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Space Age Table Lamps

SPACE AGE STYLE

Vintage Space Age furniture captured post–World War II optimism with swooping shapes, bowed lines and experimentation with new materials including plastic and fiberglass.

From the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957 to the landing of Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon in 1969, the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States propelled advancements in technology that transformed culture. Space Age design encompassed fashion, architecture, cars, furniture and objects for the home, bringing wonder and hope for the future into everyday life.

Coinciding with Pop art, Space Age style featured bold colors and forms. Eero Aarnio’s Ball chair, which debuted in 1966, used molded fiberglass for a capsule-like space while Verner Panton’s 1959 Panton chair was a single piece of molded plastic for a gravity-defying S shape. Red versions of Olivier Mourgue’s 1964 Djinn chair were futuristic enough to appear on the space station in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Today, Joe Colombo is revered as a master of modern Italian design thanks to the provocative modular furniture pieces he created, such as the Tube chair and the Elda armchair, both of which embody the future-forward spirit of the Space Age.

The Space Age spirit extended to home building too. The futuristic Case Study Houses, which were designed by the likes of Pierre Koenig, Charles and Ray Eames, Richard Neutra and Whitney R. Smith, are considered a high point of modernism and the Southern California lifestyle.

Sometimes the nods to space exploration were more literal, like moon and star motifs or the 1965 Eclisse lamp by Vico Magistretti that saw the mid-century Italian designer integrating a movable inner shade to “eclipse” the light source. Alongside the pioneering moon missions, JVC manufactured the Videosphere portable television reminiscent of the Apollo 11 space helmets.

Although the style faded in the 1970s — with the 1975 joining of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts signaling a new era of cooperation and the global oil crisis impacting the availability of plastics — the era’s innovations influenced designers into the 21st century such as Zaha Hadid and Djivan Schapira.

Find a collection of vintage Space Age seating, tables, lighting and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Space Age
Pair of Split Mushroom Glass Table Lamps Attributed to Vistosi, Murano
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of Timeless Murano glass table lamp in a rare and delicate mushroom shape. This piece was presumably designed by Luciano Vistosi or Gino Vistosi in the early 1970s. Its simple a...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

1970s Space Age Italian Desk Lamp by Targetti Sankey
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A space age table lamp designed and manufactured in Italy by Targetti Sankey, It works both 110 and 220 Volts and needs a regular E27 bulb. Crafted during the space age era, this des...
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Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

Pair of Space Age Metal Chrome Lamps by Reggiani, Italy, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of mid century space age table or bedside lamps in metal chrome and black lacquered base by the editor Reggiani. Famous design like Sciolari, Stilux, Targetti.
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

Vintage Spanish UFU Design Desk Lamp Design by Martin Pedro for Phase 60s
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
All the way from Spain! This beautiful desk lamp from Fase. Design by Martin Pedro Model 520c Period:1960s. A special and unique example that you don't come across very ofte...
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1960s Spanish Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Steel, Chrome

A 1970s Icon of Space Age the Boomerang Spanish Table Lamp by Fase
By Fase
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Stylish turnable desk table lamp made in Spain by Fase. It was used in many space movies of the period (space 1999, Star Trek). It works 110-...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Space Age Table Lamps

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Steel, Chrome

Pair of Desk Lamps Model Twist by S. Renko for Egoluce, 1980s, Italy
By Sandy Renko, Egoluce
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Pair of desk lamps by S. Renko for Egoluce, 1980s, Italy Model Twist Minimal design Very high quality. Fully functional. Adjustable body. Original cable and plug. Switch o...
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1980s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal

Space Age Red Ladder Desk Lamp 1960’s from the Lord Robert Boothby Estate
Located in London, GB
A Space Age Red ladder Desk light from the estate of the late Lady Wanda Boothby, the wife of Conservative peer, Lord Robert Boothby (1900-86). Robert Jo...
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1960s English Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Steel

Pop Art Orange Plastic Polyester Ufo Design Lovely Table Lamp, 1970s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Pop art orange plastic polyester UFO design lovely table lamp, 1970s, Italy Lampshade is in very good vintage condition. This lamp works with E27 light bulbs. Wired and suita...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal

Chrome Metal Ball Lamp by Robert Sonneman. 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Tall table lamp chrome ball black wood lacquered base by Robert Sonneman. Wired for US. famous design like Sciolari, Reggiani, Luci, Lumi.
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1970s American Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

