Donghia Lighting
With distinctive style touches like gray flannel upholstery and overstuffed seating, American designer Angelo Donghia (1935–85) was a visionary leader of bold interior design and furniture in the 1970s and ’80s. Although Donghia lived only to age 50, by the time of his death from AIDS-related pneumonia, his name graced numerous furniture and decor companies, in addition to his own interior designs.
After graduating from Parsons School of Design in 1959, Donghia joined the interiors firm of Yale R. Burge, and his star rose quickly from there. By 1963, he had been appointed vice president and in 1966, partner — a move that came with a name change for the firm to Burge-Donghia Interiors. In 1968, he founded the fabrics and wall coverings company & Vice Versa, and in 1978 he founded Donghia Furniture. With this holistic approach, Donghia was able to oversee nearly every element of an interior design project, which, for him, spanned everything from corporate offices (notably PepsiCo’s world headquarters in Purchase, New York) to the Metropolitan Opera Club at Lincoln Center to residential interiors for clients such as Diana Ross and Ralph Lauren.
After he inherited Burge’s firm, he continued to develop its reach as Donghia Associates. He opened a series of showrooms around the country to offer his designs to a wider audience, who loved the company’s marriage of minimal forms with luxe materials. His silver-foil ceilings, mixing of eclectic textile patterns and plush furniture set trends and, through mass marketing, influenced the direction of American interior design.
“I feel that I’ve developed my own style that is as classic and minimal as the ’30s style it reflects,” the designer once told New York magazine. In 2015, the retrospective “Angelo Donghia: Design Superstar” at the New York School of Interior Design chronicled his influence on all facets of modern interiors, from furnishings to wall coverings. It’s an approach that still resonates today. Donghia continued to operate as a company after his death, acquired by the Rubelli Group in 2005. After it filed for bankruptcy in 2020 and closed its showrooms, its name, designs, archives and inventory were acquired by Kravet.
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Creator: Donghia
Vintage Boho Signed Donghia Twist Blown Glass Lamps - a Pair
By Donghia
Located in west palm beach, FL
Illuminate your space with sophistication and flair using our Vintage Boho Signed Donghia Blown Twist Glass Lamps - A Pair. Handcrafted by American artisans, these exquisite lamps bl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Donghia Lighting
Materials
Metal
John Hutton for Donghia Murano Glass Lamps in Clear Glass and Brass
By Donghia
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
John Hutton for Donghia Murano Glass Lamps in Clear Glass and Brass. Signed on the base, these beautiful lamps emit soft light and perfect f...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Donghia Origami Temko Table Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Chicago, IL
Introducing the Donghia “Origami Temko” table lamp, a contemporary marvel of lighting design hailing from Italy. This lamp pays homage to Florence Temk...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel
Donghia Esha - Ice Murano Glass Floor Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Chicago, IL
Introducing the Donghia “Esha” floor lamp in "ice" colorway, a magnificent piece of Italian craftsmanship that epitomizes the 21st-century penchant for blending traditional technique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Vintage Contemporary Donghia Murano Glass Table Lamps - A Pair
By Donghia
Located in west palm beach, FL
Fantastic vintage pair of Murano glass lamps. The iconic glass ball bearing shape. Beautiful striped glass that is signed on the base. Twisted raw silk cord. Acquired from a Palm Bea...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Silk, Murano Glass
Italian Murano Glass Torre Table Lamp by Donghia
By Donghia
Located in London, GB
A stunning and extremely well made Italian Murano glass Torre table lamp by Donghia. This was made in Italy and it dates from the early 21st century.
The quality is exceptional, the...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Italian Murano Glass Ondoso Lamps by Donghia
By Donghia
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful, sensual Pair of Italian Murano Glass Ondoso Lamps by Donghia
Manner of Venini
Height is to top of finial.
Diameter is of the base.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Pair John Hutton for Donghia Ondoso Clear with Gold Venini Glass Table Lamps
By Donghia, John Hutton
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of Donghia "Ondoso" Murano Glass Table Lamps with Gold inclusions, attributed to John Hutton. Featuring hand blown spiraling clear hollow wave like column forms with Gold inclus...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Brass
"Wabi-Sabi" Murano Lamp for Donghia
By Donghia
Located in Pasadena, CA
Hollow, hand blown Venetian glass lamp.
