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Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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
Lune Matte Speckled Grey Ceramic Table Lamp by Grès Éditions
Located in Geneve, CH
Lune Matte Speckled Grey Ceramic Table Lamp by Grès Éditions Unique Piece. Dimensions: Lampshade: Ø 16 x H 23 cm. Base: H 20 cm. Materials: Ecru cotton and ceramic. Weight: 1,2 kg. ...
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2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Ceramic, Cotton

Set of 2 Modern Brass Rod Off-White Sculptural Ceramic Wall Lamp by Elsa Foulon
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Achille Wall Sconces by Elsa Foulon. Unique Pieces Dimensions: H 75 cm Materials: Ceramic, Brass All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it...
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2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Okla Cotton Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Okla Cotton Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 12 x W 24 x H 38 cm. Materials: Cotton. Custom options available on request. Please contact us. All our lamps can be wired...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Cotton

Post Modern Ernesto Gismondi "Sintesi Faretto" Wall Light for Artemide, 1975
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Ernesto Gismondi "Sintesi" wall lamp for Artemide, an iconic example of 1970s Post Modern Italian design. The lamp is sometimes cited as an early example of Memphis design. ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Steel

Postmodern White Glass Gold Pair of Wall Sconces by Blauet, Barcelona, 1990s
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Pretty Postmodern Spanish Pair of Gold metal White glass Wall Sconces by Blauet. Model: Maria 210 Gold/White. These Wall Lights were made in Barcelona (Spain) by Blauet during 1990s....
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1990s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Tub 85 Alabaster Wall Light by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Tub 85 Alabaster wall light by Contain Dimensions: D 4 x W 4 x H 85 cm. Materials: Alabaster. Also available in different dimensions. Please contact us. All our lamps can be wi...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Alabaster

One For The Recession Wall Lamp In A Red Heart Shape by Ingo Maurer 1994
Located in Hannover, DE
This is a never used lamp designed by a very known iconic designer called Ingo Maurer from German. This specific lamp was manufatured in 1994 and it is written on the package box. This wall lamp has a special known name "One for the recession...
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1990s German Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal, Iron

Contemporary Textured Sculptural Ceramic & Brass Sconces by Elsa Foulon
Located in Geneve, CH
Hera Wall Sconce by Elsa Foulon Unique Piece Dimensions: D 30 x W 22 x H 35 cm Materials: Ceramic, Brass. Also available in different finishes. All of our items are handmade and may...
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2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

No. 13 Circle Green, Grey Contemporary Art Wall Sconce by Sander Bottinga
Located in Geneve, CH
Circle blue grey, wall sconce, Sander Bottinga Handmade in brass, leather, wood and hand printed and painted linen. A dimmer is inlaid with leather. Also possible without a dimmer D...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Ostro Sea Ceramic Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ostro Sea Ceramic Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 17 x W 31 x H 31 cm. Materials: Ceramic and glass. Available in different ceramic and marble options and finishes. Cus...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Ceramic, Glass

Set of 2 Contemporary Textured Sculptural Ceramic & Brass Sconces by Elsa Foulon
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Hera Wall Sconces by Elsa Foulon Dimensions: H 35 x W 15 cm x D 30 cm Materials: ceramic, brass Unique piece Also available in different finishes. All our lamps can be wire...
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2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Ostro Ecru Ceramic Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ostro Ecru Ceramic Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 17 x W 31 x H 31 cm. Materials: Ceramic and glass. Available in different ceramic and marbl...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Marble

Ostro Black Ceramic Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ostro Black Ceramic Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 17 x W 31 x H 31 cm. Materials: Ceramic and glass. Available in different c...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Ceramic, Glass

Pearl Plus Brillance Wall Light by Lisa Allegra
Located in Geneve, CH
Pearl plus brillance wall light by Lisa Allegra Dimensions: W 25.5 x D 24 x H 17 cm. Materials: Clay. Available in different finishes: pearl, dusty pink, and blackened gold. Al...
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2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Clay

Elegant Burgundy Brushed Brass Oyster Wall Mounted Lamp With Rod by Carla Baz
Located in Geneve, CH
Elegant Burgundy Brushed Brass Oyster Wall Mounted Lamp With Rod by Carla Baz Dimensions: Ø.30 x H.78 x D.9 CM Weight: 2 kg Material: Brass, Blown ...
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2010s Lebanese Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Pilolo Brass Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Pilolo Brass Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 11 x W 22 x H 42 cm. Materials: Brass and alabaster. Available in different brass and alabaster options and finishes. Custo...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Alabaster, Brass

