1950s Modernist Table Lamp Mahogany Wood Mexico
By Laurel Lamp Company, Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Tapered Tower Mahogany Wood Table Lamp Mexico circa 1950s Manner of Modeline California and Laurel Lamp Company 24 tall (base of socket) x 12 diameter inches Original Unrestored Pre...
Mahogany
$600Sale Price|50% Off
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp by Muebles Toluxsena, Mexico 1960
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
For your consideration and as part of Mexican modernism, a lamp that combines three materials, walnut, mahogany and brass, an exquisite design and ready to set the mood for a Mid-Cen...
Brass
Mid-Century Mahogany Brass Table Lamps by Angelita Mexican Modernism
By Tony Paul, Westwood Industries
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a 1950s modern table lamps in mahogany & brass by Angelita Mexico Pair of sculptural cedar wood or mahogany wood and brass table lamps. Dimensions: 15.25 ta...
Brass
Mid Century Mexican Modernist Table Lamps Attributed to Eugenio Escudero
By Eugenio Escudero
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this amazing pair of midcentury Mexican modern table lamps in the style of Eugenio Escudero, the lamps have the original paint and are in great vintage condition, circa 1960...
Pine
Giant Mid Century Mexican Modernist Table Lamps Attributed to Eugenio Escudero
By Eugenio Escudero
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Giant an amazing pair of midcentury Mexican modern table lamps in the style of Eugenio Escudero, the lamps were recently restored and all the wiring was changed and are...
Pine
1970s Table Lamp Sculptural Art Carved Wood Brass Mexico City
By Adrian Pearsall, Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Sensational table lamp sculptural art carved wood block with brass from Mexico City In the style of Adrian Pearsall for Modeline Lamp Co. Unmarked 28.5 h to socket x 37.25 to f...
Brass
Chic Mexican Mid-Century Terracotta Desk or Table Lamp with Custom Linen Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican mid-century terracotta desk or table lamp with custom linen shade and diffuser.
Brass
Mexican Handmade Glass Lamp
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960 We offer this Mexican handmade glass lamp with brass details.
Brass
Midcentury Mexican Modernist Table Lamp
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this fantastic mid century mexican table lamp in mahogany wood and brass details, recently restored, circa 1960.
Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
For your consideration and as part of Mexican modernism, an exquisite design and ready to set the mood for a Mid-Century Modern space. Shade in not included.
Brass
$1,200 / set
Mexican Modernism Mercury Glass Table Lamps
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950, Made in Mexico we offer this mercury glass table lamps totally handmade. The lamps not includes the shades for best shipping costs.
Art Glass
$1,200 / set
Mexican Modernism Mercury Glass Table Lamps
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950, Made in Mexico we offer this mercury glass table lamps totally handmade. The lamps not includes the shades for best shipping costs.
Art Glass
$1,400 / set
Pair of Mexican Table Lamps, 1960s
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Their design reflects a classic hacienda-style colonial influence, with balanced proportions and an elegant, sculptural silhouette characteristic of mid-century Mexican decorative ar...
Gold Leaf
Big Size Mexican Modernism Mercury Glass Table Lamp
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Striking Mexican table lamp crafted in mercury glass, evoking the modernist language that defined mid-20th-century interiors in Mexico.
Art Glass
1950s Modernist Sculptural Table Lamp Exotic Wood Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Modernist sculptural Table Lamp Mexico City exotic wood 29 socket x 8 x 8 Original vintage condition, unrestored. No lamp shade is included. Refer to images.
Wood
Mid-Century Modern End Table W/ Lamp
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Mid-century modern side or corner table with lamp, made of wire metal with a green oak veneer top with rounded corners, shipped disassembled in an 80x80x80 cm box
Metal, Wire
Midcentury Mexican Table lamp with beautiful stone inlays
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this Midcentury Mexican Table lamp with beautiful stone inlays.
Stone
Pair of Mexican Modernism Mercury Glass Table Lamps
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950, Made in Mexico we offer this Pair Big Size mercury glass table lamps totally handmade. Big lamp: Height: 69 cm Diameter: 40 cm Small lamp: Height: 62 cm Diameter: 34 cm ...
Art Glass
1960s Modernist Cone Table Lamp Mahogany Bronze Mexico
By Luis Barragan
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Mexican Modernism Custom Cone Shaped Table Lamp Handmade Mexico Mahogany Wood and Bronze 23.5 h x 6 diameter at widest Original Preowned Vintage Unrestored Condition. Lamp shad...
Bronze
1950s Table Lamp Palo Fierro Desert Ironwood Mexico
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Sculptural Spindle Table Lamp in Palo Fierro Desert Ironwood Mexico Similar to cocobolo wood. Beautifully sculpted single table Lamp Unmarked. 32 h to finial, 18 h to socket x ...
Cocobolo, Wood
1960s Arturo Pani Refined Brass Table Lamp Mexico
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Arturo Pani refined elegance modern brass table lamp Mexico 1960s Unmarked attributed to Arturo Pani. Constructed in brass and aluminum painted in black. Original vintage preowned co...
