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Ettore armchair, lim ed. 25pcs, memphis ode, black white bouclè. Studio Greca
Located in Torino, TO
ETTORE armchair - edizione limitata 1 of 25 pcs. (handmade in Italy) Kitsch ed eleganza in tributo a quel gruppo che, l'11 dicembre 1980 si riuniva per la prima volta nel soggiorno...
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Bouclé, Laminate, Wood

Ettore armchair, lim ed. 25pcs, memphis ode, black white, velvet. Studio Greca
Located in Torino, TO
ETTORE armchair - edizione limitata 1 of 25 pcs. (handmade in Italy) Kitsch ed eleganza in tributo a quel gruppo che, l'11 dicembre 1980 si riuniva per la prima volta nel soggiorno...
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Brass

Ettore armchair, lim ed. 25pcs, memphis ode, black white, velvet. Studio Greca
Located in Torino, TO
ETTORE armchair - edizione limitata 1 of 25 pcs. (handmade in Italy) Kitsch ed eleganza in tributo a quel gruppo che, l'11 dicembre 1980 si riuniva per la prima volta nel soggiorno...
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Brass

Mountain Chair By Tiarra Bell, Bellafonté Studio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
bent lamination methodology. Waking up on a flight to Milan, I witnessed the sun rising over the Swiss
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2010s American Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Wood, Oak

Ettore Sottsass DIVA Mirror for Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
supremely contemporary way with his translucent experimental Abet laminates, it is a show-stopper!! Just
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Laminate

POLAR Side Table by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Milano
By Michele de Lucchi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
colors and the De Lucchi-designed Abet plastic sawtooth laminate! Plenty of room for two very strong
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern End Tables

Materials

Laminate, Wood

TARTAR Sideboard by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
it also implements a very curious and beautiful form of laminate created by him, a reconstituted
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards

Materials

Laminate, Wood, Hardwood

George SOWDEN Coupe à fruits Fruit Bowl Penrose objects for the electronic age
By George Sowden
Located in PARIS, FR
, polished steel, wood, laminate. Label from the editor : « Objects for the electronic age, Milano, 1983
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Steel

Carlton Miniature / 1:4 Scale by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Ettore Sottsass himself after his iconic full-scale object, the Carlton cabinet. Perfect reproduction of the Carlton bookcase. The vivid colors and seemingly random in...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Andréa Branzi "Magnolia" Display Shelf Memphis Milano, 1985, Italy
By Andrea Branzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Iconic "Magnolia" display shelf designed by Andréa Branzi produced by Memphis Milano, Italy, 1985.  
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Shelves

Materials

Steel

Set of Four "Pantonic 5010" Chairs by Verner Panton for Studio Hag
By Verner Panton
Located in Cambridge, MA
Studio Hag, circa 1992. Constructed of laminated beech and finished with an ebony stain.
Category

1990s Danish Post-Modern Side Chairs

Materials

Beech

Memphis Tahiti Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Memphis Group, Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Austin, TX
the shape of a duck. The base is crafted from a black and white bacterio-patterned laminate and
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

80s Antonia Astori ‘kroma’ table for Driade
By Driade, Antonia Astori
Located in Amstelveen, Noord
Antonia Astori was born in Milan, Astori graduated from the Athenaeum of Lausanne in 1966, with a focus in Industrial and Visual Design. She cofounded Driade in 1968, together with h...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Console Tables

Materials

Metal

Ettore Sottsass TAHITI Table Lamp for Memphis Milano
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
movement's purest moments. The Sottsass-designed "Bacteriae" laminate on the base reinforces its "MEMPHIS
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

LODGE Sideboard, Rare by Martine Bedin for Memphis Milano
By Martine Bedin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
emblematic of the collective's fascination with HPL laminates. Secret shelves and drawers, this sideboard was
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Console Tables

Materials

Metal

Sculptural Custom "Ad Hoc Sym Metric" Rocking Chair by Bernie Lubell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, seemingly a study in joinery and mixed-woods lamination but also evincing a playful sense of humor with
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Rocking Chairs

Materials

Hardwood

Mambo Armchair by Houtique, Mint
By Masquespacio, Houtique
Located in Madrid, ES
to model). Solid Pinewood and fiber frame. Laminated board seat. Beech Wood board backrest with
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Metal, Gold, Chrome

Mambo Armchair by Houtique, Purple
By Houtique, Masquespacio
Located in Madrid, ES
to model). Solid Pinewood and fiber frame. Laminated board seat. Beech Wood board backrest with
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Metal, Gold, Chrome