Pair of Murano Glass Lamps by Carlo Nason for Selenova, Italy, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of mushroom table or bedside lamps in blue opal Murano glass and white lacquered metal base by Carlo Nason for the editor Selenova. Famous design like...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal

1970s Brutalist Space Age Light Sculptures by Albano Poli for Poliarte, Italy
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
1970s Brutalist Space Age design table lamp light sculptures by Albano Poli (the founder of Poliarte) for Italian artisan lighting company Poliarte. These Italian lighting sculpture are made of square and stacked coloured Murano glass pieces mounted on a stainless steel base Complemented with the 2 smaller pair of Albano Poli Murano glass cubes table lamps this set forms a formation in the dark The 3 lamps are sold as a complete set Size listed is for the single large table lamp...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Stainless Steel

1970s Space Age Italian Desk Lamp in the Style of Arredoluce
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish Mid-Century Modern metal table lamp designed and manufactured in Italy in the Seventies. It's in good conditions, original patina gi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal

1970s Space Age Aluminium Table Lamp Attributed to Arredoluce
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An Italian table lamp designed and manufactured in the Seventies, often attributed to Arredoluce, good quality of this Space Age table lamp confirm that. It works 110-240 volts and n...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Space Age Lucite and Metal Sculpture Lamp by Gaetano Missaglia, Italy, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Rare Space Age lucite and metal handle, sculpture table lamp by Gaetano Missaglia.
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Lucite

Murano Glass Table Lamp, 1970s, by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt
Located in Vienna, AT
Murano glass table lamp by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt from the 1970s. A clear glass bowl with five inward 'folds' rising toward the single E14 bulb create a superb light effect.
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Chrome

Set of Two Mid-Century Table Lamps Rockets, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia. Brass base and glass shades. Very good original condition. Rewired: 40W, E12-E14 bulb US plug adapter included.
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1960s Czech Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Brass

1965 Arteluce Large Chrome & Acrylic Table Lamp by Massimo Vignelli Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern 1965 Arteluce Model 526/G large Chrome & Acrylic table lamp by Massimo Vignelli Italy. Concave chrome base holds 3 Light socket and topped with large white Lucite...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps

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Chrome

Rare, Large Italian 1960s Glass Table or Floor Lamp in Space Age Design
Located in München, DE
Rare, large Italian 1960s glass table or floor lamp in Space Age design. Exceptional that the socket is not hidden, but rather is installed laterally from above so that it can be se...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Glass, Plastic

Space Age Red Vintage Mushroom Table Lamp Siform by Siemens Germany, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage table lamp mushroom like Siform by Siemens 1960s, Germany. A gorgeous table lamp model Siform in red and white color from plastic by Siemens, 1960s Germany This i...
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1960s German Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal

Petite Desk Lamp Multidirectional Space Age Era
Located in San Diego, CA
Really cool multidirectional desk table lamp, circa 1970s made in Japan chrome arm with plastic base and enameled aluminum shade.
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20th Century Japanese Space Age Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Chrome

Space Age Vintage Glass Green Yellow White Table Lamp, 1960s, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage table lamp from glass in green, yellow and white colors 1960s Italy. While the table lamp shows a glass body striped candy like in green, yellow and white, the rene...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Glass

Dazor Desk Lamp Model 2008, 1950s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful modernist desk lamp by Dazor. Original label and original switch. Consists of and adjustable arm and shade a the original fiberglass lamp shade. The lamp creates a...
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1950s North American Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Opaline Glass and Metal Atomic Age Pair of Table Lamps by Kaiser Leuchten, 1970s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Opaline glass and metal pair of atomic age table lamps by Kaiser Leuchten, 1970s, Germany Rare oval opaline glass and copper colored metal tul...
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1970s German Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal

1970's Space Age Era Italian Table Lamp Chrome & Lucite
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful and rare 1960's Italian chrome and lucite tips lamp, nice original condition the lamp gives a blue color on the tip when it's lighted. with a switch off/on at the bottom.
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20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps

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Chrome

Ceramic and Chrome Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ceramic and chrome table lamp. This 1970s table lamp is in the style of Maison Barbier. It's a geometric table lamp or space age tabl...
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Late 20th Century European Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal

Handmade Ceramic Table Lamp, Italy, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
The lamp is in very good vintage condition. The lamps measure 44cm up to the socket. Please note that the shades are not included in the price.  
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Large 1960s Round Italian Murano Table Lamp by V. Nason & Co
Located in München, DE
Large rare 1960s round Italian Murano table lamp by V. Nason & Co. Fantastically beautiful Minimalist high quality Italian design. Glass is in brown and green merging into white an...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps Attributed to Venini, Murano, circa 1980
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Pair of Space Age one-light, egg-shaped table lamps attributed to Venini, circa 1980. Hand blown in white, clear and black Murano glass and chromed bases. They each hold one E14 bulb.
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1980s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Chrome

1970′Lamp + Illuminating Mushrooms In Brass With Gypsum Imitating Rock Crystal
Located in Paris, FR
Lamp with 2 mushrooms in double patina brass and gypsum In the style of Isabelle Faure, Fernandez , Duval Brasseur Length: 60 cm Height: 64 cm Width: 37 cm Hats diameter: 37 cm ...
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1960s French Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Brass

Space Age, Modernist Chrome and Marble "Eyeball" after Arredoluce
Located in Buffalo, NY
Space Age, modernist chrome and marble "Eyeball" lamp, possibly Arredoluce? Amazing quality and design, square marble cube, large chrome sphere with smaller interior pivoting enamele...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Marble, Metal, Chrome

Chrome Space Age Table Lamp, 1960s, Italy
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
The lamp is offered without the lampshade. The lamps is executed with E27 Edison screw fit bulb. It is in working condition. It runs both on 110 / 230 volt.      
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal

Space Age Vintage White Black Table Lamp Desk Lamp Targetti, 1970s, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage table lamp desk lamp by Targetti 1970s Italy. The desk lamp shows black flexible tube arm and white lacquered metal base and shade. On / off switch. One E 27 sock...
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Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal

XL Giant Space Age Staff Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Berlin, BE
Giant table lamp in Murano Glass by Staff, 1970s.
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1970s European Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass

Italian Chrome-Plated Metal 1970s Adjustable Tubolar Lamp
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This big table lamp is made from a chrome-plated metal tubular with two light bulbs. Thanks to its adjustable arms it's possible to modify the shape of the lamp and to direct the lig...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

A Rare 1970s Space Age B2 Table Lamp Designed by Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Gaetano Sciolari B2 table lamp, it's made in Italy by Sciolari Rome in the 1970s, metal and blue round glass spheres are in good conditions, totally rewired electrical parts, it wo...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

Brass and Glass Floor Lamp by La Murrina Murano, Italy, 1990s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Floor lamps or huge table lamps in blown Murano glass ball and brass feet by the Italian editor La Murrina. The glass is attributed to Ludovico Diaz de Santillana with the anemone gl...
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1990s Italian Space Age Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

1970's Italian Orange Mushroom Shade Table Lamp
Located in Paris, FR
A super stylish space age style 20th-century vintage Italian table lamp designed with an orange plexiglass shade, a metal carrier handle at the top, and three-light source inputs. T...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps

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Brass, Chrome

Gold Metal Pair of Table Lamps Model Arco 40 by VD, 1980s Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Gold metal pair of table lamps Model Arco 40 by VD, 1980s Germany Minimal design Very high quality. Fully functional. Original cable and plug. These lamps is suitable for EU ...
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1980s German Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair of Space Age Table Lamps by Hillebrand, 1970s
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of large table lamps with three E27 bulbs by Hillebrand, Germany with a chrome base and a white plastic molded shade. With on/off switch. The stylish elegance of this lamp su...
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1970s German Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Chrome

Black Metal and Aluminum Shade 1970s Tubino Table Lamp by Castiglioni for Flos
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Iconic "Tubino" table lamp, designed by the Castilgioni brothers in 1949 and produced by Arredoluce since 1950. This lamp is a later edition of Flos, produced in the 1970s, however r...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Metal

1960s Arredoluce Style Mid-Century Modern Italian Desk Lamp
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A rare table lamp made in Italy in the 1960s, plastic and gilded aluminum have signs of use and age as visible on the photos. It works 110-240 volts and need regular e27 bulb. It has...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps

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Aluminum

F. Fabbian Huge Brass Table Lamps, Blown Shades, 1970s, Italy
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Pair of elegant Space Age 21" sideboard or table mushroom lamps designed by F. Fabbian, manufactured in 1970s, Italy. The lamps are made of polished brass with mouth-blown Murano gla...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Brass

1960 by Poliarte Italian Design Murano Pair of Table Lamps
Located in Brescia, IT
Pair of table lamps Glass cubes in perfect condition Perfect working order.
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