Aluminum, Brass
1960s Excello Industrial Metal Floor Lamp Wood Wrap Mexico
By Eugenio Escudero
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Floor lamp 1960s Industrial Modern Mexican vintage metal floor lamp in a dynamic Wood Wrap design. Maker Stamped EXCELLO. 61 tall x 13 diameter inches Design features four exposed bu...
Metal
1940s Neoclassical Mexican Mahogany Table Lamps Style Luis Barragan
By Luis Barragan
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Table lamps Adjustable height Mahogany table lamps, Mexican Modernism of Luis Barragan, Roberto and Mito Block Influence, Arturo Pani Design Mexico 1940s Unmarked. Selling as a pair....
Brass
1950s Forged Iron Patinated Brass Table Lamp Mexico City
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents Sophisticated tall table lamp made with patinated forged Iron brass accents Unmarked by designer Arturo Pani Mexico City circa 1950s. Lamp shade is not included. 34...
Brass, Iron
1960s Gold Black Goblet Table Lamps Marble Base Mexico
By Roberto and Mito Block
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Table lamps Mexican Modernism 1960s Striking table lamp pair Modern black and gold goblet on round marble base Unmarked Style of Roberto and Mito Block 16 tall to socket x 8.5 in dia...
Marble, Brass
1950s Arturo Pani Bronze Armillary Table Lamps Mexico City
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a pair of neoclassical table lamps attributed to Arturo Pani. Bronze on Travertine. Mexico City circa the 1950s. Dimensions: 29.5 H (to base of the socket) ...
Travertine, Bronze, Steel
1950s Pepe Mendoza Table Lamp Bronze and Malachite Mexico
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a Single table by Pepe Mendoza, Mexico circa late 1950s. Bronze & Malachite. Mayan Revival, Tear drop design. Tested and working. New electric cord new socke...
Malachite, Bronze
1950s Pepe Mendoza Bronze Table Lamps Faux Bamboo Mexico
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Fabulous Pair of Bronze Faux Bamboo Turquoise Table Lamps by artist Pepe Mendoza 1950s made in Mexico. Designed in bronze with ceramic inlay of turquoise enamel. 21 to socket 5 x 5 ...
Bronze, Enamel
1970s Tropical Wicker Parrot Floor Lamp Style Mario Lopez Torres Mexico
By Mario Lopez Torres
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a tropical floor lamp attributed to Mario Torres Lopez Mexico. Tropical exotic vintage wicker parrot floor lamp. No label present. Vintage Mexico circa the 19...
Iron
$450Sale Price|50% Off
1950s Hand Painted Leather Table Lamp Tic-Tac -Toe Mexico
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a leather wrapped table lamp hand painted in gold with "Tic Tac Toe" Decor. Attribution Arturo Pani. Unmarked. Mexico circa the 1950s. No lamp shade provided...
Leather, Paint
Rare Mid Century Modern Atomic Floor Lamp with Ceramic Flowerpot
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950. We offer this Rare Mid Century Modern Atomic Floor Lamp with Ceramic Flowerpot, original shades working in great vintage conditions.
Iron
1960s Oversized Mercury Glass Table Lamps Luis Barragán Mexico City
By Luis Barragan
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, fabulous midcentury pair of mercury glass lamps. Styled after Luis Barragan and Hugo Velazquez. Mexico circa the 1960s Mexican Modernism at its finest. Dimen...
Mercury Glass
1960s Murano Art Glass BAK Table Lamp Lamparas Mexico City
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents 1960s Murano Art Glass BAK Table Lamp Lamparas Mexico City lovely sculptural shape with color Maker stamped. 21.25 h x diameter at widest point Shade 13.75 h x 5.5 ...
Art Glass
1950s Arturo Pani Sensational Table Lamp Aluminum & Brass Mexico City
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Table lamp Mexico Circa 1950s vintage table lamp of aluminum, body in sculptural shape patinated brass ring accents. Simply fabulous! 36" tall to the top of the finial x 9 1/2" in...
Aluminum, Brass
Apolo Floor Lamp by Arquetipo Studio: Chrome & Wood, Mid-Century
By Arquetipo Studio
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A floor lamp that transforms the space with a warm and enveloping atmosphere. With a chrome frame, wooden legs, and thermoformed acrylic shades, Apolo emits an amber light that subtl...
Steel, Chrome
Midcentury Mexican Modernist Table Lamps in the Style of Eugenio Escudero
By Eugenio Escudero
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this amazing a pair of midcentury Mexican modern table lamps in the style of Eugenio Escudero, the lamps maintain their original paint and are in excellent condition, circa ...
Mahogany
Helo Table Lamp by Arquetipo Studio, Chrome & Acrylic, Mid-Century
By Arquetipo Studio
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Desk lamp that projects a precise and restrained amber light. With a circular chrome base and a slender arm that supports the thermoformed acrylic shades, Helo creates a warm atmosph...
