Antique French L&F Moreau Painted Metal Figural Mother & Child Table Lamps Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance L&F Moreau Painted Metal Figural Mother & Child Table Lamps - a Pair.
Metal
Antique French Paris Porcelain Figural Red Hand Painted Small Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Paris Porcelain Figural Hand Painted Small Red Table Lamp. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 22.5" H (to finial) x 15" H (to light socket) x 4.5" W x 4.5" D. (Lo...
Metal
Antique French Victorian Moreau Figural Metal Boy and Girl Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Victorian Figural Metal Boy and Girl Moreau Table Lamps - a Pair. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 37" H (to finial) x 25" H (to light socket) x 8" W x 6" D Bas...
Metal
Pair Of Spelter Lamps / Torchères
Located in Beaune, FR
Pair of torchères / lamps in spelter dating from the early 20th century. Each represents a medieval knight holding a glass flame in his hand. These blades are electrified and work. ...
Other
$1,379 / set
Pair of 19th century french brass sconces
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of 19th century french brass sconces circa 1890. Good quality pair of decorative plaques that depict 2 prominent figures in the french renaissance period. Diane de poitiers an...
Brass
Spectacular Spanish Bronze French Chandelier Depicting Harvest of the Grapes
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A spectacular antique bronze chandelier depicting harvest of the grapes or wine celebration. Gorgeous sculptural figures surround central column, 8 arms, and magnificent detailing th...
Bronze
Wooden Candle Stick 19th Century
Located in Charmes, FR
Carved wooden candle-holder from the middle of the 19th century with wrought iron top in good condition many places for candles
Wood
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Wrought Iron Scroll Floor Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautiful, French, handwrought iron floor lamp with Renaissance Revival influences; textural, hammered accents, and leaf details on the stem, circa late 1930s. Measures: 67.75" hei...
Aluminum, Wrought Iron
'Aux Pages' - A Pair of Large Cast Iron Figural Torchères, After Mathurin Moreau
By Mathurin Moreau, Val D'Osne Foundry
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Aux Pages' - A Fine Pair of Large Cast Iron Figural Torchères After Mathurin Moreau, Cast by Fonderies D'art Du Val D'Osne. Each figure cast as a young page modelled in the troubad...
Iron
Important Pair of Monumental Parcel-Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Torchère
By Paul Dubois, Ferdinand Barbedienne, Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière 1
Located in New York, NY
Mounted as lamps and cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne after models by Alexandre Falguiere and Paul Dubois. Both statues are signed on the bases. These fine torchères are reductions ...
Bronze
$10,394 / set
Belle Époque Period Gilt Bronze Candelabra
Located in London, GB
These candelabra represent 19th century French design at its most playful and inventive, modelled in gilt bronze in the form of highly stylized dolphins. The candelabra each have sev...
Ormolu, Bronze
18th-19th Century Wrought-iron Chandelier With Coat Of Arms
Located in Charmes, FR
wrought iron chandelier from the end of the 18th century beginning of the 19th century in good condition coat of arms on the shaft of the chandelier a similar model can be found at t...
Wrought Iron
Pair Of Rock Crystal, Tole And Wrought Iron Wall Sconces
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of Gothic/Renaissance form wrought iron and gilt tole frame wall sconces dressed with rock crystal pendants. Rock crystal pendants/prism drops with facet cut and partial cut hal...
Rock Crystal, Wrought Iron
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.
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.