Pair of Modern Italian Brass and Murano Glass Textured Wall Sconces
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of textured clear Murano glass sconces. The glass is fluted and curved, creating a superb impact encased in a sheet of glass, in an Art Deco style. The supporting structure is m...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Lavender Swirl Italian Murano Glass Wall Sconces - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a beautiful pair of hand blown Murano glass wall sconces. The glass color is almost a lavender or a blush. The hand blown glass is swirled , and each has three arms. They a...
Blown Glass, Wood
Pair of Large Scandinavian Modern Wall Sconces in Pinewood, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Odense, DK
Set of large Scandinavian Modern wall sconces made in solid turned pinewood and mounted with new flax linen shades. Made in Denmark in the 1970s. Measurements: Shade height: 17 cm....
Pine
Two Pairs of Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Outdoor Wall Sconces, C1965
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous set of 4 architectural aluminum wall sconces for the outdoors by Bega of Germany. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, a little faded on the finish. That can be...
Aluminum
Pair Large Custom Italian Modern Craftsman Alabaster Wall Sconces / Flush Mount
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, custom Italian Modern Craftsman alabaster wall sconces and flush mount fixtures. The wall sconces and flush mount fixtures are custom-made to size and specification, but all...
Alabaster, Steel
Pair of Modern Italian Murano Glass and Brass glacier Wall Sconces
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Stunning Murano glass and brass lamps, textured glass, made even more beautiful by the brass base. The wall lamps consist of a brass and metal frame that attaches to the wall with do...
Brass
$750 / set
Lightolier Brass Wall Sconces A Pair
By Lightolier
Located in Fulton, CA
A pair of brass wall sconces by Lightolier with black metal escutcheon plates. Retaining "Lightolier" paper labels. Tested and in working order. Light cans articulate to change direc...
Metal, Brass
$4,126 / set
Pair of Plaster Curved Wall Sconces
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of Curved wall sconces made of a piece of textured plaster, attached to the structure with two nickeled screws. Two sources of light per sconce.
Plaster
$1,679Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Stilux Wall Sconces Plexiglass Brass Glass Mid-Century Modern
By Stilux
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of wall sconces stilux design chic and elegant, sculpture plexiglass design.
Brass
Pair of Timeless Mid-Century Modern ERCO Gold Anodized Aluminum Wall Sconces
By ERCO Leuchten
Located in Hannover, DE
An exceptionally elegant pair of authentic ERCO wall sconces, crafted in Germany and embodying the essence of timeless Mid-Century Modern design.
Aluminum
Mid Century Modern Biomorphic Vintage Brass Pair Sconces Wall Lights 1950s Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern Biomorphic vintage pair of sconces or wall lights from brass in elegant curved shape 1950s Italy.
Brass
Pair of Modern Italian Brass and Murano Glass Textured Wall Sconces
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of clear Murano glass wall lights with textures that almost resemble tree bark. Each lamp is made from a single piece of curved glass, supported by two brass plates. They are hi...
Brass
$6,117 / set
Pair of Stilnovo Multidirectional Wall Sconces
By Stilnovo
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
A set of mid-century wall sconces crafted by Stilnovo, featuring a combination of chromed and painted metal. These sconces are designed with a round backplate that includes an integr...
Aluminum
Pair of Modern Italian Brass and Murano Glass Textured Wall Sconces
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of clear Murano glass wall lights with textures that almost resemble tree bark. Each lamp is made of three pieces of curved glass screwed to a metal and brass structure. They ar...
Brass
Kalmar Mid-Century Modern Pair of Large Crystal Glass Wall Lights / Sconces
By Kalmar Lighting, J.T. Kalmar
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Mid-Century Modern pair of vintage Austrian made large pair of faceted crystal glass wall sconces, lights, lamps or luminaires by J.T.
Gold Plate, Brass
Pair of French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical Double Arm Wall Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A pair of French double arm modern neoclassical wall lights. The pieces can rewired to specification.
Brass, Metal
A Pair of 1970s Mid-Century Modern Hexagonal Italian Huge Wall Sconces
By Stilnovo
Located in Aci Castello, IT
These Huge Wall Sconces designed and manufactured in Italy in the Seventies are stunning examples of the bold, geometric designs characteristic of the era. They feature a combination...
