Art Deco Lighting
ART DECO STYLE
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged in the 1920s
- Flourished while the popularity of Art Nouveau declined
- Term derives from 1925’s Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) in Paris, France
- Informed by Ancient Egypt, Cubism, Futurism, Louis XVI, De Stijl, modernism and the Vienna Secession; influenced Streamline Moderne and mid-century modernism
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
- Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
- Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
- Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
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Style: Art Deco
Art Deco Style Molded Glass Hanging Light Fixture
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Art Deco style molded glass chandelier. Satin nickel with one regular socket.
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Pair of Liberty Pendants or Lanterns by Ercole Barovier, 1940s
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant pair of liberty brass-mounted pendants by Ercole Barovier, 1940s.
Each with three precious Murano glass leaves centered by a hand blown elegant ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Chandelier, Czechoslovakia, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made of glass, metal and wood
- Re-polished
- Fully functional
- Original condition
.-new cables
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Period Ceiling Light or Lamp Chandelier Six Branch Chrome, circa 1925
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a substantial, hanging ceiling light, lamp or chandelier with six branches and beautiful glass conical shades, original to the Art Deco period.
The light is made from chro...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Wire, Chrome
1920s Art Deco Glass and Bronze Chandelier by Muller Freres
Located in Fairfax, VA
Beautiful clear frost geometric design with clear high light art deco chandeliers with nickel on bronze hardware.
Professionally rewired with six lights (60 watts max each) and read...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Art Deco Ceiling Lamp Produced in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare ceiling lamp by unknown designer. Probably produced in Sweden.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Brass
Set of Three 1930s Art Deco Glass Shade Pendant Light by Ros
Located in Fairfax, VA
Set of three 1930s Art Deco glass shades by Ros that have been modified with new white cord and nickel canopy as pendant lights.
Price is for set ...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Chandelier, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia
- made of metal, glass
- re-polished
- fully functional
- new cabling
- with patina
- good, original condition
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Chandeliers by Muller Freres
Located in Fairfax, VA
Set of four elegant French Art Deco six-light chandeliers. These 1930s glass is decorated with stylized geometric cut and have nickel bronze hardware.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Spanish Gothic Revival Ring Torch Chandelier, Gilt Wrought Iron
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ring Chandelier with Eight Torch Lights, Wrought Iron, Spain, 1930s
Outstanding large wrought gilt iron ring chandelier with 8 torch arms and central glass light diffuser.
This span...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Iron, Gold Leaf, Wrought Iron
French Art Deco Pendant Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A stunning French Art Deco chandelier with a half dome flower geometric motif centerpiece supporting six stylized overlapping leaf design arms, issuing conical frosted glass ribbed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Quartz Horizontal 120 Pendant Lamp by Aver
Located in Geneve, CH
Quartz Horizontal 120 pendant lamp by Aver
Signed by Waldir Junior
Dimensions: D 5 x W 124 x H 30 cm
Materials: Aluminum, antique Bronze finish. Natural White Quartz and Smoky Quartz.
Lighting: 01 x LED 20W 1600 lumens.
Available Finishes: Silver Veneer, Aged Silver Veneer, Gold Veneer, Aged Gold Veneer, Copper Veneer, Aged Copper Veneer, Aged Gold Patina, Antique Patina.
Also available in size Small (W 90 cm).
All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for the USA for instance.
A new collection of lamps was signed by Waldir Junior for Aver Metais...
Category
2010s Brazilian Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Quartz, Aluminum
Swedish Grace Period Ceiling Fixture
Located in New York, NY
Dripping with crystals, this chandelier is iconic of the decadence of the roaring twenties. A golden blossom with stylized plants and grasses adorning the petals and a waterfall of c...
Category
1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Crystal
1930s “Flying Saucer” Style Pendant Light
Located in Surrey, BC
Double pyramid-shaped milk glass shade with a ribbed center band. Original copper fitter on an intriguing pendant light. Re-wired and CSA approved to current electrical standards; ce...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Copper
Seguso Chandeliers Murano Glass Gold, 1930, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Seguso chandeliers Murano glass gold, 1930, Italy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
French Art Deco Geometric Glass Chandelier
Located in North Bergen, NJ
An impressive French Art Deco wrought iron and geometric glass chandelier. Featuring a large clear and frosted center bowl and eight fan sha...
Category
1930s Vintage Art Deco Lighting
French Art Deco Original Frosted Art Glass Chandelier Signed Degue
Located in New York City, NY
Fabulous French Art Deco 4 panel plus center signed chandelier featuring beautiful molded and frosted scalloped edge glass panels of stylized floral motif along with matching square ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Art Deco Pendant, Europe, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
Beautiful Art Deco pendant made of brass and glass.
Upper opaline glass is connected with semitransparent bottom glass with brass ring.
Restore...
Category
1930s European Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Murano Glass Chandelier or Lantern by Ercole Barovier, 1940s
Located in Rome, IT
Fine chandelier by Ercole Barovier centred by a precious Murano glass cup. Design of pure elegance. All the high quality glasses are in perfect condition.
