Mid Century Modern Stiffel Striped Pottery Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Sarasota, FL
Lovely tall bottle form lamp in a striped decor. Brass and pottery. Fine condition
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid Century Modern Stiffel Striped Pottery Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Sarasota, FL
Lovely tall bottle form lamp in a striped decor. Brass and pottery. Fine condition
Brass
Table Lamp with striped Shade, attributed to LEUCOS, Italy, Mid-20th Century
By Leucos
Located in Greding, DE
A decorative table lamp featuring a beehive-shaped glass shade with spiral ribbing. The translucent glass is interwoven with fine colored stripes, creating a dynamic, almost organic ...
Metal
Large Mid-Century Modern Multi Striped Ceramic Lamp
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Mid-Century Modern Striped Green and Yellow with Dijon Yellow Ceramic Table Lamp, circa 1960's.
Metal
Mid-Century Ceramic Table Lamp - Brown & Green Striped Glaze - 1960s Belgium
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Mid-Century Ceramic Table Lamp - Brown & Green Striped Glaze - 1960s Belgium Rare and elegant 1960s Belgian ceramic lamp featuring an uncommon vertical stripe motif, created through...
Enamel
Vintage Italian Mid Century Orange Striped Table Lamp by Aldo Londi / Bitossi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Oxnard, CA
Here is a stunning and large table lamp by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Made in Italy, circa 1960s. The large ceramic form features a beautiful orange glaze with alternating brown details...
Ceramic
Pair of Mid-Century Danish Modern Striped Pottery Table Lamps Italy
By Bitossi
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful and well-crafted pottery lamps. Earth tone colors with walnut plinth bases. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Attributed to Danish manufactures. Beautiful ...
Pottery
Italian Mid Century Aldo Londi - Bitossi Turquoise, Gold Striped Lamp
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Unique Mic Century Italian Ceramic lamps with alternating bands of Turquoise and gold with a crackle finish, Bitossi, Italy, C1960s
Ceramic
A Pair Of Mid Century Striped Ceramic Lamps ca' 1950's
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair unusual striped glaze mid century lamps, ca' 1950's. Original bases, original wiring.
Ceramic
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Fabulous Tall Striped Turquoise Blue Ceramic Lamp Walnut Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fabulous tall striped blue and turquoise table lamp with its original drum shade. The lamp retains its original wiring in working condition. We love the tall slender walnut neck with...
Ceramic, Walnut
$693Sale Price|30% Off
Raymor Colorful Striped Ceramic Table Lamp
By Raymor
Located in New York, NY
Brown, blue and multicolor table lamp by Raymor with striped design throughout, complemented by teak base and top. Italy, circa 1960; wired for US. Fully working; takes a standar...
Ceramic, Wood
$2,400 / set
Pair of striped relief ceramic table lamps
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of white striped black relief ceramic table lamps.
Brass
Ingrid Atterberg Style Striped Ceramic Table Lamp
By Ingrid Atterberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceramic table lamp inspired by the work of Swedish designer Ingrid Atterberg takes an elongated bottle form with a wide, rounded lower body tapering into a long, slender neck. Diagon...
Metal
Large Mid-Century Brass Striped Fabric Crow Foot Table Light, Austria 1950s
Located in Steinheim am Albuch, BW
The elegant table lamp made of brass and metal is equipped with a tapered, striped fabric shade (which can be adjusted to different positions as required) and still comes the origina...
Brass, Metal
Vintage Murano Glass Striped Table Lamps Lavender Plum
Located in Smyrna, GA
Elegant circus tent-striped Venetian glass table lamps of PLUM and CREAM, laden with GOLD. The body can be inverted if one prefers slim side up – either way they’re smashing on their...
Blown Glass
Large Murano White Striped Horn Shape Table Lamp
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Delray Beach, FL
A stunning large striped and slightly swirled glass lamp. Unsure of exact studio but believed to be Vetri or Venini. Large scale horn design of white and clear Murano glass. Can be u...
