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
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
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Mirror, Wood
'Nob Hill' Ceramic Mug Sculpture by Peter Shire, 2015
By Peter Shire
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...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Ikea Candle Holder
By IKEA
Located in Bern, CH
Set of 3 'Konfetti' Post-Modern candlesticks by Anna Efverlund for IKEA dating from the 1990's. In three varying sizes and colours.
Design: Anna Efverlund
Produded: IKEA
Height: 30cm...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$230 / item
Vintage Black Canetti Camera Clock
By Canetti
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Postmodern Ceramic Bowl, ca. 1980s
By Haeger
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...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel
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.
Category
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
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....
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Mirror
$6,716 / item
Contemporary Art The Perfect Big Half-Moon Silk Velvet Sofa by Carla Tolomeo
Located in Pistoia, IT
Sculpture. Unique piece hand made by the artist.
The silk velvet fabric and the embroideries are made expressly for the artist, Carla Tolomeo.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silk
Borek Sipek sculpture glass bowl centerpiece signed
By B. Sipek
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Borek Sipek master Czech glass blower , artist of high end glass work . This one is known as Trinite”. Signed
Category
1990s Czech Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Ken and Ingrid Hansen Art Glass Vase
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Ken And Ingrid Hansen Art Glass Vase ,.
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Meritalia Half Ball, Small / Green, Light Blue and Pink by Gaetano Pesce
Located in Toronto, ON
Each vase by Edizioni del Pesce embodies a singular and unrepeatable identity, telling a different story through innovative shapes, intricate details and a varied chromatic range. Th...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
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.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
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 ...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$2,278 / item
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...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
$3,687 / item
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
$2,500
Femme Hermes Bronze Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
A contemporary post modern patinated bronze "Femme Hermes" sculpture, unsigned.
Category
20th Century North American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Ritus Cuatro Candelabra by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Ritus Cuatro Candelabra by Andres Monnier
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: W 72 x D 20 x H 40
Materials: White Onyx
Treko Concrete is a Mexican studio based in Ensenada, that aims to creat...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx
$3,950 / item
Bud Vase Sculptural Blown Glass with Silver Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Bud Vase Sculptural Blown Glass with Silver Mirror by Homa
Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 26 cm
Materials: Blown Glass. Silver Mirror.
HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in Is...
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Body Grid Sculpture by Tanya Ragir, Signed & Dated 1990, Edition 1/9
By Tanya Ragir
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...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Sculpture FUNGHI 20 by Zanellazine Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpture FUNGHI 20 by Zanellazine Ceramics
Dimensions: W 19 x D 14 x H 23 cm
Materials: Red clay, Brown semi-refractorie clay.
About:
Giovanna Zighetti, ceramist and set designer, ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$1,137 / item
Postmodern Green Ceramic Braided Woven Abstract Centerpiece Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Stunning woven braided ceramic centerpiece bowl glazed in a chic glossy green. Great size for a coffee table or entryway. Very unusual abstract shape, pleasing from every angle. Not ...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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 ...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin, Plaster, Wood
$4,200 Sale Price
40% Off
Lars Bergsten Postmodern Candelabra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Candelabra by Lars Bergsten, Gusum Metallslöjden, Sweden. A Modernist solid brass candelabra - clean lines, architectural - works well in any environment, from contemporary to more t...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
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.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Composition
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Burl
$495 Sale Price
26% Off
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 ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
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-...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$350 / item
1980s Cresta Modell 100 Telephone Designed for Vroom and Dreesmann
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Reach out and touch the 1980s with this Dutch Cresta Modell 100 Pop-Art Handtelefoon. This Dali-esque, surreal design brings new meaning to the term "handset" telefoon. A true gem fo...
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wire
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...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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.
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Post-Modern Glazed Ceramic Penis/Phallic Sculpture, United Kingdom
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 20th century Post-Modern painted and glazed ceramic penis/phallic sculpture, United Kingdom
By: unknown
Material: ceramic, paint, enamel, clay
...
Category
Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
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...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Greek God Wind Bell in Bronze by Paolo Soleri
By Paolo Soleri
Located in Toronto, CA
Striking rustic industrial post-modernist wind bell sculpture made of bronze, by Italian artist, architect and philosopher, Paulo Soleri.
