$749Sale Price|20% Off
Simple Elegant Table Lamp from 1930s
Located in Vienna, Austria
A simple elegant table lamp from the 1930s. Made up of a painted orange base and a chrome extension, the lamp supports a new shade in grey and white. The charm of this lamp is the co...
Chrome
$4,917 / set
Early Thonet B 9 Nesting Tables by Marcel Breuer
By Marcel Breuer, Thonet
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Early set of nesting tables, model B9 - 9C. Chrome-plated tubular steel and lacquered wood. Manufactured probably by Gebrüder Thonet AG, Frankenberg, These pieces, while originally d...
Steel, Chrome
Set of Two Table/Bedside Lamps by Napako, 1930s
By Napako
Located in Praha, CZ
Set of two Functionalist/Bauhaus table or bedside lamps made by Napako in Czechoslovakia in 1930s. Adjustable shade. Cleaned, rewired: 1x25W, E25-E27 bulbs US plug adapter included
Chrome
Black and white Kovona table made in 1950s Czechia
By Kovona
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Made by Kovona, a renowned Czech manufacturer and dealer from the 20th century. It has been fully restored by our professional refurbishing team in Czechia according to the original...
Steel, Chrome
1930s Crome Plated Table Lamp by Profundus, Austria
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition - Rewired , E26-E27 bulb - US wiring compatible
Chrome
Important Arne Jacobsen AJ8 Modernist Table Lamp, 1920s, Denmark
By Arne Jacobsen
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Important Arne Jacobsen AJ 8 modernist chromed and black lacquered brass/alloy table lamp manufactured in 1920s, Denmark.
Chrome, Brass
Rare Table Lamp by Franta Anyz, 1930s
By Franta (Frantisek) Anýž
Located in Praha, CZ
Iconic aluminum adjustable table lamp by Franta Anyz. Unique type of joint invented by Anyz. Original condition - some defects on a shade. 1x40W, E25 or E26 or E27 bulb.
Aluminum, Chrome
Two Tier Tinted Green Glass Top Cut Corners Rectangle Style End Side Table
By Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Cassina, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Two Tier Tinted Green Glass Top Cut Corners Rectangle Style End Side Table
Chrome
$1,564Sale Price|20% Off
Metalarte. Hollywood Regency and Space Age style table lamp, Spain, 1960s
By Metalarte
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Large Hollywood Regency and Post-Moderm style table lamp from the Spanish brand Metalarte, 1960s.
Metal, Brass, Chrome
1930thies dinning room set from PEL by Serge Chermayeff table and 6 chairs
By Serge Chermayeff
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
1930thies dinning room set from PEL by Serge Chermayeff table and 6 chairs
Chrome
Art Deco table made in 1950s Czechia from Walnut. Made by Kovona
By Kovona
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Made by Kovona, a company founded in 1913 by the then owner Petr Vichr. It has been re-polished with polyutherane piano lacquer by our professional refurbishing team in Czechia acco...
Steel, Chrome
Kaiser Idell 6722-T table lamp by Christian Dell - 1930's Germany
By Kaiser Idell, Christian Dell
Located in Lisboa, PT
The Kaiser Idell 6722-T Table Lamp, commonly known as the "Baby Dell," is an iconic design from the 1930s, created by the celebrated German designer Christian Dell.
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Barcelona coffee or cocktail table designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
By Knoll, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Barcelona coffee/cocktail table designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1929, produced by Knoll since 1953. I believe this is an official vintage Knoll production base with a newer rou...
Steel, Chrome
1930s Swiss 'Quick 1500' Adjustable Table Light by Alfred Müller
By Alfred Müller, AMBA
Located in Brooklyn, NY
'Quick 1500' lamp designed by Alfred Müller for Belmag, Zürich composed of an off-white enameled-metal shade and base with chromed-metal arm, circa 1935. Ingenious, sleek design, mar...
Chrome, Metal
Rare Pre Knoll Production Barcelona Coffee Table by Mies van der Rohe, 1955
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare, early and historically significant Barcelona coffee table produced by Gerry Griffith in 1955 for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Chicago prior to production by Knoll. His versions ...
Chrome
Black Bakelite Midcentury Table Lamp by Eric Kirkman Cole for Elektrosvit, 1940s
By Eric Kirkman Cole, Elektrosvit
Located in Malmö, SE
The design of this bakelite table lamp comes from Great Britain. This gooseneck lamps were designed By Eric Kirkman Cole for the Czech republic market. The production was then provid...
Chrome
Christian Dell Black Table Lamp Kaiser Leutschen, Germany, circa 1950
By Christian Dell
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Large shaded fully adjustable desk lamp designed by Christian Dell in the late 1940s. Two light-bulbs each up to 40 watts secures a optimal work light. Height adjustable up approx. 7...
Chrome, Metal
Restored Bauhaus Tubular Steel Set, Round Table and Four Chairs by Mart Stam, 19
By Mart Stam
Located in Żory, PL
This Bauhaus style set was produced in the 1930s in Czechoslovakia.
Steel, Chrome
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Marcel Breuer Bauhaus Style Tubular Steel Dining Table, Germany, 1960s
By Marcel Breuer
Located in San Diego, CA
This piece is in the style of Bauhaus chrome-plated tubular steel and wood dining table similar to the design by Marcel Breuer in Germany, 1960s.
