Mid Century Modern Double Stacked Two-Toned Stoneware Pottery Lamp by Martz
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Marshall Studios
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage hand thrown ceramic pottery lamp by Gordon and Jane Martz for Marshall Studios.
Ceramic, Walnut
Ceramic Pottery Globe Shape Lamp Green Blue Stripes
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Green and blue striped decorated pottery globe table lamp. Mid-Century Modern design.
Ceramic, Pottery
Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios Brushed Olive Green Pottery Table Lamp, 1950's
By Gordon Martz, Marshall Studios
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Shade shown for display only and not for sale (10H x 13D top x 15D bottom). 21H to top of socket. 15H to top of ceramic. Neutral. Earthen. Rarity. Signed, Martz to side. 178 Lamp des...
Ceramic, Teak
Small Table Lamp by Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios
By Marshall Studios, Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Small table lamp designed by famed ceramicist duo Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios. Robin's egg blue body. Overall dimensions: 14” tall 10” wide Lamp only 10” top socke...
Ceramic
Small Table Lamp by Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studio
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Marshall Studios
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Small table lamp designed by famed ceramicist duo Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios. Royal Blue body. Overall dimensions: 14” tall 10” wide Lamp only 10” top socket ...
Ceramic
Jane and Gordon Martz Floor Lamp with Tile Table Mid Century Modern
By Marshall Studios, Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A 1960s floor lamp with integrated tile table top designed by Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios. Labeled with a Martz Pitcher logo on the plug. This Model WL4 lamp first app...
Ceramic, Mahogany
Tall Gordon & Jane Martz for Marshall Studios Incised Ivory Table Lamp, 1960s
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Marshall Studios
Located in Bainbridge, NY
High Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios Ceramic & Teak table lamp.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon & Jane Martz Floor Lamp with White Coin Tile Mosaic Side Table
By Marshall Studios, Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gordon & Jane Martz floor lamp with mosaic tile round side table.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon & Jane Martz Floor Lamp with Black Coin Tile Mosaic Side Table
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Marshall Studios
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gordon & Jane Martz floor lamp with mosaic tile round side table.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon & Jane Martz Pair of Model 165 Table Lamps for Marshall Studios
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Marshall Studios
Located in Highland, IN
The lamps by Gordon and Jane Martz are noteworthy for their subtle shaped and refined forms with elegant glazes and detailing.
Ceramic, Walnut
Vintage Gordon and Jane Martz Ochre Stoneware and Walnut Table Lamp with Finial
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Marshall Studios
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Single table lamp model 165-11 designed by Gordon and Jane Martz for Marshall Studios (ca. late 1950s, USA).
Brass
Vintage Tall Blue Stoneware and Walnut Table Lamp by Martz for Marshall Studios
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Marshall Studios
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid century modern ceramic and walnut lamp by Gordon and Jane Martz for Marshall Studios.
Ceramic, Walnut
$1,500 / item
Selection of Midcentury Ceramic Lamps
By Gordon Martz, Upsala Ekeby
Located in Atlanta, GA
It measures 24.75"H x 12"W. 4) Dark Brown Ceramic and Walnut Lamp, made by Gordon and Jane Martz, signed on back, American, circa 1960s.
Metal
1960s Brutalist Black Ceramic Table Lamp with Architectural Design
By Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in Troy, MI
Brutalist black ceramic table lamp in the style of Gordon and Jane Martz USA circa 1960's Architectural design featuring a cylindrical base with alternating geometric applications a...
Metal
Vintage Pair of Stoneware and Walnut Accent Table Lamps by Jane and Gordon Martz
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Marshall Studios
Located in San Jose, CA
Pair of Mid Century Modern tall accent ceramic table lamps by Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios Inc., Veedersburg, Indiana.
Ceramic, Walnut
Large Teardrop Form Yellow Ceramic Table Lamp
By Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in New York, NY
Classic Mid-Century Modern teardrop form, yellow ceramic table lamp, mounted on original solid wood base, with original shade. Great, working condition, clean, ready to use. Dimensio...
Ceramic
Pair of Off White Ceramic c1960s Lotus & Vase Style Table Lamps MINT
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Off White Ceramic c1960s Lotus & Vase Style Table Lamps MINT
Brass
Mid Century c1970s 7x7" Square White Ceramic Ribbed Sides Table Lamp MINT
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century c1970s 7x7" Square White Ceramic Ribbed Sides Table Lamp MINT
Brass
$3,840Sale Price|20% Off
1960s Martz Tootsie Roll American Studio Craft Art Pottery Table Lamp Marshall
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Marshall Studios
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful triple segmented monumental table lamp. Lamp is wonderful condition, but the old Shader is in fair/poor condition, but will included if desired. Measures: Lamp diameter ...
