Post-Modern Furniture
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
Period: 1980s
Mario Botta, 4 'Seconda' Black Metal Chairs, Alias Mod. 602, 1980s
By Mario Botta
Located in Argelato, BO
Three 'Seconda' chairs designed by the famous architect Mario Botta for the Italian firm Alias, model 602.
All 4 are painted black both in the structure and in the seat, they bear ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Original Meritalia armchair Afra & Tobia Scarpa leather black 1980s
Located in Berlin, DE
We are offering a beautiful designer armchair by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Meritalia for sale. The design comes from the renowned designer duo Scarpa and impresses with its timeless el...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather
"Rubber Chairs" for Metropolitan Furniture by Brian Kane, 1987
By Brian Kane
Located in Chicago, IL
"Rubber Chairs" for Metropolitan Furniture for Steelcase by Brian Kane, 1987. Chairs are black steel with rubber coating and leather seats.
WE HAVE 4 OF THE BLACK LEFT. MANY OTHERS ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Rubber
Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Goppion 'Bisante S1' Chair in Black Leather and Steel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Goppion, 'Bisante S1' chair, leather, steel, Italy, 1980s
The Bisante S1 chair, designed by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Goppion, made in Italy in the 1980s. This...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
'Scarface' Original Vintage Australian One Sheet Movie Poster, 1984
Located in Devon, GB
Considered to be one of the best gangster films ever made, 'Scarface' follows the rise and fall of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Al Pacino) as he becomes the biggest drug lord in 1980s Miami. Directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone, the cast also featured Michelle Pfeiffer in her breakthrough role as coke-addict mob wife Elvira Hancock. The film's excessive violence, profanity and scenes of graphic drug usage were met with a negative critical response on initial release, but subsequent reappraisal has established 'Scarface' as a cult classic. A loose remake of the 1932 film of the same name, De Palma dedicated his version to Howards Hawks and Ben Hecht...
Category
1980s Australian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper, Linen
Philippe Starck for Aleph Driade Ed Archer leather Dining Chairs set of 8
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
Rare set of 8 Philippe Starck Aleph Driade Leather Chairs - Ed Archer
This version has the bound leather underneath and is known for its better quality in...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Antonia Astori, hairdresser mod. Dione for Driade, 1984
By Antonia Astori, Driade
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
The piece of furniture mod. Dione by Antonia Astori is open to many possibilities. It serves its purpose as a desk, hairdresser’s table or console.
An architecturally straightforward...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
1980s Knoll Jorge Pensi Amat Five Toledo Chairs Spain
By Amat-3, Jorge Pensi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1980s Set of 5 Toledo Chairs stackable designed by Jorge Pensi Amat 3 Spain for Knoll
Organic and streamlined shape lightweight cast aluminum
Dye cast aluminum is secured with machin...
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Piero De Martini for Cassina Italian Square "Naviglio" Slate Coffe Table, 1980s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian square coffee table from the ‘Naviglio’ series, designed by architect-designer Piero De Martini and produced by Cassina, with a cross-shaped wooden frame with four interlocki...
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Slate, Metal
Lila Hunter Chairs By Philippe Starck For XO 1980s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Lila Hunter chair by Philippe Starck for XO.
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Custom King Headboard Cabinet with Integrated Nightstands Pink/Mauve & Brass
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE
Vintage 1980 custom cabinet King headboard with integrated nightstands quality construction hardwood clad in pinki...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Bielecky Brothers Cane and Rattan Wrapped Cabinet, Circa 1980s
Located in Peabody, MA
Two door cane and rattan wrapped cabinet by Bielecky Brothers of New York, circa 1980s. Brass clad feet, and brass handles, with bullnose front corners. Can be used with or without i...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
1980s Maitland Smith Mactan Tessellated Stone Brass Dining Table
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Indulge in the timeless elegance of this exquisite Sculptural Maitland Smith Style, Tessellated Mactan Stone Brass & Beveled Glass Dining Table. Dating back to the 1980s.. Crafted wi...
