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
$5,339 / 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
$2,563 / 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
$2,563 / 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
$25,758 / 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
$25,758 / 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
$4,870 / 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
$7,470 / 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
$2,763 / 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
$13,898 / 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
$5,573 / 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
$5,104 / 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
$1,814 / 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
F. Fabbian Italy Memphis era adjustable brass mounted red torchiere
By F. Fabbian
Located in Ferndale, MI
Post modern Memphis era F. Fabbian Italian torchiere .
Brass, Steel
$1,580 / item
Book Table Lamp by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Book table lamp by Contain. Dimensions: D 7 x W 33 x H 20.5 cm (standard length). Materials: brass structure and stone base. Available in different finishes. All our lamps can ...
Stone, Brass
$11,282 / item
Mano Floor Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Mano floor lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci Dimensions: D 3" x W 72" x H 7 in Materials: Brass, led strip, 24V driver, remote dimmer. All our lamps can be wired according to each c...
Brass
$5,584 / item
Folio Desk Lamp by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Folio desk lamp by Gentner Design. Dimensions: D 45.7 x W 20.3 x H 81 cm. Materials: hand rubbed brass, diffuser paper. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If ...
Brass
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
$1,147 / item
Small Oi.01 Lamp by STUDIO SOL LECCIA
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Oi.01 Lamp by STUDIO SOL LECCIA Dimensions: W 14 x D 11 x H 52 cm Materials: Materials: Wood and brass. Finish: Oak or Burnt Ash - wood from local forest / Teak from old furni...
Brass
$1,510 / item
Medium Oi.01 Lamp by STUDIO SOL LECCIA
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Oi.01 Lamp by STUDIO SOL LECCIA Dimensions: W 40 x D 11 x H 104 cm Materials: Materials: Wood and brass. Finish: Oak or Burnt Ash - wood from local forest / Teak from old fur...
Brass
$1,814 / item
Large Oi.01 Lamp by STUDIO SOL LECCIA
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Oi.01 Lamp by STUDIO SOL LECCIA Dimensions: W 60 x D 20 x H 134 cm Materials: Materials: Wood and brass. Finish: Oak or Burnt Ash - wood from local forest / Teak from old furn...
Brass
$6,943 / item
Cactus Big Lamp Transparent by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Cactus big lamp transparent by Pulpo. Dimensions: D30 cm x H100 cm. Materials: Borosilicate glass, steel, brass, aluminium. Also available in different finishes: transparent black, t...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
$11,591 / item
Leaning Mano Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Leaning mano 7 foot lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci Dimensions: D 7" x W 3" x H 84 in Materials: Brass, led strip, 24V Driver, remote dimmer. All our lamps can be wired according ...
Brass
$11,282 / item
Leaning Mano Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Leaning Mano 6 foot lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci. Dimensions: D 7"x W 3" x H 72 in. Materials: Brass, Led strip, 24V Driver, Remote Dimmer. All our lamps can be wired according ...
Brass
$2,248 / item
Pins Arched Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Pins Arched Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 52 x D 82 x H 22 cm. Materials: Ceramic base and brass stem, with satin glass globes. Product code: 02984 Exquisite Pins table lamp ...
Brass
Cedric Hartman 10CO Adjustable Floor Lamp, 2000
By Cedric Hartman
Located in Chicago, IL
Cedric Hartman 10CO adjustable floor lamp, 2000. Original condition, beautiful patina. Floor lamp works great.
Brass
$5,526 / item
Tall Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 42 x D 24 x H 90 cm. Materials: Brushed brass with glazed ceramic tiles. Product code: 02911 Tall Sunset table lamp in brushed brass...
Brass
$5,526 / item
Tall Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 42 x D 24 x H 90 cm. Materials: Brushed brass with glazed ceramic tiles. Product code: 02911 Tall Sunset table lamp in brushed brass...
Brass
$5,280 / item
Medium Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Sunset Table Lamp by Marioni Dimensions: W 42 x D 24 x H 70 cm. Materials: Brushed brass with glazed ceramic tiles. Product code: 02910 Sunset, medium table lamp in brushed ...
Brass
$3,254 / item
Alma Table Lamp by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Alma Table Lamp by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 40 x H 63 cm Materials: Horn, leather, brass. Table lamp in dark horn and Tosca leather (cat. Super), black colour. Gunmetal brass detailin...
Brass
$4,823 / item
Satellite da Terra CG 50 Floor Lamp by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
Satellite da Terra CG 50 Floor Lamp by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 196 x D 40 x H 190 cm Materials: Burnished brass. Rotating floor lamp in dark oxidized burnished brass with a doubl...
Brass
Atelier Michel Armand Sculptural 'Fleur' Table Lamp
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Atelier Michel Armand, 'Fleur' table lamp, chrome and brass anodized aluminium, Canada, 1970s This sculptural lamp is crafted by Atelier Michel Armand. Its abstract form is that of ...
Aluminum, Brass, Chrome
Ron Rezek Verdigris Table Lamp, 1980's
By Ron Rezek
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A verdigris copper table lamp by designer Ron Rezek. Made in the 1980's. The piece is in all original vintage condition with light wear around the base of the lamp and varying degr...
Brass, Copper
$2,449 / item
Volta Lamp by Marta Bonilla
Located in Geneve, CH
Volta lamp by Marta Bonilla Dimensions: D28 x H41 cm Materials: Brass, cotton, raffia. Piece modeled by hand. Enameled in matte white, with shades. Brass pieces, cotton wiring. ...
