Mid Century Chrome Floor Lamp
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Modern chrome floor lamp with textured black steel bases. Elegant minimal modern design. Chrome is in good condition with no rust or pitting. Lampshade is not perfect but not bad. In...
Chrome, Iron
Mid-Century Chrome Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage Floor Lamp, 1970s The classic floor lamp is created for zoned lighting in apartments in different styles. The design is made of chrome-plated metal, which is combined with a...
Chrome
Mid-Century Chrome Floor Lamp with Adjustable Microphone-Style Shades, 1970s
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A sculptural mid-century chrome floor lamp featuring three adjustable spotlight shades evocative of classic studio microphones.
Chrome
Mid-century Chrome Floor Lamp, Restored, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage floor lamp with original switch on lanyard. Made of chrome, metal and fabric. The lamp was restored, has new wiring and new handmade lamp shade. Bulb: 1 x E25-E27. US plug ...
Metal, Chrome
Midcentury Chrome Floor Lamp, Germany, 1970s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This striking chrome steel lamp from 1970s Germany embodies the bold, futuristic aesthetic of the Space Age design era. Crafted entirely from chrome, it features two adjustable arms,...
Metal, Chrome
Adjustable Mid-Century Chrome Floor Lamp by Stanislav Indra 1960s
By Stanislav Indra
Located in Praha, CZ
An original mid-century adjustable floor lamp designed by Stanislav Indra, produced in 1960s Czechoslovakia.
Metal, Other, Chrome
Selection of Mid Century Chrome Floor Lamps by George Nelson & Hans Eichenberger
By Hans Eichenberger, George Nelson
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Mid Century chrome lamps, circa 1950s. They are priced at $1800 each. They are rewired and ready to use. The lamp pictured on the left in the first photo is designed b...
Metal, Aluminum
Fassina & Forcolini Midcentury Chrome Floor Lamp for Italiana Luce, Italy, 1980s
By Carlo Forcolini, Giancarlo Fassina, Italiana Luce
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury chromed aluminium floor lamp. This wonderful lamp was designed and signed by G. Fassina & C. Forcolini and produced by Italiana Luce during 1980s. It is a fant...
Aluminum, Chrome
Mid Century Chrome OMI Pharmacy Floor Lamp with a Triangular Chrome Shade
By Koch & Lowy
Located in New York, NY
This Mid century chrome floor lamp is simple and sleek .
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Chrome and Glass Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Midcentury chrome floor lamp with a globe glass lamp shade. Beautiful seventies design. The lamp emits a beautiful diffuse light. Tested and ready to use and works with a re...
Chrome
Vintage Chrome and Glass Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Mid century chrome floor lamp with a globe glass lamp shade.
Chrome
Vintage Chrome and Glass Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Midcentury chrome floor lamp with a globe glass lamp shade. Beautiful seventies design. The lamp emits a beautiful diffuse light. Tested and ready to use and works with a re...
Chrome
Lars Bessfelt Floor Lamp.
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Čelinac, BA
Lars Bessfelt Floor Lamp 1970s
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Floor Lamp Frosted Glass Mushroom Globe Laurel Lamp Co
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Topeka, KS
Lovely Mid-Century Modern chrome floor lamp with frosted glass mushroom globe by Laurel Lamp Company.
Chrome
Grevie Floor Lamp by Lars Bessfelt for Atelje Lyktan 1970s
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Čelinac, BA
GREVIE Floor Lamp by Lars Bessfelt for Atelje Lyktan 1970s
Chrome
$560Sale Price|78% Off
Mid Century Chrome Studio Floor Lamp
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Mid-Century Modern studio floor lamp with adjustable height.
Chrome
Mid Century Mushroom Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Mid Century Mushroom Chrome Floor Lamp This lamp measures: 17.75 wide x 17.75 deep x 56 inches high We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio to show as much detail as pos...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Mushroom Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a Mid-Century Modern Mushroom Chrome Floor Lamp. Featuring a smoked plastic mushroom shaped lamp shade, cylinder chrome body, four light bulbs, square smoked plas...
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Mid Century Modern Chrome Industrial Floor Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
This large industrial style floor lamp is of Mid 20th Century origin and in very good condition.
Metal, Chrome
$2,189 / set
Paired mid-century modern chrome floor lamps
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
Paired mid-century modern chrome floor lamps in excellent condition, rewired.
Metal, Chrome
Mid Century minimalist chromed metal Floor Lamp
Located in Bern, CH
1960’s Swiss minimalist chromed metal floor lamp with height adjustable cream coloured fabric lampshade with perspex light diffuser. On minimalist chromed metal tripod base. Colour: ...
