Mid-Century Modern Lighting
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
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
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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 legendary 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.
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.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Pair of Brass and Glass Light Fixtures in the Style of Jakobsson, 1960s
Located in Rijssen, NL
This stunning pair of large brass light fixtures with smoked glass bowls and gold-plated fittings was produced in the 1970s in the style of H...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Modernist 1950s Italian Red Lantern, Milk Glass & Brass
By Arredoluce, Stilnovo
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This unusual midcentury pendant was designed and manufactured in Italy in the 1950s. It features a red crinkle lacquered shade, a white milk glass striped lamp shade and brass hardwa...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large 1980s Kalmar Style Pyramid Murano Glass & Brass Flush Mount Light Fixture
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Vintage Mid-Century Modern pyramid shaped glass flush mount light fixture attributed to German manufacturer Hillebrand, circa 1980.This vintage ceiling lamp, often mistakenly attribu...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Danish Modern Red "Kegle" Pendant by Bent Karlby for Lyfa 1960s
By Bent Karlby, Lyfa
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish modern red "Kegle" pendant by Bent Karlby for Lyfa 1960s
Mid-Century Modern ceiling pendant model "Kegle" with rise-and-fall mechanism. Shade in aluminium with row of slits a...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Single Small Multifaceted Italian Ceiling Light by Pia Guidetti Crippa for Lumi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Single Small multifaceted glass and brass ceiling light designed by Pia Guidetti Crippa for Lumi in Italy, circa 1960s. Wired for US junction boxes. Takes one E27 100w maximum bulb. ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Asian Motif Short Schoolhouse Bell-Shape Ceiling Glass Globe Pendant
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Once used everywhere from classrooms, libraries and courthouses alike, schoolhouse globes offered a practical and utilitarian design with solid, hard-working ambient lighting. Most l...
Category
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
One of the Three Brass and Blown Murano Glass Wall Light or Flushmounts, 1960s
By Hillebrand
Located in Rijssen, NL
Stunning high-end brass and Murano glass wall light by Hillebrand. Manufactured in the late 1960s-early 1970s. The brass backplate holds a huge heavy blown glass with three brass bra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Venini Midcentury "Tessuto" White and Crystal Murano Glass Chandelier, 1970s
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing Mid Century White and Crystal "Tessuto" Murano Glass Chandelier. This wonderful object was produced in Italy in the 70s by Venini.
Woven Glass created by Carlo Scarpa for Venini in the 1930s; similar to filigree but obtained using very thin reeds joined with alternating colors and flattened to form strips similar to fabric ribbons, joined and manipulated to obtain the desired design.
This is an exceptionally beautiful chandelier due to the state of the piece, the size of the light but above all the subtlety of the Tessuto Murano Glass.
A stunning piece of lighting with infinite elegance that will complement an art deco or mid-century living room or entryway perfectly.
The Chandelier uses a single E26/27 light bulb.
Scarpa was born in Venice. Much of his early childhood was spent in Vicenza, where his family moved when he was 2 years old. After his mother's death at the age of 13, he moved with his father and brother to Venice. Carlo attended the Academy of Fine Arts where he concentrated on architectural studies. Graduated from the Academy of Venice, with the title of Professor of Architecture, he was apprenticed to the architect Francesco Rinaldo. Scarpa married Rinaldo's niece, Nini Lazzari (Onorina Lazzari).
However, Scarpa refused to take the pro forma...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Paolo Venini, Pendant, Italy 1950s
By Paolo Venini
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pendant in Murano glass, by Paolo Venini, Italy 1950s.
Total height 100 cm.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
1 of 2 Stunning Floral Glass and Brass Sputnik Chandeliers, Germany, 1960s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Stunning floral glass and brass Sputnik chandeliers, Germany, 1960s.
It requires 12 x E14 standard bulbs with 40W max each and compatible with the US/UK/ etc. Standards. Very good...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Vintage Chandelier by Dřevo Humpolec, 1960
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- made of glass and bentwood
- Good, fully functional condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass, Bentwood
Mid-Century Pendant, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of glass, metal
New cabling
With aged patina
1xE27 or E26 socket
Re-polished
Fully functional
Original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Spanish Sunburst Light Fixture in Gilt Iron with Double Leafed Frame
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gilt metal double layered leafed sunburst ceiling flush mount. Spain, 1960s.
