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Italian Mid-Century Glass Cone Desk Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century desk lamp with a black pivoting steel ball and glass cone base with a black
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Glass

Italian Desk Lamp in Bronze and Silver
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A stunning Italian mid-century desk lamp. The lamps manufacturer is unknown but labelled
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Italian Desk Lamp in Bronze and Silver
Italian Desk Lamp in Bronze and Silver
H 14.97 in W 7.88 in D 3.55 in
Italian Mid-Century Brass-Covered Desk Lamp with Green Shade 'circa 1950s'
Located in London, GB
Italian mid-century desk lamp with green shade (circa 1950s). A classic desk lamp with Art Deco
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Selection of Petite French and Italian Desk Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Petite French & Italian midcentury desk lamps, circa 1930s-1950s. From left to right
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Mid-Century Italian Desk Lamp, Italy
By Oscar Torlasco
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-Century Italian desk or table lamp. Ivory enamel shade on an angular brass neck and marble base
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Enamel

Mid-century desk lamp Italy 1960s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Step back in time to the swinging '60s with this stylish Italian vintage adjustable desk lamp
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid-century desk lamp Italy 1960s
Mid-century desk lamp Italy 1960s
H 20.48 in W 8.67 in D 11.82 in
A Mid-century Italian Yellow Desk Lamp
Located in London, GB
Italy, circa 1950 A mid-century Italian desk lamp with yellow enamel diablo shaped shade and
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Mid-20th Century Italian Table Lamps

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Enamel, Chrome

A Mid-century Italian Yellow Desk Lamp
A Mid-century Italian Yellow Desk Lamp
H 11.42 in W 7.09 in D 9.06 in
Mid-Century Red Desk Lamp Italy 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage adjustable gooseneck desk lamp made in Italy in the '70s. The lamp is completely metal, has
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century Stilux Milano Italy Desk Lamp
By Stilux
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stylish desk lamp by Stilux Milano. Chromed and light grey lacquered metal desk lamp.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century Stilux Milano Italy Desk Lamp
Mid-Century Stilux Milano Italy Desk Lamp
H 15.75 in W 7.88 in D 5.12 in
Italian Mid Century Modern Desk Lamp, 1960s
By Stilnovo, Stilux
Located in Paris, FR
Stylish Italian 20th-century vintage desk lamp with a bright red original rotatable shade and
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

 Italian Mid Century Modern Desk Lamp, 1960s
 Italian Mid Century Modern Desk Lamp, 1960s
H 15.36 in W 8.67 in D 8.67 in
1980s Mid-Century Modern Italian Desk Lamp
Located in New York, NY
1980s adjustable Italian desk lamp, in vintage original condition. Well made and very heavy.
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Italian Mid-Century Tripod Desk Lamp, 1950s
Located in Lisboa, PT
This desk lamp was designed and produced in Italy, during the 1950's. It has an elegant design with
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Chrome, Aluminum

Italian Mid-Century Tripod Desk Lamp, 1950s
Italian Mid-Century Tripod Desk Lamp, 1950s
H 14.57 in W 11.82 in D 11.42 in
Mid-century cherry desk lamp Eyeball Italy 60s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
The vintage desk lamp Eyeball made in Italy in the '60s. This table lamp is completely metal. The
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century White Desk Lamp Eyeball Italy 60s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
The vintage desk lamp Eyeball made in Italy in the '60s. This table lamp is completely metal. The
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Desk Lamp, Italy, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Desk Lamp, Italy, 1960s
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Vintage 1960s Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Desk Lamp, Italy, 1960s
Mid-Century Modern Desk Lamp, Italy, 1960s
H 12.41 in W 12.41 in D 12.41 in
Mid-century Wicker & Wood Desk Lamp, 1950s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Mid-century wicker & wood desk lamp, 1950s, Italy Lampshade is in good condition and very clean
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Wicker, Wood

Mid-Century Modern Italian Desk Lamp, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Italian Desk Lamp, 1950s
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Vintage 1950s Table Lamps

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Chrome

1950s Mid-Century Modern Solid Brass Italian Desk Lamp
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This lamp is representative of 1950s Mid-Century Modern Italian design, blending clean, functional
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Desk Lamp in the Style Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
An elegant Mid-Century Modern table lamp displaying the timelessness and modern engineering craft
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Mid-20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Steel, Chrome

Mid-Century Pop Art Desk Table Lamp, Italy 1970
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Mid-Century Pop Art Desk Table Lamp, Italy 1970. perfect vintage condition. e14 bulb
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Desk Lamp, Green Ceramic, Italy
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Desk Lamp, Green Ceramic, Italy
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20th Century Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Mid-Century Modern Italian Travertine Desk Lamp, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Italian Travertine Desk Lamp, 1970s
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Vintage 1970s Table Lamps