Murano Glass
$5,800 / set
Pair of Italian Mid Century Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Italian circa 1950's tall porcelain lamps with striped motif and wood bases. Measurements: Height of body: 24" Height to shade rest: 34" Diameter of base: 6.5"
Porcelain
Large Vintage Mid Century Ceramic Martz Table Lamp
By Marshall Studios, Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in Oxnard, CA
Here is a beautiful ceramic table lamp by Jane and Gordon Martz / Marshall Studios. Model 254 in matte dark grey. It features a monumental fluted ceramic base with vertically striped...
Ceramic, Walnut
Gordon Martz Studio Striped Ceramic Table Lamp, Signed
By Gordon Martz
Located in St. Louis, MO
Gordon Martz for Martz Studio striped ceramic table lamp, with original teak finial. Excellent condition, sold without a shade. 28.75 to top of finial.
Ceramic
Jesper Packness, Striped Table Lamp, Beige Stoneware, Denmark, 1980s
Located in Stamford, CT
Jesper Packness, Danish Mid-Century Modern, Table Lamp, Beige Stoneware, Denmark, 1980s A wonderful beige and brown stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Jesper Packness in ...
Stoneware
Mid-Century Turned Wood Table lamp - Boxwood French Table Lamp 24" Tall - 1960s
By Guillerme et Chambron, Maison Regain
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Mid-Century Turned Wood Table lamp - Boxwood French Table Lamp 24" Tall - 1960s Rare and large turned boxwood table lamp, crafted in France, circa 1960.
Gold Leaf
$2,800 / set
Striped Italian Murano Glass Table Lamps, 1970's
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Pair of Murano glass and lucite table lamps from Italy, circa early 1970s. These unusual examples incorporate hues of purples and grays and sit atop square lucite bases. Measurement ...
Glass, Lucite
Pair of Danish Modern Ceramic and Wood Striped Table Lamps
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage pair of Scandinavian Modern, Danish style ceramic lamps feature large ceramic bodies with round black metal bases and ebonized wood tops. Tall, sculptural white ceramic bodi...
Metal
$1,875Sale Price|25% Off
Tall Rembrandt Brass and Glazed Pottery Table Lamp
By Rembrandt Lamp Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Amazing Danish-influenced table lamp, nearly four feet tall, from the custom Mid-Century lighting firm, Rembrandt Lamp Company.
Brass
Barovier gold fleck striped handblown Murano Glass Table Lamp
By Barovier
Located in South Charleston, WV
7" wide, 28.5" tall. 100% original condition from the 1950's. By Barovier with all original hardware including base and scallop designed brass plate atop of the handblown glass. Love...
Art Glass
Stylish Mid Century Modern Black and Brown Table Lamps
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stylish pair of sculptural black and brown striped mid century modern table lamps having sensual shape on steel bases. 31.75” H to finial 10” Diameter Shade 15” W x 10.5” H 10”D
Wood
Monumental Marbro Lamp Co. Hand Carved Giltwood Table Lamp
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Italian hand carved Giltwood Table Lamp by Marbro Lamp Company, circa 1960. Featuring handcrafted swirled wood body lightly striped in gold. On block base. Small footpri...
Wood
$2,437Sale Price / set|25% Off
Pair of Striped Salt Glazed Pottery Table Lamps
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand thrown and glazed pottery bodies in organic earth tone stripping of red clay, browns and taupe. The bases are polished walnut. Sold sans shades.
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century White Opaline Gold Decorated Table Lamps
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Opaline Glass Gilt Gold Decorated Table Lamps, A Pair Illuminate your home with these Opaline Glass with gold-banded and striped Mid Century Modern Table Lamps.
Gold Leaf
Mid century ceramic table lamp with custom-made lampshade.
Located in Herentals, BE
Oriental inspired blue and white glazed ribbed spherical lamp base. With a custom handmade lampshade with linen blue and white striped fabric. The lamp base has an E 27 fitting and c...
