Antique French Empire Basket Chandelier Cut Glass Brass Pendant Light
By French House & Garden
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique French Crystal Beaded Basket Chandelier A beautiful antique empire French brass crystal beaded basket chandelier. The light has fabulous graduating cut glass crystal beading...
Brass
Large Midcentury 3-drop Cascade Opaline Cased Glass Bowling Pin Lights Denmark
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
This large 1960s Danish pendant light has three beautiful cased white/frosted glass ‘bowling pin’ drops, hung from a triangular teak frame. The three drops cascade from tapered teak ...
Milk Glass, Teak
Antique Holophane Prismatic Glass Church Kitchen Island Brass Pendant Light
By Holophane
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique 8″ Holophane Ripple-Lite Church Pendant Light -A A prismatic glass pendant light Manufactured by ‘Holophane’. The light has retained its original aged brass metal gallery, s...
Aluminum, Brass
3 Socket Flower Shaped Heavy Brass Flush Mount by Hans Möller, 1960s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
3 Socket Flower Shaped Heavy Brass Flush Mount by Hans Möller, 1960s, Germany Sculptural very elegant rare heavy ceiling lamp. It is very ideal and suitable for all living areas. ...
Brass
3 Socket Flower Shaped Heavy Brass Flush Mount by Hans Möller, 1960s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
3 Socket Flower Shaped Heavy Brass Flush Mount by Hans Möller, 1960s, Germany Sculptural very elegant rare heavy ceiling lamp. Small size It is very ideal and suitable for all livi...
Brass
Antique Holophane Prismatic Glass Church Kitchen Island Brass Pendant Light
By Holophane
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique Reclaimed Holophane Glass Pendant Light – M An original antique Holophane glass prismatic pendant light shade . The light has retained its original Holophane gallery left in...
Aluminum, Brass, Copper
Murano Glass Flush Mount Ceiling or Wall Lights, set of 2 Italy circa 1960s
By Venini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Murano glass flush mount ceiling or wall lights, a pair Made in Italy in 1960s. Take one medium base bulb each. Complimentary US rewiring upon request. Price is for a pair. Light bul...
Metal
1 of the 3 Round Green Glazed Ceramic Pendant Lights, Germany, 1970s
Located in Rijssen, NL
Stylish ceramic pendant lights made in West-Germany around 1970's. The lights are made of green glazed ceramic and have 14 holes in it. The pendant is glazed in 'Fat Lava' style. The...
Brass
$1,685Sale Price|20% Off
3 bols Pendant Lamp Model Pumpkin Cascade, 1960s Doria Leughter Germany
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Oirlo, LI
The lamp offers a perfect mix of edgy, sculptural silhouettes and mid-century modern elements. It is a striking addition to your interior with its glossy finish.
Brass
$2,177Sale Price|20% Off
Sunburst Leafed Light Fixture in Gilt Metal, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sunburst Flush mount with leafed frame, gilt iron, Spain, 1950-1960 Design combining brutalist and neoclassical accents. This eye-catching ceiling light fixture will be gorgeous plac...
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Hans Agne Jakobsson chandelier 3 arms from AB MARKARYD Sweden 1960 marked
Located in Paris, IDF
A round, vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish three-arm chandelier, pendant made of hand crafted polished brass, designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson and produced by AB Markaryd in good con...
Brass
1 of 3 Limburg Large Vintage Helena Tynell Smoked Bubble Glass Flushmount Lights
By Glashütte Limburg, Helena Tynell
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
One of a set of three vintage Mid-Century smoked / grey colored / coloured bubble glass flush mount light fixtures / sconces designed by Finnish legendary glass designer Helena Tynel...
Aluminum, Chrome
1 of 3 Limburg Glashütte Iron & Bubble Glass Vintage Pendant Lamps, circa 1960s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Pair of Limburg Glashutte vintage Mid-Century Modern minimal, geometric and bell shaped pendant ceiling lamp or light fixtures made in Germany, circa 1965. Featuring thick heavy mout...
