Mid Century Torch Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Mid Century Torch / Torchiere Floor Lamp in Aquamarine.
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid Century Torch Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Mid Century Torch / Torchiere Floor Lamp in Aquamarine.
Aluminum, Steel
Brass Blue Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamp Rupert Nikoll, Austria, 1950s
By Rupert Nikoll
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass blue Mid-Century Modern vintage floor lamp designed and manufactured by Rupert Nikoll, 1950s, Austria.
Brass
$560Sale Price|78% Off
Mid Century Chrome Studio Floor Lamp
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Mid-Century Modern studio floor lamp with adjustable height.
Chrome
Mid-Century Swedish Floor lamp in Leather
Located in London, England
Stylish mid-century Swedish floor lamp in leather and brass. Re-wired and tested. H 148cm x W 35cm x D 35cm 15kg Sweden circa 1960
Brass
Mid-Century German Space Age Blue Tripod Floor Lamp from Staff Leuchten, 1960s
By Staff Leuchten
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid Century Staff in blue. A minimalist design. The luminaire shape shows a classic cylindrical shape and is designed in a medium blue tone. The chrome -colored shaft ends in a simp...
Metal
Italian Mid Century Modern Style Sea Blue Lacquer Adjustable Bronzed Floor Lamp
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
A very functional mid-century style floor lamp by Cosulich Interiors & Antiques, entirely hand-crafted in Italy and customizable to your own request in sizes, number of lights, f...
Metal, Brass, Steel
Italian Mid Century Modern Style Sea Blue Lacquer Adjustable Bronzed Floor Lamp
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
A very functional mid-century style floor lamp by Cosulich Interiors & Antiques, entirely hand-crafted in Italy and customizable to your own request in sizes, number of lights, finis...
Metal, Brass, Steel
French Mid-Century Patinated Floor Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
French 1940s iron blue/green patina floor lamp with gilt rope and floral design trim with a triple scroll base connected with a stretcher.
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Blue Floor Lamp, in Wood and Brass, Italy, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern blue floor lamp, in wood and brass, Italy, 1950s European.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Brass Pastel Blue Vintage Floor Lamp Rupert Nikoll, 1950
By Rupert Nikoll
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern brass floor lamp by Rupert Nikoll 1950s, Vienna.
Brass
Pair of Adjustable Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps, 1960s
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Pair of adjustable Mid-Century Modern floor lamps, 1960s. Unknown designer. New fabric shades, metal with brass details. Good vintage condition, minor patina consistent with age and ...
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Hollywood Regency Lucite and Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
Attractive mid-century chrome and Lucite floor lamp made of lucite rods in sections separated by chrome trim. Round thick lucite base. Original lucite finial still with it. No shade....
Lucite
1950s Canadian Mid Century West Coast Modern Floor Lamp
Located in Victoria, BC
New to our collection, this stunning architectural floor lamp hails from the Pacific coast of Canada, crafted in the 1950s. Its elegantly angled iron base is paired with a freshly fi...
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Brass and Denim Blue Vintage Floor Lamp, Vienna Austria 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage floor lamp from brass tube designed and manufactured in Vienna, Austria, 1950s.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Blue Floor Lamp J.T.Kalmar, 1950s, Vienna
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage brass floor lamp by J.T.Kalmar, 1950s, Vienna.
Brass
Mid-Century Blue and Green Murano Glass Floor lamp by Fulvio Bianconi, 1950s
By Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Blue and Green Murano Glass Floor lamp by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini - Italy 1950s Lamp : 163x 27cm Lampshade : 45H x 50w cm
Murano Glass
French Mid-Century Modern Articulating Floor Lamp, 1950
Located in New York, NY
Elegant modernist floor lamp with dynamic cantilevered form and tripod legs with the base wrapped in alternating blue and yellow plastic rattan. Shown without shade. Height is adjust...
Brass
Mid Century Modern Vintage Metal Floor Lamp with blue Shade France c.1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid century modern Rustic vintage floor lamp features a black lacquered metal stem, designed and manufactured France 1950s.
Steel
Cassina Ficupala Floor Lamp: Blown Glass & Marble, Mid-Century Modern
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Ficupala Floor Lamp. Thanks to its organic shapes reminiscent of the plant world, the eclectic style of the Ficupala floor lamp lies between postmodern and Art Deco. Modern...
Glass
Green Blue Art Glass Square Mosaic Top Side End Table Floor Lamp Mid-Century
By Laurel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Green blue art glass walnut frame square mosaic top side end table stand floor lamp Mid-Century Modern.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Brass Floor Lamp with Fringe Fabric Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This striking mid-century modern floor lamp combines sculptural design with functional elegance. Featuring a gracefully curved brass arm and a bold teal square fabric shade, the lamp...
Brass
Mid-Century 1950 Vintage Angelo Lelii Floor Lamp
By Angelo Lelii
Located in London, GB
Angelo Lelli is considered as one of the most prominent designers on Italian modern scene. He founded the lighting company Arredoluce in Monza (near Milan) after World War II and he ...