Chrome
Mid Century Minimalist Swiss Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in Bern, CH
1950/60’s Swiss Minimalist chromed metal Floor Lamp with directional spot for varied lighting options as required. Height and angle adjustable arm with heavy cast iron base. Colour: ...
Chrome, Wrought Iron
Mid Century Modern Chrome Arc Floor Lamp
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage space age arc floor lamp in chrome and steel circa 1970s. This sculptural piece includes an adjustable perforated shade supported by a heavy weighted black metal base. The pe...
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Italian Floor Lamp
By Lumi
Located in Weesp, NL
Lumi Italy Mid-Century Modern chrome floor lamp. This lamp featured in Alain Delon's 1973 cult movie "no way back".
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp in Chrome and Marble
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant Mid-Century Modern floor lamp pairing a white marble base with a chrome frame and glass lampshade.
Marble, Chrome
Mid Century Modern Chrome Floor Lamp A Stylish lamp
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Mid Century Modern Chrome Floor Lamp A Stylish lamp, the lamp stands on a pyramid shaped tubular chrome base, it come with its own linen shade The Lamp is 55” tall, 11” square at t...
Chrome
Mid Century, Hollywood Regency Brass Floor Lamp, Belgium 1970s
By Belgo Chrome
Located in Herentals, BE
Hollywood regency style brass floor lamp attributed to Belgochrom, Belgium 1970s. The square cascading foot ends in a square ribbed column. There are 2 E 27 fittings that can be li...
Brass
Mid Century Chrome Swing Arm Adjustable Floor Lamp
By Koch & Lowy
Located in New York, NY
Very nice chrome swing arm floor lamp . The arm rotates and moves in different directions very easily and the long round chrome shade pivots up and down . The socket for the bulb is ...
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Mid Century Modern Chrome Modernist Adjustable "Saxophone" Floor Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Chrome Modernist Adjustable "Saxophone" Floor Lamp.
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Space Age Atomic Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage chrome floor lamp with smoked glass torchiere shading is an example of space age or atomic design trends in Mid-Century Modern furniture.
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Marble and Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Marble and Chrome Floor Lamp
Marble, Chrome
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Floor Spider Lamp
Located in Wayne, NJ
Mid-Century Modern chrome floor spider lamp. If you are in the New Jersey , New York City Metro Area , please contact us with your delivery zip code, as we may be able to deliver cur...
Other
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Metal Orb Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Newly Rewired, Chrome Shows Patina
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Lucite and Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This handsome Mid-Century Modern table lamp, circa 1970. It features an open rectangular base in polished chrome with a matching top that supports a rectangular Lucite shade. With it...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Floor Lamp, Hand-Crafted 20th Century Design
Located in Queens, NY
Modern Chrome Floor Lamp
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Chrome And Lucite Column Floor Lamp
By Hansen Lighting Co.
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern chrome and Lucite column floor lamp
Chrome
Champagne Glass Shape Chrome Base Floor Lamp
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern "champaigne" glass chrome base frosted shade floor lamp.
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Tubular Three Light Floor Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Mid Century Modern Chrome Tubular Sky Scraper 3 Light Floor Lamp Place these pillar lights on a table or the floor of your interior to lighten the space in a unique manner.
Chrome
Chic Mid-Century Modern Chrome Faux Bamboo Floor Lamp
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant Mid-Century Modern chrome floor lamp with faux bamboo column and pretty lotus flower shaped base.
Chrome
$1,463Sale Price|20% Off
Stilux Eyeball Floor Lamp, Chrome & Marble, Mid-Century Modern
By Stilux
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Eyeball Floor Spot Lamp - Stilux, 1960s Floor lamp was designed and manufactured in Italy 1960s. Chromed metal stem with a beautiful chromed base with marble inside and three adjus...
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
Sleek Mid-Century Modernist Chrome Swing-Arm Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century modernist swing-arm floor lamp features a Minimalist round chrome base and cylindrical shade with the ability to swivel into various positions; ideal for armchair re...
Chrome
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chrome Floor Lamp, Angled Design, 54" Tall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Here is a wonderful vintage bent chrome floor lamp, ready to bring a touch of funky, bold style into any room! An 18" smoky shade does an excellent job diffusing light, while the bas...
Metal, Chrome
French Mid-Century Chrome and Wood Floor Lamp
Located in North Bergen, NJ
French Mid-Century Modern chrome and wood floor lamp.
Mid-Century Modern Banded Lucite and Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This refined floor lamp was realized in the United States, circa 1970.
