Willy Daro’s sculptural furniture creations double as striking works of art. The designer is known for his glitzy Hollywood Regency-style lighting fixtures, including a range of elegant table lamps, wall lights and ceiling lights. Collectors also gravitate toward vintage Willy Daro coffee tables — with their provocatively winding bases of brass or travertine, these pieces exude sophistication in any modern space.
Daro established his design studio after World War II. In the early 1960s, he opened Les Nouveaux Ateliers Willy Daro in Brussels, where he produced furniture for nearly three decades until the workshop closed in 1987.
Most of Daro’s most famous designs were created during the 1970s when he garnered attention for an innovative use of natural materials. Daro’s audacious furnishings featured an unlikely merging of brass, minerals, fossils, coral, shells and stones. The works from this era frequently share commonalities with brutalist-style design while retaining a luxurious look and feel.
Daro’s lighting fixtures add visual intrigue to bedrooms and living rooms. Each lamp, pendant and chandelier has a distinct personality, such as through the contrast of a metallic finish with a large shell or a geode. Daro’s fixtures often see an integration of botanical and floral flourishes, complete with intricate brass leaves and petals. His tables similarly draw on the natural world — metal bases shaped like bonsai trees are topped with thick glass surfaces that allow for visibility of the sculptural forms below. Today, Daro's pieces remain highly collectible, fetching considerable prices at auction.
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Pair of solid bronze table lamps By E. Garouste & M. Bonetti.
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare pair of solid bronze table lamps, France (1980') By Elisabeth GAROUSTE & Mattia BONETTI. Stamped "BG". Very good condition.
Bronze
Pair of Lamps in Sculptural Brass and Amethyst by Willy Daro
By Willy Daro
Located in Brussels, BE
From the 1970s comes this pair of table lamps in sculptural brass and amethyst. The lamps received new electric al wires according to the latest safety standards and new polish. Sign...
Amethyst, Brass, Bronze
Pair of table lamps By Maria Pergay
By Maria Pergay
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare Pair of black lacquered resin table lamps decorated with asymetric rods in gilded and chromium-plated metal. circa 1970. Dimensions are without the shade. New rewired.
Metal, Brass
Pair of red travertine and brass lamps by Philippe Barbier, 1970s
By Philippe Barbier
Located in Brussels, BE
A superb pair of Italian red travertine marble lamps by Philippe Barbier, produced by Maison Barbier in France in the 1970s. These highly decorative lamps are ideal for a large bedro...
Travertine, Brass
Pair of table lamps by Jean Claude Dresse.
By Jean Claude Dresse
Located in Brussels, BE
Jean Claude Dresse, pair of table lamps, Black resin and horn, Belgium, 1970. This unique pair of table lamps by Dresse was owned by a Belgian private collection from Brussels. This example is custom-made . Besides its size, what is is important for the quality of this lamps is that the piece is made by hand with an horn inlay from scratch. All Dresse's pieces are handmade: ''The only tools used are hands. The horn inlay has been placed center from the lamps, giving it a dynamic appearance and great visual depth. It is important to know that Dresse was the first to produce these kind of metal or stone mosaic and resin tables, lamps in Belgium. Nowadays, these inlay black resin patterns...
Resin
Floor lamps one of a kind by Willy Daro
By Willy Daro
Located in Brussels, BE
From the 1980s comes this one of a kind floor lamps in FULL etched brass. This Floor lamps received new electric al wires according to the lat...
Brass, Bronze
Pair of polished Brass Pierre Cardin Logo Lamps by Erwin Lambeth
By Erwin Lambeth
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Pierre Cardin Logo lamps by Erwin Lambeth. the lamps have beenNewly re polished and rewired with adjustable polished brass double clus...
Brass
Laurel Mid Century Brutalist Modernist Brass Sculptural Table Lamps - a Pair
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Brutalist Modernist Brass Sculptural Table Lamps by Laurel Lamp Co - a Pair. Item features cast brass construction, faux wood accents, clean modernist lines, qual...
Brass
Mid-century Gilbert Rohde Style Brass Ring Table Lamp, Pair
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Gilbert Rodhe style brass ring table lamp pair featuring a center brass ring fixed to a lacquered wood base. Each lamp has an elegant yet simple...
Brass
Vintage Brass Plated Sculptural Table Lamps By Laurel Lamp Co. 1950's MCM Design
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of sculptural Mid-Century Modern table lamps, end table, night table lamps and console lamps are vintage from the 50s. They have been completely restored in the way of new ...
Brass, Steel
Unusual Pair of Brass Abstract Heifetz Lamps Mid-Century Modern
By Yasha Heifetz
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Unusual pair brass abstract Heifetz lamps, circa 1950s. We are just in love with all the wonderful lamps designed by Yasha Heifetz and this pair is very special and rare. They measur...
Brass
pair of brass lamps circa 1970
Located in Mouscron, WHT
pair of brass lamps circa 1970
Brass
