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 Black High Gloss Circular Vases, a pair
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Beautiful pair of gloss black post modern vases. In great vintage condition. Simple shape with a striking bold finish. The gloss creates a perfect mirror in the light.
11” wide by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Designer, Bowl, Pine, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pine bowl designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
Flo Travertine Vase by Un’common
Located in Geneve, CH
Flo Travertine Vase by Un’common
Designed by Małgorzata Korycka.
Dimensions: D 6 x W 20 x H 18 cm.
Materials: Travertine.
This is the first vase among Un’common’s products. It is ma...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Travertine
$464 / item
Postmodern White Ceramic Vase by Ambrogio Pozzi with Hand Painted Details, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s.
This vase is made in ceramic and features pink, purple, crimson, grey and light blue hand painted parts.
It might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Juventus JUVECENTUS Centenary Limited Edition Maxi Wall Swatch
By Swatch
Located in Taranto, IT
MAXI SWATCH JUVENTUS 1997 CENTENARY JUVECENTUS.
In excellent conservative condition, some very slight signs of time due to age present.
With original box...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
Modernist Copper Enamel Tray with Abstract Decor
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Graphic Modernist rectangular tray or catch-all dish in enameled copper features colorful abstract decor in teal and copper colors with red and green accents. The underside of the t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel
Vintage Boho Stacked Alabaster Geometric Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Make a bold architectural statement with this stunning vintage stacked Alabaster geometric sculpture. A masterful study in geometric form, this piece is hand-carved from lustrous, we...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
New Franz Hermle Mantel Clock in DeArt Italian Fine Marquetry and Ormolu Case
By Franz Hermle, DeART
Located in Germantown, MD
A 21st Century German Franz Hermle Mantel Clock in DeArt Italian Fine Marquetry and Ormolu Case in new open box condition.
Clock made in Germany by the historic, very famous Franz Hermle clock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
$3,375 Sale Price
25% Off
Anodised Aluminium Planter / Vessel Multi-Coloured from Cosmos collection
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Cosmos extends the exploration into manually anodised aluminium pieces. Building on the success of Grow-UP planters for MCQ in 2021, the collection showcases abstract anodising dye p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Archimede Seguso Style Murano Glass, Carnival Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Just a beautiful vase in the Carnival style colors murano glass vase.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
"Tutti Frutti" Gaetano Pesce Fish Design Green Resin Bowl
Located in Brescia, IT
Tutti Frutti basket
Green soft resin
designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
With original box
Excellent condiction.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Mid Century Royal Haeger Vase
By Royal Haeger
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Mid Century Royal Haeger vase , circa 1989.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Paolo Marioni Sculptural Face Vase Made In Italy Post Modern
Located in Lake Worth, FL
This Paolo Marioni sculptural face vase is a unique addition to any collection. Made in Italy during the post-modern era, this vase showcases intricate details that make it a true wo...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$5,476 / item
Black Sculpture Vase
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial Postmodern black charcoal sculpture vase, circa late-20th century. Piece is clay pottery with a black charcoal matte finish, with a round, cylindrical, asymmetric design. Designers mark...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
$1,850
Haeger Rounded Edge Mauve Pink Postmodern Vide Poche
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Postmodern Haeger vide poche catchall. Bold rounded edges make this a standout piece, mauve color is versatile and pairs nicely with many other colors. Perfect for a coffee table, dr...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Designer, Candlesticks, Teak, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A set of 3 teak and metal candlesticks.
Fits 0.85” diameter candle
Shorter candleholder is 7.5” H and the other two are 9.4” H
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
Black XIV Décima Cuarta Mobile Sculpture by Joel Escalona
Located in Geneve, CH
Black XIV Décima Cuarta mobile sculpture by Joel Escalona
Dimensions: D 120 x H 185 cm
Materials: oak wood.
Mobile made of natural white oak with burnt finish and stainless stee...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
New Large Franz Hermle Mantel Clock in DeArt Italian Marquetry and Ormolu Case
By DeART, Franz Hermle
Located in Germantown, MD
A 21st Century German Franz Hermle Mantel Clock in DeArt Italian Fine Marquetry and Ormolu Case in new open box condition.
Clock made in Germany by the historic, very famous Franz Hermle clock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
$3,375 Sale Price
25% Off
Medium Wave Mar de Cobre Wall Sculpture by Aura Carpio
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Wave Mar de Cobre Wall Sculpture by Aura Carpio
Dimensions: D 70 x H 5 cm.
Materials: Copper.
Weight: 7 Kg.
Aura Carpio® (CDMX). Mexican indust...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Sven Hofverberg, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A semi-glazed grey brown beige stoneware vase designed and produced by Sven Hofverberg, Sweden c. 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Transmission Sculpture in Welded Mirror-Polished Stainless Steel by Julian Mayor
Located in Geneve, CH
Transmission Sculpture in Welded Mirror-Polished Stainless Steel by Julian Mayor
Limited Edition of 3 + 2AP.
Dimensions: D 103 x W 130 x H 164 cm.
