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
Mirage Contenitore Basso by Studio Intervallo
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirage Contenitore basso by Studio Intervallo
Dimensions: D 30 x H 3.2 cm
Materials: marble,
Available in other stones.
The Mirage collection comes from the monolithic material...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Set of 3 Nero 52 Decorative Objects and Mirrors by Studio Lievito
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Nero 52 decorative object and mirror by Studio Lievito
Dimensions: D20 x W20 x H15 // D23 x W23 X H30 // D24 x W24 X H52 cm
Materials: Bucchero ceramic, mirror.
Weight: 5.5 ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
Nero 52 Decorative Object and Mirror by Studio Lievito
Located in Geneve, CH
Nero 52 decorative object and mirror by Studio Lievito
Dimensions: D24 x W24 X H52 cm
Materials: Bucchero ceramic, mirror.
Weight: 2 kg.
Fragments of a distant time, shaped by hands...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
Cleveland Crystal T-Light Holder, Handsculpted Contemporary Crystal
Located in Geneve, CH
Cleveland crystal T-light holder, handsculpted contemporary crystal
Decorative vase
Handsculpted in crystal
Measures: W 9, H 7.8, D 9 cm
The Cleveland crystal T-light holder ha...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Monumental geometric ceramic vessel with lid, 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
An impressive large ceramic vessel with lid, 20th century. Uniquely shaped as diamond or parallelogram. Can be used as vase, urn, jar - have it your way. Pick up in central West Los ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
1980s Colourful, Raku Copper Glazed Studio Pottery Set - Bowls and Vase
By Otto Keramik
Located in Glasgow, GB
A set of three raku-fired studio pottery pieces, handcrafted in the UK circa 1980s—a visually striking collection of colourful pottery blending modernism with ancient Japanese firing...
Category
Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Set of 2 Lithic Foil III Objects by Turbina
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 lithic foil III objects by Turbina.
Dimensions: D 60 x W 80 x H 1 cm.
Materials: Cast Stone, Mixed Media
Turbina is an art and design studio located in Barcelona and focuse...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Cast Stone
Small Woman Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Woman hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Dimensions: D11 x H44 cm
Materials: Marble
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Alre...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
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: D 8 x H 23 cm
Materials: Marble
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was bor...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
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
Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Dimensions: D 8 x W 41 x H 65 cm
Materials: Marble
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already ...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Postmodern Face / Bust Vase by Donna Polseno on Lucite Display Base
Located in Round Top, TX
We are pleased to offer a stunning, dreamy Postmodern / Neo Art Deco biomorphic form vase by American artist Donna Polseno, circa the 1990s. The female fa...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Lucite
Lying Figure Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Lying Figure hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Dimensions: D18 x W16 x H8.5 cm
Materials: Marble
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, w...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Please Stand Up Seating Object by Haus Otto
Located in Geneve, CH
Please Stand Up Seating Object by Haus Otto
Dimensions: D25 x W57 x H40 cm
Materials: recycled foam
Weight: 7 kg
»Please stand up« is a seating object ...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Foam
Murano glass bird sculpture from the 1960s
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Murano Glass Bird Sculpture from the 1960s
This charming figurine captures the essence of avian romance. Two birds, perched on a branch in a mid-century design, radiate elegance and ...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Wide Burnt Vase A by Daniel Elkayam
Located in Geneve, CH
Wide burnt vase A by Daniel Elkayam
One of a Kind
Dimensions: D 10 x W 10 x H 20 cm
Materials: Burnt beech wood
Jerusalem-born Art-designer and Photographer based in Tel-Avi...
Category
2010s Israeli Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Tribu M5 Roc by Léontine Furcy
Located in Geneve, CH
Tribu M5 Roc by Léontine Furcy
Unique piece
Materials: raw chamotte, black sandstone
Dimensions: H 38 cm x L 31 cm
Léontine Furcy, ceramic artist, tells about herself in shapes, tex...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Sandstone
Cyan and Umber Mercury Vase by Elyse Graham
Located in Geneve, CH
Cyan and umber mercury vase by Elyse Graham
Dimensions: W 14 x D 14 x H 25.5cm
Materials: Plaster, Resin
MOLDED, DYED, AND FINISHED BY HAND IN LA. CUSTOMIZATION
AVAILABLE.
ALL P...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin, Plaster
Peach Oxide Mercury Vase by Elyse Graham
Located in Geneve, CH
Peach oxide mercury vase by Elyse Graham
Dimensions: W 14 x D 14 x H 25.5cm
Materials: Plaster, Resin
Molded, dyed, and finished by hand in LA. customization
Available.
All piec...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin, Plaster
Nudos 1 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Nudos 1 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Dimensions: D 21 x H 21 cm
Materials: High temp. Ceramic, Brass.
VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio established in Mexi...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Large Torre Buding 05 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Torre buding 05 sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Materials: high temp. ceramic
Dimensions: D 8 x H 60 cm
VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio established in Mex...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Chrome Sculptural Candle Holder
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Chrome Candle Holder is the first in a series of pieces that integrate the use of upcycled electroplating rods. These rods, regularly used for submerging metal items into chrome bath...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Steel, Chrome, Nickel
Postmodern Studio Nova Porcelain Hi Fi Fluted Pie Serve & Bake
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare fluted Pay Serve & Bake by Studio Nova , circa 1980's excellent condition beautiful colors and design.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Hank Murta Adams cast glass and wire abstract sculpture " Cake" signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice and traditional cast glass sculpture for the well known contemporary artist Hank M Adams .
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Modern Brass Vessel
Located in Treadwell, NY
VESSEL (COMET ENCKE)
Various brass alloys
Dimensions: 9” L x 4” W x 8.125” H
Weight: 6lbs
1 of 1
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Postmodern Ceramic Bud Vase for Rosenthal, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern porcelain bud vase by Rosenthal, 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Peter Shire Micro Sculpture in Mixed Media, Early Aughts
By Peter Shire
Located in View Park, CA
Unique one of a kind tiny Peter Shire sculpture in mixed media ceramics from the early to mid aughts. Ready to hang / mount on wall (back is equipped with a small hole to hang upon a...
Category
Early 2000s North American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic
Space age green ceramic vase, Pietro Arosio, Parravicini Italy ca. 1960
Located in Firenze, IT
Green space age ceramic vase designed by Pietro Arosio
Parravicini Italy ca. 1960
Labelled under the base.
H 28 cm - 17 × 11 cm
Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
V. Nason Attributed Murano Glass Duck Paperweight in Purple Neodymium
Located in Glasgow, GB
A small, lavender-hued duck-shaped Neodymium paperweight, crafted in the 1970s in Murano, Italy, and attributed to V. Nason.
Measuring 9 cm tall with a depth of 9 cm and a width of...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
White Woven Wicker Pottery Centerpiece Bowl
Located in New York, NY
A chic round off-white/antique white 'woven' 'wicker' pottery centerpiece bowl with soft edge, circa late-20th century to the early aughts. Beautiful as a standalone piece or fill wi...
Category
Early 2000s Unknown Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Postmodern Multicolored Murano Glass Vase by Ottavio Missoni, Italy 1980s
Located in Catania, CT
Multicolored blown Murano glass designed by Ottavio Missoni and produced during the 80s in excellent vintage condition with normal trace of age and use. No cracks or chips.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Lucite Bird Sculpture by Silvio Russo for Guzzini 1970s Italy
By Guzzini
Located in Oakland, CA
1970s lucite bird sculpture by Silvio Russo for Guzzini of Italy, the design is meant to rock back and forth. Still retains the original label.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite
Post Modern Snake Skin and Parchment Box by R & Y Augousti Paris
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Open topped box wrapped in parchment and with a lid having an arched top and continuing down the short sides wrapped in snakeskin with conforming bone edges. Marked on the bottom R&Y...
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Paul Seide for Milropa Studio Sculpture or Paperweight Art Studio Glass 1977
By Paul Seide
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking, complex art glass sculpture or paperweight features fused central core with controlled bubbles, multi-layered pigments, and dichroic glass that is encased in clear glass l...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso, Glass
Modern Steel and Brass Vessel
Located in Treadwell, NY
DUAL VESSEL NO. 1
Hot rolled steel plate, various brass alloys
Dimensions: 10” L x 6.25” W x 10.75” H
Weight: 15lbs
1 of 1
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel, Brass
Ceramic Pottery Vase
Located in Clermont, FL
A multi-color ceramic pottery vase with carved design.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Danish Designer, Floor Vases, Stoneware, Denmark, 1973
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of beige and brown-glazed stoneware vases designed and produced in Denmark, c. 1940s.
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Ceramic red painted bird vase with stripes, signed by artist, 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
RARE BIRD: a ceramic bird vase with protruding beak, painted face, and striped body, signed by artist, 20th century. Tones of fire hydrant red, eggshell, and licorice. Immaculate. Pi...
Category
20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Y·M·D Vases by Takenobu Igarashi for Takenaka Works Co., Ltd., Pair
By Takenobu Igarashi
Located in Saint Paul, MN
Y·M·D vases in die cast iron by Takenobu Igarashi for Takenaka Works Co., Ltd. circa 1992.
“I wanted to create a flower vase that suggests a flow...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Signed Royal Copenhagen Hand Thrown Red Glaze Pottery Bowl, Dish or Ashtray 1936
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Hand thrown, handmade large bowl, dish or ashtray by unknown artist / maker for Royal Copenhagen, signed and dated 1936. It is a wonderfully simple and understated piece with a faint...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
Italian Photo Frame Enamel Red Flowers , La Dolce Vita
Located in Sarezzo, IT
La dolce vita is a wonderful italian handcrafted bronze rhodium and red enamelled four leaf flowers photo frame .