Metal
Pair of Modern Italian Curly Murano Glass Sconces or Wall Lights
Located in Rome, IT
A pair of delicious curly Murano glass sconces hanging on a chromed frame by Galleria Veneziani.
Blown Glass
$3,149 / set
Pair of Natural Brass Wall Sconces
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of wall sconces made of natural brass with two inner lights per sconce. Straight backplate on which are coming two curved brass sheets, with the light escaping from the gap b...
Brass
Pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern Brass Wall Sconces Sputnik Design, 1950s
Located in Madrid, ES
Striking pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern wall sconces in solid brass, circa 1950s.
Metal, Brass
Pair of Ceramic French Hand Sconces Wall Lights Mid-Century Modern
Located in Miami, FL
Very elegant pair of white ceramic hand sconces with original Opaline shades, circa 1950. Takes 1-light 40 watts max bulb. Wired for US and in working condition. Measures: Back pl...
Ceramic, Opaline Glass
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Sun Bleached Sculptural Natural Root Wall Sconces
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Amazing and truly spectacular assemblage of bleached roots into wall sconces. Photos do not do them justice. Each sconce is unique and over 4 feet by 3 feet. Can be used as a wall sc...
Cedar
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Ribbed Frosted Glass and Brass Wall Sconces
Located in London, GB
An elegant and sculptural pair of wall-mounted sconces originating from the 1960s. These fixtures feature substantial, heavy-gauge frosted glass shades with deep vertical ribbing (...
Brass
$1,679Sale Price|20% Off
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Wall Sconces by Maison Arlus, France, 1950s
By Arlus
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Wall Sconces by Maison Arlus, France, 1950s Stunning pair of wall sconces designed by Maison Arlus in the 1950s.
Metal
$1,450 / set
Vintage Pair of Shell-Encrusted Wall Sconces
Located in Bradenton, FL
Vintage Pair of Shell-Encrusted Coastal Wall Sconces. Each demi-lune sconce is adorned with an artful arrangement of natural seashells including scallop shells, conch shells, spiral ...
Shell, Wood
Pair of Italian Modern Black and White Enameled Reflector/ Wall Lights, Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Modern Black and White Enameled Reflector/ Wall Lights, Sconces
Enamel
$4,700 / set
Murano Seguso Floral Wall Sconces Pair
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Murano glass sconces with floral pattern. Has gold and off-white petals and leaves.
Murano Glass
$1,450 / set
Pair of Modern Icy Sconces
Located in Westport, CT
Lovely pair of icy tulip shaped wall lights with silver hardware (can change to gold), lit for one 60 watt Edison light bulb.
$594 / set
Pair of brass cone wall sconces, 1960
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pair of brass cone wall sconces, 1960
Metal, Brass
$1,250 / item
Pair of Louis Poulsen Wall Sconces
By Louis Poulsen
Located in Norwalk, CT
A pair of these modern classic sconces designed by Louis Poulsen. Each newly wired, replacing original florescent fittings with incandescent lights. Single bulbs facing up and down. ...
Metal
Pair of Mid Century Modern Solid Brass Demi Lune Wall Sconces C1970
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous solid brass pair of c1970s demilune wall sconces with double porcelain sockets Were recently polished and cleaned up very well Some scratches still show, nothing deep Other...
Brass
![ARCHIMEDES SEGUSO Crystal WALL Sconces [Pair]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/pair-of-archimedes-seguso-glass-wall-sconces-for-sale/f_28963/f_120695231651746610284/f_12069523_1651746610882_bg_processed.jpg?width=240)
![ARCHIMEDES SEGUSO Crystal WALL Sconces [Pair]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/pair-of-archimedes-seguso-glass-sconces-for-sale/1121189/f_120695231537289905032/12069523_master.jpg?width=240)
$4,300 / set
ARCHIMEDES SEGUSO Crystal WALL Sconces [Pair]
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Hawthorne, CA
Presenting a truly exceptional pair of glass wall sconces, these masterpieces by the esteemed Italian artist Archimedes Seguso showcase the brilliance of the Rostratto technique—an i...
