Luxury French Riviera iridiscent ceramic table lamp by Cerdazur, Monaco, 1950s
By Bassano, Cerámicas BONDIA, Hispania CH, Vallauris, Capo Di Monte
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Compatible with US/EU standards. Mint condition. Mid-Century Modern and Hollywood Regency style table lamp by the luxury ceramic brand Cerdazur, Monaco, 1950s.
Ceramic, Paint
$2,520Sale Price / set|20% Off
1955 Gerald Thurston Midcentury Tripod Table Lamp Pair for Lightolier
By Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1955 Gerald Thurston Midcentury Tripod Table Lamp Pair for Lightolier Space Age Atomic Midcentury Modern Unmarked 26.5 h x 23.25 Tripod base 12 diameter Preowned original vintage con...
Metal, Iron
Doria Table or Floor Lamp Chrome Large Smoked Bubble Glass Globe, 1970s
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Rijssen, NL
Enormous Doria hand blown glass sphere on chrome base lamp, Italy, circa 1970. This exceptional artefact of modern design from Italy reflects the extreme interest in modernism across...
Chrome
A Rare 1960s Space Age Steel and Glass Italian Mushroom Table Lamp
By Guzzini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Reflecting the high-quality craftsmanship of 20th-century Italian manufacturing, this lamp is an ideal accent piece for mid-century modern interiors, bringing a touch of "atomic" era...
Metal
$560Sale Price / item|20% Off
1959 Remkraft White Orb Table Lamp with Adjustable Swivel Base, USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This classic piece of American mid-century industrial design reflects the burgeoning optimism of the atomic age, blending sculptural form with functional adaptability.
Metal
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
Monumental Tony Paul for Westwood Futures Asian Buddha Sculptural Table Lamp MCM
By Tony Paul, Westwood Industries
Located in Peoria, AZ
SUMPTUOUS! TONY PAUL FOR WESTWOOD FUTURES MID CENTURY MARVELOUS! ONLY SOLD TO DECORATORS! DIMENSIONS: APPROX. 32" TALL BY 18" WIDE Westwood lamps were some of the Mid Centur...
Metal, Enamel
Puigdemont Ceramics. French Riviera turned and handmade table lamp, Spain, 1950s
By Puigdemont, Vallauris, Scheurich Keramik, Bitossi, Serra Studio
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Signed on the base (see last photo). Collectible piece. Mid-Century Modern, Safari, Tiki, Palm Beach Regency, Farmhouse, French Provincial and Atomic Era style.
Ceramic
$2,400Sale Price|27% Off
Robert Sonneman Chrome Atom Table Lamp! Space Age Eyeball Lighting 1960s Decor
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Peoria, AZ
It's so unusual, it's now timeless too! Much of mid century illumination is now influencing the shapes of lamps today!
Metal, Chrome
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Danish Modern Rocket Table Lamp Svend Aage Holm Sorensen Teak Plaster Brass 50s
By Svend Aage Holm Sørensen
Located in Peoria, AZ
DANISH MODERN TEAK, PLASTER & BRASS TABLE LAMP! MAGNIFICENT STYLE! One of the finest Danish Modern Lamps in the World!
Metal, Brass
Italian Tripod Table Lamp Orange & White After Gio Ponti Perspex Arredoluce 1950
By (After) Gio Ponti, Arredoluce
Located in Peoria, AZ
PERSPEX & METAL TWO TONE TRIPOD TABLE LAMP AFTER GIO PONTI for ARREDOLUCE Dimensions: Approximately 22" tall by 9" deep and 9" wide This extremely rare Italian table lamp is a...
Metal
'Obello' Rechargeable Frosted Glass Table Lamp by Bill Curry for Gubi
By Gubi, Bill Curry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Obello' Rechargeable Frosted Glass Table Lamp by Bill Curry for Gubi Originally conceived in 1970 by designer Bill Curry, the 'Obello' was a concept that was never in production un...
Blown Glass, Opaline Glass
'Obello' Rechargeable Powder Pink Glass Table Lamp by Bill Curry for Gubi
By Gubi, Bill Curry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Obello' Rechargeable Powder Pink Glass Table Lamp by Bill Curry for Gubi Originally conceived in 1970 by designer Bill Curry, the 'Obello' was a concept that was never in productio...
Blown Glass, Opaline Glass
'Obello' Rechargeable Mellow Yellow Glass Table Lamp by Bill Curry for Gubi
By Bill Curry, Gubi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Obello' Rechargeable Frosted Glass Table Lamp by Bill Curry for Gubi Originally conceived in 1970 by designer Bill Curry, the 'Obello' was a concept that was never in production un...
