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 Glass Cake Plate, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Glass Cake Plate, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989.
Additional information:
Materials: Glass
Styles: Postmodern
Color: Black
Item Type: Vintage, Anti...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Contemporary Art Sculpture Se Dio Carving on Rough Wood by Urano Palma
By Urano Palma, Mirabili
Located in Pistoia, IT
Chair sculpture on rough wood.
... So many chairs, so many benches, so many big tables, all with the wrinkled skin of old tree trunks or of rusted metal sh...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Italian post-modern silver colored round vase in stainless steel, 2000s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian post-modern silver colored round vase in stainless steel, 2000s
Silver colored stainless steel vase with a round base. The profiles follow curved and rounded lines.
2000s. Pr...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mini Green Wave Form Vase by Forma Rosa Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Mini Green Wave Form Vase by Forma Rosa Studio
Dimensions: D 8.9 x W 8.9 x H 17.8 cm.
Materials: Ceramic.
Available in Crystal Cream, Mint Blue, Bronze...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Shell II Table Centerpiece by Sophie Parachey
Located in Geneve, CH
Shell II table centerpiece by Sophie Parachey
Dimensions: W 33 x D 43 x H 4.5 cm
Materials: Sand stoneware, shiny camel glaze,
Inspired by exten...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Italian Postmodern Candleholder in Metal, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Italian Postmodern Candleholder in Metal, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989.
Additional information:
Materials: Metal
Color: Brown
Styles: Postmodern
Cou...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Set of 3 Milo Square Transparent Vases by Mason Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 milo square transparent vases by Mason Editions.
Designed by Quaglio Simonelli.
Dimensions: Medium vase: D 6.4 x W 6.4 x H 8.8 cm.
Tall vase: D 5.6 x W 5.6 x H 12.5 cm.
...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Italian Milano Series Candleholder, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Italian Milano Series Candleholder, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: Metal, Pl...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Unguis Chair by Henry D'ath
Located in Geneve, CH
Unguis Chair by Henry D'ath
Dimensions: D 60 x W 55 x H 95 cm
Materials: Wood, plastic.
Piece is handmade by artist.
An unguis can be a nail, claw or fang. The name speaks not only...
Category
2010s Chinese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Plastic
$7,092 / item
Bowl Shape Smoked Oak Vase by Applicata
Located in Geneve, CH
Bowl Shape Smoked Oak Vase by Applicata
Dimensions: D 13 x W 13 x H 14 cm
Materials: Smoked oak.
Available in Ball, Cone, and Bowl shape.
Available in oak, smoked oak, and black sta...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
$234 / item
Princess L Vase by Kreoo
Located in Geneve, CH
Princess L Vase by Kreoo
Designed by Christophe Pillet
Dimensions: Ø 28 x H 37 cm.
Materials: Artik Green marble.
Available in different marble and travertine options. Available in...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
$7,515 / item
Jon Kuhn Early Sculptural Op-Art Vase, American Art Studio Glass, 1982
By Jon Kuhn
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Triangular faceted vase features a graphic pattern of ruby red, white, and dichroic glass encased in clear glass layers in sommerso technique. The body of the vase is cut and polished in triangular shape, exposing complex, colorful core; the subtle sheen of dichroic glass adds complexity and visual interest to a reserved color scheme.
The vase is signed and dated by the artist in etching on the bottom; this rare, hard to find example of American studio glass would make a great gift to any studio glass, art collector, or modern design enthusiast.
Jon Kuhn is one of the foremost glass artists in his field, creating highly intricate architectural glass art sculpture that has won world-wide acclaim. He received BFA from Washburn University in 1974, MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1978, and Honorary DFA from Washburn University in 2006. Jon Kuhn early work was done in molten glass, but currently he works in cold glass that is cut, polished, and fused, resulting in sculptures that take in surrounding light, then reflects and refracts it back; they appear to change color and radiance when viewed from different angles and lighting. Kuhn creates cold glass art in a variety of shapes and forms, but he is perhaps best known for his glass cubes which contain a colorful glass interior cased in clear glass. Kuhn’s work stands out for its complexity, its geometric forms, and for its mesmerizing presence. Jon Kuhn glass...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso
Rosso Levanto Terrazzo Pentagonal Narcissus 2017 Vase by Tino Seubert
Located in Geneve, CH
Rosso Levanto Terrazzo Pentagonal Narcissus 2017 vase by Tino Seubert.
