$931Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Chandelier, White Blown Glass & Brass, Italy, 1960s
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Ceiling lamp with white blown glass and brass diffuser.
Glass
Sciolari glass wall lighting murano italy 1970s
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in La xara, VC
Exceptional G Sciolari wall lighting with tube Murano glass with gilded gold structure. The design and the quality of the glass make this piece the best of Italian design. This supe...
Brass
$4,800Sale Price|20% Off
Rare! Murano Blue Glass Mid Century Table Lamp! Italian Decorator Lighting Style
By Raymor
Located in Peoria, AZ
STUNNING! GORGEOUS BLUE MURANO GLASS & BRASS TABLE LAMP! THE FINEST MID CENTURY ELEGANCE! HEIGHT: 34" SHADE: 18" WIDE This lamp is one of the most beautiful blue murano glass ...
Crystal, Metal, Brass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Reggiani Metal Lantern, 1950s
Located in Queens, NY
Italian 1950s lantern with metal circular slat design suspended from a fabric stem with a cylindrical metal canopy (attributed to REGGIANI).
Metal
$605Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chandelier, Brass and Glass, Italy, 1970s
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Lamp attributable to Angelo Brotto, metal, brass, glass diffuser, E27 socket. Good conditions. Weight 3.8kg
Metal, Brass
$1,338Sale Price|19% Off
Mid-Century Modern Pendant Light, Colored Glass & Enamel, Italy, 1960
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
3-fall ceiling lamp, enameled aluminum, white glass and colored glass.
Glass
Italian Cantilever Lamp Mid Century Modern
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sculptural Italian Cantilevered Lamp, Italy, circa 1960s. Wonderful original distressed patina. It has been rewired for US usage.
Metal
$409Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Bamboo Chandelier, Curved Smoke Glass, Italy, 1980s
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Bamboo ceiling lamp, curved and decorated smoked glass.
Bamboo
$763Sale Price / set|20% Off
1970s Mid-Century Modern Wall Sconces, Aluminum & Plastic, Italy
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of ceiling/wall lamps with plastic and lacquered aluminum frame.
Aluminum
$372Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Pendant Light, Teak & Opaline Glass, Italy, 1960s
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Ceiling lamp, teak wood, opal glass diffuser.
Opaline Glass, Teak
$465Sale Price|20% Off
1960s Mid-Century Modern Chandelier in Chrome and Blown Glass, Italy
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Chrome metal ceiling lamp, blown glass bowl diffuser.
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Floor Lamp, Italy
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern murano glass floor lamp, Italy.
Murano Glass
Black floor lamp with adjustable lights, 1960s
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Black floor lamp with adjustable lights, 1960.
Metal
$325Sale Price|20% Off
1970s Mid-Century Modern Chandelier in Blown Glass and Chrome, Italy
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Ceiling lamp made of chrome-plated metal and aluminum and blown glass.
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern set of eight brass and chrome sconces by Sciolari. Italy 1970
By Sciolari Lighting
Located in Catania, CT
Set of eight sconces in brass, chrome and clear glass signed by Sciolari. The set is composed of one large sconce with double glasses and lights and seven sconces with single glass a...
Brass, Chrome
Floor lamp with parchment hat, Italian manufacture, 1950s
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Floor lamp with parchment hat, Italian manufacture, 1950s
Metal
$455Sale Price|35% Off
Nastro desk lamp black Stilnovo Italian modern lighting
By Alberto Fraser, Stilnovo
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Steel table or desk lamp designed by Arberto Fraser for Stilnovo. It was designed in the 80s. Plastic black and transparent arm is flexible. You can change as you like. Famous light...
Steel
Vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp. Great mid century modern Italian chrome and glass floor lamp designed with three circular flower designs of gold and white hexagonal ...
Chrome
Italian Mid-Century Modern Swing Arm Floor Lamp
Located in Austin, TX
Italian Mid-Century Modern Swing Arm Floor Lamp Base is 9in x 6.75in Max lamp height is 75in
Metal
Mid Century Italian Modern Chandelier by Sciolari in Gun Metal Chrome & Brass
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classy looking chandelier by Sciolari from Italy circa 70's or 80's. It features gunmetal chrome and brass construction. 12 bulbs and 15 inch hanging chain included. Original bulbs...