Steel, Chrome
1970s Concentric Chrome Ring Table Lamp Mexico City
By France & Søn
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Unique Sculpturally Shaped Chrome Lamp Concentric rings on square chrome base. Unmarked 20.5 h x 12.5 w x 7.13 d Original condition chrome plated with vintage patina, chrome i...
Chrome
Brass and Turquoise Table Lamp by Mexican Artist, Pepe Mendoza, ca 1950
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Artist, Pepe Mendoza, designs a wonderfully unique biomorphic Brass lamp with Turquoise Inlay. The hand Crafted lamp is a complement to any desk or side table, bringing a mo...
Brass
$3,297Sale Price|40% Off
RARE Mid-century Sculptural Rattan Palm Tree floor Lamp, Mario Torres Lopez
By Mario Lopez Torres
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1960s life-size six-foot-tall palm tree floor lamp sculpted from stick rattan and wicker with removable leaves and 3 coconut-shaped lights attributed to Mario Lopez Tor...
Rattan
Pair of Frederick Cooper Yellow-Green Glazed Ceramic Table Lamps, Vintage Mid-Ce
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking pair of vintage ceramic table lamps designed and manufactured in the United States by Frederick Cooper, Chicago—one of the most respected lighting studios of the 20th cent...
Brass
$3,280Sale Price / set|28% Off
Carved 18th-19th Century Italian Polychrome Candelabra Table Lamps
Located in Camden, ME
Unusual poly-chromed wooden figurative candleholders carved in Mexico in the late 18th to mid-19th century converted into table lamps, circa 1940.
Metal
$200
Petite Desk Lamp
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Petite desk lamp, circa 1970.
Metal
$900 / item
Three Tiered Floor Lamp by Lightolier
By Lightolier
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Three Tiered Floor Lamp by Lightolier. Great vintage conditions and working at 100%.
Steel
$900 / item
Three Tiered Floor Lamp by Lightolier
By Lightolier
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Three Tiered Floor Lamp by Lightolier. Great vintage conditions and working at 100%.
Steel
$400Sale Price|50% Off
Table Lamp by Felix Tissot
By Felix Tissot
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A great Table Lamp by Felix Tissot circa 1960s. This piece is the perfect decoration for your room. Shade in not included. Felix Tissot was a french ceramist who worked in the film i...
Ceramic, Wood
Desk Lamp Attributed to Lightolier
By Lightolier
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
An interesting chrome-plated big size table lamp attributed to Lightolier, circa 1960s.
Metal
Palm Tree Table Lamp by Arturo Pani
By Arturo Pani
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Today, Arturo Pani furniture tables and lamps remain incredible difficult to find despite their popularity, making any of his pieces a must-own for any true Mid-Century or Modern fur...
Brass
$12,000 / set
Pepe Mendoza Table Lamp Pair 1950's
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Pepe Mendoza cast brass table lamp set. Maintaining hallmark on foot as seen in image. Turqoise and Lapis inlay on cast brass lamp form, condition is very good no issues of note to...
Brass
$1,800 / set
Pair of MidCentury desk lamps
By Lightolier
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1940, We offer this pair of MidCentury lamps. made in iron, brass details. Working.
Brass, Steel
$12,500 / set
Pair of Brass Pepe Mendoza Sun Lamps
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of Pepe Mendoza cast and enameled brass sun lamps. No lampshades Lamps been rewired with new unlacquered sockets that will get natural patina over time.
Brass
Desk Lamp by Angelo Lelli for Lightolier
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
An interesting chrome-plated table lamp, designed by Angelo Lelli for Lightolier, circa 1960s. The cylindrical body of the lamp is bisected diagonally, with a light source in the bot...
Metal
Mercury Table Lamp by Odilon Avalos
By Odilon Avalos
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950. We offer this fantastic and hard to find Mercury Table Lamp by Odilon Avalos. Totally handmade. About Odilón Ávalos Razo: Descendant of a family of glass workers, Odiló...
Art Glass
Mercury Table Lamp by Odilon Avalos
By Odilon Avalos
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950. We offer this fantastic and hard to find Mercury Table Lamp by Odilon Avalos. Totally handmade. About Odilón Ávalos Razo: Descendant of a family of glass workers, Odiló...
Art Glass
Tamarindo Floor Lamp by Isabel Moncada with Parota Wood Base
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
Tamarindo Floor Lamp — De Palo Collection by Isabel Moncada Timeless and eclectic, the Tamarindo is defined by its symmetrical, undulating Parota wood base — a rhythmic form that gi...
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
Floor Lamp Chromed in the Style of Angelo Lelli
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970, We offer this chromed floor lamp in the style of Angelo Lelli, the lamp has rewired and full restored.
Steel
Pair of Desk Lamps by Angelo Lelli for Lightolier
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
An interesting pair of chrome-plated table lamps, designed by Angelo Lelli for Lightolier, circa 1960s. The cylindrical body of the lamp is bisected diagonally, with a light source i...
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.