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
Post Modern 1980s Lucite Shell Seashell Mirror Lacquer Obelisk Table Sculpture
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Post modern 1980s Lucite and shell mirrored obelisk table sculpture.
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell, Lucite, Lacquer
Oak Tray with Antique Brass Handles
Located in Treadwell, NY
Individually stamped and numbered, these one of a kind presentation trays feature patinated brass handles with a satin finish lacquer top coat. Each wooden slab is has its own unique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
1970s Flying Birds Lucite Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and unique rare Lucite sculpture with flying birds, floating polished front window with a rough back and sides, gives the impression of a cave.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
1990 Handmade Wood Prairie Clock by Kasnak Designs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A gorgeously handcrafted wood mantel clock made in 1990 by Kasnak Designs of Indianapolis, Indiana. A perfect mix of postmodern Memphis Milano-inspired design, Mission/Art & Crafts ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Post-Modern Tessellated Marble and Travertine Egg Shaped Pillar Candle Holder
Located in Miami, FL
Post Modern egg shaped pillar candler holder rendered in tessellated pink marble and rosso travertino, red travertine with inlayed brass and brass...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Travertine, Marble, Brass
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
Hello Little One
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, Murano Glass
$497 / item
Postmodern Lino Sabattini Silver-Plated Brass Shell Vide-Poche, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This is a great silver plated brass vide-poche in the shape of a shell.
Its simple design was created by Lino Sabattini.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
2006 Italy Bronze Sculpture by Ugo Riva Con gli Occhi Nelle Stelle
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an intense bronze sculpture created by the Italian artist Ugo Riva, in 2006. Lost wax bronze.
The title of this artwork is "Con gli occhi nell...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
White ceramic Apple and Pear sculptures, Italy ca. 1980
Located in Firenze, IT
White ceramic Apple and Pear sculptures
Italy ca. 1980
ceramic
Apple: H 26.5 cm - Diam. 26.5 cm
Pear: H 31.5 cm - Diam. 21 cm
Conditions: excellent no defects
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Sommerso Vase by Flavio Poli for Seguso, Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Sommerso Vase by Flavio Poli for Seguso, Murano, Italy, 1970s
This vase features a Sommerso design, characterized by its encapsulated layers of glass. Its shape is prismatic and elon...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
1985 Italy Wooden Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Grande Trono Big 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
Wood
Sculpture by Tony Emilson, Sweden, 2012
By Tony Emilson
Located in Oslo, NO
Sculpture in painted wood. Named ´"Det bästa i en taskig situation" or "The best in a shoddy situation".
Signed and dated and TE - 12.
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Set of 2 Blooming Cuts Candle Holder by Ebba Lindgren
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Blooming Cuts Candle Holder by Ebba Lindgren
Dimensions: D 14 x W 14 x H 20 cm.
Materials: Recycled textile fiberboard (“really board”), metal.
Ebba Lindgren
Is an interna...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
White Spark Vase by David Gil for Bennington Potters
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A white "Spark" vase (model 1998) designed in the 1960s by David Gil for Bennington Potters of Bennington, VT. Produced in several sizes and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
tessellated Black Marble Stone Desk Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
elegant beautiful black tessellated marble by Renoir designs , catch it all ,desk tray , circa 1970's elegant and versatile ,
Category
20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Incense Burner by Saturday Yard Work
Located in Geneve, CH
Incense Burner by Saturday Yard Work
Dimensions: W 10 x D 10 x H 2.5 cm
Materials: Aluminium.
Finish: Polished face / blackened texture.
SATURDAY YARD WORK by Nathan Martin is a Ka...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
$250 / item
Postmodern Light Peach Corrugated Cardboard Vase by Flute, Chicago
Located in Miami, FL
Corrugated cardboard vase rendered in light peach by Flute, Chicago circa 1980s. Best to use with dried arrangements.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
V21034 Vessel in Natural Beech Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21034 Vessel in Natural Beech Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
Dimensions: D 34 x W 42 x H 30 cm.
Materials: Beech wood.
In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of ...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Beech
Vintage Emerald Green and Blue Murano Art Glass Elephant Sculpture Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous vintage Murano Venetian style handblown art glass sculpture of an elephant.
Italian art glass hand blown green and uranium neon green elephant sculpture...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Pure Crystal Cefalù Vase by Studio Bojola
Located in Geneve, CH
Pure Crystal Cefalù Vase by Studio Bojola
Dimensions: D 21 x H 26 cm
Materials: Pure crystal. Colour: Amber.
Weight: 3 kg.
