Mid-Century Table Lamp by Giuseppe Calonaci, Italy, 1970s
By Giuseppe Calonaci
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Giuseppe Calonaci, Italy, 1970s
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Giuseppe Calonaci, Italy, 1970s
By Giuseppe Calonaci
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Giuseppe Calonaci, Italy, 1970s
Brass
Well Made German Mushroom Table Lamp Chrome Base & Plexi Shade, Beisl Leuchte
By Beisl
Located in Mortsel, BE
Illuminate your space with the sleek and stylish Dome table lamp by Beisl Leuchten. This German-designed lamp combines a glimmering chrome base and stem, exuding a touch of sophistic...
Chrome
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Giuseppe Calonaci, Italy, 1970s
By Giuseppe Calonaci
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Giuseppe Calonaci, Italy, 1970s
Brass
12628 floor lamp in brass and plexiglass by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, Italy, 1957
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Iconic floor lamp mod. 12628 "Siluro" designed by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, 1957. Trademark of the manufacture. Brushed and painted brass frame, marble base, white and yellow plex...
Marble, Brass
$1,236Sale Price|56% Off
Sputnik Sculptural Table Lamp, 1970s Copper steel brass and plexiglass Italian
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Table lamp of 1970, central copper sculpture brass and chromed metal, base in perpex, unique and particular in its kind, dome in black fabric.
Metal, Brass, Copper, Chrome
1960s table lamp, by Reggiani, with a white glass and brown plexiglass diffuser
Located in Milano, Lombardia
1960s table lamp, Italian-made by Reggiani. The lamp has two lampshades: one external in brown plexiglass, the other internal in white glass. The base is made of wood with a smooth...
Brass
Brass, Varnished Metal and Plexiglas Floor Lamp "Alberelli" by C. La Gaipa, 2020
By Carmelo La Gaipa
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
This floor lamp is made in brass, varnished metal and multicolored Plexiglas. It might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and rea...
Brass, Metal
Pair of Cylinder Table Lamps in White Plexiglass and Chromed Steel, Italy 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of Space Age design acrylic and chrome table lamps, Italy, 1960-1970. These table lamps feature a white acrylic cylindric shade standing up on a chromed steel base. One is large...
Steel, Chrome, Metal
Midcentury Stilux Milano "Capri" Table Lamp Plexiglass Opaline Glass, 1960s
By Stilux
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury "Capri" model table lamp. Stilux Milano produced this astonishing piece in Italy during the 1960s. This lamp is composed of a plexiglass and white opaline sp...
Aluminum, Chrome
Partisans Gweilo Song Table Lamp, Acrylic & Aluminum, Mid-Century
By PARTISANS
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Partisans Gweilo Song Table Lamp For Parachilna This collection is composed of a thermoformed acrylic and an extruded aluminum profile housing an LED strip. they is carefully hand-...
Plexiglass
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp by Luciano Frigerio, Bronze, Italy
By Luciano Frigerio
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian table lamp made by Luciano Frigerio.
Metal, Bronze
Tubular Floor Lamp, attr. to Carlo Nason, Italy Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Tubular steel floor lamp with white transparent Plexiglas shade and two separately switchable light settings. The light shines from below from the cut steel tubes as well as from ins...
Steel
Chrome & White Plexi Box Shade Lamp in the Style of Paul Mayen
By Paul Mayen
Located in Hanover, MA
Architectural table lamp in chromed steel with opaque white plexi box shade in the style of Paul Mayen for Habitat. UL Listed.
Chrome, Steel
Table Lamp in Opal Plexiglas and Bronze Mirror Designed by Nina Ricci Italy 1970
By Nina Ricci
Located in Napoli, IT
Table lamp in opal plexiglas and bronze mirror designed by Nina Ricci, Italy, 1970.
Plexiglass
Italian Lighting from the 1970s, Plexiglass
Located in Nice, FR
Italian light from the 1970s, all in plexiglass, a single bulb, composed of three parts. Luminaire that corresponds well to its time.
Plexiglass
Extraordinary Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass Table Lamps, Pair, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This exquisite pair of table lamps, crafted in Italy during the 1960s, embodies the elegance and innovation of mid-century modern design, specifically in the style of Stilnovo.
