1980s Postmodern Unique Shape Floral Pink & Purple Rug 12’x9’
Located in Bensalem, PA
Stunning pick and violet floral postmodern custom wool rug signed on bottom
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Rugs and Carpets
Wool
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
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
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 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.
1980s Postmodern Unique Shape Floral Pink & Purple Rug 12’x9’
Located in Bensalem, PA
Stunning pick and violet floral postmodern custom wool rug signed on bottom
Wool
$1,079Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Berber Boucherouite Moroccan Shag Rug, Hallway Runner with Tribal Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77356, Vintage Berber Boucherouite Moroccan runner with Postmodern Tribal style, Shag Hallway runner 04'04 x 10'00. This hand knotted wool vintage Berber Boucherouite Moroccan runner...
Wool
$7,500Sale Price|23% Off
Missoni Post-Modern Wool Rug, 1980s, Italy, Signed
By Missoni, Missoni Home
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attention interior designers, this is the rug you need for that high-profile cover-worthy room you're working on. This signed Missoni rug is from the 1980s Italy and in an oh-so-on-t...
Wool
$12,319Sale Price|20% Off
New Modern Blue Berber Beni Mrirt Moroccan Rug with Expressionist Style
Located in Dallas, TX
21168 Rare Modern Blue Beni Mrirt Moroccan Rug, 12'03 x 13'08. An exquisite masterpiece of modern Moroccan weaving, this hand-knotted wool Beni Mrirt rug is a portal to a dreamscape—...
Wool
Limited Edition Geometric Rug by George Sowden, "GJS1" Handmade Wool, 2003
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
This striking & elegant carpet is from a Limited Edition of 36 units (ours is Edition # 5 of 36, hand signed by the artist/designer George J Sowden, one of the original MEMPHIS m...
Wool
Memphis "Arizona" Rug by Nathalie du Pasquier, Hand-Knotted Wool, 1983
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
Looking at ARIZONA by Nathalie Du Pasquier feels like standing in front of an abstract painting, where the sculptural forms of Memphis design seem to be flattened onto a two-dimensio...
Wool
$1,994Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Berber Moroccan Azilal Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
21613 Vintage Berber Moroccan Azilal Rug, 03'11 x 06'03. With its simplicity, boho chic style, incredible detail and texture, this hand knotted wool vintage Berber Moroccan Azilal ru...
Wool
$2,950
Tapete Glifo
Located in Mérida, MX
Handmade on a pedal loom by Zapotec weavers working from their community in Oaxaca. The traditional patterns in the Zapotec wool rugs are glyphs, fretwork animals and idols taken fro...
Wool
$3,232 / item
Hand-Knotted Textile Poster #11 by Lyk Carpet
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand-knotted textile poster #11 by Lyk carpet Dimensions: W 140 x L 164 cm. Materials: 100% hand-spun tibetan highland wool from living sheep, traditionally plant-dyed, pot-dyed. Manual techniques and traditional pot-dying makes every piece unique, slight variations in size & tone are possible. Designs #9, #10 and #11 expand the graphic tapestry...
Wool
No. 219 Hand-Knotted Textile Poster by Lyk Carpet
Located in Geneve, CH
No. 219 hand-knotted textile poster by Lyk Carpet Homage to the Bauhauswomen Dimensions: W 55 x L 69 cm. Materials: 100% tibetan highland-wool, new pure hand-combed and hand-spun ...
Wool
No. 217 Hand-Knotted Textile Poster by Lyk Carpet
Located in Geneve, CH
No. 217 hand-knotted textile poster by Lyk Carpet Homage to the Bauhauswomen Dimensions: W 48 x L 58 cm. Materials: 100% tibetan highland-wool, new pure hand-combed and hand-spun woo...
Wool
No. 221 Hand-Knotted Textile Poster by Lyk Carpet
Located in Geneve, CH
No. 221 Hand-knotted textile poster by Lyk Carpet Homage to the Bauhauswomen Dimensions: W 42 x L 82 cm. Materials: 100% tibetan highland-wool, new pure hand-combed and hand-spun woo...
