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Post-Modern Table 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

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
Pete Sans for Taller Uno. Post-Modern table/floor lamp, Spain, 1980s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Post-Modern table or floor lamp designed by Pete Sans for Taller Uno, Spain, 1980s. "Jellyfish" model lamp, 1984. Made of polished aluminum and sewn parchment shade. Its shape evokes...
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1980s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Post-Modern hand-crafted Cocoon table lamps, Italy, 70s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Pair of sculptural hand-crafted cocoon table lamps, Italy, 1970s. Formed by several varnished pine wood elements of different shapes and sizes, creating two curious columns of a cert...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Resin, Wood, Pine

Italian Postmodern Model Pao T2 Table Lamp by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
The large T2 table lamp version from the Pao lamp series by Matteo Thun. The Pao lights impress with their characteristic diffuser made of frosted glass. What is particularly specia...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Glass

Vintage Design Table Lamp with Opaline Globe, 1970s–80s
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Vintage lamp from the 1970s/1980s. White opaline globe resting on a pink lacquered metal frame; in the style of Aldo van den Nieuwelaar's work or the Memphis design movement.
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1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Vintage Atollo lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, 1977
Located in Athens, Attiki
This is perhaps Vico Magistretti’s most famous lamp. The Oluce Atollo table lamp consists of two main parts. Firstly, the pattern of simple geometric figures. It seems to translate...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Aluminum

Vintage Italian Daphine Table Lamp by Tommaso Cimini for Lumina, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
A design classic from Lumina after a draft by Tomasso Cimini from the early 1970s. Here is a particularly early execution for collectors. Due to the fine light arm, the Daphine look...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Post Modern Pecil Lamp by Michel Aroutcheff, Ed. Vilac France
Located in San Francisco, CA
Post Modern design pencil form halogen table lamp by Michel Aroutcheff for Vilac, France. Fun pop art table lamp that is modeled after a pencil but has a built in halogen lamp featur...
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1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Wood, Lacquer

Post-Modern style. Huge multicolor ceramic table lamp, Italy, 1980s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Huge Post-Modern multicolor table lamp, Italy, 1980s. Made of multicolored glazed ceramic on a white background and golden details. Chrome-plated golden brass structure. With a certa...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Chrome, Metal

Philippe Stark for Flos Archimoon Soft Table Lamp c.1998
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Price per lamp. With its sleek, almost skeletal, aluminum arm and fabric shade, these task lights whimsically combine a traditional shade with a contemporary architectural b...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Vintage Danish Spherical Ceramic Table Lamp w. Pink Glaze, 1980s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1980s Danish table light by Lamperiet Aarhus. The ceramic ball base features a monochrome pink glaze and the light comes installed with a fluted white shade. Measurements: H: 36 ...
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1980s Danish Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Belux 'Turbo 01' Table / Desk Lamp
Located in Bern, CH
'Turbo 01' Desk / Table Lamp by German designer, Joe Niemeyer. Produced by Belux, Switzerland. Modern Swiss minimalism. Winner of a 1984 design competition for Belux, Switzerland. C...
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1980s Swiss Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Chrome, Steel

Glaze Stoneware Table Lamp by Lucas Huillet
Located in Geneve, CH
Glaze Stoneware Table Lamp by Lucas Huillet Dimensions: D 38 x W 35 x H 38 cm Materials: Stoneware and drops effect glaze. Weight: 8 kg. Lucas Huillet is an artisan designer. He ba...
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2010s French Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Stoneware

1980 Le Falene Arteluce Piero De Martini Italian Design Post Modern Table Lamp
Located in Brescia, IT
"The Moths" Table Lamp Piero De Martini Arteluce Italy, 1980s Red Enamel Frame White Fabric "Suncover" Shade New with original Arteluce Box Available Phalene hanging Lamp in yello...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

1980’s Postmodern Table Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
A 1980’s postmodern urn shaped table lamp made by Alsy. Finished in a cream textured plaster with beveled rings around the body and the base. Measures 18"H to top of socket, 26.5"H t...
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1980s Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Plaster

Postmodern Mushroom Glass Table Lamp, Italy
Located in Hamburg, DE
Imposing glass table lamp of Italian origin. Screen and foot of the luminaire are made of colored glass and show a circumferential groove structure. In contrast to the violet glass ...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Be Mine 33 Pendant Lamp in Polished Stainless Steel by Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Geneve, CH
Be Mine 33 Pendant Lamp in Polished Stainless Steel by Barberini & Gunnell Limited Edition of 20 + 2 AP + 1 p. Dimensions: Ø 45 x H 45 cm. Materials: Mirror-polished stainless steel...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Stainless Steel, Other