Metal, Brass
Nice french lamp in métal and plexiglas in the taste of Jean Boris Lacroix
By Boris Jean Lacroix
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Lampe à poser dans goût du lampadaire de Boris Lacroix,
Metal
Italian Plexi Table Lamp Big Clan by Harvey Guzzini & Studio 6G for Meblo, 1960s
By Studio 6G, Harvey Guzzini, Meblo
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian plexi table lamp Big Clan by Harvey Guzzini & Studio 6G for Meblo, 1960s Big Clan table lamp composed of a plexiglass sphere with chromed decorations and white plastic base....
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Smoke Gray/Grey Lucite Chrome Table Lamp New Black Drum Shade
Located in Topeka, KS
Grey or gray or smoke? Lucite or plexiglass or acrylic? Whichever way you spell it or whatever you call it, this Mid-Century Modern lamp is absolutely fabulous!!
Chrome
Czechoslovakia Mid-Century Floor Lamp in Nylon and Metal, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of Nylon, Metal, Plexiglass US adapter included Re-polished Fully Functional Good original condition.
Metal
Italian mid-century modern adjustable table lamp 8050 by Stilnovo, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern metal, plexiglass and leather adjustable table lamp 8050 by Stilnovo, 1960s Adjustable table lamp model 8050 with round plexiglass and metal shade.
Metal
Mid-Century Modern "Sfera" Table Lamp by Beni Cuccuru, Italy, 1972
By Ecolight
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern "Sfera" Table Lamp by Beni Cuccuru, Italy, 1972 Elegant spherical table lamp crafted with two plexiglass semi-spheres and a sleek chromed metal frame.
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Cello Table Lamp with Glass Base, France, 1950
Located in Beirut, LB
A charming Cello in plexiglass table lamp, providing a beautiful ambiance once lit, fixed on a square glass base with a 250 cm chord. W11.5 D11.5 H33.5 cm , Weight : 0.1 kgs.
Plexiglass
$3,383 / item
Eklè floor lamp brushed gold and bronze
Located in Vedelago, IT
A collection that combines versatility and innovation creating an eclectic style that adorns and decorates with great personality. The wall lamp includes integrated LED, 12 x 1.42 w...
Metal
$1,454Sale Price|44% Off
Rare Midcentury Lucite Radio Table Lamp by Moss Lighting
By Moss Lamp Co. 1
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare midcentury Moss radio table lamp in black and white Lucite with gold glazed ceramic dots as accents. Designed By Gerry Moss in The 1950s-1960s in San Francisco. Measures: 12...
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Tall Plexiglass/Chrome/Marble 70s Table Lamp w Custom Hand-combed Shade
Located in Hudson, NY
Tall 70s Table Lamp No.02T $4,800.00 Clear, rectangular, acrylic plexiglass box w/ three chrome blocks stacked inside / Square white Carrara marble base / Custom, rectangular, off-wh...
Marble, Chrome
Restored Mid-Century Floor Lamp, by Krásná Jizba, Beech, Rattan, Czech, 1950s
By ULUV Krásná jizba
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Maker: Krásná Jizba This unique Mid-Century floor lamp is an excellent example of Czechoslovak design from the mid-20th century.
Rattan, Plexiglass, Wood, Beech
$1,375Sale Price|44% Off
Mid-century Acrylic Hula Girl Midnight Palm Silhouette Table Lamp by Moss
By Moss Manufacturing
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century Midnight Palm Tree Hula Girl Silhouette Table Lamp by Moss.
Plexiglass
Rare Mid Century Modern Stilnovo Desk Lamp Model 8050 Metalarte 1960s
By Metalarte, Stilnovo
Located in München, BY
Extremely rare and elegant Mid-Century Modern desk light or table lamp. Model 8050.
Metal
Luciano Frigerio Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp, Steel & Bronze, Italy
By Luciano Frigerio
Located in Naples, IT
A rare and large table lamp with a steel and bronze base chiselled with an abstract motif, reminiscent of the works of Arnaldo Pomodoro. Lampshade in coloured perspex and chrome-plat...
Brass, Bronze, Steel
A MID-CENTURY-MODERN MODERNIST FLOOR LAMP by MAISON ARLUS, France 1950
By Robert Mathieu, Arlus, Pierre Guariche
Located in PARIS, FR
An exceptionnel tripod floor lamp, Modernist, Fifties, Bauhaus, with a tripod base in black lacquered metal on 3 cylindric feet in golden patina brass; the vertical axis in three pie...
Metal, Brass
Angelo Brotto Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp for Esperia, Italy, 1960
By Angelo Brotto
Located in Cerignola, IT
Beautiful and very rare floor lamp by Angelo Brotto for Esperia Completely original , with 7 interior lights , pedal ignition.