Marble, Brass, Iron
Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass and Brass Palm Tree Floor Lamp
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Floor lamp in amber and blue Murano blown glass, the structure is in brass, four bulbs. The floor lamp is also a sculpture that reproduces the trunk and leaves of a palm tree with pi...
Brass
$1,766Sale Price|25% Off
1950s Floor Lamp with Blue Ceramic Figure
Located in Paris, FR
Wrought and gilded iron floor lamp, the stem decorated with a blue ceramic figure and three blue and green small bowls. It is resting on three scrolled feet. circa 1950. Dimensi...
Wrought Iron, Iron
1970s Mid Century Modern Hollywood Regency Rod Lucite and Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in Delray Beach, FL
A beautiful eye catching 1970s lucite lamp. Lamp is constructed with 4 sections of vertical rod lucite forming the main column of the lamp. In between are lucite and chrome spacers a...
Chrome
Sculptural Mid-Century Modern Arc Floor Lamp Attributed to Reggiani, 1970s
By Goffredo Reggiani
Located in La Mesa, CA
A striking arc floor lamp attributed to Reggiani, Italy, circa 1970s.
Metal
Mid century Modern Floor Lamp Coupé 3320/R Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Weesp, NL
Mid century modern navy blue and chrome floor lamp.
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp by Angelo Lelii, Polished Brass, Italy
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold, vintage Mid-Century modern Italian floor lamp made of hand crafted polished brass with its original light switch, designed by Angelo Lelii and produced by Arredoluce in good ...
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Floor Lamp Brass Metal and Murano Glass by Vistosi, Italy, 1960s
By Vistosi
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Rare Mid-Century Modern Space Age sculptural floor or reading lamp in brass, black painted lacquered metal, marble base and blue Murano glass shade by Vistosi.
Marble, Metal, Brass
$1,680Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Venetian Blue Lantern Style Floor Lamp
Located in Asheville, NC
Wrought iron works for frame. Rectangular framed blue bubble glass shade. One standard bulb in centre. Wired for 20th century lighting.
Wrought Iron
Mid Century Scandinavian Pine Floor Lamp with Bespoke Lampshade
Located in Herentals, BE
Pine lamp base with new, custom-made lampshade in white and blue and green tones. Lamp base: H 130 cm, Diameter 35 cm Lampshade: H 28.5 cm, Diameter 35 cm and 28 cm Total height: ...
Fabric, Pine
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Black Metal Trilegged Floor Lamp, 1950s, Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage black metal trilegged floor lamp 1950s Vienna was made of black coated metal wire with red plastic strings, which waist and connect the black metal feet.
Metal
Rare Model Mid-Century Modern Design Targetti Sankey Floor Lamp 1970
By Targetti Sankey
Located in Lisse, NL
This rare, stunning and sizable floor lamp will grace any mid-century home or boardroom and it will never fail to impress.
Metal, Iron
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Leather Floor Lamp Silone Kalmar 1950s Vienna
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage floor lamp by Kalmar from brass and leather model Silone 2105, 1950s Vienna.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Floor Lamp in Aluminium and Glass
By Carl Fagerlund, Orrefors
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian floor lamp in aluminium and blue glass by Carl Fagerlund.
Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Glass Floor Lamp Richard Essig 1960s Germany
By Richard Essig
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage floor lamp from brass and glass by Richard Essig 1960s Germany.
Brass, Iron
Mid-Century Modern Hollywood Regency Lucite and Brass Tall Torchiere Floor Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Hollywood Regency Torchiere floor lamp made of brass and Lucite, made in the late 1970s or early 1980's. Classic dramatic look from the period. Very nice condition and working well.
Brass
Space Age Serpente Floor Lamp Elio Martinelli 1960s Italian Designer Mid Century
By Elio Martinelli, Martinelli Luce
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous, hugely impressive, and rare rotating Italian designer Mid Century floor lamp with unique Super-Car-colouring in wonderful condition.
Metal, Chrome
Wooden & Brass Mid-Century Curved Floor Lamp in the Manner of Rispal
By Rispal, Valzania
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Sculptural wooden structure with brass lamp holder and blue navy fabric shade. This floor lamp was designed and produced in Italy around 1950s. It remains in very good vintage condit...
Brass
Rupert Nikoll Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Clawfoot Floor Lamp, 1950s Vienna
By Rupert Nikoll
Located in Vienna, AT
Rupert Nikoll Mid-Century Modern vintage brass clawfoot floor lamp designed and manufactured 1950s, Vienna.
Brass
Mid-Century German Floor Lamp by Ernest Igl for Hillebrand Lighting, 1960s
By Ernest Igl
Located in Hamburg, DE
Very rare mid century standing lamp with striking hole details from hillebrand after a design by ernest igl from the 1960s. A draft that convinces with its high-quality workmanship ...
Metal
Mid-Century Colombo 626 Floor Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Hamburg, DE
A design classic from oluce according to a design by joe colombo from the 1970s. Here is an early version in the particularly rare color blue. The name of the luminaire makes direct...