One light bulb E 27.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
1930s Art Deco Chandelier Mirror-Glass Rectangles
Located in Paris, FR
1930s chandelier made out of mirror-glass rectangles which together combine to create a classical for that period Art Deco piece. Due to the mirror det...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Glass, Mirror
French Clear Frost Glass Art Deco Chandelier by G. Leleu
Located in Fairfax, VA
Elegant 1930s clear frost glass with nickel on bronze chandelier with total of nine lights by George Leleu.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Art Deco Glass Pendant Light Fixture, French, circa 1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
A unique greenish golden color tinted glass hanging pendant light fixture. The design is of graduated and raised towers pointing towards the center, and having a rim of graduated rai...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Glass
Italian Art Deco Murano Glass Chandelier in the Style of Venini
By Venini
Located in Meda, MB
Venini style chandelier in Murano glass produced in Italy.
The chandelier is composed of about 100 Murano glass pieces made by master craftsmen.
Height chandelier only...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Glass Art Deco Style Glass Disc Fixture
Located in Stamford, CT
Art Deco style multicolored glass disc fixture with chrome center rod.
Category
1970s Argentine Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Glass
Frosted French Star Shaped Chandelier Attributed to Des Hanots
Located in New York City, NY
Fine French Art Deco frosted art glass chandelier attributed to Hanots. The six pointed star shape accentuated with geometric patterns creates a distinctive effect to dress up any sp...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Lighting
Art Deco Layered Glass Pendant Light
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art Deco pendant light with a layered shade of ribbed, frosted and cut glass with aluminum fitter is newly wired with 48 inches of braided beige cord to accept a 150 watt bulb.
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Large Opalescent, Frosted Art Glass, Six-Arm Chandelier Signed Ezan
By Ezan
Located in New York City, NY
A very special opalescent, molded art glass chandelier with all glass stem and canopy signed Ezan, circa 1935. The armature is completely encased so that undulating glass forms with dotted block patterns convey an organic impression. A minimum of exposed mounting clips in silver plate bronze creates an even further, all glass illusion. The opalescent nature of the glass gives the hint of slight color. It is a chameleon to match any neighboring decor and can appear to have slightly shaded tints of blue, or pink, or yellow, or purple depending on sunlight and surrounding. Unfortunately the photos do not replicate the true nature, color and feeling of the luminous art...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Dramatic Restored Pair of Plaster Art Deco Figures, circa 1940, as Custom Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
These magnificent lamps are shipped as photographed and described in the narrative. They are custom built using materials of the highest quality and are shipped complete with the new...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Brass
Art Deco "Verrerie Belge" Chandelier
Located in Bridgewater, CT
A Verrerie Belge deco chandelier in clear and frosted molded glass and gilt brass, circa 1930s.
Category
1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Brass
Striking Pink Multitier Triedi Crystal Prism Chandelier
Located in Rome, IT
Huge multitier triedi crystal prism chandelier.
Available also a pair.
Variation of glass colors- pink, heavenly, clear etc.
Measures: Height
120 cm glass + 30 cm, chain= total h...
Category
2010s Italian Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Steel
French Art Deco Chandelier Signed by Muller Freres
Located in North Bergen, NJ
French Art Deco chandelier signed by Muller Frères with four tulips surrounding the center globe. Beautiful geometrical and floral motif. Every piece of glass is signed Muller Frères...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Glass
Venini Tree. of Chandeliers Murano Glass Brass, 1940
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Refined tree chandeliers Venini Murano glass and brass, 1940.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
French Art Deco Chandelier by Genet et Michon
Located in North Bergen, NJ
French Art Deco chandelier by French artist Genet et Michon. With a two sided clear and frosted molded glass shade. Having deep flowers motif details. Held by polished nickel frame a...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Lighting
Classic Czechoslovakian Art Deco Bronzed Five-Arm Chandelier
Located in Oakland, CA
Classic Art Deco circa 1930s, this wonderful bronzed patina fixture has some outstanding metalwork. It gives off great light,
both below and above using clean frosted glass. I lov...
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Metal
French 1930s Art Deco Chandelier
Located in Fairfax, VA
French 1930s clear frost glass and nickel on bronze Art Deco chandelier.
Six shades nine lights, 60 watts max each.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Exceptional 1920s French Art Deco Chandelier
Located in Kingston, NY
This exceptional 1920s French Art Deco chandelier features a beautiful crimson and sunflower colored glass shade, connected to an etch...
