Murano Glass Mid Century Lamps, a Pair
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of Mid Century Murano glass lamps by Barovier & Toso. Beautiful teal color with controlled
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Murano Glass Mid Century Lamps, a Pair
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of Mid Century Murano glass lamps by Barovier & Toso. Beautiful teal color with controlled
Brass
A Helena Tynell Limburg Amber Glass Bubble Mid Century Lamp
By Helena Tynell, Limburg
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful 1960s amber bubble glass wall lamp with a gold enamel fixture designed by Helena Tynell
Brass, Enamel
$4,240Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Lotus Table Lamp by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, Blown Murano Glass, Rare
By Mazzega, Carlo Nason
Located in Milano, IT
Murano Table Lamp - Italian Collectible Lamp - Rare Mid-Century Lamp The LT305 "Lotus" Table Lamp
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso Italian Mid-Century Bubbled White Glass Table Lamp
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century Murano glass table lamp featuring gold fleck and bubble throughout hand made
Glass
Barovier & Toso Italian Mid-Century Bubbled White Glass Table Lamp
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century Murano glass table lamp featuring gold fleck and bubble throughout hand made
Glass
Vintage Italian Mid Century Modern Murano Pink & Purple Bubble Glass Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Mid Century Modern Murano Pink & Purple Hand Blown Bubble Glass Table Lamp
Glass
Vintage Mid Century Modern Blue Italian Murano Glass Gold Bubble Table Lamp Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Vintage Mid Century Modern Blue Italian Murano Spiral Ribbed Glass Gold Flecks Bubble Table
Glass
Mid Century Modern Bubble Gum Pink Cylinder Column Chrome Table Lamp - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Bubble Gum Pink Cylinder Column Chrome Modernist Table Lamps - a Pair
Metal, Chrome
Italian Mid-Century Murano Smoked Bubble Glass Chalice Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Italian mid century murano chalice shaped smoked blown bubble glass table lamp / torchiere with a
Glass
Mid-Century Table Desk Lamp, Chrystal Base with Bubbles, France 1960s
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Mid-Century table desk lamp, Chrystal Base with Bubbles, France 1960s. no chips. signed.
Art Glass
Mid Century Modern Brass & Bubble Glass Table Lamp Base, 1960s Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Mid Century Modern Brass & Bubble Glass Table Lamp Base, 1960s Germany Dimensions Diameter: 5.11
Metal
Mid Century Modern Brass & Bubble Glass Table Lamp Base, 1960s Germany Dimensio
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Mid Century Modern Brass & Bubble Glass Table Lamp Base, 1960s Germany Dimensions Diameter: 5.90
Metal
Mid-Century Block Bubble Table Lamp by Horst Tueselmann for Ichendorf Glashuette
By Ichendorf, Horst Tuselmann
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Mid-Century block table lamp in green bubbleglass designed by Horst Tueselmann and manufactured by
Art Glass
$2,450
MId-Century Murano Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MId-century Venetian lamp with many controlled bubbles throughout. With applied aqua glass swirls
Murano Glass, Acrylic
"Bubble" ceramic Table Lamp, Kaiser Leuchten
By Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Neuss, NW
Exclusive bubble table lamp by Kaiser Leuchten from the 1960s. Handcrafted glazed ceramic base in
Ceramic
Solid Ceramic Bubble Lamp, USA 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Large Ceramic table lamp with an abstract bubbling pattern. Base Only 24x14
Ceramic
$4,400 / set
Gold Mercury Glass Bubble Lamps
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Mid-Century mercury glass lamps. Restored with new pull chain sockets and brass base. Glass
Brass
1970s Napako "Bubble" Pendant Lamp, Czechoslovakia
By Josef Hurka
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia, designed by Josef Hurka, manufactured by Napako in the 1970's. Made of metal, plastic. Repolished, cleaned. Fully functional, in original condition, few minor...