Metal, Brass
Fabric Shade Plexiglass and Brass Large Table Lamp by Leola, 1970s, Germany
By Leola
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Fabric shade plexiglass and brass large table lamp by Leola, 1970s, Germany Plexiglass and brass body and base The brass rod holding the lamp is placed in the plexiglass rod. Br...
Metal
Mid-Century Floor Lamp "Snow" by Vico Magistretti for Oluce Italy 1970
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in DE MEERN, NL
More than fifty years after its introduction, its restrained aesthetic feels every bit as contemporary as when it was first conceived, making it equally at home in minimalist, mid-ce...
Carrara Marble, Metal
Stilnovo Floor Lamp Red and White Acrylic / Plexi and Marble, Italy, 1960
By Stilnovo
Located in Camden, ME
Stilnovo floor lamp, Italy, 1960 with a marble base, three black lacquered rods, red and white acrylic plexi shades and brass details. The lamp is in very good condition and has bee...
Carrara Marble, Brass, Wrought Iron
Italian Mid-Century Plastic Metal Ciot Floor Lamp by Chiggio for LumenForm, 1973
By Lumenform, Ennio Chiggio
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century plastic and metal Ciot floor lamp by Chiggio for LumenForm, 1973 Ciot floor lamp composed of a hemispherical lampshade in white plexiglass connected to the struct...
Metal, Steel
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Reading and Torchiere Lamp Style of Kurt Versen
By Kurt Versen
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular floor lamp with great versatility attributed to Kurt Versen. Works as a reading lamp when the lamp shade is directed downward and as a Torchiere when tilted upward. Very ...
Steel, Chrome
Set of 2 Tulip Base Table Lamps, Brass / Glass, Mid-Century, Germany
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in Berlin, BE
Set of two very decorative vintage table lamps. Original from the 1970s. Very special with the acrylic glass detail in the middle of brass tulip base. Great atmosphere through the O...
Metal, Brass
Mid Century Modern Sculptural Chrome w Marble Base Arc Lamp by Harvey Guzzini
By Harvey Guzzini
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Iconic floor lamp with a incredible arc and balance. Amazing design with function. Marble base supporting the lamps arc and in a manageable way. Not cumbersome or needing multiple pe...
Carrara Marble, Steel, Chrome
$2,199Sale Price|20% Off
Gaetano Sciolari fine table lamp, brass, walnut, white plexiglass mod. A/1 1960
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Rome, IT
Gaetano Sciolari table lamp model A/1 , circa 1950 iconical lamp, essential design walnut, brass, plexiglass lampshade measures: height: 56, dia: 46 cm marked on the retro SCIOLARI...
Brass
$3,619Sale Price|20% Off
In the Style of Romeo Rega, Rare Plexiglass and Gilt Brass Floor Lamp
By Romeo Rega
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare and very nice floor lamp is made of Lucite and gilt brass. This is an Italian work, in the style of famous designer Romeo Rega, circa 1970.
Brass
$3,207Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Mid-Century Modern Sfera Table Lamp by Beni Cuccuru for Ecolight, 1972
By Ecolight
Located in MIlano, IT
Sfera table lamp by Beni Cuccuru for Ecolight, 1972. Spherical table lamp composed of two semi-spheres in plexiglass and chromed metal structure. Designed by Beni Cuccuru for Ecolig...
Metal
Green plexiglass and aluminum table lamp, Stilux Milano, 1956
By Stilux
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Cylindrical table lamp with an aluminum base and a sliding white plexiglass shade. Designed by Massimo Pasetto for Stilux Milano. He was nominated for the "Compasso d'Oro" award in 1...
Aluminum
Angelo Mangiarotti Black Plexi Lamp, Steel & Plexiglass, Mid-Century Design
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Angelo Mangiarotti Black Plexi For Karakter Italian architect, sculptor, and designer Angelo Mangiarotti designed the Plexi lamp in 1962, but at the time it was only produced in sma...
Steel
A MID-CENTURY-MODERN MODERNIST Tripod FLOOR LAMP by MAISON ARLUS, France 1950
By Arlus
Located in PARIS, FR
An exceptionnel tripod floor lamp, Modernist, Fifties, Bauhaus, with a tripod base in black lacquered metal on 3 cylindric feet in golden patina brass; the vertical axis in three pie...