Metal
A MID-CENTURY-MODERN MODERNIST Tripod FLOOR LAMP, MATEGOT Style, France 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
An exceptional floral inspired tripod floor lamp with 3 light arms in different colour each. This Moderniste, Forme-Libre, Shabby-Chic piece has a tripod base structured by a perfora...
Metal, Brass
21st Century Triennale Floor Lamp, chrome&light blue, Angelo Lelii, Italy, CE
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Icon of Arredoluce, symbol of an era and source of inspiration for many objects to follow over time, Triennale is perhaps the best known project by Angelo Lellii. Presented at the VI...
Metal, Brass, Chrome
21st Century Triennale Floor Lamp, chrome&blue-black-white, Lelii, 2019, Italy
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Icon of Arredoluce, symbol of an era and source of inspiration for many objects to follow over time, Triennale is perhaps the best known project by Angelo Lellii. Presented at the VI...
Metal, Brass, Chrome
21st Century Triennale Floor Lamp, brass&light blue, Angelo Lelii, 2019, Italy
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Icon of Arredoluce, symbol of an era and source of inspiration for many objects to follow over time, Triennale is perhaps the best known project by Angelo Lellii. Presented at the VI...
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Mid Century Modern Brass Beech Vintage Floor Lamp Giuseppe Ostuni Italy ca 1949
By Giuseppe Ostuni
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage brass and beech floor lamp with very similar design features attributed to Giuseppe Ostuni Italy, circa 1949.
Brass
French Airport Blue Grey Metal and Glass Spotlight, Floor lamp by Philips
By Philips
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Adjustable industrial spot, floor lamp from French Airport by Philips, Holland. Blue / Grey metal with clear glass Cast iron arm and base Heavy!!! Electra wire 3 meter / 120” with ...
Metal, Iron
21st Century Triennale Floor Lamp brass&blue-red-yellow Angelo Lelii 2019 Italy
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Icon of Arredoluce, symbol of an era and source of inspiration for many objects to follow over time, Triennale is perhaps the best known project by Angelo Lellii. Presented at the VI...
Metal, Brass, Chrome
21st Century Triennale Floor Lamp chrome&blue-red-yellow Angelo Lelii 2019 Italy
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Icon of Arredoluce, symbol of an era and source of inspiration for many objects to follow over time, Triennale is perhaps the best known project by Angelo Lellii. Presented at the VI...
Metal, Brass, Chrome
XXL Sapphire Blue Ceramic FLoor Table Lamp, Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality ceramic floor lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings playful elegance and rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This...
Ceramic
Blue Chiara Floor Lamp by Cini Boeri for Venini, Italy, 1980s
By Cini Boeri
Located in Brussels, BE
Chiara Floor Lamp by Cini Boeri for Venini, Italy, 1980s
Glass
XL Sea Blue Floor Lamp, Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
XL heavy quality ceramic floor lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings refined elegance and rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. ...
Ceramic
$7,000
Floor Lamp 1960, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Logistics and International Shipping We provide a comprehensive export service so that your only concern is enjoying your acquisition. • Door-to-Door Service: Pieces located in our A...
Iron, Sheet Metal
Table Lamp by Fabrizio Cocchia & Gianfranco Fini for New Lamp, Italy 1969
By New Lamp
Located in Dronten, NL
A Radical Light Sculpture in Stainless Steel & Solid Methacrylate. In the brief, explosive lifespan of the Roman studio New Lamp (1969–1973), design broke free from the predictable. ...
Chrome, Sheet Metal
Greta M. Grossman Grashoppa Floor Lamp Dusty Blue for GUBI
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Gubi
Located in New York, NY
The iconic Gräshoppa Floor Lamp was first produced in 1947 by the feminine pioneer Greta M. Grossman. The unique tripod stand of the Gräshoppa Floor Lamp is tilted backwards and give...
Brass, Steel
1970s Brushed Chrome & Cobalt Blue Glass Floor Lamp in the Style Carl Fagerlund
By Carl Fagerlund, Orrefors
Located in London, England
1970s Vintage Swedish brushed chrome and cobalt blue glass circular floor lamp. In the style of Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors. A stylish yet understated floor lamp with eleven rippled ...
Metal, Chrome
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.
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 alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Patrizio Chiarparini of Brooklyn’s Duplex gallery sheds light on the lasting legacy of Italy’s postwar furniture boom.
There are many lessons to be learned from the lofts, apartments and townhouses of architects and decorators in Manhattan and beyond.
Having created extravagant homes for reality TV’s biggest stars, the designer is stepping into the spotlight with his first book.
The Louisiana-born and -bred architect talks to 1stdibs about the art of making timeless places that matter.
The Palm Springs interior decorator developed a mid-century style that defined the vacation homes of celebrities and other notables, including Bob Hope and Lucille Ball.
The houses from this New York studio cloak modernist tendencies within what are often more traditional trappings.
In the market for a fantastic fixture from the 1940s, ’50s or ’60s? Here are some names to know.