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
Large Sculptural Flush Mount Ceiling Light by Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Sculptural flush mount ceiling light by Gaetano Sciolari. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa the 1970s. Chrome, brushed aluminum, acrylic. Wired for U.S. standards. We r...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Murano Scavo Glass Double Gourd Hanging Pendant Fixture
Located in New York, NY
Murano scavo glass hanging pendant fixture, attaches to chain with brass fittings. Features original long solid brass link chain for hanging and porcelain light socket.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Chrome and Crystal Ten-Arm Waterfall Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful chrome over brass ten-arm Italian chandelier with trumpet bobèches and long square rod crystals with angled tops. Excellent build quality and interesting shape that when l...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Chrome
Model 'Symfoni' Pendant Lamp by Preben Dal for Hans Følsgaard, Denmark, 1960s
By Preben Dahl
Located in Steenwijk, NL
Fantastic pendant light of a modernist design by Preben Dal for Hans Følsgaard. A design from the early 1960s. This lamp as labelled with a partial label 'Made in Denmark'.
This li...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Italian Chrome Metal Mid-Century Pendant by Stilux Milano, 1968
By Stilux
Located in Sacile, PN
Pendant by Stilux Milano, dated, circa 1968. The chandelier has six arms with two lights each.
Electrical system to be renovated (we can do it for you!).
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
1970s Ceiling Lamp by VeArt, Venice, Italy
By VeArt
Located in Weesp, NL
Beautiful and rare ceiling lamp from the 1970s and artisan produced by the famous glass workshop VeArt located in Scorze, Venice, Italy.
The lamp has some bubbles in the glass which...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
Pink Murano Glass Disc Chandelier, Italy, 1970s
By Vistosi
Located in Rome, IT
Spectacular chandelier by Vistosi made with 50 pink Murano discs.
16 E 14 light bulbs. We can wire for your country standards.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Ceiling Light, by Kamenicky Senov, 1970’s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of glass, lacquered metal
4 x E14 or E15 socket
Re-polished
Fully functional
Original condition.
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Large Murano Glass Chandelier with 40 Glass Leaves
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large Murano glass chandelier with four rows off clear and orange glass leaves. The body is composed of 40 leaf-form glass suspended from a chrome frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Italian Hand Blown Glass Chandelier with Glass Panes, c. 1960
Located in Chicago, IL
Midcentury Italian hand-blown glass chandelier with rectangular ridged glass panes, circa 1960. Chain is 9" from canopy.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Bakalowits Chandelier, 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Bakalowits chandelier, 1960s
Original condition.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Transitional Silvered Gilt Bagues Eight-Light Rock Crystal Jansen Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
Transitional silvered gilt bagues eight-light rock crystal Jansen chandelier fixture
Measures: 30" x 30".
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal
Bronzed Sciolari Aluminum Minimal Geometric Chandelier Italian Design Gold
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Bronzed Sciolari aluminum minimal geometric chandelier Italian design gold, glass parts. Particular form.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Akari Model 3A Light Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi
By Akari, Isamu Noguchi
Located in Glendale, CA
Akari model 3A light sculpture by Isamu Noguchii. The shade is made from handmade washi paper, wood and bamboo ribs with authentic Noguchi Akari manufacturer's stamp. Akari light scu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Chandelier Sputnik, Kamenicky Senov, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Chandelier or pendant
- Space Age style
- Very nice style of lighting.
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Metal
Pair of Huge Italian Vintage Murano Chandelier with Amber Glass Petals, 1970s
By Mazzega
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of huge Italian vintage Murano chandelier made by 52 clear amber glass petals supported by a chrome frame.
The clear amber color of the glasses create a fabulous warm light eff...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of French Wall Sconces by Diderot, circa 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
Two patinas brass with glass shades pair of sconces by Diderot.
Priced by pair.
Max wattage: 75w/bulb.
Backplate: 4" x 1.5".
US wired and in working condition.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Chandelier by Ludib, Bratislava, 1960’s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Glass,Brass,Metal
2x60W,E27 or E26 socket
Re-polished
With Aged Patina
Fully Functional
Original condition.
Category
1970s Slovak Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Glass Pendant, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Glass,Brass
Adjustable height
With aged patina
1x E27 or E26 bulb
Good Original condition
US wiring compatible.
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Orrefors Crystal Chandelier and Etched Glass Pendant Chandelier
By Orrefors
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gorgeous chandelier with handblown crystal teardrops and etched striped glass pendant bowl on a brass stem. Designed by the famed glass house Orrefors c. 1950.