Ostro Green Marble Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ostro Green Marble Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 15 x W 31 x H 31 cm. Materials: Marble and glass. Available in different ceramic and...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Marble

Wall lighting Murano glass large XXL, Italy 1980
Located in La xara, VC
Murano Glass wall lighting or Flush Mount , Italy, Late 1980s These are Murano glass ceiling or wall lights with a gilt gold incrustation metal bracket, from the production of Mura...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Gold Leaf

Pilolo Tobacco Alabaster Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Pilolo Tobacco Alabaster Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 11 x W 22 x H 42 cm. Materials: Alabaster. Available in different brass and alabaster options and finishes. Cus...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Alabaster

Tub 65 Alabaster Wall Light by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Tub 65 Alabaster wall light by Contain. Dimensions: D 4 x W 4 x H 65 cm Materials: Alabaster Also available in different dimensi...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Alabaster

Lune Matte Cream White Ceramic Table Lamp by Grès Éditions
Located in Geneve, CH
Lune Matte Cream White Ceramic Table Lamp by Grès Éditions Unique Piece. Dimensions: Lampshade: Ø 16 x H 23 cm. Base: H 20 cm. Materials: Ecru cotton and ceramic. Weight: 1,2 kg. El...
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2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Ceramic, Cotton

Postmodern German Glass Wall Lamp from Hillebrand Lighting, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern German Glass Wall Lamp from Hillebrand Lighting, 1990s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1990 to 1999 This piece has an attribution mark, Up to 250V (Europe/UK Standard)....
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20th Century German Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Capsule Black Wall Light by Square in Circle
Located in Geneve, CH
Capsule black wall light by Square in Circle Dimensions: D 5 x W 5.5 x H 40 cm Materials:Brushed brass/ opaque glass Other finishes available....
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2010s British Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Martha and Beaumont Mood, Wall Lights, Painted Ceramic, USA, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of hand-painted brown, beige and grey ceramic wall lights designed and produced by Martha and Beaumont Mood, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 1970s....
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1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Ceramic

Eklipso Green Marble Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Eklipso Green Marble Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 19,5 x W 14 x H 14 cm. Materials: Green marble and glass. Available in different m...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Marble

Scones Lamp by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Scones lamp by Olivia Cognet Materials: Ceramic. Dimensions: D 20 x H 38 cm Non electrified. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a prec...
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2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Ceramic

Pearl Iliakos Wall Light by Lisa Allegra
Located in Geneve, CH
Pearl Iliakos wall light by Lisa Allegra Dimensions: W 12 x D 8 x H 54 cm Materials: Ceramic Additional Information: Wired with two E12 lamp sockets Born in 1986 in Paris, Lisa Allegra has earned in 2010 a degree in furniture design from the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. She has worked for Tsé...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Other

Set of 2 Stadium Round Wall Lights by Square in Circle
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 stadium round wall lights by Square in Circle Dimensions: D 6 x W 11 x H 35 cm Materials:Brushed brass/ white frosted glass Other finishes available. A long, rounded bathro...
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2010s British Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Prickless Pearl - 02 Sculpture Wall Lamp by ON.ENTROPY
Located in Geneve, CH
Prickless Pearl - 02 Sculpture Wall Lamp by ON.ENTROPY Dimensions: W 18 x D 10 x H 6 cm Materials: Green Marble. on• entropy is a marble atelier established in 2009 in Athens and Lo...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Marble

Random Wall Lamp, 21656, by Stillux Illuminazione
Located in Geneve, CH
Random Wall Lamp, 21656, by Stillux Illuminazione Dimensions: D 6 x W 2 x H 33 cm. Materials: Steel, iron, gold leaf. Available in gold leaf, silver leaf, ant. gold leaf, ant. silve...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Steel, Iron, Gold Leaf

Contemporary Stainless Steel Conical Wall Light by Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Stainless Steel Conical Wall Light by Henry Wilson Dimensions: W 19 x D 20 x H 12 cm Materials: Stainless Steel Lost wax cast in solid stainless st...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Stainless Steel

Quartz and Bronze Wall Light II by Aver
Located in Geneve, CH
Quartz and Bronze Wall Light II by Aver Dimensions: W 18 x D 16 x H 80 cm Materials: Natural rocks, high-quality cut crystals, jewelry chains, hand blown glass, other. Also available...
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Stone, Crystal, Other

