An Early 20th Century French Art Deco Foliate Brass Dinanderie Lamp
Located in London, GB
France, circa 1940 An early twentieth century French Art Deco brass globe lamp with foliate dinanderie decoration throughout.
Brass
Marble Floor Lamp (18" dia), Hand-Carved Pinecone Globe Light
By Paul Mathieu (French), Stephanie Odegard Collection
Located in New York, NY
Works equally as floor lamp, globe light, outdoor light, or decorative sculpture.
Marble
Marble Floor Lamp (15" dia), Hand-Carved Pinecone Globe Light
By Paul Mathieu (French), Stephanie Odegard Collection
Located in New York, NY
Works equally as floor lamp, globe light, outdoor light, or decorative sculpture.
Marble
Italian Murano Modern Sommerso Pear-Shaped Globe Lamp, Contemporary
Located in Westport, CT
Modern Artisan blown and polished sommerso lamp in a stunning brown floating orb surrounded by smoke colored glass, note these are solid glass forms and weigh up to 30lbs. Includes...
Brass
French Art Deco Table Lamp with stylized Spelter Representation of Birds
Located in Verviers, BE
Stunning French Art Deco table lamp Gorgeous glass globe shade.
Marble, Spelter
French Art Deco Table Lamp with stylized Spelter Representation of Bird
Located in Verviers, BE
Stunning French Art Deco table lamp Gorgeous glass globe shade.
Marble, Spelter
French Art Deco Table Lamp with stylized Spelter Representation of Birds
Located in Verviers, BE
Stunning French Art Deco table lamp Gorgeous glass globe shade.
Marble, Spelter
$612Sale Price|20% Off
Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" galvanised - art garden decoration - 40cm
By Stefan Traloc
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Outdoor light "Globe" for the garden or entrance area. This luminaire captivates by its unique shadow projection. The ball is supplied in galvanised steel optics. The built-in lamp ...
Steel
$696Sale Price|20% Off
Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" galvanised - art garden decoration - 55cm
By Stefan Traloc
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Outdoor light "Globe" for the garden or entrance area. This luminaire captivates by its unique shadow projection. The ball is supplied in galvanised steel optics. The built-in lamp ...
Steel
Handcrafted Loop Table Lamp Polished Copper and Frosted Glass Globe
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Loop Table Lamp evokes a sense of playfulness thanks to the juxtaposition of primary shapes. It can be used to create a modern yet timeless space and resembles a modern, elegant scul...
Metal, Brass
French Art Deco Table Lamp with stylized Spelter Representation of a Deer
Located in Verviers, BE
Stunning French Art Deco table lamp Gorgeous glass globe shade.
Marble, Spelter
Period French Art Deco Sabino Paris Glass Geometric Ceiling Globe Lamp Shade
By Sabino Art Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare period French Art Deco frosted globe from lampshade by Sabino for the French Market. With a grey to purple frosted patina and a geometric or prism design. The fitter nec...
Art Glass
$748Sale Price|20% Off
Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" - Galvanised - Medium
By Stefan Traloc
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Ball lamp d = 55 cm galvanized outdoor. Outdoor light for the house and garden as well as entrance area. This lamp impresses their unique shadow projection. The ball is delivered in...
Steel
Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" iron oxide - outdoor ornament - 40cm
By Stefan Traloc
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Outdoor light "Globe" for the garden or entrance area. This luminaire captivates by its unique shadow projection. The ball is supplied in Rostoptik. The built-in lamp part has an E2...
Steel
Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" iron oxide - garden decoration - 55cm
By Stefan Traloc
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Outdoor light for the garden or entrance area. This luminaire captivates by its unique shadow projection. The ball is supplied in rusty optics. The built-in lamp part has an E27 soc...
Steel
Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" - unique galvanized indoor and garden ornament
By Stefan Traloc
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Outdoor lamp "Globe" d = 55 cm galvanized outdoor. Outdoor light for the house and garden as well as entrance area. This lamp impresses their unique shadow projection. The ball is d...
Steel
$2,766
Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" galvanised - contemporary garden ornament - set of three
By Stefan Traloc
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Outdoor "Globe" galvanised set of three for home, garden and entrance area. This luminaire impresses with its unique shadow projection. The globe is supplied in a hot-dip galvanised...