Materials: Mirror-polished stainle...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel
Post Modern Hand Painted Corrugated Cardboard Vase by Flute, Chicago, c 1989
Located in Miami, FL
Post-Modern decorative sculpture vase, rendered in hand painted and lacquered corrugated cardboard, signed by artist, produced by Flute, Chicago, 1989.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
Mid Century Paper Mache Parrot Raul Aguavo
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Modern paper mâché hand painted parrot sculpture by Raul Aguavo, perched on a metal swing. The piece is signed on the side and is in great condition...
Category
20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Paint, Paper
Mn L Big Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Mn L big vase by Josefina Munoz
Mn LARGE collection
Dimensions: H 35 x D 18 cm
Material: Ceramics (Black Sandstone and Transparent Enamel)
Available in: Small, and Medium.
...
Category
2010s Swiss Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$1,479 / item
Ceramic Screen Divider/Partition Totem Sculptures by Andrée & Michel Hirlet
Located in London, GB
Screen Divider/Partition Totems by Andrée & Michel Hirlet
Material: Glazed ceramic
Dimensions: H 210 x 150 x 11 cm
Type: Limited series
Year: 2023
Numbered and signed, made in Fra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage German Postmodern Wall Clock from Kienzle, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage German Postmodern Wall Clock from Kienzle, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: Acryl...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Acrylic
Organic Form Gradient Light Amber Glass Vase by Aina Kari
Located in Geneve, CH
Il Dodge Murano Glass Vase by Aina Kari
One Of A Kind.
Dimensions: D 15 x H 30 cm.
Materials: Murano glass.
Aina Kari
After working for different world-renowned brands in Italy and ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Untitled 56 by Laura Pasquino
Located in Geneve, CH
Untitled 56 by Laura Pasquino
One of a kind
Dimensions: D 42 cm x H 40 cm
Material: Stoneware.
Laura Pasquino
Incorporating references from ancient Korean ceramics as well as...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
$4,166 / item
Joel O'Dorisio for Lost Angel Glass Bud Vase, American Studio Art Glass, 2005
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Fused glass vase features complex multilayered colored glass core in dark Bordeau or burgundy red, cream, and sapphire blue colors, encased in clear glass in sommerso technique. Com...
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
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
Shadow #3 Porcelain Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
Located in Geneve, CH
Shadow #3 Porcelain Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
One of a kind
Dimensions: D 42 x H 40 cm
Material: White porcelain, glaze inside.
Laura Pasquino
Incorporating references from ancie...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$4,990 / item
Medium Stella 3D Printed Vase by Jimena Montemayor
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Stella 3D Printed Vase by Jimena Montemayor
Dimensions: D 23 x H 30 cm.
Materials: 3D printed polylactic and aluminum filament.
Available in ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
José Sacal Mexican "Tongo" Cast Bronze Wall Plaque
Located in Mexico City, MX
A cast bronze wall sculpture by Mexican artist José Sacal named "Tongo". It features a tribute portrait to Mexican - American exotic dancer from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema Yola...
Category
Early 2000s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Post Modern Art Time Wall Clock designed by Nicolai Canetti, 1984
By Canetti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Nicolai Canetti for Art time post modern wall clock. Black enamel background with reds and whites. Sweep second hand. Great design and hard to find! Working condition! Produced in Ja...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
$1,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Borek Sipek (1949-2016) candlestick bouquet holder Simon, Driade ed., c.1989
By B. Sipek
Located in Paris, FR
Borek Sipek (1949-2016) candlestick bouquet holder model Simon, Driade ed., circa 1989
Silver-plated metal
Signed "Driade" under the base
Height: 46.5 cm
Beautiful patina, one of s...
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver
Small Stella 3D Printed Vase by Jimena Montemayor
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Stella 3D Printed Vase by Jimena Montemayor
Dimensions: D 23 x H 20 cm.
Materials: 3D printed polylactic and aluminum filament.
Available in l...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
2000s Organic Modern Movable Hand-Carved Sicilian Wood Sculpture by Sciacca
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This sculpture is a contemporary, hand-carved wooden artwork from the 2000s. It features a series of intricately shaped wood blocks and organic forms stacked in a vertical arrangemen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sicilian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Italy Post-Modern Mario Buccellati Silver Bowl Leaf
Located in Brescia, IT
This silver bowl of Mario Buccellati has an intense beauty and for this reason we can say that it can be a piece of art.
The centerpiece is finely engraved, with details that reproduce the imprint of a leaf.
On the back, we can see its feet that are made with the shape of two folded leaf.
It is a really masterpiece of high Italian craftsmanship.
The piece was made in 1980 but we can say that it is in excellent conditions.
It has its original and elegant blu box...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$7,619 Sale Price
20% Off
1980s Post Modern Wall Clock by Empire Arts
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage 1980s postmodern wall clock by Empire Art Products. The clock's face has various shades of black, off-white, and silver with geometric sh...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood
Glazed Earthenware Abstract Woman by Ernest Treccani, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy in the 70s by Ernesto Treccani.
This is an incredible polished earthenware piece that would fit perfectly in a museum.
