Robert Sonneman Steel and Brass Lamp
By Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
Located in Houston, TX
Robert Sonneman steel and brass lamp. Handsome late 20th century steel and brass table lamp or desk lamp by Robert Sonneman. This unusual lamp is geometric in design with a cone shap...
Brass, Steel
$2,042Sale Price|30% Off
Postmodern Counterweight Desk Lamp by Robert Sonneman, USA 1970-80s
By Sonneman Lighting, Robert Sonneman
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Ingenious desk lamp with a counterweight mechanism which allows the lamp to be stable in every position. The spheric counterweight is solid steel and heavy enough to point or positio...
Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Triennale Orbiter Chrome Floor Lamp by Robert Sonneman, c.1970
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Savannah, GA
A Triennale Orbiter chrome floor lamp designed by Robert Sonneman, circa 1970. 38 inches wide and deep by 70 inches tall
Chrome
1980s Gorgeous Robert Sonneman "Saturn" Table Lamp for Gerorge Kovacs
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Milano, IT
1980s Gorgeous Robert Sonneman "Saturn" Table Lamp for Gerorge Kovacs. This lamp is an icon lamp. It works perfectly and is in excellent condition. Dimension: diameter 17,32"x 19,68"...
Metal
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
Minty! White Sonneman Desk Table Lamp Articulating Gooseneck 1970 Rare Lighting
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Peoria, AZ
Minty! Stunning White & Black Sonneman Articulating Desk/Table Lamp Circa 1970 This is a magnificent example of the iconic articulating desk lamp by Sonneman! The large oversize...
Metal
Pair of Sonneman Space Age Chrome and Lucite Table Lamps, 1970s
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Hamburg, PA
These lamps embody the sleek, futuristic aesthetic of Mid-Century Modern design, featuring a combination of polished chrome and clear Lucite.
Chrome
Vintage Chrome Adjustable Table Lamp with Articulating Shade by Robert Sonneman
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Robert Sonneman chrome stage or spotlight-style task/table lamp with faux-wood laminate double 'T' base (ca. 1960s, USA). Featuring a geometric-form articulating shade with l...
Metal, Chrome
$1,762Sale Price|25% Off
Robert Sonneman 1970 Modernist Eyeball Floor Lamp In Polished Chrome Steel
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist floor lamp designed by Robert Sonneman. An exceptional iconic floor lamp, created in America by Robert Sonneman, back in the 1970. This amazing half-spheres floor lamp was...
Steel, Chrome
$746Sale Price|20% Off
Cubic Perforated Table Lamp Italian Design 1970s Silver Color Steel Sonneman
By Sonneman Lighting
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Cubic perforated table lamp Italian design 1970s silver color steel Sonneman attributed.
Steel
Space Age Ball Top Table Lamp att. to Robert Sonneman c. 1970’s
By Sonneman Lighting, Robert Sonneman
Located in New York, NY
Cool Futurist style, Space Age table lamp attributed ton Robert Sonneman for Sonnemen Lighting, circa 1960's. The lamp features a white glass ball shade, mounted to the heavy metal b...
Metal
Bankers Lamp in Black, Brass and Glass by Robert Sonneman, Halogen
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Bankers style table lamp designed by Robert Sonneman, 1980s. Functions perfectly, halogen bulb included. Very few if any signs of use.
Brass, Steel
Rare Articulating UFO Table / Desk Lamp, Robert Sonneman, Kovacs, USA, c. 1990s
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a true American Modern masterpiece: a rare Post Modern "Flying V" desk lamp lamp designed by the renowned Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs.
Steel
$2,400Sale Price|27% Off
Robert Sonneman Chrome Atom Table Lamp! Space Age Eyeball Lighting 1960s Decor
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Peoria, AZ
It's so unusual, it's now timeless too! Much of mid century illumination is now influencing the shapes of lamps today!
Metal, Chrome
Midcentury George Kovacs Robert Sonneman Modern Reading Lamp
By Sonneman Lighting, George Kovacs
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Offered for sale is a Mid-Century Modern floor lamp designed by George Kovacs for Robert Sonneman, circa 1970s.
Chrome
Adjustable Black and Chrome Triennale Floor Lamp by Sonneman Arredoluce Style
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Fully adjustable sharp looking American vintage Classic alternative to Italian Arredoluce floor lamp.
Chrome
Chrome and White Metal Minimalist Desk Lamp by Designer Robert Sonneman, 1970s
By Robert Sonneman
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautiful Mid-Century Modern / Minimalist articulating chrome & white metal desk lamp designed by Robert Sonneman.