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Travertine

Mid-Century Flying Saucer Adjustable Red Desk Lamp, Italian
Located in London, GB
The sleek flat base, a hallmark of mid-century aesthetics, provides stability and a sense of
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Table Desk or Bedside Lamps, Articulate Italy Mid-Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Articulate vintage desk lamps in great condition, Italy around 1970 Very cool petite articulate
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Steel, Chrome

1970s Mid-Century Modern Gilt Metal Italian Adjustable Desk Lamp
By Reggiani
Located in Aci Castello, IT
desk. The 1970s Mid-Century Modern gilt metal and black plastic Italian adjustable desk lamp
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century Stilnovo Desk Lamp, Glass and Brass, Italy, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Stilnovo Desk Lamp, Glass and Brass, Italy, 1950s
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Glass

Mid-Century Modern Metal and Wood Desk Lamp, Italy, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Metal and Wood Desk Lamp,Italy, 1970s
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Vintage 1970s Italian Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair of Mid Century Italian Modern Artemide Desk Lamps Adjustable Height
By Artemide
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Mid Century Italian Modern Artemide Desk Lamps Adjustable Height
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Chrome

Rare Articulated Sculptural Italian Desk Lamp, 1980s Mid-Century Modern
Located in Rome, IT
This rare table lamp can be folded or shaped in all the desired ways thanks to its extreme
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Nickel

Mid-Century Modern Red Italian Desk Lamp, Metal and Glass, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern red Italian desk lamp, metal and glass, 1960s European Red part is metal.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century Italian Table Lamp
By Fontana Arte
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-Century Italian table lamp. High quality construction and attention to detail comprising a cut
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Italian Table Lamp
Mid-Century Italian Table Lamp
H 28 in W 17.75 in D 12 in
Italian Mid-Century Modern Cantilevered Table / Desk Lamp, Attr. to Arredoluce
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in New York, NY
An original, daring Italian Mid-Century Modern table lamp circa 1950 attributed to Arredoluce and
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Steel, Nickel, Metal

Gino Sarfatti Stilnovo Mid Century Modern Italian Desk Lamp! 1950s Yellow Rare!
By Stilnovo, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Peoria, AZ
the coolest mid century modern desk lamps ever made! Very fine vintage condition with age appropriate
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid Century Modern Italian Chrome Desk Lamp by Raymor, 1970's
By Raymor
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Rare high-polished chrome desk lamp by Raymor, Italy. Professionally rewired.
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Desk Lamp Attributed Stilnovo, Marble, Brass, Plastic - Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Girona, Girona
Adjustable desk lamp, white marble base and polished brass flexible arm, green translucent plastic
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Marble, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Metal and Wood Desk Lamp, Italy, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Metal and Wood Desk Lamp,Italy, 1970s
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Vintage 1970s Table Lamps

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Metal

Italian Desk Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960 desk lamp pivoting shade and the base.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Italian Desk Lamp
Italian Desk Lamp
H 19 in W 10.5 in D 14.5 in
Vintage c1970s Italian Mid Century Modern Adjustable Brass Desk Table Lamp MINT!
By Achille Castiglioni, Flos
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Vintage c1970s Italian Mid Century Modern Adjustable Brass Desk Table Lamp MINT!
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Composition, Brass

1950 Arredoluce Attributed Mid-Century Modern Brass and Marble Italian Desk Lamp
By Arredoluce, Oscar Torlasco
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A desk lamp in white Carrara marble, brass and aluminum, it has been manufactured in Italy probably
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, Brass, Aluminum

Maurizio Tempestini Italian Laurel Lamp Mid Century MCM Brass Good Design 1950s
By Maurizio Tempestini, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Peoria, AZ
ITALIAN FOR LAUREL LAMP! MID CENTURY MODERN DESK TABLE ACCENT LAMP! STUNNING BRASS DESIGN! CIRCA
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Gold

Italian Mid Century Guzzini Arc Lamp
By Harvey Guzzini
Located in Houston, TX
Italian chrome and travertine arc desk lamp ivy Harvey Guzzini Harvey Guzzini is famed for his
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Travertine, Chrome

Italian Mid Century Guzzini Arc Lamp
Italian Mid Century Guzzini Arc Lamp
H 23.75 in W 18.25 in D 6 in
Vintage Italian Arch Chrome & Steel Table Desk Lamp Mid-Century Modern, 1980
Located in Miami, FL
Italian 1980 Mid-Century Modern chrome & steel desk lamp with swing arch stem. The round base has
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Chrome, Steel

Rare & Lovely Mid-Century Modern Diabolo Table Lamp Desk Light Italy 1960s
Located in Munich, DE
Extremely rare, highly decorative and articulated Mid-Century Modern diabolo table lamp or desk
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Copper, Metal

