Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
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
Bert England for Stow Davis Swivel Desk Chairs c 1970's pair available
Located in New York, NY
High end swivel desk chairs designed by Bert England for Stow Davis, circa 1970's. The chairs feature heavy bright steel frames, bases and legs, with original fabric upholstered back...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Steel
Post-modern 1970s Wood Desk Chair by Chatham County Furniture, High Point
By The Chatham Corporation, Poul Hermann Poulsen
Located in Chicago, IL
Solid maple rectilinear desk or dining chair made by Chatham County Furniture of High Point, North Carolina. In the manner of Scandinavian postmodern furniture of the era such as by...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Naugahyde, Maple
i4 Mariani for Pace Leather Executive Office Chair
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Elegant Guido Faleschini swivel management soft pad chair. Designed for i4 Mariani and retailed in the 1970s and 1980s by The Pace Collection. Underneath the chair is a telescoping m...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Metal, Steel
1980s Task Chair Designed by Niels Diffrient for Knoll
By Niels Diffrient, Knoll
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA, 1980s
Very fun and bright cherry red eighties task chairs designed by Niels Diffrient for Knoll International. Armless style, padded, with a great base. 3 available.
CONDITION ...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Plastic
Contemporary Office chair
Located in New York, NY
Office chair, black, in the manner of the Aero chair, with synthetic back, black seat, and adjustable back arms, and seat.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Synthetic
Post Modern desk chair by Roberto Lucci and Paolo Orlandini for Lamm Italy
Located in Delft, NL
Dimensions: 60cm W, 50cm H seat, 60cm D, 71cm H arm rest, 93cm H total
Condition: Good
Period: 1980’s
Origin: Italy
Manufacturer: Lamm
Designer: Roberto Lucci and Paolo Orlandini
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Chair model Dr.Glob by Philippe Starck for Kartell, Italy 80s
Located in Lucija, SI
Very RARE Postmodern plastic Chair, model Dr Glob, was designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell Italy in '80s; exactly 1986.
This retro, plastic Chair is in very good vintage conditi...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Metal
Set of Eight Black Nylon Revolving Office Chairs by Eames for Herman Miller
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s.
These desk chairs feature a black nylon and aluminum frame.
They are revolving but not reclining, and height is not adjustable.
This set might show slight tr...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Post Modern Knoll Swivel Desk, Office, Chairs 11 Available
By Don Chadwick, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Knoll swivel desk chair(s) from the 1970's, in rich brown formed foam upholstery, on five star base. The chair swivels a full 360, and the base is on double wheel coaster...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Steelcase Swivel Chairs in the style of Pollack c.1970's 6 available
By Steelcase
Located in New York, NY
Chic, stylish, voguish set of swivel chairs by Steelcase, circa 1970's. These chairs have a vibrant blue upholstered continuous seat and back, a off white plastic shell, and a chro...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Marco Maran X3 Chairs for Knoll, Set of 4
By Marco Maran, Knoll
Located in Littleton, CO
A set of 4 Knoll "X3" chairs by Marco Maran for home or office, and everyday use or comfortable seating for occasional guests.
Each chair is comprised of a clear polycarbonate she...
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Black Leather Conference Chair
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Conference chairs, leather, metal, Europe, 1980s.
These comfortable and fully adjustable swiveling executive armchairs are upholstered with a black leather. The leather has aged ove...
Category
1980s European Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Metal
1990's Postmodern German Chrome Cantilever Arm Chairs - A Pair
Located in Burbank, CA
Vintage Postmodern pair of armchairs for sale. These were manufactured by design company Konig + Neurath in 1999, and are the Diva chairs. T...
Category
1990s German Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Figura Office Chair Designed by Mario Bellini for Vitra, Italy, 1984
By Vitra, Mario Bellini
Located in Athens, Attiki
Figura chair designed by Mario Bellini for Vitra, Italy 1984.
Figura combines three important ergonomic functions in one chair, creating the optimum requ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Metal
Leather Desk Chair by Rudolf Glatzel for Walter Knoll
By Walter Knoll
Located in Ludwigslust, DE
The Knoll office chair in cognac-colored leather is in good condition. The leather of the backrest and the seat and back cushions shows minimal signs of wear on the corners. The leat...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather
Handkerchief Chairs in White by Massimo Vignelli for Knoll Post Modern a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Iconic design by Massimo Vignelli for Knoll. These ethereal chairs, seeming floating in air are fully labeled with an embossed Knoll, Vignelli design and a paper Knoll Label.
This...
Category
Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Fiberglass
Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the properties of mater...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Balance Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance chair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available,
The love of processes, the properties of materials,...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Balance Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance chair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also available: Other colors available
The love of processes, the properties of materials, ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 4 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm.
Also available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the propertie...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available,
The love of processes, the properties of mater...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 2 Balance Chairs by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 balance chairs by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the properties of ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available,
The love of processes, the properties of mater...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Sensato Armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Sensato armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the properties of materia...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 2 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also available: Other colors available
The love of processes, the properties ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 2 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the properties...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Balance Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available,
The love of processes, the properties of materials,...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 2 Balance Chairs by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Balance Chairs by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available, please contact us.
The love of processes,...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 2 Sensato Armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Sensato Armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available,
The love of processes, the properties o...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 4 Sensato Armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 4 Sensato Armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available,
The love of processes, the properties o...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 4 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 4 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available,
The love of processes, the properties...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 4 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the properties...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
1980s Wood Base Office Swivel Chair
By Knoll
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
These timeless office swivel chairs are packed with personality! Outstanding design is exhibited throughout the monumental form. Post modern Style Swivel Chairs are beyond stunning. Sits on a wood swivel...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Set of 2 Sensato Armchairs by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Sensato armchairs by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the properties ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 2 Balance Chairs by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Balance chairs by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also available: Other colors available
The love of processes, the properties of m...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 4 Balance Chairs by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 balance chairs by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the properties of ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 2 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm.
