One of Three Large Staff Bubble Glass Flush Mounts Lamps Ceiling Lights, 1960
By J.T. Kalmar, Staff Leuchten, Glashütte Limburg
Located in Vienna, AT
Set of 3 (three) 15 inch staff bubble glass ceiling fixtures from the 1960s. Three large bulbs
Glass, Plastic
Flush mount ceiling light by Glashutte Limburg, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Mid century glass flower shaped ceiling light by Glashutte Limburg. Beautifully shaped glass
Brass
Glashutte Limburg Glass Flush Mount Ceiling Light, Germany, 1960
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Vienna, AT
Glashutte Limburg glass flush mount ceiling light, Germany, 1960; thick and heavy glass ceiling
Glass
60s 70s ceiling lamp Glashütte Limburg Germany Plafoniere glass & metal
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
60s 70s ceiling lamp Glashütte Limburg Germany Plafoniere glass & metal Object: wall lamp
Metal
Glass Wall or Ceiling Lamp, Plafoniere from Glashütte Limburg, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Schwerin, MV
Ceiling / wall light from the company Glashütte Limburg from the period 1970-1979. Model No.: 2629
Metal
Design Glashutte Limburg Glass Amber Ceiling or Wall Light, 1960
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Design Hollywood Regency style wall or ceiling lamp by Glashutte Limburg whit glass amber details
Glass
Beautiful Bubble Pattern Glashütte Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful flush mount ceiling light. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Opaline Glass Round Ceiling Lamp by Glashütte Limburg, 1960s, Germany
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Ceiling lamp by Glashütte Limburg made in Germany in the 1960s. It is fascinating with its opaline
Brass
Stunning Bubble Pattern Glashütte Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful flush mount ceiling light. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Beautiful Bubble Pattern Glashütte Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful flush mount ceiling light. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Glashütte Limburg Yellow Bubble Glass Flush Mount Ceiling Lamp, Germany, 1960
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautifully shaped yellow glass flush mount by Limburg, Germany. Bubble shaped ceiling light with
Metal
Glashütte Limburg Brass and Glass Flush Mount Ceiling Lamp, Germany, 1960
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Vienna, AT
Glashütte Limburg brass and glass flush mount ceiling lamp, Germany, 1960. Beautiful clear glass
Brass
Modernist 1970s German "Diamond" Ceiling Light Made by Glashütte Limburg Germany
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceiling light sconce Producer: Glashütte Limburg, Germany Origin
Metal
Glass Crystal Flush Mount Wall or Ceiling Lamps by Glashütte Limburg
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Berlin, BE
produced in 1960s by the German lamp manufacturer Glashütte Limburg. The lamps are from the 1960s and have
Glass
One of Five Glashutte Limburg Glass Flush Mounts ceiling lights, 1960
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful set of five 15.74 inch Glashütte Limburg, Germany 1960 thick and heavy glass ceiling
Glass
Glass and Brass Flushmount "Diamond" Ceiling Wall Light Glashütte Limburg, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
ARTICLE: Ceiling flushmount light, also useable as wall light PRODUCER: Glashütte
Metal
1970s Opaque Opaline Glass Domes Glashütte Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in London, England
Glashütte Limburg in Germany during the 1970s. The glass shade slots and locks into the polished brass
Metal, Brass
Flush Mount Ceiling or Wall Light by Glashütte Limburg, Germany, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Schwerin, MV
Very well-preserved ceiling lamp / wall lamp / plafoniere by Glashütte Limburg from the 1960s. Type
Metal, Aluminum
Limburg Glashütte Square Iron Rings Glass Flush Mount Ceiling / Wall Light 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
One of three square iron rings and glass flush mount light / sconce by Glashütte Limburg, Germany
Metal
Limburg Glashütte Square Iron Rings Glass Flush Mount Ceiling / Wall Light 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
One of a set of three square iron rings and glass flush mount light / sconce by Glashütte Limburg
Metal
One of Three Glashütte Limburg Glass Flush Mounts
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful set of three 10.23 inch Glashütte Limburg thick and heavy glass ceiling fixtures from
Glass
Sold|$431
Limburg Ceiling Lamp, circa 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Wien, AT
Limburg ceiling lamp around 1970s Nickel plated with original glass. Original condition.