Metal, Iron
$513Sale Price|20% Off
Contemporary Sculpture - "Globe Lamp", rusted on an oak pedestal - small height
By Stefan Traloc
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Here you will find an extraordinary and high quality lamp, which conjures a beautiful shadow pattern on the wall or ceiling. Customization possible and designed in 2010. This ball l...
Stainless Steel
Contemporary Art Deco Inspired Globe Pendant Lamp, Polished Brass by UTU Lamps
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Globe lamp is a stunning, timeless Pendant lamp Art Deco Inspired.
Metal, Bronze
Contemporary Art Deco Inspired Globe Pendant Lamp, Polished Brass by UTU Lamps
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Globe lamp is a stunning, timeless Pendant lamp Art Deco Inspired.
Metal, Bronze
Antique 1930s Art Deco Skyscraper Frosted Glass Light Shade Lamp Globe Fitter
Located in Red Lion, PA
This exceptional antique Art Deco "Skyscraper" frosted glass light shade stands as a magnificent architectural artifact from the pinnacle of the American modernist movement of the 19...
Glass
Art Deco Paris Street Lamp Style Prismatic Glass Globe Pendant Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
Inspired by the distinctive glow of historic Parisian streetlights, this large globe pendant light is a contemporary design from our own workshop. At the heart of the fixture lies a...
Metal
Scandinavian Art Deco Globe Pendant Lamp in White Opaline Glass & Brass
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Art Deco or Bauhaus era styled hanging lamp featuring a spherical shade in white opaline glass and a fluted top in brass. Made in Scandinavia during the 1940s or 50s. 2.5 meters ne...
Brass
Danish Lyfa Art Deco Pendant Lamp - w. Globe Pumpkin Opaline Glass Shade
By Lyfa
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Art Deco or Bauhaus era styled hanging lamp featuring a pumpkin style fluted shade in blonde/beige opaline glass in a brown bakelite socket. It was made in by Lyfa in Denmark during ...
Glass, Bakelite
Contemporary Art Deco inspired Globe Pendant Lamp Black and Brushed Bronze Metal
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Globe lamp is a stunning, timeless lamp with a delicate bronze and lacquered metal structure and soft opal glass globes. Made to Order. Part of the Mambo Unlimited Ideas design gro...
Metal, Bronze
Contemporary Art Deco Inspired Globe Floor Lamp in Black, Bronze Brushed Metal
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Globe Floor lamp is a stunning, timeless lamp with a delicate bronze and lacquered metal structure and soft opal glass globes. Other finishes available. Made to Order. Part of the ...
Metal, Bronze
Art Deco inspired in Brass and Opal Glass Globe I Pendant Lamp
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Globe I lamp is a stunning, timeless lamp with a delicate brass metal structure and soft opal glass globes. Made to Order. Part of the Mambo Unlimited Ideas design group, at Utu la...
Metal, Brass, Copper
Large Art Deco Nickel Opaline Glass Globe Ceiling Lamp / Flush Mount, 1930s
By Bauhaus
Located in Vienna, AT
An Art Deco Bauhaus ball ceiling lamp from the 1930s, made in Germany. The light features a stepped round mount made of nickel-plated metal and a 10 inches diameter blown spherical l...
Nickel, Metal
Pair of Antique Art Deco Globe Opaline Glass Pendant Lamp Lights, c.1930
Located in London, GB
An elegantly formed globe shaped opaline glass pendant light. c.1930 An unusually large pair of antique opaline globe pendant lights with hand-blown and rolled white glass shades, r...
Metal
French Vintage White Milk Glass Light Lamp Shade Globe Modern Excellent
Located in Somis, CA
Elegant in its simplicity, this classic white glass globe shade embodies a clean, timeless aesthetic that complements virtually any style of interior. Its beautifully rounded form an...
Glass
Antique GEC Round Globe Opaline Glass Pendant Lamp Light, c.1930
Located in London, GB
A beautiful run of spherical opaline glass pendant lights by GEC. c.1930 Each mouth-blown and hand-rolled to achieve that soft, opaque finish characteristic of early 20th‑century li...
Metal
Contemporary Mid Century Inspired Globe Table Lamp in Bonze Brushed Metal Black
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Globe lamp is a stunning, timeless lamp with a delicate bronze and lacquered metal structure and soft opaque glass globes. Made to Order. Part of the Mambo Unlimited Ideas design g...
Metal, Bronze
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
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
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.
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.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Bespoke lighting is a hallmark of upscale interiors, and contemporary makers are increasingly ambitious in their materials and forms.