Opaline Glass, Blown Glass
'Obello' Rechargeable Pearl White Glass Table Lamp by Bill Curry for Gubi
By Bill Curry, Gubi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Obello' Rechargeable Pearl White Glass Table Lamp by Bill Curry for Gubi Originally conceived in 1970 by designer Bill Curry, the 'Obello' was a concept that was never in productio...
Blown Glass, Opaline Glass
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
PAIR! ART DECO Maple & Brass STACKED 1940s Table Lamps Russel Wright Skyscraper
By Russel Wright
Located in Peoria, AZ
EXQUISITE PAIR! STACKED MAPLE & BRASS ART DECO LAMPS AFTER RUSSEL WRIGHT DISTINGUISHED DESIGN! CIRCA 1939 - 1949 DIMENSIONS: 28" x 13" This pair of Art Deco lamps are simply se...
Brass
1980s Sputnik Table Lamps Clear Blown Glass Chromed Frame Murano Italy
Located in London, GB
A very stunning Atomic Sputnik table lamp, blown Murano clear glass components with "Bullicante" technique, on a chromed metal structure with a circular base. Italian design made in ...
Metal
Midcentury Swedish Modern Brass, Opaline and Fiberglass Saucer Table Lamp, 1950s
By Greta Magnusson Grossman
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This unusual midcentury table lamp was designed and manufactured in Sweden in the 1950s to 1960s. This is a very stylish and dynamic atomic piece in the style of Greta Grossmans ...
Brass
Monumental Chrome Waterfall Eyeball (ORB) Table Lamp by Sonneman SPACE-AGE
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental Chrome ORB Mid-Century atomic eyeball table lamps by Sonneman.
Chrome
Pair of Space Age 'Molecule' Chrome Lamps attr Robert Sonneman
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bring the Atomic Era into your space with this pair of unique vintage mid-century lamps. These lamps are casted in chrome and are sure to become an interesting point of conversation ...
Chrome
Hourglass Table Lamp in Walnut Attributed to Phillip Lloyd Powell , USA, 1960's
By Phillip Lloyd Powell
Located in Deland, FL
Perfect in both office and home settings this statement piece can blend seamlessly against a multitude of design backdrops from Mid-Century Modern to Atomic to Contemporary and is su...
Walnut
Stained Oak Tripod Table Lamp with Diffuser and Shade by Gerald Thurston
By Gerald Thurston
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Atomic-style table lamp designed by Gerald Thurston, circa 1950s. Sculptural tripod base in stained oak with brass stem and original milk glass diffuser. The vintage linen shade show...
Brass
2 Tony Paul Style Ivory Cone Fiberglass Shade & Black Hairpin Base Table Lamps
By Tony Paul
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Two 1950's Coffee & Cream Shade, Black Wire Tripod Base, Uplights, Shelf Lights, Accent Lights. In the manner of Tony Paul. Featuring slight varied height Fiberglass bullet cone ...
Wire, Metal
Small Pair of Verplex Co. Black Tripod Table Lamps with White Linen Shades, 1950
By Tony Paul
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Smaller American Atomic Black Wire Tripod Lamps with White Linen Shades by The Verplex Company, C. 1950. In the manner of Tony Paul. Featuring tripod Black wire legs, round Black woo...
Metal
Vintage MCM Royal Haeger Glazed Ceramic Lamp
By Haeger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This iconic Mid-Century Modern TV lamp by Royal Haeger is a quintessential example of 1950s American art pottery. Featuring a stylized nude figure riding a leaping deer or gazelle, t...
Ceramic
Stilnovo Adjustable Desk Lamp in Black & Brass
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant Italian mid-century modern adjustable desk lamp in the style of Stilnovo, featuring a sculptural dual-shade design with black lacquered metal and brass construction. The lamp...
Metal
Rumba lamp by Elena Poch for Taller Uno, Spain, 1980's
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Beautiful Rumba table lamp, designed by Elena Poch for Taller Uno in the 1980s. This lamp showcases a Teak Atomic design with a 3-foot teak frame and cylindrical light yellow fabric ...
Pine
Vintage Gino Sarfatti Tripod Italian Desk Lamp! 1950s Greta Grossman Grasshopper
By Gino Sarfatti, Greta Magnusson Grossman
Located in Peoria, AZ
GINO SARFATTI THREE FOOT "GRASSHOPPER" DESK LAMP EXQUISITE! 1953 SIMPLY GORGEOUS! Dimensions: 20" Tall 7" Base Width and 6" Shade Width This is an incredibly rare Italian desk l...
