Post-Modern Floor Lamps
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
Black Emotional Lab Sculptural Light by Hania Jneid
By Hania Jneid
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Interior designer Hania Jneid looked to chemistry sets when designing her elaborate floor lamp, named the Emotional Lab light.
The Emotional Lab floor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Italiana Luce Floor Lamp Circa 1990s
Located in Oakland, CA
1990s floor lamp by Italiana Luce of Italy. Cast iron base painted steel stem with a heavy frosted glass shade. This is an exceptionally we...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
White Emotional Lab Sculptural Light by Hania Jneid
By Hania Jneid
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Interior designer Hania Jneid looked to chemistry sets when designing her elaborate floor lamp, named the Emotional Lab light.
The Emotional Lab floor lamp consists of a slender met...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova 'Cometa' Floor Lamp in Perspex and Aluminum
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, floor lamp, model 'Cometa' no. L026, acrylic, lacquered metal, chrome, Italy, design 1970
Funky and easy to love floor lamp designed by Ettore Sottsa...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Tizio 35 Terra Floor Lamp Designed by Richard Sapper for Artemide
Located in Athens, Attiki
Tizio 35 terra floor lamp designed by richard sapper for artemide, 1971. The tizio lamp was revolutionary! Black, angled, minimalist, and mysterious, the lamp...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Large Crane Floor Lamp by Curtis Jere, USA 1971
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Miami, FL
Large crane floor lamp by Curtis Jere, USA, 1971
Largest, multi directional (rotates, pivots, tilts) floor lamp by Curtis Jere.
Polished chrome, two sp...
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20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Roberto Fallani pair of Floor Lamp model "Tramp" 1993
Located in Padova, IT
Roberto Fallani pair of "Tramp" Floor Lamp for Formitalia, Italy, 1993.
Wrought iron, plexiglass, brass fabric.
Literature: F. D'Amico, M. Domenicucci (eds.), Roberto Fallani. Artf...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Iron
Bengra FL4XL Lamp by Jeroen De Ruddere
Located in Geneve, CH
Bengra FL4XL lamp by Jeroen De Ruddere
Dimensions: D 40 x H 157 cm
Cord Lenght: 200 cm
Dimmable: Yes
Materials: Oak Brutal nature and textile.
All pieces are CE certified.
Each lam...
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2010s Belgian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Textile, Oak
Light Blue Molly Floor Lamp by SLIDE Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Light Blue Molly Floor Lamp by SLIDE Studio
Dimensions: Ø 52 x H 41 cm.
Materials: Polyethylene.
Available in different colors. This product is suitable for indoor and outdoor use. ...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Other
Floor lamp, model "Flambeau" by Paolo Crepax, Murano glass, ca 1980, Post-Modern
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare statement piece - model "Flambeau" by Paolo Crepax, Italy circa 1980,
Murano handmade glass, base in metal and wood with silver colored patina on base.
In good condition, s...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Large the Giraffe Lamp by Kilzi
Located in Geneve, CH
Large The Giraffe lamp by Kilzi
Dimensions: D 65 x W 65 x H 210 cm.
Materials: polished stainless steel.
All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for the USA for instance.
These polished stainless steel tubular lamps are going to be most likely the tallest object in their room. They also display a vigilant attitude combined with the elegance giraffes and other savanna animals display. This lamp is intended to be presented in two positions, “standing” and “grassing”. Materials may vary. Please contact us.
Jorge Suárez-Kilzi was born in Venezuela to immigrant parents of Spanish and
Syrian descent. His collection of works is signed under his mother’s last name, Kilzi, which is also often used to describe a person who works with plaster and chalk-unconsciously leading Jorge down a path he was destined for. The name has a link to a hard childhood in movement, to an immigrant background, to Latin American and its vernacular arts, to a sense of movement and evolution.
