Rare Hala Zeist Articulating 'Leaning' Floor Lamp by Herman Busquet
By Herman Theodoor Jan Anthoin Busquet, Hala Zeist
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and highly sought-after Hala Zeist articulating floor lamp, a masterpiece of Dutch industrial design by Herman Theodoor Jan Anthoin (H. Th. J. A.) Busquet. The lamp features a...
Metal, Chrome
Italian Midcentury Brass Articulating and Counter-Balance Desk Lamp, Arredoluce
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and Dramatic Italian Mid-Century Modern style desk or table lamp in the style of Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce composed of a round ball black marble base anchoring a solid bras...
Belgian Black Marble, Brass, Metal
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
PostModern 70s Giant Brass Floor Lamp Luxo Articulating Architect Drafting
By Luxo
Located in Madison, WI
Mirrors the Luxo Architectural drafting lamp, and this is the floor lamp size! Looks excellent with a Postmodern, Mid Century and Modern decor.
Brass, Chrome
Articulate Aluminum Floor Lamp by Schliephacke for Mewa, circa 1955
By Fridtjof Schliephacke
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare 76" geometrical floor light from aluminum and cast iron Articulate aluminum floor lamp by Schliephacke for Mewa, circa 1955. Elegant articulate floor light that be moved in all...
Aluminum, Iron
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
Minty! White Sonneman Desk Table Lamp Articulating Gooseneck 1970 Rare Lighting
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Peoria, AZ
Minty! Stunning White & Black Sonneman Articulating Desk/Table Lamp Circa 1970 This is a magnificent example of the iconic articulating desk lamp by Sonneman! The large oversize...
Metal
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in White
By Joe Colombo, Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in White. Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Midcentury...
Steel
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Red
By Joe Colombo, Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Red. Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Midcentury e...
Steel
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Black
By Stilnovo, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Black. Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Midcentury...
Steel
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Green
By Stilnovo, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Green. Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Midcentury...
Steel
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Chrome
By Joe Colombo, Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Chrome. Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Midcentur...
Chrome, Steel
M.G. Wheeler Sight Light Saucer Atomic Age Articulating Table Lamp
By M.G. Wheeler
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Novel mid-century modern Sight Light desk lamp by M.G.
Metal
Pair Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs articulating floor lamps, MODEERNIST
By Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
Located in Buffalo, NY
USA, ca. 1970s. An attractive pair of floor lamps by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs. Features white enameled conical shade supported by chrome shaft and heavy round black base. He...
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Industrial Double Arm Articulating Floor Lamp with Solid Base
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Factory Double Arm Floor Lamp Base Measures: 15" x 15" Height from floor to top of main upright: 55" Length of Arms: 16" Diameter of Shades: 4 1/2" Materials: Cast Iron ...
Steel, Iron
Belmag Articulating Brass Goose Neck Desk Lamp Christian Dell Model K
By Christian Dell
Located in New York, NY
Swiss Belmag Articulating Goose Neck Desk Lamp designed by Christian Dell. Christian Dell for Belmag, Zurich Brass Articulating Desk Lamp. Articulating arm with upper goose neck allo...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1950 JJM Hoogervorst Floor Lamp for Anvia, Red Enamel, Articulating Shade
By J. J. M. Hoogervorst
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Floor lamp designed by J.J.M. Hoogervorst for Anvia Almelo during the 1950s represents Dutch postwar lighting innovation. The articulating shade allows directional adjustment while t...
Metal
$1,192Sale Price / set|20% Off
Rare Pair! Swedish Modern Articulating Decorator Floor Pole Lamps! Silver Danish
Located in Peoria, AZ
SWEDISH FLOOR LAMP PAIR! Articulating 2 Shade Contemporary Floor Lamps Sleek! Dimensions: 61" TALL 12" WIDE 12" DEEP This pair of Swedish Modern floor lamps are exemplary an...
Metal
Vintage Chrome Adjustable Table Lamp with Articulating Shade by Robert Sonneman
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Robert Sonneman chrome stage or spotlight-style task/table lamp with faux-wood laminate double 'T' base (ca. 1960s, USA). Featuring a geometric-form articulating shade with l...
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Koch & Lowy Chrome Adjustable Task / Table Lamp with Articulating Shade
By Koch & Lowy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Koch & Lowy Chrome stage or spotlight-style task/table lamp (ca. 1970s, USA). Featuring a geometric-form articulating shade with lucite on/off dial offering full height a...
Metal, Chrome
Classic Modernist 'Trienali" 3-Arm Articulating Lamp by Angelo Lelli / Italy
By Angelo Lelii, Arteluce
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid-Century Modern triple arm floor lamp designed by Angelo Lelli, made in Italy, Classic version, white cone shades. Chrome standard, Leather wrapped weighted ends, leather standard...
Marble, Chrome
Rare Articulating UFO Table / Desk Lamp, Robert Sonneman, Kovacs, USA, c. 1990s
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a true American Modern masterpiece: a rare Post Modern "Flying V" desk lamp lamp designed by the renowned Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs. Constructed from steel with a...
