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 Black Handcrafted Blown Glass Bowl, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Black glass centerpiece piece or bowl circa 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Marble Box with Jewish Star of David Design
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful modern style or Postmodern period marble and brass box with Jewish Star of David design, circa late-20th century, 1980s, 90s. Box, att...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
$500 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Three Gino Cenedese & Co. Murano Signed Art Glass Candlesticks
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a nice set of three Murano glass candlesticks by Gino Cenedese & Co. Each candlestick has an etched 'Cenedese' signature to the underside. Dimensions listed are for the large...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Set Of 7 ROZMOVA Dishes by ZEMNA
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 7 ROZMOVA Dishes by ZEMNA
Designed by Tetiana Krasutska.
Dimensions: H 50.
Materials: Clay.
ROZMOVA – is a set of dishes that turns to a piece of decor once you put
all the ...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
$2,865 / set
Contemporary Art Big Black Moon Black Velvet Sofa by Carla Tolomeo
Located in Pistoia, IT
Unique piece hand made by the artist.
The silk velvet fabrics and velvet embroidery were made expressly for the artist, Carla Tolomeo.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silk
Hazorfim Eight Light Modern Sterling Judaica Candelabra
By Hazorfim
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A sterling Silver Modern Judaica 8 light candelabra. Made by Hazorfim, late 20th Century. Signed on base edge.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Black, Red and Yellow Encased Hand-Blown Murano Glass Flower Vase, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s.
It is made in encased and hand-blown Murano glass.
With its original label.
This vase is vintage, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be c...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
$355 Sale Price
25% Off
MEMPHIS-style SHOLAPUR Marble Vase / Michele De Lucchi (Italy) for UP & UP srl
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
'SHOLAPUR' sculptural marble vase / centerpiece
Michele de Lucchi for Up & Up, Carrara Italy, 1985
Postmodern Marble sculpture centerpiece. Composed of several geometric elements r...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Robert Eickholt Dichroic Sommerso Sculpture, American Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage art glass sculpture or paperweight features swirling structure of dichroic glass and controlled bubbles, encased inside a clear glass layer in sommerso technique. The piece ...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
Contemporary Art Ceramic Totem Chocolate Piece Number 33/99 by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Pistoia, IT
The message that Mirabili intends to portay involves well-known artist and designers, selected for their particular gifts and their poetic world, lending an innovative and sensitive ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Set of Three Mid-Century Modern Art Glass Pieces by Margareta Hennix, Sweden
Located in Bochum, NRW
Margareta Hennix for Johansfors Glasbruk
Set of Three Signed & Numbered Mid-Century Modern Art Glass Pieces by Margareta Hennix for Johansfors Glasbruk .
An exceptional trio of scul...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Extra Large Stone Bathtub by Studio Loho
Located in Geneve, CH
Extra large stone bathtub by Studio Loho
Dimensions: D 85 x W 190 x H 57 cm
Materials: stone
Other stone types are possible upon request.
Available i...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
$60,427 / item
XIV Décima Cuarta Mobile Sculpture by Joel Escalona
Located in Geneve, CH
XIV Décima Cuarta mobile sculpture by Joel Escalona
Dimensions: D 120 x H 185 cm
Materials: oak wood.
Also available with burnt finish.
Mobile made of natural white oak or natu...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
$5,446 / item
Italian Unique Prototype Vase Veronese in Murano Glass by Cleto Munari, 2002
By Cleto Munari
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Post-modern Unique prototype vase Veronese in Murano glass by Cleto Munari, 2002
Vase mod. Veronese in black Murano glass, unique piece as a prototype of the vase that later...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Andrew Galvin Footed Tray, American Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage footed art glass tray features colorful Op-art fused glass design with purple, marigold yellow, forest green, and teal blue colored glass elements seamlessly fused in rectan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Small Artefacto 03 by Federico Stefanovich
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Artefacto 03 by Federico Stefanovich
Dimensions: D 10 x W 26 x H 20 cm.
Material: Brass.
Available in a larger size: D 19 x W 47 x H 36 cm.
