Beige
...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Op Art Porcelain Gold Sun Eye Vase by E.A. Sundermann for Fürstenberg
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Op Art Porcelain Vase by E.A. Sundermann for Fürstenberg. Made in Germany 1960's / 70's period. White porcelain with gold sun eye print front and back. This comes in very goo...
Category
1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Olivier Gagnère - Vase “Bas-reliefs” - Galerie Maeght
Located in PARIS, FR
Olivier Gagnère, Bas-relief vase, 1989.
Model created for Galerie Maeght and published in limited edition.
Made in white patinated terracotta.
PROVENANCE:
Galerie Maeght.
French p...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Post-Modern Italian Marble Column Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice post-modern Italian marble column paperweight, circa 1980s. The piece is primarily cream in color with grey and black veining throughout....
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Richard Meier large bowl / centerpiece silver plate for Swid Powell .
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful centerpiece designed by the well known architect Richard Meier . This is a large almost 12 inches diameter .
Category
Late 20th Century Argentine Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Italy 1980 Bruno Chersicla Black Painted Metal Sculpture Egitto
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known artist Bruno Chersicla.
All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by the Certif...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Black Ceramic Ibex Sculpture by Haeger
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elevate your decor with the Haeger Ibex Ceramic Sculpture. Crafted in deep black ceramic, this piece captures the majesty of the Ibex with a contemporary twist. Haeger's meticulous c...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
1978 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Fanna Roncoroni Lui Lei Him Her
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging artwork was created in 1978 by the Italian artist Fanna Roncoroni.
It is a multiple of 1000 pieces numbered and signed by the author. The title is "Lui Lei" translate ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
It's Easy To Have Wished For More Sculpture by Carri
Located in Geneve, CH
It's Easy To Have Wished For More Sculpture by Carri
Dimensions: W 120 x D 5 x H 120 cm
Materials: Green Cantera.
Weight: 75 Kg.
B 1995 Fernanda Carri ́s intimate practice spans pa...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
$18,566 / item
Postmodern Wall Clock, 1980s
Located in Čelinac, BA
This Postmodern clockis part of a unique series of 24 hand made wall and table clocksby the young designer Ernest Hofman from 1980s. Each clock is unique
Category
1980s Serbian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Michael Lax Design Grainware METAAL Vase, circa 1992
By Michael Lax
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Measures 12-3/4” high, 7-1/2” wide at the mouth, 2-7/8” wide at the base.
Stamped on base
METAAL
Grainware c 1992
Michael Lax Design
ML-4012
There are some light scuffs and scratches especially toward the base, patina to finish. See images for detail.
Michael Lax (1929–1999) was an American industrial designer who created household products for companies such as Copco, Lightolier, Dansk, Salton, Metaal, Mikasa, Tupperware, and American Cyanamid. Several of his best-known products, including the Lytegem lamp by Lightolier and the Copco enamel...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Billy Bowl Silver by Greg Natale
By Greg Natale
Located in Sydney,, NSW
A striking centrepiece for the dining table or kitchen bench, the Billy bowl remixes the irreverent design codes of 1980s postmodernism with nods to the postpunk music and fashion of the same era. Finished in a monochrome palette and raised on a trio of playfully juxtaposing geometric blocks, the round ceramic vessel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
1980s Vistosi Post Modern Purple Wine Color & Crystal Murano Glass Round Vase
By Vistosi
Located in New York, NY
A unique blown deconstructed creation by Vistosi in Memphis Group style worked with an unusual and rare technique, the decor in the crystal clear Murano glass organic body consists o...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Style Art Glass Mushroom Toadstool Paperweight Green and Yellow 1980s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Murano Style Italian Art Glass Mushroom Toadstool Paperweight Green and Yellow 1980s.
Beautiful vintage Murano style hand made yellow with green spots Italian art glass mushroom toad...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Sculpture FUNGHI 20 by Zanellazine Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpture FUNGHI 20 by Zanellazine Ceramics
Dimensions: W 19 x D 14 x H 23 cm
Materials: Red clay, Brown semi-refractorie clay.
About:
Giovanna Zighetti, ceramist and set designer, ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$1,131 / item
Ophelia Green Crystal T-Light Holder, Hand-Sculpted Contemporary Crystal
Located in Geneve, CH
Ophelia green crystal T-light holder, hand-sculpted contemporary crystal
Decorative vase
Hand-sculpted in crystal
Measures: W 9, H 7.8, D 9 cm
The Ophelia green crystal T-Light...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Sculpture FUNGHI 18 by Zanellazine Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpture FUNGHI 18 by Zanellazine Ceramics
Dimensions: W 13 x D 6 x H 40 cm
Materials: Red clay, Turquoise semi-refractorie clay, White fireclay.
About:
Giovanna Zighetti, ceramis...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$1,393 / item
Post-modern decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern decorative objects 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 objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern decorative objects 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 decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Tom von Kaenel, Reflections Copenhagen, Christopher Gentner, and Ettore Sottsass. 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 objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $33 and tops out at $216,361 while the average work can sell for $1,098.
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