Plastic
1970s Napako "Bubble" Pendant Lamp, Czechoslovakia
By Josef Hurka
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia, designed by Josef Hurka, manufactured by Napako in the 1970's. Made of metal, plastic. Repolished, cleaned. Fully functional, in original condition, few minor...
Plastic
Extraordinary "Bubble" ceramic floor lamp, Kaiser Leuchten
By Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Neuss, NW
Rare bubble floor lamp by Kaiser Leuchten from the 1960s. Handcrafted glazed ceramic base in green
Ceramic
1970s Napako "Bubble" Pendant Lamp, Czechoslovakia
By Josef Hurka
Located in Praha, CZ
This rare pendant lamp was produced in 1960s in Czechoslovakia by Napako in 1970s. Every plastic
Plastic
Pair of Barovier & Toso Italian MidCentury Bubble Fleck Murano Glass Floor Lamps
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Queens, NY
2 Italian Mid-Century standing floor lamps featuring a glass ball in the center with brass finials
Brass
Lino Tagliapietra Mid-Century Murano Italian Handblown Globe Table Lamp
By La Murrina, Lino Tagliapietra
Located in Toledo, OH
Lino Tagliapietra Mid-Century Italian Murano Handblown Globe Table Lamp. Lino Tagliapietra Mid
Brass
Mushroom Bubble Murano Glass Lamp, Italy, 1970s
By Vistosi
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Table bedside or desk mushroom lamp in blown orange bubble Murano glass. Artisanal work Italian
Murano Glass
Helena Tynell Glass Bubble Table Lamp, 1970s
By Helena Tynell
Located in Delft, NL
Helena Tynell glass bubble table lamp, 1970s.
Metal
$4,800 / set
Pair of Mercury Glass Bubble Cylinder Lamps
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of Mercury Glass Bubble Cylinder lamps.
Mercury Glass
Mid-Century Floor Lamp, 1960s, Restored
By Lidokov
Located in Praha, CZ
Mid-Century floor lamp made by Lidokov in Czechoslovakia in 1960s. Each bulb has its own switch
Metal
$5,800 / set
Pair of Cylindrical Bubble Mercury Glass Lamps
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of cylindrical lamps with mercury bubble glass body. Color varies slightly between pairs.
Brass
Chrome Bubble Table Lamp or Desk, Midcentury, 1960s
Located in Verviers, BE
Large chrome bubble table or desk lamp, made in Germany in the late 1960s. The lamp has got a E27
Chrome
Chrome Bubble Table Lamp or Desk, Midcentury, 1960s
Located in Verviers, BE
Large chrome bubble table or desk lamp, made in Germany in the late 1960s. The lamp has got a E27
Chrome
Barovier & Toso Italian Mid-Century Bolle and Gold Fleck Table Lamp
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century Murano glass table lamp featuring a bolle technique of blown glass with
Blown Glass
$3,200 / set
Murano Gilt Glass Bubble Table Lamps - Pair #1
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Classic Murano bubble lamps in their fine gilt glass with five graduated balls. Round domed bases
Art Glass
$6,500 / set
Pair of Mid-Century Murano Cranberry Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Murano mid-century cranberry lamps with lots of controlled bubbles and gold flecks running
Murano Glass, Acrylic
$4,475 / set
Pair of Round Bubble Glass Lamps, Italy, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of Mid-Century Modern space age round cube cylinder lamps design, 1970s
Glass, Blown Glass
Karl Springer Clear and Marbleized Brown Bubble Lamps
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful rare pair of Karl Springer clear and cased brown Lucite bubble lamps. A central stem in
Acrylic
Bubble Glass Floor Lamp by Hustadt, Germany 1960s
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant floor light with aspherical base in bubble glass with two-light settings by Hustadt
Glass
Murano Glass Mid Century Blue Barbini Lamp
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Mid Century Murano glass lamp by Alfredo Barbini for Seguso. Hand-blown cased glass with ribbed
Brass
Murano Glass Tall Mid Century Modern Lamp
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Mid Century Murano glass lamp by Alfredo Barbini for Seguso. Hand-blown cased glass with
Brass
Bubble Glas Table Lamp, VeArt, Venice, Italy 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Round table lamp with a ring-shaped lampshade made of gray glass with enclosed red flickers. The
Art Glass
Set of 2 Vintage Ceramic Table Lamps - Kaiser Leuchten - Bubble Lamp
By Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful set of 2 ceramic table lamps, made by the German brand Kaiser Leuchten. The ceramic is
Ceramic
Pair of dark blue "bubble" motif ceramic table lamps
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of dark blue "bubble" motif ceramic table lamps with brass hardware.
