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
Ceramic Postmodern Geometric Abstract Sculpture 2 Pc Vase by Lee Hun Chung 1990
By Lee Hun Chung
Located in San Diego, CA
Ceramic charcoal geometric Abstract sculpture by Hun-Chung Lee, Korea, signed and dated 1990. Very rare piece 2 parts one cube sits on the base.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Nils Allan Johannesson, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed stoneware vase designed by Nils Allan Johannesson and produced by Barsebäckshamn, Sweden, 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Polychrome Ceramic Vase by Carlo Zauli, 1960s
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Single flower vase in polychrome ceramic, signed on the bottom.
Carlo Zauli (Faenza, 19 August 1926 - Faenza, 14 January 2002).
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Postmodern 'Harlequin' Art Glass Vase 1980s
Located in Meer, VAN
Postmodern 'Harlequin' Art Glass Vase, Europe, 1980s.
This is a very beautiful art glass vase from the 1980s. A fun and joyful postmodern 'harlequin' style design, with hand painted...
Category
Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Terracotta Moon Jar No 13 by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Terracotta Moon Jar No 13 by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 13.5 x H 16.5 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Local Terracotta Clay from the Island of
Crete
Growing up in ...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
$1,110 / item
1980s Ettore Sottsass for Alessi Postmodern Memphis Era Small Bowl Catch It All
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful small bowl basket designed by Sottsass for Alessi , circa 1980s polished stainless steel .
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Chrome
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Postmodern Memphis Design Art Ceramic Decanter Vase, Signed TL
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Postmodern Memphis Design Art Ceramic Decanter Vase. Stamped TL on the bottom. Made in Belgium, 1980's / 90's period. Beautifully made large art pie...
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
An early fine art ceramic by Robert Milnes, late 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
« Cenote », an early fine art ceramic by Robert Milnes (b. 1948). Late 20th century. A museum piece in tones of turquoise, brick, Yves Klein blue, and moss, and certainly taking cues...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$1,808 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Modernist Thomas Roy Markusen Nickeled Copper Vases - Set of 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Spectacular pair of vintage nickeled copper vases. Hand crafted by the Modernist master Thomas Roy Markusen. Beautiful folded detail at the top and marked on the bottom. Acquired fro...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Nickel
Monumental Seguso Cobalto Corroso Scavo Glass Vase, c. 1980's
Located in New York, NY
Monumental Seguso cobalto corroso hour glass double sided vase. Hand crafted in the ancient technique of scavo glass. Italy, 1980's.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Swedish Designer, Candlestick, Pine, Brass, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A freeform pine candlestick designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1970s.
Holds 0.75” candle
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Indian Summer Vase (Large), Clear Orange and Pastel Pink by Gaetano Pesce
Located in Toronto, CA
"Indian Summer" Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection. Handmade in Italy by Corsi Design.
*Due to the handmade nature of the piece, variati...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
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
Rolf Palm, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1990
Located in High Point, NC
A black-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Rolf Palm, Mölle, Sweden, 1990.
Category
1990s Swedish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Unique Hand-Painted Screen with Sculptural Brass by Jan Garncarek
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Hand-Painted Screen with Sculptural Brass by Jan Garncarek and Ewelina Makosa
Each screen is unique and signed by Jan Garncarek and Ewelina Makosa
Full brass frame. Hand painted on both sides of the screen.
Dimensions: 180 x 5 x 200cm
Weight:20 kg
Hand painted cloth...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Tiny Gods Sculpture by Carri
Located in Geneve, CH
Tiny Gods Sculpture by Carri
Dimensions: W 35 x D 5 x H 50 cm
Materials: Onyx.
B 1995 Fernanda Carri ́s intimate practice spans painting, sculpture, ceramics, and textile, while her...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx
$9,324 / item
Ritratto Red Wall Hanging Flower Vase Alessandro Mendini Postmodern
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
"Ritratto" flower vase for the wall designed by Alessandro Mendini for Marutomi.
Designed in the late 90s and start production in 2000. No longer production. New old stock in box. W...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
Artificial Formations Concrete Bowl by Davide Ronco
Located in Geneve, CH
Artificial Formations Concrete Bowl by Davide Ronco
One of a Kind
Dimensions: D 100 x H 50 cm.
Materials: Concrete.
Concrete, the most widely used material in the world after water...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Concrete
$3,521 / item
Curt Addin, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A semi blue-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Curt Addin, Glumslöv, Sweden, 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Venini Murano Italy Glass Green Bottle Serie “Velati”, 1981
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Amazing and fabulous Italian handmade and blown bottle in green color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produced by Venini Murano in 1981.