Dimensions: Ø24 x H 60 cm.
Materials: Rosso Levanto terrazzo marble, polished stainless steel, brown Parsol g...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
Set of 2 Small Vintage German Postmodern Cult Metropolitan Vases, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Small Vintage German Postmodern Cult Metropolitan Vases by Dieter Sieger for Arzberg, 1980s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution ma...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Postmodern Swiss Granite Candleholder from Crea, Ticino, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Swiss Granite Candleholder from Crea, Ticino, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials:...
Category
20th Century Swiss Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Granite
Black Stoneware Chytra Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Stoneware Chytra Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 27 x H 18 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes:...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Postmodern Ceramic Carafe Vase by JS for Mobach
By Mobach
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Ceramic Carafe Vase by JS for Mobach, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989
Additional information:
Materials: Ceramic
Color: Black
Styles: Postmodern
Item Type:...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Nebula Gamma
Located in Milano, MI
Serena Confalonieri continues her research in the field of self-production and craftsmanship. The subject, once again, is hand-blown borosilicate glass. After her Calypso floral glasses collection and Arabesque vases...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
$762
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Agate
High Glass 90 Vase by Maxime Louis-Courcier
Located in Geneve, CH
High Glass 90 Vase by Maxime Louis-Courcierr
Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 90 cm
Materials: Tempered Glass, Resin
Colors : Available in Dark Grey / Bronze / Green / Blue and Transparen...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Resin
$6,577 / item
Amarillo Vase Hand-Crafted, Fine Crystal
Located in Geneve, CH
Amarillo vase hand-crafted, fine crystal
Dimensions: W 42.5 x D 22 x H 40 cm
Materials: Crystal
We delight in the beauty, vibrant colors, and ceaseless action of the butterfly. Reflections Copenhagen have designed the Amarillo Vase to infuse the profound mystery of a butterfly and fine hand cut crystal. This crystal vase offer is perfect both as a vessel for your flowers, a sentiment for your loved ones, or a decorative addition to your home. With cylinder and square designs, and contemporary cut crystal you will find a magnificent piece that refracts light into beautiful shimmers and shines. The Reflections Copenhagen Amarillo Statement Vase is a stunning combination of brilliance, geometric cuts and clarity. You cannot improve on nature, but you can come close with the Amarillo Statement Vase. Accentuate the beauty of floral arrangements with this stunning fine crystal vase...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
$2,875 / item
Yellow Atoll Art Glass Dish by Anna Ehrner for Kosta Boda, 1980s
By Anna Ehrner
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Thick, heavy and lemon-colored small art glass bowl from Kosta Boda in Sweden. It was designed by Anna Ehrner in the mid 1980s. The bowl is called Atoll and it features swirl-work in...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Chrome Tripod Metal Bowl, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Chrome Tripod Metal Bowl, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989.
Additional information:
Material: Metal, Plastic
Color: Black
Styles: Postmodern
Item Typ...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Brass Accented Crystal Tabletop Decoration by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Accented Crystal Tabletop Decoration by Dainte
Dimensions: D 11.5 x W 11.5 x H 18 cm.
Materials: Crystal and brass.
The illustrious and luxurious crystal and brass tabletop de...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Mini Bronze Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Mini Bronze Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio
Dimensions: D 15.2 x W 20.3 x H 15.2 cm.
Materials: Ceramic.
Available in Bronze, Green, Crystal Cream, and Charcoal colors.
Our...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Kiss Man Sand Marble Recipient by Jean Pascal Levy-Trumet
Located in Geneve, CH
Kiss Man Sand Marble Recipient by Jean Pascal Levy-Trumet
Limited Edition.
Dimensions: D 39 x W 32 x H 10 cm.
Materials: Sand marble.