As a grown man, the sensibilities of his childhood took him all the way to Japan, where worked as an architect in the offices of Sejima+Nishizawa Associated Architects/ SANAA and Junya Ishigami. Swiss architecture, which seemed in contrast, firm and steady, called upon him on a different basis, a return to order but also a reconnection to nature. A recent trip to Mexico and the mesoamericas, felt to Jorge as forgiveness to his early history and aesthetics. Driven by years of immersion in exotic culture and architectural experience, in 2018, he made the decision to become a freelance architect and artist, going from fields of architectural visualisations to ceramics and furniture, giving special attention to drawings and decorative motives. Every piece is expressed in simple forms and delicate emotions, where fluid silhouettes accompany each other like a soul in companionship. Jorge’s recent creation is titled “Mush” Lamps...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mariano Fortuny Photographer Floor Lamp for Pallucco Italia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mariano Fortuny Photographer floor lamp, c.1980s, Italy. The floor lamp is constructed of a black steel tripod frame with a two toned black and white cotton lamp shade. The shade swi...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Large Elephant Leg Parota Wood Floor Lamp with Fabric Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Elephant Leg Parota Wood Floor Lamp with Fabric Shade by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: Ø 55 x H 150 cm.
Materials: Turned parota wood base and fabric-lined lampshade with fiberglass and polystyrene.
Named Pata de Elefante...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Linen, Wood, Polystyrene, Fiberglass
Kolumno White Alabaster Floor Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolumno White Alabaster Floor Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Dimensions: D 60 x W 60 x H 176 cm.
Materials: Brass, cotton and white alabaster.
Also available in different marble and alabas...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Alma Nueva Floor Lamp by Ayres
Located in Geneve, CH
Alma Nueva Floor Lamp by Ayres
Dimensions: D 25 x H 149 cm
Materials: Sand Travertine
At AYRES we design utilitarian objects and furniture with a primary aesthetic. Our basic shape...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Travertine
Kiotika 'Lamp' by Jacques Owczarek, Giraffe Bronze Sculpture and Lamp
By Jacques Owczarek
Located in PARIS, FR
Kiotika is a limited edition bronze sculpture and floor lamp by French contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek.
The indicated dimensions refer to the...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Ficapula Floor Lamp with Glass And Marble Base by Cassina
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ficapula Floor Lamp with Glass And Marble Base by Cassina
DESIGN LAMP: NATURAL LINES
With its organic shapes borrowed from the plant world, the eclectic style of the eye-catching F...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Glass
Floor Lamp ROSTKI, Black, Organic Bionic Design, Recycled Paper, Handmade
Located in Milano, IT
Floor Lamp ROSTKI, Black, Limited Edition by Pavel Vishnevsky, Organic Bionic Design, Recycled Paper, Recycled Materials
The ROSTKI Floor Lamp is a limited edition sculptural lighti...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Lamperti "Laser uplighter" floor lamp, Max BAGUARA - 1980s
By Max Baguara, Lamperti
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Postmodern Max Baguara ‘laser uplighter’ floorlamp for Lamperti Italy. black lacquered metal around a large thick glass plate (Murano) good condition. Halogen with dimme...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Glass
Space Age Eyeball Floor Lamp by Robert Sonneman in Brushed Steel
Located in San Diego, CA
Space age brushed steel finish , multidirectional head floor lamp great for reading goes perfect with mid century , postmodern space age decor. a couple of dings on the lamp as shown...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Italian Floor Lamp in Porcelain Stamped and Manufactured, Giulia Mangani, 1980s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Italian floor lamp in porcelain designed and manufactured by Giulia Mangani in Italy. A very rare floor lamp. Made of brass and porcelain with blue glass details. From the 1980s. In ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mezquite Sculptural Pine Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Mezquite Sculptural Pine Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 181 cm.
Materials: Linen and pine wood.
Like a chess bishop, Mezquite makes its pres...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Linen, Pine
Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz Post-Modern Torchiere Floor Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
Spanish Post-Modern torchiere floor lamp designed by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz. Model P-1122 with two stems holding up a dish containin...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Italian Postmodern Pair of Murano Glass Cone Table Lamps, 1980s
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Stunning, beauty and unique Pair of Murano glass cone shape Table Lamps. These fixtures designed and manufactured during the 1980s in Italy.
Mazzega l...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Zumtobel Id-S Standard Floor Lamps by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of ID-S standard floor lamps, designed by Etorre Sottsass for the Austrian manufacturer Zumtobel in 1987. These quite weighty objects can be moved by means of the visible roll...
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1990s Austrian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Tulipán Handcrafted Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Tulipán Handcrafted Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 160 cm.
Materials: Rosa Morada, fiberglass and linen.
