Black Galaxy Sculptural Brass and Parota Wood Table Lamp by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Galaxy Sculptural Brass and Parota Wood Table Lamp by Isabel Moncada Dimensions: Ø 56 x H 99 cm. Materials: Natural Parota wood, brass, fiberglass and linen. The Space Age was...
Brass
Obsidian Table Lamp in Mirror and Glass with Brass Lighting Fixture by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Obsidian Table Lamp in Mirror and Glass with Brass Lighting Fixture by Homa Dimensions: W 42 x D 31 x H 40 cm. Materials: Blown Glass, Smoke Mirror, Brass Lighting Fixture. All our ...
Brass
Pair of Sculpted Brass & Glass Table Lamps, Tango One Globe by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Brass & Glass Pendant, Tango One Globe by Paul Matter Set of 2 Tango is born from playful experimentation with vintage lighting components. Burnt, aged brass a...
Brass
Borgia Table Lamp in Horn, 24K Gold-Plated Brass & Ivory Shantung by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Borgia Table Lamp in Horn, 24K Gold-Plated Brass & Ivory Shantung by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 64 cm. Materials: Horn, 24K gold-plated brass, and ivory shantung. All our ...
Gold Plate, Brass, Other
Eclisse Table Lamp in Matte Horn, Silk, Black Oak Veneer & Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Eclisse Table Lamp in Matte Horn, Silk, Black Oak Veneer & Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 75 cm. Materials: Horn, silk, brass, and black oak veneer. Also available in a diff...
Other, Brass
Hero Lamp by Panorammma, Brass-Plated Stainless Steel, Stone Sphere, Sculptural
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Hero Lamp is a sculptural floor lamp virtuously crafted in stainless steel with a brass plated finish which holds a stone globe that gives off a warm candle-like light. This unique...
Steel, Stainless Steel
Curved Form, Orange Amber Gem with Satin Brass Table Lamp by Marie Jeunet
Located in Geneve, CH
Gems Ambre table lamp by Marie Jeunet Dimensions: w 13 x d 24 x h 23.5 cm Materials: Amber crystal and brushed brass. Gems Collection At the border between art and goldsmithing, thi...
Crystal, Brass
Set of 2 Brass Dance of Geometry Table Lamps by Square in Circle
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Brass Dance of Geometry Table Lamps by Square in Circle Dimensions: H 48 x W 14 x D 18 cm Materials: Brushed brass, Bbrushe grey Metal Inspired by costumes from The Bauhaus...
Metal, Brass
Obsidian Silver Lamp II in Mirror and Glass with Brass Lighting Fixture by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Obsidian Silver Lamp II in Mirror and Glass with Brass Lighting Fixture by Homa. Dimensions: W 42 x D 13 x H 40 cm. Materials: Blown Glass, Silver Mirror, Brass Lighting Fixture. Al...
Brass
Obsidian Silver Lamp I in Mirror and Glass with Brass Lighting Fixture by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Obsidian Silver Lamp I in Mirror and Glass with Brass Lighting Fixture by Homa. Dimensions: D 40 x H 58 cm. Materials: Blown Glass, Silver Mirror, Brass Lighting Fixture. All our la...
Brass
Postmodern Space Age White Opaline Murano Glass and Brass Table Lamp, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy 1970s - 1980s. This table lamp is made in opaline Murano glass, brass and varnished metal. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use as you ...
Metal, Brass
Saba Table Lamp in Horn, 24K Gold-Plated Brass & Beige Pongé Silk by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Saba Table Lamp in Horn, 24K Gold-Plated Brass & Beige Pongé Silk by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 12 x W 32 x H 40 cm. Materials: Horn, 24K gold-plated brass, and beige pongé silk. Availa...
Other, Gold Plate, Brass
Handcrafted Blue Verdigris Brass Desk/ Table/ Bedside Lamp Eclipse, Carla Baz
By Carla Baz
Located in Geneve, CH
Handcrafted Blue Verdigris Brass Desk/ Table/ Bedside Lamp Eclipse, Carla Baz Dimensions: D 15 x W 15 x D 11 cm. Materials: Verdigris metal. Weight: 0,9 kg. Available in different m...
Metal
Pair of Chapman 1970s Faux Horn and Brass Table Lamps, Wired for the USA
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Chapman 1970s faux horn table lamps with brass bases. This exquisite pair of Chapman 1970s table lamps exudes a sense of timeless luxury and eclectic charm. Crafted with me...
