Mid-Century Modern "Tulip" Table Lamp by Laurel Lamp Co.
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in San Diego, CA
Highly desirable MCM "tulip" table lamp by Laurel Lamp Co., circa 1960s.
Metal
Vintage Tulip Lamp by Laurel in Orange
By Laurel
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Tulip lamp by Laurel in Orange Some minor loss and aging to original orange enamel paint (as shown).
Metal
Vintage Mid Century Modern Brass "Tulip" Table Lamp by Laurel Lamp Co.
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Brass "Tulip" Table Lamp by Laurel Lamp Co. with White Glass Shade.
Brass
1960s Brass Table Tulip Floor Lamp by Bill Curry for Laurel
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant floor lamp with glass table by Bill Curry for Laurel Lamps.
Brass
Pair of Laurel Teardrop Tulip Brushed Metal Table Lamps
By Laurel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of teardrop/ tulip table lamps designed in the 1960s/1970s by Laurel Co. and in the shape of Hershey kisses.
Metal
Tulip Base Walnut and Chrome Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Elegant tulip base walnut and chrome table lamp. Atr. to Laurel.
Chrome
Square Tulip Base Champagne or Wine Style White Frosted Glass Floor Lamp
By Laurel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern tulip base champagne style Laurel floor lamp.
Glass
Modern Tulip Bedside Table Lamp or Desk Lamp by Designline in Retro Orange
By Design Line, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp, desk lamp or bedside lamp. It features a classic retro orange cast aluminum base with mouth blown frosted white glass shade in an acorn form. It tak...
Aluminum
Modern Tulip Bedside Table Lamp or Desk Lamp by Designline in Avocado Green
By Design Line, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp, desk lamp or bedside lamp. It features a classic avocado green cast aluminum base with mouth blown frosted white glass shade in an acorn form. It ta...
Aluminum
Modern Tulip Bedside Table Lamp or Desk Lamp by Designline in Mustard Yellow
By Design Line, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp, desk lamp or bedside lamp. It features a glossy mustard yellow cast aluminum base with mouth blown frosted white glass shade in an acorn form. It ta...
Aluminum
Pair of "Tulip" Table Lamps by Laurel Lamp Company
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic pair of 1970s table lamps were created by the Laurel Lighting Comapany and are known as the "Tulip Lamp".
Chrome
1970s Chrome and Lucite "Tulip" Table Lamp by Laurel
By Stiffel, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Winnipeg, Manitoba
A stunning chrome and Lucite table lamp from the 1970s designed and produced by the Laurel Lamp Company.
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Tulip Table Lamp by Design Line
By Design Line, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp after Laurel Lamp company.
Metal
Pair of Laurel Tulip Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in New Windsor, NY
Beautifully restored brushed metal tulip form table lamps for Laurel Lamp Company. Newly rewired.
Aluminum
Laurel Lamp Company Tulip Table Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Laurel Lamp Company table or bedside lamps, U.S.A.
Brass
Pair of Laurel Tulip Base Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Laurel tulip base table lamps. Simple streamline tulip design with switches on bases.
Metal, Brass
Brass Tone Laurel Tulip Floor Lamp
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Hanover, MA
Laurel floor lamp with brass shaft, tapered tulip form square base in brass electroplate, and original ovoid opaline glass shade set in a brass anodized aluminum organic form goblet.
Chrome Swing Arm Tulip Floor Lamp by Laurel Lamp Co.
By Laurel, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA, 1960s Chrome swing arm tulip floor lamp by Laurel Lamp Co. Signed LLC on the underside of the weighted base.
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Tulip Brass Floor Lamp by Laurel
By Laurel, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stylish Mid-Century Modern floor lamp designed and manufactured by Laurel Lamp Co, in the United States circa 196s0s.
Brass
Pair of Chrome Tulip Form Laurel Table Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Peabody, MA
Pair of tulip form Laurel table lamps in chromed cast metal, circa 1960s, with original shades and finials.
Chrome, Steel
Tulip Glass Floor Lamp by Gerald Thurst for Laurel
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Lake Worth, FL
The lamp's tulip-like form is topped with a hand-blown frosted glass shade made in Italy and it retains the original Laurel label.
Metal
Laurel Teak Floor Lamp with Tulip Base, ca. early 1960s
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Peabody, MA
Laurel floor lamp with teak shaft, tapered tulip form base, and original conical mushroom glass shade.
Brass
Tulip Base Nickel Metal Floor Lamps by Laurel, Circa 1960
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Rochester, NY
Matching pair of minimalist designed tulip base nickel metal floor lamps by Laurel Lamp Company w/ the original cylindrical nickel finials and cloth shades.
Nickel
Pair of Laurel Brass Wishbone & Wood Torchiere Floor Lamps - Tulip Bases
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare High Quality Pair of Mid Century Modern "Wishbone" Brass and Solid Wood Vintage Torchiere Lamps by Laurel. The pair features unique sculptural form, glass torchiere shades, tuli...
Brass
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H 58 in W 10 in D 10 in
Laurel Lamp Co Square Tulip Base Yellow Metal Midcentury Floor Lamps, a Pair
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Laurel Lamp Co. Square Tulip base yellow metal midcentury floor pole lamps - a pair.
