$1,396Sale Price|30% Off
Mid-Century Stiffel Solid Brass and Glass Galleried Smokers Floor Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid-Century Stiffel Regency Solid Brass and Glass Galleried Table Smokers Floor lamp with solid brass trip pod snake feet.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Lucite and Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This handsome Mid-Century Modern table lamp, circa 1970. It features an open rectangular base in polished chrome with a matching top that supports a rectangular Lucite shade. With it...
Chrome
Art Deco Mid-Century Modern Tripod Floor Lamp with Coffee Table Gio Ponti Style
By Gio Ponti
Located in Vigonza, Padua
This modern Gio Ponti style floor lamp has three feet in black varnished steel, a silver brass stem, characteristic of the Art Deco period. The table is of crystal decorated green fa...
Brass, Steel
This Warren Platner style Mid-Century Modern piece floor lamp.
By Warren Platner
Located in Buchanan, MI
This Warren Platner style Mid-Century Modern piece has a wire rod table base with a circular glass top. A cloth shade is included but easily replaced. It is unsigned, but is most lik...
Chrome
Danish Mid-Century Modern Circular Stoneware Floor Lamp, 1960s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish Mid-Century Modern Circular Stoneware Floor Lamp, 1960s.
Ceramic
$4,301Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Modern Floor lamp by Jean Perzel atelier.
By Atelier Jean Perzel
Located in London, GB
Elegant Floor lamp with brass base and stem and upcurved opaque glass shade by Atelier Jean Perzel, France. This tall floor lamp is perfect for rooms with high ceilings and its simpl...
Brass
Mid-Century Teak Floor Lamp by Kirk, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Brussel, BE
Rare & beautiful Mid-Century Modern Danish floor lamp made of a soft-tulip foot in solid dark teak.
Metal
Mid Century Industrial Angle Poise Floor Lamp by Dazor
By Dazor
Located in New York, NY
Rare Mid Century, Industrial style angle poise floor lamp model 605, by Dazor.
Metal
Mid Century Modern Chrome Base Floor Lamp w/ Three Circular Built Stand Tables
By Flos, Kovach, Milo Baughman, Achille Castiglioni, Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very cool Mid-Century Modern chrome floor lamp with three round built in multi level tables or stands.
Chrome
Hans Weiss Floor Lamp with Floating Table
By Hans Weiss
Located in Hanover, MA
Custom floor lamp with floating round table on stem designed by Hans Weiss in 1960 for the master bedroom of a Riverside Drive apartment in New York City. The lamp has a domed metal...
Brass, Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Tubular Three Light Floor Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Mid Century Modern Chrome Tubular Sky Scraper 3 Light Floor Lamp Place these pillar lights on a table or the floor of your interior to lighten the space in a unique manner.
Chrome
Pair of Mid Century Modern Brass & Walnut Table Floor Lamps by Tony Paul
By Tony Paul
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of Mid Century Modern floor lamps with tables. Base and stems are a combination of Walnut and Brass.
Brass
Vintage Mid Century Modern Brass Lucite Marble Floor Lamp w Magazine Table Rack
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Brass Lucite Marble Floor Lamp with Magazine Table Rack.
Marble, Brass
Gocce Lucite Acrylic Floor Lamp by New Lamp Rome Design Giuseppe Ravasio 1972
By New Lamp
Located in taranto, IT
Rare floor (..or table) lamp designed by giuseppe ravasio for New lamp Rome, about 1972. A thick sheet of plexiglass with a pattern of engraved drops, illuminated by a light placed ...
Iron
$3,000
1970 Table Floor Lamp
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Table Floor Lamp made in fiberglass. With dimmer. The original shade have some scratches. working at perfection.
Fiberglass
Stiffel Double Shade Brass Floor Lamp with Attached Glass Side Table
By Stiffel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Double shade floor lamp by Stiffel, c.1970s, USA. The lamp features two brass lamp shades with directional lighting, supported by a four star brass base. The lamp showcases a round c...
Brass
Vintage Stiffel Brass Floor Lamp with Glass Table
By Stiffel
Located in Doylestown, PA
Elegant vintage brass floor lamp with glass table by Stiffel, circa 1970s. The lamp features two lights with pull chains and work independently. The body is heavy brass with a burnis...
Brass
Mid-century Rattan & Brass Floor Lamp w/ Mahogany
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautifully restored Paul Frankl-inspired Mid-century rattan pole lamp featuring a single rattan pole centered with 3 sections wrapped in brass and stick reed rattan sections an...
Rattan
Lucite Stacked Block Floor Lamp with Side Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage lucite helix-form stacked blocks floor lamp with a 15 inch square lucite table top at 23 inches high. Chrome fittings. Stepped three tier lucite slab base. In the style of Ka...