Wool
Natural Shape Hand-Dyed Blanc Sable Ecru Corca Sheepskin Rug by Carine Boxy
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Shape Hand-Dyed Blanc Sable Ecru Corca Sheepskin Rug by Carine Boxy Dimensions: 195 x 135 cm Materials: Naturally dyed sheepskin. Size and color can be customized upon reques...
Sheepskin
Hand-Knotted Wool Poseidon Rug by Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in London, London
A whimsical and highly graphic wool rug titled Poseidon and designed by Garouste & Bonetti, its field framed by an animated border of coral-like forms in shades of turquoise, sea gre...
Wool
Speckled Squiggle Rug Crafted in New Zealand Wool by Okej Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Speckled Squiggle Rug Crafted in New Zealand Wool by Okej Studio Dimensions: W 215 x L 305 cm. Materials: Wool. Available in different colors and size options. Prices may vary. Car...
Wool
$5,782 / item
Round Naiad Nuances Rug by Gandia Blasco
Located in Geneve, CH
Round Naiad Nuances Rug by Gandia Blasco Design by Patricia Urquiola Dimensions: W 250 x H 300 cm. Materials: Fiber composition: Felt base (75% wool + 25%...
Wool, Natural Fiber
Norden Hide Squiggle Rug Crafted in New Zealand Wool by Okej Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Norden Hide Squiggle Rug Crafted in New Zealand Wool by Okej Studio Dimensions: W 150 x L 210 cm. Materials: Wool. Available in different colors and size options. Prices may vary. ...
Wool
No.274 Freeplay Hand-Knotted Rug by Lyk Carpet
Located in Geneve, CH
No. 274 freeplay hand-knotted rug by Lyk carpet Dimensions: W 45 x L 90 cm. Materials: 100% tibetan highland-wool, new pure hand-combed and hand-spun wool, natural vegetable-dyed w...
Wool
Vanity 400 Rug by Illulian, Wool and Silk, Post-Modern Design, Italy
Located in Geneve, CH
VANITY 400 rug by Illulian Dimensions: D400 x H300 cm Materials: Wool 50% , Silk 50% Variations available and prices may vary according to materials and sizes. Illulian, hist...
Wool, Silk
Unique Artistic Rug by Carine Boxy
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Artistic Rug by Carine Boxy One of a Kind Dimensions: 300 x 200 cm Materials: Naturally dyed sheepskin. Each rug is different and unique, please contact us for made to order ...
Sheepskin
$6,043 / item
Terra Rug by Volver Studios
Located in Geneve, CH
Terra Rug by Volver Studios Dimensions: W 250 x L 350 cm. Materials: Wool and bamboo. Available in seven size options: 90 x 240 cm, 140 x 200 cm, 170 x 240 cm, 200 x 300 cm, 250 x 3...
Wool, Bamboo
Rustic 400 Rug by Illulian, Wool and Silk, Post-Modern Design, Italy
Located in Geneve, CH
RUSTIC 400 rug by Illulian Dimensions: D400 x H300 cm Materials: Wool 50%, Silk 50% Variations available and prices may vary according to materials and sizes. Illulian, histor...
Wool, Silk
Vintage Hand-Knotted Rug, model "Orion" designed by Ottavio Missoni for Missoni
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a breathtaking postmodern rug designed by Ottavio Missoni for Missoni. Model "Orion" is an iconic piece designed as a patc...
Wool
Fantastic vintage large graphic postmodern sculpted wool mix rug, USA 1980s
Located in Hastings, GB
Fantastic large postmodern sculpted wool-mix rug, USA 1980s. Strikingly strong graphic motifs in earthy neutral tones. Small amount of age-related wear- could use a professional clea...
Wool, Nylon
$3,232 / item
Hand-Knotted Textile Poster #10 by Lyk Carpet
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand-Knotted textile poster #11 by Lyk carpet One of a kind. Dimensions: W 140 x L 164 cm. Materials: 100% hand-spun tibetan highland wool from living sheep, traditionally plant-dyed, pot-dyed. Manual techniques and traditional pot-dying makes every piece unique, slight variations in size & tone are possible. Designs #9, #10 and #11 expand the graphic tapestry...
Wool
Late 1960s German Woven Pure Wool Flower Rug Wolf Bauer with Artist Signature
By Wolf Bauer
Located in Firenze, FI
This circular vintage carpet in the shape of a flower was loom-woven with pure wool. The beauty of this decorative element lies in the very particular shape and in the different shad...