1980s Tikal Turnable Table Lamp Designed by Pier Giuseppe Ramella for Arteluce
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This turnable table lamp designed by Pier Giuseppe Ramella for Italian lighting company Arteluce with their elegant fan shaped frosted glass shades which sit on an enameled conical s...
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Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal

Space Age Vintage White Table Lamp Desk Lamp Gianfranco Frattini, 1970s, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage white table lamp or desk lamp model Abele from white lacquered metal by Gianfranco Frattini for Luci Milan 1979. The table l...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal

Post Modern Eyeball Desk Lamp in White
Located in TORONTO, CA
Unique vintage atomic table spot lamp with iconic eyeball shape. In working condition.
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1990s American Space Age Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

GLASHÜTTE LIMBURG Opal Mushroom & Brass Pendant Light, Chandelier 1970s, Germany
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
One of ten elegant Space Age pendant lamps manufactured by Glashütte Limburg in Germany. The lamp is made of polished brass with a mouth-blown opaline glass lamp shade that provides ...
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1970s German Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Brass

Fagenhulst Sweden Space Ace Desk Lamp
By Fagerhult, A&E Muller Schwarza Saale
Located in Den Haag, NL
Lucifer desk light / lamp vanbyA&E Design for Fagerhults name: Lucifer desk light designer: Tom Ahlstrom and Hans Ehrich (A&E Design) m...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Plastic

White and Blue Murano Glass Lamp, 1970's
Located in Hastings, GB
Stunning vetri Murano lamp, dating form the 1970's. Huge Murano hand blown glass swirl lamp, with glass shade. This is a truly beautiful vintage piec...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Art Glass

1970 ‘Pair of Lamps or Similar to the Bunch of Grapes Lucite and Gilted Metal
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of lamps or similar in gilded iron, Lucite and gilted metal, condition of use ,the gilt not shining a little worn in places, 2 bulbs, circa 1970 the height is adjusted by a dia...
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1960s French Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Lucite

Casper Lamp Murano Glass and Metal by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt, Italy, 1980s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Very rare table, desk or sculpture lamp in blown bubble Murano glass, black band with purple reflects by the master glass artist Toni Zuccheri for the manufacture VeArt. Famous desig...
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1980s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

Pair of Midcentury Space Age Table Lamps "rockets" by Pokrok Zilina, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1960s - Czechoslovakia - good original condition - marked by manufacturer jt.
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1970s Slovak Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Plastic, Wood

Stunning Italian 1970s Ceramic Plexiglass Table Lamp Without a Shade
Located in München, DE
Very beautiful, large 1970s white high-glossy ceramic table lamp in Post Modern design. Made in Italy. Minimalistic organic design. One plexiglass element is placed in the middle of...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Ceramic, Plexiglass

Set of Two Space Age Table Lamps by Stepan Tabery, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Set of two red glass table lamp designed by Stepan Tabery for Osvetlovaci sklo, Valasske Mezirici. Good original condition, small losses on the edge of one shade seen on photo 60w,...
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1960s Czech Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Glass

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp by Aldo Nason for Mazzega
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Spage Age two-light table lamp designed by Aldo Nason, circa 1970 in Murano 'Pulegoso' glass and brass base.
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Brass

American Mid Century Lucite & Chrome Tall Lamp by Laurel Lighting
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful simple design tall cube shape lamp by Laurel lighting company, we have polished the base and the top, its in perfect working condition. The lamp is 29" tall to the top of t...
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20th Century American Space Age Table Lamps

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Chrome

Stunning Verner Panton Table Lamp in Hand Blown Opaline Glass for Holmgaard
Located in Søborg, DK
Stunning Verner Panton table lamp in hand blown opaline glass for Holmegaard of Denmark in 1984. Beautifully designed and made shade with a horizontal waved pattern in mat opaline gl...
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1980s Danish Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Blown Glass

Italian Murano Clear and White Glass Shades, 1960s Floor Lamp
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This beautiful floor lamp was produced in Italy, circa 1960s. It is made from 2 handmade Murano glass shades joint together by a cylindrical metal belt. The lamp features 2 E27 ligh...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Table Lamps

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Sheet Metal

Space Age table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Space Age table lamps 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 table lamps created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Space Age table lamps made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original table lamps, popular names associated with this style include Mazzega Murano, Doria Leuchten Germany, Artemide, and Peill & Putzler. 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 table lamps differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $90 and tops out at $25,000 while the average work can sell for $1,200.

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