Harvey Guzzini Brumbury white space age table lamp, 1970
By Guzzini
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Harvey Guzzini Brumbury white space age table lamp, 1970
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Plastic
Harvey Guzzini Brumbury white space age table lamp, 1970
By Guzzini
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Harvey Guzzini Brumbury white space age table lamp, 1970
Plastic
Brumbury Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in bruxelles, BE
White plastic and metal lamp by Luigi Massoni, model Brumbury. Double switch for choosing to light part or all of the lamp. Wear due to time and age of the lamp. FOR SHIPPING, REQUE...
Metal
Brumbury Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Luigi Massoni, Harvey Guzzini
Located in bruxelles, BE
Lamp in plastic and metal by Luigi Massoni, model Brumbury. Double switch to choose to light a part or the whole.
Metal
Brumbury Table Lamp Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini Italy, 1970s
By Luigi Massoni, Harvey Guzzini
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
Designed by Luigi Massoni in the early 1970s for Harvey Guzzini, the Brumbury lamp is a clear example of Italian lighting design from the period - formally bold, material-efficient, ...
Metal
"Brumbury" Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Luigi Massoni, Harvey Guzzini
Located in New York, NY
A classic example of Italian space age design, the iconic "Brumbury" table lamp was designed by Luigi Massoni in 1969 and produced during the 1970's by renowned Italian lighting manu...
Metal
Brumbury Table Lamp chrome and white by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini Italy, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Iconic table / desk lamp 'Brumbury' or 'Brumbry' designed by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, Italy 1970s.
Chrome
Italian Modern Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, Italy 70s
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Lucija, SI
Rare table lamp model Brumbury was designed by Luigi Massoni in the late 60s for Guzzini.
Metal, Chrome
''Brumbury'' table lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1969
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Quarrata, IT
Iconic italian design from the 1970s by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini. The ''Brumbury'' lamp features a glossy dome-shaped acrylic shade and chromed metal base, blending futuristic aesth...
Steel
Rare Italian Modern Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, Italy 70s
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Lucija, SI
Rare table lamp model Brumbury was designed by Luigi Massoni in the late 60s for Guzzini.
Metal, Chrome
Italian Space Age white table lamp Brumbury by Massoni Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Space Age white metal and plexiglass table lamp Brumbury by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s Table lamp model Brumbury with rounded white plexiglass diffuser.
Metal
Luigi Massoni, for Harvey Guzzini Brumbury Space Age Table Lamp
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Tetbury, GB
A stunning original Harvey Guzzini table lamp. Italian designer Luigi Massoni created this glossy Italian mushroom table light, known as Brumbury.
Chrome
Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Portland, OR
A rare all-white Brumbury table lamp designed by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini.
Plastic
Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, 1970s
By Luigi Massoni, Harvey Guzzini
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Luigi Massoni Producer - Guzzini Model - Brumbury Table Lamp Design Period - Seventies Measurements - Width 50 cm x Depth 50 cm x Height 50 cm Materials - Perspex plastic...
Metal
Unavailable
H 16.93 in W 18.12 in D 18.12 in
“Brumbury” Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, Italy 1970
By Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Wilnis, UT
A much sought after table lamp, model “Brumbury”, designed by Luigi Massoni and manufactured by Guzzini in Italy around 1970.
Metal
Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, 1972
By Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice mushroom shaped table lamp called Brumbury, designed by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, Italy 1972.
Metal, Chrome
Brumbury Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Luigi Massoni, Harvey Guzzini
Located in bruxelles, BE
Plastic and metal lamp by Luigi Massoni, model Brumbury. Double switch to choose to light a part or the whole.
Metal
Design Lamp Brumbury by Luigi Massoni Made by Guzzini, Italy
By Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Oirlo, LI
Design lamp Brumbury by Luigi Massoni made by Guzzini, Italy Rare Guzzini Brumbry / Brumbury table lamp in white version The rare Brumbry table lamp designed by Luigi Massoni...
Metal, Chrome
Brumbury Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Luigi Massoni, Harvey Guzzini
Located in bruxelles, BE
Stamped Harvey Guzzini Wear due to time and age of the lamp.
Metal
Brumbury Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Luigi Massoni, Harvey Guzzini
Located in bruxelles, BE
White plastic and metal lamp by Luigi Massoni, model Brumbury. Double switch for choosing to light part or all of the lamp.
Metal
Brumbury Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Luigi Massoni, Harvey Guzzini
Located in bruxelles, BE
White plastic and metal lamp by Luigi Massoni, model Brumbury. Wear due to time and age of the lamp.