Available in different Rajasthan or Rajnagar ma...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Postmodern Ceramic Candleholder by Gallo Design for Villeroy & Boch, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Ceramic Candleholder by Gallo Design for Villeroy & Boch, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Horizon Sculpture by The GoodMan Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Horizon Sculpture by The GoodMan Studio
Dimensions: W 153 x D 41 x H 153 cm
Materials: Glass
Made to order.
Hanging installatiom
Customizable in an...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$33,213 / item
Italy Post-Modern Design Murano Glass Light Blue Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
This Post-Modern Murano glass vase has a very elegant and delicate light blue tone.
Becouse it’s not industrial production, the vase shows some little irregularities in the form.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$834 Sale Price
28% Off
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Hidden 1 Vase by Rezzo Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Hidden 1 Vase by Rezzo Ceramics
Dimensions: W 21 x D 17 x H 26 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Finish: Unglazed. Suitable for dry flowers
Esra Misirli Kubilay is a Tur...
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
$609 / item
Fulvio Bianconi, "Epipedos", 2011
Located in Paris, FR
Fulvio Bianconi
'Epipedos' Vase, c. 2011
Execution: Venini, blown glass, green and yellow.
Signed: Venini murano.
Measure: H : 15 cm (5.9")
Overall Very good condition
Epipe...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Large Abstract Pink Ceramic Planter
Located in Fairfield, CA
A large vintage postmodern ceramic planter. Unique organic abstract shape. Glossy pale blush finish to the ceramic.
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Postmodern Dutch Studio Pottery Sculptural Vase with Bird Design, Holland, 1996
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Dutch Studio Pottery Sculptural Vase with Bird Design from Agu Reuver, Holland, 1996, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1990 to 1999 This piece has an attribution mark.
A...
Category
20th Century Dutch Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Postmodern Italian Wooden Bowl by Pietro Manzoni, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare multi-colored wooden bowl by Pietro Manzoni. This large bowl follows postmodern forms and colors. M Branding on the bottom. This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional infor...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Brass Bud Vase III by Gentner Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass bud vase III by Gentner Design
Dimensions: D 5 x W 5 x H 10 cm
Materials: dull tarnished brass
Each of these delicately, handcrafted Bud Vase...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$375 / item
Deficiency 9 Vase by Rezzo Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Deficiency 9 Vase by Rezzo Ceramics
Dimensions: W 18 x D 17 x H 26 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Finish: Unglazed. Suitable for dry flowers
Esra Misirli Kubilay is a...
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
$609 / item
Modernist Ceramic Twin Vase with Sgraffito Decor in Style of Gambone
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Unusual twin vase features abstract modernist decor on the front side in beige-brown color that was applied in sgraffito technique and then tinted. The reverse side of the vase is a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 2 Italian Satinato Series Vase and Glass Attributed to Carlo Moretti, 70s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Italian Satinato Series Vase and Glass attributed to Carlo Moretti, 1970s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979 This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Anna Bera CD N25 by Nów
Located in Geneve, CH
Anna Bera CD N25 by Nów
Designed by Anna Bera
Dimensions: D 30 x W 43 x H 180 cm
Materials: elm wood, oak wood
As an artist, woodcarver and carpenter, Anna creates wooden furni...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Oak
$7,280 / item
The Shining Obelisk by Davide Medri
Located in Geneve, CH
Death Re-Loaded Decorative Object by Davide Medri
Dimensions: H230 cm.
Materials: Mirror.
Davide Medri was born in Cesena on August 7th 1967 and graduated at the Academy of Fine Art...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Mirror
$64,997 / item
Blue Sommerso Millefiori, Murine, and Controlled Bubbles Vase, Murano Glass
By Dino Martens
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Murano glass vase was made in sommerso technique with solid white glass gather encased in ombre blue glass with fused murine inserts that were encased in clear glass.
The ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass, Murrine, Sommerso
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather
$316 / item
Memphis Era Unique Blown Glass Bowl by Pinkwater Glass Studio, New York 1988
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful and delicate Memphis era Pinkwater Glass Studio blown colored glass bowl with handle from 1988. Bowl in solid black glass with pale blue-gray oblong designs on the outside...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Set of Two Luci Tree Carwooden Sculptural Toy, 2018
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two carwooden sculptural toys created by Luci in 2018.