An eye-catching sunburst or flower burst ceiling light featuring two layers of gilt iron leaves surroundi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Classic Beige Murano Pendant Lamp Vetri Murano Italy 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Classic beige murano pendant lamp by Vetri Murano made in Italy in the 1970s. Very beautiful beige Murano glass with bends. The lamp is in perfect condition, fully functional. No chi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
1 of 2 Petite Midcentury Flush Mount in Orange by Kaiser, Germany, 1960s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Midcentury vintage flush mount fixture in orange color made by Kaiser Leuchten, Germany.
Original from 1960s
It needs 3 x E14 bulbs...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Opal
Fontana Arte Satellite Chandelier in Green Murano Glass, Italy c. 1970s
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Max Ingrand style pendant chandelier with geometric design. Chandelier is comprised of dense circular Murano glass discs in kinetic linear formation. The outer glass discs are dark g...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Gabriella Crespi Vintage Brass Nickel Plexiglass Chandelier Pendant Fungo, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
Gabriella Crespi vintage brass nickel plexiglass chandelier or pendant Fungo designed 1970s Italy.
Gabriella Crespi (1922-2017)
Gabriella Crespi presented her collections in Milan in...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Stilnovo Italian White Glass and Brass Pendant Lamp, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern design Stilnovo pendant lamp model 1104, eliptical white satin glass diffuser and brass stem, 1950s
Please note that the lamp is original of the period an...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
1 of 2 Small Bubble Glass Pendant by Helena Tynell, Limburg, Germany
Located in Aachen, NRW
1 of 2 round bubble glass pendant designed by Helena Tynell for Limburg, manufactured in Germany, circa 1970s.
Sockets: needs 1 x E27 standard bulb with 100W max each and compatib...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Italian Art Glass Chandelier Lamp
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Unique 1950's Italian 8 candle brass and art glass chandelier.
Artisan hand blown candle cups.
Pictures tell the story of this incredible piece of functional art.
Working order with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Carlo Nason Grey Murano Glass Mod.LS 116 Chandelier, Italy 1970s
By Mazzega, Carlo Nason
Located in Naples, IT
Suspension lamp Mod. LS 116" in grey and blue shaded glass and chromium-plated metal cup, designed by Carlo Nason, Production Mazzega 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Stunning Petite Glass Flower Wall /Flush Mount Light by E.Palme, Germany, 1970s
By Ernst Palme
Located in Aachen, NRW
Petite midcentury flush mount light or wall sconce with 13 Murano glass flowers over a polished brass base, made by Ernst Palme in Germany, 1970s
Wonderful light effect.
High quali...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Huge Italian Carlo Nason Blown Glass Ceiling Lights Pendant, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Beautiful midcentury handblown textured Murano glass pendant by Carlo Nason for Mazzega.
Italy, 1960.
Lamp sockets: One E27 (US E26).
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Limburg Iron and Glass Flush Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Limburg flush mount. Circa 1960s. Illuminates beautifully with iron circles inlaid in thick glass. This gorgeous design is based on the traditional church window patterns in European...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Iron
Swedish Striped Glass and Brass Pendants, 1940s to 1950s, Set of 2
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
These elegant minimalist pendants were designed and manufactured in Sweden in the 1940s to 1950s.
The lights feature a round cream colored striped glass lampshade and brass hardw...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Sciolari Style Brass Chandelier, 1970s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Wonderful midcentury brass chandelier in the manner of Sciolari made by Staff Leuchten, manufactured in Germany, circa 1970s.
Sockets: 15 x E14 small bulbs./ max. 40 watt each-
G...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
1 of 4 Iron and Clear Glass Flushmount by Limburg, Germany, 1960s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Iron and clear glass flush mount manufactured by Limburg Glashütte, Germany, circa 1960-1969. Octagonally shaped lantern and multifaceted hand-blown glass.
High quality and in ver...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Bauges French Mid-Century Metal and Murano Glass Bird Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
French mid-century (1940s) red and white painted metal 10 arm chandelier with Murano glass bird in center with canopy. (Attributed to BAGUES).
