Vintage Lawrin Mid Century Modern Walnut Chrome Smoked Plexiglass Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Lawrin Mid Century Modern Walnut, Chrome, and Smoked Plexiglass Table Lamp With Interior Lights.
Plexiglass, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Sculptural Rosewood & Plexi Floor Lamp
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant tall statuesque tower floor lamp in Rosewood and plexiglass. Has two lights, main light is at the top and has a 3way switch while bottom light is more of a mood & ...
Plexiglass, Rosewood
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Plexi with Cork Table Lamps
By Chromalite
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of late 1960s-early 1970s lamps. Original shades with plexi and cork that match the base. Base of lamp also lights up along with a three-way switch for the upper portio...
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp with Plexiglass, Detail
Located in London, GB
Well sized table lamp with polished wooden base, metal detail and smoked plexiglass glass inserts. Comes complete with bespoke shade. We have another example available to make a pair.
Acrylic
$740Sale Price|57% Off
Pop Art Table Lamp Steel curved Black Plexiglass New Lamp Style 1970 Travertine
By New Lamp
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pop Art table lamp steel curved black plexiglass new lamp style 1970, Travertine cube.
Travertine, Steel
Mid-century Moden Italian Plexiglass and Silver Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Sculptural lamp of excellent workmanship, Italian production from the 70s, in plexiglass and silver. The base only measures: H44 x W18 x D18 cm.
Silver
Mid-Century Modern Italian Table Lamp Lucite Plexiglass, Italy, 1970s
By Alessandro Albrizzi
Located in Roma, IT
Important table lamp in Lucite. Prismatic. Mount a lamp E-27 large attack. The ignition has a power regulator.
Lucite, Plexiglass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps in Chromed Brass & Plexiglass
Located in Naples, IT
Pair of chromed brass round base table lamps and white perspex lampshade Italian dehli 1970s
Brass
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Stilnovo, Brass, Aluminium and Plexiglass, Italy, 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Stilnovo, Brass, Aluminium and Plexiglass, Italy, 1950s
Aluminum
Mid-Century Plexiglass Head Metal Base Pair of Desk Lamps, 1960s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Mid-Century Plexiglass Head Metal Base Pair of Desk Lamps, 1960s, Germany Original cables and plugs.
Metal
Pair of Mid-Century Plexiglass Table Lamp with Lampshade, Italy 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair of mid-century plexiglass table lamp with lampshade - Italy 1970s.
Plexiglass
Mid-Century Plexiglass White Table Lamp Model ''Acrilica" by Joe Colombo, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-century plexiglass white table lamp Model ''Acrilica" by Joe Colombo - Italy 1960s.
Plexiglass
Mid-Century Swedish Brass Floor Lamp w/ Red Chenille Drum Shade & Plexi Diffuser
By Möllers Armaturfabrik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Swedish floor lamp with brass base and red chenille drum shade.
Brass
Two beautiful Mid Century Modern tripod table lamps with white plexiglass shades
Located in München, DE
Two beautiful Mid Century Modern table lamps with plexiglass shades and tripod feet made of a colored metal and brass.
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp in Lucite Plexiglass, Panton Style, Italy, 1970s
By Verner Panton
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning table lamp fully made in clear lucite. This large and unique lamp was made in Italy during the 1970s, clearly in the style of Verner Panton. The body of the lamp is compos...
Lucite, Plexiglass
Mid-Century Plexiglass Head Metal Tripod Base Pair of Desk Lamps, 1960s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Mid-Century Plexiglass Head Metal Tripod Base Pair of Desk Lamps, 1960s, Germany Minimal and natural design with fabric Very high quality.
Metal
$1,692Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Italian Floor Lamp Brass Glass and Plexiglass Red Parts 1950s Stilux
By Stilux
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Mid-Century Italian floor lamp brass glass and Plexiglass Red Parts 1950s stilux.
Marble, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Italian Willy Rizzo Table Lamp in Purple Plexiglass and Brass
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Palermo, PA
While it can be polished, we believe the aged patina lends a unique charm, preserving the history of this exceptional design. This lamp is a perfect statement piece for anyone who a...
Brass
Stunning Mid Century Modern Plexiglass Table Lamp or Light Object, 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Unique Mid-Century Modern table lamp. Designed and manufactured probably in 1970s, Germany.
Metal
Transparent plexiglass lamp, Italian manufacture, 1970s
By Italian school XX ct.
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Transparent plexiglass lamp, Italian manufacture, 1970s
Plexiglass
Stilnovo Italian Mid-century Brass Marble Plexiglass Table Lampshade, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian midcentury modern design Stilnovo table lampshade with plexiglass diffuser, brass structure, and white Carrara marble base, manufacturer’s adhesive label, made in Italy in th...
Marble, Brass
Gianfranco Fini & Fabrizio Cocchia for New Lamp, 1970s Plexiglass Table Light
By New Lamp, Gianfranco Fini and Fabrizio Cocchia
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Stunning Pop Art Table Lamp, comprising 16 plexiglass rods illuminated through circular holes in the black aluminium base. Believed to be a model titled Divieto, attributed to Gianf...