Lucite
Stemlite Floor Lamp by Designline in Orange with White Frosted Glass Shade
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
It works with one standard bulb up to 100 watts and plugs into a standard US outlet. These retro lamps work with all mid-century modern furniture & decor.
Aluminum
Mid-Century 5 Foot Driftwood Floor Lamp w/ Glass Shelf
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful vintage modern floor lamp features a sculptural driftwood frame with a floating kidney shaped glass table. A unique design with the large cylindrical lampshade nestled...
Glass, Wood, Driftwood
Mid-Century Rope and Wrought iron Floor Lamp, France, 1950
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Description: This charming French mid-century floor lamp is a delightful example of vintage elegance combined with practical functionality.
Iron
Mid-Century French Louis XV Forged Wrought Iron Floor Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this elegant antique floor lamp and side table combination in a living room, salon, or reading corner for both function and decorative presence. Crafted in France circa 1960, t...
Iron, Wrought Iron
Italian Tripod Floor Lamp With Enamel Table and Magazine Rack
Located in Brussels, BE
Italian tripod floor lamp with enamel table and magazine rack.
Metal
Brass Faux Bamboo Floor Lamp with Attached Marble Table
Located in Dallas, TX
A refined blend of function and sculptural form, this Mid century tall brass faux bamboo floor lamp features an integrated marble side table—making it as practical as it is visually ...
Marble, Brass
Mid-Century Modern German Space Age Floor or Table Lamp from Doria, 1960s
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Hamburg, DE
Impressive Space Age floor or table lamp by Doria. The lamp body consists of a column-shaped shaft that ends in a hemisphere at the top as a reflector and a simple plate base at the...
Metal
Tony Paul Floor Table Lamp
By Tony Paul, Westwood Industries
Located in New York, NY
Rare and unusual floor lamp with center table surface by Tony Paul attributed to Westwood Industries.
Brass
Floor Lamp with Triangular Side Table, 1950s France
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The built in triangular side table appears to float on elegant black steel legs, giving it that unmistakable mid-century charm.
Metal, Brass
$1,962Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Handmade Ceramic Floor Lamp by Sejer Keramik
By Sejer Keramik
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Tall, imposing brutalist Scandinavian modern handmade chamotte ceramic floor or table lamp. Organic color mix glaze in white, grey and cedar on the rustic wide base bottle shape with...
Pottery, Ceramic, Stoneware
Cassina Ficupala Floor Lamp: Blown Glass & Marble, Mid-Century Modern
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Ficupala Floor Lamp. Thanks to its organic shapes reminiscent of the plant world, the eclectic style of the Ficupala floor lamp lies between postmodern and Art Deco. Modern...
Glass
Cassina Ficupala Floor Lamp: Blown Glass & Marble, Mid-Century Modern
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Ficupala Floor Lamp. Thanks to its organic shapes reminiscent of the plant world, the eclectic style of the Ficupala floor lamp lies between postmodern and Art Deco. Modern...
Glass
Cassina Ficupala Floor Lamp: Blown Glass & Marble, Mid-Century Modern
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Ficupala Floor Lamp. Thanks to its organic shapes reminiscent of the plant world, the eclectic style of the Ficupala floor lamp lies between postmodern and Art Deco. Modern...
Glass
Cassina Ficupala Floor Lamp: Blown Glass & Marble, Mid-Century Modern
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Ficupala Floor Lamp. Thanks to its organic shapes reminiscent of the plant world, the eclectic style of the Ficupala floor lamp lies between postmodern and Art Deco. Modern...
Glass
Midcentury Floor Lamp W/ Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tall floor lamp with polished chrome frame and glass table shelf. Decorative smoked lucite cubes around the base. Please confirm location NY or NJ
Chrome
Tobia Scarpa Eitie Floor Lamp, Silver & Black Metal, Mid-Century
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tobia Scarpa Eitie Floor Lamp For Cassina A floor lamp designed by Tobia Scarpa, that takes shape as a seemingly simple structure with sophisticated, innovative technology. The lam...
Silver
Vintage, Large Brass Table/Floor Candlestick Lamp
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Vintage Large Brass Candlestick Lamp merges bold metallic charm with classic form for a striking luxury accent in refined homes. We sell items as acquired, without restoring ...
Brass
Brown Ceramic Floor Table Lamp with Custom Made Lampshade with Pattern
Located in Rijssen, NL
A brown ceramic floor lamp with circular pattern. Sculptural piece, made of handmade ceramic in warm tones, with a new custom made matching lampshade. The lamp is in perfect vintage...
Metal, Brass
A14 Floor Lamp by Alain Richard, Chrome-Plated Steel, Mid-Century
By Alain Richard, Disderot
Located in PARIS, FR
In 1958, Alain Richard invented the first French spotlight called "cylindrical type adjustable spotlight" in the Disderot catalog of the time and declined it in a real range of light...
