$941 / item
Fresnel Wall Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fresnel Wall Lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce.
Aluminum
Fresnel-1148 Outdoor Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fresnel-1148 outdoor lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce.
Aluminum
Fresnel-1148 EC Outdoor Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fresnel-1148/EC Outdoor lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce.
Metal, Aluminum, Zinc
Joe Colombo for Oluce, "Fresnel" Table Lamp, Italy, 1960s
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Naples, IT
An extremely rare and beautiful designer table lamp designed by Joe Colombo for O Luce, featuring the iconic Fresnel lens-shaped glass shade. The transparent, satin-finished glass bo...
Metal
Pair of Joe Colombo 'Fresnel' Wall Lamps in Chrome for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Joe Colombo 'Fresnel' wall lamps in chrome for Oluce. Executed in chrome-plated metal and glass, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury...
Aluminum, Chrome
Pair of Joe Colombo 'Fresnel' Outdoor Wall Lamps in Grey for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Joe Colombo 'Fresnel' outdoor wall lamps in grey for Oluce. Executed in lacquered aluminum and glass, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midce...
Aluminum
Pair of Joe Colombo 'Fresnel' Outdoor Wall Lamps in White for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Joe Colombo 'Fresnel' outdoor wall lamps in white for Oluce. Executed in lacquered aluminum and glass, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midc...
Aluminum
Pair of Joe Colombo 'Fresnel' Outdoor Wall Lamps in Black for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Joe Colombo 'Fresnel' outdoor wall lamps in black for Oluce. Executed in lacquered aluminum and glass, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midc...
Aluminum
Joe Colombo Inside and Outside Wall and Ceiling Lamp 'Fresnel' Black by Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lacquered aluminium support and Fresnel lens diffuser. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Aluminum
Joe Colombo Inside and Outside Wall and Ceiling Lamp 'Fresnel' White by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lacquered aluminium support and Fresnel lens diffuser. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Aluminum
Oluce Fresnel 1148/LBT Outdoor Floor Lamp design Joe Colombo - 220–240V - 4 unit
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Varedo, MB
The Fresnel 1148/LBT, designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce, is an iconic outdoor lighting solution originally conceived in 1966.
Aluminum
$471Sale Price / item|25% Off
Wall Light Fresnel Joe Colombo for Oluce Midcentury White Exsterior Lighting
By Joe Colombo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Fresnel Joe Colombo for oluce midcentury Italia design white Exsterior lighting.
Metal
Joe Colombo, Fresnel, Oluce, cast aluminium, Italy 1966
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR
White lacquered aluminum support and Fresnel lens diffuser. Made by the Italian brand Oluce, Fresnel is a lamp created by Joe Colombo .
Aluminum
Pair of "Fresnel" Sconces by Tito Agnoli for Oluce
By Tito Agnoli, Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of "Fresnel" Sconces by Tito Agnoli for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960s.
Brass, Metal
Rare ‘Fresnel’ Table Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
‘Fresnel’ Table Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce Italy, 1966.
Nickel
Model 1151 'Fresnel' Sconces by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Model 1151 sconces by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy circa 1965. Thick molded glass is housed between an enameled white hickey-shaped bracket. Bras...
Brass, Steel
Pair of Model 1139 Fresnel Sconces by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Model 1139 Fresnel sconces by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960s.
Metal
Pair of Model 1139 Fresnel Sconces by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Model 1139 Fresnel sconces by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960's.
Metal, Brass
Pair of Model 1151 'Fresnel' Sconces by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Model 1151 sconces by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy circa 1965. Thick molded glass is housed between a powder coated sage green hickey-shaped brac...
Brass, Steel
Sold
H 8.27 in W 7.09 in D 9.85 in
Joe Colombo fo Oluce Italian "Fresnel" Glass Metal Sconces Wall Light 1960s
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian midcentury modern design set of two sconces wall lamps “Fresnel” model designed by Joe Colombo and produced by Oluce from 1760s with thick moulded opaque glass cylindrical di...
Metal
Pair of Model 1148 Fresnel Wall/Ceiling Lights by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model 1148 Fresnel wall/ceiling lights by Joe Colombo for Oluce.
Brass, Steel
Pair of Joe Colombo Fresnel Sconces
By Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom backplates for U.S. rewired, original sockets.
Metal
Joe Colombo "Fresnel" Sconces
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aluminum and Fresnel glass. Retains original label.
Aluminum
Joe Colombo for Luce Fresnel Wall Lamp, Italy, 1960s
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Naples, IT
A small lamp, a spot on the wall, those ten centimetres in diameter that you can grip with one hand, but in reality its glass is a lens, a Fresnel lens. And then the light that comes...
