$3,630Sale Price|20% Off
Black Lacquer Glass Table Lamp, 20th Century, Mid Century Modern
Located in Lisbon, PT
An Italian mid century modern black lacquer refinished table lamp features a round gray glass ball with a chromed metal spiral wrapped around it.
Brass
Fun Lamp Italy 1980, Three Floor Lamps Articulated on Ball Joints, Which Allows
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Fun lamp Italy 1980, three floor lamps articulated on ball joints, which allows many positions.
Chrome
Vintage Robert Sonneman Chrome Adjustable 'Arc' Lamp
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1960s Robert Sonneman floor lamp featuring an arching arm, which connects the chrome ball fixture to the stem - all supported by a painted-steel, circular base. The arm height is adj...
Chrome, Steel
Mid-Century Space Age Floor Lamp
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare Space Age standing or table lamp. An imposing, yet simple design. A large ball is held in a chromed tube. Upper and lower parts of the frame are symmetrical. The foot is design...
Metal
Koch & Lowy Chrome Desk Lamp
By Koch & Lowy
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
An elegant desk lamp in polished chrome by Koch & Lowy; the tent shade articulates on a ball and socket and further adjusts on a swing-arm.
Charles Hollis Jones Floor Lamp Designed for Lucille Ball in 1968
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning brass floor lamp designed by Charles Hollis Jones and originally commissioned by Lucille Ball. The lamp is made of chrome and is heavy and well made; the chrome is in very ...
Chrome
Large Sputnik Table Lamp Big ball by Doria, Germany, 1970s
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Aachen, NRW
A spectacular vintage table lamp, made by Doria and it dates from the 1970’s. This is beautifully made with a large glass shade and chrome color frame. It is a fantastic size; it’s ...
Chrome
Large Space Age Lucite and Metal Ball Lamp, Italy, 1970s
By Stilux
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Large Space age mid-century ball lamp in lucite and metal chrome attributed to the italian design lightning manufacture Stilux.
Metal, Chrome
$597Sale Price|20% Off
Chrome And Glass Lamp 1950s - Jacques Adnet Style
By Jacques Adnet
Located in MOUGINS, FR
Beautiful table / desk lamp in the style / attributable to Jacques Adnet (1900-1984) in column form with chrome figures and transparent crystal ball. Very good condition. No marks o...
Crystal, Chrome
Danish Chrome and Metal Adjustable Table Lamp
By Maria Pergay
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautifully designed, yet practical Danish table / task lamp composed of a chromed-metal stem / partial shade and a circular, black painted metal base and shade. Features a black met...
Chrome, Metal
$2,333Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Space Age Ball Lamp from Stilux Milano, 1970’s
By Stilux
Located in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District
Italian Space Age Ball Lamp in Acrylic Glass and Metal Chrome from Stilux Milano, 1970s • Measurements: (cm) D30 H30 • Stilux Milano is an Italian company renowned for its high-qua...
Chrome
Doria-Werk Style German Table Lamp “Ball Lamp” Space Age Design
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Incredible and...
Metal
$513Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Metal Table Lamp by Leclaire & Schäfer, 1960
By Leclaire & Schäfer
Located in Schwerin, MV
Collectible: Minimalist design classic from the 1960s-70s: Table lamp/Piano lamp by the company Leclaire & Schäfer, Neheim, West Germany, Type 5923/1Simple desk lamp in Bauhaus d...
Metal, Chrome
Mid Century Modern Sculptural Eyeball Table Lamp Style of Robert Sonneman
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous eye ball style lamp in orange with a chrome base and shaft. Eye ball shade is fully adjustable. Chrome is in excellent vintage condition shade has some wear see pics.
Steel, Chrome
$586Sale Price|40% Off
Large Stacked Three Large Crystal Ball Table Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century Modern stacking large crystal three ball table lamp on a chrome base.