Aluminum
Impressive Vintage Plexi Spherical Floor Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Impressive large floor lamp made of two half spheres in white plexi attached together and held in place thanks to a stainless steel handle on top.
Stainless Steel
Transparent plexiglass lamp, Italian manufacture, 1970s
By Italian school XX ct.
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Transparent plexiglass lamp, Italian manufacture, 1970s
Plexiglass
Mid-Century Modern White Lucite Table Lamp with Side Planter by Moss Lighting
By Moss Lamp Co. 1
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century Modern white and clear Lucite acrylic sculptural table lamp by Moss Lighting on green metal base.
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Ugo La Pietra Floor Lamp, Iron & Plexiglass, Italy
By Lumen Center, Ugo La Pietra
Located in Turin, Turin
Italian architect, artist, designer and theorist born in 1938, Ugo La Pietra was active since 60s in research for the definition of balanced relationships between man and the environ...
Iron
Space Age Plexiglass Table Lamp by Cosack
By Cosack Leuchten
Located in Mortsel, BE
This Space Age table lamp by Cosack is in perfect condition and features a sleek design with two plexiglass components. The upper part serves as the shade, made of opal plexiglass, w...
Plexiglass
Beautiful Italian Plexiglass and Chrome Floor Lamp 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Beautiful Italian Plexiglass and Chrome Floor Lamp from the 1980s is a striking lighting piece that captures the essence of Italian design during that era. Featuring a combinatio...
Chrome
Glass and Plexiglass Single Table Lamp, 1960s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Glass and Plexiglass Single Table Lamp, 1960s, Germany Lampshade is in good condition and very clean. This lamp works with E27 light bulb. Wired and suitable to use with 220V and ...
Metal
20th Century, Giuseppe Ostuni Oluce Floor Lamp in Brass and Plexi Diffuser, 50s
By Giuseppe Ostuni, Oluce
Located in Turin, Turin
Founded in 1945 by Giuseppe Ostuni, Oluce is, in the field of lighting, the oldest Italian design company still active, a unique manufacturing excellence that translates into form pa...
Brass
Mid Century 1970s floor lamp made of metal, plexiglass and white glass
Located in Premariacco, IT
1970s floor lamp with cast iron base and chromed metal frame. The ceiling light is made of white plexiglass with the central glass sphere lightly decorated as pictured. Very elegant...
Metal, Iron
$1,233Sale Price|62% Off
Midcentury Italian Floor Lamp Stilnovo Marble Brass Plexiglass
By Stilnovo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Midcentury Italian floor lamp Stilnovo marble brass plexiglass.
Marble, Brass, Iron
Paolo Ventrella Plexiglass Totem Floor Lamp, Italy 1980s
Located in Naples, IT
Totem Memphis floor lamp, created by the Neapolitan sculptor and artist Paolo Ventrella. The materials are Wood, Pexiglass, Painted Metal, Thick Glass and Pet. ( Sign of breakage on...
Metal
Goffredo Reggiani White Plexiglass, Steel and Copper Floor Lamp
By Goffredo Reggiani
Located in Madrid, ES
Sculptural floor lamp by Goffredo Reggiani from circa 1960. Made of satin steel, copper and white plexiglass on a marble base. European plug.
Marble, Copper, Steel
Pair of Deep Red Plexiglass and Brass Table Lamps
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Elegant and sculptural pair of mushroom-form table lamps composed of deep red vintage plexiglass domes raised on newly crafted solid brass trumpet bases. Inspired by the iconic Itali...
Brass
Handcrafted brass, oak and plexiglas floor lamp, Netherlands 1970s
By Memphis Milano, Atelier Marolles
Located in ECHT, NL
Large handcrafted floor lamp. The lamp is made from brass with plexiglass inserts and flame shaped elements. It is more of an art piece than it is a lamp. The shade is very well made...
Brass
$3,097Sale Price|20% Off
White Plexiglass Table Lamp attributed to Benno Premsela
By Benno Premsela
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This elegant table lamp has a solid base above which a panel seems to float. The panel, like the base made of white plexiglass, is carried by four very thin metal sticks. The lamp ...
Metal
Elaborate bamboo floor lamp with 5 large white plexiglass elements
Located in München, BY
Large Mid-Century Modern floor lamp made of bamboo and plexiglass shades.
Bamboo, Glass, Plexiglass
Art Deco Chrome & White Plexiglass Pirouett Table Lamp, 1930
Located in Labrit, Landes
Chrome and plexiglass lamp. Art Deco, circa 1930s The lamp can be repositioned. This can be used with USA and EU or UK standards. Due to differences between European and American el...
Chrome
Large Dior Homestyle Table Lamp Woven Cane in Plexiglass
By Christian Dior
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Elegant mid-century table lamp in rattan and plexiglass from Dior Homestyle, large size, 1970s.