Metal
Brumbury Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in bruxelles, BE
Lamp in plastic and metal by Luigi Massoni, model Brumbury. Double switch to choose to light a part or the whole. Wear due to time and age of the lamp.
Metal
Brumbury Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in bruxelles, BE
Grey plastic and metal lamp by Luigi Massoni, Brumbury model. Double switch for choosing to light part or all of the lamp. Wear due to time and age of the lamp.
Metal
Brumbury Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in bruxelles, BE
White plastic and metal lamp by Luigi Massoni. Model: Brumbury. Double switch to choose to light a part or the whole. Wear due to time and age of the lamp. For shipping, request us f...
Metal
Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in bruxelles, BE
Lamp in plastic and metal. Wear marks on the cylinder (see photo) wear due to time and age of the lamp.
Metal
Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in bruxelles, BE
White plastic and metal lamp. Double switch to choose to light a part or the whole. Wear due to time and age of the lamp.
Metal
Sold
H 17.33 in Dm 18.12 in
Brumbury Table Lamp chrome and white by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini Italy, 1970s
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stylish and iconic table and/or desk lamp 'Brumbury' designed by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini. The top consists of a white acrylic shade twisted with a chrome ring and is attached with ...
Metal, Chrome
Large "Brumbury" Table Lamp By Luigi Massoni For Guzzini
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Paris, FR
A fabulous large "Brumbury" table lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini.
Chrome, Metal
Italian Modern Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni, Italy 70s
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Lucija, SI
Wonderful table lamp by Italian manufacturer Guzzini, designed by Luigi Massoni in 1972. This is the rare all-white version of this table lamp. It has four light sources, the top and...
Chrome
Pair of 'Brumbury' Table Lamps by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 'Brumbury' table lamps by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini.
Brumbury Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in bruxelles, BE
Orange plastic and metal lamp by Luigi Massoni, model Brumbury. Double switch to choose to light a part or the wholeWear due to time and age of the lamp.
Metal
Mid-Century Luigi Massoni "Brumbury" Table Lamp For Guzzini, Italy 1969
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni, iGuzzini, Guzzini
Located in London, GB
Offered here is a stunning Italian Mid-Century ‘BRUMBURY’ table lamp, designed by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini in 1969 — a standout piece from the golden age of Italian Modern de...
Steel, Chrome
Sold
H 18.12 in Dm 16.93 in
Vintage Space Age Brumbry/Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini
By Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
An original Guzzini Brumbry / Brumbury table lamp designed by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini.
Chrome
Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in bruxelles, BE
Lamp in plastic and metal. Double switch. Wear marks on the cylinder (see photo) wear due to time and age of the lamp.
Metal
"Brumbury" Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Geneva, CH
"Brumbury" table lamp by Luigi Massoni for iGuzzini Italy, circa 1970. Three lighting options. Very good condition.
Chrome
Stunning 1970s Pop "Brumbury" Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Chrome powder coated steel and cast perspex lamp from Italy, circa early 1970s. This pop beauty has four different light sources and can transcend styles from deco to avant-garde Ita...
Metal
Italian Brumbury Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in London, GB
A fabulous large "Brumbury" table lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini.
Lucite
Table Lamp "Brumbury" by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Wonderful table light by the Italian manufacturer Guzzini and designed by Luigi Massoni in 1972. This is the rare all-white version of this table lamp. It has 4 lightsources, the top...
Chrome
Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Savona, IT
Table lamp designed by Luigi Massoni in 1969 and produced by Guzzini. Chromed and white varnished metal frame. Plexiglass diffuser with chromed metal strip. Double, top or side lig...
Metal
Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, 1970s
By Luigi Massoni, Harvey Guzzini
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Luigi Massoni Producer - Guzzini Model - Brumbury Table Lamp Design Period - Seventies Measurements - Width 50 cm x Depth 50 cm x Height 50 cm Materials - Perspex pl...
Metal
Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Luigi Massoni Producer - Guzzini Model - Brumbury Table Lamp Design Period - Seventies Measurements - Width 50 cm x Depth 50 cm x Height 50 cm Materials - Perspex plastic...
Metal
‘Brumbury’ Lamp Designed by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1969
By Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Chesham, GB
The lamp features a chrome-plated metal base with a space-age acrylic shade. The lamp has a single central bulb with 3 side bulbs.
Chrome
Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, 1970s
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Brumbury table lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, 1970s Designer - Luigi Massoni Producer - Guzzini Model - Brumbury Table Lamp Design Period - Seventies Measurements - Width 50...
Metal
Planet Shaped Pendant Light from Guzzini, 1970s
By Guzzini
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Luigi Massoni Producer - Guzzini Model - Brumbury Table Lamp Design Period - Seventies Measurements - Width 50 cm x Depth 50 cm x Height 50 cm Materials - Perspex plastic...