Postmodern Spun Aluminum and Acrylic Table Lamp
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fabulous Postmodern table or desk lamp with spun aluminum shade, chrome stem on black square base. Centre of stem is adorned with clear and purple acrylic elements and acrylic finial...
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1990s Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Chrome

Colourful Postmodern Formica Lacquer Bent Metal Cubic Shelving Unit on Wheels
By Memphis Milano, Peter Shire, Ettore Sottsass
Located in PARIS, FR
A unique piece, this graphic, playful shelving unit epitomises the Italian post-modern aesthetic
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases

Materials

Metal

TABLE LAMP By Tobia Scarpa, Manufactured By Flos Floorlamp Sculptural Lamp
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Perchtoldsdorf, AT
Sculptural table light by Tobia Scarpa for Flos with artful details. Assembled on a black metal stand with two solid brass handles, each lampshade contains one light source.
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

"Desdobramento" Contemporary Dining Table in Jacaranda
By Jose Marton
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Brazilian contemporary dining table Desdobramento dining table by Jose Marton, 2015, Can seat 16-20 people Limited Edition of 60. Exhibitions: Encontros, Legado Arte gallery, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Post-Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Acrylic, Jacaranda

"Desdobramento" Lamp, 3 Modules
By Jose Marton
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Modular laminated lamp in golden formica. Accompanied with canopla. This piece does not come with
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pend...

Materials

Wood

"Desdobramento" Lamp, 9 Modules
By Jose Marton
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Modular laminated lamp in golden formica. Accompanied with canopla. This piece does not come with
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pend...

Materials

Wood

‘Desdobramento’ Lamp, 7 Modules
By Jose Marton
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Modular laminated lamp in golden formica. Accompanied with canopla. This piece does not come with
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pend...

Materials

Wood

"Desdobramento" Lamp, 5 Modules
By Jose Marton
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Modular laminated lamp in golden formica. Accompanied with canopla. This piece does not come with
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pend...

Materials

Wood

"DESDOBRAMENTO" Lamp - 12 Modules
By Jose Marton
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Modular laminated lamp in golden formica. Accompanied with canopla. This piece does not come with
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pend...

Materials

Wood

Post Modern Laminated Tortoiseshell Coffee Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Redding, CT
Post Modern Laminated Tortoiseshell Coffee Table. Mid Century Post Modern Laminate Tortoiseshell
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Vintage 1970s Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Composition

Post Modern Laminated Tortoiseshell Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Redding, CT
Post Modern Laminated Tortoiseshell Table. Rich deep brown earth tones with speckles of gold and
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Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern End Tables

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Post modern Black Laminate Lighted Pedestal Lamp
By Milo Baughman
Located in San Diego, CA
Versatile lighted pedestal lamp , circa 1980's black glossy laminated walls , with a white plastic
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20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Plastic, Laminate

Post modern waterfall white Laminate bench or coffee table
By Memphis Milano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Post modern waterfall white Laminate bench or coffee table.
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Benches

Materials

Laminate

Post Modern Woodgrain Laminate and Chrome Armoire
Located in Delray Beach, FL
laminate with a silver edge and chrome handles.
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Chrome

Pair of Simple Post Modern white Laminate 3 Drawer Dressers
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Simple pair of Post Modern 3 drawer white Laminate dressers.. All white laminate construction. All
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Dressers

Materials

Laminate

Pair post modern chrome and cream laminate nightstands John Stuart
By John Stuart Inc.
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Pair post modern chrome and cream laminate nightstands. Nice Modern nightstands in white with
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Night Stands

Materials

Chrome

Stylish 1980s American Post Modern Mauve Laminate Console Table
Located in Hastings, GB
mauve laminate- no bare back. Generally good condition for its age- small repaired chip on left side
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Console Tables

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Post modern white laminate drop leaf folding dining Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Post modern beech and white laminate drop leaf dining Table. Great small dining table that can fold
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Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Laminate, Beech

Simple Post Modern Dark Gray Laminate round dining game table
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Simple Post Modern Dark Gray Laminate round dining table. Gray Laminate with Black trim. No Chips
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Laminate

Pair Post modern Pink gloss laminate cylinder round Drum end tables
By Karl Springer, Paul Mayen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Pair Post modern pink gloss laminate round Cylinder end Drum tables. In the style of Karl Springer
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern End Tables

Materials

Laminate, Wood

1980s Post Modern Laminate Four Door Credenza in Mauve with One Drawer Shelves
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The quintessential Post modern credenza in black and pink laminate. This piece has four large doors
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Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Credenzas