Art with Heart picture frames are special because they are all recto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Black and Brown Hand-Painted Ceramic Piece by Franco Bucci, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This model is particularly interesting because it is strongly influenced by Sottsass' style. It is even possible that the design is by Sottsass.
We are cautio...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Postmodern Ceramic Box by Rita Duvall (1987)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A beautiful handmade Postmodern ceramic trinket or jewelry box by Rita Duvall, similar in style to the work of Peter Shire and Michael Duvall. Glazed i...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Modern Brass and Copper Vessel
Located in Treadwell, NY
SHADOW VESSEL (9:28 AM 9.14.23)
Brass and copper
Dimensions: 13” L x 2” W x 7.375” H
Weight: 4.5lbs
1 of 1
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Jeff Seely Large Paperweight, American Studio Art Glass 1980s
By J. Seeley
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Massive, heavy paperweight features complex asymmetrical fused glass center, accentuated by groups of controlled bubbles. Three free-form string stru...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
Italian Murano Post Modern Glicine Vase by Gae Aulenti for Vistosi c. 1980's
By Gae Aulenti, Vistosi
Located in New York, NY
Spectacular Murano Glicine vase designed by Gae Aulenti for Vistosi, circa 1980's.
The vase was executed in polychrome green tones, the base is round, with a domed top.
This exam...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Italy Mid-Century Modern Orange Terracotta Abstract Sculpture F Sartori Bowl
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a very interesting piece hand made in terracotta by the Italian artist Franz Sartori. This orange disk is an abstract artwork that was handmade in terracotta in 1972 by the a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
A SCULPTURAL BRUTALIST CANDELABRA CANDLE HOLDER Unique ARTIST Piece, France 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
An exceptional sculptural Chandelier, Candelabra, Candlesticks, Candle holder, Brutalist, Rustic Modern, Shabby-Chic, , superb patinated wrought iron structure with 4 long light ar...
Category
1990s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
Pair of Vintage Candlestick holders done in Memphis Style, Italy 1990s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a pair of vintage candlestick holders. They feature striking design resembling a lot Memphis style. The candlestick holders are made of cermic or plaste...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Set of Three 1980s Blue Green Ceramic Vases / Candle Sticks
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Set of three handmade Danish ceramic vases / candle sticks with graphic decor using the raw ceramic as part of a straight lined pattern resembling a landscape or a sunset. Same stylized decoration in blues and aqua green on all three vases. A small handmade ridge on the inside of each item makes for perfect placement of tea lights. A 80s ceramic...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware, Pottery, Ceramic
Florero en forma de bolso de vidrio Murano Seguso Venini
By Venini
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Murano Glass Handbag Vase Seguso Venini
Elegant Murano handbag vase, designed by Venini for seguso. Made of deep black blown glass with subtle ve...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
1980 Italy Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture Beppe Bonetti with Base
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Beppe Bonetti. Title "Piccolo racconto" translate "Little tale""
Beppe Bonetti was born in 1951 in Brescia, Italy, where he lives and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Nicholson Fused Glass Bowl, 1992, American Art Studio Glass
By Rick & Janet Nicholson
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage glass bowl in biomorphic shape was created by Rick and Janet Nickolson in 1992; it features a pair of abstract patterns in pink, cream, and white glass fused on thin, almost transparent green glass background. The green color deepens around the heavier base, creating a contrast with the light, ethereal body of the bowl.
The bowl is signed and dated on the base near the bottom.
Rick and Janet Nicholson of Nicholson Blown Glass Studio have worked together as a successful team since 1979. Rick first studied glass with Don Hartman and the University of Southern California and was a TA at Pilchuck Glass School for Dale Chihuly and Fritz Dreisbach in 1981; he continued to study with such notables as Therman Statom...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Swedish Designer, Bowl, Burl Wood, Sweden, 1975
Located in High Point, NC
A burl wood bowl designed and produced in Sweden, 1975.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Burl
outstanding 1980s TABLE CLOCK junghans works metal brass postmodern
By Stark
Located in Mannheim, DE
1980s table clock in outstanding design. Made of black lacquered metal, the stand and the body are connected with a brass ball. Brass clock hands. Manufactured by Stark Design, batte...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
Danish Designer, Vase, Ceramic, Denmark, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed budded ceramic vase, designed and produced in Denmark, c. 1970s.
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Pink Alabaster Sculpture by Karen Chera
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Pink Alabaster Sculpture by Karen Chera, signed and dated '88. on its original metal base.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Tavole Panels
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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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