Mid-Century Modern WMF Ikora Table Blue Glass Lamp with Pig Skin Shade
By WMF Ikora
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
Mid-Century Modern WMF Ikora table blue glass lamp with pig skin shade.
Brass
Pair of Hand carved wooden Bobble lamps Antiqued Silver Leaf with Suede shades
By Julian Chichester
Located in London, GB
We have tried to photograph the condition of the lamps to the best of our ability but as you see from the images on the console table they still looking incredibly chic Currently wi...
Silver Leaf
1950s Italian Floor Lamp Brass Base with Three Pig Skin Shades
Located in London, GB
Around the lamps is pig skin shade, and they're sculptural shape makes them the perfect shade for light.
Brass
A Pair of Macassar Ebony Jules Lamp by Van den Akker
Located in New York, NY
The lamps also feature a hand gilded and turned mounting, solid brass fittings, a silk covered cord and square shades in a parchment colored faux pig skin.
Macassar, Ebony
Leather Table Lamp by Jacques Adnet, France, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage 1950s French leather wrapped table lamp designed by Jacques Adnet. Newly rewired. Includes original leather and pig-skin lamp shade as well as a custom shade in linen.
Iron
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.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
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The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.