Teardrop Marble Wall Lamp by Atra Design
By ATRA
Located in Geneve, CH
Teardrop marble wall lamp by Atra Design. Dimensions: D 28 x W 15 x H 38 cm Materials: White Onyx Marble, brass Atra Design We are Atra, a furniture b...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Marble, Brass

Frame Wood Small Wall Lamp by Violaine d'Harcourt
Located in Geneve, CH
Frame Wood Small Wall Lamp by Violaine d'Harcourt Dimensions: D 11 x W 24 x H 35 cm. Materials: Wood and paper. Wall light in mahogany wood, made in Portugal, bulb included: E14 Led...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Paper, Wood

Orbe Matte Cream White Ceramic Table Lamp by Grès Éditions
Located in Geneve, CH
Orbe Matte Cream White Ceramic Table Lamp by Grès Éditions Unique Piece. Dimensions: Lampshade: Ø 20 x H 28 cm. Base: H 30 cm. Materials: Jute and ceramic. Weight: 2,7 kg. Electrica...
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2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Jute, Ceramic

Tub 45 Alabaster Wall Light by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Tub 45 Alabaster wall light by Contain Dimensions: D 4 x W4 x H45 cm Materials: Alabaster Also available in different dimensions...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Alabaster

Italian Pair of "Tesi" White Wall Sconces by Roberto Fiorato for Prisma, 1980s
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Beauty Postmodern Italian Pair of White Wall Sconces by Roberto Fiorato. These fixtures were designed and manufactured during the 1980s in Italy for Prisma, model "Tesi". The name o...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

A Long POSTMODERN WALL APPLIQUE SCONCE in GINO SARFATTI Style, France 1970
Located in PARIS, FR
A large wall light or wall light bar type artist's dressing room or bathroom, Minimalist, Pop, Modernist, Space-Age, long rectangular base in chrome metal with rounded edges, with 5 ...
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1970s French Vintage Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

White Glazed Body Sconces by Di Fretto
Located in Geneve, CH
White Glazed Body Sconces by Di Fretto Dimensions: W 26 x D 10 x H 27 cm Materials: White Faience Glazed The Body appliques are the 2 sides of the sculptu...
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2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Faience

Luno Brass Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Luno Brass Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 13 x W 27 x H 27 cm. Materials: Brass and alabaster. Available in different brass and alabaster options and finishes. Custom ...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Alabaster, Brass

Shogun wall lamp Artemide Wall Lamp Mario Botta
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Postmodern famous Lamp "Shogun" wall model. Silver painted model. Two shades are movable which makes impressive shadow on the wall. Light source E27 light bulbs. Using with 100-120V...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Steel

Pivot Single Wall Lamp by Gentner Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pivot single wall lamp by Gentner Design. Dimensions: D 40.6 x W 5 x H 39.3 cm. Materials: polished tarnished brass. Available in polished tarnished brass, darkened brass and hand ru...
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2010s American Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Halo Matte Cream White Ceramic Table Lamp by Grès Éditions
Located in Geneve, CH
Halo Matte Cream White Ceramic Table Lamp by Grès Éditions Unique Piece. Dimensions: Lampshade: Ø 30 x H 22 cm. Base: H 30 cm. Materials: Ecru cotton and ceramic. Weight: 2,6 kg. El...
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2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Ceramic, Cotton

Swedish Designer, Sconce, Brass, Teak, Acrylic, Sweden, C. 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass, teak and acrylic sconce designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1950s. Variable dimensions, measured as illustrated in the first image. Fixture is not hardwired, plug in ...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Large Fossil Coral Tube Wall Sconce by Marovo Island Traders
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Fossil Coral Tube Wall Sconce by Marovo Island Traders Dimensions: Ø 14 x H 13 cm. Materials: Brass, Fossil Coral. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If so...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Coral, Stone, Brass

Iris Wall Lamp by Atelier V&F
Located in Geneve, CH
Iris Wall Lamp by Atelier V&F Dimensions: D 8.5 x W 20 x H 29.5 cm. Materials: Alabaster and cast aluminum. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA...
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2010s Chinese Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Alabaster, Aluminum