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
1960 German Kaiser Kaiser Flush Mount Ceiling Light Murano Glass
Located in Almelo, NL
Gorgeous drum-shaped flush mount chandelier made of heavy textured clear iced glass on a grey metal frame with nickel finals. Manufactured by Kaiser Lighting, Germany in the 1960s. V...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
Bruno Gatta Stilnovo Large Pendant Lamps 1954, Model 288
By Bruno Gatta, Stilnovo
Located in Den Haag, NL
Iconic pendant lamps designed by the fonder of Stilnovo ''Bruno Gatta'' 1954 Italy. Model 288 Matt black aluminum shade and ceiling plate. Opaline glass. Solid Brass fittings, all or...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Iguzzini "Kuala" Italian White Pendant Lamp by Franco Bresciani Italy 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
The rare white pendant lamp "Kuala" by Franco Bresciani for iGuzzini made in Italy in the 1970s. Prototypes of the Kuala were made from 1974 until 1981. This is a white plastic bell-...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic
Pair of Stinovo Style 6 Lights Chandelier, 2 Pairs Available
By Stilnovo
Located in Miami, FL
Superb pair of black and brass Finish Stilnovo style Chandeliers.
6 Lights , 40 watts max per lights.
US rewired and in working condition.
Completely restored and refinished.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Steel
Murano Glass Chandelier Designed by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, 1970s
By Mazzega
Located in Aachen, NRW
A stunning Murano glass chandelier designed by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, Italy, manufactured in the 1970s.
The chandelier is composed of 12 thick textured glass elements attached to ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Chandelier Modernist Design Brass and Glass, circa 1970
By Stilnovo
Located in London, GB
Italian chandeliers “Cage “ modernist design in brass with white spherical glass shades of monumental proportions very unique, circa 1970.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
1 of 2 Stunning Brass Murano Glass Light Fixture Palazzo, Kalmar, Austria, 1970s
Located in Aachen, NRW
A wonderful gilt brass light fixture comprises crystal Murano glass pieces on a gilded brass frame. Its made by Kalmar (Serie: Palazzo), Austr...
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Round Textured Glass Flushmount by Limburg, Germany, 1970s
Located in Aachen, NRW
A wonderful flushmount by Limburg, Germany, 1970s.
Special glass form on a black color metal base.
High quality and in very good condition. Cleaned, well-wired and ready to use. ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pendant in Structured Glass and Brass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pendant, in brass and glass, Europe, 1970s
Pendant with brass fixture and structured glass. The glass has an interesting relief, making it very uniqu...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
One Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
One German Hutschenreuther porcelain table lamp. Signed Leonard.
Measures: Height base 43 cm.
Diameter base 17 cm.
The lampshade is not included in the price.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Stunning Brass Murano Glass Light Fixture Palazzo, Kalmar, Austria, 1970s
Located in Aachen, NRW
A stunning gilt brass light fixture comprises crystal Murano glass pieces on a gilded brass frame. It’s made by Kalmar (Series: Palazzo), Austria, manufactured, circa 1970-1979.
Won...
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Atomic White Chandelier by E.R. Nelel for Temde, Switzerland, 1960s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Atomic chandelier with nine-glass globes was designed by the Swiss artist and designer E.R. Nele for Temde Leuchten. The globes are hand blown and fitted with a screwing device.
Hig...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Opaline Glass
20th Century Italian Fontana Arte Crystal Glass Chandelier by Pietro Chiesa
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Art Deco Italian chandelier made of handcrafted brass and hand blown smoked crystal glass, designed by Pietro Chiesa and produced by FontanaArte, in good condition. The hanging ceiling pendant is featuring a three light socket. The wires have been renewed. Wear consistent with age and use, circa 1930-1940, Italy.
Measure: Light fixture: 21" H
Pietro Chiesa was an Italian designer born in 1892, in Milan, Italy and passed away in 1948 Paris, France. Chiesa finished his apprenticeship in the studio of the furniture designer, interior decorator Giovan Battista Gianotti in Milan. Chiesa comes from an artistic family, he opened his own own glass making studio, Botega di Pietro Chiesa in 1921 Milan. Chiesa concentrated mainly on designing glass, he treated glass like a valuable material.