Federico Stefanovich presents himse...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$591 / item
Large Italian Tortoise Murano Art Glass Bowl 1970s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
This impressive vintage Murano art glass bowl showcases a striking 14-inch tortoise or leopard pattern, exuding timeless elegance. Ideal for serving or display, this Italian blown art glass piece dates back to the 1970s or early 1980s and likely originates from Empoli, near Florence, known for its modern...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
DYKA Drinking Bowl by ZEMNA
Located in Geneve, CH
DYKA Drinking Bowl by ZEMNA
Designed by Tetiana Krasutska.
Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 6 cm.
Materials: Clay.
Each object in the DYKA collection is unique because it is sculpted by...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
$260 / item
Black Stoneware Sfondyli Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Stoneware Sfondyli Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 27 x H 23 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes: Black, White, Brown, Red, White ...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Sculpture Bloomen 14 by Zanellazine Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpture Bloomen 14 by Zanellazine Ceramics
Dimensions: W 26 x D 23 x H 43 cm
Materials: Red and white clay, Green semi-refractorie clay.
About:
Giovanna Zighetti, ceramist and se...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$2,604 / item
Artefacto 03 by Federico Stefanovich
Located in Geneve, CH
Artefacto 03 by Federico Stefanovich
Dimensions: D 19 x W 47 x H 36 cm.
Material: Brass.
Available in a smaller size: D 10 x W 26 x H 20 cm.
Federico Stefanovich presents himself as...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$1,420 / item
Mirto Flower Vase a Ettore Sottsass Japanese Urushi Laquer Model
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Mirto flower vase designed by Ettore Sottsass for Marutomi. This model is limited Japanese urushi laquer model.
Japanese traditional urushi pigment is made from natural urushi tree,...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
1980s Postmodern Black Wall Clock by Linden
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A beautiful postmodern wall clock from the 1980s by West German clockmaker Linden. It has a black case, black face with geometric accents, and red and green hands, Striking contras...
Category
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Bonbon Dish, English, Art Glass, Ornamental Bowl, Post Modern, C.1980
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage bonbon dish. An English, art glass ornamental bowl in post-modern taste, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
Fascinating, unusual form catches the eye
Di...
Category
Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Black Leather and Black Steel Maggiz Magazine Rack by OxDenmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Black leather and black steel maggiz magazine rack by OxDenmarq
Dimensions: D 24 x W 47 x H 43 cm
Materials: Steel, Leather
Also Available: Different leather and frame colors avai...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Postmodern Metal Candleholder, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Metal Candleholder, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989.
Additional information:
Materials: Metal
Style: Memphis, Postmodern
Period: 1980s
Color: Blue
Item Typ...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Pavot Vase I by Pauline Pietri
Located in Geneve, CH
Pavot Vase I by Pauline Pietri
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 25 x H 25.5 cm.
Materials: Paper pulp and bio-based paint.
Eco-designed vase based on paper pulp - cardboard, paper, news...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Paper
$378 / item
Tim Lazer Art Glass Vase Blue Post-Modern 1990
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, an art glass vase designed by Tim Lazer (signed on the bottom). Blue tones in swirl motion. Post-modern , dated 1990.
Dimensions: 3.5" H x 3.75" diameter.
P...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Starburst Type Chrome Floor Clock 1980's
Located in Fulton, CA
Bizarre floor clock inspired by the starburst, sunburst style of the 1960's & 70's. Chrome plated steel with painted numbers. Battery operated movement. Circa. 1980's. Maker unknown....
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Chrome
Pr. Postmodern Silverplate Candlesticks by Richard Meier for Swid Powell, 1980's
Located in New York, NY
Incredible pair of post modern silver plate candlesticks, by Richard Meier for Swid Powell. Very hard to find, especially in pairs, this impre...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Bertil Vallien Spherical Tornado Vase in Art Glass for Kosta Boda
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A hand-signed Tornado vase by Bertil Vallien. Each one in this series with unique playful modernist decor. Made at Kosta Boda in Sweden during the early 1...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$244 Sale Price
25% Off
1970 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Cristiana Isoleri Reperto Fragment
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging bronze artwork was created by the Italian artist Cristiana Isoleri. This is a multiple of 1.000 specimens, numbered and signed. The title is "Reperto" translated in "Fr...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Ceramic Decorative Sculpture 'Bloom' by Anne Breton, France.