Quartz Crystal Centralized Oval Shape Brass Wall Sconce by Christopher Boots
Located in Geneve, CH
Ouranos I Sconce by Christopher Boots Dimensions: D 10 x W 11.5 x H 24.5 cm. Materials: Brass, quartz crystal sphere. Available in different finishes. Please contact us. Mystery cl...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Quartz, Brass

Delphe White Cream Matt Ceramic Table Lamp by Grès Éditions
Located in Geneve, CH
Delphe White Cream Matt Ceramic Table Lamp by Grès Éditions Unique Piece. Dimensions: Lampshade: Ø 32 x H 26 cm. Base: H 35 cm. Materials: Ecru cotton and ceramic. Weight: 2,8 kg. D...
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2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Ceramic, Cotton

Organic Shape, Slice of Mono Rose Quartz Sconce by Christopher Boots
Located in Geneve, CH
Petra I Mono Rose Quartz Sconce by Christopher Boots Dimensions: D 10 x W 30 x H 30 cm. Materials: Aged brass, slices of polished rose quartz. Available in clear, rose, or smoky qua...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Quartz, Brass

Alba Simple Wall XL Alabaster Light by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Alba simple wall XL Alabaster light by Contain Dimensions: Ø 22 x H9.5 cm Materials: Alabaster structure and optical lens. Available in Ø15, Ø22, Ø28 cm. Socket: G9 Wattage: M...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Alabaster

Tub 45 Wide Alabaster Wall Light by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Tub 45 Wide Alabaster wall light by Contain Dimensions: D 5 x W 7 x H 45 cm Materials: Alabaster. Also available in different dimensions. All our lamps can be wired according to ea...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Alabaster

Fluji White Alabaster Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Fluji White Alabaster Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 20 x W 32 x H 30 cm. Materials: White alabaster. Available in different...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Alabaster

Alba Monocle Wall Light by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Alba Monocle wall light by Contain Dimensions: D 8 x W 8 x H 10 cm Materials: Brass, 3D printed PLA structure and optical lens. Available in d...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass, Other

A Pair of Post-Modern WALL APPLIQUES SCONCES by LUCID, France 1990
Located in PARIS, FR
An elegant and simple, post-modern and minimalist pair of warm wall lights, Post-Modernist, Minimalist, Constructivist, Nineties, composed of 2 curved light wood shutters diffusing t...
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1990s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Ip Cornet Satin Graphite Wall Light by Emilie Cathelineau
Located in Geneve, CH
IP cornet satin graphite wall light by Emilie Cathelineau Dimensions: D10 x W12.5 X H21.2 cm Materials: solid brass, satin graphite Others finishes are available. All our lamps...
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2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Postmodern Pair of White Glass Metal Wall Sconces by Blauet, Barcelona, 1990s
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Pretty Postmodern Spanish Pair of White metal White glass Wall Sconces by Blauet. Model: Maria 250 White/White. These Wall Lights were made in Barcelona (Spain) by Blauet during 1990...
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1990s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Set of 4 original Memphis style "Jill" Arteluce wall sconces, 1980's
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
A set of 4 original Memphis style "Jill " Arteluce wall sconces by Perry King and S. Miranda, available for purchase per piece. The design is clearly a postmodern nod to the Art Deco...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Postmodern Black Metal Pair of Spanish Wall Sconces by Estiluz, Barcelona, 1980s
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Cool Postmodern Pair of Wall Sconces by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz. Model: A-1084. These fixtures were designed and manufactured in Barcelona (Spain) by Estiluz during 1980s. The c...
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1980s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Swedish Designer, Wall Light, Bentwood, Paper, Plastic, Sweden, 1980s
Located in High Point, NC
An adjustable bentwood, paper and plastic wall light designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1980s. Please note lamp functions via plug in, cord feeding from stem close to backplate. O...
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1980s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Plastic, Bentwood, Paper

Pair of Spanish Metal Gold Wall Sconces, 1980s
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Beautiful set of two metal golden wall sconces. These wall sconces were made in Barcelona (Spain) during 1980s. Each wall sconce is equipped with o...
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1980s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Post-modern wall lights and sconces for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern wall lights and sconces 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 wall lights and sconces created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, wall decorations, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern wall lights and sconces made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Scandinavia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall lights and sconces, popular names associated with this style include Paul Matter, Bernard-Albin Gras, CTO Lighting, and Artemide. 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 wall lights and sconces differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $150 and tops out at $22,500 while the average work can sell for $1,724.

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