$600Sale Price / item|50% Off
Amethyst and Clear Graniglia Sconce, 7 Available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass wall lights with hand blown clear and amethyst graniglia to produce granular textured effect / Made in Italy in the style of Barovier e Toso, circa 1960s...
Murano Glass
$2,100 / item
Graniglia Leaf Flush Mount by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian flush mount with three large Murano glass leaves hand blown in Graniglia technique to produce granular textured effect, supported by gold finish metal frame / Made in Italy 3...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$3,300 / item
Graniglia Leaf Flush Mount by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian flush mount with six large Murano glass leaves hand blown in Graniglia technique to produce granular textured effect, supported by gold finish metal frame / Made in Italy 6 l...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$4,250 / item
Amber Graniglia Rondine Chandelier by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian chandelier clear textured Murano glass petals hand blown with amber Graniglia to produce granular textured effect, mounted on gold finish metal frame / Made in Italy 6 lights...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$4,200Sale Price / set|50% Off
Set of 7 Amethyst and Clear Graniglia Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass wall lights with hand blown clear and amethyst graniglia to produce granular textured effect / Made in Italy in the style of Barovier e Toso, circa 1960s...
Murano Glass
$2,100Sale Price / set|30% Off
Pair of Amber Graniglia Sconces by La Murrina
By La Murrina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano sconces hand blown with amber graniglia technique to produce granular textured effect / Made in Italy by La Murrina, circa 1960s Original mark on the glass and...
Brass
$1,200 / item
Graniglia Shield Sconce by Fabio Ltd, 18 Available
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wall light with a Murano glass shield hand blown in Graniglia technique to produce granular textured effect with gold flecks, mounted on gold plated finish frame / Made in It...
Gold Plate
$1,500Sale Price / set|50% Off
Pair of Graniglia Bow Sconces, 3 Pairs Available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wall light with a clear Murano glass shade hand blown with granular texture using Graniglia technique and amber glass bow, mounted on gold finish metal frame / made in Italy ...
Murano Glass
$2,100Sale Price / set|30% Off
Pair of Uplight Graniglia Sconces, 2 Pairs Available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian wall light with clear Murano glass shades hand blown using graniglia technique, decorated with blue and red glass buttons, mounted on brass frames / Made in Italy in ...
Murano Glass
$1,500Sale Price / set|50% Off
Pair of Graniglia Trumpet Sconces, 2 Pairs Available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian wall lights with trumpet shaped clear Murano glass shades hand blown with smoky granular using Graniglia technique, mounted on chrome finish frames / made in Italy ci...
Murano Glass
$1,200Sale Price / set|50% Off
Pair of Pink Graniglia Acquasantiera Sconces, 2 Pairs Available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wall light with a clear Murano glass shade hand blown with pink Graniglia to produce granular textured effect / Made in Italy in the style of Mazzega Measures: Height 3 inche...
Murano Glass
Pair of Graniglia Shield Sconces by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wall light with a Murano glass shield hand blown in Graniglia technique to produce granular textured effect / Made in Italy by Barovier e Toso, 1960s Original label on frame ...
Murano Glass
$2,700Sale Price / set|50% Off
Pair of Amber Graniglia Rondine Sconces, 4 Pairs Available
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wall lights with clear textured Murano glass petals hand blown with amber Graniglia to produce granular textured effect, mounted on gold finish metal frame / Made in Italy in...
Murano Glass
$1,125Sale Price / item|50% Off
Graniglia Shield Sconce by Barovier e Toso - Pair Available
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian wall lights with Murano glass shield diffusers hand blown in Graniglia technique to produce granular textured effect, mounted on brass frames / Made in Italy by Barov...