In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Material:
Wood.
Category
2010s European Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$879 Sale Price
40% Off
George J. Sowden, Bitossi Ceramiche Handmade Limited Edition Clay Triangle Vase
By George Sowden, Bitossi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
George J. Sowden, Bitossi Ceramiche Handmade Limited Edition Clay Triangle Vase. Numbered 057/299.
George J. Sowden is a designer with experience in ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$798 Sale Price
43% Off
Lace Chocolate 50 Low Pot by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Lace chocolate 50 low pot by Mowee
Dimensions: Ø 55 x H 76 cm.
Material: Polyethylene and stainless steel.
Weight: 6 kg.
Also available in different colors and finishes (Lacquere...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel, Other
$504 / item
Morbelli 24k Gold and White Porcelain Wall Plate "Planisfero Celeste", Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy by Morbelli, 1970s.
It is made in white porcelain, which is decorated with 24k gold inlaid lamina.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of u...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
2 Part Incense Holder by Edie Xu
Located in Geneve, CH
2 Part Incense Holder by Edie Xu
Dimensions: W 12 x D 10 x H 8 cm.
Materials: Stoneware.
Edie Xu, b. in New York and graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023. Her work s...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
$304 / item
Perspectiva Space Divider by Colección Estudio
Located in Geneve, CH
Perspectiva space divider by Colección Estudio
Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 163 cm
Materials: oak wood, grey wool felt
Also available in ebonized o...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Felt, Oak
$1,121 / item
Handmade IOS P. Structure by Le Meduse
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade IOS P. Structure by Le Meduse
Unique piece
Dimensions: W 75, D 60, H 60 cm
Materials: Plaster
Each model is unique because it is handmade, it can be reproduced in a similar but not identical way. Request customization. Each model is part of a limited edition collection.
I investigated the bone structures a wonderful microcosm revealing the amazing harmony hidden in the small, sometimes invisible natural forms.
These structures have always been considered the element that most tells the story of a people and their settlement. This magnificent spongy structure is a work of art of nature...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
$16,765 / item
Ardea Cinerea Vase by Elke Sada
Located in Geneve, CH
Ardea Cinerea vase by Elke Sada
Unique piece
Dimensions: W 31 x D 32 x H 45 cm
Materials: black grogged clay, coloured slips, transparent glaze.
What i...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
$4,513 / item
See The Rise, Feel The Sun Glass Sculpture by Eline Martherus
Located in Geneve, CH
See The Rise, Feel The Sun Glass Sculpture by Eline Martherus
Dimensions:
Bowl D 48.5 x H 36 cm
Vase D 50 x H 33.5 cm
Rock D 16.5 x H 13.5 cm
Materials: Glass
Reference to the inf...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Brown Flow Wall Art by Applicata
Located in Geneve, CH
Brown Flow Wall Art by Applicata
Dimensions: D 10 x W 100 x H 150 cm
Materials: Textile.
Available in blue, brown, rose, and sand colors.
The FLOW Collection is a series of handmad...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Textile
$656 / item
Standing Grey Cloud Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Standing grey cloud hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Dimensions: D 34 x W 31 x H 35 cm
Materials: Marble
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerl...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Victor Roman, La Porte, Bronze Sculpture, 1983
By Victor Roman
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Victor Roman, signed, numbered and documented.
Bronze sculpture on a rectangular travertin base representing an arch flanked by two removable semi-circle panels...
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Travertine, Bronze
Zeus Bust Sculpture by Lagu
Located in Geneve, CH
Zeus bust sculpture by Lagu.
Designed by Ufuk Ceylan.
Dimensions: W 30 x D 40 x H 43 cm.
Materials: statuary marble, cast.
Zeus is known as the father ...
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Cast Stone, Marble
$2,039 / item
Contemporary Design Unique Glass 'Mountain' Vase by FOS - Yellow
By FOS
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Moulded and then mouth blown glass
One of a kind
The Mountain vases by FOS embody the surface of the mountain, calibrated to the size of human interiors. FOS explains, “It’s limite...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
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.