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Akari Ceiling Lamp

Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 30P: Timeless Elegance in Illumination
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Infuse your living space with timeless elegance using the Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 30P
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1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 50EN Model
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pendant lamp model 50EN designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan
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1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern More Lighting

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Metal

Midcentury Isamu Noguchi Nos "30D" Pendant Produced by Ozeki & Co, Japan, 1950s
By Ozeki & Co. Ltd. 1, Isamu Noguchi
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare Akari ceiling lamp pendant model "30D" by Isamu Noguchi in washi paper and bamboo by Isamu
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 70EN Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 55D Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 36N Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 36N Ceiling Lamp
Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 36N Ceiling Lamp
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 63 in W 17.7 in D 17.7 in
Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 31N Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 31N Ceiling Lamp
Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 31N Ceiling Lamp
$1,200 Sale Price
36% Off
H 63 in Dm 13 in
Isamu Noguchi Mid-Century Modern Paper Akari 26A Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
26A ceiling lamp, designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan.) Bamboo
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 50EN Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Bamboo, Paper

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Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 36N: A Masterpiece of Light and Design
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 36N: A Masterpiece of Light and Design Illuminate your space with
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1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Bamboo

Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp Model 30A Akari
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pendant lamp model 30A designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan
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1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern More Lighting

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Metal

Mid Century Isamu Noguchi "S" Ceiling Lamp Pendant by Ozeki & Co Japan, 1950s
By Isamu Noguchi, Ozeki & Co. Ltd. 1
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare and early mid century Akari ceiling lamp pendant model "S" in paper and bamboo by Isamu
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Bamboo, Paper

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
H 12.2 in W 12.2 in D 12.2 in
Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 70EN Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 55A Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Bamboo, Paper

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

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Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 36N: Timeless Elegance in Illumination
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Illuminate your space with the timeless elegance of the Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 36N
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1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Lamp 31N
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pendant lamp model 31N designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan
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1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

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
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1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

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 70EN Model
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pendant lamp model 70EN designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan
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1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern More Lighting

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Metal

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
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
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1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern More Lighting

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Metal

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 70EN Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 55A Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 55A Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 70EN Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 55D Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 55D Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 70EN Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 36N Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 70EN Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 55D Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 36N Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 70EN Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 70EN Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 55D Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

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
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

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

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Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Paper Lamp 36N
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pendant lamp model 36N designed by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Ozeki & Company Ltd. (Japan
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1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Paper Lamp 36N
Isamu Noguchi Akari Ceiling Paper Lamp 36N
H 63 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
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
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern More Lighting

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Metal

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 50EN Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Bamboo, Paper

Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 50EN Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Bamboo, Paper

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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Akari Ceiling Lamp
Akari Ceiling Lamp
H 46 in Dm 48 in

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Akari Ceiling Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal akari ceiling lamp for your home. A akari ceiling lamp — often made from paper, bamboo and metal — can elevate any home. There are 9 variations of the antique or vintage akari ceiling lamp you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer akari ceiling lamp, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each akari ceiling lamp bearing mid-century modern or modern hallmarks is very popular. A well-made akari ceiling lamp has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Isamu Noguchi, Sebastian Bergne and YMER&MALTA are consistently popular.

How Much is a Akari Ceiling Lamp?

The average selling price for a akari ceiling lamp at 1stDibs is $3,078, while they’re typically $750 on the low end and $9,026 for the highest priced.

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.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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 celebrated 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.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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.

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. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.

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 — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century 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 for sale on 1stDibs.