Metal
Quattro Lampade Oluce Fresnel Design di Joe Colombo anni 70-80
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, IT
Set di lampade da soffitto o parete per ambienti domestici o esterni disegnate negli anni '60 da Joe Colombo. They feature a black enameled metal body and a glass diffuser in Fresnel...
Metal
Pair of "Fresnel" Sconces by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of original Fresnel sconces by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960s.
Metal
Sold
H 10 in W 7 in D 10 in
Rare Pair of 1st Edition Model 1139 Fresnel Sconces by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Rare 1st Edition Model 1139 Fresnel sconces by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960's.
Metal, Brass
Sold
H 4.53 in Dm 3.94 in
White & Clear Glass Shade 1966 "Fresnel" Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce, Set of 3
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Varese, Lombardia
White painted metal body with fresnel glass shade and four metal fasteners. The lamps can be fixed to the wall or ceiling as well. Very good vintage condition: one small dent on a gl...
Metal
Sold
H 8.67 in W 7.09 in D 10.24 in
Pair Wall Light Sconces Fresnel Joe Colombo for Oluce 1960 White Made in Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair wall light Sconces Fresnel Joe Colombo for Oluce 1960 white Made in Italy.
Metal
Sold
H 6.3 in W 5.52 in D 7.88 in
Joe Clombo Tree Wall Light Sconces "Fresnel" Manufacture O-Luce 1966
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Tree wall light metal fire painted on grey , lent glass called "Fresnel" that give the name at this sconces, designed by Joe Colombo 1966. Published on "Repertorio" G.Gramigna -Ed...
$2,121 / item
H 4.15 in W 5.35 in D 7.75 in
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconce
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' verdigris patinated outdoor sconce. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in rich v...
Metal
$4,250 / set
H 15.75 in W 5 in D 3 in
Brass and Murano Glass Sconces, Mid-Century Modern Style, Italy, New Design
Located in Austin, TX
Petite sconces from Murano, Italy made with smoked glass stamped into a lovely curved shape with texture. The brass structure has been newly wired to fit US standards. This pair is...
Brass
$4,242 / set
H 7.25 in W 4.5 in D 6.25 in
Pair of Jonas Bohlin 'Oxid' Darkly Patinated Outdoor Wall Lights for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB, Jonas Bohlin
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Jonas Bohlin 'Oxid' Darkly Patinated Outdoor Wall Lights for Örsjö. Executed in richly patinated metal with an opaline glass diffuser. An incredibly refined and clean geometr...
Metal
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
LU Louis Sconce AS
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome LU Louis sconce AS. An all brass wall sconce in an aged silver finish with patterned perforations by Lumfardo Luminaires. Made contemporary in the US. Multiples available fo...
Brass, Nickel
$3,305 / item
H 14 in W 48 in D 8 in
4-foot Pendant Light in Black Walnut with Brass Fixtures by Hinterland Design
By Hinterland Design
Located in Vancouver, BC
It’s believed that ancient Egyptians may have had the technology to harness electricity and create light thousands of years ago. This technology is referred to as the light of the De...
Brass
Okla Cotton Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel
Located in Geneve, CH
Okla Cotton Wall Sconce by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: D 12 x W 24 x H 38 cm. Materials: Cotton. Custom options available on request. Please contact us. All our lamps can be wired...
Cotton
Murano Sputnik Spherical Green Glass and Brass Chandelier
Located in Roma, Lazio
A fantastic emerald green sputnik, with a surprising design and for its very low height, which allows it to fit in both high and low ceilings. Very elegant, it will furnish and decor...
Brass
LU Swing Sconce
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful brass LU swing sconce made by Lumfardo Luminaires in patinated brass. Wired with an E26 medium based socket. Light bulb provided as well as all mounting hardware. Priced in...
Brass
$6,300 / item
H 16 in W 58 in D 32 in
Organic Shaped Modern Nesting Coffee Tables by Last Workshop, Walnut
By Last Workshop
Located in Chicago, IL
Organic shaped nesting coffee tables by Last Workshop, 2023 Solid walnut, natural finish Table one: 58" x 32" x 16"H Table two: 46" x 25" x 13.5" If not in stock, current productio...
Hardwood, Walnut
Swedish Designer, Pendant Light, Brass, Glass, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and etched glass pendant light designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1940s. Oxidation present to brass Wear consistent with age and use Overall Dimensions (inches): "H x "W ...
Brass
Single Ceiling Mount by Adrasteia
By Adrasteia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Single Ceiling Mount by Adrasteia. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960. Minimal and classic looking flush mount with enameled metal frame and reeded, clear glass diffuser....
Aluminum, Steel
$856 / item
H 3 in W 18.9 in D 4.1 in
Charlotte Perriand 'Applique Cylindrique Longue' Wall Lamp in White
By Charlotte Perriand, Nemo Lighting 1
Located in Glendale, CA
Charlotte Perriand 'Applique Cylindrique Longue' wall lamp in white. Perriand's iconic 'Applique Cylindrique' features a unique pivoting shade that combines form with function, allo...