Ceramic, Fabric
$1,097Sale Price|20% Off
Danish Modern Striped Hourglass Table Lamp, E & J Andersen, 1960s
By Eva & Johannes Andersen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Graphic midcentury Scandinavian organic modern vertically striped ceramic table lamp designed and manufactured by Danish studio pottery couple Eva and Johannes Andersen in the 1960s....
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
$780Sale Price|20% Off
Aldo Londi Bitossi Table Lamp Stripped Blue Mid-Century Modern
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage Mid-Century Modern ceramic table lamp, possibly designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, featuring a distinctive blue glazed finish.
Pottery
Mid-Century Ceramic Table Lamp by Design Technics, Mint Green & Brown
By Design Technics
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century American ceramic table lamp in tapered ovoid footed form with a flattened top, brass stem, harp and non-functioning light switch socket, a subtly ribbed body hand painted...
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Brutalist Purple Ceramic Pyramid Table Lamp, Original Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paired with its original cylindrical drum shade in rich brown with horizontal striped detailing and warm interior lining. The pyramidal base demonstrates Mid-Century fascination wit...
Ceramic
Mid-Century “Black Lady” Table Lamp by Barsony, Australia, 1950s
By Barsony Ceramics 1
Located in Weesp, NL
Mid-Century “Black Lady” Table Lamp by Barsony, Australia, 1950s Dimensions: H 56 cm x W 23 cm x D 15 cm (H 22.05 in x W 9.06 in x D 5.91 in) Marked: Barsony on reverse A striking...
Brass
$1,700Sale Price|26% Off
Design Technics Ceramic Brown and White Striped Glaze Table Lamp
By Design Technics
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An understated pottery lamp by Design Technics with rippled layers in chocolate brown and off-white/cream and finished with a faint (nearly-matte) glaze. *height of ceramic body: 1...
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-Century Modern Handmade Squat Shaped Stoneware Table Lamp C1970
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and very elegant Stoneware table lamp with a striped glaze in blues and grays. Squat shaped urn style with a great weight and balanced. No chips or cracks. Shade pictured is n...
Brass
Justfurnituress Art Deco Brass & Murano Glass Table Lamp, Striped Shade
Located in Guazzora, IT
Sculptural table lamp designed and produced by Justfurnituress, made entirely of brass with decorative Murano glass inserts. The central body features an architectural brass column w...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Table Lamp by Marianne Starck, 1950s
By Michael Andersen & Son, Marianne Starck
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade and hand decorated Mid-Century Modern chalk white and anthracite striped ceramics table lamp by German designer Marianne Starck for Danish Michael Andersen & Son.
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Striped Ceramic Lamp by Design Technics
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Tall Design-Technics handcrafted glazed striped yellow and white matte ceramic table lamp. Featuring the Design Technics classic bottle form with horizontal banded swirl design in vi...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Italian Blown Glass Table Lamps Giltwood Bases Murano Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an exceptional pair or mid-century Italian art glass table lamps executing the traditional Venetian striped ribbon technique.
Murano Glass, Giltwood
Brown Striped Ceramic Table Lamp, Custom Made Emboidered Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful Large ceramic table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings refined elegance and rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. T...
Ceramic
Murano Striped Egg Lamp Italy 17"
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Murano egg lamp with swirl. Blown glass all encompassing lamp and shade. These have become a design classic of contemporary modern interiors. Flawless condition as seen in images.
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Brown Striped Ceramic Table Lamp, Custom Made Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful Large ceramic table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings refined elegance and rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. T...
Ceramic
American Mutual Sunset Modernist Aluminum Pair of Table Lamps
By Mutual Sunset Lamp Co.
Located in Atlanta, GA
This pair of table lamps, designed by Mutual Sunset Lamp Co., Brooklyn, NY, features a modernist Machine Age shape with polished cast aluminum and black-painted metal accented with a...
Metal, Aluminum
$511Sale Price|42% Off
Marianne Starck for Andersen Vintage Grey Striped Ceramic Table Lamp, 1960s
By Michael Andersen & Son, Marianne Starck
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Modernist, striped Danish mid-century chamotte clay stoneware table lamp.