DUO))) Mid-century Murano Glass Desk/Table Lamp, Italy, 1970s, Great!
By Mazzega
Located in Firenze, FI
Set gorgeous small Murano original table/desk lamps White/clear marble glass table lamp from
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Vintage 1970s Italian Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

1960's French Mid-Century Desk Lamp
Located in Paris, FR
A fantastic mid-century vintage green articulating desk light designed with a quality steel
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Steel

Table Lamps Design of Nordic Style Office Desk Brass Mid-Century Modern, Italy
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
great producer of lighting in the mid-20th century along with Italy and the Nordic countries. Companies
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Large Mid-Century Modern Hand Blown Glass and Chrome Table / Desk Lamp, Italian
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-Century Modern hand blown Murano Glass and Chrome Table / Desk Lamp, Italian Blown Glass
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Blown Glass

Italian Mid-Century Modern Table / Desk Lamp #600 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in New York, NY
Anachronistic Italian Mid-Century table lamp #600 with Vinyl Sack filled with lead pellets as the
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Italian Piano - Desk Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Desk or Piano lamp pivoting shade and adjustable height. Lamp is original from the period .   
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Italian Piano - Desk Lamp
Italian Piano - Desk Lamp
H 17 in W 8 in D 14 in
Tommaso Barbi Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Leaf Desk Lamp, 1970s, Italy
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in Vienna, AT
Tommaso Barbi Mid-Century Modern vintage large desk lamp or table lamp, which was designed by
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Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

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Brass

Small Italian flexible desk lamp
Located in London, GB
Small Italian flexible desk lamp. Shade repainted. Stylish designer desk or table lamp.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Small Italian flexible desk lamp
Small Italian flexible desk lamp
H 13 in W 5.91 in D 9.45 in
Mid-century modern brass adjustable desk or table lamp by Stilux, Italy 1960
By Stilux
Located in Renens, CH
Elegant adjustable table or desk lamp designed and manufactured by Stilux, Italy around 1960. The
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, Metal, Brass

1960s, Italian, Industrial Desk Lamp
Located in London, London
Desk lamp. White painted metal shade. Steel stem. Italy 1960s.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

1960s, Italian, Industrial Desk Lamp
1960s, Italian, Industrial Desk Lamp
H 15.36 in W 9.45 in D 6.3 in
Stilnovo, Mid-Century Lacquer and Chrome Articulated Desk Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Catania, CT
Good vintage condition with normal trace of age and use for this desk lamp produced by Stilnovo
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Chrome Adjustable Desk Light, Italy, 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern chrome adjustable desk light, Italy, 1960s Very sculptural yet practical. Base
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Chrome

Brass desk lamp – Italy 1940
Located in Girona, Girona
Polished brass desk lamp with a ball joint on the base to tilt the arm and shade adjustment system
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Brass desk lamp – Italy 1940
Brass desk lamp – Italy 1940
H 18.9 in W 13.78 in D 12.6 in
Italian Architectural Desk Brass Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian brass table - desk lamp, sign on the base as shown on the photos. Pivoting neck of the lamp
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Italian Architectural Desk Brass Lamp
Italian Architectural Desk Brass Lamp
H 20 in W 8.5 in D 19.5 in
Mid-Century Stilux Milano Set of 2 Brass & Metal Table-Desk Lamp, 1950s, Italy
By Stilux
Located in Palermo, IT
Pair of delightful adjustable table or desk lamps in light green lacquered metal, with rod in brass
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Metal

1960s Italian Adjustable Desk Lamp
By Louis Kalff
Located in London, GB
A 1960s Italian Desk Lamp. The domed shade is fully adjustable and casts a very nice down-light
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Brass

Pair of Italian Desk Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of industrial Italian desk lamp. Each desk lamp have double bulb socket.
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Chrome

Pair of Italian Desk Lamps
Pair of Italian Desk Lamps
H 14 in W 5 in D 22 in
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Italian Mid Century Desk Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal Italian mid century desk lamp for your home. Frequently made of metal, brass and plastic, every Italian mid century desk lamp was constructed with great care. Find 445 options for an antique or vintage Italian mid century desk lamp now, or shop our selection of 6 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Italian mid century desk lamp, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right Italian mid century desk lamp, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Neoclassical and Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one Italian mid century desk lamp that is appealing in its simplicity, but Stilnovo, Stilux and Joe Colombo produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is an Italian Mid Century Desk Lamp?

Prices for an Italian mid century desk lamp start at $1 and top out at $13,400 with the average selling for $1,564.

A Close Look at mid-century-modern Furniture

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.

Finding the Right table-lamps for You

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.