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
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've co...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Granite, Aluminum
Val Saint Lambert Cut Glass Vase in cobalt blue
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Val Saint Lambert Cut Glass Vase
The Val Saint Lambert cut glass vase features a design with intricate floral and geometric motifs carved deeply into a cobalt blue glass body. The ca...
Category
20th Century Belgian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Mocap "white/white" Illusionistic Wall Clock
By Jan Paul
Located in Maastricht, NL
“Time is an illusion”
Most wall-clocks have the same basic shape: round. Also the same looking time-indication by
numbers or stripes.
“MOCAP” steps away from the basic. It’s appeara...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
$773 / item
Glass Plate Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol, Rosenthal Studio Line, 1990s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, Rosenthal Studio Line Limited Edition Plate.
This glass tray is both a practical accessory and a captivating piece of contemporary art. Squared in shape...
Category
1990s German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$619 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 5 Postmodern Flash One Series Bowl Set by Dorothy Hafner, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern set of bowls from the series flash one by rosenthal after a design by the artist dorothy hafner from 1982.
the bowls are in very good condition without defects. Only one b...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Post-Modern Polished Brass Double Letter Tray "Emphasis 6000" by Eldon
Located in San Diego, CA
Post-modern polished brass double letter tray "Emphasis 6000" by Eldon, circa 1980s. The tray is in good vintage condition and measures 11"W x 16.5"...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Post Modern Ceramic Jewelry Trinket Dish Signed Palmer 1980s
By Palmer
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is a post-modern Memphis Milano style ceramic jewelry dish signed Palmer. It was made in Italy in the 1980s. It is a catch-all trinket dish perfect for jewelry or soap. Iconic r...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage French Paperweight Crystal Pelican Sculpture, Signed Baccarat
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A vintage French pelican sculpture paperweight signed by Baccarat standing at 3 inches is a charming representation of the brand's renowned craftsmanship. Elegantly crafted from fine...
Category
1990s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
$81 Sale Price
35% Off
Postmodern Italian Multicolored Solid Marble Vase by Marmi Fine Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Go0rgeous solid multicolored marble vase , circa 1980's Made in Italy nice beveled edges retains gold label , by Marmi Fine , great condition no chips or cracks.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Maze Candelabra in Wood & Fiberglass by Brent Warr Studios
By Brent Warr
Located in Bainbridge, GA
The Maze Candelabra by Brent Warr is a striking fusion of sculpture and function, conceived as a bold architectural gesture for the modern interior. Each piece is built from a wood c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Fiberglass, Plaster, Hardwood, Paint
Postmodern Small Pedestal Marble For Display Sculptures
Located in San Diego, CA
Great piece of .5" walls with beveled edges, in Italian Carrara marble perfect for display sculptures, etc.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Neos Lorenz du Pasquier & Sowden Postmodern Clock
Located in Chicago, IL
Neos Lorenz du Pasquier & Sowden Postmodern Clock
A blue and purple plastic postmodern wall clock with yellow hands and numbers designed by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden for...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Three Mid-Century Modern Art Glass Pieces by Margareta Hennix, Sweden
Located in Bochum, NRW
Margareta Hennix for Johansfors Glasbruk
Set of Three Signed & Numbered Mid-Century Modern Art Glass Pieces by Margareta Hennix for Johansfors Glasbruk .
An exceptional trio of scul...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rare Vintage Anne Klein Red Resin and Brass Shapes Statement Necklace
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible vintage necklace by Anne Klein. This is a true burst of color in a rare piece that is sculptural and unique. Created with artistry and detail, resin and brass combine to...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
A POP inflatable "NANA" SCULPTURE by NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE France 1970
Located in PARIS, FR
A large inflatable sculpture of "Nana", Pop, Post-Modernist, New Realist, in black plastic with a jersey with brightly colored pictorial motifs, marked on the thigh: Niki de Saint Ph...
Category
1990s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
Axelise
Located in Teşvikiye, TR
• Each design is shaped at 1200 degrees using the mouth-blowing technique by master artisans from their respective fields, with carefully selected paints, and meticulously cleaned by...
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
$808 / item
Claudia Shuride Postmodern Glass Plate, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern decorative painted glass plate by Claudia Shuride.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Silver Plated Candleholder Simon by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Vienna, AT
This Seven-armed candle holder was desined by Borek Sipek 1988 and manufactured by Driade. It is made of silver-plated metal with company stamp Driade on the underside. The conical b...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver
Iconic “Paradise” 80s Postmodern Wall Clock Designed by Shoei Mihara for Canetti
By Shohei Mihara, Canetti
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An insanely spectacular postmodern wall clock designed by Shohei Mihara in the 80s and produced by Wakita and Canetti. Capturing the best of Memphis Milano’s influence on 1980s desi...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Light 31 Porcelain Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
Located in Geneve, CH
Light 31 Porcelain Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
One of a kind
Dimensions: D 32 x H 32 cm
Material: White porcelain.
