Mid-Century Tulip Lamp with Red Shade
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in Dekalb, IL
. Designed for both function and flair, this lamp embodies the bold, futuristic aesthetic of mid-century
Brass, Enamel
Red Mid-Century Modern Minimalist Floor Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cool minimalist floor lamp in red enamel. Bold tone with simple lines for a unique look. Available
Metal
$2,620Sale Price|20% Off
1970s Table Lamp Model L419 by Michael Red for Vistosi
By Michael Red
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Iconic Italian Mid-Century Modern desk or table lamp desined by Michael Red for Vistosi, in the
Murano Glass
1950s Mid Century Italian Red Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A fun, cast iron and steel floor lamp with original red enamelled steel shade. Unmarked but likely
Steel, Iron
Cherry Red Long Neck Mid Century Table Lamp
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A striking and colorful period Mid Century Table Lamp likely dating to the 1960's. Vintage cherry
Metal
Mid-Century Red Desk Lamp Italy 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage adjustable gooseneck desk lamp made in Italy in the '70s. The lamp is completely metal, has
Metal
Mid Century Modern Red Gooseneck Desk Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century modern, brass gooseneck, desk lamp with red shrink paint base and shade circa 1950's
Brass, Metal
1960s Mid-Century Italian Red Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian red table lamp made with red mirrored barrel made and gold salts. The table lamp
Silver Plate
Mid Century Red Space Age Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Mid century space age floor lamp in red colour. The metal shades can be turned in any way desirable
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Red Ceramic Desk Lamp
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Red Ceramic Desk Lamp
Ceramic
Italian Mid Century Red Lacquer Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A single circa 1950's Italian red lacquered wood table lamp. Measurements: Height: 27” Height to
Wood
Mid 20th Century Chinese Red & Gold Urn Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-20th Century Chinese table lamp consists of a metal urn body, brass hardware, and ebonized
Metal
Italian Mid Century Red Tole Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Italian Mid Century Red Tole Bouillotte Lamp. Vibrant painted in red with gold neoclassical
Metal
Mid-Century-Style Red Glazed Ceramic and Brass Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century-style vase form body, resting on a footed circular brass base and mounted with brass
Brass
Red Adjustable Mid Century Cosack Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Big red Cosack space age table lamp with flexible arm. The arm and shade can be positioned in any
Metal
American Mid-Century Red Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century red and multicolored textured porcelain narrow tapered shaped table lamp with
Porcelain, Wood
Mid-Century Red Table Lamp / Napako, 1970's
By Napako
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia - made of lacquered metal - re-polished - fully functional - good, original condition.
Metal
Red Sphere Table Lamp, Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Table lamp on a veneered tripod base with a red spherical lampshade with nickel-plated ring
Nickel
Mid-Century Red Table Lamp, Josef Hurka, 1950s
By Napako, Josef Hurka
Located in Praha, CZ
Napako produced this Mid-Century red table lamp in 1960. It is made out of steel and was designed
$2,174Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Wooden Segmented Floor Lamp Red
Located in Mortsel, BE
The wooden segmented floor lamp is a unique and playful lighting fixture that offers endless
Wood
Mid-Century Flying Saucer Adjustable Red Desk Lamp, Italian
Located in London, GB
The sleek flat base, a hallmark of mid-century aesthetics, provides stability and a sense of
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Red Leather Wrapped Floor Lamp With Bamboo Accent
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fantastic Mid Century Modern iron floor lamp wrapped in red leather and detailed with wonderful
Metal
Vintage Mid Century Modern Red Ceramic Cylinder & Lucite Modernist Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Red Ceramic Cylinder & Lucite Modernist Table Lamp. Item features a
Ceramic, Lucite
Mid Century Red Metal Table Lamp by Kaiser, 1960s, Germany
By Kaiser Idell
Located in Hagenbach, DE
manufacturer Kaiser. Characteristic of mid-century modern design, the lamp features a clean, functional
Metal
Large Mid-Century Red Ceramic Lamp, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Large mid-century red ceramic lamp - 1950s.
Ceramic
A modernist gooseneck floor lamp in cherry red, mid 20th century
By Alsy Manufacturing 1
Located in View Park, CA
An mcm gooseneck floor lamp in cherry red, mid 20th century. Attributed to Alsy. Works beautifully
Metal
KAISER Idell Table Lamp, 6786, Rare Red, Bauhaus, Mid-Century, Germany
By Kaiser Idell
Located in Berlin, BE
One of three absolutely classic table lamps from the early mid-century. The offer is for the rare
Metal
Mid Century Modern Hoogervorst Red Metal Desk Lamp, 1960s, the Netherlands
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Mid Century Modern Hoogervorst Red Metal Desk Lamp, 1960s, the Netherlands Lampshade is in good
Metal
Stilnovo Italian Red Mid-Century Cone Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in North Miami, FL
Fabulous original Italian designer floor lamp with all working parts in great shape. Vivid RED
Marble, Brass, Metal, Bronze, Enamel
Mid century red desk Lamp, Stilux Milan Italy 1960 ca.
By Stilux
Located in Firenze, IT
Desk / Table Lamp with structure in brass and lacquered aluminum Prod. Stilux, Italy, ca. 1950
Aluminum, Brass
$2,130Sale Price|20% Off
Oscar Torlasco, Mid-Century red table lamp, Lumi, Italy 1954
By Oscar Torlasco, Lumi
Located in Firenze, IT
Rare brass and lacquered red aluminium table / desk lamp designed by Oscar Torlasco Produced by
Aluminum, Brass
$544Sale Price|20% Off
Bold Red Swedish Mid-Century Ceramic Table Lamp. 1960s.