Signed, embossed design, hallmarked. circa ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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 .
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum, 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
Murano Style Art Glass Lily Flower Shaped Candle Holder Paperweight Catchall
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Murano Style Art Glass Pink Blue Green Flower Petal Shaped Candle Holder, Catchall, Ashtray.
Italian Murano Art Glass lily flower multicolor paperweight or candle holder, vot...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Tapio Wirkaala "Porcelaine Noire" Centerpiece for Rosenthal Studio Linie, 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Centerpiece, fruit bowl, plate in black porcelain, vintage modernism,
designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Studio Linie “Porcelaine Noire” serie...
Category
1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$450 Sale Price
20% Off
Op Art Acrylic Cube Sculpture by Vasa Mihich
Located in San Diego, CA
Op Art acrylic cube sculpture by Vasa Mihich, circa 1986. The optical look is changed by rotating the piece and letting the light refract at dif...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite, Acrylic
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Post Modern Memphis Milano Studio Pottery Candlesticks, Signed Mueller '97 Pai
Located in Miami, FL
Post Modern Memphis Milano studio pottery Candlesticks
Offered for sale is a pair of post-modern studio pottery candlesticks created in the Memphis Memphis Milano style. Each candl...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Transparent Murano Glass Vase by Carlo Moretti, Signed and Labeled, Italy 1990s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
Made in hand-blown and hand-polished Murano glass.
It is signed and labeled by Carlo Moretti.
This vase might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
$832 Sale Price
34% Off
Marco de Gueltz Sandblasted Glass Candlesticks or Candle Holders, France 1980s
By Marco de Gueltz, Marco de Gueltzl
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of unique postmodern sculptural candlesticks or candle holders rendered in hand cut and sandblasted glass by Marco de Gueltz, Gueltzl. France 1980s
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Cut Glass
Postmodern Geometric Ceramic Vase Signed Baldelli
By Baldelli
Located in Miami, FL
Designed and manufactured by the Baldelli Family of Italy, this saucer like vase has a Postmodern design over a blue gray finish, circa 1980s.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Postmodern Chrome Table Lighter by Sarome Japan
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Postmodern chrome table lighter.
Excellent vintage condition, works great.
Great decorative collectible rare vintage table lighter.
Lighter made by Sarome, Asia Japan.
Measure: 5.75 in H, 2.5 in D.
About Sarome:
SAROME
Japanese cigarette lighter manufacturer founded in 1940.
The brand is named after SAROME, god of flames, object of fascination for humans. SAROME artisans craft delicate, glossy lighters in Tokyo to fascinate and enchant. Though known early on in Europe mainly for our superb crafting of cigarette lighters the luxury brand spread Worldwide.
Sarome lighters...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Chrome
Italy Cast Bronze Figurine Man Sculpture by Aron Demetz Title Ricordo
By Aron Demetz
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense bronze sculpture was made by the well known Italian artist, Aron Demetz, in 2004, Italy.
This is a lost wax bronze hand painted. The title is "Ricordo" translated in "Me...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
1980s Pink Heart Wall Clock by Lorenz
By Lorenz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A fun round postmodern Lorenz wall clock with multi-color accents from Japan. A pink case, white face, red and blue heart hands, red heart second hand, and red and blue hearts for n...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
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
1980's Memphis Era Large Footed Compote Ceramic bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful large glossy pink ceramic Memphis era ball footed compote, with turquoise ceramic bowls circa 1980's great condition.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Italy Post-Modern Design Murano Glass Light Blue Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
This Post-Modern Murano glass vase has a very elegant and delicate light blue tone.
Becouse it’s not industrial production, the vase shows some little irregularities in the form.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$852 Sale Price
28% Off
Italian Photo Frame Black and White Plexi , Sharing Black
Located in Sarezzo, IT
The photo frame Sharing black is a square modern design frame of Art with Heart collection recto verso by Laura G Italy. It is realized in artistic plexiglass black and white, with g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plexiglass
Gusums Metallslöjden, Sizeable Candelabra, Brass, Sweden, 1977
Located in High Point, NC
A sizeable brass candelabra designed and produced by Gusums Metallslöjden, Sweden, 1977.
Holds 0.70” diameter candles
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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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