Steel
Mid-century green table lamp, Stilux Milano Italy, 1960s
Located in Firenze, IT
Mid-century table lamp, Green perspex domed shade.
Marble, Brass
Mid-century brass table / desk lamp, France ca. 1950
Located in Firenze, IT
Mid-century brass table / desk lamp France, circa 1950s Articulating adjustable hat.
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-20th Century English C shaped articulated desk lamp
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th Century English C shaped articulated desk lamp dated from the mid-20th century this English desk lamp is articulated at both the base and shade.
Brass
Mid-century modern brass adjustable table lamp, Italy circa 1950
Located in Firenze, IT
Mid-century modern brass adjustable table lamp Italy circa 1950 brass Articulating adjustable hat. 43H x 38 cm diam.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Giraffe Floor Lamp by Arteluce, Chrome & Marble
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-century Italian "Giraffa" floor lamp with articulating chrome arms on a white marble base by (SERGIO MOSCHENI for Selenova) Ships with NO bulbs. rnrnIt takes 8 bulbs with a cand...
Chrome
$840Sale Price|20% Off
55" Luxo Mid-Century Articulated Black Floor Lamp by Luxo
By Luxo
Located in Stafford, TX
Mid century modern articulating architect lamp by Luxo, a design known for its clean, industrial aesthetic and functionality.
Metal
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Mid Century Modern Lightolier Fiberglass Desk Lamp Gerald Thurston 1950s
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier
Located in Peoria, AZ
RARE & FABULOUS! MID CENTURY MODERN GERALD THURSTON FIBERGLASS SHADE MINIMALIST DESK LAMP!
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Glass and Brass 5 Arm Lotus Lamp 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid-Century Modern 5 Arm Lotus Lamp, 1970s . Base and arms are a polished brass.
Brass
Monumental! Italian Mid Century Modern Art Tension Pole Lamp Stilnovo 50s Brass
By Stilnovo, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Peoria, AZ
Monumental Italian Tension Pole Lamp! Dual Cone Articulating "Floating" Light Brass, White Enamel, Fiberglass "Sparkles" In the manner of Fontana Arte & Stilnovo Offered is an incre...
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Rare Pair Italian Mid-Century Modern Nickel & White Enamel Floor Lamps, Reggiani
By Reggiani Lampadari
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Iconic pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern floor lamps by Reggiani reflecting the refined Italian Minimalist aesthetics of the late 1960's and 1970's period.
Nickel, Steel
Mid-century set of 2 table lamps, attrib. to Stilnovo Milano Italy, 1950s
Located in Firenze, IT
Mid-century set of 2 table lamps attributed to Stilnovo Milano Italy, 1950s brass, aluminum articulating arm with adjustable joints.
Brass
Knoll Clay Michie Swing Arm Saucer Desk Lamp, 1950s Mid Century Atomic MCM Decor
By Clay Michie
Located in Peoria, AZ
This lamp is an archetype of modernist mid century style with its long articulating chrome arm and saucer shade!
Metal, Chrome
Selection of Mid Century Chrome Floor Lamps by George Nelson & Hans Eichenberger
By George Nelson, Hans Eichenberger
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Mid Century chrome lamps, circa 1950s. They are priced at $1800 each.
Metal, Aluminum
Knoll Clay Michie Swing Arm Saucer Desk Lamp, 1950s Mid Century Atomic MCM Light
By Clay Michie
Located in Peoria, AZ
This lamp is an archetype of modernist mid century style with its long articulating chrome arm and saucer shade!
Metal, Chrome
$875Sale Price|50% Off
Mid-Century Modern Brass and Yellow Table Lamp with Hand-Painted Hearts
Located in Amityville, NY
Charming and one of a kind vintage mid century table lamp or desk lamp with hand painted heart details.
Metal, Brass
1960's Mid-Century Modern Space Age Adjustable Chrome Eyeball Floor Lamp
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Robert Sonneman, Flos, Kovacs
Located in Burbank, CA
Vintage original Mid Century Modern eyeball floor lamp for sale.
Chrome
Mid Century Modern Anders Pehrson Tube Desk Task Table Lamp, Sweden, 1970's
By Anders Pherson
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Mid Century Modern tubular task desk lamp designed by Swedish designer Anders Pehrson for Ateljé Lyktan circa 1970's.
Plastic
$2,304Sale Price / item|20% Off
Art Deco Faries “Guardsman Swivel Bronze Desk Lamp - RARE Pair Available
By Bert Dickerson, Faries Lamp Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco/Mid Century Modern Desk Lamps. Also work as bedside or table.
Brass, Bronze
Industrial Mid-Century Articulating Task Work Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This mid 20th century industrial articulating task lamp features a brushed steel exterior finish and painted white interior with a perfect work-worn patina.
Metal, Steel
Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Candle Lamp in Silver Metal, Unknown, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
This mid-century chrome candle floor lamp is defined by its disciplined verticality and sculptural restraint.
Metal, Chrome
$1,250 / set
Casella Floor Lamp
By Casella Lighting
Located in Fulton, CA
Nice example of the iconic mid-century modern / industrial floor lamp by Casella, Made in San Francisco, California.