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Bitossi Yellow Striped Lamps, Italy 1950's
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful pair of striped lamps with a yellow dominant on walnut bases.
Ceramic, Walnut
A pair of Vintage 1960s Striped Ceramic Table Lamps by Remains Lighting
By Remains Lighting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These sculptural lamps feature a classic bulbous form with beautifully hand-applied horizontal striping in warm tones of ochre, mustard, cream, and subtle olive accents—capturing the...
Brass
Italian mid-century modern Murano glass table lamp Massimo Vignelli Venini 1950s
By Venini, Massimo Vignelli
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern yellow Murano glass table lamp by Massimo Vignelli for Venini, 1950s Table lamp with rounded shapes and round base, entirely made of yellow Murano glass wi...
Murano Glass
Design Technics Yellow/Orange Striped Ceramic Lamps
By Design Technics
Located in New York, NY
Modernist pair of bottle form, hand decorated matte glazed ceramic lamps with striations of yellow and orange , sitting on faux bois hand decorated ceramic "wood" bases. Rewired for...
Ceramic
$338Sale Price|20% Off
Pair of Mid-Century Czech Wood and Frosted Glass Table Lamps, 1990
Located in Praha, CZ
This pair of mid-century table lamps from the Czech Republic (1990) combines carved wood bases, frosted glass globes with striped detailing, and chrome accents.
Metal
Mid Century Pair of Bergboms Table Lamps in Gold and Silver Ceramic.
By Bitossi
Located in Madrid, ES
A pair of table lamps from the Italian brand Bitossi, made of ceramic, a signature of Bitossi, with a bronze glaze in the center of one lamp and a more silver glaze in the center of ...
Metal
Blue Gray Striped Ceramic Table Lamp, Custom Made Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful Large ceramic table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings refined elegance and rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. T...
Ceramic
Zaccagnini 1950's Italian Striped Ceramic Lamp
By Ugo Zaccagnini
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully textured Italian 1950's enamel glaze striped ceramic lamp, with wood base and brass cone top. Original glass shade diffuser included. Vintage wear to brass.
Brass
$1,279Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Italian Ceramic Table Lamp with Yellow and Brown Stripes, 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in Karis, Nyland
An Italian ceramic table lamp from the 1960s–70s with bold striped decoration: a textured dark glaze offset by vivid yellow and brown stripes.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp Made of Smoked Glass by Doria Leuchten
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Doornspijk, NL
The base of this table lamp by German light specialist Doria Leuchten is made of smoked glass. It contains three bulbs, providing for dramatic lighting. There is another bulb underne...
Brass
Striped Ceramic Table Lamp by Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen for Søholm, 1960s
By Søholm Stentøj
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Striped ceramic table lamp designed by Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen. Slate grey main glaze decorated with vertical white stripes. Manufactured by Søholm in Denmark from 1956-1960. Remini...
Ceramic
Anna-Lisa Thomson Art Deco Striped Ceramic Table Lamp by Upsala-Ekeby. 1930s.
By Upsala Ekeby, Anna-Lisa Thomson
Located in Bromma, SE
Swedish Modern Art Deco Stoneware Table Lamp with a Striped pattern in yellow and brown tones. Glossy Gold-Brown and Yellow Horizontal Relief Lines. A thin glaze reveals the clay's c...
Earthenware, Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Palm Regency Lucite & Bamboo Table Lamp by Ritts Co.
By Shirley Ritts
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Lucite and bamboo reed table lamp by Shirley Ritts for Ritts Co.
Bamboo, Lucite
$1,518Sale Price|40% Off
Midcentury Variegated Blue Striped Glaze Ceramic Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A large variegated blue striped glazed ceramic lamp with clear original lampshade. This lamp features a variegated blue pottery jar with a bronze plated brass base and neck. Lamp ...