By Bitossi
Located in Bromma, SE
Colorful, Bold Red Mid-century Modern Ceramic Table Lamp. Hand thrown stoneware during the 1960s
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Brass and Red Glass Paste Italian Floor Lamp
By Mazzega
Located in Aci Castello, IT
mid-century design, this floor lamp seamlessly blends elegance, functionality, and artistic flair. The
Brass
Mid Century Modern Metal Tripod Table Lamp with Red Fiberglass Shade
By Frederic Weinberg, Kurt Versen
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
threaded conical fiberglass shade in red with white and brass threads. The lamp's form is reminiscent of
Brass, Metal
$213Sale Price|29% Off
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp from 1970s, Red and White Coloured
Located in Budapest, Budapest
of a flat, curved body and a cylindrical head. The vibrant red color of the lamp head further
Metal
Vintage Mid Century Modern Red Ceramic 2 Tier Table Lamp attr. Bitossi Italy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Red Ceramic Brutalist Pottery Sculpted 2 Tier "Fountain" Table Lamp
Ceramic
Large Vintage Mid-Century Spanish Ceramic Table Lamp, Vivid Red Glaze, Manises
Located in Madrid, ES
lamps, in a variety of colors and designs. These lamps became "de rigueur" mid-century interior design
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist Red Metal Desk or Table Lamp
By AK Kaiser
Located in London, GB
Red enamel and nickel-plated desk lamp with an over sized on/off red button incorporated in the
Metal, Nickel
Mid Century Modern Space Age Red Ceramic Beehive Large Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Space Age Atomic Era Red Painted Ceramic "Beehive" Large Table Lamps on
Ceramic
Mid-century modern floor lamp
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Mid-century modern floor lamp in very nice original condition with signs of use.
Metal
Mid-Century Swedish Brass Floor Lamp w/ Red Chenille Drum Shade & Plexi Diffuser
By Möllers Armaturfabrik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Swedish floor lamp with brass base and red chenille drum shade. Effortlessly elegant
Brass
Joe Colombo 'Mini Spider' Table Lamp by Oluce, Red Metal, Mid-Century
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp 'Mini Spider' designed by Joe Colombo. Design Joe Colombo, 2025 Lacquered metal base
Metal
Pair of Glazed Red Ceramic Table Lamps, Mid-Century Modern Style
Located in Marbella, ES
An elegant pair of ceramic table lamps glazed in an intense coral red with a crackle effect, adding
Ceramic
Italian mid-century modern table lamp red fabric shade with decorations, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern table lamp red fabric shade with decorations, 1950s Round base table
Metal
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
Stunning Amberina Orange Red Blenko Lamp, Mid-Century Modern
By Blenko Glass
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stunning vintage amberina red and orange Blenko lamp with original finial. The original lampshade
Glass, Walnut
Italian Mid Century Red and Gold Murano Table Lamp
Located in Buchanan, NY
white marble base. This mid-century beauty has been recently rewired to ensure its functionality and
Art Glass, Murano Glass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Brass and Red Metal Italian Table Lamp
By Oscar Torlasco
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This is a 1950s Mid-Century Modern Italian table lamp, featuring a combination of brass and red
Iron, Brass
Desk Lamp with Red Shade Mid Century Modern by Stilux Milano, 1950s
By Stilux
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare Stilux Mid Century Modern black crow foot table lamp. Beautiful design with adjustable
Metal, Brass
Mid-century Italian red acrylic perspex star shaped floor or table Lamps
Located in London, Fitzrovia
An interesting and unusual group of midcentury Italian red acrylic perspex star shaped table, floor
Acrylic
Red Mid Century Desk Lamp Swing Arm Table Lamp- Chrome Space Age Light, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Red mid century desk lamp with adjustable swing arm. The arm can be fixated in any way desirable
Metal
Italian Mid-Century Modern Red Desk Lamp by Stilnovo, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Paris, FR
A striking 1950s Italian table desk lamp in the style of Stilnovo, featuring a vibrant red
Brass, Steel
Beautiful large Mid Century Modern brass table lamp with red metal shade
Located in München, DE
Beautiful large Mid Century Modern brass table lamp. Large round metal shade painted red, base and
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century 1959 Vintage Angelo Lelii Red Brass Aluminium Table Lamp
By Angelo Lelii
Located in London, GB
Milan Triennale with a floor lamp with three adjustable arms in yellow, red and blue. He was an active
Aluminum, Brass
Mid Century Modern Vintage Red Brass Tripod Kalmar Floor Lamp by 1960, Vienna
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern floor lamp model Micheline no. 2092 designed and executed by J.T. Kalmar, Vienna
Brass, Steel
Stilnovo Italian Mid-Century Modern Design Red Glass Brass Table Lamp, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian table lamp with triple ignition, “8055” model, produced by Stilnovo with brass structure
Brass
Mid-20th Century Brass Three-Arm Horn Bouillotte Lamp with Red Tole Shade
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous brass three-arm horn bouillotte lamp with red & gold tole shade USA, Mid-20th Century
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Minimalist Floor Lamp 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century standing lamp with a special minimalist foot. The special detail of this lamp is the
Metal
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.