Brass
Curved Form, Light Blue Amber Gem with Satin Brass Table Lamp by Marie Jeunet
Located in Geneve, CH
Gems ambre table lampby Marie Jeunet Dimensions: W 11 x D 21 x H 23.5 cm Materials: Amber crystal and brushed brass. Gems Collection At the border between art and goldsmithing,...
Crystal, Brass
Rare solid pair of french 1970s table lamps crafted in brass and travertine.
By (after) Jean Michel Frank
Located in København K, 84
This rare solid pair of French 1970s table lamps exemplifies the minimalist elegance and material sophistication characteristic of postmodern design. Crafted from brass and travertin...
Travertine, Marble
$3,240 / item
Rhythm Glass Globe Floor Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Rhythm Glass Globe Floor Lamp by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 41 x W 41 x H 152.5 cm. Materials: Brass and glass. Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and b...
Brass
$3,550 / item
Fly Glass Globe Floor Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Fly Glass Globe Floor Lamp by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 20.5 x W 25.5 x H 173 cm. Materials: Brass and glass. Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and br...
Brass
1970s Koch+Lowy Brass Floor Lamp 3 Pivoting Heads Vintage Mid-Century Tri-Light
By Koch & Lowy
Located in Hyattsville, MD
This vintage floor lamp by Koch & Lowy, comes in polished brass, with three pivoting rounded light shades, attached to an artfully bent stem, on a circular base; on/off switch includ...
Metal
$1,775 / item
Rhythm Glass Globe Desk Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Rhythm Glass Globe Desk Lamp by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 38 x W 38 x H 66 cm. Materials: Brass and glass. Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and brush...
Brass
$2,323 / item
Silver Brass Floor Light by Atelier Areti
Located in Geneve, CH
Silver Brass Floor Light by Atelier Areti Dimensions: D 20.5 x H 163 cm. Materials: Brushed brass. Available in white, black, color, or brass. Available in cone up or cone down vers...
Brass
$2,358 / item
Fly Two Glass Globe Desk Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Fly Two Glass Globe Desk Lamp by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 40.5 x W 40.5 x H 66 cm. Materials: Brass and glass. Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and ...
Brass
$1,775 / item
Fly One Glass Globe Desk Lamp by Lamp Shaper
Located in Geneve, CH
Fly One Glass Globe Desk Lamp by Lamp Shaper Dimensions: D 15.5 x W 25.5 x H 66 cm. Materials: Brass and glass. Different finishes available: raw brass, aged brass, burnt brass and ...
Brass
Italian Postmodern Contemporary Brass and Aluminum Ceiling Lamp
Located in Milano, IT
Italian-made pendant lamp made by an Italian manufacture between the years 2000 and 2010. This ceiling lamp is a perfect example of modern design, characterized by a round shape and ...
Aluminum, Brass
$2,561 / item
Pixy Floor Lamp by G.Luce
Located in Geneve, CH
Pixy Floor Lamp by G.Luce Dimensions: D 32 x H 162 cm Materials: Brass Structure Bronze Finish Percaline Lampshade. Weight: 7.5 Kg. G.Luce is the result of a thirty-year history o...
Brass
$3,669 / item
Cross Floor Lamp by DUISTT
Located in Geneve, CH
Cross Floor Lamp by DUISTT Dimensions: W 50 x D 50 x H 154 cm Materials: Black Iron and Brass CROSS lamp, crafted with great attention to detail, is a piece with a base in a cross s...
Brass, Iron
$3,776 / item
B4 Floor Lamp by Disderot
Located in Geneve, CH
B4 Floor Lamp by Disderot Limited Edition. Designed by René-Jean Caillette. Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 150 cm. Materials: Walnut, plexiglass and polished stainless steel. Delivered with ...
Brass
$6,576 / item
Alma Floor Lamp by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Alma Floor Lamp by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 54 x H 188 cm Materials: Horn, leather, brass. Floor lamp in dark horn and Tosca leather (cat. Super), black color. Gunmetal brass detailin...
Brass
$2,323 / item
Silver Brass Floor Light II by Atelier Areti
Located in Geneve, CH
Silver Brass Floor Light II by Atelier Areti Dimensions: D 20.5 x H 174 cm. Materials: Brushed brass. Available in white, black, color, or brass. Available in cone up or cone down v...
