Post-Modern Console Tables
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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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Style: Post-Modern
Stone Demilune Console Table, 1980s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Meet the 1980s stone demilune console with a flair for the dramatic. Its stone facade is more captivating than a mystery novel, and the glass details ad...
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Stone
Sculptural Lacquered Grasscloth Console Table, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculptural Lacquered Grasscloth Console Table, 1970. Style of Karl Springer. Restored
Measures 61" long at bottom top 56" long 16.25" deep 29" tall
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Grasscloth, Lacquer
Wrought Iron Gold Leaf Console by Jean-Jacques Argueyrolles, 1990
Located in London, GB
An outstanding rare and decorative piece of post-modern design by French artist, Jean-Jacques Argueyrolles. Its materials are wrought iron and gold leaf, with forged arrow heads and ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel, Gold Leaf
Maitland Smith Sculptural Console Table & Mirror Tessellated Stone Post Moder
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Vintage Post Modern Scu...
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1980s Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble
Modern Blue Granite Kitchen Island/Console Table w/ Handmade Black Steel Base
Located in Asheville, NC
Unique handmade kitchen island or large console table - Blue granite top with handmade black steel base. Some light scuffing/scratching to the base and top. Overall good condition!
Category
1990s Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Granite, Steel
1980s Red Levanto Italian Marble Console Table
Located in Miami, FL
Striking 1980s Red Levanto Italian marble console table. A gorgeous, highly variegated marble console table featuring veining in a red maroon, dark green and white with a polished fi...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Majestic Postmodern Design Console Entrance Table Custom Circa 1980's
Located in San Diego, CA
Introducing a timeless masterpiece from the vibrant era of postmodern design, behold this custom-made console table crafted meticulously in the 1980s. Designed to captivate the eye a...
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20th Century American Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Cherry, Mahogany
Richard Himmel Post Modern Corner Console/Desk, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Richard Himmel Post Modern Corner Console/Desk, 1970. Original condition, laminate with acrylic.
Measures 41" long, 36" wide, 32" tall
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1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Acrylic, Laminate
Black Post Modern Waterfall Console Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Great post modern gloss black waterfall console table. The black post modern table would go great with many styles.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Laminate
Marble Montenegro Console by Ettore Sottsass, 1980s
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
form.
Comprising two white marble pedestals intricately veined in grey, sculpted with a graceful wave-like design, it elegantly upholds a rectangular Zimbabwe's black granit.
Manuf...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Granite, Marble
Sally Sirkin Style Multi Faceted Stainless Steel/Granite Console, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Style of Sally Sirkin Lewis Multi Faceted Stainless Steel and Granite Console, 1970.
Measures 82" long, 20.5" deep at center of marble, 30.5" tall. Chrome console 39" long, 15" deep.
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Granite, Stainless Steel
Postmodern Green Birch Chest of Drawers by Derk Van De Vries for Maisa
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s - 1980s.
This high-quality dresser that is made in varnished and ebonized birch was designed by Derk Van De Vries for Maisa.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Birch
Pink Marble & Plaster Console, 1980s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
With its bubblegum hue and intricate veined marble top, this console table strikes a delicate balance between flamboyance and elegance. The veined marble, with a soft blend of colors...
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Oto Console Table
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Post Modern design console table by Kaizo Oto for the Design Institute America, circa 1980's. The table features a thick shaped glass top which rests on the stylized mixed met...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Steel
Faux Travertine scroll console table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W60 D16 H29
Vintage post modern scroll console table. Item is well preserved with no major areas of wear. Console table or desk is structurally sound and sturdy. Item has travertine...
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Laminate
Post Modern Lacquered Console Table
Located in Puslinch, ON
Condition: Great Vintage Condition
Dimensions: 48.5” L x 16.75” D x 30” H (Tallest Point)
Description: A vintage lacquered post modern console table, circa 1980s. Finished on both ...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Sleek Italian Travertine and Brass Inlay Console Table, TWO AVAILABLE
Located in East Hampton, NY
We have TWO wonderful Italian unfilled travertine console tables with a thin decorative brass trim around top and base. Geometric design, simple and elegant.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Sculptural Waterfall Grasscloth Console, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculptural Waterfall Grasscloth Console, 1970. Original. Color customization available.
Measures 83.5" long, 17.75" deep, 27" tall.
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Grasscloth
Parsons Style Console Table by Lane circa 1970’s
Located in New York, NY
Chic architectural Parsons style console table by Lane Furniture, circa 1970’s.
The table is in its original rich chocolate brown paint finish ( shows light cosmetic wear ) and is s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Postmodern Black and Beige Tessellated Stone Console Table With Brass Inlay
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Postmodern Black & Beige Tessellated Stone Console Table merges bold design with elegance. Its black and beige tessellated stone surface, enhanced by brass inlays, adds a luxurio...