Laura Pasquino
Incorporating references from ancient Korean ceram...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$3,994 / item
Sergio Bustamente Mixed Metal Cockatoo Hanging Sculpture
Located in Redding, CT
Sergio Bustamente Mixed Metal Cockatoo Hanging Sculpture. Amazing detail and craftsmanship. Perfect for that Boho Coastal vibe.
Category
1980s Mexican Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Jon Price Crystalline Glaze Ceramic Vase, California, circa 1985
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Jon Price Crystalline Glaze Ceramic Vase, California, circa 1985. Signed to the bottom.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Murano Venetian Handblown Art Glass Cobalt Blue Ashtray
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous Vintage Murano Venetian handblown art glass flower shaped bowl or ashtray.
Sculptural organic open flower form in cobalt blue art glass ashtray bowl.
Use it as an ashtray...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Postmodern English Wall Clock from Ziro, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern English Wall Clock from Ziro, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: Metal, Wood
Col...
Category
20th Century British Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
An authentic postmodern vase by Lindsey B., 1983
Located in View Park, CA
An elegant postmodern vase featuring a cloaked figure by Lindsey B., signed, 1983. Tones of snow and licorice.
5” W x 3.25” D x 8.75” H
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Guy Corrie Union Glass Donut Base Art Glass Vase Cobalt Blue Pink 1980's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Guy Corrie Union Glass Donut base art glass vase in cobalt blue and pink 1980's.
Cobalt blue and pink art glass vase by R Guy Corrie, Union Street Glass...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage Alessi Big Ovo Glass Biscuit Jar Designed by Joanna Lyle Italy
By Alessi
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Alessi Big Ovo Glass Biscuit Jar Designed by Joanna Lyle.
Large Post Modern Big Ovo Jar designed by Joanna Lyle and manufactured by Alessi in It...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Postmodern Green Marble Votive Candleholder, circa 1980
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Postmodern green marble votive candleholder, circa 1980.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
$112 Sale Price
25% Off
Postmodern Howard Miller George Nelson 1984 Olympus Table Clock "Tempo 21"
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare "Olympus" table clock by Howard Miller Clock Company. From the 1984 "Tempo 21" collection. The circular red clock face is upheld by a green pyramid base...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Post-Modern Polish Art Glass Double Bubble Ball Bud Vase by Studio Nova
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautiful post-modern double orb bowl bud vase from Studio Nova Poland in heavy gleaming lead crystal. The mouth is cut on a blunt edge, which gives this curvy piece some seriou...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
$123 Sale Price
35% Off
Laura De Santillana Murano motted red glass vase etched Tropical Fruit signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice and elegant dark red motted Murano glass vase in the style of Tropical "Papaya" fruit , signed and label
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Salvador Dali Sculpture Lamp Drawers
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Drawers lamp designed by Dali manufactured by BD.
Carved structure in pale varnished limewood.
Lampshade in beige linen.
Measures: 30 x 30 x 87 H cm
Sculpture-lamp drawers
A stan...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
$4,399 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Postmodern / Memphis Era Art Glass Wall Clock by M.J. Bailey
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool postmodern / Memphis era art glass wall clock by M.J. Bailey, circa 1980s. The clock has the colorful look of a downtown sklyline and was made in the USA. The piece is in...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
1980s Lucite Mantel Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A simple and sophisticated lucite mantle or table clock with a rectangular base, tall diamond shaped body, textured light gray face, brass marks for numbers, and brass hands. It is ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite
Post Modern Japanese Vase Signed Tsukashi 1997
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Gorgeous vintage Japanese vase, handmade in 1997. The bottom is signed and dated. The vase is made with 3 pieces that stack to create a unique post modern design.
Category
1990s Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Glass Handkerchief Vase, Italy 1980/90s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Italian Murano Glass Handkerchief / Tulip Vase in sky blue.
Bottom with Arte Murano Hallmark.
In good condition. Normal/small signs of age and wear.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Michael Graves Postmodern Chess and Checkers Set Game
Located in North Miami, FL
This original Postmodern Michael Graves chess set with checkers pieces has been fully restored with the wood which is 2 variants of maple.
The wood was redone and new felt was put on the bottom. The resin players are a composition. It has velvet storage compartments inside for the players when you wish to use the checkers game part. Michael Graves was a Memphis Group designer and a member of the New York Five...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Pedro Friedeberg Hedgehog Heavy Bronze Sculpture
Located in Mexico City, MX
A bronze with black details hedgehog sculpture by Mexican artist Pedro Friedeberg. Edited in the 2020's. The hedgehog is inspired by a drawing made by the artist in 1986 (image shown...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$11,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"Fruit Mama" Fruit Holder design Stefano Giovannoni for Alessi, Italy 1993
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Stefano Giovannoni for Alessi, Italy "Fruit Mama" Fruit Holder, designed in 1993
No longer in production, this is a fun, useful and scul...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel
Medusa Vase (Large), Matte White by Gaetano Pesce
Located in Toronto, CA
Matte White 'Medusa' Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
*All the pieces are handmade and therefore unique. Variations in the dimensions...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Overscale Whimsical Postmodern Studio Pottery Vase Sculpture by Gail Kendall
Located in Miami, FL
Overscale Whimsical Postmodern Studio Pottery Vase Sculpture by Gail Kendall
Offered for sale is a large whimsical Postmodern studio pottery sculptural vase by the recognized sand ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Pavot Vase I by Pauline Pietri
Located in Geneve, CH
Pavot Vase I by Pauline Pietri
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 25 x H 25.5 cm.