Nickel
Sold|$1,439
Limburg Oval Pattern Glass Ceiling Mount
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Wien, AT
, Glashütte Limburg.
Glass
One of Four Glashutte Limburg Glass Flush Mounts or Sconces, 1960
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Vienna, AT
One of four Glashutte Limburg glass flush mounts or sconces, 1960. Glashütte Limburg thick and
Metal
XXL 32cm Bubble Ceiling Glass Wall Light Helena Tynell Glashütte Limburg, 1970
By Helena Tynell, Glashütte Limburg
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: wall light ceiling light Producer: Glashütte Limburg, Germany Design: Helena
Metal
Vintage Large Round Ceiling Light Glasshutte Limburg
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Oirlo, LI
Vintage Large Round Ceiling Light Glasshutte Limburg, 1970 Large round silver ceiling lamp With
Metal
Big Limburg Glass, 1960s Flush Ceiling Light
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Wien, AT
Big Limburg glass, 1960s flush ceiling light Original condition.
Metal
60s 70s ceiling lamp Plafoniere Glashütte Limburg Germany Space Age glass
By Limburg
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
60s 70s ceiling lamp Plafoniere Glashütte Limburg Germany Space Age glass Object: ceiling lamp
Metal, Brass
Grand Limburg Glass, 1960s Flush Ceiling Light
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful Austrian large, sparkly, bubbled glass flush light by Limburg. Three-light sources
Glass
Futuristic Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful organic glass flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous textured glass
Metal
Futuristic Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful organic glass flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous textured glass
Metal
Beautiful Petite Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful petite flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashuette Limburg. Gorgeous textured glass flush
Metal
Organic Bubble Glass Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite organic bubble glass flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Organic Bubble Glass Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite organic bubble glass flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Organic Bubble Glass Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite organic bubble glass flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Sold|$1,000
Glashütte Limburg Glass Flush Mount
By Glashütte Limburg, Hillebrand, Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Glashütte Limburg thick and heavy glass ceiling fixture from the 1960s featuring two bulbs with 60W
Metal
Organic Bubble Glass Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite organic bubble glass flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Beautiful Star Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful flush mount ceiling light. Made in Germany by Glashuette Limburg. Gorgeous textured glass
Metal
Beautiful Star Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful flush mount ceiling light. Made in Germany by Glashuette Limburg. Gorgeous textured glass
Metal
Lovely Amber Glass Ceiling Lamps by Limburg, Germany, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Vintage German pendant lamp in glass by Limburg. E27 socket. Fully functional. One E27
Metal
Petite Starburst Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite starburst pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashuette Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Petite Starburst Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite starburst pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashuette Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Large Starburst Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite starburst pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashuette Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Petite Starburst Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite starburst pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashuette Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Petite Bubble Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite bubble pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashuette Limburg. Gorgeous textured glass
Metal
Beautiful Starburst Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful starburst pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashuette Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Beautiful Starburst Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful starburst pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashuette Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Beautiful Starburst Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful starburst pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashuette Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Iron and Clear Glass Ceiling Lights by Limburg, Germany, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Aachen, NRW
Minimalist iron and clear glass ceiling or wall light manufactured by Limburg Glashütte, Germany
Glass
Iron and Clear Glass Ceiling Light by Limburg, Germany, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Aachen, NRW
Minimalist iron and clear glass ceiling or wall light manufactured by Limburg Glashütte, Germany
Glass
Iron and Clear Glass Ceiling Lights by Limburg, Germany, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Aachen, NRW
Minimalist iron and clear glass ceiling or wall light manufactured by Limburg Glashütte, Germany
Glass
Diamond Shaped Glass Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite glass pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous textured glass
Metal
Petite Bubble Glass Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite bubble glass pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous textured
Metal
Organic Bubble Glass Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite organic bubble glass pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous
Metal
Organic Bubble Glass Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite organic bubble glass pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous
Metal
Organic Bubble Glass Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite organic bubble glass pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous
Metal
Organic Bubble Glass Pattern Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite organic bubble glass pattern flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous
Metal
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.