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Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Three-Tier Triedre Cut Translucent Glass Camer Chandelier
By Camer Glass
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modern Camer chandelier was realized in Italy, circa 1970. It features three tiers of elongated and staggered cut glass triedre rods- imbuing the piece with ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
RAAK Four-Light Pendant with Smoked Glass Globes
By RAAK
Located in New York, NY
This highly modern light fixture, produced circa 1965 by RAAK of Amsterdam, Netherlands, is comprised of four hanging pendants, each with smoked glass globes...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Limburg Large Midcentury Vintage 1970s Textured Amber Toned Ice Glass Flushmount
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
One of a pair of large 40 cm (16 inch) flush mount light fixtures by Glashütte Limburg, circa 1970s. Featuring a wonderful mouth blown, molded and textured champagne colored / amber ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Tiered Oval Chandelier
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Mid-Century Modern oval tiered chandelier. Each of the prisms are solid glass. They hang from hooks on a brass (gold) frame as pictured. The cha...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
Lamperti Italian 1970s Chandelier
By Lamperti
Located in Rovereta, SM
An original Space Age 1970s Italian pendant chandelier composed of brushed and polished steel frame an large white opaline glass globes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Large Murano Glass White Petals Chandelier
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing chandelier with 49 petals white hand blown glass by Murano.
Measures: height with chain cm 80, (31.5 in.) without chain cm54 (21 in.) diameter cm 65 (25.6 in.)
Five E27 l...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Alberto Donà Mid-Century Modern Grey Murano Glass Chandelier Four Levels, 1999
By Alberto Donà
Located in Murano, Venezia
Composed by the repetition of 83 vitreous elements called "Slab" this chandelier is really simple but beautiful. Off, it is magnificent to observe the gradation of gray that characte...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Large Coach Lanterns Wall Lights Flush Mounts, 19th
Located in Berlin, DE
Beautiful pair of 19th coach lanterns - wall lights fixtures.
Germany.
Lamp sockets: 1.
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
Twelve Light 'A Midsummer Nights Dream', Chandelier
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Twelve light “A Midsummer Nights Dream”
42” Round chandelier
Two-tier wrought iron chandelier in a cool moonlit patina
With strands of moon dusted crys...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mid Century Modern Three-Tier Camer Crystal Chandelier with Chrome Fittings
By Camer Glass
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Camer chandelier was handblown in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production, circa 1960. It is compos...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Triedri Murano Glass and Brass Chandelier Attributed to Venini, Italy, 1960s
By Venini
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
A very elegant and large four - tiered Murano chandelier attributed to Venini.
This fixture is made of 96 "Triedri" Murano glass in two different sizes hanging on four tiered metal ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Mid-Century Chandelier in the Style of Fontana Arte
By Cristal Arte
Located in London, GB
A good quality nickel and gold-plated brass chandelier with long curved glass light diffusers in the manner of Fontana Arte. By Gino Paroldo
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Glustin Luminaires Sputnik Chandelier with Iridescent Globes
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Sputnik chandelier designed by Glustin Luminaires made of brass with iridescent Murano glass globes.
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Pendant /Czechoslovakia, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of glass, chrome
2x E27 or E26 socket
With aged patina
Re-polished
Original condition.
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Chrome Chandelier by Esperia, Italy
By Esperia
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid-Century Modern chrome pendant chandelier or flush mount, signed by Esperia, Italy 1970s.
The vintage chandelier is made of nine fluted pendants.
Each chrome fluted light has a wh...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Italian Pendant in the Style of Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two-tone glass pendant and brass base.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Pair of Grey Poliedri Murano Glass Chandeliers in Carlo Scarpa Style
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Rome, IT
Each chandelier consists of 103 hand blown grey "Poliedri" made of Murano glass.
Edition limited from a great master of Venetian glass.
Available also a pair and a pair of sconces....
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
Austrian Glass Austrolux Chandelier
By Eba Leuchten
Located in Vienna, AT
Austrolux glass chandelier From 1960's.