Postmodern Philips Table Lamp 1980s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Philips Postmodern Table Lamp Germany 1980s
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1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Plastic

Modern Desk or Table Light Lamp, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A '70s Modern or Postmodern period wood desk or table lamp with white globe-like lamp/bulb, circa late-20th century, 1970s, USA. In fine working order. On/Off switch on cord a shown....
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1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Wood

Orange Ceramic Table Lamp by Louis Drimmer, France, Late 20th Century
Located in Barntrup, DE
French orange ceramic table lamp by Louis Drimmer from the late 20th Century. This colorful Post-Modern table lamp features an impressive lamp base - pebble-shaped irregularly stacke...
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Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Postmodern Martini Lamp by David Krys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A rare 1993 postmodern martini lamp designed by David Krys. Metal wire forms the glass' shape with a skewered green olive stuffed with a red light bulb disguised as a pimento. Great ...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Chrome

Richard Sapper Flex Arm Counterweigh Angle Poise Desk Lamp by Artimide c. 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Post Modern angle poise desk lamp, made in Italy, designed by Richard Sapper for Artimide circa 1970's. The lamp features a flex arm composted of two elements ( Lower 20 in....
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Vico Magistretti for O-Luce 'Atollo' First Edition '233' Table Lamp
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Vico Magistretti for O-Luce, 'Atollo' lamp, first edition model '233', aluminum, Italy, 1977 The Atollo lighting object, designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977, stands as one of his m...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum

A SHABBY-CHIC BAROQUE NEO-CLASSICAL Sculptural Bronze TABLE LAMP, France 1980.
By Philippe Anthonioz
Located in PARIS, FR
An elegant and sculptural very large table lamp (or small floor lamp) of organic, plant inspiration, Post-Modernist, Neo-Baroque, rectangular base and vertical axis with sculpted bronze body with gunmetal patina, in the spirit of Philippe Anthonioz...
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1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Bronze

Italian Postmodern Tizio Table Lamp by Richard Sapper for Artemide, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
The design classic from the Italian manufacturer Artemide according to a design by Richard Sapper from the 1970s. The Tizio convinces with its clear design language. A minimalist de...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Mario Botta Pair of Vintage 'Shogun' Table Lamps for Artemide, 1986
Located in Tilburg, NL
Exceptional pair of iconic vintage 'Shogun' Table Lamps by architect and designer Mario Botta (1943) for Artemide 1986. Straight from the first owners, these table lamps have always...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Pins Arched Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Pins Arched Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 52 x D 82 x H 22 cm. Materials: Ceramic base and brass stem, with satin glass globes. Product code: 02984 Exquisite Pins table lamp ...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Richard Sapper Tizio Desk or Table Lamp for Atemide, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Rare, signed Tizio table or desk lamp from the first production run of silver and red color scheme. Only 3000 lamps were produced and the lamp is numbered 1043. Fully adjustable an...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Alfiere Table Lamp For Stilnovo, 1979 Jonathan De Pas, Donato D'urbino, Lomazzi
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Here is an iconic Alfiere Table Lamp by Jonathan De Pas, Donato D'Urbino & Paolo Lomazzi for Stilnovo, Italy, 1979 A sculptural and highly collectible "Alfiere" table lamp, designed ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Ron Rezek Table Lamp Orbit by for Bieffeplast, circa 1980
Located in Vienna, AT
Wonderful Minimalist black metal desk lamp by American designer Ron Rezek for Bieffeplast, Italy. The counter balance arm allows to pivot and mov...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

