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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

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 Mendinia 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 Artist Made Ceramic Bowl, Signed Terry 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Artist made coil and pinch ceramic bowl, signed Terry, circa 1980s pink with blue splatter glaze.
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Rimini Blue Ceramic Pitcher Vase by A. Londi and F. Montelupo for Bitossi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
This is a Rimini blue vase from the 1970s. Made in Italy. It was designed by Aldo Londi and produced by Flavia Montelupo, also known as Bitossi. Bitos...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

1980s Postmodern Memphis Style Wall Clock by Milano Series
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Nailing the iconic energy of the 1980s, this vibrant Memphis style wall clock by Milano Series features bold geometric shapes and bright primary colors and all the playful and irrev...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass, Plastic

1980 Italy Bronze Sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo Title Ulisse
Located in Brescia, IT
This engagind and intense artwork was created in 1980 by the Italian artist Edmondo Cirillo. It was forged in bronze and gold plated and then burnished. The title of this piece is "...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Modern Mirrored Planter Cachepot Jardinière, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A substantial square mirrored planter cachepot jardinière, '70s Modern/Postmodern period, circa 1970s. Entire piece is mirror with a graduated design. A great piece for a plant or fl...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Mirror, Wood

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...
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2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Mirror

Rare Pair Danish Post Modern Memphis Adjustable Candle Holders
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Very rare pair of Tall, Minimalist, Post Modern Adjustable Height, Candle Holders. Made in the Netherlands Beautiful lines and clever design. The disk that the candles rest upo...
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1980s Dutch Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal, Chrome

'Nob Hill' Ceramic Mug Sculpture by Peter Shire, 2015
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Glazed whiteware ceramic mug sculpture by Peter Shire, 2015. Approximate measures: 11 3/4" high x 16 1/2" wide x 29" long (to handle) Peter Shire: Peter Shire is an LA-based art...
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2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

1980's Postmodern Advertising Wall Clock by RADO of Switzerland
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Rado wall clock advertizing for store owners double tone silver and black beautiful condition the face is made of polished acrylic and aluminium back , battery operated clock ci...
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20th Century Swiss Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Aluminum

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Kinetic Sculpture Franco Zazzeri Sfera Stratificata
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging abstract bronze sculpture was created by the Italian artist Franco Zazzeri. The title is "Sfera Stratificata" translated in " Stratified S...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Small Post-Modern Fossilized Stone Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Small post-modern fossilized stone vase, circa 1980s. The vase is primarily a cream color with black and grey veining throughout. The vase is in very good vintage condition with no c...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Stone

Post Modern Victor Carranza Minimalist Mikasa Art Pottery Cylinder Ceramic Vase
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful post-modern minimalist style cylindrical vase designed by Mexican designer, Victor Carranza, and manufactured in Japan by Mikasa. This vase h...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Misty Cloud Contemporary Sculpture by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Misty Cloud Contemporary Sculpture by Homa Dimensions: W 150 x D 90 x H 0.4 cm Materials: Smoke and Silver Oxidized Mirror. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in Istanbul....
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2010s Turkish Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Mirror

2006 Italy Bronze Sculpture by Ugo Riva Dove Vai
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an intense bronze sculpture created by the Italian artist Ugo Riva, in 2006. Lost wax bronze on iron basement. The title of this artwork is "D...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Paper Brass Bowl II by Gentner Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Paper brass bowl II by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 17.7 x W 22.8 x H 14 cm Materials: tarnished brass Available in tarnished brass and darkened brass. The Paper Series embodie...
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2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Postmodern Ceramic Bowl, ca. 1980s
Located in New York, NY
A Modern style or Postmodern period stone white round ceramic bowl, circa 1980s, USA. Maker's mark on bottom as shown in image #15. Dimensions: 7" diameter. Black acrylic waterfall table...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Postmodern Black Art Glass Vase by Hans Jürgen Richartz, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Black Art Glass Vase by Hans Jürgen Richartz for Richartz Art Collection, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additi...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass

Fulvio Bianconi 'Ritalgi' Vase for Venini, Italy 1998
Located in Hellouw, NL
A playful and expressive example of late 20th-century Murano glassmaking, this 'Ritagli' vase by Fulvio Bianconi was produced by Venini in 1998. Known for his experimental approach t...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass

Chorus Candelabra in Die-Cast Zinc by Karim Rashid for Umbra
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking "Chorus" candelabra in die-cast zinc with a matte chrome plating by Karim Rashid for Umbra, circa 2000s. Described by their designer, K...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Chrome, Zinc

Ken and Ingrid Hansen Art Glass Vase
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Ken And Ingrid Hansen Art Glass Vase ,.
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1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Murano Glass

Desk Component
Located in Treadwell, NY
DESK COMPONENT (MONOLITH) APD00070 Hot rolled steel plate, bronze and mirror-polished brass 9.75” L 4.5” W 5.25” H 16.5lbs 1 of 1
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21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Steel