Metal, Brass
Estrid Ericson, Pair of Brass and Plexiglas Candlesticks, 1960
By Estrid Ericson
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of gilt and silver brass candlesticks. Molded round base with silver varnish topped with a cylindrical plexiglass shaft with two gilt brass rings at each end. Candlesticks finis...
Brass
A Small MID-CENTURY-MODERN MODERNIST Tripod TABLE LAMP by ALFAPLEX, Italy 1950
By Alfaplex Milano
Located in PARIS, FR
A small tripod table lamp or night light, Modernist, Space-Age, Fifties, cylinder in white satin perspex diffusing light mounted on 3 elegant teak legs, stamped Alfaplex Milano, Ital...
Plexiglass, Teak
$1,695Sale Price|20% Off
1960's Night Light with Spiders Engraved in Plexiglass
Located in Vienna, Austria
I believe this is a unique item from an artist or designer. All the parts are carefully made with attention to detail. The metal cylinder is of thick walled, bronze tubing. An elect...
Metal, Bronze
A MID-CENTURY-MODERN Ceiling Fixture LAMP by TITO AGNOLI & O-LUCE, Italy 1950
By Tito Agnoli
Located in PARIS, FR
An authentic cylindrical pendant light, Radical, Modernist, Fifties, Minimalist, diffusing white perspex cylinder structured by a superb assembly of geometric brass parts with gunmet...
Brass
Midcentury lamp in metal and Plexiglas by Vit Kellj 1970s'
Located in Lastra a Signa, FI
This lamp designed by Vit Kellj in the 1970s, very particular... Made of metal with its original Plexiglas lampshade finished in metal Placeable in both modern and antique environm...
Metal
Angelo Mangiarotti Plexi Lamp, Steel & Plexiglass, Mid-Century Modern Design
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Angelo Mangiarotti Steel Plexi For Karakter Italian architect, sculptor, and designer Angelo Mangiarotti designed the Plexi lamp in 1962, but at the time it was only produced in sma...
Steel
Large Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp With Round Base In White Marble - Italy 1960
By Stilux
Located in Girona, Girona
Large table lamp with round base in white marble; articulated arm in steel and nickel-plated and black lacquered brass; reflectors in translucent white and purple plexiglass. Two bul...
Marble, Brass, Steel
$1,191Sale Price|20% Off
Valenti Italia 1970 Brass and Plexiglass Extensible Table Lamp
By Valenti Luce
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Particular Extendable Table Lamp in Brass and Plexiglass 1970 Velenti Luce
Brass
"Mid Century Floor Lamp with Chrome Base and Lucite Accents, Circa 1970s"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sleek mid-century floor lamp with tabletop. Chrome base with flared and bowed Lucite pieces that create the base supporting a clear glass top. Top overall height is 56". Tableto...
Chrome
$460Sale Price|51% Off
Vintage 1970s metal and plexiglass table lamp design Vit Kellj
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Chrome metal table lamp with plexiglass shade, designed by Vit Kellj, 1970s. CONDITION: In good condition, working, shows signs of wear and tear due to age, the lampshade has a visi...
Metal
Circular plexiglass and fabric table lamp by Anna Maria Y Palacios
Located in Milano, IT
Circular plexiglass and fabric table lamp by Anna Maria Y Palacios, 1960s-70s Table lamp created by artist Anna Maria Y Palacios, featuring a circular shade made of transparent plex...
Metal
Gianfranco Fini Fabrizio Cocchia Divieto New Lamp Italy 1970
By Gianfranco Fini and Fabrizio Cocchia, New Lamp
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This is for a rare Divieto table lamp, designed by the visionary duo Gianfranco Fini and Fabrizio Cocchia, and its manufactured by New Lamp in Italy, 1970s. This lamp stands as a str...
Metal
Chrome table lamp Mid-Century Modern Production Italy 1960/70s
Located in Palermo, IT
Mid-Century Modern table lamp, Italian production 1960/70. Lampshade made of brushed aluminum with clean, minimalist lines, features a central section made of acrylic material (Plex...
Aluminum, Chrome
Rare large abstract mid-century modern plexiglass wall lamp
Located in München, BY
Rare large Mid-Century Modern wall lamp made of beige plexiglass.
Plexiglass
Floor lamp Stile Elio Martinelli production Italy 70s Mid-Century Modern
By Elio Martinelli
Located in Palermo, IT
Floor lamp from the extraordinary example of Italian avant-garde design in Space Age style. The supporting structure is made of enameled aluminum, while the characteristic swiveling ...
Metal, Aluminum
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.