Steel
Tripod Floor Lamp with Glass Table, Spain, 1950's
Located in Barcelona, ES
Tripod floor lamp with glass table from 1950's, Spain. Black lacquered metal structure with brass fittings, clear glass and shade with new fabric.
Metal, Brass
Art Deco Geometric Oak French Mid-Century Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A geometric style floor lamp. France, c1940s. Integrated half height drinks table. Since re-wired and PAT tested. Good vintage condition. Some scuffs and wear commens...
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Metal Sculpture Floor Lamp by Burchiellaro, Italy, 1970s
By Lorenzo Burchiellaro
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern Space Age Floor lamp or tall table lamp sculpture in leaf of metal by Lorenzo Burchiellaro.
Metal
Mid-century Rattan & Brass Floor Lamp w/ Reed Accents
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century rattan pole lamp featuring a single brass pole centered with a bottom section wrapped in brass and stick reed rattan and sculpted blond mahogany base. The lamp is topped ...
Rattan
French Mid-Century Modern Brass Floor Lamp on a Tripod Base
Located in Buchanan, NY
This elegant mid-century modern brass and bronze floor lamp is mounted on a triangular cast brass base, adding a unique element to the lamp.
Brass
$1,600 / set
Bamboo Floor & Table Lamp 1950's
By Paul Frankl
Located in Fulton, CA
Two accompanying, table and floor, bamboo lamps with matching period shades. Very nice original condition. Tested and in working order. Floor Lamp: 58.88 inches high. 15.5 diameter....
Bamboo
Unusual Stylized Hollywood Regency Floor Table Lamp with Glass Table Surface
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in New York, NY
Voguish floor lamp with circular plate glass table attached. The vertical elements are of squared brass, the tops terminate in stylized wood flowers, in original white paint finish. ...
Brass
Mid Century Modern Telescopic Floor Lamp by Gebrüder Cosack Germany 1950s
By Gebrüder Cosack
Located in München, BY
Extremely rare and highly decorative Mid Century Modern telescopic floor lamp or reading light.
Brass
Samson Berman Studio Craft Floor Lamp with Integrated Table
By Samson Berman
Located in Hanover, MA
Custom-made very grand scale (at 7 feet 6 inches tall) and sculptural walnut wood floor lamp with integrated side table from the Flushing, NY studios of Samson Berman Associates, cir...
Aluminum, Brass
Vintage Tapered Brass Floor Lamp with Integrated Glass Table
Located in Hanover, MA
This is the sexiest one of these lamp tables I've ever seen. Note the quality of the double inverted and elongated tapered cones which form the stem. Where they intersect is the roun...
Pair of Vintage Driftwood Floor Lamps with Glass End Tables
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This pair of large vintage floor lamps features unique driftwood construction with a wonderful sculptural appeal. Rustic natural beauty is accented with kidney shaped glass table ins...
Wood, Glass, Driftwood
Italian mid century Papavero glass floor lamps Achille Castiglioni Flos, 1964
By Achille Castiglioni
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid century modern Papavero white opaline glass, metal and marble floor lamps by Achille Castiglioni for Flos, 1964.
Marble
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Large Driftwood Lamp Table or Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Large and impressive floor lamp, end table. Organic Modern form Driftwood body with kidney shaped plate glass surface. Table top height 21.5" - vintage shade not included.
Driftwood, Glass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Brass and Lacquered Floor Lamp, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
This 1950s Italian floor lamp is a beautiful example of mid-century lighting design, blending classic with post-war modernism.
Brass
Floor Lamp by Nessen Studio W/ Table
By Nessen Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern style floor lamp with table.
Chrome
$1,174Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Trombone II Floor Lamp by Jo Hammerborg, Denmark
By Jo Hammerborg
Located in Oirlo, LI
Trombone II, aluminum floor lamp by Jo Hammerborg for Fog & Mørup in 1966 - a beautiful Danish midcentury floor lamp in very good vintage condition. A sleek shaped floor lamp w...
Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Wrought Iron Floor Lamp by Jean-Pierre Ryckaert 1950s
By Jean-Pierre Ryckaert
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Mid-Century Floor Lamp by Jean-Pierre Ryckaert, Paris, 1950s.
Wrought Iron
Chinoiserie Black Lacquered Floor Lamp with Round Half-height Table
Located in Marbella, ES
Chinoiserie Black Lacquered Floor Lamp with Round Half-height Table
Wood
Vintage Floor Lamp with Side Table & Magazine Rack – 1970s
Located in Madrid, ES
Large vintage floor lamp from the 1970s, featuring an integrated side table and magazine rack, combining functionality with retro design.
Bronze
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.