Measures: height: 140 cm
width: 41 cm
depth: 22 ...
Category
1970s Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
William Ludwig Bronze Figural Sculpture of a Warrior Dated 1987
By William Ludwig
Located in Peabody, MA
A 1980s bronze sculpture of a helmeted figure on a solid walnut base by Louisiana artist William Ludwig (1935-2011).. Although New England born in Hartford, CT., he was known as a so...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Hand Carved Solid Olive wood & Leather Real Size American Football Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
A very rare and unique hand carved real size football circa 1970's solid olive wood with leather straps nice and heavy a unique piece has a hole on the bottom to place a peg to keep ...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather, Wood
Vintage Perforated Metal Tray and Bowl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A great set of perforated metal tray and bowl of unknown age. The black enameled tray is similar in design to Mathieu Mategot's perforated trays and Richard Galef's work for Ravenwa...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$325 / set
Radical Memphis style table lamp clock, lacquered metal, 1980s
Located in taranto, IT
Table lamp clock in full Radical Memphis style, produced in the early 1980s, postmodern, made of lacquered metal, with red lamp-shaped dial on black background. Signature "Missiani" ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Fondica Casenove French 1980 Bronze Floral Candle Holder
Located in New York, NY
A sculptural bronze floral French Candle holder designed by Pierre Casenove for Fondica. signed.
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Bottega Vignoli Large Majolica/Ceramic Vase, Signed, Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bottega Vignoli is brand created in Italy in the 1970's and makes unique and limited editions of Byzantine, Roman design ceramics, Majolica, located in Faenza.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Post Modern Abstract Braided Ceramic Bowl Display Piece, USA, c. 1980's
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a gorgeous Post Modern braided ceramic display bowl. Perfect as the centerpiece of a dining table or amongst a collection this artfully-crafted piece is sure to add the p...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Kaleido12, Candleholders by Arturo Erbsman
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of Kaleido12, candleholders, handmade and signed by Arturo Erbsman
Dimensions:
Small: 25 x 15 x 15 cm.
Medium: 37 x15 x 15 cm.
Big: 49 x 15 x 15 cm.
Materials: Acrylic mirrors
Kaleidoscopic one-way glass photophores...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Mirror
"Toute Petite Étrangeté" Cocoon Vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s
By Philippe Starck, Daum
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
Robert Stoller Signed Post Modern Pair Brutalist Abstract Aluminum Candleholders
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
One of a Kind, hand wrought, industrial, aluminum, pair of modernist, sculptural, Matisse styled, signed and dated candleholders by American sculptor R. W. Stoller
One holder is ha...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Italy 1980 Post Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture by Concetto Pozzati
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a joyful bronze sculpture multiple art work signed by the well known Italian artist Concetto Pozzati. Title Pear (O'pera)
This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 p...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Luigi Benzoni Titled Volta Glass Sculpture
By Luigi Benzoni, Unico edizioni
Located in Chicago, IL
Luigi Benzoni titled "Volta" Glass Sculpture, with gold leaf details. Benzoni, born in 1956 in Bergamo, Italy, is a Venetian artist renowned for his innovative approach to art. Initi...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
An5 Sculpture by Eglė Šimkus
Located in Geneve, CH
An5 Sculpture by Eglė Šimkus
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: D 11 x H 22 cm.
Materials: Clay.
My name is Eglė Šimkus, and I was born in Lithuania in 1990 to a R...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
$606 / item
Contemporary F.ACE Golden Finish Aluminium Wall Hook by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
F.ACE Aluminium Wall Hook by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 6 x D 5 x H 10 cm
Materials: Aluminium
The F.ACE Hook is a riff on our popular compass Hook. It is sand cast in solid Alumin...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Cyan Murano Cased Glass Vases by Carlo Moretti, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
Made in cased Murano glass. The smaller vase is labelled (as shown in the video), while the other had it but lost it due to cleaning. We've had an identical vas...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Jaeger-LeCoultre - Mémovox mechanical travel watch from the 1970s
By Jaeger & Co.
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
This watch is a vintage classic from the renowned Jaeger-LeCoultre brand, specifically the Mémovox model, an iconic mechanical travel watch from the 1970s.
The watch has a square or ...
Category
20th Century Swiss Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Henry Summa Sommerso Helix Sculpture, American Studio Art Glass
By Henry Summa
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Graphic art glass sculpture or paperweight was created with intertwining blue glass spiral coil helixes and controlled bubbles core fused in clear glass layer in sommerso technique. The sculpture has triangular shape with slightly elevated base and soft, rounded edges; the minimal shape of the piece allows the bold flow of the pattern to take the center stage.
The vase is signed and dated by the artist in etching on the bottom; it is in good vintage condition with minimal, age-appropriate signs of use on the bottom. Rare, hard to find example of New Mexico studio glass would make a great gift to any studio glass or art collector.
Henry Summa (1949-2008) has been working in glass since 1972. His early training in the glass arts was based on an apprenticeship at renowned Glory Hole Glassworks in New Mexico. Canyon Road Studio, known then as Glory Hole Glassworks, was owned by Peter Vanderlaan...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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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