Metal
$1,874Sale Price|25% Off
Gino Sarfatti Tripod Italian Desk Lamp! 1950s Green Greta Grossman Grasshopper
By Gino Sarfatti, Greta Magnusson Grossman
Located in Peoria, AZ
GINO SARFATTI THREE FOOT "GRASSHOPPER" DESK LAMP EXQUISITE! 1953 SIMPLY GORGEOUS! Dimensions: 20" Tall 7" Base Width and 6" Shade Width This is an incredibly rare Italian desk l...
Metal
Midcentury Modern Scandinavian Design "Atomic" Low Floor Lamp, Denmark 1950's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Midcentury Modern Scandinavian Design "Atomic" Low Floor Lamp. Made in Denmark, 1950's period. Low floor lamp or tall table lamp. The base is made in copper and teak wood wit...
Copper
Tall & Epic! Blue Vintage MCM Italian Pottery Lamp Bitossi 1950s Aldo Londi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Peoria, AZ
Finest in the World! Monumental! 37" Italian Pottery Lamp Rimini Blue with White Stripes & Black Flecks! GORGEOUS ITALIAN MODERNISM! DIMENSIONS: Approximately 37" x 18" T...
Pottery, Wood
Signed Large Pair 1960s Ivory Glazed Spiral Lamps by Quartite Creative Corp
By Quartite Creative Corp.
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each large bottle-shaped plaster lamp with incised spiral decoration of alternating textured and smoothed stripes; signed 'Quartite Creative Corp MCMLXIII'; height: 19" (top of plast...
Plaster
Pair of Danish MCM "Burgundia" Ceramic Lamps by Sorensen & Jensen for Soholm
By Soholm Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning and very hard to find pair of Danish MCM "Burgundia" ceramic table lamps by Sorensen & Jensen for Soholm, circa 1950s. The lamps are in very good working condition and meas...
Ceramic
Kalmar Atomic Floor or Table Lamp 'RS 6 TL', Aluminum Glass, 1970, One of Two
By J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A Mid-Century Modern or Space Age Atomium tower table or floor light mod. RS6-TL 1972 designed by J.T. Kalmar, Austria in 1972. The lamp is made of polished aluminum and handblown b...
Aluminum, Chrome, Nickel
Mid-Century black veined marble side table with opaline top lamp, France, 1950s
By Maison Albert Pillivuyt & Cie, Maison Charles, Roche Bobois, Vibia, Metalarte Spain
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Mid-Century Modern black marble side table conceived as a floor lamp, France, 1950s.
Belgian Black Marble, Marble, Metal, Iron, Brass
$8,670Sale Price|40% Off
De Stijl 1940 After Piet Mondrian Wood Lamp! Composition w Red Yellow & Blue Art
By Piet Mondrian
Located in Peoria, AZ
After Piet Mondrian Wood Lamp Art Incredible! 1940 Hand-Carved, Painted & Crafted After Composition With Red Yellow and Blue Amazing Art Design! 4 Different Compositions from each...
Brass, Enamel
Lightolier Lytespan Tension Pole Lamp! Mid Century Modern 1950s Gerald Thurston
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier
Located in Peoria, AZ
CEILING This is both an iconic & gorgeous Lightolier atomic age tension pole lamp! It is a gleaming tower of mid century technology and style!
Metal
Superb! Brutalist Electric Wall Sconce Pair After Tom Greene Torch Cut MCM 1960s
By Tom Greene
Located in Peoria, AZ
SUPERB! PAIR! TORCH CUT BRUTALIST METAL WALL SCONCES AFTER TOME GREENE A gorgeous pair of brutalist, torch cut electric sconces after Tom Greene. Very rare, these were made in th...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Wood Laminate and Brass Three-Tier Side Lamp Table
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare Mid-Century Modern blonde laminate three tier side tables with brass ferrule tapered legs.
Brass
Vintage MCM Figurative Table Lamps with Green Shades - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dramatic, sculptural pair of mid-century lighting — bring these iconic Fenton Davis lamps home today.
Plaster
Austrian Polished Chrome Five-Light Table Lamp by Kalmar Austria
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Austrian Modern Polished Chrome Five-Light Table Lamp by J T Kalmar Amazing space age atomic hexagonal chrome silver tower table lamp.
Chrome
$1,888Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Brass Wood Table Floor Lamp White After Gerald Thurston Lightolier
By Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in Peoria, AZ
AFTER GERALD THURSTON MID CENTURY TABLE FLOOR LAMP CLASSIC DESIGN WHITE & GOLD FINISH!