The Cefalù is a combination of two vases, that can servi...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
$919 / item
V21114 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21114 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
Dimensions: D 35 x W 36 x H 24 cm.
Materials: Oak wood.
In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a la...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Amber Ustica Cap and Vase by Studio Bojola
Located in Geneve, CH
Amber Ustica Cap and Vase by Studio Bojola
Dimensions: D 16 x H 63 cm
Materials: Pure crystal. Colour: Amber.
Weight: 9.5 kg.
The Ustica is a combination of two vases, serving as ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
$1,098 / set
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
$3,342 Sale Price
30% Off
Gorgeous Desk Set in Maple Burlwood by Michael Elkan
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous desk set in burlwood maple by American craftsman Michael Elkan, circa 1990s. The set is in very good condition and measures 13.5"W x 4.5"D x 4.5"H. Incredible craftsmanship...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Maple
Set of Three Post-Modern "Greentime" Garden Tools by Guzzini, New Old Stock
By Guzzini
Located in San Diego, CA
A brand new set of three post-modern "Greentime" garden tools by Guzzini, circa 1990s. The set is new old stock in original box and packaging. The set is in unused condition and each...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite
1980's, Postmodern Ceramic Box with Lid Signed SB
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful ceramic box with lid circa 1980's great graphics and colors with awesome glaze, no chips or cracks signed at the bottom SB.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Blue Moon Wall Art by Christian Friedl
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue Moon Wall Art by Christian Friedl
Limited Edition of 3
Dimensions: D 25 x W 140 x H 140 cm.
Materials: Oak, concrete.
Blue Moon is a rare natural s...
Category
2010s Austrian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Concrete
$56,471 / item
Ettore Sottsass Candelstick / Candle Holder, Silver Plate for Swid Powell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is one icon of Post Modern design by the well known architect Ettore Sottsass.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Italian Murano Brown Art Glass Vase with Gold Speckles
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Italian Murano brown art glass vase with speckles of copper and gold aventurine.
Murano blown glass vase hand made on the island of Murano.
Dotted patches encased in brown gl...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Threebù 3 Flame Red Totem by Marcantonio
Located in Geneve, CH
Threebù 3 Flame Red Totem by Marcantonio
Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 135 cm.
Materials: Polyethylene and metal.
Weight: 12,5 kg.
Available in different color options. Prices may var...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Other, Metal
$3,283 / item
Pure Crystal Nuvola Vase by Studio Bojola
Located in Geneve, CH
Pure Crystal Nuvola Vase by Studio Bojola
Dimensions: D 18 x H 18 cm
Materials: Pure crystal. Colour: Clear.
Weight: 1 kg.
The Nuvola piece can serve both as a sculptural crystal ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
$334 / item
Steninge Keramik AB, Vase, Blue-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, C. 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue, glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Steninge Keramik AB, Märsta, Sweden, c. 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
1985 Wooden Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Sedia The Chairs
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
Wood
Amber Marsala Cap and Vase by Studio Bojola
Located in Geneve, CH
Amber Marsala Cap and Vase by Studio Bojola
Dimensions: D 22 x H 58 cm
Materials: Pure crystal. Colour: Amber.
Weight: 8 kg.
The Ustica is a combination of two vases, serving as b...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
$1,134 / item
1976 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Vanni Viviani Easel with Two Half Apples
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting one of a kind artwork signed by the author Vanni Viviani, a well known artist of years 80' in Italy.
The piece was made in 1976 but it can be considered as n...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Postmodern Brown and Orange Glazed Ceramic Vase by Giovanni Bertoncello
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy by Giovanni Bertoncello, 1970s.
It is made in brown and orange hand-glazed ceramic.
This vase is signed on the bottom.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show s...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Lino Tiné Albero Città City Tree
By Lino Tine
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense and engaging abstract sculpture was create in 1980 by the Italian artist Lino Tinè.
This is a multiple of 300 specimens, numbered and signed by...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Framed Brass Sculpture by Sverre Høvren Johnsen, Norway, 1978
Located in Barcelona, ES
Brass sculpture made by the Norwegian sculptor and goldsmith Sverre Høvren Johnsen, (1943- ) in 1978.
Category
Late 20th Century Norwegian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Frosted Lilac Frooot Bowl by Maha Alavi Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Frosted Lilac Frooot Bowl by Maha Alavi Studio
Dimensions: D 30 x H 33 cm
Materials: Resin.
Maha Alavi is a Tokyo-based Canadian industrial designer...