Brass
$900Sale Price|50% Off
Blue Square Murano Flush Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian flush mount or wall light with a single square graniglia Murano glass shade and blue decoration / Made in Italy in the style of Mazzega, circa 1960s Measures: width 1...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$900Sale Price|50% Off
Milky White Square Murano Flush Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian flush mount or wall light with a single square graniglia Murano glass shade in milky white color / Made in Italy in the style of Mazzega, circa 1960s Measures: width ...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$1,000Sale Price|50% Off
Square Murano Flush Mount with Brass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian flush mount or wall light with a single square graniglia Murano glass shade, mounted on white metal frame with brass details / Made in Italy in the style of Mazzega, ...
Brass
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
Black Murano Uplight Sconce by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian uplight wall sconce with black murano glass shade and clear graniglia glass leaf mounted on brass frame / Made in Italy by Barovier e Toso, circa 1950s Measures: Heig...
Brass
Mid-century Modern Style Italian Murano Glass and Brass Palmette Chandelier
Located in Puglia, Puglia
The chandelier consists of a white painted metal frame, with gold Murano glass palmettes and clear Graniglia. The large Italian chandelier has 2 layers of glass and a white glass end...
Metal, Brass
Chandelier Suspension Lamp Murano Glass Metal Mid-Century Modern Italy 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Italian suspension lamp with a Murano glass diffuser in Graniglia technique to produce granular texture.
Metal, Brass
Pair of Barovier Style Mid Century Modern Murano Glass Shell Sconces
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of Barovier & Toso Mid-Century Modern shell wall lights, made in Italy in Murano in clear and gold Graniglia Murano glass, mounted on a brass base.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Style Murano Glass Sconces, Brass Accents, Italy, New
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of sconces, Italian, from the island of Murano made of clear “graniglia” glass. This pair has been newly wired to fit US standards.
Brass
Barovier Style Mid Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Shell Sconces, 60s, Pair.
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of Mid-century modern shell-shaped wall lights, made in Italy in Murano in the style of Barovier, in Graniglia Murano glass, mounted on a metal and brass base, 1960s.
Murano Glass
Pair of Art Deco Style Gold Murano Glass and Brass Sconces
Located in Puglia, Puglia
These wall lights are made of Graniglia gold Murano glass with a ribbed texture.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern 80s Burnished Metal and Murano Glass Suspension Lamp
Located in Palermo, IT
Lampadario a sospensione con diffusore in vetro di Murano lavorato con tecnica Graniglia per ottenere una texture granulosa.
Metal, Brass
Pair of Barovier & Toso Art Deco Style Brass and Murano Glass Sconces
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of Art Deco Barovier & Toso wall lights, made in Murano, Italy, in clear and gold Graniglia Murano glass, mounted on a brass base.
Brass
Barovier Style Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Shell Sconces, 60s, Pair.
By Barovier
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Mid-century modern shell-shaped wall lights, made in Italy in Murano in the style of Barovier, in Graniglia Murano glass, mounted on a white lacquered metal and brass base, 1960s.
Metal
$1,759Sale Price|30% Off
Angelo Brotto Mid-century Modern Murano Glass and Bronze Pendant by Esperia, 70s
By Angelo Brotto, Esperia
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This particular ceiling lamp is equipped with a Graniglia Murano glass lampshade and a solid wood rod.
Bronze
Vintage Sconces with Clear and Amber Murano Glass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original vintage wall lights with clear and Amber Murano glasses handblown in Graniglia technique to give a granular texture and resemble a beautiful candle design piece mounted on s...
Brass
Pair of Sconces in Textured Smoked Murano Glass in Tree Bark Shape and Brass
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This wonderful pair of glass sconces features frosted graniglia Murano glass and brass. Very unusual design.
Brass
Set of Four Canale Sconces by Barovier e Toso. Italy, 1960's.
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four Italian sconces/wall lights or flush mounts with amber curved and ribbed Murano glasses hand blown in Graniglia technique mounted on polished brass frames / Made in Italy...
Murano Glass
Set of Three Long Rectangular Canale Sconces by Barovier e Toso. Italy, 1960's.
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wall lights or flush mounts with white rectangular textured Murano glasses hand blown in Graniglia technique mounted on polished brass frames / Made in Italy circa 1960s by B...
Murano Glass
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.