Brass
$3,276 / item
Upper Floor Lamp by Hervé Langlais
Located in Geneve, CH
Upper floor lamp by Hervé Langlais Dimensions: D 60 x H 200 cm Materials: Solid brass, Lampshade Drop Paper® M1, Black textile cable (2m). Others finishes are available. All ou...
Brass
$14,486 / item
Floor Lamp by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Floor lamp by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 22.8 x W 22.8 x H 208 cm Materials: darkened brass All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be...
Brass
$2,597 / item
Storm Floor Lamp by Emilie Cathelineau
Located in Geneve, CH
Storm floor lamp by Emilie Cathelineau Dimensions: D 26 x W 7 x H 146 cm Materials: Solid brass, white polycarbonate. Others finishes are available. All our lamps can be wired ...
Brass
$2,751 / item
Zena Floor Lamp by G.Luce
Located in Geneve, CH
Zena Floor Lamp by G.Luce Dimensions: W 43 x D 43 x H 164 cm Materials: Brass Structure Light Satin Gold or Black Nickel Finish, Opal Glass Lampshade. Weight: 12.5 Kg. G.Luce is t...
Brass
$3,252 / item
Triangle Box Brass Floor Light by Atelier Areti
Located in Geneve, CH
Triangle Box Brass Floor Light by Atelier Areti Dimensions: D 20 x W 20 x H 155 cm. Materials: Brushed brass, white acrylic panels. Available in nickel, black, or brass. All our la...
Brass
$2,096 / item
Circles Floor Lamp by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Circles Floor Lamp by Dainte Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 62.51 cm. Materials: Glass and brass. Introducing the stunning Floor Lamp made with brass circles. Designed with elegance in mind,...
Brass
$4,705 / item
Vertical Globe Brass Floor Light by Atelier Areti
Located in Geneve, CH
Vertical Globe Brass Floor Light by Atelier Areti Dimensions: D 27 x W 27 x H 183 cm. Materials: Brushed brass, glass. Available in black, white, or brass versions. All our lamps c...
Brass
Sera Clamp Candle Lamp in Matte Burnished Iron Polished Brass by Mingardo
Located in Geneve, CH
Sera Clamp Candle Lamp in Matte Burnished Iron Polished Brass by Mingardo Dimensions: D27.5 x W22 x H26 cm. Materials: Matte burnished iron structure and lampshade with a RAL 9010 w...
Brass, Iron
Kazuhide Takahama Totem Floor Lamp, Sirrah Italy 1981
By Sirrah, Kazuhide Takahama
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Rare Kazuhide Takahama “Totem” floor lamp is one of his most sculptural and architectural lighting designs, designed in the late 70s for Sirrah and produced in 1981 (The Adventure of...
Cement, Metal, Brass
$9,756 / item
Novecentotrenta Table Lamp by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
Novecentotrenta Table Lamp by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 45 x D 45 x H 72 cm Materials: Goat parchment, burnished brass. Table lamp with a diffuser covered in goat parchment, four i...
Brass
$2,680 / item
Calee XS Floor Lamp by POOL
Located in Geneve, CH
Calee XS floor lamp by Pool Dimensions: D50 X H140 cm Materials: solid brass, Polycarbonate, textile cable (2m). Others finishes and dimensions are available. All our lamps can...
Brass
$3,430 / item
Calee XL Floor Lamp by Pool
Located in Geneve, CH
Calee XL floor lamp by Pool Dimensions: D70 X H170 cm Materials: Solid Brass, Polycarbonate, Textile cable (2m). Others finishes and dimensions are available. All our lamps can...
Brass
Karl Springer JMF Floor Lamp in Lacquered Goatskin
By Karl Springer
Located in Miami, FL
An elegant, organic floor lamp by American designer Karl Springer. It features his signature lacquered goatskin finish with brass accents, giving it a sculptural presence and a dist...
Brass
$3,924 / item
Balestra Floor Lamp by G.Luce
Located in Geneve, CH
Balestra Floor Lamp by G.Luce Dimensions: W 22 x D 58 x H 203 cm Materials: Marble and Brass Base, Satin Light Gold Finish Lampshade either opal Glass, Satinated Glass, or Aluminium....
Marble, Brass
$2,263 / item
Pins Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Pins Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 57 x D 62 x H 22 cm. Materials: Ceramic base and brass stem, with 4 satin glass globes. Notorious is a collection inspired by the 40s style...