Brass
Pair of Chrome Staircases Cascades with 3 Hand Blown Globes Glashütte Limburg
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of absolutely amazing ceiling mount pendant light fixtures with three globes or spheres by Limburg Glashütte. With hand blown glass pendants. Complete with a special handmade ce...
Chrome
Stilnovo flush mount light model 1152, Italy circa 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light, model 1152. Sandblasted glass, enameled metal. Takes 3 candelabra bulbs. Complimentary US rewiring upon request. Price is for 1 light. Five flush ...
Metal
1 of the 3 Wonderful Kaiser Brown and Clear Flush Mount, Germany, 1960
By Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Rijssen, NL
A rare flush mount, gorgeous and stylish ceiling lamp, manufactured by Kaiser, Germany, 1960s. With a handcrafted thick smoked grey ice glass plate attached to the center. With white...
Metal, Brass
Turkois Enamel 3 Shade Cascade Lamp by VEB Leuchten, 1960s, Germany
By VEB Leuchten
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Turkois Enamel 3 Shade Cascade Lamp by VEB Leuchten, 1960s, Germany Lamps are in very good vintage condition. Wear consistent with age and use These lamp works with E27 standard li...
Metal, Enamel
Orbitale Brass Chandelier 3 Rotating Balanced Arms, Stilnovo Style, Brass Shades
By Silvio Piattelli, Stilnovo, Arteluce
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This exquisite bespoke brass chandelier features three rotating arms skillfully balanced on a heavy cast brass sphere that rotate in an orbital movement along the stem. To achieve pe...
Metal, Brass
Antique GEC GECoRay Mercury Holophane Church Glass Kitchen Pendant Light
By General Electric Company (GEC) 1
Located in Stockbridge, GB
ntique GEC GECoRay Mirrored Mercury Glass Pendant Light – B An early silver backed internally mirrored glass pendant light by British manufacturer ‘GEC’ entitled the ‘GECoRAY’.It re...
Aluminum, Brass, Copper
1 of 3 Stunning Opal Glass Pendants by Limburg, Germany, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Aachen, NRW
Stunning opal glass pendants in a pyramided form made by Limburg, Germany, 1970s High quality and in very good condition. Cleaned, well-wired and ready to use. Each fixture require...
Opal, Brass
1960s Austrian Textured Glass Pendant Light Attributed to J.T. Kalmar
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Praha, CZ
A striking example of 1960s Space Age and Mid-Century Modern lighting, equally suitable as a statement chandelier above a dining table, in an entrance hall, living room or sophistica...
Metal, Other, Chrome
1950s Italian Crystal Flush Mount or Pendant Light in Dark Patinated Brass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant Italian three-light crystal ceiling fixture from the 1950s, featuring an intricately decorated brass structure with a beautiful dark bronze-colored patina. The refined openw...
Crystal, Brass
Silver Glass Flushmount Light by Emil Stejnar for H. Richter, 1950’s
By Emil Stejnar
Located in Hastings, GB
Emil Stejnar (Austria) sunburst flushmount light, designed for the H. Richter company 1950’s. Very elegant rare silver backed flushmount with hundreds of individual small glass reve...
Metal
1 of 3 Petite Murano Tubes Pendant Lights by Doria, 1970s
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Aachen, NRW
1 of 3 petite Murano pendant lights designed by Doria, 1970s Very good condition. Cleaned, well-wired, and ready to use. Each Pendant requires one E14 small bulb with 40W max. Light ...
Brass
Large 12" Antique Holophane Prismatic Glass Church Kitchen Brass Pendant Light
By Holophane
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique 12″ Large Holophane Church Pendant 2 Part Reflector Refractor Light – A A larger than standard original Holophane ‘Reflector Refractor’ glass pendant light retaining its or...
Brass
Set of 2 Ceiling Lamps in Brass and Silk by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, 1960s
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
This rare pair of mid-century ceiling lamps captures the essence of Scandinavian modernism with a distinct decorative flair, combining precise structural elements with richly tactile...