Crystal
Outstanding Pair of Vintage Stacked Blown Glass Ball Murano Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning pair of vintage Murano lamps, circa 1970. Comprised of a series of blown glass balls, fabulous color and pattern introduced via reverse paint. Atop the original thick Luci...
Chrome, Nickel
Mid-Century German Space Age Star Floor Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
The lamps are visible at the end of the chrome -colored tumbles.
Metal
Mid-Century Space Age Tripod Globe Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
The ball is made of clear glass and gives a view of the lamp.
Metal
$750Sale Price|40% Off
1930's Machine Age Chrome and Copper Desk Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Machine Age, Art Deco Copper, and Chrome Desk Lamp from 1932. The lamp features a modernist bell-shaped copper lamp shade with a matching copper base all brought together with a chro...
Copper, Chrome
French Maison Charles Style Chromed and Stone Table Lamp
By Maison Charles
Located in Madrid, ES
A table lamp from the 70s, in the style of the Maison Charles, in chrome and nickel-plated metal and the central ball in marbled stone, the wiring is new in black silk cord and the l...
Marble, Metal, Chrome
Floor lamp Fire Ball by Carlo Forcolini for Sidecar, 1980s
By Carlo Forcolini, Artemide
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Fire Ball floor lamp designed by Carlo Forcolini and manufactured by Artemide for Sidecar. The lamp has a flat square metal base and a thin, in height-adjustable shaft on which the ...
Metal
Mid-Century Swiss Minimalist Space Age Magnet Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Swiss Space Age table or wall lamp with ball reflector on magnetic holder. A striking detail of this lamp is the spherical lamp head.
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp, Polished Aluminum, Italy, 1960s Design
Located in Hamburg, DE
Italian mid-century table lamp. A functional design that convinces with its simple elegance.
Metal
$1,582Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Swedish Chrome and White Acrylic Floor Lamp from Nybro Armaturfabrik
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This rare floor lamp NAFA type 504 was manufactured by the Swedish manufacturer Nybro Armaturfabrik during the 1970s. It is made of chrome-plated steel, and the large, domed shade is...
Chrome
Jan Hoogervorst for Anvia Chrome Counterweight Desk Lamp with Black Shade
By J. J. M. Hoogervorst, Anvia
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Mid Century Chrome and Black Counterweight Table Lamp by J.J.M.
Metal, Enamel, Chrome, Iron
Mid Century Floor Lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce Made in Italy circa 1950's
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in New York, NY
Classic Mid Century chrome, black and marble floor lamp, designed by Angelo Lelli, made in Italy by Arredoluce, circa 1950's.
Marble, Steel, Chrome
Pair of Vintage Jansen Style Lamps in Chrome and Brass
Located in Atlanta, GA
A killer pair of vintage lamps, circa 1970. Substantial chrome pieces highlighted by chunky brass accents. Beautiful weight and detail. While the lamps are unmarked, they recall t...
Chrome
Vintage French 'Rotaflex' Rocket Table Lamp in Chrome & White Plastic
By Heifetz Rotaflex
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A Rare table lamp by Rotaflex/Heifetz from France. Rotaflex ARP was founded in the 1950s on initiative by Pierre Guariche, Joseph André Motte and Michel Mortier. ARP stood for Atelie...
Steel, Chrome
$252Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Piano Lamp by Pfäffle, Adjustable Shade, 1965
By Pfäffle-Leuchten Schwenningen 1
Located in Schwerin, MV
Pfäffle piano/table lamp from the 1960s with a minimalist, modern design. The lamp has a heavy, painted metal base. The chrome-plated lamp arm is extensively adjustable via a disc jo...
Metal
Mid-Century Gepo Double Globe Floor Lamp, Brushed Aluminum, Black Enamel
By Gepo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch Mid-Century, Gepo manufactured, double globe floor lamp in brushed aluminum and black enamel.
Metal, Aluminum, Enamel
Pair of Murano Ball Glass Lamps Elios by Giusto Toso for Leucos, Italy, 1970s
By Giusto Toso, Leucos
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern space age pair of set of 2 table or bedside lamps model Elios in blown white smoke Murano glass, metal chrome, mirror face and base in clear transparent lucite by ...
Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Space Age Model Luna Tripod Globe Table Lamp, 1960s
By Alfred Hablützel
Located in Hamburg, DE
A minimalist design. A white glass ball in a chrome-plated tripod frame. The glass ball as a diffuser is overlaid in white.
Metal
Mid-Century Glass and Marble 3480 Table Lamp from Erco, 1960s
By Erco
Located in Hamburg, DE
Impressive glass ball table lamp from the renowned house Erco. The bright marble base, on which a large ball of clear glass sits, catches the eye.
Marble
Mid-Century Mikado LTE5 Lamp by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena, Italy, 1960s
By Azucena, Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Rare tall monumental table lamp model LTE5 "Mikado" by the italian modernist designer Luigi Caccia Dominioni for the manufacture Azucena. Base in gray granite, metal chrome and black...
Granite, Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century German Minimalist 6658 Table Lamp from Kaiser Idell, 1960s
By Kaiser Idell
Located in Hamburg, DE
The lamp convinces with its simple design language. The coloring in black and chrome supports this impression.
Metal
Set of 2 Mid-Century German Minimalist 6658 Table Lamps, 1960s
By Kaiser Idell
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Materials: Metal, Plastic Color: Green Styles: Mid-Century ModernMinimalist Country of Origin: Germany Manufacturer: Emperor lights Model: 6658 Lamps: Without...
Metal
Mid-Century German Minimalist Space Age Model 6654 Table Lamp, 1960s
By Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Hamburg, DE
The light head consists of a chrome cylinder that is connected to the chrome -plated shaft via a ball joint.
Metal
Elegant table lamp in chrome and silk, Germany 1960
Located in Amstelveen, NL
Large table lamp from the sixties with an elegant appearance. Probably German made. The original silk shade rests on top of a solid chrome base and is adorned with a chrome strip. ...
Steel
Brumbury Table Lamp chrome and white by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini Italy, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Iconic table / desk lamp 'Brumbury' or 'Brumbry' designed by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, Italy 1970s. The top consists of a white acrylic shade twisted with a chrome ring and i...
Chrome
Large and Adjustable Midcentury "Arc" Marble and Chrome Floor Lamp, Italy, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impressive and large floor light with an extendable chrome arc on a marble base. The floor light has a chromed large globe which can be positioned with a ball joint. The arc can be e...
Marble, Chrome
1940's Italian Multi-Positional Chrome Desk Lamp
By Lariolux
Located in Hanover, MA
Gorgeous high quality table or desk lamp in polished nickel plated brass from Italy, 1940s-1950s with a weighted round base and an enormous ball joint from which the sturdy stem can ...
Brass, Nickel
Mid-Century Space Age Model Orbiter Floor Lamp by Robert Sonneman, 1960s
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Materials: Metal Color: Silver Styles: Mid-Century Modern Brand: Luci Italia Country of Origin: Italy Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Diamension: 50....
Metal
Mid-Century German Minimalist Space Age Table Lamp from Kaiser Leuchten, 1960s
By Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare table lamps from Kaiser Leuchten. The light head consists of a chrome cylinder that is connected to a chrome -plated shaft via a ball joint.
Metal
Mid-Century German Space Age Atomic Table Lamp from Cosack
By Cosack Leuchten
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare Space Age Atomic table lamp by Cosack. A really impressive design. From a central hemisphere four burners protrude from the luminaire. In between chrome-colored balls in variet...
Metal
Space Age Chrome Magnetic Desk Lamp, 1974 Italian Luci Mod. 414
By luci
Located in London, GB
Design & Details • Manufacturer: Luci Italia • Model: 414 • Year: 1974 • Origin: Italy • Style: Mid-Century Modern, Space Age • Materials: Chromed steel, aluminium • Finish: B...
