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Akari Ceiling

Ceiling Lamp by Noguchi Isamu
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Milan, IT
USA, 1960 circa Akari edition for Steph Simon Mulberry tree skin frame, paper and bamboo shade
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Vintage 1960s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

  • Ceiling Lamp by Noguchi Isamu
  • Ceiling Lamp by Noguchi Isamu
  • Ceiling Lamp by Noguchi Isamu
  • Ceiling Lamp by Noguchi Isamu
H 56.3 in W 25.6 in D 25.6 in
Poise, Triple Lighting Pendant in black and white Paper, YMER&MALTA, France
By Sebastian Bergne, YMER&MALTA
Located in PARIS, FR
installation comes with one small and two large pendants together with a white lacquered wooden ceiling fixing
Category

2010s French Other Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Paper

Poise, Double Lighting Pendant in black and white Paper, YMER&MALTA, France
By Sebastian Bergne, YMER&MALTA
Located in PARIS, FR
installation comes with one small and one large pendant together with a white lacquered wooden ceiling fixing
Category

2010s French Other Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Paper

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ISAMU NOGUCHI AKARI LAMPS
Located in New York, NY
Isamu Noguchi (AMERICAN, 1904-1988) designed the Akari ceiling lamps (3) in the 1950s. All three
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20th Century Japanese Chandeliers and Pendants

  • ISAMU NOGUCHI AKARI LAMPS
  • ISAMU NOGUCHI AKARI LAMPS
  • ISAMU NOGUCHI AKARI LAMPS
  • ISAMU NOGUCHI AKARI LAMPS
H 12.2 in W 12.2 in D 12.2 in
Pendant by Isamu Noguchi for Akari
By Akari, Isamu Noguchi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pendant by Isamu Noguchi for Akari. Manufactured in Japan in 1955. Dead stock, no longer in
Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Iron

  • Pendant by Isamu Noguchi for Akari
  • Pendant by Isamu Noguchi for Akari
  • Pendant by Isamu Noguchi for Akari
  • Pendant by Isamu Noguchi for Akari
H 42 in W 18.25 in D 18.25 in
Ceiling Lamp Akari Designed by Isamu Noguchi for Akari, Japan, 1950s
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ceiling lamp Akari designed by Isamu Noguchi for Akari, Japan, 1950s. Mulberry bark paper
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 36N
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pendant lamp model 36N designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan.) Bamboo ribbing structure covered by washi paper manufactured according to the tradi...
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1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

  • Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 36N
  • Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 36N
  • Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 36N
  • Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 36N
H 63 in W 18.51 in D 18.51 in
Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 30a Akari Model
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pendant lamp model 30A designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan.) Bamboo ribbing structure covered by washi paper manufactured according to the tr...
Category

1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern More Lighting

Materials

Metal

Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 70EN Model
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pendant lamp model 70EN designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan.) Bamboo ribbing structure covered by washi paper manufactured according to the tradi...
Category

1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern More Lighting

Materials

Metal

  • Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 70EN Model
  • Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 70EN Model
  • Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 70EN Model
  • Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 70EN Model
H 11.82 in W 27.56 in D 27.56 in
Ceiling Lamp Akari Designed by Isamu Noguchi for Akari, Japan, 1950s
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ceiling lamp Akari designed by Isamu Noguchi for Akari, Japan, 1950s. Mulberry bark paper
Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Paper

Isamu Noguchi 40DL Akari Paper Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
40DL ceiling lamp, designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan
Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern More Lighting

Materials

Metal

Isamu Noguchi Mid-Century Modern Paper Akari 21A Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
21A ceiling lamp, designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan.) Bamboo
Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Isamu Noguchi Mid-Century Modern 24N Paper Floor Akari Stamped Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ceiling lamp, designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan.) Bamboo
Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Akari Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Chandeliers and Pendants

  • Akari Ceiling Lamp
  • Akari Ceiling Lamp
  • Akari Ceiling Lamp
  • Akari Ceiling Lamp
H 46 in Dm 48 in
Isamu Noguchi Akari Hanging Light Sculpture, 1950s, Japan
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Berkeley, CA
cord, on/off switch and 2 swag hooks for ceiling. Amazing example.
Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bamboo

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Akari Ceiling For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the akari ceiling you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, metal and bamboo, every akari ceiling was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a akari ceiling — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each akari ceiling bearing Mid-Century Modern or Modern hallmarks is very popular.

How Much is a Akari Ceiling?

Prices for a akari ceiling start at $912 and top out at $7,227 with the average selling for $3,141.

Isamu Noguchi for sale on 1stDibs

A sculptor, painter, ceramicist and furniture and lighting designer, Isamu Noguchi was one of the most prolific and protean creative forces of the 20th century and a key figure in the development of organic modernism. Noguchi’s sculptures and designs — his chairs and tables as well as his timeless Akari lamp and other lighting fixtures — share a common spirit: one of lyrical abstraction, tempo and flow and harmonious balance.

Noguchi was born in Los Angeles to an American mother and Japanese father, and spent most of his childhood in Japan. He returned to the United States at age 13, went to high school in Indiana and enrolled at Columbia University to study medicine. At the same time, he took night courses in sculpture. 

Within three months, Noguchi left college to pursue art full time. Noguchi was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927 and traveled to Paris to work under Constantin Brancusi. It marked a turning point. Inspired by Brancusi, Noguchi embraced abstraction and began to sculpt in the expressive, rhythmic style that would be the hallmark of his work.

Once back in New York, Noguchi was introduced to design by what would become a lifelong collaboration creating sets for choreographer Martha Graham. His first industrial designs were in Bakelite: the sleek Measured Time kitchen timer created circa 1932, and his famed Zenith Radio Nurse intercom, from 1937. 

Ten years later, Herman Miller introduced Noguchi’s now-iconic glass-topped coffee table with an articulated wooden base. His washi paper and bamboo Akari light sculptures, handmade in Japan, debuted in 1951. In the late 1950s, Noguchi designed for Knoll, creating such pieces as his dynamic Cyclone table and rocking stool.

For collectors, Noguchi’s furniture and lighting designs remain his most accessible work — they have the same power and presence that Noguchi brought to his art.

Find vintage Isamu Noguchi floor lamps, table lamps, coffee tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right lighting for You

The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. 

Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.

Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat. 

Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell. As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use. There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson-Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of postwar experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation. 

With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.

The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting on 1stDibs.