Wool
$2,044 / item
Pistachio RePeat Carpet by Massimo Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Pistachio RePeat carpet by Massimo Copenhagen Handtufted Materials: 100% recycled Pet, cotton. Dimensions: W 250 x H 350 cm Available colors: Graphite, cream, beige, pistachio, and pastel yellow. Other dimensions are available: 160 x 230 cm, 200 x 300 cm, and special sizes. RePeat collection represents an innovative and sustainable take on textiles. Handtufted from 100% recycled plastic (rPET), with an additional OEKO-TEX cotton layer on the backside, making it suitable for any type of floor. A lightweight fibre obtained from the material produced through the process of recovery and reuse of PET, presents a high resistance to wear and tear, and offers good thermal properties, which makes it a perfect choice for textiles at home and commercial settings. The composition makes the RePeat rugs both earth-friendly and easy to care for. The fibre resists stains, mold, mildew and moisture. You can clean them simply by using a garden hose...
Cotton, Plastic
Vintage Handwoven Rug with Abstract Design, 1980s
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
Beautiful high quality rug with abstract geometric design in bauhaus manner. Made out of handwoven wool. Marked on backside but brand unreadable. In very good condition with only lig...
Wool
Modern Organic Shape Hand-Dyed Azur Blue European Sheepskin Rug by Carine Boxy
Located in Geneve, CH
Modern Organic Shape Hand-Dyed Azur Blue European Sheepskin Rug by Carine Boxy Dimensions: 250 x 200 cm Materials: Naturally dyed sheepskin. Size and color can be customized upon req...
Sheepskin
Forme celate Rug abstract motif Agostino Goccione, Paracchi
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Forme Celate carpet with abstract carpet motif designed by Agostino Goccione for Paracchi, characterized by the artist's typical pictorial language. Fluid geometries and chromatic ba...
Textile, Cotton
Postmodern Moroccan Berber Pattern Black and Silver Beige Abstract Rug No Fringe
Located in New York, NY
The Rapture Collection is a high-end rug collection that includes 29 rug design options, in 155 design and rug color combinations, totaling 620 various design-color-size combinations...
Cotton, Polyester
Large postmodern vintage pink, blue, cream carved geometric rug, 1980s American
Located in Hastings, GB
Large vintage postmodern pink, blue, black & cream geometric rug, with carved details, USA 1980s. Lovely colours and textures on this one. The photos show it looking a bit bumpy- th...
Wool, Polyester
Carpet by Tai Ping carpets Jean Charles Castelbajac decor, Thailand 1985
By Andy Warhol, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Keith Haring
Located in ECHT, NL
Wool rug made in Thailand 1980s by Tai Ping carpets. Made after a design by Jean Charles Castelbajac. Tufted wool with polychrome decoration on a light background. inscribed 'your ...
Wool
$3,135Sale Price|20% Off
1990’s Colorful Purple Beni MGuild Berber Moroccan Carpet with Modern Style
By Berber Tribes of Morocco, Beni M'Guild
Located in Dallas, TX
20959 Vintage Purple Beni MGuild Moroccan Rug, 06'01 x 09'04. Crafted by the skilled hands of Berber women from the Ait M'Guild tribe in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Beni Mguild r...
Wool
$6,250Sale Price|26% Off
Missoni Post-Modern Striped Rug, circa 1980, Italy, Signed
By Missoni, Missoni Home
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attention interior designers, this is the large rug you need for that high-profile cover-worthy room you're working on. This signed Missoni rug is from the 1980s Italy and in an oh-s...
Wool
No. 272 Freeplay Hand-Knotted Rug by Lyk Carpet
Located in Geneve, CH
No. 272 freeplay hand-knotted rug by Lyk Carpet Dimensions: L 120 x W 60 cm. Materials: 100% tibetan highland-wool, new pure hand-combed and hand-spun wool, natural vegetable-dyed ...
Wool
$5,675
Turkish Konya Rug
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Turkish Konya rug.
Wool
$3,166 / item
Circular Rug III by Raul
Located in Geneve, CH
Circular rug III by Raul Dimensions: D 200 cm Materials: viscose, linen Available in other colors. The Circular rug is part of a series called “Cos...
