Gino sarfatti sixties vintage model 540 table lamp
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Gino Sarfatti sixties lamp model 540. Gino Sarfatti sixties vintage lamp model 540. Designed by Gino Sarfatti for arteluce in 1968. This one is really special because it has a toc...
Metal
Mid-20 Century Marianne Brandt Desk Lamp, Germany
Located in New York, NY
Marianne Brandt designed desk lamp from Germany, 1930's. Constructed of black painted steel and bakelite accents resting on a clear lucite base.
Steel
Modern Floor Lamp Advertising Display Light Parfum Chanel No 5 France
Located in Vienna, AT
The condition of this vintage advertising lighting is in good condition with signs of age and use like scratches, scuffs and a rough stain at the black background. Approx. Measures...
Lucite
Vintage Asian Glazed Ceramic Emperor Lamps - a Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Asian pair of lamps. A glamorous Emperor couple in a sleek black glazed ceramic with gilt touches.
Metal
Angelo Brotto Enamel Floor Lamp for Esperia, Italy, 1960s
By Angelo Brotto, Esperia
Located in Munich, DE
Angelo Brotto tube floor lamp made in enamel copper, brass and a reflector in curved Lucite, for Esperia in the 1960s.
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Pair Meiji Japanese Sumida Gawa Figural Pottery Lamps
Located in Houston, TX
A pair of 19th Century Meiji Japanese Sumida Gawa figural pottery lamps. Early pieces were made with exaggerated features and very detailed earthenware. Manufacturing was popular bet...
Terracotta, Lucite
Collectible Soviet Lamp and sculpture dedicated to the exploration of space
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a rare Soviet table lamp, which was designed to commemorate the explorstion of space. It was made in Soviet Russia, after the Monument of the Conquerors...
Steel
Brass and Plexiglas Table Lamp - France circa 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Beautiful table lamp with a lucite stem and gilt-metal base. Well-made.
Metal
$1,130Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Table Lamp in Faux Tortoise and Brass, 1970s
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This table lamp features a base in faux tortoise plexiglass/Lucite and brass crowned with a new lampshade in black cotton.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Space Age Floor to Ceiling Pole Lamp Sonneman
By Robert and Richard Sonneman
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple but elegant and rare pole lamp. Twin pods connected by bent smoked Lucite panels with a three-way switch. Floor to ceiling extension pole fits snugly in any room with a 8ft. c...
Brass, Steel
Kovacs styled Domed Chrome Space age Mushroom Table Lamp
By George Kovacs
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A Space Age styled table lamp with three sockets topped with a smoked darker toned plastic Lucite domed mushroom shade . The shaft and the 10" in diameter base are in a bright chrome...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modernist Torii Arch Mixed-Media Table Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century Modernist arch mixed-media table lamp modeled after a Japanese Torii. The lamp is constructed of metal poles, wood, and sheets of Lucite. Measures 12" wide x 4.5" deep x ...
Lucite
Pair of Handcrafted Turquoise Stone Table Lamps by Joseph Malekan, USA
By Joseph Malekan
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Fantastic pair of table lamps made of genuine turquoise stone, artistically handcrafted on bevelled Lucite base. One 100 watt maximum light socket. Overall height with shades 37" ...
Lucite
Vintage Chrome Adjustable Table Lamp with Articulating Shade by Robert Sonneman
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Robert Sonneman chrome stage or spotlight-style task/table lamp with faux-wood laminate double 'T' base (ca. 1960s, USA). Featuring a geometric-form articulating shade with l...
Metal, Chrome
Two Maison Charles Standing Floor Lamp with Stainless Steele Shade 1970s, France
By Maison Charles et Fils
Located in Antwerp, BE
Very nice floor lamps by Maison Charles with adjustable shade. This typical design by Maison Charles has a very nice brown perspex detail and the stainless steel shade is adjustable ...