Metal
Mid Century Walnut & Brass by Laurel Floor Lamp with Tulip Shade
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-Century Modern floor lamp with tulip frosted Italian glass shade, circa the 1960s. This piece features a unique walnut stem and a sculptural brass finished base. Equipped with a ...
Brass
Laurel Lamp Company Mushroom Floor Lamp
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Fulton, CA
Iconic mushroom floor lamp with tulip base by Laurel lamp Company. 57 inches high. 12.5 inch diameter.
Steel
1960s Glass Mushroom Laurel Table Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Three Laurel tulip based lamps, circa early 1960s. There are two table lamps on a polished brass and the other is a satin finished steel.
Metal
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Green Tulip Shape Table Lamps by Laurel
By Laurel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Original Painted Metal, New Linen Shades Condition: Newly Rewired, New Linen Shades, Original Paint Finish
Metal
Sold
H 67 in W 10 in D 10 in
Tulip Floor Torchiere in Brass by Gerald Thurston for Laurel Lamp Company
By Gerald Thurston, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Wilton, CT
The Laurel Lamp Company was one of the most prolific manufacturers of designer lighting in the midcentury.
Brass
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H 16 in Dm 55.25 in
1960's Mid-Century Modern Laurel Lighting Tulip Brass & Smoked Glass Floor Lamp
By Laurel Lamp Company, Gerald Thurston
Located in Burbank, CA
It’s the classic tulip lamp with a brass base and stem, and has a smoked glass end table.
Brass
Laurel Chrome Tulip Form Lamps c.1970
Located in New York, NY
Pair of chrome tulip form lamps, by the Laurel Lamp Company, c. 1970.
Chrome, Brass
Modern Tulip Bedside Table Lamp or Desk Lamp by Designline in Black
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp, desk lamp or bedside lamp. It features a satin black cast aluminum base with mouth blown frosted white glass shade in an acorn form. It takes one st...
Aluminum
Modern Tulip Bedside Table Lamp or Desk Lamp by Designline in Gold Brass
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp, desk lamp or bedside lamp. It features a brushed brass cast aluminum base with mouth blown frosted white glass shade in an acorn form. It takes one ...
Aluminum, Brass
Modern Tulip Bedside Table Lamp or Desk Lamp by Designline in Lemon Yellow
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp, desk lamp or bedside lamp. It features a glossy yellow cast aluminum base with mouth blown frosted white glass shade in an acorn form. It takes one ...
Aluminum
Modern Tulip Bedside Table Lamp or Desk Lamp by Designline in Silver Nickel
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp, desk lamp or bedside lamp. It features a brushed nickel on cast aluminum base with mouth blown frosted white glass shade in an acorn form. It takes ...
Aluminum, Nickel
Modern Tulip Bedside Table Lamp or Desk Lamp by Designline in Light Orange
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp, desk lamp or bedside lamp. It features a glossy light orange cast aluminum base with mouth blown frosted white glass shade in an acorn form. It take...
Aluminum
Modern Tulip Bedside Table Lamp or Desk Lamp by Designline in White with Glass
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp, desk lamp or bedside lamp. It features a white satin cast aluminum base with mouth blown frosted white glass shade in an acorn form. It takes one st...
Aluminum
Modern Tulip Bedside Table Lamp or Desk Lamp by Designline in Green with Glass
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp, desk lamp or bedside lamp. It features a glossy green cast aluminum base with mouth blown frosted white glass shade in an acorn form. It takes one s...
Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Tulip Table Lamp by Designline in Brass with White Glass
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp after Laurel Lamp company.
Aluminum, Brass
Pair of Mid Century Tulip Stemlite Lamps by Designline in Nickel & White Glass
By Design Line, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous matching pair of tulip form table lamps after Laurel Lamp Company These feature nickel plated cast aluminum bases with mouth blown frosted white glass shades.
Aluminum, Nickel
Mid-Century Modern Tulip Table Lamp by Designline in Yellow with White Glass
By Design Line, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp after Laurel Lamp company.
Aluminum, Brass
Pair of Mid Century Tulip Mushroom Lamps by Designline in Yellow & White Glass
By Design Line, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous matching pair of tulip form table lamps after the Laurel Lamp company.
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Tulip Table Lamp by DesignLine in Green with White Glass
By Design Line, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp after Laurel Lamp company.
Aluminum, Brass
Laurel Floor Lamp with Tulip Base, ca. early 1960s
Located in Peabody, MA
Laurel floor lamp with walnut shaft, tapered tulip form square bass in brass, and original ovoid glass shade.
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Tulip Table Lamps by Designline in White on White Glass
By Design Line, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous matching pair of tulip form table lamps after Laurel Lamp Company These feature white powder coated cast aluminum bases with mouth blown frosted white glass shades.
Aluminum, Nickel
Pair of Mid-Century Tulip Table Lamps by Designline in Green with White Glass
By Design Line, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous matching pair of tulip form table lamps after Laurel Lamp Company These feature green powder coated cast aluminum bases with mouth blown frosted white glass shades.