Chrome
Small Modernist Writing Table, Chromed Steel, Veneered/ Lacquered Wood, Bespoke
Located in Berlin, DE
Small modernist writing table made of chrome plated tubular steel, stained/ veneered/ lacquered wood. The table can be customized and is available in different amounts. Delivery time...
Metal, Chrome
Kaiser Idell Midcentury Industrial Grey Desk Light Lamp Christian Dell Germany
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
This wonderful desk lamp designed by Christian Dell in the 1960s is a rare find from Kaiser Idell, as It has a textured, crinkle effect dark grey finish to both the shade and base al...
Metal, Chrome
Desk Lamp in the style of Christian Dell for Bros. Kaiser & Co. 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Desk Light in the style of Christian Dell, former director of the metal workshop at Bauhaus until his dismissal by the Nazi Regime in 1933. The lamp features a black enamelled shade ...
Metal, Chrome
Original 20th Century Seating Set With Table, Chrome, Glass, Slovakia, 1970s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Armchair dimensions: Height: 78 cm (30.7 in) Width: 62 cm (24.4 in) Depth: 75 cm (29.5 in) Seat height: 45 cm (17.7 in) Table dimensions: Height: 51 cm (20.1 in) Width: 50 cm (19.7 ...
Steel, Chrome
Christian Dell ”President” Bordeaux Desk Lamp
By Christian Dell
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Wonderful desk lamp designed by Christian Dell in an elegant and exclusive burgundy and chrome color.
Metal, Chrome
$2,692Sale Price|28% Off
Tischleuchte Quadro von Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Aachen, DE
Die Leuchtikone Quadro von Jacques Adnet. Die Metallstruktur aus Palladium-Messing, verchromt, die Diffusoren aus satiniertem Glas und der Sockel aus Marmor. Mit dem Original-Dimmer....
Brass, Chrome
Rare Executive Tubular Steel Desk by Mücke-Melder, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Wien, AT
Rare Executive Tubular Steel Desk by Mücke-Melder, 1930s An exceptional and rare example of early Czech Modernism, this substantial executive desk was crafted in the 1930s by Mücke-M...
Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Desk Lamp by Karl Trabert, German Design, 1930-1950
By Karl Trabert
Located in New York, NY
An elegant German Mid-Century Modern desk or table lamp with pivoting stem and shade attributed to Bauhaus student, Karl Trabert. Height is variable according to position of the stem...
Chrome, Steel, Enamel
Desk Lamp in the Style of Christian Dell
By Christian Dell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German desk lamp with adjustable neck and shade.
Chrome
PH Dressing Table in steel - with elegant drawers and optional mirror with light
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
The PH Dressing Table in steel with the PH Mirror reinterprets Poul Henningsen’s 1919 dressing table for a contemporary, steel framed expression. Light in presence yet strong in cons...
Steel, Chrome
The Bauhaus was a progressive German art and design school founded by the architect Walter Gropius that operated from 1919 to 1933. Authentic Bauhaus furniture — sofas, dining chairs, tables and more — and the school’s followers married industrial and natural materials in simple, geometric forms. The goal of the Bauhaus was to erase the distinction between art and craft while embracing the use of new technologies and materials.
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The name Bauhaus is derived from the German verb bauen, “to build.” Under the school’s innovative curriculum, students were taught the fine arts, such as painting and sculpture, as well as practical skills like carpentry and metalworking.
The school moved from Weimar in 1925 to the city of Dessau, where it enjoyed its heyday under Gropius, then Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The period from 1932 to 1933 when it operated in Berlin under Mies was its final chapter. Despite its brief existence, the Bauhaus has had an enduring impact on art and design in the United States and elsewhere, and is regarded by many as the 20th century’s chief crucible of modernism.
The faculty roster at the Bauhaus reads like a who’s who of modernist creative genius — it included such artists as Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and László Moholy-Nagy along with architects and designers like Mies and Marcel Breuer, who became known for his muscular brutalist-style concrete buildings in the postwar years. In 1925, while he was head of the Bauhaus carpentry workshop, Breuer gave form to his signature innovation: the use of lightweight tubular-steel frames for chairs, side tables and sofas — a technique soon adopted by Mies and others. Breuer’s Cesca chair was the first-ever tubular steel frame chair with a caned seat to be mass produced, while the inspiration for his legendary Wassily chair, a timeless design and part of the collection crafted to furnish the Dessau school, was the bike he rode around campus.
Bauhaus design style reflects the tenets by which these creators worked: simplicity, clarity and function. They disdained superfluous ornament in favor of precise construction. Seating pieces such as side chairs, armchairs or club chairs for example, were made with tubular metal or molded plywood frames, and upholstery was made from leather or cane. Above all, designs in the Bauhaus style offer aesthetic flexibility. They can be the elements of a wholly spare, minimalist space, the quiet foundation of an environment in which color and pattern come from one’s own collection of art and artifacts.
Today, from textiles to typefaces, architecture, furniture and decorative objects for the home, Bauhaus creations continue to have an outsize influence on modern design.
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An exhibition at Manhattan's Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum shows the German artistic polymath in a new light.
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