Original Venini Murano label...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Silver-Plated Brass and Plexiglass Candelabrum by Mesa, Italy 1970s
By Mesa
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This splendid candelabrum is made in silver-plated brass and plexiglass.
It features its original patina, but we can clean it for free.
The candelabrum is vi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Silver
Marble Mountain Bookends
Located in Treadwell, NY
Refined and rugged marble mountain bookends.
Listing for one pair of bookends.
One of a kind.
Dimensions:
A - 7 3/4" x 11" x 11"
B - 7 1/2" x 11" x 11 1/2"
Weight: Approx....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
$2,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1985 Italy Terracotta Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Terracotta Throne
By Urano Palma
Located in Brescia, IT
This very intense and engaging artwork was created by Urano Palma that is a well known Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. He ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Vintage marais international glass fruit bowl , 1980s France
Located in Delft, NL
Vintage marais international glass fruit bowl , 1980s France
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
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
Memphis Style Postmodern Mixed Wood Jewelry Box with Drawer
Located in San Diego, CA
Memphis style Postmodern mixed wood jewelry box with drawer, circa 1998. The box measures 9"W x 9"D x 7.25"H and is made of a variety of hard woods including ash, walnut and maple. T...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ash, Maple, Walnut
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
1980’s Post Modern Ceramic Vase
Located in Houston, TX
1980s Post modern ceramic vase by noted Austrian artist Heide Warlamis (b.1942) from her renowned Vienna Collection. Signed on the bottom along with ...
Category
1980s Austrian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Postmodern Red, White and Blue Murano Glass Vase by Carlo Moretti, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
Made in Murano glass.
It might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and ready to become a ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Justin Beal aluminum Cantaloupes abstract sculpture .
By Justin Beal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very interesting sculpture of the imagination of a contemporary great artist Justin Beal. This series of Melons,Cucombers, Cantaloupes is exceptional .
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
American Designer, Candle Stick, Ceramic, USA, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A black and blue-glazed ceramic candle stick, designed and produced in the USA, c. 1970s.
Holds .75" diameter candles.
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Italy 1980 Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Graziano Pompili
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense abstract bronze sculpture, it is a multiple in limited edition not numbered.
The title "Paesaggio con ombra", translated in Landscape with shadow.
These bronze sculpture...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Swedish Designer, Vase, Blue and Beige-Glazed Stoneware, Sweden, C. 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue and beige, glazed stoneware vase designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
"Waiting in the Wings" Ballet Sculpture by John Cutrone for Austin Productions
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Here is a jaw-dropping piece from one of the most prolific names in American mid-century home decor, Austin Productions. Founded with the intention of bring art gallery quality pieces to a mass market, Austin Productions produced beautifully made, signed art for the common man. This sculpture of ballerina feet is a particular highlight, created by the artist John Cutrone...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Laminate, Plaster
Set of Postmodern Memphis Era Plates by Claudia Shuride for Toscany Collection
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare set of plates designed by Claudia Shuride for The toscany Collection Japan, in Porcelain, finish no chips or cracks.
Category
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$100 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Modern Steel and Brass Object
Located in Treadwell, NY
Modern steel and brass sculptural object by Erik Johnson of APD.
1 of 1
Stamped APD 00039
Letter of Authenticity included with the piec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel, Brass
Venini Murano Italy Blue Glass Bottle Vase Serie “Velati” 1992
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Amazing and fabulous very rare Italian handmade and blown bottle in light blue color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produ...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$907 Sale Price
20% Off
Soft Goblet 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 personify aided characters. Patients subdued by recomery. Impotent beings that struggle to perform the very tasks that define them as objects.
Exhibited at
Musée Des Arts Décoratifs Et Du Design De Bordeaux: Bordeaux (2023)
PAD- BOON ROOM: Paris (2023)
Healing- Club Mish Mish: Riyadh (2023)
Mexican Design 1950's-now- Shak Gallery...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel, Nickel
1970s Manuel Felguérez Máquina Estética Series Yellow Lacquered Iron Sculpture
Located in Mexico City, MX
A rare 1970's lacquered steel geometric sculpture by Mexican multi-disciplinary artist Manuel Felguérez. The cut and bent steel sculpture is a composition of different geometric shap...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
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
Postmodern Glass Hand Made Zodiac Paperweights by Svoboda Karlov Checoslovakia
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful Zodiac paperweights made by Svoboda Karlov circa the 1980s, with Picis Aries and Tauro Logos, we are selling them separately buyer has the choice to by which one they want...