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Stone, Brass
Cubism Acrylic Painting on Board Peter Robert Keil 1983
Located in Hastings, GB
A striking cubism acrylic painting on board signed by the artist, Peter Robert Keil and dated 1983
This monochrome study is bold and thought provoking...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Stone International Travertine Dining Table and Tonon Chairs for Roche Bobois
Located in Littleton, CO
This Stone International travertine pedestal table and Tonon dining chairs - both crafted in Italy - are the perfect, elegant pairing.
...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Travertine
1980´s Italian postmodern nightstands lacquer cream and brass
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage set of 1980s postmodern nightstands. Finished in a luxurious lacquer cream with striking brass accents, each nightstand boasts two spacious drawers for ample storage. Their b...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
1980s Post Modern Segis Italia Black Plastic & Chrome Charlie Side Chairs Set 4
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome Post Modern Memphis Style Segis Italia black plastic & chrome Charlie Collection cantilever chairs by Carlo Bimbi & Nilo Gioacchini, made in Italy, imported by Loewenstein Oggo...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Italian Post modern plastic storage Boby trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast. designed in 1968. Iconic design, Logo and signature present.
features several storage compartments a...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Post Modern Ceramic Jewelry Trinket Dish Signed Palmer 1980s
By Palmer
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is a post-modern Memphis Milano style ceramic jewelry dish signed Palmer. It was made in Italy in the 1980s. It is a catch-all trinket dish perfect for jewelry or soap. Iconic r...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Steve Chase Postmodern Illuminated Monterey Channel Sofa, Circa 1980's
By Steve Chase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Authentic Steve Chase "Monterey" channel sofa in original fabric.
The sofa illuminates underneath with a string light along the front and side. The upholstery is in very good condition, no rips, tears or stains. The sofa is approximately 14 feet in total length and is all one piece. A small 12...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
2 Rodney Kinsman for Bieffeplast Italian Postmodern Tokyo Bar Counter Stools 35"
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of circa 1980's Italian postmodern Bauhaus style "Tokyo" chairs / counter bar stools, designed by Rodney Kinsman for Bieffeplast of Padova, Italy. Gray metal tubular frame with ...
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage black leather high back dining chairs, set of 6, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Set of 6 black italian leather high back dining chairs.
Beautiful sleek and timeless design with the backrest continuing all the way down to form the back legs.
The chairs are in g...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather
Postmodern Articulated Pair of Gold Wall Sconces by Estiluz, Barcelona, 1980s
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Cool Articulated and Dimmable Postmodern Pair of Gold Wall Sconces by Leonardo Marelli for Estiluz. Model: A-1060 Gold.
These fixtures were designed and manufactured in Barcelona (Sp...
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
2-Piece Up & Up Triangular Nesting Staggered Coffee Tables in Travertine Stone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and made in Italy, these were most likely manufactured by Stone International and distributed by retailers like Up&Up and Roche Bobois. This pair was bought from Up&Up by th...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Marble
1980s Postmodern Preview Cloud Sectional Sofa
By Preview
Located in Bensalem, PA
Stunning 3 piece PREVIEW sectional sofa
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
Vintage italian high back black leather dining chairs, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Set of 6 black italian leather high back dining chairs.
beautiful sleek and timeless design.
The chairs are in good condition
1980s - Italy
Dimensions
Height: 110cm
Width 45cm
De...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather
1980s Preview Tripod Three-Legged Taupe Lounge Chair
By Preview
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a stylish, avant-garde chair by Vladimir Kagan for Preview, circa the 1990s. Vladimir Kagan's design philosophy revolves around sculptural forms that bl...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Velvet
Aldo Rossi Teatro Chairs
Located in Dronten, NL
Exceptional Post-Modern Teatro side chairs designed by architect Aldo Rossi and Luca Meda and manufactured by Italian furniture company Molteni. Beautiful timeless design in high quality solid cherry wood reupholstered in brand new Royal Blue Kvadrat Topas upholstery.
Topas is a very high quality crepe, made with 100 % pure wool.
We have 15 of these chairs available, reupholstery in other fabrics or leather is available upon request.
Priced individually.