Brass
Bubble Lamps of Resin in Butterscotch by Silvano Pantani, 1966
By Silvano Pantani
Located in Smyrna, GA
Such beautiful sculptures, in wonderful shades of BUTTERSCOTCH. These Bubble Lamps were created by
Resin
Expressive West German Full Glass Bubble Table Lamp, circa 1970
Located in Voorburg, NL
, allowing the lamp to integrate seamlessly into contemporary, mid-century, or gallery-like interiors. It
Stainless Steel
Pair of Barovier & Toso Italian Mid-Century Bolle and Gold Fleck Table Lamps
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Mid-Century gold fleck glass table lamps featuring a bolle technique of blown glass
Blown Glass
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Italian Handblown "Fiasco" Demijohn Glass Lamp
Located in Oceanside, US
A stunning mid-century Italian table lamp repurposed from a hand-blown fiasco demijohn bottle
Brass
Bubble Lamps of Resin in Butterscotch by Silvano Pantani, 1966
By Silvano Pantani
Located in Smyrna, GA
Such beautiful sculptures, in wonderful shades of BUTTERSCOTCH. These Bubble Lamps were created by
Resin
Space Age Vintage Clear Bubble Glass Floor Lamp 1970s
By Helena Tynell
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage floor lamp with beautiful glass shades from clear textured glass. A joyful floor
Metal
Rupert Nikoll Brass and Bubble Glass Table Lamp
By Rupert Nikoll
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass construction with handblowed glass stand and shade fitted with two E27 sockets. Made by Rupert Nikoll in the 1960s in Vienna.
Brass
Midcentury Modern Bubble Crystal Rare Table Lamp Orrefors Carl Fagerlund
By Carl Fagerlund, Orrefors
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Midcentury large and rare modern bubble/drop table lamp design by Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors
Crystal
Chrome and Ceramic Bubble Table Lamp or Desk, Midcentury, 1960s
Located in Verviers, BE
Large chrome and Ceramic bubble table or desk lamp, made in Germany in the late 1960s. The lamp
Chrome
$654Sale Price|20% Off
Gaivota Bubbles Table Lamp in White & Blue, 1970's
Located in Lisboa, PT
This table lamp was produced by Gaivota, in Portugal, during the 1970's.The base is made of chrome
Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Murano Glass Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Palermo, IT
Mid-Century Murano glass table lamp, 1960s Intact and in good condition, pleated glass. It has
Metal
Mid Century Brass & Glass Table Lamps, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of mid century brass and glass table lamps. Central brass columns are reeded with blown
Brass
Vintage Murano Teal Glass lamps with controlled bubbles in Gold leaf
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Smyrna, GA
Vintage Murano glass lamps in TEAL with stunning gold, controlled bubbles. These lamps pack a color
Blown Glass
Pair of Mid-Century Italian Murano Iridescent Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Mid-Century Italian Murano iridescent lamps with white controlled bubbles on original bases
Gold Leaf
‘Bubble’ table/floor lamp designed by Goffredo Reggiani, 1970s Italy
Located in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District
The Space Age "Bubble" table/floor lamp, designed by Goffredo Reggiani in 1970s Italy, exemplifies
Chrome
Murano Glass Table Lamps, Purple Avventurina with Gold Bubbles, Italy
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Italian lamps from the Island of Murano. This pair features purple hand blown glass. The
Gold Leaf
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.