Made in Rosa Morada, the two invert...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
Pr. Post Modern Halogen Torchieres by Koch & Lowy c 1980's
By Koch & Lowy
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of post modern torchieres executed in sophisticated black mat enamel finish, each having a semi circular uplight bowl, that accept...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Floor lamp model Oracolo Gae Aulenti for Artemide 1970s
By Gae Aulenti, Artemide
Located in Milano, MI
ampada piantana Oracolo Grande designed in 1969 by Gae Aulenti for Artemide. Brown painted metal tubular frame with perforated steel mesh band and large spherical white glass diffuse...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
American Postmodern Designer Floor Lamp, Bent Iron, Wood
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A large and impressive floor lamp in bent iron with a solid wood base. Very organic and postmodern in aesthetic, but would blend into so many different interiors.listed dimensions in...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Iron
Postmodern "Halo" Floor Lamp by Olle Anderson, Sweden, 1980s
Located in Stockholm, SE
An iconic postmodern "Halo" floor lamp designed by Olle Anderson in the 1980s. This distinctive piece showcases the designer’s playful use of geometric shapes and vibrant colors, ref...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Floor Lamp ROSTKI, Black, Organic Bionic Design, Recycled Paper, Handmade
Located in Milano, IT
Floor Lamp ROSTKI, Black, Limited Edition by Pavel Vishnevsky, Organic Bionic Design, Recycled Paper, Recycled Materials
The ROSTKI Floor Lamp is a limited edition sculptural lighti...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
1980s Extra Tall Italian Floor Lamp Odue Astralis by Quaia, Italy
By Fabio Lenci
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Massive sensuous shaped red acrylic shade with opale diffuser on top and under.
Shade pivot a full 360 degree and measure 20 in. wide by 18 in. high.
Lighting is provided by a round fluorescent tube with a North American 120 voltage system and US 2 prong wall plug...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mid-Century Post Modern Black with Red Torchiere Neon Floor Lamp by Rudi Stern
By Rudi Stern
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A tall post modern neon floor lamp made by Rudi Stern circa 1970's. It features black enameled steel construction, red neon lamp, and top torchiere li...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
No.0122 Standing Lamp by Olivia Bossy
Located in Geneve, CH
No.0122 standing lamp by Olivia Bossy.
Numbered.
Dimensions: D45 x W35 x H180 cm
Materials: Charred Tallow and Cambia ash, stainless steel, linen.
A...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Early Arco lamp designed by Pier Giacomo & Achille Castiglioni for Flos, 1962
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
Arco Floor lamp designed by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos in 1962
manufactured by Flos, Italy in the 1960ies. With makers bedge on inner side of the lamp shade.
Famou...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Steel
"Super" Table Lamp by Martine Bedin for Memphis
Located in Beirut, LB
Designed in 1981 by the visionary Martine Bedin, the Super Table Lamp stands tall as one of the most iconic creations of the Memphis group. Constructed from fiberglass, this masterpi...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Tamarindo Sculpted Wood Glow Floor Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Tamarindo Sculpted Wood Glow Floor Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 170 cm.
Materials: Turned parota wood, fiberglass and linen.
Its symmetrical undulated base is timeles...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
French Chain Link Floor Lamp in the Style of Franz West, 1980's
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Striking floor lamp made from heavy welded iron chain links. In the style of Franz West from the Memphis Design Group. Imported from France. Lamp shade can be changed.
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Baleto White Alabaster Floor Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Baleto White Alabaster Floor Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Dimensions: D 50 x W 50 x H 166 cm.
Materials: Brass, cotton and white alabaster.
Also available in different marble and alabast...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Staff 'Zumtobel' ID-S Floor Lamp/ Uplighter by Ettore Sottsass, Memphis, 1980s
Located in CULEMBORG, GE
Designed by Ettore Sottsass in the early 1980s, this rare ID-S Floor Lamp was firstly produced by Staff Leuchten until the company got taken over by the Austrian company Zumtobel.
...
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1980s Austrian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Steps Floor Light by Atelier Areti
Located in Geneve, CH
Step Floor Light by Atelier Areti
Dimensions: D 13 x W 15 x H 150 cm.
Materials: Powder-coated metal, acrylic.
Available in white or black.