Art Glass
$816 / set
Elegant Pair of glass wall sconces
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair of Vintage Italian Murano appliques in Vistosi style. Wall lights have 10 glass for each, white disks. Nickel metal frame. Period: late XX century Dimensions: 11 inches (28 cm) ...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Pair Of 1950S Italian Mid-Century Modern Curved Glass Wall Light Sconces
Located in London, GB
An elegant pair of 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern wall sconces, crafted in the style of Gio Ponti, circa 1955.
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Frosted and Aluminium Finished Wall Sconces
Located in Montreal, QC
These sconces are essentially of truncated triangular section, the mount and backplate look at first blush to be aluminium but more careful examination show this to be a finish rathe...
Glass
2 Pairs Mid Century Modern Glass & Brass Wall Sconces by Progress Lighting
By Gerald Thurston
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous painted curved and tapered glass & brass wall sconces by progress lighting c1955. Painted glass shades with a geometric pattern in gold & white. Two pairs available and in e...
Brass
PAIR of Scandinavian Modern Blown Glass Wall Sconces Attr. to Tapio Wirkkala
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Pair of Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Glass Wall Sconces attributed to Tapio Wirkkala, Finland circa 1970.
Nickel
$2,460 / set
Pair of Mid-Century Wall Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two geometrically inspired wall sconces with copper accents and opaline glass diffusers. Each light has two European based sockets (adapters to American bulbs are provided). They als...
Copper
Wonderful Pair Mid-Century Modern Murano Art Glass Light Fixtures Wall Sconces
By Barovier Seguso & Ferro
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful pair of Mid-Century Modern Murano clear art glass & silvered bronze 2 candelabra light fixtures, wall sconces.
Bronze
$980Sale Price / set|20% Off
1950's Pair Italian Art Glass Mid Century Modern Mirror Back Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 1950's Mid Century Modern Blown Art Glass Mirror Back Wall Sconces..
Art Glass
Mid-Century Modern Pair Vintage Transitional 2 Arm Crystal Glass Wall Sconces
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful Mid-Century Modern pair of vintage / transitional 2 arm crystal / glass wall sconces with polished nickel fittings and back plate, accompanied by mounting bracket for ins...
Crystal, Nickel
$5,060 / set
Pair of Modern Murano Sconces
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Modern Murano glass "turtle shell" sconces Circa 2000. The sconces are wired and ready to hang. They have great lines and are a perfect addition to any home.
Brass
$2,200 / set
Pair of Murano Spiral Glass Wall Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant pair of Murano glass wall sconces featuring a refined lattimo (opaque white) finish with delicate spiral detailing. Each shade is hand-blown with a softly flared, slightly tw...
Murano Glass
Pair of Stilkronen Sconces Gold Plate & Crystal Wall Lights Mid-Century Modern
By Stilkronen
Located in Miami, FL
Superb pair of Italian 2 lights Stilkronen sconces, Mid-Century Modern wall lights with Crystal on Gold Plated Frame.
Crystal, Metal, Gold Plate
$2,760Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair Mid Century Modern Brutalist Copper Lily Form Wall Sconces Attrib. Barbi
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Spectacular Pair of Artisan Formed Copper Brutalist Lily Flower Form Wall Sconces. Attributed to Tommaso Barbi. Purchased at an Antique Fair in Italy.
Copper
$1,679Sale Price|20% Off
Round Pair of Stilux Wall Sconces Plexiglass Brass Glass Mid-Century Modern
By Stilux
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round pair of Stilux wall sconces Plexiglass brass glass Mid-Century Modern.
Brass
Pair of Large Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass and Brass Wall Lights / Sconces
By Fontana Arte, Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
An Elegant Pair of Large Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass and Brass Wall Lights / Sconces in the style of Gio Ponti and Fontana Arte circa 1960-1970.
Glass, Murano Glass
French Mid-Century Modern Holophane Glass Shade & Bronze Sconces Wall Light Pair
By Holophane
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of French Mid-Century Modern Holophane glass shades and bronze sconces, wall lights, flush mount from the 1950s.