Stainless Steel
Pair of Maison Charles Floor Lamps with Curved Stainless Shades
By Maison Charles
Located in Antwerp, BE
Very nice floor lamps by Maison Charles with adjustable shade.This typical design by Maison Charles has a very nice brown perspex detail and the shade is adjustable in height.The bru...
Stainless Steel
Dutch Chrome Floor Lamp from Gepo, Double Eye-Ball, K & H Norway
By Gepo
Located in Buffalo, NY
This chrome floor lamp was designed during the 1960s, and manufactured in the Netherlands by Gepo.K & H Norway.. It is made from chrome lucite adjuster details,,, features two indep...
Chrome
Space Age VIntage Plexiglass Brass Table Lamp Gino Sarfatti Arteluce Italy 1968
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage table lamp from plexiglass and brass by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy 1968. An iconic table lamp designed by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce 1968 from smoked lucite ...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Pair Barovier Venetian Swirl Murano Iridescent Glass Lamps
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of Mid-Century Modern Barovier Style Venetian Swirl Murano Iridescent Art Glass Lamps On Lucite Bases And Finished With Brass Tops, Rewired And Ready To Enjoy.
Brass
Stainless Steel Table Lamp by Edera Radici for Sagim – Italy, 1970
By Sagim, Italy, Edera Radici
Located in Echt, NL
Impressive sculptural ‘Avant Garde” table lamp in very good condition. Designed by Edera Radici in the 1970s Produced by Sagim, Italy The lamp is made of curved sheets of polished...
Stainless Steel, Chrome
$13,200Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Model 378 Floor Lamp by Tito Agnoli for Oluce
By Oluce, Tito Agnoli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Model 378 floor lamp by Tito Agnoli for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy circa the 1960s. A trio of acrylic cylinders on individually and extendable brass stems. The te...
Stone, Sandstone, Brass
$1,800Sale Price / set|20% Off
Fritz Table Lamps by Perry King & Santiago Miranda for Arteluce
By Perry King and Santiago Miranda, Arteluce
Located in Denton, TX
Pair of Fritz desk lamps by Perry King & Santiago Miranda for Arteluce. Combination of chrome and acrylic. It’s very rare to find a pair of these unique lamps.
Chrome
Willy Rizzo. Hollywood Regency style acrylic carey table lamp, Italy, 1970s
By Romeo Rega, Willy Rizzo, Sandro Petti, Tommaso Barbi, Philippe Barbier
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Compatible with US/EU standards. LED compatible. Hollywood Regency tortoiseshell-like acrylic table lamp in the style of Willy Rizzo and Romeo Rega for Guzzini, Italy, 1970s. This s...
Brass
Pair of Unusual Textured Glass Cylinder Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of unusual textured glass cylinder lamps with custom shades, circa 1980. Rewired with custom black silk shades. The transparent top piece of the columns lets the light through t...
Metal
Pair of Unusual Textured Glass Cylinder Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of unusual textured glass cylinder lamps with custom shades, circa 1980. Rewired with custom black silk shades. The transparent top piece of the columns lets the light through t...
Metal
Pair of Unusual Textured Glass Cylinder Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of unusual textured glass cylinder lamps with custom shades, circa 1980. Rewired with custom black silk shades. The transparent top piece of the columns lets the light through t...
Metal
Pair of Unusual Textured Glass Cylinder Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of unusual textured glass cylinder lamps with custom shades, circa 1980. Rewired with custom black silk shades. The transparent top piece of the columns lets the light through t...
Metal
Art Deco Machine Age Table Lamps in Brushed Aluminum & Glass by Russell Wright
By Russel Wright
Located in New York, NY
This refined pair of Art Deco Machine Age table lamps were realized by the fabled industrial Designer Russell Wright in the United States circa 1935. They feature circular volumetric...
Aluminum
$7,063
Lampe par Philippe Jean
By Philippe Jean
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Big lamp by Philippe Jean in lucite and stainless steel.