Linen
$4,420 / item
Cashmere Earth Bamboo Carpet by Massimo Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Cashmere Earth bamboo carpet by Massimo Copenhagen Handwoven Materials: 50% New Zealand Wool, 50% Bamboo Dimensions: W 300 x H 400 cm Available color...
Wool, Bamboo
$22,844 / item
Sottoportico Rug by Seraina Lareida
Located in Geneve, CH
Sottoportico rug by Seraina Lareida. Dimensions: W 300 x H 390 cm. Materials: 100% New Zeland top-quality wool. Available in sizes: Medium (150 x 200cm), and Large (200 x 260cm)....
Wool
Hand-Knotted Riders of Silence Rug in Wool, Silk & Alpaca by Dinodo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand-Knotted Riders of Silence Rug in Wool, Silk & Alpaca by Dinodo Studio Designed by Julien Jaca Limited Edition of 9 Dimensions: L 300 x W 250 cm Materials: 40% wool, 30% alpaca, ...
Wool, Alpaca, Silk
Contemporary Light Blue Abstract Repeat Pattern Rug with or without Fringe
Located in New York, NY
The Rapture Collection is a high-end rug collection that includes 29 rug design options, in 155 design and rug color combinations, totaling 620 various design-color-size combinations...
Cotton, Polyester
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Walter Van Beirendonck & Ikea "Glödande" limited edition tiger rug, 2016
By IKEA
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Rare limited edition “Glödande” tiger rug designed by Walter Van Beirendonck for Ikea in 2016. In beautiful condition, professionally cleaned.
Latex, Polyester
$6,796 / item
Aja Green Rug by Volver Studios
Located in Geneve, CH
Aja Green Rug by Volver Studios Dimensions: W 250 x L 350 cm. Materials: Wool and viscose. Available in seven size options: 90 x 240 cm, 140 x 200 cm, 170 x 240 cm, 200 x 300 cm, 25...
Other
Hand-Knotted Sugar Magnolia Rug in Silk & Oxidised Wool by Dinodo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand-Knotted Sugar Magnolia Rug in Silk & Oxidised Wool by Dinodo Studio Designed by Julien Jaca Limited Edition of 9 Dimensions: L 300 x W 250 cm Materials: 60% silk, 40% oxidised w...
Wool, Silk
$5,028 / item
No.18 Rug by Cappelen Dimyr
Located in Geneve, CH
No.18 Rug by Cappelen Dimyr Dimensions: D 230 x H 280 cm (excl. fringes) Materials: 85% wool, 15% cotton Colonnade no.09 & Rug no.18 is a grey-brown flat-w...
Wool, Cotton
$1,680Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Boujad Moroccan Masterpiece of Tribal Elegance
Located in Dallas, TX
74776 Vintage Red Boujad Moroccan Rug, 04'05 X 11'09. Discover the allure of Boujad rugs, originating from the vibrant city of Boujad in the Khouribga region—a once pivotal pilgrimag...
Wool
Modern Moroccan Berber Style Black and Silver Abstract Rug in Stock
Located in New York, NY
The Rapture Collection is a high-end rug collection that includes 29 rug design options, in 155 design and rug color combinations, totaling 620 various design-color-size combinations. The rugs perform well in residential interior, hospitality interior, and offset commercial interior settings. Woven Concepts specializes in the creation of high end, contemporary, high quality and high performance rugs. Size Tolerance: due to the hand-made nature of this product, the rug size is approximate, and the width and length may vary plus or minus a few inches from the listing rug size indicated. - (Merit) beige - Black silver rug...
Chenille
Contemporary Berber Olive and Charcoal Luxury Area 7 Foot Round Rug
Located in New York, NY
The Rapture Collection is a high-end rug collection that includes 29 rug design options, in 155 design and rug color combinations, totaling 620 various design-color-size combinations. The rugs perform well in residential interior, hospitality interior, and offset commercial interior settings. Woven Concepts specializes in the creation of high end, contemporary, high quality and high performance rugs. - (Blaze) Olive/Charcoal rug with contemporary Berber rug...