"In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is so...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Donghia Ondoso Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia with brass hardware, hollow and handblown. Meaning "wave" in Italian, the Ondoso's column is characterized by gentle waves providing a subtle s...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Murano Glass Table Lamp John Hutton for Donghia
By Donghia, John Hutton
Located in Vienna, AT
Murano glass bass and brass frame fitted with 2 E27 sockets up to 60Watts each. Designed by John Hutton for Donghia in the 1980s.
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Donghia Tall Wall Sconces with Mirrored Frames and Frosted Glass
By Donghia
Located in Dallas, TX
Great looking wall sconces with clean lines. Very tall at 29.5"H. Distributed by Donghia and a Porta Romano attributed design. No longer in production.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Metal
Donghia Bijou Wall Sconces in Nickel and Smoked Murano Glass - 4 Available
By Donghia
Located in Dallas, TX
No longer in production. The Bijou sconce by Donghia. Polished nickel with a smoked murano glass insert. These are beautiful and elegant. We have 4 available. Some people choose to h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Donghia Medusa Murano Vintage Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage striped Murano glass lamp. Like the Medusa from Ovid's myth, this lamp is a ravishing beauty. 7 feet of beige rayon-covered twisted c...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Seguso for Donghia Murano Glass Chandelier
By Gianni Seguso, Donghia
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful chandelier created by Seguso for the Angelo Donghia showrooms. The piece center pieces in the main structure have a mercury silverish tone and the arms are a in a gray colo...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Donghia Ondoso Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp with brass hardware from Donghia, hollow and handblown. Meaning "wave" in Italian, the Ondoso's column is characterized by gentle waves providing a subtle s...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Vela Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia with brass hardware, hollow and handblown. The Vela lamp was named for the shape of its base, a sail. The square sail ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Vela Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia, hollow and handblown with brass hardware. The Vela lamp was named for the shape of its base. Vela in Italian means s...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Athena Bassa Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia, named for the goddess Athena. Nearly all ancient statues of the goddess show her standing tall just like the presence this lamp exudes. Its fe...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Vita Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage handblown Venetian glass lamp. Sinuous lines in this hollow, handblown Venetian glass lamp tantalize with a sense of movement. 7 feet of beige rayon-covered twisted cord exit...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Increspato Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp with brass hardware from Donghia, hollow and handblown. Surface is hand chiseled and sandblasted. Meaning "rippled" in Italian, the Increspato gives off a r...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Alto Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia. Hand applied ripples on the Alto lamp benefit from restrained gold dust inclusions. 7 feet of beige rayon-covered twisted cord exits at base. ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Vita Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Hollow, handblown vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia. Sinuous lines in this lamp tantalize with a sense of movement. 7 feet of beige rayon-covered twisted cord exits at base. 2 p...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Toretta Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass table lamp from Donghia, hollow and handblown with linear matte etching. Obelisco and Torretta use the same glass technique in transparent with gold glass. The c...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Corda Luxury Vintage Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Solid, handmade vintage Murano glass floor lamp with brass hardware from Donghia. Meaning "rope" in Italian, the Murano glass makers were able to create the effect of a rope wrapping...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Alto Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano handblown glass lamp with brass hardware from Donghia. Hand applied ripples on the Venetian glass body of the Alto lamp benefit from restrained gold dust inclusions. 7...