Aluminum, Nickel
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H 54 in W 12.5 in D 12.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Laurel Mushroom Shade floor Lamp attributed to Bill Curry fo
By Bill Curry & Design Line
Located in Asheville, NC
Stainless steel tulip base Laurel lamp with white mushroom globe.
Metal, Steel
Laurel Lamp Co. Mid-Century Modern Rosewood and Metal Tulip Base Floor Lamp
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Handsome floor lamp made by high quality lighting manufacturer, Laurel Lamp Company of Newark, NJ. This heavy and well-made lamp has a brushed metal base, a rosewood veneered stem, a...
Metal
Mid-Century Brass Tulip Table Lamp by Laurel Co.
By Bill Curry, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Wonderful Laurel lamp designed by Bill Curry. Featuring a white frosted glass globe on a brass tulip base.
Brass
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H 12 in Dm 13 in
Mid-Century Modern Tulip Table Lamp by Designline in Lt. Orange with White Glass
By Design Line, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp after Laurel Lamp company.
Aluminum, Brass
Mid Century Walnut Laurel Floor Lamp with Tulip Shade
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid-Century Modern floor lamp with tulip frosted glass shade, circa 1960s. This piece features a unique walnut stem and a sculptural brass finished base. Equipped with a three-way sw...
Brass
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H 12 in Dm 13 in
Pair of Mid-Century Tulip Table Lamps by Designline in Lt. Orange on White Glass
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous matching pair of tulip form table lamps after Laurel Lamp Company These feature an light mango orange powder coated cast aluminum bases with mouth blown frosted white glas...
Aluminum, Nickel
Sold
H 66.5 in W 10 in D 10 in
Pair 1960's Laurel Lamp Co. Tulip Glass & Brass Floor Lamp by GERALD THURSTON
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair 1960's LAUREL LAMP CO Tulip frosted Glass & Brass Floor Lamp by GERALD THURSTON.
Brass
Laurel Tulip Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Smoked glass shade
Chrome
Midcentury Orange Tulip Floor Lamp by Laurel Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Amazing pop of color from this floor lamp with tulip base. Made by laurel lamps. Wiring is in working order.
Nickel
Iconic Laurel Tulip Base Floor Lamp with Floating Glass Table
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Mid-Century Modern tulip base metal floor lamp with integrated glass table by the Laurel Lamp Manufacturing Company.
Metal
Modern Floor Lamp 1950s by Gio Ponti for Laurel, Tulip Base Adjustable
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Berkeley, CA
Design A modernist floor lamp from the 1950s. Model B-683, executed by Laurel, USA.
Aluminum, Metal
Laurel tulip floor lamp
Located in New York, NY
1960's White tulip stem floor lamp by Laurel lamp company.
Metal
Laurel Tulip Stem Globe Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Laurel Tulip Stem Globe Lamp
Chrome
Laurel Tulip Stem Globe Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Laurel tulip stem globe lamp
Chrome
Laurel studios tulip stem globe table lamp
Located in New York, NY
Laurel studios globe table lamp on white tulip stem base.
Aluminum
Laurel Lamp
Located in Baltimore, MD
Classic Laurel brushed steel tulip base floor lamp with frosted mushroom globe.
Steel
Pair of 1960s Laurel Tulip Lamps with Original Globes and Rare Mustard Bases
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Sacramento, CA
Pair of vintage 1960s Laurel tulip table lamps with original glass globes and rare mustard yellow bases.
Metal
Pair of Laurel Brass Tulip Floor Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Tucson, AZ
Pair of brass with frosted glass globes, laurel tulip floor lamps.
Brass
Vintage Black Laurel Tulip Base Lamp
Located in New York, NY
1960's vintage laurel tulip base table lamp made of black enameled metal with a white rectangular shade. 6"D x 6"W x 28"H - Base 14D" x 11"W x 9.5"H - Shade
Metal
$16,486 / item
H 53.15 in W 125.99 in D 59.06 in
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires, this other version of the spider chandelier has longer arms on the sides giving the oval shape. The metal arms paint...
Metal, Brass
$840Sale Price|20% Off
H 58.25 in W 15 in D 15 in
Mid 20th Century Modern Floor Lamp With Table and Lampshade
Located in Cordova, SC
Mid century modern floor lamp with table attached mid way on the lamp. Includes the original shade which is in good condition. Original plug in working condition. Laminate table top ...
Metal
$825 / item
H 16.5 in Dm 12 in
Mid Century Modern Sculptural Mushroom Table Lamps by Laurel Lamp Co. C1965
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous simple and elegant table lamps by the Laurel Lamp Company, Newark NJ. Sculptural Milk Glass shades on 2 different bases. Please note, each lamp is priced and sold individual...
Art Glass, Milk Glass, Paint
$1,750
H 55 in W 16 in D 16 in
Midcentury Modern Brass and Travertine Floor Lamp w/ Tray Table Laurel Lamp Co
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eye catching and elegant floor lamp by Laurel Lamp Company. Executed in brass with a travertine tray table. Space efficient while providing light and surface space, kill two birds wi...
Brass
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
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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.
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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.
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