Brass
1 'of 3' 1960 Germany Limburg Large Square Flush Mount Glass & Brass Chandelier
By Kalmar Lighting, Glashütte Limburg, Helena Tynell, J.T. Kalmar
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Design: Helena Tynell attr., Finland. Style: mid century, modernism. Materials: glass and brass.
Brass
Stilnovo Model 1140 Pendant Light, Glass and Brass, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo ceiling suspension model 1140. Designed and made in Italy in 1960s. Textured glass, brass, enameled aluminum. Very clean, sculptural forms. Takes 3 Edison bulbs. Rewired for...
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
$1,731Sale Price / item|20% Off
1 of 2 Mid-Century wrought iron Sunburst flush mounts by Ferro Art, Spain, 1950s
By Ferrocolor, Longobard, Ferro Art, Maison Jansen, Maison Charles
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Mid-Century and Starburst style ceiling light. Very much in the style also of Maison Jansen and Maison Charles French creations, of Ferrocolor’s Spanish creations, and the brutalist ...
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Medium Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Oiled Bronze, Ajedrez Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa Collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Small Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Oiled Bronze, Diamantes Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Achille Castiglioni Italian Midcentury Pendant Light for Flos, 1965
By Flos, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Achille Castiglioni Italian Midcentury Pendant Light for Flos, 1965 Beautiful pendant lamp called "black and white 83" with opal white glass bowl and aluminum diffusor. Made in Ita...
Aluminum
Pair of Model "ER 106/3" Pendant Lamps by Itsu, Finland 1950s
By Itsu
Located in Utrecht, NL
This model utilises the mid-century era’s popular combination of brass and glass; the elongated bell shape of the shades shows off the frosted glass and the play of shadows it create...
Brass
Murano Glass Flush Mount Light by Vistosi, attributed Italy circa 1960s
By Vistosi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Murano glass flush mount ceiling light by Vistosi, attributed. Glass is possibly made by Vistosi, metal frame is new and custom made. Designed and made in Italy. White opaline glass,...
Metal
Murano Glass Flush Mount Light by Vistosi, attributed Italy circa 1960s
By Vistosi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Murano glass flush mount ceiling light by Vistosi, attributed. Glass is probably made by Vistosi, metal frame is new and custom made. Designed and made in Italy, 1960s. White opaline...
Metal
Medium Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Brushed Brass, Ajedrez Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa Collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Small Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Natural Brass, Diamantes Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Marta Laudani & MarCo Romanelli Wall Lamp 'Fiore' 3 Line by Oluce
By Marta Laudani, Oluce, Marco Romanelli
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp 'Fiore' designed by Marta Laudani & MarCo Romanelli in 2007. Wall and ceiling lamp in transparent blown glass giving direct and diffused light. Chromium-plated metal struct...
Metal
Set of 3 Modernist Handblown Murano Pendants w/ Oil Rubbed Bronze Fittings
Located in New York, NY
This stunning set of three modernist pendants were realized in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. They fea...
Bronze
1 of 3 Large Bubble Glass Flushmounts by Limburg, Germany, 1970s
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Aachen, NRW
A round clear bubble glass ceiling mount fixture by Limburg, manufactured in Germany, circa the 1970s. High quality and in very good condition. Cleaned, well-wired, and ready to use...
Glass
Marta Laudani & Marco Romanelli Wall Lamp 'Fiore' 3 Triangular by Oluce
By Oluce, Marco Romanelli, Marta Laudani
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp "Fiore" designed by Marta Laudani & Marco Romanelli in 2007. Wall and ceiling lamp in transparent blown glass giving direct and diffused light. Chromium-plated metal struc...
Metal
Medium Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Aged Bronze, Diamantes Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa Collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Marta Laudani & MarCo Romanelli Wall Lamp 'Fiore' 3 Line by Oluce
By Marco Romanelli, Oluce, Marta Laudani
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp 'Fiore' designed by Marta Laudani & MarCo Romanelli in 2007. Wall and ceiling lamp in transparent blown glass giving direct and diffused light. Chromium-plated metal struc...