Bronze
Pair of Modern Square Glass Rod Wall Sconces of Sciolari for Lightoliers
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Rijssen, NL
Clean lines to complement all decors. A wonderful pair of high-end wall lights for Lightolier. With brass detail and hanging waterfall glass giving each piece an elegant appearance w...
Brass
Pair of Midcentury Modern Kalmar Mazzega Murano Glass Wall Lights Sconces 1970s
By Mazzega, Carlo Nason, AVMazzega, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Pair of Vintage Mid-Century Modern rare, organic brass, white and clear Murano glass double socketed wall lamps, lights or sconces by Austrian lighting manufacturer Kalmar, circa 197...
Metal, Brass
A pair of 1960s Stilnovo Style Mid-Century Modern Brass Italian Wall Sconces
By Stilnovo
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Two brass painted metal and white opaline glass diffusors designed and manufactured in Italy in the style of Stilnovo. The sconces are in different colors, brass it's in original pat...
Aluminum, Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Ice Glass Wall Sconces with Sockets, 1970s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Pair of white clear ice glass vanity sconces, Germany, 1970s. A beautiful pair of thick textured ice glass wall mirror wall lamps, Germany, circa the 1970s. Each of the wall lamps ha...
Metal
$600 / set
Pair of Unique Wall Sconce Lights
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With a unique cylindrical lucite cover, these wall mounted light fixtures offer a stylish way to light any interior. Please confirm item location with seller (NY/NJ).
Metal
Maison Jansen style Sconces, Wall Lights Brass & Lucite mid century modern Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Have a look on our the largest collection of French and Italian Mid-Century Modern Period Sconces & Wall Lights. More than 200 pairs.
Brass, Metal
$4,433 / set
Pair of Murano Glass Leaves Wall Sconces
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of large and spectacular Murano glass wall sconces. 3 bulbs E27 by sconce.
Murano Glass
A Pair of Post-Modern WALL APPLIQUES SCONCES by LUCID, France 1990
By Lucid
Located in PARIS, FR
An elegant and simple, post-modern and minimalist pair of warm wall lights, Post-Modernist, Minimalist, Constructivist, Nineties, composed of 2 curved light wood shutters diffusing t...
Metal
Pair, Maison Lancel French Mid-Century Modern Chrome & Wood Wall Sconces 1960
By Maison Lancel
Located in Miami, FL
Very elegant pair of circa 1960 chrome and black wood sconces for Maison Lancel, France. Wired for US and in working condition. Each wall sconce takes 1-light bulb with max. 40 watt...
Chrome
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.
From the kitchen to the bedroom and everywhere in between, there is one major part of home decor that you definitely want to master: lighting. Carefully selected vintage sconces and wall lights can do wonders in establishing mood and highlighting your distinctive personality.
We’re a long way from the candelabra-inspired chandeliers of the medieval era. Lighting is no longer merely practical, and lighting designers have been creating and reinventing lighting solutions for eons. Because of the advancements crafted by these venturesome makers, we now have the opportunity to bring unique, customizable lighting solutions into our homes.
It’s never been easier to create dramatic bedrooms, cozy kitchen areas and cheerful bars than it is today. Think of an elegant wall sconce as functional and as a work of art, adding both light and style to your hallways, whimsical kids’ rooms and elsewhere.
When choosing a lighting solution, first determine what your needs are: Will you opt for a moody or a bright feel? The room that will serve as your home office will need adequate lighting — think “the brighter, the better” for this particular setting.
For the bedroom, bedside wall lamps with warm-temperature bulbs instead of bedside table lamps could be the way to go to induce a sense of calm or intimacy. Try to match the style of the wall light or sconce that you’re installing to the overall design scheme of your room. It’s never “just a light.” You should approach the lighting of a room with a mindset that is one part practical and one part aesthetics-driven.
Let 1stDibs help you set the mood with the right antique and vintage wall lights and sconces for your home. Our collection includes every kind of fixture, from sculptural works by Austrian craftsman J.T. Kalmar to chic industrial-style wall sconces, from adjustable painted aluminum wall lamps designed by Artemide to a wide variety of minimalist mid-century modern masterpieces.
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.