Aldo Rossi (1931 - 1997), a leading exponent of the postmodern movement, was an Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four distinct areas: architectural theory, drawing, design, and product design. The Teatro chair...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cherry
Cobalt Blue Crystal Ice Bucket Ajka Arabella Barware 1960
By Baccarat
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Ajka Arabella Crystal Cobalt Cut to Clear Ice Bucket Mouth-blown and Hand-Cut.
Cobalt blue cut to clear Bohemia art glass crystal ice bucket decorativ...
Category
1980s Hungarian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Postmodern Italian Set of Eight White Wall Sconces by Targetti Sankey, 1980s
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Cool Postmodern Set of Eight White Wall Sconces or Flush Mounts by Targetti Sankey. Model: 376 Blanco. These fixtures were designed and manufactured in Italy during 1980s
These fixtu...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Karl Springer Goatskin Dining Table With Custom Chrome Drum Base
Located in Culver City, CA
This dining table is simply stunning. A goatskin dining table designed by Karl Springer from the 1980s features a creamy goatskin top with hides that are both tan and nude in color with slight color variations in the hides that only come with real goatskin pieces.
This large goatskin top rests on a circular chrome drum base that is a custom base for the table. This stunning table came out of a prominent home in Century City and the provenance is available upon request.
The dining table top still has the original Karl Springer paper label which was included in the original wrapping of the piece / order tag, which has been affixed to the bottom by the original owner for provenance. This wrapping tag has significantly faded with time, but you can still make out the name Karl Springer at the top (especially if you snap a photo and bump up the contrast).
This dining table, as photographed, looks incredible with the Guido Faleschini for Pace Collection dining chairs -- which is the exact combination the family had been using since the 1980's. With the striking chrome base, this dining table would look great with Milo Baughman thinline...
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Mario Botta, 4 'Seconda' Metal Chairs, Alias Mod. 602, 1980s
By Mario Botta
Located in Argelato, BO
Mario Botta, set of 4 "Seconda" Armchairs produced by Alias, Italy 1982. Structure with armrests in gray powder-coated steel, black seat in perforated steel sheet.
Backrest made up...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
8 Mid Century Modern Toledo Aluminum Armchairs by Jorge Pensi Indoor Outdoor
By Jorge Pensi, Amat-3
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous simple yet elegant design by Jorge Pensi for Amat. Top quality cast aluminum elements which are fitted to each other. In excellent vintag...
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Loic Beuchet Trompe L'Oeil Plaster Fire Surround 1980s
Located in CA, CA
A plaster fire surround with a delicate tromp l’oeil drapery by Loic Beuchet, circa 1980.
Dimensions: Width 145cm x Height 22cm x Depth 30cm
Hearth opening:
Height 24.41 in (62 c...
Category
1980s European Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Vintage 1980s Postmodern Nero Marquina Marble Dining Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Absolutely stunning veining on this black marble dining table. Even the base has intricate veining on all four sides, it’s hard to pick a favorite angle.
We also had the lacquer pro...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble
Italian Modern Curved Sculptural Loveseat or Sofa
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern curved sculptural loveseat or sofa. This stunning Italian Federico Munari inspired postmodern sofa, chaise or loveseat has interesti...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Shiro Kuramata Pink Vase
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Shiro Kuramata's acrylic flower vase. Small model. Acrylic block which pink is inside and glass tube.
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass, Acrylic
Tea Service "Flash On" by Dorothy Hafner, Rosenthal Studio-Line Germany, 1980s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Tea Service "Flash On" by Dorothy Hafner, Rosenthal Studio-Line Germany, 1980s. 40 pieces of fantastic coffee/tea service. The iconic Post-Moden, Memphis pattern...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1980s Postmodern Vladimir Kagan Preview Sofa with Kelly Wearstler Velvet
Located in Miami, FL
1980s Designer Preview sofa, masterfully upholstered in a way to keep the visual symmetry of the bold diagonal stripes, Sereno velvet fabric by Kelly Wearstler.
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Velvet
Burl wood coffee table with bar by Paul Michel for Roche Bobois 1980s
By Paul Michel
Located in Sas van Gent, NL
Super sophisticated stunning coffee table designed and manufactured by Paul Michel, France 1980s.
This metamorphic coffee table is cleverly designed and slides smoothly open to reve...