Cotton, Polyester
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Bungalow Craftsman Style
Located in Dallas, TX
50299 vintage Turkish Oushak rug with bungalow craftsman style. This hand knotted wool antique-washed vintage Turkish Oushak rug features an oversized diamond-shaped center medallion...
Wool
$6,043 / item
Surf Blue Rug by Volver Studios
Located in Geneve, CH
Surf Blue Rug by Volver Studios Dimensions: W 250 x L 350 cm. Materials: Wool and bamboo. Available in seven size options: 90 x 240 cm, 140 x 200 cm, 170 x 240 cm, 200 x 300 cm, 250...
Wool, Bamboo
Post Modern Light Blue Abstract Repeat Pattern Rug with or without Fringe
Located in New York, NY
The Rapture Collection is a high-end rug collection that includes 29 rug design options, in 155 design and rug color combinations, totaling 620 various design-color-size combinations...
Cotton, Polyester
Modernist Light Blue Abstract Repeat Pattern Rug with or Without Fringe
Located in New York, NY
The Rapture Collection is a high-end rug collection that includes 29 rug design options, in 155 design and rug color combinations, totaling 620 various design-color-size combinations. The rugs perform well in residential interior, hospitality interior, and offset commercial interior settings. Woven Concepts specializes in the creation of high end, contemporary, high quality and high performance rugs. - (Synergy) light blue rug with contemporary fade design - Request with our without fringe - 220 gram per square foot or .48 pounds per square foot - Flat-woven with a cut pile top stitch - Lux rug texture and weave - Machine woven and Hand finished - Heavy, pliable, and soft - Drapes beautifully - Looks and feels like a hand-knotted rug - Durable and high performance - Can also be used as a contemporary wall tapestry or wall hanging - Fast delivery time Woven Concepts is a boutique rug company, specializing in the conception and creation of high-end artisan rugs...
Cotton, Polyester
$2,765 / item
Red/Yellow Handwoven Tapestry by Calyah
Located in Geneve, CH
Red/Yellow Handwoven Tapestry by Calyah Unique piece Materials: Tibetan wool and silk. Dimensions: 170 x 65 x 1 cm Colour: red/yellow Also available in gold/orange, white/blue, ...
Wool, Silk
Luxury Natural Shape Hand-Dyed European Sheepskin Brown 1 Big Rug by Carine Boxy
Located in Geneve, CH
Luxury Natural Shape Hand-Dyed European Sheepskin Brown 1 Big Rug by Carine Boxy Dimensions: 240 x 450 cm Materials: Naturally dyed sheepskin. Each rug is different and unique, plea...
Sheepskin
$4,375 / item
Ono Rug by Volver Studios
Located in Geneve, CH
Ono Rug by Volver Studios Dimensions: W 250 x L 350 cm. Materials: Wool and bamboo. Available in seven size options: 90 x 240 cm, 140 x 200 cm, 170 x 240 cm, 200 x 300 cm, 250 x 350...
Wool, Bamboo
$4,021 / item
Medium Boz Kilim Wool Rug by Hermhaus
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Boz Kilim Wool Rug by Hermhaus Dimensions: D 160 x W 240 cm Materials: Wool, cotton yarn The “Boz Kilim,” brought to life by the labor of the first workshop in Turkey to prov...
Wool, Cotton
$6,043 / item
Army Green Rug by Volver Studios
Located in Geneve, CH
Army Green Rug by Volver Studios Dimensions: W 250 x L 350 cm. Materials: Wool and bamboo. Available in seven size options: 90 x 240 cm, 140 x 200 cm, 170 x 240 cm, 200 x 300 cm, 25...
Wool, Bamboo
$6,043 / item
Mint Chocolate Rug by Volver Studios
Located in Geneve, CH
Mint Chocolate Rug by Volver Studios Dimensions: W 250 x L 350 cm. Materials: Wool and bamboo. Available in seven size options: 90 x 240 cm, 140 x 200 cm, 170 x 240 cm, 200 x 300 cm...
Wool, Bamboo
$9,115 / item
Nude Round Mirage Rug by Gandia Blasco
Located in Geneve, CH
Nude Round Mirage Rug by Gandia Blasco Design by Patricia Urquiola Dimensions: W 210 x H 300 cm. Materials: Fiber composition: 100% wool. Weight: 20,2 kg Passion for life outdoors...
Wool