Metal
$4,480Sale Price|24% Off
Arredoluce Triennale Floor Lamp with Black Marble Base
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Wichita, KS
This Mid-Century Modern trienalle Floor Lamp by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce is an amazing feat of design that originates from Italy, circa 1950's.
Marble, Metal
Italian Modern Arteluce Attributed Multi-Cone Floor Lamp
By Gaetano Sciolari, Stilnovo, Arteluce, Sciolari Lighting
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Arteluce Attributed Multi-Cone Floor Lamp. This stunning Italian mid century floor lamp has six multi colored articulating cone shades each with a new candelabra socke...
Marble, Iron, Tôle
Mid-Century Teak Wall Lamp with Articulating Arm and Yellow Fabric Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Teak components showcase natural grain variation and warm honey tones characteristic of the species. The articulating arm design reflects Mid-Century emphasis on adaptable task light...
Linen, Teak
Mid-Century Dutch Articulating Wall Lamp, Teak and Chrome with Fabric Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch wall lamp combines teak wood and chrome metal in an articulating, extendable arm design.
Brass, Chrome
Model 312/2 Floor Lamp by Angelo Ostuni for Oluce
By Oluce, Giuseppe Ostuni
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model 312/2 Floor Lamp by Angelo Ostuni for Oluce, Italy, 1950s This articulating floor lamp by Angelo Ostuni for Oluce reflects the functional refinement and material discipline th...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1970s Space Age Italian Desk Lamp in the Style of Arredoluce
By Arredoluce
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish Mid-Century Modern metal table lamp designed and manufactured in Italy in the Seventies.
Metal
$2,350 / set
Monarch Articulating Wall Lamps
By Blueprint Lighting
Located in Westport, CT
Swiveling head allows for cone adjustment. Arms articulate at both the backplate and the joint. This design is strongly influenced by both French and Italian Mid-Century Modernism.
Brass, Enamel
Industrial Patinaed Medical / Surgical 6ft. Floor Lamp, Wilmot Castle, USA, 1960
By Wilmot Castle Co.
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing an authentically vintage Mid-Century Modern surgical lamp in character rich patina.
Metal
Italian Triennale Three-Arm Floor Lamp with X Base
By Casey Fantin , Koch & Lowy
Located in Highland, IN
An iconic mid-century design, the Triennale floor lamp is not only beautiful, but a highly functional design.
Steel
Adjustable Brass Table Lamp by Bergboms, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn, Bergboms
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This unusual mid-century table lamp was designed and manufactured in Sweden in the 1950s by Bergboms (model no.
Brass
Floor lamp in glass and brass, by Luigi Brusotti, Italy, 1950s
By Luigi Brusotti
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
This floor lamp is a refined example of Italian mid-20th-century design, characterised by a sober and elegant architectural presence.
Brass
$480Sale Price|20% Off
signed nessen Studio Walter Von Nessen Brass Swing Arm Table Lamp
By Nessen Lighting, Walter Von Nessen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modernist Articulating Brass table lamp with makers tag.
Brass
Heifetz John Van Zwienen T-7-M MOMA Lamp Swing Arm 1951
By Heifetz
Located in Peoria, AZ
This produced a number of now iconic mid century modern lamps. This lamp is the T-7-Z which won an honorable mention.
Brass, Metal
Vintage Brass, Chrome and Painted Metal Adjustable Floor Lamp with Pivoting Arm
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-20th Century floor lamp in brass, chrome and painted metal (ca. 1950, USA).
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Hollywood Regency Glass and Brass 5 Arm Tulip Lotus Lamp 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Hollywood Regency Art Deco Pink Glass Flower Lamp, Modernist Italian Vintage Mid Century Brass Etched Glass Table Floor Lamp.
Brass
Stilnovo Wall-Mounted Articulating Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Hanover, MA
Stilnovo wall-mounted lamp with long brass arm perpendicular to the wall and articulating dark green aluminium shade. Push button on-off switch on mounting plate. Rewired for USA wit...
Aluminum, Brass
Lisa Johansson-Pape Style Ceiling Mount Articulating Lamp
By Lisa Johansson-Pape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lisa Johansson-Pape (1907–1989) was one of Finland's most prolific Mid-Century lighting designers, producing work for Orno from the 1940s through the 1970s.
Chrome
Large 1950s Cosack Leuchten Model 9590 Articulating Wall Lamp
By Cosack Leuchten
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large 1950s Cosack Leuchten Model 9590 Articulating Wall Lamp Executed in white enameled metal and brass in the manner highly reminiscent of Paavo Tynell's 9459 wall lights. A very ...
Metal, Brass
Robert Mathieu Articulating Spotlight and Reflector Wall Lamp
By Jean Boris Lacroix
Located in Hanover, MA
French 1950's multi-articulating wall sconce by Robert Mathieu of R. Mathieu Luminnaires Rationnels. Both the perforated cone light and the reflector shield can pivot and rotate acc...
Brass, Aluminum
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.