Category
20th Century Czech Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
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
Swedish Designer, Candelabra, Pine, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A sizeable pine candelabra designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1970s.
Fits 0.8” diameter candles
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
1975 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Roberto Vecchione Scultura Spezzata
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense and engaging abstract bronze sculpture was created by the Italian artist Roberto vecchione. The title " Scultura Spezzata" translated in "Broken Sculpture...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Bertil Andersson, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1978
Located in High Point, NC
A sizeable brown and beige-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Bertil Andersson, Höganäs, 1978.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
High-Quality Postmodern Pink Sommerso Murano Glass Swan by Elio Raffaeli, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s.
This is a high-quality handmade Sommerso glass decorative item.
It might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Sommerso
Circular Blue Organic Decor Ceramic Wall Vase, 1980s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Circular dusty blue and gray ceramic wall vase made by hand. With a soft shaped ear on each side and a flat base this item can be used standing or hanging on a wall. It has organic d...
Category
20th Century Scandinavian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Birgitta Tilander, Vase, Stoneware, Italy, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue white and brown-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Birgitta Tilander, Rapallo, Italy, c. 1970s
“Birgitta tillander” on bottom
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Italy 1980 Abstract Sculpture by Nevio De Luca
Located in Brescia, IT
This Italian artist follow his soul and imagines the scenes story telling the life. This is the cinema story, a dreaming bronze in which we can find a movie.
Only one piece, bronze o...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Sven Bohlin, Unique Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown and white sizeable unique stoneware vase designed and produced by Sven Bohlin, Höganäs, Sweden, c. 1960s.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
1990s John Bergen Studio Postmodern Black and White Ceramic Amorphous Vase
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a stunning, ceramic vase by designer John Bergen, circa the 1990s. This ceramic vase embodies postmodern attributes with its ...
Category
1990s Canadian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Postmodern Sculpture by Tony Emilson, The Old Cyclope, Sweden, 1982
By Tony Emilson
Located in Oslo, NO
Unique sculpture in painted wood by Tony Emilson. Titled "The old cyclope" (Le vieux cyclope "). Monogram signed and dated TE 82 below.
Measures: Height 42 cm, 38 x 32 cm.
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Maitland Smith Vintage Tessellated Stone Travertine Box 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Tessellated square shape decorative lidded marble box by Maitland Smith.
Measures: Square 4" x 4" x 2" H.
Maitland Smith 1970s tessellated travertine table...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Marble, Brass
1980 Italy Walter Valentini Bronze Abstract Sculpture City of the Sun
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 Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Haeger Blush Peach Abstract Pleat Bowl Postmodern
By Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Postmodern Haeger Peach Blush pink abstract bowl, medium size. This bowl looks stunning on its own or as part of a group, as seen in photos. The pleated rim of this piece is eye-catc...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
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 personify aided characters. Patients subdued by recomery. Impotent beings that struggle to perform the very tasks that define them as objects.
Exhibited at
Musée Des Arts Décoratifs Et Du Design De Bordeaux: Bordeaux (2023)
PAD- BOON ROOM: Paris (2023)
Healing- Club Mish Mish: Riyadh (2023)
Mexican Design 1950's-now- Shak Gallery...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel, Nickel
1980s Postmodern Lucite/Mixed Media Light Sculpture with Pedestal
Located in Miami, FL
Large Postmodern Lucite and Mixed Media Light Sculpture With Pedestal and a Box Acrylic Cover. Circa 1980s.
Features an abstract Southwestern...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$2,388 Sale Price
40% Off
Donut Vessel in Gypsum & Fiberglass by Brent Warr Studios
By Brent Warr
Located in Bainbridge, GA
The Donut Vessel by Brent Warr is a sculptural study in rhythm and form. Composed of seamless, ring-like curves that flow into one another, its silhouette suggests a sense of movemen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Fiberglass, Plaster, Paint
V21104 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21104 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
Dimensions: D 27 x W 28 x H 8 cm.
Materials: Oak wood.
In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a lan...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Postmodern Murano Glass Vase with Light Blue and White Canes, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This vase is made in Murano glass and features light blue and white canes.
This decanter is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Joke Stroes Pair of Luster Glazed Studio Pottery Objects for Mobach 1980s
By Mobach
Located in Meer, VAN
Joke Stroes Pair of Studio Pottery Objects for Mobach, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1980s.
Wonderful post-modern studio pottery objects by renowned studio pottery master Joke Stroes fo...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
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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