Hand blow glass plate, pressed glass elements.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Maria Theresa Mid-Century Modern Italian 15-Light Crystal Chandelier, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
A delightful 15-light Maria Theresa chandelier in Italian crystal and gilded metal with serpentine arms, each candle light with hanging pendants and decorative bobeches.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Mid-Century Modernist Concentric Design Chrome and Smoked Glass Pendant
Located in New York, NY
A Mid-Century Modernist concentric design chrome and glass pendant. This chandelier features a tubular chrome rod which supports a C-shape frame, in which rests a single Edison-based...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Midcentury Sputnik Pendant with Opalescent Shades and Nickel Frame
Located in London, GB
Flush mount 1960s Sputnik pendant with eight shell shape opalescent shades on chrome frame. It is a compact chandelier with unusual shape shades.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Sputnik Oscar Torlasco Style Brass Chandelier
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sputnik Oscar Torlasco style brass chandelier.
Italy, 1960s.
15 arms with candelabra sockets.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Chic Grand Kaiser Primat Ice Textured Crystal Plafoniere / Flush Mount
Located in Kingston, NY
Chic Grand Primat Ice textured crystal drum Plafoniere / flush mount by Kaiser Leuchten. Silvered frame and 38 ice crystal glass tubes.
Made in Germany...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate
Round Black and Gold Brass Italian Chandelier Stilnovo Style 1950s Murano Glass
By Stilnovo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Chandelier Stilnovo attributed Italian mid-century circa 1955, form and technique of very interesting construction, production of excellent quality.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Midcentury Yellow Pendant by Harvey Guzzini for Meblo, Italy
By Meblo, Harvey Guzzini
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage adjustable, space age pendant, designed by Harvey Guzzini for Meblo in the 1970s.
Very good vintage condition.
The max height when...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Brass Italian Chandelier, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Mid century brass chandelier with coloured metal shades.
In the style of stilnovo
The chandelier has 6 arms.
tested and ready to use with E14 light bulbs.
Good condition,...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Faceted Crystal Pendant Chandelier by J.T. Kalmar, 1960s
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This small but weight substantial Mid-Century Modern pendant chandelier features a three-tiered crystal setting with an abundance of raised geometric patterns etched/cut into its sur...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Sciolari Chrome and Glass Chandelier
Located in London, GB
A Sciolari chrome chandelier with 20 glass and chrome drops, surrounding a four-light chrome fitting in the centre. Suspended on chains from a chrome ceiling plate. Re-wired for UK f...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome, Metal
French Midcentury Chandelier
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
This French midcentury chandelier will surely brighten any room with its lovely chrome and candle-inspired light sockets.
Since Schumac...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Chandelier/Drukov, 1960s
By Drukov
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of metal, glass, chrome
Re-polished
Fully functional
Original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Palwa Sciolari Brass and Faceted Crystal Chandelier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Absolutely gorgeous Palwa brass gilt and crystal chandelier.
Measure: Total height 100 cm.
This light has eight E14 bulbs.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Large French Glass Leaf Chandelier
Located in Stamford, CT
Large statement piece. Mid-Century Modern all glass, large multi leaf, fluted bowl base French chandelier. Glass has a stunning crystalized appearance. Hardwired.
Six LED small lights...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rare Pendant Kuala, Meblo, Designed by Franco Bresciani, Italy, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Maker: Meblo (labeled)
- Made of plastic, metal
- Re-polished
- Good, original condition.
1x60W,E27 or E26 socket.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Plastic
Venini Mid-Century Modern Crystal Murano Glass Chandelier "Triedri", 1984s
By Venini
Located in Murano, Venezia
Murano glass chandelier with 457 elements in crystal, nickel finish structure and 12 E26 / E27 bulbs. The elements of this typical chandelier are called Triedri, for its triangular s...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Charming Vistosi Disc Murano Chandelier, 1970s
By Vistosi
Located in Rome, IT
The 24 white discs of precious Murano glass are arranged on floor levels. Nine lights.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Pendant in Chrome and Art-Glass with White Streaks, Germany, 1970s
Located in Almelo, NL
Midcentury pendants, in chrome and glass, Germany, 1970s.
Large ceiling lamp-pendant with chrome and large hand blown art-glass globe. This clear hand blown glass globe are decora...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Set of Two Globe Pendant Lights, Brass and Smoked Glass, 1970s
Located in Almelo, NL
Set of two pendants, in colored glass and brass, Germany, 1970s.
Large globe shaped pendants with smoked glass spheres. The brass fixture beautif...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Smoke and Clear Murano Glass Tronchi Chandelier or Ceiling Light
Located in Rome, IT
This striking chandelier is composed by 78 smoke and ice color Murano glass 'Tronchi'
by 20 cm high.
Ten E 27 light bulbs.
Measures: Height without chain (cm 60) inches 23,60 wi...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
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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