Located in London, GB
'Bloom' Sculpture by Anne Breton
Material: Stoneware, pigmented slip
Dimensions: H 51 x Ø 21 cm
Year: 2024
Unique piece, made in Lille (France).
Anne Breton is a beligium ceramicis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Shafaq Malik Postmodern Memphis Group-Style Glass Sculpture
Located in Round Top, TX
Studio glass sculpture by Shafaq Malik. It has applied orange and green finials with a floating navy and yellow cane bubble at the bottom. It is in excellent, original condition with...
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Clay Sink by Studio Loho
Located in Geneve, CH
Clay sink by Studio Loho
Dimensions: D 40 x H 15 cm
Materials: clay.
Available in 3 models: round sink, oval sink and sink on structure.
Due to the producti...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
$4,037 / item
1980s White Postmodern Wall Clock by Shohei Mihara for Wakita
By Shohei Mihara, Wakita
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A perfectly elegant and sophisticated 1980s wall clock designed by Shohei Mihara for Wakita. Postmodern, Memphis Group-influenced design at its finest! White with red, green, and yel...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Mocap "white/white" Illusionistic Wall Clock
By Jan Paul
Located in Maastricht, NL
“Time is an illusion”
Most wall-clocks have the same basic shape: round. Also the same looking time-indication by
numbers or stripes.
“MOCAP” steps away from the basic. It’s appeara...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
$768 / item
PostModern MAILBOX 7000 Michael Graves (USA) (1990)
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
MICHAEL GRAVES (AMERICAN, 1934-2015), ENAMELED ROLLED STEEL MAILBOX, C.1990, H 14", L 23 3/4":An enameled and rolled steel mailbox. By Michael Graves and the Markuse Corporation. The...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel, Steel
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
Solid Patinated Bronze Post-Modern Abstract Sculpture by Bob Bennett
By Bob Bennett
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid patinated bronze post-modern abstract sculpture on black marble base by listed artist Bob Bennett, circa 1990. The piece has a great look and beautiful finish and patina; it m...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Silver Plated Candleholder Simon by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Vienna, AT
This Seven-armed candle holder was desined by Borek Sipek 1988 and manufactured by Driade. It is made of silver-plated metal with company stamp Driade on the underside. The conical b...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver
Postmodern Gray Ceramic Braided Woven Abstract Centerpiece Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Stunning woven braided ceramic centerpiece bowl glazed in a wonderful shade of gray with some blue tones. Great size for a coffee table or entryway. Very unusual abstract shape, plea...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large High Clay Bathtub by Studio Loho
Located in Geneve, CH
Large High clay bathtub by Studio Loho
Dimensions: D 90 x W 160 x H 53 cm
Materials: Clay
Other colors and raw or smooth exteriors available.
Available in 4 sizes: W 160 x H 42(Large), W 160 x H 53(Large High), W 180 x H 42(X-Large), W 190 x H 53(X-Large High)
The baths are entirely made of clay and are available in a wide range of colors or can be produced bespoke. The exterior of the clay can be raw or smooth according to preference, the interior of the baths is finished with a layer of smooth, silky lime plaster for maximum comfort. Due to the production process every piece is unique in size and form.
Studio LoHo is a Belgian design office located in Bruges, Belgium. Founded in the autumn of 2017 by Karel Loontiens and Jo Hoeven, the studio focused from the beginning on high-end bespoke interior projects which forms an ideal matrix for product - and material design that is both innovative and durable.
In current times there’s no more room for influx of disposable products, it is our studio’s goal to strive for design that will last and will be cherished for multiple generations.