FontanaArte is an Italian lighting and design company founded in 1931 Milan, Italy. Founded by the two well-known Italian architect and designers Giovanni Ponti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass
French Chandelier Ceiling Pendant Lustre Perspex and Brass Maison Arlus c. 1950
Located in Labrit, Landes
Ceiling pendant from Maison Arlus, France
Lustre in perspex and brass
Chandelier with three lights
This chandelier is conform to USA and EU or UK standards
Good condition
Shipping :...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Double Glass Pendant Lamp in Style of Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors, 1960s
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This glass pendant lamp consist out of a grey glass chalice with a clear inner glass chalice. Very much in the style of Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors. We have imported this lamp from D...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass, Acrylic
1970s German Peill & Putzler Opaline & Chrome Pendant Hanging Ceiling Light
Located in London, GB
1970s German Peill & Putzler opaline pendant ceiling light with a chrome fitting. The black ceiling wire is adjustable to allow for your height require...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Wire, Chrome
Danish Midcentury 'Spider' Chandelier in Brass by Lyfa, 1950s
By Paavo Tynell
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Large 6-armed brass chandelier designed and manufactured by Lyfa in Denmark during the 1950s. It features its original brass canopy and period shading. The style of this light is rem...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Orange Glass Pendant Light by Peill Putzler, Germany, 1970
Located in Aachen, NRW
Grenn glass pendant light by Peill & Putzler, manufactured in Germany, circa the 1970s.
High quality and in very good condition. Cleaned, well-wired and ready to use.
The fixtur...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass
Pair of Atomic Modern Textured Glass, Chrome Pendants, Kaiser, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pair of elegant pair of modernist space age pendants with four soft textured glass plates on chrome mount. Long slim chrome stem and canopy. Manufactured by Kaiser Leuchten in the 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
'Pulegoso' Pendant Chandelier by Aldo Nason for Mazzega, Murano, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Nason, Mazzega
Located in Steenwijk, NL
Very beautiful Italian Murano glass and chromed metal pendant lamp. The glass parts are typical Pulegoso models by Aldo Nason. The chrome is in very good condition as is the glass. S...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Venini Green Dome Pendant Light by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
A documented pendant light by designed Ludovico Diaz de Santillana. Santillana was the director and a designer for the famed glass house Venini from 1959-1985. Dome shade is hand blo...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Lovely Gilt Brass and Lens Glass Pendant by Palwa, circa 1970s
By Palwa
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
A beautiful small midcentury one light gilt brass chandelier with square lens glasses.
A high quality light fixture in the Hollywood Regency style made by Palwa, Germany, circa 1970...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Midcentury Czech Single Pedant Lamp, 1960s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
A vintage midcentury pendant light, made in Czechoslovakia in 1960s. In red with a white interior. Material: milky glass, metal, shee...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Plastic, Milk Glass
1 'of 2' Big Round Murano Ice Glass Flushmount by Hillebrand, Germany, 1970s
By Hillebrand
Located in Aachen, NRW
A wonderful round ice glass flushmount by Hillebrand Leuchten, Germany, 1970s.
Thick textured Murano ice glass fixture on a white metal base with three brass screws.
High quality...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Stilnovo Pendant Lamp
By Stilnovo, Bruno Gatta
Located in Den Haag, NL
Stilnovo pendant lamp, 1950s-1960s. Featuring a striped opaline body and brass details.
new old stock, the brass canopy is new.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Opaline Glass
Akari Model 20n Light Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi
By Akari, Isamu Noguchi
Located in Glendale, CA
Akari Model 20N light sculpture by Isamu Noguchi. The shade is made from handmade washi paper and bamboo ribs with Noguchi Akari manufacturer's stamp. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mazzega Ceiling Chandelier "Torciglione", 1970s
By Mazzega
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
A rain of Murano glass spirals falling from the sky. This falling light has been made by Mazzega in Italy in 1970, each glass piece is attached to a delicate silver brass chain.
The...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Fine Transitional Baguès Jansen 12-Light Gilt Crystal Flower Spiral Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful transitional Baguès / Jansen style 12 candelabra light gold gilt crystal beaded Swags, flower and crystal drops on a spiral form chandelier.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Reggiani of Italy 1970s Chrome & Glass Lens Abstract Chandelier
By Reggiani
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful 1970s geometric and abstract chrome and glass chandelier attributed to the Italian lighting company Reggiani. Twelve-light. Below each light is a suspended square plate w...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Pendant with Opaline Glass Sphere
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pendant, opaline glass, metal, plastic, Europe, 1960s.
Clean and simple pendant lamp with opaline glass sphere, metal rod and plastic detailing. The la...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid-century Modern lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern lighting>lighting for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage lighting created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern lighting made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original lighting, popular names associated with this style include J.T. Kalmar, Fabio Ltd, Glashütte Limburg, and Kalmar Lighting. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for lighting differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $45 and tops out at $355,000 while the average work can sell for $2,150.
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