The light that emanates from Feldman Lighting Company’s decorative chandeliers, pendants and sconces — encased in sculpted bronze and copper and frequently featuring motifs drawn from the natural world — embodies the brutalist movement of the mid-20th century.
The Los Angeles firm’s best known fixtures were produced in various styles from the late 1940s until the 1980s, and its most notable designer, Tom Greene was a graduate of UCLA’s dental school and originally worked as a dental prosthetist.
Beginning in the 1950s, when he wasn't at work in his dental lab, Greene would craft small jewelry pieces utilizing techniques that were typically reserved for making dental crowns and other prosthetics. Unsatisfied with jewelry as a medium, Greene stepped it up and began crafting free-form sculptures from brass and bronze, using an oxyacetylene torch to cut and heat the metal, and hammering it into shape with artisan tools (a torch-cut lamp of Greene’s appeared on Star Trek during the 1960s). He also worked with the ancient technique of lost-wax casting, which sees metal objects and furnishings cast from wax models.
Greene began producing fixtures for Lightolier and Feldman Lighting in the 1970s after seeing much success selling his pieces through Los Angeles furniture retailer and manufacturer Monteverdi-Young. Greene made numerous custom pieces for Feldman to adorn the Hollywood Regency-themed interiors of its Beverly Hills clientele.
The Feldman Lighting company folded by the mid-1980s and its vintage fixtures are highly valued by interior designers and collectors today.
On 1stDibs, find Feldman Lighting Company lighting and decorative objects.
Torch Cut Brass Brutalist Chandelier by Tom Greene for Feldman
By Tom Greene, Feldman Lighting Co.
Located in Dallas, TX
This torch cut brutalist chandelier was designed by Tom Greene and made by Feldman Lighting of Los Angeles. Its long narrow torch cut brass pendant is enhanced with layered cut brass...
Brass
Tom Greene for Feldman Lighting Torch Cut Brass Pendant
By Feldman Lighting Co., Tom Greene
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE Designed by Thomas A. Greene for T. A. Greene Company and retailed by Feldman Lighting of Los Angeles. Pendant itself is 24 inches high by 10 inches diameter. With existing chain the drop is 30 inches. If requested we can change the color of the candle sleeves to metallic gold instead of the original matte black. Thomas A. Greene was a pioneering and artistic African American designer and businessman. He started his career making dental prosthetics and jewelry and then moved onto larger sculptural pieces. He produced lighting for Feldman and Monteverdi & Young. Tom Greene's lighting and metal sculpture designs are found in many countries, as well as in the U.S. Here is just a small cross-section of his clients: Gruen Lighting, MGM Studios, 20th Century Fox Studios, EuroDisneyland-France, Monte Carlo Hotel-Las Vegas, Hyatt Regency, Trump Towers Casino, Luxor Hotel and Casino, Bellagio Hotel, Disney Tokyo, The Grove, Westin Hotel in Maui and in Kauai, Beverly Hills City Hall, Conrad Hilton...
Brass
Tom Greene Brutalist Chandelier, 1960s
By Tom Greene, Feldman Lighting Co.
Located in South Jordan, UT
Unique, Brutalist mid century pendant chandelier designed by Tom Greene for Feldman Lighting Co. in the 1960s. Beautiful craftsmanship with a lovely patinated brass, this chandelier ...
Brass
Brutalist Chandelier by Tom Greene for Feldman, Torch Cut Brass, 1960
By Feldman Lighting Co., Tom Greene
Located in London, GB
Substantial and Impressive torch cut and patinated brass chandelier by Tom Greene for Feldman. A work of art, this Mid-century piece encapsulates both Greene's sculptural brutalist a...
Brass
$950Sale Price|24% Off
H 20 in W 9.5 in D 9.5 in
Brutalist Organic Chandelier by Tom Greene for Feldman Lighting, 1960s
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1850 Brutalist organic chandelier /lantern by Tom Greene for Feldman Lighting fitted with 4 interior lights Beautiful organic form Supplied with 24" chain and original canopy.
Brass
Vintage Brass Hanging Lamp by Louis Weisdorf for Lyfa, 1960s
By Lyfa
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
Vintage brass hanging lamp by Louis Weisdorf for Lyfa, 1960s in good original condition.
Brass
$3,000
H 23.5 in W 12 in D 12 in
Brutalist Swag Pendant Light Lamp Tom Greene Brass Feldman Co Mid-Century Modern
By Feldman Lighting Co., Tom Greene
Located in Wayne, NJ
Brutalist Swag Pendant Light Lamp Tom Greene Brass Feldman Co. This plugs into a wall outlet. It has approx 13' Cord/chain.
Brass
Fulga Pendant - Hammered Brass Casting Pendant
Located in İstiklal, TR
FULGA pendant emerges as a true masterpiece, where artistic ingenuity meets the organic allure of nature. Crafted with precision from a cluster of brass casting floral-inspired piece...
Brass
Large Brass Pendant, circa 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Vienna, AT
Large brass pendant from the 1940-1950s.The oversized cone-shaped body is made from a single polished sheet of brass, cut into strips that are att...
Brass, Steel
Goldkant, Pendant Light, Resin, Brass, Germany, 1960s
By Goldkant Leuchten
Located in High Point, NC
A beige, green resin and brass pendant light produced by Goldkant, Germany, c. 1960s. Moderate staining of parchment from metal frame tarnishing. Patina brass canopy. Parchment an...
Brass