Metal
Sold
H 16.93 in Dm 17.33 in L 16.93 in
Pair of Brumbury Lamps by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, Italy, circa 1970
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Melbourne, AU
These are by far the loveliest Italian table lamps we've experienced, a wonderfully soothing and uplifting glow casts magic over any room they're lit by. Beautiful both lit and unlit...
Chrome
Lamp 'Brumbury' by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, Italy
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in JM Haarlem, NL
Brumbury table lamp designed by Luigi Massoni, manufactured in 1969 by Harvey Guzzini, Italy.
Metal, Chrome
Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Luigi Massoni Producer - Guzzini Model - Brumbury Table Lamp Design Period - Seventies Measurements - Width 50 cm x Depth 50 cm x Height 50 cm Materials - Perspex plastic...
Metal
Brumbury Table Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, 1970s
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Luigi Massoni Producer - Guzzini Model - Brumbury Table Lamp Design Period - Seventies Measurements - Width 50 cm x Depth 50 cm x Height 50 cm Materials - Perspex plastic...
Metal
Sold
H 16.54 in Dm 18.9 in
Caramel Color Midcentury Brumbury Table Lamp, Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini
By Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Glasgow, GB
A stunning original Harvey Guzzini table lamp. In 1972 Italian designer Luigi Massoni created this glossy Italian mushroom table light, known as Brumbury.
Chrome
Sold
H 17.72 in W 21.66 in D 21.66 in
Luigi Massoni Space Age "Brumbury" Table Lamp for Guzzini, 1969, Set of Two
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Pair of “Brumbury” table lamps designed by Luigi Massoni, manufactured in 1969 by Harvey Guzzini, Italy.
Chrome
Sold
H 18.12 in Dm 16.93 in
Luigi Massoni Space Age "Brumbury" Table Lamp for Guzzini, 1969, Set of Two
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Padova, IT
Pair of “Brumbury” table lamps designed by Luigi Massoni, manufactured in 1969 by Harvey Guzzini, Italy.
Chrome
Table Lamp "Brumbury" by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Amsterdam, NL
wonderful salmon-colored version of the Brumbury (see other listing for the white version) The base, top and shade can be switched on seperately, with 4 lightsources inside. Wonderfu...
Chrome, Steel
Brumbury Lamp by Luigi Massoni, 1972
By Harvey Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Melville, NY
Vintage Brumbury table lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, 1972.
Metal
Table Lamp Brumbury by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini / Iguzzini, 2 available
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Very stylish and iconic table or desk lamp "Brumbury" (also sometimes referred to as "Brumbury") in the rare all-white version; designed by Luigi Massoni in 1972 for Guzzini, Italy.
Metal
1970s Luigi Massoni ‘Brumbury’ Table Lamp for Guzinni Set of Two
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Amstelveen, Noord
1970s Luigi Massoni ‘Brumbury’ table lamp for Guzinni set of two. Beautiful identical patina, these lamps are for 45 year partners.
Metal
$82,000 / set
H 26.78 in W 35.44 in D 61.03 in
Ubald Klug DS-1025 "Terrazza" Sofa for De Sede, Brown Leather, 1974, Set of 4
By Ubald Klug, De Sede
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Ubald Klug DS-1025 "Terrazza" sofas for De Sede, brown leather, Switzerland, 1974, set of four. Ubald Klug designed this rare modular DS-1025 "Terrazza" sofa as a real living landsc...
Leather
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
Sculptural Curved Display or Side Table in Cerused Oak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Large side or coffee table, cerused oak, Europe, 1960s This eccentric large display table or coffee table is made in a precise manner, implementing geometrical shapes and straight l...
Oak
$1,750 / item
H 26 in W 16 in D 16 in
FIN Shade Ceramic Table Lamp, Gold with Black Highlights Glaze, by Kalin Asenov
By Kalin Asenov
Located in Savannah, GA
FIN _Gold Shade Please note that this listing includes the table base, light bulbs and finial. It is wired for use in the US. If you would like a linen shade as shown in the image, i...
Ceramic
$11,700 / set
H 26.58 in W 81.89 in D 87.41 in
Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau 'Losange' King Bed in Red Leather
By Luigi Massoni, Poltrona Frau
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau, double king bed model 'Losange', leather, Italy, 1972 A classic king bed designed by Luigi Massoni in 1972. This bed is upholstered in a beautifully...