Category
2010s Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
$2,757 / item
Swedish Designer, Large Freeform Vase, Blue-Glazed Stoneware, Sweden, c. 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A large blue-glazed stoneware vase produced in Sweden, c. 1960s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Picklish
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
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$1,041 / item
Lalique France “Marrakech” Crystal Vase by Marie-Claude Lalique, 1978
Located in Hampstead, QC
Lalique “Marrakech” crystal vase designed by Marie-Claude Lalique (French, 1935-2003), grand-daughter of René Lalique, the legendary glass designer.
She took over the business in 197...
Category
1970s French Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
L’illusion des Sosies Sculpture by Davide Ronco
Located in Geneve, CH
L’illusion des Sosies Sculpture by Davide Ronco
One of a Kind
Dimensions: D 17 x W 46 x H 62 cm.
Materials: Concrete.
The exhibition title refers to the Capgras delusion, a psychia...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Concrete
$1,313 / item
Fossilized Future_A by So Koizumi
Located in Geneve, CH
Fossilized Future_A by So Koizumi
Dimensions: W 55 x D 32 x H 85 cm
Materials: Oak Wood, Soil, charcoal, Waste from daily life (such as coffee grounds and vegetable peels)
"Fossiliz...
Category
2010s Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
$25,740 / item
Steve Tobin Cast Bronze Shoe Sculpture with Onions, 1980s
By Steve Tobin
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Steve Tobin (b. 1957) is an American sculptor who works primarily in bronze, steel, clay and glass. This whimsical cast bronze shoe with onions is from a s...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Angela Reichert Mixed-Media Wall Art Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Modern wall sculpture using paper-mâché, wood dowels and paint on canvas by Angela Reichert. Signed on canvas, 20th century.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
$760 Sale Price
78% Off
Murano Blue Art Glass Vase in the Manner of Paolo Venini
By Paolo Venini
Located in Miami, FL
A fine hand-crafted Murano art glass vase, signed Marcello Furlou.
This high quality Murano art glass vase is hand blown. It is designed in the manner of some Paolo Venini vases, m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass
$4,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Postmodern Ceramic Decorative Low Bowl by Linda Tarr Artist
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful colors and well made low bowl ceramic by Linda Tarr, nice glaze signed circa 1980s.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$158 Sale Price
20% Off
Post Modern Fused Art Glass Bowl Handcrafted in Aqua and Royal Blue 1980
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Post Modern Fused Art Glass Bowl Handcrafted in Aqua and Royal Blue Colors.
One of a kind fused Art Glass footed bowl made in the classic Modernist style in a royal blue, aqu...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
1977 Italy Wooden Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Non Dialogo No Words
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
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Barbara Brenner Porcelain Vase for Rosenthal
Located in Miami, FL
Organic postmodern porcelain vase by Barbara Brenner for Rosenthal, 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Kinetic Sculpture Bruno Chersicla Alambicco Still
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 1000 realized in 1980 by the well known Italian artist Bruno Chersicla.
All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Murano Glass Vase by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso with White Canes, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This is an extremely fine vase, designed by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso's company in Murano.
It is made in hand-blown glass with white canes.
This is...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Porcelain Decanter by LeRoy Neiman Decorative Series Baseball Memorabillia
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful porcelain decorative decanter by Leroy Neiman, circa 1979, baseball memorabilia, intense colors and clean condition.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Post-Modern Italian Marble Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Small post-modern Italian marble vase, circa 1980s. The vase is primarily a dark brown in color, but has cream, black and grey veining throughout. The vase is in very good vintage co...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand Hammered Brass Smiley Face Sculpture
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A super cool and distinctive 1980s postmodern smiley face sculpture, expertly handcrafted from hammered brass sheets brazed together to form a seamless, playful expression. This one-...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Vanni Viviani Star with Apples
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an engaging and intense artwork signed by the author Vanni Viviani, a well known artist of years 80' in Italy.
This artwork was made in 1980 but it can be considered as new ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
1980’s Figural Large Hand Carved Marble Embracing Couple Sculpture & Slate Base
Located in Topeka, KS
Magnificent vintage figural large hand carved marble embracing couple sculpture & slate tile covered plywood pedestal. This fabulous piece is signed but we have been unsuccessful in ...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Slate
Salimbeni Luxe sterling silver, gilt and Malachite picture frame Italy .
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful luxury picture frame in malachite and gold wash sterling silver. The picture window measure 3x2 inches. Marked in bottom as shown ,Made in Italy and (star) 391 FI , as Fir...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
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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