Also available: other colors available.
The love of processes, the propertie...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 4 Sensato Armchairs by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Sensato armchairs by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the properties ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 4 Balance Chairs by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 balance chairs by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also available: Other colors available
The love of processes, the properties of m...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Sensato Armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Sensato armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the properties of materia...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Sensato Armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Sensato Armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the properties of materia...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 2 Sensato Armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Sensato Armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the properties o...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 4 Sensato Armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Sensato armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm
Also Available: Other colors available.
The love of processes, the properties o...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair Rodney Kinsman Red T7 Tractor Stools for OMK, 1971
By Rodney Kinsman, OMK
Located in Cathedral City, CA
A pair of fabulous T7 Tractor seat stools designed by Rodney Kinsman, a British designer, for his company OMK in 1971. Truly an avant-garde design in a highly desirable red color. Th...
Category
1970s English Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Enamel, Steel, Chrome
Naoto Fukasawa Office Swivel Chairs Geiger for Herman Miller
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Rare form office chairs with period fabric in clean almost unused shape. Created by Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa, Saiba Chair for Herman Miller. ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Nicos Zographos Gray Leather Office/Desk Chairs, 1980
Located in Chicago, IL
Nicos Zographos grey leather office/desk chair, 1980s. Original slate grey color leather.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Il Palazzo 'August' Armchair Shigeru Uchida
Located in Venezia, VENETO
This chair was designed by Shigeru Uchida for the Hotel Il Palazzo, project led by Aldo Rossi in Fukuoka, Japan.
The hotel “Il Palazzo”, the latest project of the winner of the 1990 Pritzker Prize for architecture, was formerly a modern landmark in the city focused on a square and a facade of a new classical order. Inside, there are projects by Shigeru Uchida and Ikuyo Mitsuhashi, as well as four...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Wood
Rare Leather Swivel Chair "Epoca" by Marco Zanuso Produced by Arflex, Italy
By Arflex, Marco Zanuso
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970.
It is a swivel chair on wheels designed by Marco Zanuso and manufactured by ARFLEX.
It is made in cast aluminum, fiberglass, and le...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Tito Agnoli, Desk / Swivel Chair "Korium" for Matteo Grassi, Post-Modern / Italy
Located in Stockholm, SE
Desk / Swivel office chair in leather, designed by Tito Agnoli for Matteo Grassi Model "Korium" with original leather, nice patina. Made in Italy, 1980s.
Adjustable height and til...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Plastic
6 Swivel Office Arm Chairs in Brown Tweed by Hon
By Charles Pollock, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
Stylish ergonomic design swivel arm chairs, perfect for commercial use, desk or conference room, also can be used residentially as well. Made by noted manufacturer HON, in the style ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Multi Adjustable Tilt and Swivel Herman Miller Aeron Classic Office Desk Chair
Located in Ferndale, MI
Designed by Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick for Herman Miller . Aeron chair revolutionized office seating with its fresh design. Pellicle suspension material ...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Figura Office Chair by Mario Bellini for Vitra- Sold Separately
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W25 D27 H35 SW20 SD17 SH17 AH25.5
Vintage German made leather office chairs. Price is per chair. Chairs are structurally sound and fully functional. Areas of wear have been pictur...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Italian Modern X3 Chair by MarCo Maran, Max Design
By Marco Maran
Located in Zagreb, HR
“X3” Chair with slide base, Italy 2000s.
Designer: Marco Maran
Signed
The single-piece transparent seat with a regular square mesh structure is o...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Massimo Vignelli for Knoll Postmodern Handkerchief Chair, 7 Available
Located in South Bend, IN
A stylish postmodern stacking "handkerchief" chair
By Massimo Vignelli for Knoll International
USA, 1980s
Molded fiberglass seat, with powder coated steel base.
Measures: 23.5"W ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Steel
Pair of Fine Custom Post Modern Design Club Chairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of Post Modern Style barrel back chairs with sculptured frame, slightly flared arms and resting on contrasting and shape feet. The fabric is a natural striated heavy linen type....
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
1980's Post-Modern Dining / Office Chairs in Red and Black by Klaus Wettergren
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
These extremely rare dining chairs are a great example to the post-modern period and are a design statement at the time of the early '80s. The so called "sitting sculpture...
Category
1980s Danish Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Metal
Massimo Vignelli for Knoll Postmodern Handkerchief Chair, 29 Available
Located in South Bend, IN
A stylish postmodern stacking "handkerchief" chair
By Massimo Vignelli for Knoll International
USA, 1980s
Molded fiberglass seat, with powder coated steel base.
Measures: 23.5"W x 21"D x 28.75"H. Seat height 17.5".
Newly professionally powder coated bases and power washed seats. Very good condition.
Priced individually. 29 chairs...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Steel
Black & Chrome Plated Metal Penelope Armchair by C. Pollock for A. Castelli, 80s
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Chair with chromed metal, plastic structure and metal mesh shell. Very good condition.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Wire
Post-modern office chairs and desk chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern office chairs and desk chairs 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 office chairs and desk chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern office chairs and desk chairs made in a specific country, there are North America, Europe, and Mexico pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original office chairs and desk chairs, popular names associated with this style include Knoll, Massimo Vignelli, Herman Miller, and Klaus Wettergren. 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 office chairs and desk chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $285 and tops out at $15,000 while the average work can sell for $2,730.
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