Chrome, Metal
Robert Sonneman Sputnik Space Age Chrome Orb Table Lamp
By Robert Sonneman, Lightolier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Polished Chrome, Glass Light Bulbs ________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and...
Chrome
A pair of 1970s Style of Robert Sonneman Brass Cylinder Table Lamps
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of tall cylindrical spot light up light metal table lamps in gold. Great addition to your interiors and table tops. use dramatic lighting in home to highlight something special ...
Metal
$1,033Sale Price|20% Off
Particular Table Lamp Made of Steel Bands of 1970 Attributed Robert Sonneman
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Particular table lamp made of steel bands of 1970 attributed Robert Sonneman, steel curved, minimal table lamp.
Steel
Pair of Super Stylish Brass Desk Lamps by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Super stylish mid century modern brass desk lamps signed by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Infinity Table Lamp, Brass and Smoked Glass, 1980
By Harris Lamps, Sonneman Lighting
Located in Miami, FL
A tall vintage infinity table lamp with smoked glass and black base. The back is featured in Brass as well as the top. In perfect 3-way function and uses a max. 60 watts light bulb. ...
Metal, Brass
Vintage Brass & Glass Floor Lamp by Robert Sonneman
By Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
Located in London, GB
A stunning and rare vintage brass and glass floor lamp by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs. This was made in the USA in the 1970-80’s, it is a beautiful design. It is a lovely size...
Brass
Space Age 3 Globe Chrome Eyeball Floor Lamp in the Style of Robert Sonneman
By Robert Sonneman
Located in San Diego, CA
#5299 The spherical shades create a dramatic interplay of reflection and light while maintaining a clean sculptural profile suitable for Mid-Century Modern, Hollywood Regency, and...
Chrome, Metal
$839Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Brass & Chrome Table Lamps
By Robert Sonneman, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Burbank, CA
Vintage Mid-century Modern table lamps for sale. From the 1950’s, and in complimenting chrome and brass. One lamp is chrome with brass rings and the brass lamp has chrome rings on th...
Brass, Chrome
$2,800 / set
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Globe Table Lamps
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern chrome globes arranged in spiral clusters table lamps.
Mutual Sunset Table Lamp / Sonneman
By Mutual Sunset Lamp Co., Stewart Ross James
Located in Chicago, IL
Mutual Sunset Lamp in the manner of Stewart Ross some light vintage wear to white finish. Manner of Sonneman
Metal
Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs Box Head Table Lamp in Red
By Robert Sonneman, Kovacs
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs box head table lamp in red.
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Lucite and Chrome Table Lamp
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern smoked Lucite and chrome three globes table lamp.
Mid Century Modern Brass Finish Adjustable Table Lamp
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice fully adjustable four bulbs table lamp.
Brass
Adjustable Hexagon Cylinder Shades Three Way Brass Floor Lamp Sonneman
By Koch & Lowy, Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Adjustable hexagon cylinder shades 3 shades brass floor lamp Sonneman.
Brass
Pair Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs articulating floor lamps, MODEERNIST
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Buffalo, NY
USA, ca. 1970s. An attractive pair of floor lamps by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs. Features white enameled conical shade supported by chrome shaft and heavy round black base. He...
Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Smoked Glass Side Table Floor Lamp
By Sonneman Lighting
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice mid-century modern floor lamp side table with original faux leather shade.
Chrome
Mid Century Modern Polished Chrome Bullet Shape Table Lamp
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern bullet shape table lamp.
Chrome
Adjustable Mid-Century Modern Reading Floor Lamp
By Sonneman Lighting, Arredoluce
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern adjustable reading floor lamp.
Large Paul Mayen Style Chrome Lamp Mid-century Modern
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Tall table lamp with open square chrome steel tube cruciform box frame with a suspended white ribbed acrylic diffuser shade.
Steel, Chrome
Chrome and Smokes Glass Shade Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice mid century modern chrome and smoked glass table lamp.
Chrome
Sonneman for Kovacs Steel and Chrome Cubist Floor Lamp in Red, 1950s
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Mid Century Modern cubist floor lamp. Designed by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs.
Cut Steel, Chrome, Iron
Pair of Floor Lamps by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs, USA, 1987
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Floor Lamps by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs, USA, 1987– Polished & Smoked Chrome A set of two adjustable floor lamps by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs. Each swivels 3...
Steel, Chrome
Pr. Large Chrome Table Lamps att. to Sonneman c. 1970's
By Sonneman Lighting, George Kovacs
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional pair of 1970's hourglass form chrome table lamps, attributed to Sonneman, in the style of Kovacs. The lamps are in good, original vintage, estate condition, showing light...
