Mid 20th Century Postmodern Faux Travertine Laminate Pedestals - A Pair

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- Brand/Maker: Unknown manufacturer
- Piece Name: Postmodern Faux Travertine Laminate Pedestals (pair, hexagonal)
- Style: Postmodern
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- Brand/Maker: Unknown manufacturer
- Piece Name: Postmodern Faux Travertine Laminate Pedestals (pair, hexagonal)
- Style: Postmodern
- Materials: Faux travertine laminate over pressed board frame
- Dimensions: Both 30"H; 14" point-to-point; 12" flat side to flat side
- Era: Mid 20th Century
- Why We Love It: Faux travertine in a hexagonal pedestal form — lightweight, incredibly realistic, and exactly the kind of postmodern decorating accessory that makes a room feel curated.

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The faux travertine laminate on these pedestals is, incredibly realistic looking and one worth taking at face value given the lightweight construction that would be impossible with actual travertine. The hexagonal form (14 inches point-to-point, 12 inches flat side to flat side) is a distinctly postmodern shape choice: neither the simple cylinder nor the clean rectangle, but a multifaceted form that catches light differently on each face.

At 30 inches tall, these pedestals are the right height to display objects that want to be seen — a sculptural lamp base, a significant ceramic, a small bronze, a plant in an interesting vessel. A pair creates symmetry: flanking a fireplace, placed at either end of a console, or positioned in a room to define a display zone. Their lightweight construction (a pressed board frame) makes repositioning easy — a genuine advantage when you're still working out where you want them.

The maker is unknown, which is common for this category of decorative postmodern accessory. The design speaks for itself: this is the kind of piece that shows up in late-1980s and early-1990s design publications in rooms where someone was paying close attention to the decorative conversation.

Two coordinating pedestals are available also in our shop. Please contact us regarding combined shipping.

Design Style
Postmodern — the design movement of the 1970s through 1990s that rejected modernism's austerity and embraced historical references, surface decoration, and geometric complexity. Faux travertine was a postmodern material of choice: real travertine was expensive and heavy; the laminate version democratized the aesthetic while enabling forms that actual stone couldn't achieve. The hexagonal pedestal is pure postmodern geometry — referencing classical column forms while refusing to be a classical column.

In current interiors, postmodern decorative objects have moved from ironic curiosity to genuinely collected. The right faux stone pedestal in the right room reads as sophisticated design archaeology.

Brand Legacy
Unknown maker. The pedestals stand on their own merit as postmodern decorative objects in very good condition — the faux travertine laminate intact, the hexagonal geometry intact, the pair matched in height and form. In the postmodern decorative accessory category, maker attribution is less important than design quality and condition, and both are present here. See less