French Post Modern Bronzed 'Mushroom' Lamp, circa 1980s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Post Modern Bronzed 'Mushroom' Lamp, circa 1980s European, wired for the US Of good size, and proportions, fitted with two standard bulbs, th...
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Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair of Post-Modern Artichoke Table Lamps 1980s
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and sculptural set of ceramic artichoke lamps. Although post-modern in essence, these lamps resonate with a variety of styles from modernist, coastal to organic modern. T...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Post Modern Roxter Eyeball Spotlight Desk Lamp Model 7039, circa 1970s
By Roxter Lighting
Located in New York, NY
Cool architectural, classic eyeball, spotlight, style desk, table lamp(s) which can also mount to the wall and function as a sconce. Classic Roxter / Tensor Model 7039, having a ball...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Le Falene table lamps designed by Piero De Martini for Arteluce, Italy 1980s
Located in Milano, IT
This exquisite pair of *Le Falene* table lamps, designed by Piero De Martini for Arteluce and manufactured in the 1980s, is a stunning fusion of elegance and artistry. Their shape ev...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Post Modern Desk Lamp by Ron Rezek, ca. 1980's
Located in New York, NY
Chic 1980's desk lamp by Ron Rezek, in excellent original, clean and working condition, showing only light cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age. The hood shade (6.5 in. diam...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Swedish Designer, Table Lamp, Pine, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pine table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, 1970s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 9.25” H x 6.5” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inches): 7” Top Diameter x 10” Bottom Diameter x ...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Pine

Postmodern Italian Model PAO T1 Table Lamp by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
The small T1 table light version from the Pao light series by Matteo Thun. The Pao shines impress with their characteristic diffuser made of matt glass. However, the material combin...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Glass, Wood

Vintage Ikea Läreda Post Modern Opaline Glass Desk Lamp, 1970s
By IKEA
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Rare vintage Ikea Läreda post modern table lamp with milk glass shade. The opaline glass shade produces warm and cosy light. The carefully designed shade ensures that the light is ev...
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20th Century Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Glass, Wood

1980s Pair Postmodern Op Art Deco Halo Rougier Style Ellipse Table Lamps
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Pair of 1980s Vintage Art Deco Postmodern White Ceramic Halo Roger Rougier Style Ellipse Table Lamps Mid Century Modern meets Nuevo Deco. These ceramic ellipse shape table lamps...
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1980s Canadian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Pr Metal Angle Poise Lamps Designed by Stefano Cevoli Made in Milan Italy 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Pair of high style postmodern design adjustable desk lamps designed by Stefano Cevoli Made in Milano Italy circa 1980's. Executed in graphic white and black, sophisticated, architect...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Italian Modernist Table lamps in Glass and Metal by Tre Ci Luce, 1980s, Set of 2
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Wonderful pair of Italian Design table lamps, manufactured in the 1980s (Space Age era) by Tre Ci Luce, design attributed to Cesare Lacca. There are original manufacturers label insi...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair of Post Modern Lamps attrib. to George Kovacs
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of Post Modern Cut steel Lamps attributed to George Kovacs. Each lamp measures 20" from base to the bottom of socket and 10" diameter. Base measures 7" square. Lamps have bee...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Cut Steel, Chrome

Sun-Ra 8a Table lamp by Samuel Parker for Slamp 1970s, Italy
Located in Hannover, DE
This table lamp is desgned by Samuel Parker who studied industrial design at Coventry university. Due to his good performance in this feild, he worked with renowned design campanies ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Iconic “La Lune Sous Le Chapeau” Table Lamp by Man Ray
Located in Weesp, NL
Discover the Iconic “La Lune Sous Le Chapeau” Table Lamp New‑Old‑Stock, 1980s, Sirrah Italy — Designed by Man Ray Illuminate Your Space with Surrealist Elegance Step into a world...
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1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

An ART-DECO NEOCLASSICAL TABLE LAMP by PHILIPPE BARBIER, France 1970
Located in PARIS, FR
An elegant table lamp, Post-Modernist, NeoClassical, Shabby-Chic, a nickeled metal cubical base and an ovoïd body with a final cylindrical lampshade, by Philippe Barbier, France 1970...
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1970s French Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair of Fontana Arte Three-Sixty Table Lamps
Located in San Diego, CA
Hinged directional table lamp. Metal structure, base and ballast of zamac metal alloy, resin parabola, one on the arm and one of the shaft, allow each to rotate 300°.
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Rare collectable "Tangle" Lamp designed by Richard Zawitz, USA 1991
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a very rare Richard X Zawitz Tangle lamp in collaboration with Polyconcept Holland 1991. The lamp was produced in various materials, such as chrome, rub...
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1990s American Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Acrylic

Onyx Stone Pyramid Shaped Table Lamp
Located in Toronto, ON
Super cool onyx stone pyramid lamp. The lamp consists of pieces of stone that were configurated together, giving it a puzzled finish. It lights up beautifully and its the perfect sma...
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1980s Unknown Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Stone, Onyx