Metal
1 0f the 3 Three Unique Mixed Glazed Ceramic Pendant Lights, Germany, 1970s
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 3 spectacular and stylish ceramic pendant lights made in West-Germany around 1970's. The lights are made of orange and brown glazed ceramic and glazed in 'Fat Lava' style. ...
Brass
Medium Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Brushed Brass, Diamantes Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa Collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Medium Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Natural Brass, Diamantes Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa Collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Medium Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Oiled Bronze, Diamantes Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa Collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Small Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Brushed Brass, Diamantes Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Small Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Natural Brass, Ajedrez Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Medium Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Aged Bronze, Ajedrez Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa Collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Small Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Brushed Brass, Ajedrez Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Small Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Aged Brass, Diamantes Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
Medium Terracotta Ceramic Pendant Light, Natural Brass, Ajedrez Atzompa
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Atzompa Collection is created in the Oaxacan town of Santa María Atzompa, where the pottery-making tradition has roots tracing back to ancient Zapotec culture. Building on this ...
Ceramic
3 Fine French 1970s “Queens Necklace” Flush Mounts by Perzel (priced per piece)
By Atelier Jean Perzel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Atelier Perzel- Three fine French mid-century round “Queens Necklace” ceiling light made with rough laid glass slabs set between two brass frames and a white opaline glass diffuser (...
Brass
1 of the 3 beautiful Bubble Glass Pendant Lamps by Helena Tynell, 1960
By Helena Tynell
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 4 beautiful bubble glass chandeliers or pendant lights designed by Helena Tynell for Glashütte Limburg. A design Classic, the hand blown glass gives a wonderful warm glow. ...
Blown Glass
A MID-CENTURY-MODERN MODERNIST FLOOR LAMP by OSTUNI & FORTI, O-LUCE, Italy, 1960
By Giuseppe Ostuni
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare telescopic floor lamp, Minimalist, Modernist, Constructivist, Radical, Space-Age, with a weighted circular base (very heavy) and a vertical axis in dark "canon gray" steel, wi...
Metal
‘Rituals 3’ Hand Blown Opaline Glass Table Lamp in White for Foscarini
By Foscarini, Ludovica + Roberto Palomba 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
‘Rituals 3’ hand blown opaline glass table lamp in white for Foscarini Designed by Ludovica + Roberto Palomba and produced by Foscarini, the Italian lighting firm founded in Venice ...
Metal
Stilnovo Flush Mount Light Model 1152, Italy circa 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light, model 1152. Sandblasted glass, enameled metal. Takes 3 candelabra bulbs. Complimentary US rewiring upon request. Price is for 1 light. Five flush ...
Metal
Set 3 Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 2065 White Diffuser, Black Hardware
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gino Sarfatti lamp model 2065. White diffuser, black hardware, white cable. Manufactured by Astep Model 2065 Design by Gino Sarfatti The 2065 is made of two joined opaline methacryl...
Plastic
'Caboche Plus' Wall Light by Urquiola and Gerotto for Foscarini
By Foscarini, Eliana Gerotto, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Caboche Plus' Wall Light by Urquiola and Gerotto for Foscarini Designed by Patricia Urquiola and Eliana Gerotta and produced by Foscarini, the Italian lighting firm founded in Veni...
Aluminum, Steel
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.
The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.
Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.
Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.
Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.
As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.
There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.
With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.
The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Patrizio Chiarparini of Brooklyn’s Duplex gallery sheds light on the lasting legacy of Italy’s postwar furniture boom.
There are many lessons to be learned from the lofts, apartments and townhouses of architects and decorators in Manhattan and beyond.
Having created extravagant homes for reality TV’s biggest stars, the designer is stepping into the spotlight with his first book.
The Louisiana-born and -bred architect talks to 1stdibs about the art of making timeless places that matter.
The Palm Springs interior decorator developed a mid-century style that defined the vacation homes of celebrities and other notables, including Bob Hope and Lucille Ball.
The houses from this New York studio cloak modernist tendencies within what are often more traditional trappings.
In the market for a fantastic fixture from the 1940s, ’50s or ’60s? Here are some names to know.