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Burl
Post Modern Teapot by Peter Langer for Feltman Langer c.1980s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Post-Modern porcelain teapot designed by Peter Langer for Feltman Langer. It is in the style of and often attributed to Peter Shire. The teapot is asymm...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Veranda chaise longue by Vico Magistretti for Cassina
Located in Athens, Attiki
Burgundy leather Veranda chaise longue by Vico Magistretti for Cassina, 1983.
Folding backrest with variable inclination.
Vico Magistretti said about “Veranda”:
“To sit watching tele...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather
Radical Memphis style table clock, lacquered metal, 1980s
Located in taranto, IT
Table clock in full Radical Memphis style, produced in the early 1980s, postmodern, made of lacquered metal, with white dial on black background.
Designer's signature visible on the ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Mickey Chair by Pierre Colleu for Starform and Disney, France 1980s.
Located in Lille, FR
Seat height: 30 cm.
Total height : 64 cm
Good condition.
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood
Post modern bar cabinet by Belgochrom, 1980s
By belgochrom
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Beautiful brass/copper postmodern design cabinet by Belgochrom.
Belgochrom used to make high quality furniture that was sold in high end furniture shops all around belgium. The wen...
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
Otto Zapf Arcona Leather Living Room Set for Art Collection
Located in Ludwigslust, DE
This Arcona leather set consists of a 2-seater sofa and two armchairs. The thick black leather is in very good condition with minimal signs of wear. The back and seat cushions, as well as the leather coverings on the armrests, are attached with a zipper system and can be easily removed. The seating comfort is impeccable in both the 2-seater and the armchairs.
Otto Zapf founded the company Vitsoe+Zapf in 1958 together with Niels Vitsoe and cooperated with Dieter Rams. In 1969, Otto Zapf left the joint company and designed the Arcona line for Art Collection...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather
Italian Modern Polished Travertine Pedestal
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Polished Travertine Pedestal.
Offered is an Italian Post Modern Mangiarotti style travertine pedastal with beautiful variegation and a highly polished surface. This lo...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Travertine
Colorful Wool Floral Rug on Black Background
Located in Pasadena, CA
This colorful floral rug in mostly sensuous pastel tones and floral imagery has lots of contrast through dark black negative space.
The rug features a dense plush wool pile.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool
1980s Nautilus Weiman Sculptural Tweedy Style Swivel Chairs, Set of 2
By Weiman
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Transport yourself back to the sleek and sophisticated 1990s with this exquisite sculptural swivel chairs. The ultra rare chairs exudes an air of luxury and refinement. Outstanding d...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Midcentury Postmodern Optical Neon Floor Lamp Sculpture after Rudi Stern
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and impressive 1980s neon sculpture designed by Zimmerman Studios and produced by Archigraphics LA in 1987. Comes complete with pedestal as shown. Signed and numbered.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
1980s Laminated waterfall Scroll table by Jeffrey Craig
Located in Toronto, CA
A large vintage laminated waterfall scroll coffee table from the 1980s. It was created in Canada by renowned expert Jeffrey Craig, known for crafting high-quality laminated furniture...
Category
1980s Canadian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Laminate
Alien Chair Carlo Forcolini 1980s Design
By Carlo Forcolini, Alias
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Alien chair design by Carlo Forcolini in the 1980s.
Yellow wood seat and back. Frame is painted steel. Manufactured by Alias Italy.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
XL Murano Glass Vase, Memphis Design in Style of Ettore Sottsass, Italy, 1980s
Located in Zagreb, HR
Stunning large Memphis Design Murano glass vase attributed to Ettore Sottsass, Italy, 1980s.
Striking, bold design. A beautiful large size postmodern sculptural statement piece.
T...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Post modern dining chairs by Pietro costantini, 1980s, set of 6
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Very chic italian high back dining chairs designed by Pietro Costantini.
Elegant curved lacquered wood backrests and upholstered with black leather.
Cool 'fan shaped' designe.
La...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Post Modern Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone Coffee Table
Located in Clermont, FL
Tessellated stone low profile coffee table by Maitland Smith. The company's tessellated stone furniture pieces are known for their durability, beauty, and unique character.