Ceramic
Large Ceramic Glazed Pottery Yellow & Olive Reed Grass Bamboo Pattern Lamp Mint!
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large ceramic glazed pottery yellow & olive reed grass bamboo pattern lamp mint!
Ceramic, Porcelain, Walnut
A Pair Of Large Table Lamps By Jane and Gordon Martz Ca' 1960's
By Marshall Studios, Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Iconic table lamp designed by the famed ceramicist duo Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios.
Ceramic, Walnut
Olive Green Art Pottery Ceramic Vase Shape Table Lamp Turned Walnut Base MINT
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Olive Green Art Pottery Ceramic Vase Shape Table Lamp Turned Walnut Base MINT
Ceramic, Walnut
Large David Cressey Vintage Ceramic Lamp Base
By Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in Chicago, IL
A large Danish modern style vintage ceramic lamp base by David Cressey. In the manner of Gordon Martz.
Pottery
Pair of Brown Grey Blue Glazed Pottery Ceramic Vase Shape Table Lamp MINT!
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Brown Grey Blue Glazed Pottery Ceramic Vase Shape Table Lamp MINT!
Ceramic
Jane & Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios Incised White Ceramic Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, PA
This striking mid-century modern table lamp was designed by the renowned husband-and-wife team Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios.
Ceramic, Walnut
Tall Vase Jag Shape Handle Ceramic Pottery Table Lamp
By Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern elegant ceramic table lamp, measure: 25" tall.
Ceramic, Pottery
Pair of Vase Shape Glazed Ceramic Pottery Walnut Table Lamps
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Mid-Century Modern vase shape glazed table lamps.
Porcelain
Pair of Fine Ceramic & Ormolu Cup Vase Shape Table Lamp c1940s MINT
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Fine Ceramic & Ormolu Cup Vase Shape Table Lamp c1940s MINT
Bronze
$1,950Sale Price|33% Off
Vintage Blue Ceramic Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics Martz
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage ceramic/pottery table lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics.
Ceramic
$9,800 / set
A Pair Of Monumental Martz Lamps
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Rare to find-a pair of large sized Martz table lamp in a dark chocolate and charcoal toned glaze with incised body designs in a sand color. The lamp stem and finial are made of teak ...
Ceramic
Rare Martz Lamp with Sgraffito Decoration
By (after) Agnes Martin
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A stunning Martz lamp made of two sections with elegant sgraffito decoration.
Ceramic
Vintage Tall Ceramic Danish Modern Lamp
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Bitossi, Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage tall ceramic danish modern form lamp. uncertain to designer and manufacturer.
Ceramic
Pair Mid Century Lotus Motive Ceramic Pottery & Turned Walnut Bases Table Lamps
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Gerald Thurston
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair Mid Century Lotus Motive Ceramic Pottery & Turned Walnut Bases Table Lamps MINT!
Ceramic, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Pottery and Walnut Table Lamp
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern pottery ceramic and walnut cone shape table lamp. It features very nice pattern artwork in the pottery part of the base.
Ceramic, Walnut
Pair of Large Ceramic Art Pottery Bases Decorative Caramel Glaze
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Mid-Century Modern large ceramic vase shape glazed table lamps.
Pottery
Jane and Gordon Martz Mid-Century American Stoneware Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century American stoneware ceramic table lamp (Model #51-30) in globular form with tapered neck extending to a walnut stem with functioning brass light socket and harp, glazed in...
Metal, Brass
Gordon and Jane Martz M167 Lamp for Marshall Studios Navy Blue
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A highly collectable 1960s lamp designed by Jane and Gordon Martz of Marshall Studios in Veedersburg Indiana.
Ceramic, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Large Oversize Glazed Pottery Table lamp Blue and Chrome
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Striking basket weave pattern vase shape Mid-Century Modern ceramic table lamp.
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Silver Leaf Finish Table Lamp with Onion Shape MINT!
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern Silver Leaf Finish Table Lamp with Onion Shape MINT! Black lacquered wood base.
Ceramic, Pottery
Gordon and Jane Martz M120 Lamp for Marshall Studios Green Earth tones
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A highly collectable 1960s lamp designed by Jane and Gordon Martz of Marshall Studios in Veedersburg Indiana.