Brass, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp, Italy 1970s
By Longobard
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern floor lamp, Longobard, Italy 1970s.
Glass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Travertine Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An Italian travertine lamp of obelisk form with new brass double cluster sockets and cloth cord. signed on a brass plaque "H.R." Base is 10" square x 20" tall. Overall height is 34 1...
Travertine, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Desk Table Lamp, Italy
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Desk Table Lamp, Italy
Glass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Brass and Glass Chandelier, Stilnovo Style
By Stilnovo, Sciolari Lighting, Lightolier, Gerald Thurston, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Mid-Century Modern brass and glass chandelier, Stilnovo style. Unusual Italian Mid-Century Modern Stilnovo style five-light brass chandelier with glass shades. This Italian M...
Brass
$3,492 / set
Set of two small metal bedside lamps, 1950s
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pair of bedside lamps, anonymous, Italy, circa 1950, painted metal, unmarked, characterized by an illuminating body enclosed by a rotating metal cap that allows the intensity and dir...
Metal
48 Arm Sputnik Chandelier by Remains Lighting, Bronzed Finish, American Modern
By Remains Lighting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Perfect for interior designers and collectors seeking high-impact mid-century modern, Hollywood Regency, contemporary, Italian modern, or modernist lighting.
Brass
Lamp Production Helo leuchten, Cristian Dell 1950s
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Milano, Lombardia
condition: Good - Signs of Time Materials: Metal, Brass Époque : 1950 Measurements: 46x37x33 cm
Metal, Brass
Sciolari glass wall lighting murano pair, italy 1970s
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in La xara, VC
Exceptional G Sciolari wall lighting with tube Murano glass with gilded gold structure. The design and the quality of the glass make this piece the best of Italian design. This supe...
Brass
Mid-Century Chandelier signed Sciolari, Brass and Chrome, Italy 1960
By Sciolari Lighting
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Mid-Century Chandelier signed Sciolari, Brass and Chrome, Italy 1960. brass and chrome patinated. 8 e14 sockets.
Brass, Chrome
Mid- Century glass and chrome chandelier by Sciolari. Italy 1960s
By Sciolari Lighting
Located in Catania, CT
Fair vintage condition with trace of age and use. Oxidation and dots on the metal parts. Produced in Italy during the late 60s by Sciolari. Full working with EU standard, adaptable o...
Chrome
$428Sale Price|20% Off
1960s Mid-Century Modern Wall Sconce, Brass and Glass Diffuser, Italy
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Lamp, brass to aluminum enameled, diffuser with important glass. Good Condition
Glass
Stilnovo Mid-Century Modern Italian Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Weesp, NL
Striking Mid-Century Stilnovo Floor Lamp – Brass, Iron & Milk Glass – Italy, 1950s Elevate your interior with this rare mid-century modern floor lamp attributed to Stilnovo, one of ...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Rattan Table Lamp, Italy, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Rattan Table Lamp, Italy, 1970s
Rattan
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Italian Floor Lamp
By Lumi
Located in Weesp, NL
Lumi Italy Mid-Century Modern chrome floor lamp. This lamp featured in Alain Delon's 1973 cult movie "no way back". The lamp has 15 glass spheres and each one holds one bulb. You c...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Twisted Italian Floor Lamp, Italy 1950s
Located in Utrecht, NL
This Italian floor lamp is very compelling, it is stylish, whimsy, but it is also material and craft bound. Like their international counterparts, mid-century Italian designers prize...
Metal
Kalmar Mid-Century Modern Green Triedri Murano Chandelier Sputnik, 1982
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in Murano, Venezia
Designed in 1982 by Kalmar, this chandelier has 41 green glass elements called “Triedri”. Perfect for a modern space, the chandelier reach the diameter of 90 cm and is lighted by 9...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Kalmar Mid-Century Modern Crystal Triedri Murano Chandelier Sputnik, 1982
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in Murano, Venezia
Designed in 1982 by Kalmar, this chandelier has 41 crystal glass elements called “Torciglioni”. Perfect for a modern space, the chandelier reach the diameter of 90 cm and is lighte...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Italian Art Deco Brass Lantern Pendant, 1940s Mid-Century Modern
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing Italian Art Deco brass lantern or pendant. Three E 14 light bulbs. We can wire for your country standards.