Wicker, Plexiglass
1970s Modernist Black and White Plexiglass Italian Table Lamp
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish modernist black and white plexiglass table lamp with original silk lampshade. The table lamp has been designed and manufactured in Italy in the Seventies. Dimension of the ...
Silk, Plexiglass
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Acrylic and Plexiglas Table lamp after Pauil Mayen
By Paul Mayen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian 1970 s Table Lamp Acrylic lamp shade base is Plexiglas ,in vintage original condition .
Chrome
$459Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of space age plexiglass table lamps, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Czechoslovakia, 1970s - good orig.condition
Plexiglass
Yellow and White Plexiglass Double Side Table Lamp, 1960s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Yellow and White Plexiglass Double Side Table Lamp, 1960s, Germany adjustable light Lampshade is in good condition and very clean. This lamp works with E14 light bulb. Wired and s...
Metal
Anders Pehrson Table Lamp for Ateljé Lyktan, Brass & Plexiglass, 1971
By Ateljé Lyktan
Located in PARIS, FR
Des courbes douces et sensuelles pour cette lampe qui est l’une des plus belles réalisations d’Anders Pehrson pour la société d’édition de lampes qu’il avait reprise, l’Ateljé Lyktan...
Brass
Table Lamp by Fabrizio Cocchia & Gianfranco Fini for New Lamp, Italy 1969
By New Lamp
Located in Dronten, NL
Unlike mass-produced mid-century lighting, Cocchia and Fini operated at the intersection of Pop Art, Kinetic sculpture, and industrial experimentation.
Chrome, Sheet Metal
A Large Brass Table Lamp with Pink Plexiglass Stem by Ferdinando Loffredo
Located in London, GB
An impressive mid-century table lamp by Italian designer Ferdinando Loffredo.
Brass
Pink and White Plexiglass Double Side Single Table Lamp, 1960s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Pink and White Plexiglass Double Side Single Table Lamp, 1960s, Germany adjustable light Lampshade is in good condition and very clean. This lamp works with E14 light bulb. Wired ...
Metal
$1,268Sale Price|56% Off
Table Lamp Marble, Plexiglass, Steel 1970 Italian Design Pop Art
Located in Palermo, Sicily
A Particular table lamp Italian design Pop art, sculpture and Minimalist, made of plexiglass marble and curved steel, illuminated is a beautiful sculpture that makes you dream.
Marble, Steel
Gocce Lucite Acrylic Floor Lamp by New Lamp Rome Design Giuseppe Ravasio 1972
By New Lamp
Located in taranto, IT
Rare floor (..or table) lamp designed by giuseppe ravasio for New lamp Rome, about 1972. A thick sheet of plexiglass with a pattern of engraved drops, illuminated by a light placed ...
Iron
Vintage chrome and plexi table lamp attr. to Gaetano Missaglia, 1970s
By Gaetano Missaglia
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Rare Geometrical design table lamp attributed to Gaetano Missaglia. This timeless lamp is made from chrome and has two plexiglass tops which serve to diffuse the light. Moreover, ...
Chrome
Reggiani Adjustable Table Lamp in Chrome and Plexiglass, Italy, 1970s
By Reggiani
Located in Rome, IT
Big table lamp in chrome and plexiglass by the Italian designer Reggiani, 1970s. The direction of the light can be adjusted as preferred. Signed on the bottom "Reggiani - 16 - ...
Metal, Chrome
Space Age White Opal Glass Sphere and Plexiglas Table Lamp
Located in Weesp, NL
"Step into the captivating world of the 1960s with this extraordinary space-age table lamp, meticulously designed and produced in the Netherlands. Standing at an impressive 50 cm in ...
Glass, Plexiglass
Midcentury Adjustable Floor Lamp in Chrome & Plexiglass by Reggiani, Italy 1970s
By Reggiani, Goffredo Reggiani
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing floor lamp in chrome and plexiglass by the Italian designer Reggiani. Made in Italy in the 1970s. The direction of the light can be adjusted as preferred. Signed on the b...
Metal, Chrome
Tall Midcentury Marble, Brass, Metal and Plexiglass Six Lights Floor Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Interesting tall floor lamp, made of a white marble foot, a very long brass stem from which are fixed height painted metal sconce. Each sconce is rotative, one side if covered by an...
Marble, Metal, Brass
Vintage Plexi and Wood Lamp, Atelier Felice Antonio Botta Firenze, 1980
By Felice Antonio Botta
Located in Biella, IT
Atelier Felice Antonio Botta design years ’80 Firenze, extra large size base lamp in plexi and wood, with out lamp shade, rare the lamp base is composed from three plexi very thi...
Plastic, Plexiglass, Wood
Semi Transparent Metal and Plexiglass Table Lamp by Harvey Guzzini, 1960s, Italy
By Harvey Guzzini
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Semi Transparent Metal and Plexiglass Table Lamp by Harvey Guzzini, 1960s, Italy Lampshade is in good condition and very clean. This lamp works with E27 light bulb. Wired and sui...
Metal
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.
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.
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.