Set of 2 1980s Ashtrays & Picture Frame in Cut Glass
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This set is composed by 2 glass ashtrays and 1 glass picture frame. Very good condition. Picture frame: cm 13 H x 10 W x 2,6 D Ashtray: cm 3 H x 9 W x 9 D.
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Cut Glass

Natalie Du Pasquier Vase Bitossi Ceramic
Located in San Diego, CA
Capturing the unique post-modernist style of Nathalie du Pasquier, this sculpture is defined by bold geometric elements in different colors stacked in an abstract shape. Turned on a ...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Natalie Du Pasquier Vase Bitossi Ceramic Date & Numbered 2004 ED.133/299
Located in San Diego, CA
Vase by Bitossi Ceramiche with elements in white clay casting. Original and elegant, it was conceived by the famous French designer and painter Natalie Du Pasquier. It is finished in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Borek Sipek sculpture glass bowl centerpiece signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Borek Sipek master Czech glass blower , artist of high end glass work . This one is known as Trinite”. Signed
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1990s Czech Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass

Ramé Blue Wall Sculpture by NITUSH AROOSH
Located in Geneve, CH
Ramé Blue Wall Sculpture by NITUSH AROOSH Dimensions: Ø 100 cm. Materials: Stainless steel. Available in different finishes. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. I...
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2010s Indian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Stainless Steel

An important deconstructed cubist ceramic male torso, signed by artist, 20th c.
Located in View Park, CA
A monumental deconstructed ceramic male torso, signed by artist, 20th century. In tones of burnt pêche, apricot, and sienna, this stunning sculpture epitomizes cubism in three dimens...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

"Toute Petite Étrangeté" Cocoon Vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s
Located in Lille, FR
"Toute petite étrangeté" cocoon vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s. Signed.
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1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Crystal

1980s Memphis Style Red Triangle Base Desk Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A perfectly designed 1980s Memphis Milano-inspired desk clock with a black triangular base, red plastic case, and black and white squiggle face. Looks like it could've been designed...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Plastic

Murano Sommerso Glass Vase by Alessandro Mandruzzato, Italy, 1970s
Located in Valencia, VC
A stunning Murano glass vase by Mandruzzato. Hand-produced in Venice circa the 1970s. Measurements: Height: 22.50cm (8.85 in.) Width: 13cm (5.10 in.) Depth:: 6cm (2.35 in) This va...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Murano Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso

Five Piece Art Deco Desk Set by Silver Crest Bronze Co.
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice five piece Art Deco desk set in sterling silver coated bronze by Silver Crest Bronze Co., circa 1930s. The set is in good vintage condi...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver, Bronze

Burl Wood Box Organic Modern Postmodern
Located in New York, NY
A studio elder burl wood box, hand-crafted and signed by artist, Organic Modern style Post-Modern period, circa late-20th century. A beautiful hand-made blond elder burl wood box wit...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Burl

Vintage Murano Sommerso Orb Blue Art Glass Ashtray
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Gorgeous vintage Murano Venetian handblown art glass bowl or ashtray. Italian Murano Sommerso Cenedese orb blue art glass ashtray. Heavyweight glass ashtray in a gorgeous minimal design. A very beautiful and substantial two-tone blue Italian Murano art glass cigarette ashtray...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Blown Glass

Contemporary Frosted Glass Sculpture "Green Toucan" by Lalique Glass
Located in London, GB
A striking mid 20th Century frosted green and polished glass study of a toucan with excellent smooth tactile surface detail and rich vibrant colour, signed Lalique France ADDITIONA...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass

1970s Iron Modernist Sculpture
Located in Sarasota, FL
A modernist sculpture in iron. Depicts a round face with simple raised and pierced features, decorated in a vibrant color palette. Artist is unknown.
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Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Iron

Post Modern Memphis era Japanese Ikebana Style Vase
By Toyo
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking porcelain finish geometric vase made in Japan circa 80s. excellent condition no chips or cracks.
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20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Body Grid Sculpture by Tanya Ragir, Signed & Dated 1990, Edition 1/9
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing the exquisite Body Grid Sculpture by acclaimed artist Tanya Ragir, a captivating piece that effortlessly combines intricate design with cont...
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1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Resin

Gaetano Pesce Goto vase Domus Caffe Florian 1995
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This charming vase designed by Gaetano Pesce and made by Caffe Florian in 1995 was created to mark the G. Pesce show at the Caffe Florian during the Venice Biennale in 1995. The vase is shaped like the head of the Lion of San Marco, and it has the Italian text "Toast to Venice" molded onto it. On the bottom, you'll find the words "Florian Temporanea." Each Goto vase...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Rubber

Femme Hermes Bronze Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
A contemporary post modern patinated bronze "Femme Hermes" sculpture, unsigned.
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20th Century North American Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Postmodern Italian Multicolored Solid Marble Vase by Marmi Fine Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Go0rgeous solid multicolored marble vase , circa 1980's Made in Italy nice beveled edges retains gold label , by Marmi Fine , great condition no chips or cracks.
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble

Vintage Black Canetti Camera Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A fantastic post modern clock by Canetti in the shape of a camera. Clock’s face is set into the camera's lens and body is solid wood with a moving film advance lever. In good vintage...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Moon Jar in Obsidian by Solem Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Moon Jar in Obsidian by Solem Ceramics Dimensions: Ø 42 x H 42 cm. Materials: Black Stoneware, Gold essence. This vase Jar is also available in Raw finish. Solem’s work pulls f...
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2010s Canadian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

2006 Bronze Sculpture by Ugo Riva Innocente Provocazione
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an intense bronze sculpture created by the Italian artist Ugo Riva, in 2006. Lost wax bronze on iron basement. The title of this artwork is "I...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

American Designer, Large Floor Vase, Ceramic, USA, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A large brown and beige hand-painted floor vase, designed and produced in the US, c. 1970s.
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1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

1980's Postmodern Salem Cigarettes Advertising Wall Plastic Decorative Clock
Located in San Diego, CA
A very collectible classic wall plastic clock with Neon Graphics, by Salem cigarretes nice original condition clock has Japanese battery movement , no cracks on the case just some l...
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20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Plastic

Murano Sommerso Orb Blue Art Glass Vintage Ashtray Italy
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Gorgeous vintage Murano Venetian handblown art glass bowl or ashtray. Italian Murano Sommerso orb blue and clear art glass ashtray Extremely hard to fi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Blown Glass

A bronze figurative sculpture after Henry Moore, signed, 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A bronze figurative sculpture depicting an abstract female body, upon a pink marble plinth, signed by artist, probably mid to late 20th century. Thi...
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20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Untitled 19 Stoneware Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
Located in Geneve, CH
Untitled 19 Stoneware Sculpture by Laura Pasquino One of a kind Dimensions: D 50 x H 49 cm Material: White and beige stoneware, glaze. Laura Pasquino Incorporating references from ...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Futurist Cryogenic Freezing Chamber Tube Sculpture Hero Prop, 1997 Austin Powers
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Large 12-foot tall Futurist cryogenic freezing chamber tube sculpture for the 1997 smash comedy "Austin Powers" starring Mike Myers. This large sculpture is made of a wood frame and ...
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1990s Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Resin, Plaster, Wood

Ribbon to the sky contemporary aluminum sculpture on steel base
Located in Ferndale, MI
Base measures 9" square . Fun whimsical hand crafted bright aluminum ribbon mounted on square steel base . Signature somewhat illegible Jon Allen .
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Modern Minimalist Spiral White Ceramic Vase
Located in Pasadena, CA
This postmodern sculptural ceramic vase features a fluid, organic spiral silhouette in matte cream. Evoking the playful geometry of Memphis-era design while retaining a minimalist el...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Bust Sculpture of a Woman in the Style of Brancusi by Austin Productions, 1981
Located in Miami, FL
Bust of woman with open hands lifted rendered in lavender and violet painted plaster composite with a silver sparkle glaze on a black mica base, signed Austin Prod, 1981.
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Composition

Studio Art Pottery Vase, Green, Brown, Tan, Hand-crafted, Postmodern
Located in New York, NY
Postmodern studio art pottery vessel/ vase. The glazed areas of green contrast beautifully with the unglazed tan clay. This is a striking piece that looks wonderful as part of a grou...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Clay

Large Crumpled Vase in Green 3D Printed Plant Based Plastic - Smooth Edition
Located in São Paulo, BR
3D-printed in bioplastic and hand-shaped, the Crumpled Vase combines digital precision with expressive craftsmanship. Its sculptural form and delicate texture make each piece a one-o...
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Plastic

1980s Black Postmodern Wall Clock by Citizen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A truly stunning and rare Memphis Milano inspired wall clock made in Japan by Citizen. Black case, black face with a dot at 12 o'clock and "CITIZEN" at 6 o'clock, and amazing multi-...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Richard Meier for Swid Powell Stainless Steel Bowl/Centerpiece
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful post modern design by the well known architect Richard Meier. Measure: 10 inches.
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Stainless Steel

Medium Blue Bandaska Matte Vase by Dechem Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Blue Bandaska Matte vase by Dechem Studio. Dimensions: D 15 x H 25 cm. Materials: glass. Available in 4 sizes: D 15 x H 25/ D 18 x H 24/ D 9 x W 31/ D 22 x H 33 cm. Availa...
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2010s Czech Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass

Italian Postmodern Wall Perpetual Calendar by Della Beffa for Ring a Date, 2000s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian post modern wall perpetual green calendar by Giorgio Della Beffa for Ring A Date, 2000-2010s Wall perpetual calendar in green plastic. The calend...
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Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Plastic

Howard Miller George Nelson 1984 Checkerboard Table Clock, "Tempo 21" Tower 3
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare postmodern brown and cream checkerboard table clock by Howard Miller Clock Company. From the 1984 "Tempo 21" collection. Slight signs of wear ...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Postmodern Tessellated Stone Inlay Mod Cachepot / Planter Attrib. Maitland-Smith
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Postmodern Tessellated Stone Inlay Mod Cachepot/PPlanter, Attributed to Maitland-Smith, Circa 1980s  This striking postmodern tessellated stone inlay cachepot/planter, attributed to...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Stone

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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