Materials: Paper pulp and bio-based paint.
Eco-designed vase based on paper pulp - cardboard, paper, news...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Paper
$381 / item
Hermes Paris 1970 Modernist Purse Pencil In 18Kt Gold And .925 Sterling Silver
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
A purse pencil designed by Hermes.
Very sleek and useful purse pencil, created in Paris France by the luxury house of Hermes, back in the 1970. It was crafted with slim modernist ge...
Category
1970s French Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,038 Sale Price
20% Off
1980 Italy Post-Modern Rodica Tanasescu Bronze Abstract Sculpture Muse
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Rodica Tanasescu. The title " Musa" Muse.
Rodica Tanasescu was born in Rumania and now lives in and works in Mestre, (Venezia, Italy)....
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Postmodern Memphis Milano Pair of Neoclassical Brass Columnar Candle Holders
Located in Round Top, TX
This exceptional duo of brass candle holders exemplifies a refined fusion of neoclassical elegance and minimalist form. The sleek, polished brass bases anchor the design, while the a...
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Vintage Charles Perry Brass “Ball Puzzle” 1982
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Fantastic and rare brass puzzle sculpture made in 1982 called the "Ball Puzzle" by the famous designer and artist Charles O. Perry. The piece is...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Postmodern Optical Neon Floor Lamp Sculpture after Rudi Stern
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and impressive 1980s neon sculpture designed by Zimmerman Studios and produced by Archigraphics LA in 1987. Comes complete with pedestal as shown. Signed and numbered.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
Pavot Vase II by Pauline Pietri
Located in Geneve, CH
Pavot Vase II by Pauline Pietri
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 17 x H 26 cm.
Materials: Paper pulp and bio-based paint.
Eco-designed vase based on paper pulp - cardboard, paper, newsp...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Paper
$381 / item
A Pair of POST-MODERN PLANTERS by GUY LEFEVRE for MAISON JANSEN, France 1970
By Guy Lefevre
Located in PARIS, FR
An elegant and rigorous pair of large square planters or planters, Art-Deco, Modernist, Shabby-Chic, solid metal structures, wood veneered with mirrors, square plexiglass glides, by ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
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 Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tapio Wirkaala "Porcelaine Noire" Centerpiece for Rosenthal Studio Linie, 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Centerpiece, fruit bowl, plate in black porcelain, vintage modernism,
designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Studio Linie “Porcelaine Noire” serie...
Category
1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$448 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Decorative Post-Modern Ceramic Vase, circa 1980.
By Gio Ponti
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice decorative post-modern vase, circa 1980, Italy.
Round black glazed ceramic, three nickeled metal tubes.
Dimensions: 43 cm H, 18 cm diameter.
Good original condition.
All purchas...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Unique Tara 02 Vessel - Contemporary Sculpted in Black Wood by Megarisiotis
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Tara 02 Vessel - Contemporary Sculpted in Black Wood by Megarisiotis
Dimensions: Ø 45 x H 8 cm.
Materials: Turned, brushed, and burned pine.
Tara is undoubtedly the most powe...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
New Large Franz Hermle Mantel Clock in DeArt Italian Marquetry and Ormolu Case
By DeART, Franz Hermle
Located in Germantown, MD
A 21st Century German Franz Hermle Mantel Clock in DeArt Italian Fine Marquetry and Ormolu Case in new open box condition.
Clock made in Germany by the historic, very famous Franz Hermle clock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Vintage Postmodern Chrome Table Lighter Kogen Japan, 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, 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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Chrome
1980, Green Art Glass Platter Made in Spain
By Vidrios San Miguel
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful green Art glass platter made in Spain.
Green and white swirly glass art bowl hand crafted from recycled glass, round shape free form, great va...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
A Rare 1980s Minimalist Silver Plated Round Design Vase by Lino Sabattini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This post-modern vase designed by Lino Sabattini exemplifies the clean, sleek aesthetic typical of Sabattini's work and the minimalist movement of the era. This vase features a perfe...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Post-Modern Italian Carrara Marble Vases
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice pair of post-modern Italian carrara marble vases, circa 1970s. Gorgeous black veins of marble throughout each vase. The pair are in very good vintage condition with no chips o...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
Danish Postmodern Wall Calendar, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Danish Postmodern Wall Calendar, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989.
Additional information:
Materials: Plastic
Style: Postmodern
Country of Origin: Germany
Color...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
Studio Wood Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful hand-crafted studio wood jewelry or trinket box, Postmodern design period, circa late-20th century, USA.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
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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