Stainless Steel
Stilnovo Faceted Diffuser Pendant Lamp, Black Metal & Lucite, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960s Stilnovo Faceted Diffuser pendant lamp. Executed in black painted metal and etched lucite.
Metal
Albini & Helg Arteluce Large Pendant Lamp Original Glass Lucite, Italy, 1955
By Arteluce, Franco Albini and Franca Helg
Located in Vienna, AT
Original 1955 pendant light from Arteluce Milano designed by Franco Albini and Franca Helg. Large Midcentury original with a large dark 22.6" lucite shade and an inner opaline glass...
Brass, Chrome
Johanna Grawunder Memphis Large Yellow Black Light Wall Lamps (4), Italy 1989
By Memphis Group, Johanna Grawunder
Located in Vienna, AT
Four early Johanna Grawunder lighting panels or sconces for Memphis, Italy, 1989. Dimensions per piece: 43.3"x29.5"x2". Sold and priced individually. New York based designer/archi...
Metal
$3,000 / item
Large 1960s Stilnovo Faceted Diffuser Pendant Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large 1960s Stilnovo faceted diffuser pendant lamp. Executed in black painted perforated metal and a faceted lucite diffuser.
Metal
Pair of Modernist Design Half Moon Wall Lamp by GS, Germany 1980's
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Elegant pair of 1980s modernist wall sconces by GS Germany, featuring sleek half-moon gold metal bodies with lucite blue reflectors for striking light diffusion and geometric reflect...
Brass
Gérard Haas "Timescapes, LED Chronotope", Light Sculpture, France, circa 1970s
By Gérard Haas
Located in New York, NY
This series by Gérard Haas is many things at once, functional and Avant Garde, elegant and expressive, thanks to the artist's surprising use of reclaimed materials. Finding beauty in...
Metal
Gérard Haas "Timescapes, LED Chronotope", Light Sculpture, France, circa 1970s
By Gérard Haas
Located in New York, NY
This series by Gérard Haas is many things at once functional and Avant Garde, elegant and expressive thanks to the artist's surprising use of reclaimed materials. Finding beauty in d...
Metal
Gérard Haas "Timescapes: Led Chronotope", Light Sculpture, France, circa 1970s
By Gérard Haas
Located in New York, NY
This series by Gérard Haas is many things at once--functional and avant garde, elegant and expressive--thanks to the artist's surprising use of reclaimed materials. Finding beauty in...
Metal
Gérard Haas "Timescapes: LED Chronotope", Light Sculpture, France, circa 1970s
By Gérard Haas
Located in New York, NY
This series by Gérard Haas is many things at once--functional and Avant Garde, elegant and expressive--thanks to the artist's surprising use of reclaimed materials. Finding beauty in...
Metal
Gérard Haas "Timescapes: Led Chronotope", Light Sculpture, France, circa 1970s
By Gérard Haas
Located in New York, NY
This series by Gérard Haas is many things at once--functional and avant garde, elegant and expressive--thanks to the artist's surprising use of reclaimed materials. Finding beauty in...
Metal
Gérard Haas "Timescapes LED Chronotope", Light Sculpture, France, circa 1970s
By Gérard Haas
Located in New York, NY
This series by Gérard Haas is many things at once--functional and Avant Garde, elegant and expressive--thanks to the artist's surprising use of reclaimed materials. Finding beauty in...
Metal
Gérard Haas "Timescapes, LED Chronotope", Light Sculpture, France, circa 1970s
By Gérard Haas
Located in New York, NY
This series by Gérard Haas is many things at once functional and Avant Garde, elegant and expressive thanks to the artist's surprising use of reclaimed materials. Finding beauty in d...
Metal
Gérard Haas "Timescapes LED Chronotope", Light Sculpture, France, circa 1970s
By Gérard Haas
Located in New York, NY
This series by Gérard Haas is many things at once, functional and Avant Garde, elegant and expressive, thanks to the artist's surprising use of reclaimed materials. Finding beauty in...
Metal
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.