Available in small (150cm) or large (195c...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Birillo Side Table and Floor Lamp by Parisotto for Fontana Arte, 80s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern side table with lighting by the Italian manufacturer Fontana Arte, designed by Parisotto from the 80s. A rare piece and hard to find.
The design follows a post-modern des...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
TC Floor Lamp 1 by Studio ThusThat
Located in Geneve, CH
TC floor lamp 1 by Studio ThusThat
Unique piece.
Dimensions: 150cm x 58cm x 30cm
Materials: Hand-formed slag geopolymer, hammered copper, brass fitt...
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2010s English Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Copper
Lamp Guitar Electric Punk Bubble Gum Pink Condemned to Rock & Roll Chrome Maple
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Vintage, rock and roll/punk enthusiasts lamp/guitar that can easily be strummed or played. Upcycled from a vintage pink punk kick-ass guitar for the discerning rock chick. Oozing att...
Category
1970s English Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Wood
Ceramic Floor Lamp 'Dallas' by Adelie Ducasse, 2022
By Adélie Ducasse
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Modular ceramic floor lamp, designed by Adelie Ducasse. France, Ducasse, 2022.
Ceramic floor lamp, made of a selection of modular pieces, ceramic lampshade...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Afra & Tobia Scarpa Katia floor lamp for Flos - Italy, 1974 - Two availabe
Located in London, GB
Formidable husband and wife team Tobia and Afra Scarpa met while studying architecture at the University luav di Venezia in the 1950s. Their distinctive oeuvre, produced over half a...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Linen
Swisslamps Haloprofil 878HR floor lamp by Viktor Frauenknecht, 1979
Located in Ludwigslust, DE
This classic floor lamp from the Zurich manufacturer Swisslamps is in excellent condition. The lamp arm, which can be swiveled 360 degrees, rests on a heavy chrome-plated base that s...
Category
1980s Swiss Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Ficapula Floor Lamp with Glass And Marble Base by Cassina
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ficapula Floor Lamp with Glass And Marble Base by Cassina
DESIGN LAMP: NATURAL LINES
With its organic shapes borrowed from the plant world, the eclectic style of the eye-catching F...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Italian Halogen Floor Lamp by Relco, 1980's
By Relco Milano
Located in Lisboa, PT
This floor lamp was designed and produced by Relco, in Italy during the 80's. It has a postmodern design typical for 1980s.
With black lacquered metal structure and shade, with glass...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Baleto Duoblo Tobacco Alabaster Floor Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Baleto Duoblo White Alabaster Floor Lamp by Simone & Marcel
Dimensions: D 60 x W 60 x H 176 cm.
Materials: Brass, cotton and white alabaster.
Also available in different marble and ...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Postmodern Sculptural Lamps by Pacific Coast - a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of postmodern lamps by Pacific Coast dated 1991. Postmodern sculptural style vases in peach are cast with flowing folds draped to give the look of fabric. Both the table lamp ...
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1990s American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Matte Black Library Style Telescoping Floor Lamp
By Koch & Lowy
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Taiwan, 1990s
Library style adjustable swing arm floor lamp in black finish. Telescoping height, pictured at its lowest. Great for a reading chair. Made in Taiwan.
CONDITION NOTES: O...
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1990s Taiwanese Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Paul Evans for Directional 'Cityscape' Floor Lamp
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Paul Evans for Directional, 'Cityscape' floor lamp, model PE-4010 from the PE200 series, chrome-plated steel, brass, United States, circa 1975
This floor lamp from the 'Cityscape' ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel, Chrome
Cedric Hartman 10CO Adjustable Floor Lamp, 2000
Located in Chicago, IL
Cedric Hartman 10CO adjustable floor lamp, 2000. Original condition, beautiful patina. Floor lamp works great.
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
16.25 Elm Trunk Scuptural Floor Lamp by Bocci
Located in Geneve, CH
16.25 Elm Trunk sculptural floor lamp by Bocci
Dimensions: D 106 x W 242 x H 469 cm
Materials: Poured glass, electrical components, bead-blasted stainless steel armature component...
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2010s Canadian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Postmodern Belux Adjustable Head Floor Lamp with Double Glass Pane Diffuser
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern Belux black enameled steel frame floor lamp with adjustable head halogen lamp and two glass pane diffusers. Made in Spain.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Hero Lamp Stainless Steel Sculptural Lamp
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Hero Lamp is a sculptural floor lamp virtuously crafted in stainless steel which holds a lightly tinted acrylic globe that gives off a warm candle-like light.