Brass, Bronze
Aldo Londi, Bitossi Burnt Orange, Gun Metal Striped Lamp
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Unique Modernist Italian gun metal and burnt orange striped ceramic lamp by Bitossi, c. 1960s.
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Striped Pottery Cylinder Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-20th century striped pottery cylinder lamp New wiring.
Pottery
Mid-Century Modern Pottery Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-Century Modern pottery striped table lamp.
Pottery
Green Murano Pin Striped Table Lamps
Located in Little Rock, AR
Vintage Murano table lamps in SMOKE, adorned with applied glass pin stripes of EMERALD GREEN. A matched pair, so rarely found 50 years after they were made. They stand 24 inches fr...
Murano Glass
White Enamel and Brass Striped Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
White enamel and brass striped table lamp with four brass cylinder supports.
MCModern Horn and Bone Striped Pair of Table Lamps, Stunning
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An amazingly stunning one-of-a-kind Mid-Century Modern, most likely French, pair of table lamps-variegated black Horn and beige striped camel bone inlay in a vertical stripe pattern,...
Bone, Horn
Pair of Striped Murano Glass Table Lamps
Located in Valley Stream, NY
Dynamic, contrasting stripe is overlaid on white murano glass. Because glass is hand blown there may be variations. REDUCED from $1500 to 1050. Linen shades(not included) are 10 x...
Murano Glass
Pair of Striped Murano Table Lamps for Venini
By Murano 5
Located in New York, NY
Pair of elegant hand blown, Murano table lamps. Each lamp has three vertical color stripes, red, blue, and green on white opaque background.
Murano Glass
Venini Striped Celadon Glass 1956 Rare Table Lamp
By Fulvio Bianconi, Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in Morbio Inferiore, CH
Super elegant striped in celadon green, white and transparent mouth-blown glass Made by Venini in Murano, Italy Label with handwritten date (1956) at the base Dimension of the g...
Metal, Brass
Unavailable
H 10.24 in W 5.91 in D 3.55 in
Pair of Table Lamps with Striped Glass Diffusers, Germany, 1950s
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of German table lamps from the 1950s. Both lights have a narrow white stand with brass elements and a pressure switch on the front. The slender striped glass diffusers are stuck...
Metal, Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Table Lamps by Le Dauphin
By Maison Le Dauphin
Located in Hamburg, DE
Pair of elegant table lamps by Le Dauphin. Lamp is striped with mirrored glass and lightweight brass colored metal. New wired with new black silk shades. Measurement of shade in ...
Metal
Exquisite Midcentury Striped Pottery Table Lamp with Original Drum Shade
Located in Mount Penn, PA
An exquisite 1960s pottery table lamp with original drum shade and beautiful sunset stripes in shades of pink and yellow. The lamp is 22" high without its shade.
Pottery
Striped Ceramic Straight Walled Lamp
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
It starts off with 1kg of clay for both the top and bottom of the lamp. Thrown on the potters wheel they are left to dry overnight and trimmed, smoothed and fitted together the next ...
Ceramic, Clay
Striped Ceramic Straight Walled Lamp
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
It starts off with 1kg of clay for both the top and bottom of the lamp. Thrown on the potters wheel they are left to dry overnight and trimmed, smoothed and fitted together the next ...
Ceramic, Clay
Matched Pair of Vintage Murano Striped Table Lamps in Purple
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Little Rock, AR
Ribbed, slender columns of Murano glass with a PLUM/LAVENDER striping. GOLD DUST is sprinkled liberally throughout the glass. The lamps are 27 inches tall from tabletop to socket...
Brass
Mid-Century RD 1635 Orrefors Table Lamp by Carl Fagerlund
By Carl Fagerlund, Orrefors
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Mid-Century Carl Fagerlund Table Lamp. Sharp edged base in massive Swedish crystal mounted with black E27 socket.
Metal
Pair of Striped Murano Glass Lamps
Located in Valley Stream, NY
A beautiful pair of stripped Murano glass table lamps, vibrant colors. Gracious shape. Unusual design, 23 inches tall. 6 inches at widest. Shown with a 16 x 16 x 10 inch shade. Not i...