Brass
$14,433 / item
Echo Floor Lamp by Atelier Demichelis
Located in Geneve, CH
Echo Floor Lamp by Atelier Demichelis Numbered and Signed Dimensions: D 38 x H 166 cm Materials: Patinated and Varnished Brass. Laura Demichelis Laura was born & brought up in Pro...
Brass
$5,432 / item
Heron Floor Lamp by CTO Lighting
By CTO Lighting
Located in Geneve, CH
Heron floor lamp by CTO Lighting Materials: satin brass with movable head and honed black marquina marble base. Also available in bronze with movable head and calacatta viola marbl...
Marble, Brass
$2,607 / item
Luz Lamp by Nomade Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Luz lamp by Nomade Atelier Dimensions: D 20 x W 34 x H 32 cm Material: brass, golden hued LED lighting Weight: 8 kg All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sol...
Brass
$2,607 / item
Luz Lamp by Nomade Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Luz lamp by Nomade Atelier. Dimensions: D 20 x W 34 x H 32 cm. Material: brass, golden hued LED lighting. Weight: 8 kg. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If...
Brass
$1,536 / item
Silver Brass Desk Light by Atelier Areti
Located in Geneve, CH
Silver Brass Desk Light by Atelier Areti Dimensions: D 20.5 x H 51.2 cm. Materials: Brushed brass. Available in white, black, color, or brass. Available in cone up or cone down vers...
Brass
Lines and Triangles Brass Floor Light by Atelier Areti
Located in Geneve, CH
Lines and Triangles Brass Floor Light by Atelier Areti Dimensions: D 5 x W 31.5 x H 100 cm. Materials: Brushed brass, white acrylic panels. Available in white, black, or brass. All...
Brass
$26,208 / item
Adamas Floor Lamp by Emilie Lemardeley
Located in Geneve, CH
Adamas floor lamp by Emilie Lemardeley Dimensions: D30 x H160 cm Materials: Brass, Glass Weight: 35 kg The ADAMAS lightings take their inspiration from Greek myth; the story of...
Brass
$26,208 / item
Adamas Floor Lamp by Emilie Lemardeley
Located in Geneve, CH
Adamas floor lamp by Emilie Lemardeley Dimensions: D 40 x H 160 cm Materials: Brass, glass Weight: 35 kg The ADAMAS lightings take their inspiration from Greek myth; the story ...
Brass
$4,955 / item
Oddysey Floor Lamp by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Oddysey Floor Lamp by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 65 x W 65 x H 180 cm. Materials: Brushed brass and white marble. Odyssey is the new addition to Memoir’s lighting collection. Comb...
Marble, Brass
$7,610 / item
Yacaman Floor Lamp by Sombra Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Yacaman floor lamp by Sombra Design Limited Edition of 25 Dimensions: D 48 x W 60 x H 193 cm Materials: Brass, nickel plated steel. All our lamps can be wired according to each...
Brass, Steel, Nickel
$14,140 / item
Oddysey Suspension Lamp by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Oddysey Suspension Lamp by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 65 x W 65 x H 180 cm. Materials: Brushed brass and white marble. Odyssey is the new addition to Memoir’s lighting collection....
Marble, Brass
$2,811 / item
Cone Double Floor Lamp by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Cone double floor lamp by Contain Dimensions: D12 x H130cm Materials: brass structure, opal glass and stone base. Also available in different finishes. All our lamps can be wi...
Stone, Brass
$5,670 / item
Saba Table Lamp by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Saba Table Lamp by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 24 x W 50 x H 62 cm Materials: Horn, brass. Table lamp. Structure and base in hand engraved 24K gold plated brass. Raised rounded horn inla...
Brass
$5,194 / item
Borgia Table Lamp by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Borgia Table Lamp by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 64 cm Materials: Horn, brass. Table lamp. Structure and base in hand engraved 24K gold plated brass. Raised rounded horn in...
Brass
$1,846 / item
Rocket Table Lamp by DUISTT
Located in Geneve, CH
Rocket Table Lamp by DUISTT Dimensions: D 40 x H 70 cm Materials: Chrome and Brushed Brass ROCKET table lamp, crafted with great attention to detail, is a stellar design piece beau...
Brass, Chrome
Paul Evans for Directional 'Cityscape' Floor Lamp
By Paul Evans, Directional
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Paul Evans for Directional, 'Cityscape' floor lamp, model PE-4010 from the PE200 series, chrome-plated steel, brass, United States, circa 1975 This distinctive floor lamp from the ...
Brass, Steel, Chrome
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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.