This unique light pie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs Eyeball Floor Lamp in Orange Finish c 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Cool post modern eyeball floor lamp designed by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs. The lamp features a ball shade which pivots, and tilts to direct the light, it accepts a standard s...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Geometric Sculptural Aluminum Floor Lamp, USA, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern geometric sculptural floor lamp rendered in spun aluminum base comprised of two intersecting cones with a suspended fabric shade, USA, 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Sonneman Chrome Brass Eyeball Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A chrome and brass eyeball floor reading lamp by designer Robert Sonneman for marker George Kovacs, late Midcentury Modern to early Postmodern design periods, circa early late-20th c...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Ficapula Table Lamp with Glass And Marble Base by Cassina
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ficapula Table Lamp with Glass And Marble Base by Cassina
DESIGN LAMP: NATURAL LINES
With its organic shapes borrowed from the plant world, the eclectic style of the eye-catching F...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Glass
Beige Emotional Lab Sculptural Light by Hania Jneid
By Hania Jneid
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Interior designer Hania Jneid looked to chemistry sets when designing her elaborate floor lamp, named the Emotional Lab light.
The Emotional Lab floor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Hero Lamp Stainless Steel Sculptural Lamp
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Hero Lamp is a sculptural floor lamp virtuously crafted in stainless steel which holds a lightly tinted acrylic globe that gives off a warm candle-like light.
This unique light pie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Italian Modern Tessellated Marble Floor Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Tessellated Marble Floor Lamp.
Our sculptural floor lamp is beautifully designed with two Edison sockets.
Great Italian modern design!
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble
Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs Torchiere Floor Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this circa 1992 post-modern torchiere floor lamp by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs. It features a nicely weighted, solid gray marble donut base from whic...
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1990s American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Giancarlo Mattioli for Sirrah 'MT' Floor or Table Lamp
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giancarlo Mattioli for Sirrah, 'MT' floor or table lamp, lacquered aluminum, chrome-plated steel, Italy, 1969
The versatile Italian designer, architect, and urban planner Giancarlo...
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1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
No. 15 Circle Blue Green Grey Hand Painted Linen Table Lamp by Sander Bottinga
Located in Geneve, CH
Light object, floor lamp, circle blue grey
Handmade in brass, leather, wood, hand printed and painted linen.
A dimmer is inlaid with leather
Dimensions: H 55 x W 27 x D 16 cm.
Th...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Design by Victoria Wilmotte
Dimensions: W 42 x D 45 x H 120 cm
Materials: Glass, Powder coated steel.
Also a...
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2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Post Modern Bendable Floor Lamp by Hannes Wettstein for Belux, Spain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Articulated floor lamp designed by Hannes Wettstein for Belux is a beautiful example of 1980's post modern design. In excellent condition.
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1980s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Zelig Terra Floor Lamp by Walter Monici for Lumina, 1980s
By Lumina
Located in Delft, NL
Black counterweight floor lamp. Design by Walter Monici for Lumina Italy 1980 model ”Zelig Terra ”
Very nice adjustable halogen floor lamp. Two-light inte...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Silhouette Black Noir Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Silhouette Black Noir floor lamp by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D45 x W59 x H140 cm
Material: Lacquered steel, Solid brass
Weight: 3 kg
Also available in different colors.
A scul...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Floor Lamp Luci 70s 80s Italian modern Stilnovo style
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Floor lamp designed by STD for Luci. Designed and published probably in the late 70s or early 80s. White painted body. Shade is made of plastic and stainless.
Shade can tilt upward...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Italian design 1970s floor lamp "Chiara" by M Bellini for Flos chromed
By Flos, Mario Bellini
Located in Milano, MI
Chiara is the iconic lamp designed in 1969 by Mario Bellini for Flos, a flexible shape given by a simple stainless steel sheet cut and rolled into a cylinder that, folded and closed ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Sheet Metal
Post-modern floor lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern floor lamps 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 floor lamps created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern floor lamps 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 floor lamps, popular names associated with this style include Artemide, Sander Bottinga, Gubi, and Space Copenhagen. 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 floor lamps differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $180 and tops out at $82,018 while the average work can sell for $2,865.