Brass
$2,360Sale Price|20% Off
Magnificent Mid Century Modern Red Mahogany Corner Table Rare Paul McCobb 1960s
By Paul McCobb
Located in Peoria, AZ
A gorgeous red mahogany mid century corner table! So sleek and so practical!
Mahogany
Geo Series Side Tables by Bill Parry, Rattan & Brass, Mid-Century
Located in Oxford, GB
The Geometry Collection: A Trio of Functional Art Designed by Bill Parry Celebrating the clean lines and playful spirit of mid-century design, this trio of side tables transforms...
Brass
$341Sale Price|33% Off
1970s Retro Vintage Freestanding Dijkstra Bowl Shaped Reading Floor Lamp
By Dijkstra
Located in Markington, GB
1970s retro vintage freestanding Dijkstra bowl shaped reading floor lamp Measure: Height 130cm, depth 40cm, width 20cm Designer: Dijkstra Founded in 1922 by Fokke Dijkstra i...
Metal
$477Sale Price|26% Off
1970s Retro Vintage Freestanding Dijkstra Mushroom Shaped Two Lights Floor Lamp
By Dijkstra
Located in Markington, GB
1970s retro vintage freestanding Dijkstra mushroom two lights shaped floor lamp Measures: Height 150 cm, depth 90 cm, width 30 cm Designer: Dijkstra Founded in 1922 by Fokke...
Metal
$675Sale Price|26% Off
1970s Retro Vintage Freestanding Dijkstra Mushroom Shaped Two Lights Floor Lamp
By Dijkstra
Located in Markington, GB
1970s Retro vintage tall freestanding Dijkstra mushroom two lights shaped floor lamp Measures: Height 180cm, depth 110cm, width 20cm Designer: Dijkstra Founded in 1922 by Fo...
Metal
rabbit Tanaka corp Mempis Style Halogen floor lamp 1980s Japan
By Tanaka Kosai
Located in Den Haag, NL
Vintage Rabbit Tanaka Corp Halogen Floor Lamp Japan Memphis design home Japan space age design mid century atomic design Table lamp Rabbit Tanaka desk lamp Halogen Memphis Style.
Plastic
Mid-Century Modern Samuel Marx Style Large Atomic 15-Arm Brass Chandelier
By Samuel Marx
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Stunning and glamorous to the max 1950s Mid-Century Modern Atomic Chandelier in the style of Samuel Marx restored from top to bottom by the nationally renowned restoration experts at...
Brass
Finland House 2 Cone Table Pole Lamp 50s Mid Century Modern After Paavo Tynell
By Paavo Tynell
Located in Peoria, AZ
Magnificent! Mid Century 2 Shade Table Lamp After Paavo Tynell This gorgeous Finnish lamp is the epitome of design that merges practical with beautiful.
Metal, Brass
Large Chrome and 10 Opaline Globe Atomic Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Antwerp, BE
Design Classic Chrome Space Age hanging lamp. Eye catcher with 10 white opaline glass balls. This Design Classic space age lamp has no less than 10 white opaline spheres. The frame i...
Chrome
Pair of Mid Century Modern Walnut Nightstands by Widdicomb, c1960s
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., John Widdicomb
Located in Chino Hills, CA
Their finished appearance from every angle allows them to function equally well as bedside tables, end tables, lamp tables, or accent pieces throughout the home.
Walnut
Dorothy Thorpe Style Mid-Century Silver Fade Barware Shot Glasses
By Dorothy Thorpe
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Set includes 6 shot glasses. 1960s Mid-Century Modern cocktail barware set. Silver fade.
Glass
Curtis Jere style. Sculptural Brutalist wrought iron wall lamp, Italy, 1960s
By Paul Evans, Marc Weinstein, Silas Seandel, Marcello Fantoni, Ferro Art
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Very typical outdoor (in covered spaces) wall lamp generally mounted over the entrance of Mid-Century Italian houses’ doors in the 50s and 60s, but nowadays it could also be used ind...
Iron, Wrought Iron
$7,020 / set
Pair of Space Age Light Fixtures Doria, 1970s
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Rijssen, NL
We offer an amazing and unique pair of large Space Age light fixture. The set was made by the German manufacturer Doria in the 1970s. These heavy quality light sculptures not only f...
Chrome
Set of Four Space Age Brass and Blown Glass, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
We offer an amazing and unique set of large Space Age light fixtures. One table lamp, two pedant lights and one flush mount. The set was made by the German manufacturer in the 1970s....
Metal, 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
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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