Leather
$6,800 / item
H 48 in W 33 in D 2.75 in
Pink Octagonal Faceted Murano Glass and Brass Wall Mirrors, Italy
By Michel Contessa
Located in Miami, FL
Pink octagonal faceted Murano glass and brass wall mirrors, Italy Ready to ship from our Miami gallery, this handcrafted Italian Murano glass wall mirrors features octagonal pink fac...
Brass
Mid-Century Brutalist Wood and Leather Safari Armchair, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
An imposing armchair with leather upholstery. A brutalist design. An imposing yet cozy standalone piece. The combination of dark-stained wood and brown leather is striking. The side...
Leather, Plywood
$7,087 / set
H 27.37 in W 28.94 in D 28.55 in
Lounge chairs 'Natura' by Karin Mobring for IKEA, Sweden, 1970s
By IKEA
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Great pair of saught after 'Natura' lounge chairs designed by Karin Mobring for IKEA, Sweden, during the 1970s. Made in pine and leather. Beautiful patina.
Leather, Pine
Milo Baughman for Directional Ash Burl Drum Form End / Side Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century drum form end / side table with an ash burl wood veneer. (MILO BAUGHMAN FOR DIRECTIONAL FURNITURE COMPANY)
Wood, Ash, Burl
$36,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 22 in W 173 in D 87 in
Guido Faleschini Tucromo Velvet King Size Bed by i4 Mariani, Italy, 1970s
By Guido Faleschini, i4 Mariani
Located in Miami, FL
Rare Original Tucroma king size bed rendered in an original Ink colored (blue-black) velvet with black saddle leather straps and chrome buckles, two integrated four drawer nightstand...
Metal, Chrome
Murano Glass Table Lamp by Carlon Nason, 1970s, Italy
By Carlo Nason
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This striking Murano glass table lamp, designed by Carlo Nason in the 1970s, is a remarkable example of Italian mid-century modern lighting design. Crafted in Italy, the lamp feature...
Murano Glass
$5,788 / item
H 31.5 in Dm 29.53 in
Murano Pink Art Glass and Brass Round Mid-Century Chandelier and Pendants, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Fantastic round chandelier in Murano glass and polished brass. Note the shape of the pink Murano glass tiles, very beautiful and particular. Simple but very elegant linear Murano cha...
Brass
$6,497 / item
H 30.71 in W 58.27 in D 14.97 in
Travertine Console Table inspired by Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Amsterdam, Holland
This minimalist table is crafted from a single material, featuring a softly curved-edge top that rests elegantly on four cylindrical columns, creating a sculptural and architectural ...
Travertine
Customizable Tacchini Julep Sofa by Jonas Wagell
By Jonas Wagell Design & Architecture, Tacchini
Located in New York, NY
Soft, enveloping shapes characterize this family of upholstered pieces. Julep is influenced by the 1950s Avant-Garde movement, drawing upon its simplicity and grandeur, refined by a ...
Fabric
Off White Tree Chandelier SM
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This organic inspired chandelier is a smaller version of the Off White Tree Chandelier. These fixtures combine geometry with botanical aspects. This smaller inspiration has 4 top ope...
Aluminum, Brass
Customizable Marcel Breuer S 285/1 Tubular Steel Desk
By Marcel Breuer
Located in New York, NY
RANGE S 285 It is as though Marcel Breuer had anticipated today’s home offices and mobile computers: The compact tubular steel desk S 285 that he designed is an elegant companion ...
Steel
Luigi Massoni was one of Italy’s most prolific designers and instrumental in the growth of the country’s design industry in the postwar years through his products, advertising campaigns and journalistic work at Italian magazines.
Born in Milan, Massoni trained at the Collettivo di Architettura in Milan and worked as an architect and designer as well as a freelance journalist and consultant. He was involved with many of Italy’s most influential brands, such as Poltrona Frau, the Guzzini group and Alessi. Massoni was hired by Alessi, the legendary housewares and kitchen utensils manufacturer, which had been around since 1921, in the mid-1950s. In 1957, he collaborated with like-minded product designer Carlo Mazzeri on the universally renowned stainless-steel cocktail shaker 870, which, followed by other kitchen containers for the brand, was one of the first objects from Alessi that hadn’t been created in-house.
Together with architect Carlo De Carli, Massoni founded a magazine called Il Mobile Italiano and later Mobilia, an association of Italian furniture makers and one of the first organizations that focused on the promotion of Italian design. In the 1960s, Massoni began to design lamps and serveware for Guzzini, where he also consulted on design and company communications. He designed revolutionary furnishings for the kitchen at Boffi Cucine, producing modular kitchens, cabinets without traditional handles and more.
On 1stDibs, browse a collection of vintage Luigi Massoni vanity tables, sideboards, table lamps and more.
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.
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons.
Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.