Chrome
Mid-century Chrome & Plastic Floor Lamp, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage chrome, metal and plastic floor lamp. Good original condition with some signs of age. 2 x E25-E27 bulbs. US plug adapter included.
Metal
Pair of Mid-Century Raymor Italian Chrome Goose-neck Floor Lamps
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stylish and rare pair of midcentury modernist Italian floor lamps by Raymor. The lamps feature gracefully arched gooseneck style columns. Constructed from steel with a chromed finish...
Steel, Iron, Chrome
Tall Mid Century Fontana Arte Chrome Floor Lamp
By Fontana Arte
Located in Troy, MI
Found in Italy, this floor lamp is attributed to Fontana Arte and dates from the 1970s. Brass and chrome frame with glass accent between the two tall supports and on the base. New wi...
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Chrome and Glass floor lamp By Targetti
By Targetti Sankey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This elegant floor lamp exemplifying the sleek modernist aesthetic of Mid-Century Italian lighting deign .
Chrome
Mid Century Modern Stacked Lucite and Chrome Skyscraper Floor Lamps - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Stacked Lucite and Chrome Skyscraper Floor Lamps - a Pair.
Chrome
Expertly Restored - Mid-Century Floor Lamp with Travertine Stone by Laurel
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This sleek, minimalist design features a tall walnut wood body with a travertine stone circular slate table surface and base that gives stability and style to the composition of thi...
Travertine, Chrome
Mid Century Modern Sonneman Style Chrome Floor Lamp
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Sonneman style floor lamp in chrome color way. Very cool unique shape that mimics a kite or the sails of a ship. Has wire connections the top and the bottom that run through 4 outstr...
Metal, Wire
$321Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Industrial Floor Lamp, Chrome & Aluminum, 1980s Mid-Century
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Vintage floor lamp. Style: industrial. Production: 1980s.
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
Italian Mid-Century Chrome Arc Floor Lamp with Suspended Shade
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
A striking Italian mid-century arc floor lamp defined by its elegant cantilevered silhouette, polished chrome structure, and softly diffused suspended shade.
Chrome
Reggiani Mid Century Italian Modern Double Glass Orb Chrome Marble Floor Lamp
By Reggiani
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reggiani Mid Century Italian Modern Double Glass Orb Chrome Marble Floor Lamp.
Marble, Chrome
$289Sale Price|30% Off
Vintage Industrial Floor Lamp, Aluminum & Chrome, Mid-Century 1970s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Vintage floor lamp Style: industrial Production: 1970s Country of manufacturer: Switzerland Condition: original vintage condition.
Aluminum, Chrome
Vintage Mid Century Glass & Chrome Floor Lamp by Hansen, 1970s
By Hansen Lighting Co., Stewart Ross James
Located in Detroit, MI
This vintage mid century modern glass column and chrome base floor lamp designed by Stewart Ross James for Hansen Lighting Co., N.Y. is circa 1970.
Metal, Chrome
Polished Chrome Mid Century Modern Floor Lamp Torchere Dimer Mint!
By Flos, George Kovacs, Robert and Richard Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Polished Chrome Mid Century Modern Floor Lamp Torchere Dimer Mint!
Chrome
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
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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.
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 modern floor lamp is an evolution of torchères — tall floor candelabras that originated in France as a revolutionary development in lighting homes toward the end of the 17th century. Owing to the advent of electricity and the introduction of new materials as a part of lighting design, floor lamps have taken on new forms and configurations over the years.
In the early 1920s, Art Deco lighting artisans worked with dark woods and modern metals, introducing unique designs that still inspire the look of modern floor lamps developed by contemporary firms such as Luxxu.
Popular mid-century floor lamps include everything from the enchanting fixtures by the Italian lighting artisans at Stilnovo to the distinctly functional Grasshopper floor lamp created by Scandinavian design pioneer Greta Magnusson-Grossman to the Paracarro floor lamp by the Venetian master glass workers at Mazzega. Among the more celebrated names in mid-century lighting design are Milanese innovators Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, who, along with their eldest brother, Livio, worked for their own firm as architects and designers. While Livio departed the practice in 1952, Achille and Pier Giacomo would go on to design the Arco floor lamp, the Toio floor lamp and more for legendary lighting brands such as FLOS.
Today’s upscale interiors frequently integrate the otherworldly custom lighting solutions created by a wealth of contemporary firms and designers such as Spain’s Masquespacio, whose Wink floor lamps integrate gold as well as fabric fringes.
Visual artists and industrial designers have a penchant for floor lamps, possibly because they’re so often a clever marriage of design and the functions of lighting. A good floor lamp can change the mood of any room while adding a touch of elegance to your entire space. Find yours now 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.
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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.
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