Brass
Vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern Leaves Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Infuse your home with the bold, experimental spirit of mid-century Italian studio pottery. This striking ceramic table lamp features a statuesque, bulbous form rendered in a vibrant ...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Italian Petite Table Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-Century Modern Italian bedside or table lamps in yellow enamel with brass hairpin bases, perfect for smaller spaces. They will require new wiring for US standards.
Brass
Italian Vintage Mid Century Modern Floor Lamp
Located in Red Lion, PA
This vintage-style floor lamp features a slender metal base and a built-in tray table, a design often referred to as a "lamp table" or "tray table floor lamp." These pieces gained p...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Italian Wicker Table Lamp, 1960s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Mid-Century Modern Italian wicker table lamp, 1960s, Italy Lampshade is in very good vintage condition. It has European plug. It can be converted to other countries plugs with ...
Wicker
Mid-Century Modern Italian Terracotta Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
Well sized classical inspired lamp fashioned from a slab of terracotta. This unusual lamp would fit well into a more traditional or more contemporary interior. Signed Gemelli to base.
Terracotta
Mid-Century Modern Glass Suspension, Italy, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Glass Suspension, Italy, 1960s
Glass
Mid-century Modern Italian onyx /brass table lamp.
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
An Italian table lamp crated onyx and brass “Pierre Veritable” from the 1960s. This elegant lamp embody the sophisticated glamour of mid-century Italian lighting design, combining l...
Onyx, Brass
Sciolari glass wall lighting murano 4 units , italy 1970s
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in La xara, VC
Exceptional G Sciolari wall lighting with tube Murano glass with gilded gold structure. The design and the quality of the glass make this piece the best of Italian design. This supe...
Brass
Sciolari glass wall lighting murano 6 units , italy 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari, Sciolari Lighting
Located in La xara, VC
Exceptional G Sciolari wall lighting with tube Murano glass with gilded gold structure. The design and the quality of the glass make this piece the best of Italian design. This supe...
Brass
Sciolari glass wall lighting murano 3 units , italy 1970s
By Gaetano Sciolari, Sciolari Lighting
Located in La xara, VC
Exceptional G Sciolari wall lighting with tube Murano glass with gilded gold structure. The design and the quality of the glass make this piece the best of Italian design. This supe...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Globe Lamps, Brass Base, Italy, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Stacked Globes and Brass Lamps, one in green glass and one blue glass. Overall: 26" H x 14.25" W x 10.25" D. Provenance: From an Upper East ...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Arc Floor Lamp, Italy, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Arc Floor Lamp, Italy, 1950s
Wood
Mid-century Modern Italian onyx /brass table lamps.
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
Condition: Very good. Light wear consistent with age and use. Description A refined pair of small Italian table lamps from the 1960s, crafted in onyx and brass. These elegant lamp...
Onyx, Brass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Nickel-Plated Darkroom Photographer Light, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern nickel-plated darkroom photographer light, 1950s Darkroom photographer light with military green structure and nickel-plated aluminum details. Good con...
Metal, Nickel
Gorgoni Gianluigi Style Pair of Italian Ceiling Wall Lamps in Lacquered Aluminum
By Gianluigi Gorgoni
Located in Prato, Tuscany
The neutral finish makes them easy to pair with both vintage and contemporary furnishings, seamlessly integrating into minimalist, industrial, or mid-century modern interiors. An aut...
Aluminum
Mid-century modern table / desk lamp, Italy 1960s
Located in Firenze, IT
Mid-century modern table / desk lamp Italy, 1960 ca. lacquered metal and brass structure. Grey marble base H 47 cm - 20 cm diam. Conditions: very good, consistent with age and us...
Marble, Brass
Mid Century Modern Italian Lucite Ice Table Lamp
By Carole Stupell
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Striking Mid Century Modern fractured Lucite prism table lamp, circa 1970's. This sculptural geometric form Modernist lamp features a thick carved clear Lucite block resembling a cu...
Chrome
Mid-Century Italian Modern Travertine Stone Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dimensions 41in H x 4.50in W x 4.50in D Shade 11in H x 15in W x 15in D ________________________________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern f...
Stone, Travertine
Vintage Italian Mid Century Modern Tall Sculptural Silver Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage Italian Mid Century Modern Tall Stacked Sculptural Silver Ceramic Table Lamp ...
Ceramic
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.