Medium Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 42 x D 24 x H 70 cm. Materials: Brushed brass with glazed ceramic tiles. Product code: 02910 Sunset, medium table lamp in brushed ...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Be Mine 33 Table Lamp in Mirror Polished Stainless Steel by Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Geneve, CH
Be Mine 33 Table Lamp in Mirror Polished Stainless Steel by Barberini & Gunnell Limited Edition of 20 + 2 AP + 1 p. Dimensions: Ø 45 x H 45 cm. Materials: Mirror-polished stainless ...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Stainless Steel, Other

Post-Modern ceramic table lamp, Italy, 1980s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Cubist and Post-Modern style ceramic table lamp, Italy, 1980s. It has the shape of a tibor or white glazed ceramic vase with golden hand-painted trims. The structure of the top is ma...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Metalarte Zen Table Lamp by Sergi & Oscar Devesa, 1984, Spain.
Located in Brussels, BE
Sergi & Oscar Devesa Zen model table lamp for Metalarte, 1984, Spain. Round radial ribbed conical chromed metal, polycarbonate screen inside. Dimensions: 17 cm H, 11 cm diameter. Mar...
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1980s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Villa Tosca Design Table lamp rainbow colors of sun, 'Heliopolis"
By Villa Tosca Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This lamp is an amazing post modern work that shows many colors ,tones and levels of brightness that you can achieve playing with all the nobes in both sides .Red , green, purple ,...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Glass

Vintage Italian Daphine Classic Table Lamp by Tommaso Cimini for Lumina, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
A design classic from Lumina based on a design by Tomasso Cimini from the early 70s. Thanks to the fine lamp arm, the Daphine appears particularly delicate and elegant. The design i...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Ami Table Lamp by Garnier Pingree
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Experimenting with steel mesh as a design material, we often find the studio filled with random shapes crowding out a tabletop like a little city skyline of uniform grids. The mesh w...
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2010s American Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Steel

Postmodern Vertebrae Floor Lamp by Elio Martinelli for Martinelli Luce
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1980s Postmodern Vertebrae floor lamp by Elio Martinelli Flex floor lamp, also known as Vertebrae, Model 2164 by Elio Martinelli for Martinelli Luce. The lamp is full flexible with swivel shade. Organic shape of the flexible arm is similar to a human spine. First designed for the Turin exhibition 1970. metal base and bracket, "backbone" body movable in both rotation and bending, Condition: Good working order, minor scratches to hood and some cracks (Please see pictures) Given the age, this vintage lamp in good condition, normal usage by age. Normal cap into E27 / Max. 100W. Material: plastic, aluminum, metal and chrome. Marked: Martinelli Luce. Martinelli Flex desk lamp...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

1975 Post-Modern Chrome Bubble Ball Robot Lamp by Torino Lamps
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The 1970s chrome ball joint robot lamp by Torino Lamps is a striking, retro piece of functional art, combining futuristic design with a playful character. The lamp was made by the To...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Steel, Chrome

Unique Hand-dyed Aurora Lamp by Mythology
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Hand-dyed Aurora Lamp by Mythology Dimensions: D 45 x H 59 cm Materials: 100% organic, Fairtrade, GOTS-certified silk. Hand-dyed using turmeric root and powder, the pattern em...
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2010s British Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Other

Table Lamp “Bugia” by Giuseppe Cormio for iGuzzini, Italy, 1980s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
The “Bugia” table lamp, designed by Giuseppe Cormio for iGuzzini in the 1980s, is a standout example of Italian postmodern lighting design. With its name meaning "candle" or "lie" in...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Aluminum

Abatina Table Lamp By Afra & Tobia Scarpa For Flos
Located in Vienna, AT
Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Flos, table lamp, model 'Abatina 1160', Italy, 1980s, Lamp with a steel frame, with two paper lampshades with a light fabric cover and contrasting edges, eq...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Steel

Memphis Milano Tahiti Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, ON
Tahiti, a masterpiece by Ettore Sottsass, is an ironic lamp with a zoomorphic shape that recalls childhood games: a lamp is hidden in the head, ideal for lighting a table. The base w...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Post-modern table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern table 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 table lamps created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern table lamps 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 table lamps, popular names associated with this style include Gubi, Space Copenhagen, Paul Matter, and Algo Studio. 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 table lamps differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $85 and tops out at $34,000 while the average work can sell for $1,475.

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