Category
1920s Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Rectangular Ten-Light Chandelier, France, Late 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Patinated iron, rectangular structure with ten up-curving arms (five on each side) supporting cylindrical shades of white glass with gilded bronze, spherical finials. The iron body i...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Iron, Bronze
Beautiful Art Deco Chandelier by Degué
By Degué
Located in Kingston, NY
This beautiful Art Deco chandelier was designed and executed by Degué. It features a hand-forged wrought iron base with stylized leaf detailing and floral shaped glass shades in hues...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Important Pair of Crystal Chandeliers by Maison Baguès
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare and important pair of 1930s crystal mounted gilt bronze chandeliers by Maison Baguès . Of beautiful proportions these chandeliers are in great original condition, the bronze ret...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Art Deco Layer Cake Opaline Glass Pendant Light
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art Deco pendant light features a layer cake, ribbed pattern opaline glass shade on a decorative, steel and brass pole with canopy. The pendant is newly wired to accept up to a 200 w...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Brass, Steel
A Fine French Art Deco Octagonal Bronze and Glass Chandelier by Petitot
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Art Deco octagonal bronze frame chandelier by Atelier Petitot, with clear glass rods and frosted glass panels.
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Flush Mount Molded Glass Panel Hall Lantern
Located in Montreal, QC
This American flush-mounted glass paneled hall lantern is a rare survival from the Art Deco period. From the detailed hexagonal bronze two-tier frame hang the molded frosted glass pa...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Large Pair of French 1940s Wood and Brass Chandeliers
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Unusual and very chic pair of large-sized French Art Deco chandeliers, with six torchere-shaped lights each. The wood originally had a glossy black finish, but the paint has largely ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Murano Glass Chandelier
Located in Meda, MB
Large luxurious Murano glass chandelier in the style of Venini.
The chandelier is made up of 170 pieces of colored Murano glass.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Hammered Steel Four Arm Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
This Period Art Deco chandelier is steel with a multi textured martele finish to the stem and four shaped arms applied with leaves and floral ornament. The frosted shades and bowl ar...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Steel
Brass, Nickel Plated Chandelier
Located in Wien, AT
brass nickel-platend chandelier with Opal glass
Original condition
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Art Deco Style Lamps Lumina Standing Nude Sculpture Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Impressive pair of Art Deco figural table lamps of a standing nude holding a glass shade, Lumina.
H. 65 cm or 25.6 inch tall.
Designed by Max Le Verrier in France, 1928.
Original pos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Marble, Spelter
French Art Deco "Feather" Chandelier
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning French Art Deco "feather" chandelier. Having eight clear frosted glass panels with ribbed geometric motif. Held by a silver nickeled multi-tiered skyscraper geometric design...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Glass
Pair of Art Deco French Sconces in Brass, Bakelite & Blown Opaline Glass Shades
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco pair of sconces, wall lights in brass and Bakelite with the original blown cone Opaline glass shades.
US rewiring and in working condition, each Sconce takes 2 Light bulbs ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Brass
Walnut Art Deco Amsterdamse School Table Lamp by Napoleon le Grand, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School table lamp.
Design by Napoleon Le Grand for Modelhuis Legrand Amsterdam.
Striking Dutch ...
Category
1920s Dutch Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Stained Glass, Walnut
Art Deco Lamp with Dancer Danseuse a la coupe by Max Le Verrier France, 1930
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco lamp with dancer Danseuse à la coupe by Max Le Verrier.
Patinated art metal, stepped green marble base and glass. Signed and with foundry mark.
France 1930 original.
Illus...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Marble, Metal
Patinated Copper Art Deco Amsterdamse School Wall Light by Willem Kromhout
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School wall light.
Striking Dutch design from the 1920s
Patinated copper frame with renewed shantung silk shade.
In very good original condi...
Category
1920s Dutch Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Copper
Michel Zadounaisky, Sconces '2', France, 1940
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of sconces in hammered wrought iron with two stems by Michel Zadounaisky (1903 - 1983). Body of volutes and interlaces.
Signed in the front.
Excellent condition. Slight oxy...
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Iron
Art Deco Marbled Cream Opaline & Bronze Pendant with Tassel, Germany 1920s 1930s
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This unusual large pendant was designed and manufactured in Germany during the Bauhaus Period in the 1920s to 1930s.
It features a large dark cream / sand colored opaline glass lamp...
Category
1930s German Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Metal
Venetian 1920s Blown Murano Glass and Wrought Iron Pendant
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Murano glass and intricate wrought iron work pendant ceiling lamp.
In the classic light brown glass.
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Venetian 1940s Murano Glass and Wrought Iron Pendant
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Murano glass and wrought iron pendant ceiling lamp.
In the classic light brown glass and green-tinted wrought iron.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Early Version Walter Von Nessen swing out floor lamp
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of the purest examples I have ever owned..Early and rare version of the now iconic Machine Age Nessen swing arm floor lamp. This lamp retains its (always replaced) glass shade as...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel
Art Nouveau Hand Painted Glass Lamp
Located in PARIS, FR
Suspension in glass painted with floral motifs in shimmering colours .
Each section is defined and taken in a spiral movement which gives a dynamic to the whole.
This model could hav...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Art Deco Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Art Deco lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Art Deco 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, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Deco lighting made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original lighting, popular names associated with this style include Mambo Unlimited Ideas, Marius-Ernest Sabino, Atelier Jean Perzel, and David Gueron Degue. 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 $75 and tops out at $700,000 while the average work can sell for $2,774.
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