Russian sterling silver / gilded/ enamel Tea Caddy Spoon, tableware .
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful sterling silver , gilded , enamel Tea Caddy spoon.
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Post-Modern Sterling Silver
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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ALESSI Italian .925 Silver Tea/Coffee Service / Michael Graves (USA)
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
Michael Graves (USA) ALESSI SpA (Crusinallo, Omega, Italia) Italian 925 Pure Silver Limited Edition Coffee & Tea Piazza w/ Tray Edition # 64 / 99 (Design: 1984 / Production: 2003) D...
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Materials
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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 Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Antique Sterling Silver Makeup Box This is an antique silver makeup box, with a compact, rectangular design. Its surface is decorated with a motif of fine, engraved vertical lines, g...
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A Silver Model of the Holy Temple, Shuki Freiman, Jerusalem, Circa 2010
Located in New York, NY
An extraordinary and intricately crafted silver and gold-accented model of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, created by renowned Israeli Judaica artist Shuki Freiman, circa 2010. This mo...
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful game box, hand made by Ottaviani in Italy Rocanati, this box has R mark and also shows 925 sterling mark on side of the R. All chips and card seem to be in the box and some...
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Asprey & Co. hollow Silver pair of candelabras, London, 1961
Located in Braintree, GB
Vintage pair of hollow silver candelabras Made in England, 1961 Made by Asprey & Co. Fully Hallmarked Dimensions - Approx Size : 30 x 12.8 x 25.6 cm Total Weight 1768 g in to...
Category
1960s British Vintage Post-Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
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Mardi Jo Cohen 1990 Memphis 20 Flatware Service in Sterling with Gemstones
$4,046Sale Price / set|25% Off
Mardi Jo Cohen 1990 Memphis 20 Flatware Service in Sterling with Gemstones
Located in Miami, FL
Flatware set designed by Mardi Jo Cohen (1959-). Fabulous sculptural table pieces, crafted by the renowned American metalsmith artist Mardi Jo Cohen back in the 1990. These pieces has been individually made with Memphis design patterns in solid sterling silver, with high polished finish. This set is composed by 20 pieces divided in 5 sets. Gemstones: Mounted in bezel settings, with round brilliant cuts gemstones such; five peridots and five pink topaz, with an approximate weight of 12 carats. Materials: Silver, Lucite, gemstones, Formica and enamel paint. Weight: Combined of 911.60 Grams, (584.36 Dwt). Measurements: Average of 30 mm by 174 mm (1.18 x 6.85 Inches). Hallmarks: Each piece is stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "MARDI JO COHEN 90 STERLING SILVER". Mardi Jo Cohen born in 1959. Her works can be found in the Yale University Collection, the National Museum of American Jewish History and the Museum of Art and Design in New York, as well as other prominent museums and galleries coast to coast. Often seen in the form of serving utensils and jewelry is rarely seen let alone available to acquire. The Memphis style Was emerged in 1981, when the Italian designer and architect Ettore Sottsass founded a group of artists and designers called Memphis. Bob Dylan’s song 'Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again' was playing on repeat during the group’s first meeting, which led to the group being named 'Memphis'. After the inaugural meeting, the group decided that they would meet again in February 1981. The members brought over 100 drawings with them, picturing a variety of bold, colorful designs with multiple stylistic influences. The Memphis Group went on to create furniture, fabrics, patterns, ceramics and other products in a distinctly Postmodern style that blended stylistic traits of 1950s kitsch...
Category
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Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver, Sterling Silver
Postmodern Silver Hammered Pendant, Necklace by Marjorie Baer California Design
$300Sale Price|20% Off
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By Marjorie Baer
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Great design on this nice pendant with original necklace in silver hammered patinated finish circa 1980s, stamped in the back BAER SF, from San Francisco great California design. The...
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Kieselstein Cord Sterling Silver Turtle Necklace
Located in Ferndale, MI
Sterling silver Kieselstein Cord necklace with turtle decoration. Stamped Kieselstein Cord 1998 and 925 silver. 17.75 " overall length.
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Four Rare & Important Sterling Silver Champagne Flutes Designed by Robert May
By Robert May
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A truly rare & unique set of four stunningly handsome Post Modern sterling silver champagne flutes, specifically designed & made on com...
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Vintage Sterling Silver Pair of Candlesticks in the Shape of a Two Ladies
Located in Braintree, GB
Vintage sterling silver pair of candlesticks in the shape of a two ladies. Made in England, London, 1962 Maker: Nayler Brothers Fully hallmarked. Dimensions: 1st candlestick...
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Post-modern sterling silver for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern sterling silver for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage sterling silver created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, silver and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern sterling silver made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original sterling silver, popular names associated with this style include Carl Poul Petersen, Marjorie Baer, Barry Kieselstein-Cord, and Cartier. 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 sterling silver differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $375 and tops out at $12,000 while the average work can sell for $1,200.
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