The introduction of the first collection “clay series” fully articulated the DNA of the newborn Studio and led to their international breakthrough. The appreciation of materials reflects their unique view on interior design with a strong and recognizable signature. Soon after, the collection was expanded on request by other architects and designers with new sinks...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
$17,687 / item
Postmodern Calacatta Marble Pedestal Vase Made in Italy Around 1980s
Located in Rümmingen, BW
"shipping note: If your region or country is not listed under the shipping options please contact us directly"
Striking Italian pedestal vase sculpted from Calacatta marble, dating ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Boccato, Gigante & Zambusi Post-Modern Ceramic Vase for Sicart Italy
Located in Meer, VAN
Rare and large post modern vase by Marilena Boccato, Gian Nicola Gigante en Antonio Zambusi for Sicart Cartigliano. Italy, 1970's. The remarkable...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Postmodern Glass Block Vase from Rosenthal, 1980s
By Rosenthal
Located in Hamburg, DE
Large Postmodern Glass Block Vase from Rosenthal, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: Glass
...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
"Toute Petite Étrangeté" Cocoon Vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s
By Daum, Philippe Starck
Located in Lille, FR
"Toute petite étrangeté" cocoon vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s.
Signed.
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Monumental Abstract Marble Sculpture
Located in Round Top, TX
Postmodern pink and black marble sculpture with a twisty, swirly presentation. Attributed to Renoir production, in the Philippines, this tessellated marble treasure seems to be a rar...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Fornasetti ceramic / wood box plus incense hole in lid. Profumi .
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice and surrealist style in this traditional design by the well known artist / designer Piero Fornasetti . This box is also for incense and has a hole for burning . Not incense incl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Vintage Ceramic Pop Art Bayer Aspirin Paperweight or Display
Located in New York, NY
A big ceramic Bayer Aspirin from a store called Think Big in SoHo, NYC in the 1980s . Fun. Decorative piece for display, art in a bathroom or a paperweig...
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Plaster
Set of 5 Postmodern Flash One Series Bowl Set by Dorothy Hafner, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern set of bowls from the series flash one by rosenthal after a design by the artist dorothy hafner from 1982.
the bowls are in very good condition without defects. Only one b...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
1st Edition Cactus Coat Rack by Guido Drocco & Franco Mello for Gufram, 1960s
Located in London, GB
1st edition cactus designed by Guido Drocco and Franco Mello. Italian Radical Design. c1968. Manufactured by Gufram
This piece is one of the 1st edition of 2000 made in 1968. They w...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic, Foam
Vintage Perfume Bottle Yellow and Blue Art Glass - Signed Tati 1997
Located in Glasgow, GB
A small yellow and blue art-glass perfume bottle, signed and dated.
A striking blend of two glass tones: a rich, yolk-like yellow glass forms the majority of the bottle, contrastin...
Category
Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$122 Sale Price
40% Off
1980 Italy Post Modern Abstract Kinetic Bronze Sculpture The Dove Colomba
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Bruno Chersicla, a well known artist of years 80' in Italy.
This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 500 pieces; we c...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pavot Vase II by Pauline Pietri
Located in Geneve, CH
Pavot Vase II by Pauline Pietri
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 17 x H 26 cm.
Materials: Paper pulp and bio-based paint.
Eco-designed vase based on paper pulp - cardboard, paper, newsp...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Paper
$378 / item
Lucite Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A square Lucite jewelry or trinket box, circa late-20th century, 1990s. Great to hold jewelry or other small items on a vanity, desk, nightstand table...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite
$280 Sale Price
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1980s Postmodern Female Face Ceramic Sculpture in the Austin Productions Style
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Large scale, Postmodern / 1980s Art Deco revival Female Head Ceramic Sculpture in the Austin Productions Style. Circa 1980s
Features a flatten female head figure molded on a...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Italy, 1990, Post-Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture by Filippo Panseca
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting bronze sculpture multiple art work signed by the Italian artist Filippo Panseca. Title The secret of the Pharaoh
This is a multiple of a numbered edition of...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Crystal Cream Wave Form Vase by Forma Rosa Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Crystal Cream Wave Form Vase by Forma Rosa Studio
Dimensions: D 14 x W 14 x H 28 cm.
Materials: Ceramic.
Available in Crystal Cream, Mint Blue, and Oxb...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Red Stoneware Pithos Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Stoneware Pithos Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 19 x H 24 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes: Black, ...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
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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Antique Horse Figurines