Steel, Chrome
Dutch Designed White Metal and Chrome Table or Desk Lamp, 1960's
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This table lamp is very much in the style of the 'ball in socket' floor lamp by H. Busquet for Hala Zeist and also a desk lamp from Raak. It has a round white base and shade with a c...
Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Space Age Glass Floor Lamp by Carlo Nason for JBS, 1960s
By Carlo Nason
Located in Hamburg, DE
This rare lamp impresses with its materiality of chrome and glass as well as its organic design language.
Metal
Mid-Century Space Age Glass Table Lamp by Carlo Nason for JBS, 1960s
By Carlo Nason
Located in Hamburg, DE
This lamp impresses with its materiality in chrome and glass as well as its organic design language.
Metal
Mid-Century Minimalist Type 0521 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
By Josef Hurka
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare Mid Century table lamps by Napako after a design by Josef Hurka.
Metal
Signed Philippe Jean Sculptural Dove Table Lamp French Mid-Century Modern 1970
By Philippe Jean
Located in Miami, FL
Superb and rare Philippe Jean 3 Part Table lamp, Porcelain Dove on a glass ball and Chrome Ring. Numbered 110/300 and Signed by Artist. US rewired and in working takes 25 watts 12 ...
Stainless Steel, Brass
1960s Adjustable Desk Lamp with Aluminum Shade and Chrome Arm
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Adjustable Aluminum Shade desk lamp with Black enameled Base & Arm. Featuring an Aluminum Shade with ball socket, cantilevered Chrome arm and column, Black enamel handle and circ...
Aluminum, Metal, Enamel
Mid-Century Space Age Flexible Rubber Hose Table Clamp Lamp from Cosack, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
In particular, the use of a rubber hose is to be mentioned as a shaft. At the top of the lamp there is a polished reflector screen. At the bottom a chrome tube with integrated table ...
Metal
$285Sale Price|40% Off
Art Deco Machine Age Chrome Adjustable Flourescent Desk Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This lamp is a perfect blend of form and function for mid-century enthusiasts and design aficionados. circa 1930, USA.
Metal
Set of 2 Mid-Century Type 1636 Minimalist Table Lamps by Josef Hurka, 1960s
By Josef Hurka
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare mid century table lights from Napako after a design by Josef Hurka. A minimalist design of heavy quality. The chrome -colored shaft is particularly finely carried out and angle...
Metal
$840Sale Price|64% Off
Italian Space Age Floor Lamp in Chrome, Gino Sarfatti Style, 1970s
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Naples, IT
An elegant and iconic Space Age Modern chrome Italian floor lamp design Gino Sarfatti style, designs circa 1970s. The parts are primarily highly polished chrome and black satin enam...
Metal
$3,920Sale Price|30% Off
1970s Floor Lamp by Mazzega , Carlo Mason attributet Murano Glass & Chrome Steel
By Carlo Nason
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1970s, Italy floor lamp with three lights in chromed steel by Carlo Nason for Mazzega.
Steel
Iconic Sonneman Orbiter Floor Lamp Early Version
By Sonneman Lighting, Robert Sonneman
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional mid century, post modern, space age style floor lamp designed by Robert Sonneman, for the Sonneman Lighting Co. circa 1960's.
Steel, Chrome
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.
Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.
Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.
Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.
As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.
There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.
With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.
The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Patrizio Chiarparini of Brooklyn’s Duplex gallery sheds light on the lasting legacy of Italy’s postwar furniture boom.
There are many lessons to be learned from the lofts, apartments and townhouses of architects and decorators in Manhattan and beyond.
Having created extravagant homes for reality TV’s biggest stars, the designer is stepping into the spotlight with his first book.
The Louisiana-born and -bred architect talks to 1stdibs about the art of making timeless places that matter.
The Palm Springs interior decorator developed a mid-century style that defined the vacation homes of celebrities and other notables, including Bob Hope and Lucille Ball.
The houses from this New York studio cloak modernist tendencies within what are often more traditional trappings.
In the market for a fantastic fixture from the 1940s, ’50s or ’60s? Here are some names to know.