This particular piece table top is bordered by coral tile...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Stone
Kazuko Matthews Post Modern California Studio Stoneware Teapot with Lid
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Flattened stoneware Post Modernist teapot with lid by California architectural artist Kazuko Matthews. Teapot measures 16" by 12" by 4" and is signed ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
1980s Maitland Smith Style Casa Bisque Tessellated Stone Console Table & Mirror
By Casa Bique
Located in Bensalem, PA
Stunning, tessellated stone console and matching mirror with brass inlay by Casa Bisque mirror measurements are 38”x36”
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Shell
Italian Acerbis Modern Black Lacquer Sheraton Sideboard
By Acerbis
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Super long.
Would fit an 100" TV with room to spare.
Italian Postmodern glossy black lacquer "Sheraton" sideboard, designed by Giotto Stoppino (Italian, 1926-2011) and Lodovico Acer...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
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...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Sergio Bustamente Mixed Metal Cockatoo Hanging Sculpture
Located in Redding, CT
Sergio Bustamente Mixed Metal Cockatoo Hanging Sculpture. Amazing detail and craftsmanship. Perfect for that Boho Coastal vibe.
Category
1980s Mexican Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
Italian Modernist Bed "Marlo" designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Molteni
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find an Exceptionally Rare Modernist bed "Marlo" designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Molteni. It was designed in 1982 as an improved version of the 1970s '...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Ettore Sottsass, Pair of Rare Vintage Wall Lamps, 1980s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007), Italian architect and designer.
A pair of rare vintage wall lamps designed for Ikea. 1980s.
Measures: 20 x 19 cm.
Depth: 10 cm.
In excellent condition.
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Large Murano Glass Pendant by La Murrina, Italy, 1980s
By La Murrina
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
A large Murano glass and gold - plated brass chandelier by La Murrina, Italy, circa 1980s.
Socket: one x E27 or E26 (US) for standrad screw bulb.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pastoe Kubus Armchair FM62 designed by Radboud van Beekum, The Netherlands, 1981
Located in Zevenaar, NL
Pastoe Kubus Armchair FM62 designed by Radboud van Beekum
The Netherlands, 1981
Cube-shaped metal frame with new harness canvas upholstery.
This cube-shaped chair from the eighties...
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Scandinavian Ergonomic Design Writing Desk and Stool, Stokke, 1980's
By Stokke
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Scandinavian ergonomic design writing desk with pivoting stool, made by Stokke, Norway 1980's. Ergonomical designed writing desk with black inlay and middle reading section w...
Category
1980s Norwegian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Silver Plated Candleholder Simon by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Vienna, AT
This Seven-armed candle holder was desined by Borek Sipek 1988 and manufactured by Driade. It is made of silver-plated metal with company stamp Driade on the underside. The conical b...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Silver
Peregalli and Calatroni Post Modern Armchair, circa 1985, Italy
Located in Brussels, BE
Post-modern Maurizio Peregalli and Sergio Calatroni chair, edited by Zeus circa 1985, Italy.
Poltrona model.
Black powder-coated square steel tube, bl...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Italian Post Modern Floor Lamp design by Perry A. King & S. Mirand for Arteluce
Located in Roma, IT
A Post Modern floor lamp of great charm, made in Italy by the historic lighting company Arteluce founded in 1939 by Gino Sarfatti.
Designed and produced during the 80s, this floor la...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Mario Botta La Quinta chair for Alias, Switzerland 1985, One Chair
By Mario Botta, Alias
Located in Basel, BS
Fast Shipping, insured in 8-15 days.
Mint condition original 1980s La Quinta chair by Mario Botta Chairs for Alias. One chair is left.
During the 198...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Two tier wooden pivoting top coffee table by roche Bobois, 1980s
By Roche Bobois
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Rare wooden coffee table with two pivoting table tops by roche Bobois.
Beautiful post modern design, which is also very handy as you can turn the table tops as desired.
Very good c...
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Oak
Halogen Desk lamp 1980s Dutch
By Dijkstra
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice rare Halogen table lamp ,in White . adjustable in Height .
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Post-Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
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