Chrome
Mid Century Modern Sculptural Triennial Floor Lamp Attributed to Gino Sarfatti
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular period mid century modern design of a triennial lamp in nickel plated chrome with a heavy weighted black base and accents. Attributed to Gino Sarfatti lighting designer ...
Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Chrome and Walnut Table Lamp, 1970s
By Robert Sonneman, Laurel Lamp Company, George Kovacs
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A sophisticated Mid-Century Modern table lamp featuring a highly polished chrome sculptural form rising from a solid walnut or oak plinth base. The open organic silhouette evokes a s...
Chrome
Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs PostModern Deco Sleek Chrome Bankers Desk Lamp
By Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
1980’s, award winning, postmodern, Memphis.Era, modernist, re-imagined art deco, bankers desk touch lamp Designed by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs, This stunning, elegant lamp...
Chrome
Unusual Six Globe Chrome Disc Mid Century Modern Table Lamp Symmetrical
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Unusual Mid-Century Modern six globe table lamp.
Chrome
Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs Lighting 1987 Silver Finish Floor Lamp America
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant adjustable Steel floor lamp in Silver Finish from the 1987 designed by Robert Sonneman and made by George Kovacs Lighting. Uses a Halogen bulb with max. 40 watts. Comes with ...
Steel, Iron
Robert Sonneman Style Adjustable Chrome Floor Lamp with Black Cone Shade, 1970s
By Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Modern Robert Sonneman Style adjustable Reading Floor Lamp. Featuring a tubular chromed steel stem, cantilevered arm, Black adjusting turn knob, adjustable vented black enameled alum...
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome, Iron
$400Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Large Midcentury Table Lamp Robert Sonneman, USA, 1980s
By Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs, Memphis Milano
Located in Praha, CZ
- very rare lamp - halogen light - dimming intensity of light - very nice style of blue lighting
Metal
Pancaked Chrome Spheres Base Glass Top End Table Floor Lamp Mid-Century Modern
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pancaked chrome spheres base glass top end table floor lamp Mid-Century Modern. Glass measures 1/2'' thickness.
Chrome
Adjustable Chrome Mid Century Floor Lamp c 1960/1970's
By Kovacs, Sonneman Lighting
Located in New York, NY
Post Modern chrome and steel adjustable floor lamp, having a painted white round metal base, with two vertical tubular chrome elements, having a connecting joint, which allows the...
Steel, Chrome
Italian, Mid-Century Modern / Spaceage Chrome Floor Lamp by Robert Sonneman
By Guzzini
Located in Buffalo, NY
Italian, Mid-Century Modern / Space-age Chrome floor lamp designed by Robert Sonneman,,,Wonderful design.
Chrome
Chrome & 5 Milk Glass Globes Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp
By Kovach, Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Chrome and 5 globe Mid-Century Modern table lamp with three way switch.
Chrome
Chrome Wheel Base Mid-Century Modern Adjustable Four-Arm Lamp Heat Lamps
By Robert and Richard Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very unusual Mid-Century Modern chrome base four flexible arms lamp. Currently showed with five red heat bulbs.
Chrome
$1,250Sale Price|35% Off
Vintage Koch & Lowy Sonneman Arredoluce Angelo Lelii Brass Floor Lamps
By George Kovacs, Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii, Koch & Lowy, Robert Sonneman
Located in Chicago, IL
Koch & Lowy Brass Triple Ball Articulating Floor Lamp Manner of Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce 2 Available in Brass. Priced per lamp some mild denting on shades where they turn a...
Brass
Vintage Lightolier Articulating Floor Lamp / Arredoluce / Sonneman
By Lightolier
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Lightolier articulating floor lamp Signed on underside Base is 13" diameter. Style of Arredoluce & Sonneman Lighting
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Built in Dimer Architectural "L" Shape Floor Lamp
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern architectural circa 1970s floor lamp Sonneman Kovach attr.
Aluminum
Mid Century Modern Chrome Triangular Star Shape Base Floor Lamp
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern deco chrome triangular base floor lamp.
Chrome
Minimalist Table Lamp by Doria / Sonneman
By Wilhelm Braun Feldweg, Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Chicago, IL
Minimalist table lamp by Wilhelm Braun Feldweg for Doria Leuchten . A translucent glass globe floating on a chromed cruciform base. Sticker remains on the globe and the underside. ...
Glass
Authentic Robert Sonneman For George Kovacs 1987 Chrome Saturn Saucer Table La
By Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on "Read More" or "View More Details" below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing is from 1st Dibs and they normally s...
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.
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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.
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