Category
20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Postmodern Pink and Lavender Water Color Laminate Console Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Infuse your home with artistic elegance using the Postmodern Pink and Lavender Watercolor Laminate Console Table. Featuring a stunning blend of pink and lavender hues on a laminate s...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Cantilevered Console Table
Located in St Louis Park, MN
Vintage Cantilevered Console Table fully refinished in a natural linen color. This console turned out stunning.
Love the cantilevered design and as...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Postmodern Tempo Designs Extra Long Laminate Console Table
Located in Medina, OH
Postmodern Tempo Designs Extra Long Laminate Console Table. Unfortunately one side of the table has black imperfections due to movers not using a proper ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Laminate
Postmodern Lucite Glass Top Console Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Postmodern Lucite Glass Top Console Table is a testament to modern elegance. With its transparent lucite frame, it creates a floating i...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Tessellated Pink and Beige Stone Glass Top Console Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Postmodern Tessellated Pink and Beige Stone Glass Top Console Table is a stunning addition to any interior. It features a tessellated stone base in pink and beige, creating an al...
Category
20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Pink and Beige Tessellated Stone Console Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Postmodern Pink and Beige Tessellated Stone Console Table is a perfect blend of art and functionality. It features a tessellated stone base in pink and beige, creating a captivat...
Category
20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass
1980s Kaiso Oto Postmodern Console DIA Design Institute of America
Located in Miami, FL
1980s Kaiso Oto Postmodern Console DIA Design Institute of America
Offered for sale is a 1980s Postmodern console designed by Kaiso Ot...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Pink and Beige Tessellated Stone Glass Top Console Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Postmodern Pink and Beige Tessellated Stone Glass Top Console Table is a stunning fusion of postmodern design and elegance. Featuring a tessellated stone base in pink and beige, ...
Category
20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Cast Plaster Glass Top Console Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Experience the distinctiveness of the Postmodern era with the Cast Plaster Glass Top Console Table. This table features a uniquely designed cast plaster pedestal, measuring 20.5”w,...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Faux Marble Laminate and Mirror Console Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Discover the elegance of the Postmodern Faux Marble Laminate and Mirror Console Table. This piece combines a luxurious faux marble top with a mirrored finish, perfect for modern inte...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Mirror
Italian Geometric Glass Top Console Table by Kaizo Oto
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Discover the Post-Modern Geometric Glass Top Console Table by Kaizo Oto, a masterpiece of contemporary design. This table features a striking geometric base, embodying Post-Modern cr...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass
Vintage Cream Marble Console Table
Located in Denver, CO
1970’s - 80’s Post Modern
Believed to be American-made when similar items were being imported from Italy.
Double chamfer table top.
Solid marb...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Stone
JMF Style French Oak Two-Tier Console Table w/ Brass Sabots
Located in East Hampton, NY
Very sleek design oak framed console that is well constructed and lots of attention to detail. Oak is finished with a wax matte tone and gives a rich natural hue. This 2-section and ...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass, Oak
Post Modern Console Table with Mirrored Glass Top Insert
Located in Houston, TX
The Post Modern Console Table with a Mirrored Glass Top Insert is a striking fusion of contemporary design and artistic innovation. Its unique shape and avant-garde aesthetics make i...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Wood
Sculptural Post Modern Gray Plaster Console, 1980
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculptural Post Modern Gray Plaster Console, 1980. Original condition.
Measure 60" long, 14.75" deep, 26" tall.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Postmodern Console With Ettore Sottsass Veneer Table 80s
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Vintage Postmodern Console featuring Ettore Sottsass Veneer.
The console meticulously re-veneered with the original Ettore Sottsass pattern fro...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Designer, Console, Bamboo, Rattan, Italy, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A low bamboo and rattan console, designed and produced in Italy, 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Vintage Italian Black Marble Console Sofa Table circa 1970s
Located in Portland, OR
Gorgeous postmodern Italian marble console table from the 1970s. Elongated rectangle marble top sits upon a matching marble pedestal for an elegant yet modern look. Stunning white ve...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Vintage Postmodern Dry Bar Console DJ Table 80s
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Vintage Postmodern Dry Bar/Console/DJ Table.
Showcasing an exclusive Ettore Sottsass Veneer design. This multifunctional piece can serve as a d...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Postmodern Birdseye Console, Pace Collection Attributed
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Birdseye Console Pace Collection Attributed
Offered for sale is a vintage 1980s Postmodern console with two slender drawers. The console is crafted with Birdseye ...