Category
1980s Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Piroetta Tavolo Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage handblown Venetian glass lamp. In Italian, Piroetta means "pirouette." To pirouette is to twirl or turn and this describes the glass of the Piroetta lamps. Elegant, twisted g...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Vita Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Hollow, handblown vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia. Sinuous lines in this lamp tantalize with a sense of movement. 7 feet of beige rayon-covered twisted cord exits at base. 2 p...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
John Hutton Murano Glass Lamp for Donghia
By John Hutton, Donghia
Located in Highland, IN
This rare and striking lamp designed by John Hutton for Dongia was made with Seguso Murano glass using the Cordonato D'Oro technique with its clear glass decorated with captured bubb...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Brass
Donghia Increspato Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia with brass hardware, hollow and handblown. Surface is hand chiseled and sandblasted. Meaning "rippled" in Italian, the Increspato gives off a r...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Faro Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia with brass hardware, hollow and handblown. Alternating bands of smooth and sandblasted surface. Italian for "lighthouse," the Faro is inspired ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Athena Alta Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia, named for the goddess Athena. Nearly all ancient statues of the goddess show her standing tall just like the presence this lamp exudes. Its feminine curves are a nod to the Greek female...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Piroetta Tavolo Vintage Murano Glass Floor Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass floor lamp with brass hardware from Donghia, hollow and handblown. In Italian, Piroetta means "pirouette." To piro...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Wabi/Sabi Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia with brass hardware, hollow and handblown. Wabi-sabi is the philosophy that nothing is perfect. It is finding beauty in the imperfect and asymm...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Piroetta Tavolo Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia with brass hardware, hollow and handblown. In Italian, Piroetta means "pirouette." To pirouette is to twirl or turn and this describes the glas...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Bollicina Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano glass lamp from Donghia with brass hardware, hollow and handblown. Meaning "little bubbles" in Italian, the Bollicina's tiny continuous spheres are like a string of bu...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Donghia Piroetta Tavolo Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Venetian glass lamp with brass hardware from Donghia, hollow and handblown. In Italian, Piroetta means "pirouette." To pirouette is to twirl or turn and this describes the gl...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Donghia Lighting
Materials
Glass
Pair of Aventurine Glass Table Lamps by Donghia
By Donghia
Located in New York, NY
Luxurious pair of Aventurine glass table lamps by Donghia. Characterized by the delicate gold flecking that creates the aventurine effect and etched detail on the mid-body of the bas...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Brass
Wonderful Pair Donghia Stellare 2 Arm Hand-Blown Gold Dust Murano Wall Sconces
By Donghia
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful pair of Donghia Stellare 2 arm hand-blown with gold dust Murano wall Sconces.
Dimensions: H 18.5 x W 24 x D 10.
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Pair of Renaldo Three Arm Sconces by Donghia in Murano Glass
By Donghia
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of 3 arm sconces by Donghia from the Renaldo Series. The custom made sconces feature brushed bronze metal frames with adjustable swing arms and circular backplates. Fitted with ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Donghia, "Imperiale" Modern Murano Large Glass Vase by Seguso Vetri d`Arte
By Donghia, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Murano-Venice, IT
The Seguso family has been producing hand blown glass on the island of Murano in Venice, Italy for more than six hundred years. As one of the oldest Muranese dynasties, twenty-two generations of artisans, entrepreneurs and glass masters with a wide range of skills, have all shared an immense passion for the design and craft of hand blown glass. Through the precious artisanal skills of their glass masters, furnaces and factories, Seguso has had the pleasure of producing pieces for royal families, the Vatican, some of the finest private residences and public spaces throughout the world, as well Donghia’s Murano glass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Donghia Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Donghia, "Lugano" Modern Murano Glass Vessel Made by Seguso Vetri d`Arte
By Donghia, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Murano-Venice, IT
The Seguso family has been producing hand blown glass on the island of Murano in Venice, Italy for more than six hundred years. As one of the oldest Muranese dynasties, twenty-two generations of artisans, entrepreneurs and glass masters with a wide range of skills, have all shared an immense passion for the design and craft of hand blown glass. Through the precious artisanal skills of their glass masters, furnaces and factories, Seguso has had the pleasure of producing pieces for royal families, the Vatican, some of the finest private residences and public spaces throughout the world, as well Donghia’s Murano glass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Donghia Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Donghia Gold Murano Glass Lamps
By Donghia
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large Murano glass lamps with a gold mercury glass effect. Lamps have been rewired for use in the USA with gold silk cords and brass pull chain sockets. 75W max each socket. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Donghia Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Donghia lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Donghia lighting are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Donghia lighting, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 34 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 3 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original lighting by Donghia were created in the modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider lighting by Matteo Thun, Luci Italia, and Renato Toso. Prices for Donghia lighting can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $950 and can go as high as $52,560, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,157.
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Questions About Donghia Lighting
- Is Donghia still in business?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, Donghia is still in business as of January 2021. However, the brand did announce it was closing its showrooms in 2020, and Kravet Inc., purchased Donghia following bankruptcy proceedings. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Donghia furniture from some of the world’s top sellers.