Materials

Laminate

1990s Post Modern Black Laminate Rounded Credenza with Brass Handles and Trim
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Credenza with brass trim and handles, one side has a drawer and the other side has one adjustable shelf.
Category

Late 20th Century North American Post-Modern Buffets

Materials

Laminate

Pair Post modern taupe tan matte laminate rounded corners square end tables
By Karl Springer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair Post modern taupe tan matte laminate rounded corners square end tables. In the style of Karl
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern End Tables

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Pair of Post Modern Gray Laminate rounded triangle end tables on casters
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Pair of Post Modern Laminate rounded Triangular Side Tables. One is a darker Gray and others is
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern End Tables

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Modern to Post Modern White Laminate 6 Drawer Custom Dresser or Center Display
By Milo Baughman, Karl Springer
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous modern to postmodern white laminate six drawer custom built dresser by Center Displays
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Late 20th Century American Modern Dressers

Materials

Composition, Metal, Brass

1980s Post Modern Karl Springer Style Curved Laminate Side Accent Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Saddle River, NJ
Karl Springer Style Curved Laminate Side Accent Table Add a touch of mid-century modern elegance
Category

Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Vintage Post-Modern Blue Red Laminate Pop Art Memphis Style Nightstands, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Post-Modern Blue and Red Laminate Pop Art Memphis Style nightstands - a Pair. Item features
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Night Stands

Materials

Laminate

Vintage Post Modern Art Deco Style Console Desk - Burl Laminate Entry Table
By Ligne Roset, Roche Bobois
Located in Decatur, GA
Vintage post modern/art deco style entry way desk or console table. Versatile piece in form and
Category

Vintage 1980s North American Art Deco Desks

Materials

Laminate, Burl

Post Modern Waterfall Nightstand
By Karl Springer
Located in Redding, CT
Post Modern waterfall nightstand. Off white cream color laminate with gold trim. Very similar to
Category

Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Night Stands

Materials

Metal

Post modern scroll coffee table
Located in Toronto, ON
timeless both in its quality and its structure. This post modern coffee table will look stunning in any
Category

Vintage 1980s Canadian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Laminate

Post-modern 1980s Memphis Style Storage piece
Located in Antwerp, BE
Architect in laminated wood. Measures: D 46 cm, H 185 cm, W 182 cm.
Category

Vintage 1980s Belgian Post-Modern Cabinets

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Black Post Modern Waterfall Console Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Great post modern gloss black waterfall console table. The black post modern table would go great
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Console Tables

Materials

Laminate

Post-Modern Black Faux-Marble Wood Dining Table
Located in Astoria, NY
Post-Modern ebonized faux-marble wood extendable dining table raised on tapered legs. Dimensions
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Postmodern White Laminate Credenza Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
Postmodern white laminate credenza desk, of extended rectangular form, with four drawers across the
Category

20th Century Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Laminate

Postmodern Laminate Coffee Table, 1980s
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Miami, FL
Red and cream laminate coffee table from the 1980s.
Category

1990s Unknown Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Laminate

Postmodern White Laminate Credenza Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
Postmodern white laminate credenza desk, of extended rectangular form, with four drawers across the
Category

20th Century Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Laminate

Pair of Post Modern Demi Lune Tables
Located in New York, NY
A pair 1970's post modern black glass toped black acrylic laminate demi lune console tables. Demi
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Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Demi-lune Tables

Materials

Acrylic, Laminate, Wood

Postmodern Faux Travertine Laminate Credenza
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional vintage postmodern rectangular credenza. Features a faux travertine gloss laminate with
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Credenzas

Materials

Laminate, Wood

Large White Post Modern Campaign Dresser
By Henredon
Located in Redding, CT
Large White Post modern Campaign Dresser. Perfect piece for that walk in closet. This is the
Category

Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

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Laminate Post Modern For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the laminate post modern you’re looking for. A laminate post modern — often made from laminate, wood and metal — can elevate any home. There are 186 variations of the antique or vintage laminate post modern you’re looking for, while we also have 25 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect laminate post modern — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each laminate post modern bearing Art Deco, Hollywood Regency or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. A well-made laminate post modern has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group and Michele de Lucchi are consistently popular.

How Much is a Laminate Post Modern?

The average selling price for a laminate post modern at 1stDibs is $3,627, while they’re typically $275 on the low end and $74,233 for the highest priced.

A Close Look at Post-modern Furniture

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.