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Lacquer
Large Italian Coffee Table Style of Memphis Milano, 1990s
Located in Paris, IDF
The delicious, rule-breaking elements of postmodern design are evident in this large Italian coffee table in the style of Peter Shire and Me...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Metal
Linen Wrapped Lacquered Waterfall Console Table Circa 1980s
Located in Peabody, MA
Classic linen wrapped and lacquered waterfall console table in the manner of Karl Springer, circa 1980s. Finished on all sides.
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Linen, Wood, Lacquer
Sinuous postmodern American lacquered console table, Karl Springer style, 1980s
Located in Hastings, GB
Incredible sinuous postmodern lacquered console table, Karl Springer / Jay Spectre style, 1980s American. It's deep cream, with subtle pinky mauve & silver marbling.
Condition is goo...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Lacquer
1980s Postmodern Natural Mactan Stone Rounded Entry Console /Sofa Table
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern natural mactan stone console /sofa table. Circa 1980's
Features a half round beveled glass top resting on a fractured Mactan Stone facade...
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass
Post-Modern Breccia Marble Console Table, Italy, c.1980
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Post-Modern Breccia Marble Console Table, Italy, c.1980
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Breccia Marble
1980 Green Rattan Mirror Console Table and Mirror
Located in Staten Island, NY
Teal color rattan set of console table and mirror, made in 1980. Perfect for the hallway or entrance.
Mirror dimensions
Height: 54.5
Width: 26
Depth: 2
Console table dimensions
H...
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1980s North American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Rattan
Stylish Postmodern Milo Baughman style Laminated Geometric Console Sofa Table
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fun Post-modern geometric chrome and white laminate console table. This table is in nice vintage condition-top is bright white and clean. It measures 26"t x 60"l x 16"d.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Chrome
Italian Post Modernist Iron and Marble Console Table , manner of Gio Ponti
Located in Buffalo, NY
Italian Post Modernist Iron and Marble Console Table , manner of Gio Ponti,,, Stunning design,, Superior quality and construction.. Hand wrought..Hand delivery avail to New York Citr...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
Angelo Mangiarotti Eros Console Table, Italy 1970s
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible table designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper from the Eros series, iconic Carrara marble console table with large elliptical top fitted on two conical bases.
Vintage...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian Consolle Dining Table in Wood and Brass Detail 1980s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Round Italian table that becomes a console table by closing the frame and top.
Beech wood foot frame and top with brass details and leather trim, Italy production 1980s
Console dime...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Post Modern 1980s artistic Painted narrow forced perspective console table
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid-Century Post Modern artistic forced perspective design softly painted light pink and off white splatters with narrow console table. Would make a great entry way hallway or sofa t...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Kaizo Oto for Design Institute America Postmodern Steel and Brass Console Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Kaizo Oto for Design Institute of America Postmodern Steel and Brass Console Table
This console table measures: 33.25 wide x 9 deep x 26.75 inches high
We take our photos in a cont...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Carrara Marble Console Table by Philippe Starck, France, 1990s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Carrara marble console table designed by Philippe Starck. Crafted with precision and finesse, this exquisite piece exudes sophistication and luxury. Whether gracing your living room ...
Category
1990s French Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal
Postmodern Sculpted Tessellated Stone Console Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Excellent vintage postmodern sculpted tessellated mactan stone console table. Features postings sides with a raw interior and a rectangular beveled glass top.
Category
1990s Philippine Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Stone
Postmodern Entry Table with Pedestal Base & Wall Mirror
Located in Freehold, NJ
This vintage postmodern mirror & pedestal set features unique shaped mirror with three dimensional details and a white lacquer pedestal with brass accented posts and step base.
Mirr...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Mirror, Lacquer
Jay Spectre "Entrance Maker" Console Table with Mirror
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jay Spectre for Century Furniture "Entrance Maker" White Oak Console with Hanging Mirror. Console is ziggurat-shaped with a Mirrored Back-Splash. Inspired from Art Deco Step Back D...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Mirror, Oak
Biomorphic Postmodern Mirror With Matching Console
Located in Bensalem, PA
1980s-90s postmodern mirror/console set made with mixed mediums very unique one of kind statement piece
Category
1980s Canadian Vintage Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Resin, Wood
Vintage Post Modern Lime Green Lacquer Console Sofa Table
Located in Freehold, NJ
This vintage post modern sofa / console table features pressed wood construction, unique key-lime green lacquer finish, long smooth top, four squared legs, with lacquer finish throughout.
Complimentary pair of side green side chairs...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Post-modern console tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern console tables 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 console tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern console tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original console tables, popular names associated with this style include Misaya, Masaya, Ettore Sottsass, and Brueton. 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 console tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $280 and tops out at $176,085 while the average work can sell for $5,457.
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