Ceramic, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Cone Shape Geometrical Pattern Pierce Pattern Base Table Lamp
By Gordon Martz
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern cone shape Geometrical pattern pierce pattern base table lamp on walnut base. 3 sockets fixture.
Porcelain, Walnut, Ceramic, Pottery
Stacked "Totem" Table Lamp by Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios, 1952
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A stacked two-part "Totem" ceramic table lamp with broad stroke under-glazing in a myriad of tertiary hues with a walnut neck, finial and base.
Ceramic
Petite Danish Modern Lotte and Gunnar Bostlund Ceramic Table Lamp
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Lotte and Gunnar Bostlund
Located in Chicago, IL
Petite Danish Modern Lotte Bostlund Ceramic Table Lamp. Signed with a label on hardware. Comes with the original Lotte Crafted Shade. 17" to top of finial
Pottery
Gordon and Jane Martz M200 Lamp for Marshall Studios Matte Brown incised decorat
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Markings: Ceramic is Unsigned (as is with all wood bottom finished martz lamps), but a copy of an original martz catalogue photo shows the same model.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M191 Lamp for Marshall Studios Sanded Glaze earthy brown
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Markings: Ceramic is Unsigned (as is with all wood bottom finished martz lamps), but original cord is marked with original martz logo.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz 170 Lamp Pair for Marshall Studios Maroon Sgraffito Thick
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Markings: Ceramic bases are signed (as is with all wood bottom finished martz lamps), but original cord is marked with original martz logo.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M170 Lamp for Marshall Studios yellow tan engravings 31"
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Markings: Ceramic is Unsigned (as is with all wood bottom finished martz lamps), but original cord is marked with original martz logo.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M181 Lamp for Marshall Studios Matte Green Gray 34"
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A highly collectable 1960s lamp designed by Jane and Gordon Martz of Marshall Studios in Veedersburg Indiana.
Ceramic, Walnut
Unique Danish Modern Sculptural Table Lamp Ceramic & Teak by Erik Graeser, 1960s
By Erik Graeser, Palshus, Gordon Martz, Saxbo, Conny Walther
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Unique Mid-century Danish studio pottery table lamp by ceramist Erik Graeser, made circa 1960s-1970s. Great sculptural shape and interesting contrast between ceramic body and top mad...
Ceramic, Fabric
Gordon and Jane Martz M279 Petite Seafoam Green Lamp for Marshall Studios 6.25"
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A highly collectable 1960s lamp designed by Jane and Gordon Martz of Marshall Studios in Veedersburg Indiana.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M56 Lamp for Marshall Studios white tan black decorations
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A highly collectable 1960s lamp designed by Jane and Gordon Martz of Marshall Studios in Veedersburg Indiana.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M41 Lamp for Marshall Studios Light Gray Blue white
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A highly collectable 1960s lamp designed by Jane and Gordon Martz of Marshall Studios in Veedersburg Indiana.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M167 Lamp for Marshall Studios Rare Variation dimpled Maro
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A highly collectable 1960s lamp designed by Jane and Gordon Martz of Marshall Studios in Veedersburg Indiana.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M85 Lamp for Marshall Studios matte white tan incised deco
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Markings: Ceramic is Unsigned (as is with all wood bottom finished martz lamps), but original cord is marked with original martz logo.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M-166 Lamp for Marshall Studios yellow white and tan
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Markings: Ceramic is Unsigned (as is with all wood bottom finished martz lamps), but original cord is marked with original martz logo.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M-166 Lamp for Marshall Studios white with tan incisions
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Markings: Ceramic is Unsigned (as is with all wood bottom finished martz lamps), but original cord is marked with original martz logo.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M242 Lamp for Marshall Studios matte black tan incised 33.
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A highly collectable 1960s lamp designed by Jane and Gordon Martz of Marshall Studios in Veedersburg Indiana.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M221 Lamp for Marshall Studios Light Gray Brown specks bam
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Markings: Ceramic is Unsigned (as is with all wood bottom finished martz lamps), however has a marshall studios sticker to the bottom of the base.
Ceramic, Bamboo, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M121 Lamp for Marshall Studios Light Gray Blue white Cone
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A highly collectable 1960s lamp designed by Jane and Gordon Martz of Marshall Studios in Veedersburg Indiana.
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon and Jane Martz M197 Lamp for Marshall Studios white wavy tan Stripes 30"
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A highly collectable 1960s lamp designed by Jane and Gordon Martz of Marshall Studios in Veedersburg Indiana.
Ceramic, Walnut
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.
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
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