Metal, Aluminum
$677 / item
H 3 in W 6.3 in D 4.1 in
Charlotte Perriand 'Applique Cylindrique Petite' Wall Lamp in Light Blue
By Nemo Lighting 1, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Glendale, CA
Charlotte Perriand 'Applique Cylindrique Petite' wall lamp in light blue. Perriand's iconic 'Applique Cylindrique' features a unique pivoting shade that combines form with function,...
Metal, Aluminum
Military Canvas and Blackened Steel Sofa V1
By Stephen Kenn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Conceived in 2011, this sofa design was the first piece in The Inheritance Collection by Stephen Kenn. Beginning from a place of curiosity about how furniture was constructed, the co...
Steel
Modern Murano Glass Wall Sconces, Hand Blown with Brass Structure
Located in Austin, TX
Murano glass wall sconces from the island of Murano in Italy. This hand blown pair has beautiful layers of textured glass mounted on a brass structure. The top layer has gentle curve...
Murano Glass
He died tragically young, and his career as a designer lasted little more than 10 years. But through the 1960s, Joe Colombo proved himself one of the field’s most provocative and original thinkers, and he produced a remarkably large array of innovative chairs, table lamps and other lighting and furniture as well as product designs. Even today, the creations of Joe Colombo have the power to surprise.
Cesare “Joe” Colombo was born in Milan, the son of an electrical-components manufacturer. He was a creative child — he loved to build huge structures from Meccano pieces — and in college he studied painting and sculpture before switching to architecture.
In the early 1950s, Colombo made and exhibited paintings and sculptures as part of an art movement that responded to the new Nuclear Age, and futuristic thinking would inform his entire career. He took up design not long after his father fell ill in 1958, and he and his brother, Gianni, were called upon to run the family company.
Colombo expanded the business to include the making of plastics — a primary material in almost all his later designs. One of his first, made in collaboration with his brother, was the Acrilica table lamp (1962), composed of a wave-shaped piece of clear acrylic resin that diffused light cast by a bulb concealed in the lamp’s metal base. A year later, Colombo produced his best-known furniture design, the Elda armchair (1963): a modernist wingback chair with a womb-like plastic frame upholstered in thick leather pads.
Portability and adaptability were keynotes of many Colombo designs, made for a more mobile society in which people would take their living environments with them. One of his most striking pieces is the Tube chair (1969). It comprises four foam-padded plastic cylinders that fit inside one another. The components, which are held together by metal clips, can be configured in a variety of seating shapes (his Additional Living System seating is similarly versatile).
Vintage Tube chairs generally sell for about $9,000 in good condition; Elda chairs for about $7,000. A small Colombo design such as the plastic Boby trolley — an office organizer on wheels, designed in 1970 — is priced in the range of $700.
As Colombo intended, his designs are best suited to a modern decor. If your tastes run to sleek, glossy Space Age looks, the work of Joe Colombo offers you a myriad of choices.
Find vintage Joe Colombo lamps, seating and other furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
From the kitchen to the bedroom and everywhere in between, there is one major part of home decor that you definitely want to master: lighting. Carefully selected vintage sconces and wall lights can do wonders in establishing mood and highlighting your distinctive personality.
We’re a long way from the candelabra-inspired chandeliers of the medieval era. Lighting is no longer merely practical, and lighting designers have been creating and reinventing lighting solutions for eons. Because of the advancements crafted by these venturesome makers, we now have the opportunity to bring unique, customizable lighting solutions into our homes.
It’s never been easier to create dramatic bedrooms, cozy kitchen areas and cheerful bars than it is today. Think of an elegant wall sconce as functional and as a work of art, adding both light and style to your hallways, whimsical kids’ rooms and elsewhere.
When choosing a lighting solution, first determine what your needs are: Will you opt for a moody or a bright feel? The room that will serve as your home office will need adequate lighting — think “the brighter, the better” for this particular setting.
For the bedroom, bedside wall lamps with warm-temperature bulbs instead of bedside table lamps could be the way to go to induce a sense of calm or intimacy. Try to match the style of the wall light or sconce that you’re installing to the overall design scheme of your room. It’s never “just a light.” You should approach the lighting of a room with a mindset that is one part practical and one part aesthetics-driven.
Let 1stDibs help you set the mood with the right antique and vintage wall lights and sconces for your home. Our collection includes every kind of fixture, from sculptural works by Austrian craftsman J.T. Kalmar to chic industrial-style wall sconces, from adjustable painted aluminum wall lamps designed by Artemide to a wide variety of minimalist mid-century modern masterpieces.