Blown Glass
Unavailable
H 9.85 in Dm 3.94 in
Pair of 1970s Space Age Peill & Putzler Striped Opaque Glass Mushroom Table Lamp
By Peill & Putzler
Located in London, England
Pair of 1970s German Peill & Putzler opaque white and striped glass mushroom shaped table lamps. The darker frosted stripe runs over the entire body of the lamp at varying degre...
Glass, Opaline Glass
Unavailable
H 27 in Dm 6 in
Murano Italian Brass & Glass Ribbon, Striped, Twist Table Lamp in Green & White
Located in New Westminster, British Columbia
This striking Mid-Century Modern Murano Italian glass ribbon lamp has a lovely brass base with brass balls on which the lamp floats. The talent to twist the glass subtly while being ...
Blown Glass
Matched Pair of Candy Cane Striped Murano Table Lamps in Vanilla White
By Dino Martens
Located in Little Rock, AR
Designed by Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso in the early 1950's. The glass is made of VANILLA, COPPER, AND WHITE CANES swirled in a candy cane design. The lamps stand 29 inches fr...
Brass, Nickel
Vintage Murano Striped Lamps by Dino Martens
By Dino Martens
Located in Little Rock, AR
Beautiful CHERRY RED AND WHITE filigrana swirl lamps designed by Dino Martens for the Aurileano Toso glass house. They are cinched at the waist, providing a curvaceous and sexy silh...
Brass
Pair of Vintage Wintergreen Murano Striped Lamps
Located in Little Rock, AR
These Murano lamps have a whimsical Anzola Fuga flavor to them. The Opaline glass has ribbons of WINTERGREEN that swirl in an ascending pattern. The light from the downward facing d...
Brass, Nickel
Vintage Pin Striped Murano Lamp by Dino Martens
By Dino Martens
Located in Little Rock, AR
Beautiful cobalt and white striped Murano glass lamp by Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso. The shape is a Classic inverted teardrop, with a hat. Original blowers stamp and importers la...
Brass, Nickel
Pair of Italian Black and White Striped Ceramic Lamps
Located in New York City, NY
Pair of black and white striped ceramic Italian large scale table lamps from the mid-1990s. With yellow paper painted shades. Wired to U.S. standard.
Ceramic
Rare Tiger Striped Vintage Murano Sommerso Glass Lamps
Located in Little Rock, AR
Tiger Stripes of BLACK and GOLD encased in chunks of clear Murano glass - these are spectacular art pieces doing double duty as lamps. We show these mounted on emerald cut Lucite ba...
Brass
Pair of Vintage Murano Striped Opaline Lamps in Cherry Red
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Little Rock, AR
These opaline Murano glass lamps were blown in the 1960's. They have a whimsical Anzola Fuga flavor to them. The opaline glass has bright CHERRY RED ribbons that swirl in a circular ...
Brass, Nickel
Pair of Pin-Striped Vintage Murano Lamps by Dino Martens
By Aureliano Toso
Located in Little Rock, AR
Vintage Murano lamps created by Dino Martens for Arileano Toso. Stylized diagonal pin stripes in vibrant RED AND WHITE on stepped Lucite base. The lamps stand 25 inches from tabl...
Brass, Nickel
Rare Pair of Opaline Striped Murano Lamps in Cotton Candy
Located in Little Rock, AR
Gorgeous swirling stripes of white opaline within cotton candy and orchid highlighted glass. The thickness of the glass creates all kinds of magical illusions. The glass is very ...
Lucite, Murano Glass
Unavailable
H 34.26 in W 14.57 in D 7.88 in
A red Bohemian glass lamp dating from the mid nineteenth century
Located in London, GB
A red Bohemian glass lamp dating from the mid nineteenth century, decorated with a white striped enamel design, hand painted with elaborate flower decoration. The glass lamp sits on ...
Bronze, Ormolu
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.
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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