Brass
$1,042 / item
Lightsome Black Noir Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Lightsome Black Noir Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D45 x W47 x H132 cm Material: Lacquered steel, Solid brass Weight: 2 kg Also available in different colours. Please con...
Brass, Steel
$1,042 / item
Lightsome Honey Yellow Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Lightsome Honey Yellow Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D45 x W47 x H132 cm Material: Lacquered steel, Solid brass Weight: 2 kg Also available in different colours. Please c...
Brass, Steel
$1,042 / item
Lightsome Azure Blue Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Lightsome Azure Blue Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D45 x W47 x H132 cm Material: Lacquered steel, Solid brass Weight: 2 kg Also available in different colours. Please con...
Brass, Steel
$1,042 / item
Lightsome Warm White Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Lightsome Warm White Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D45 x W47 x H132 cm Material: Lacquered steel, Solid brass Weight: 2 kg Also available in different colours. Please con...
Brass, Steel
$2,550 / item
Dona Lamp by Marta Bonilla
Located in Geneve, CH
Dona lamp by Marta Bonilla Dimensions: D28 x H53 cm Materials: Brass, cotton, raffia. Piece modeled by hand. Enameled in matte white, with shades. Brass pieces, cotton wiring. S...
Brass
$1,242 / item
Silhouette Black Noir Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Silhouette Black Noir floor lamp by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D45 x W59 x H140 cm Material: Lacquered steel, Solid brass Weight: 3 kg Also available in different colors. A scul...
Brass, Steel
$1,241 / item
Silhouette Warm White Floor Lamp by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Silhouette warm white floor lamp by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D45 x W59 x H140 cm Material: Lacquered steel, solid brass Weight: 3 kg. Also available in different colors. A sculptu...
Brass, Steel
$2,318 / item
Bridget Table Lamp by G.Luce
Located in Geneve, CH
Bridget Table Lamp by G.Luce Dimensions: W 40 x D 14 x H 60 cm Materials: Brass Structure in Light Satin Gold Finish with Onyx Interts Either in Blindle or Amber Colors. Weight: 9.2...
Brass
Kooij Tol 3 Floor Lamp by Dirk van der Kooij
By Dirk Vander Kooij
Located in Toronto, ON
Tol, Dutch for spinning top, is so named for its deceptive stance in suspended motion. The series of alternating totems sit comfortably—softly grounded in their obtuse proportions. T...
Brass
$1,510 / item
Silver Brass Desk Light II by Atelier Areti
Located in Geneve, CH
Silver Brass Desk Light II by Atelier Areti Dimensions: D 20.5 x H 49 cm. Materials: Brushed brass. Available in white, black, color, or brass. Available in cone up or cone down ver...
Brass
$3,828 / item
Standing Lamp 1 Arm by Serge Mouille
Located in Geneve, CH
Standing lamp 1 arm by Serge Mouille Dimensions: D46 x W69 x H160 cm Materials: brass, steel, aluminum One of a King, numbered. Also available in different color. All our lam...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
MCM Faux Bamboo Sculptural Floor Lamp
Located in San Diego, CA
MCM faux bamboo sculptural floor lamp, circa 1970s. The lamp is in very good vintage condition and measures 11"D x 65"H. Great sleek look! #3992
Brass
$12,364 / item
Mano Standing Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Mano standing lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci. Dimensions: D 18" x W 12" x H 73 in. Materials: Brass, Aluminium base, Led strip. All our lamps can be wired according to each countr...
Aluminum, Brass
$44,176 / item
Aseptic I Floor Lamp by the Async
Located in Geneve, CH
Aseptic I floor lamp by The Async Dimensions: D40 x W46 x W165 cm Materials: Brass, glass & resin composite Edition of 10 + 2 A/P All our lamps can be wired according to each c...
Brass
$3,129 / item
Single Lamp by Sophie Rogers
Located in Geneve, CH
Single lamp by Sophie Rogers Dimensions: D 20 x H 35 (base only) / 72 (with bulb) cm Materials: white stoneware, matte cream glaze, aged brass Bulb spec: 6W, E27, 340 Lumens, dimm...
Brass
$2,997 / item
Tripod Lamp by Serge Mouille
Located in Geneve, CH
Tripod lamp by Serge Mouille Dimensions: D26 x W29.5 x H35 cm Materials: Brass, Steel, Aluminum One of a King. Numbered. Also available in different color. All our lamps can ...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
$2,611 / item
Cocotte Lamp by Serge Mouille
Located in Geneve, CH
Cocotte lamp by Serge Mouille Dimensions: D24.5 x W30 x H34 cm Materials: Brass, Steel, Aluminium One of a King. Numbered. Also available in different colour. All our lamps c...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
$10,045 / item
Fackel Standing Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Fackel standing lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci Dimensions: D 5.5" x W 2.5" x H 77 in Materials: Brass, Aluminium Wall Fixing, Led strip, 24V Driver, Remote Dimmer. All our lamps c...
Aluminum, Brass
$3,500 / item
Ron Rezek Galvanized Steel Table Lamp
By Ron Rezek
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Postmodern table lamp by Los Angeles lighting designer Ron Rezek, c.1980s. The lamp features a galvanized steel frame and removable steel shade with brass ring accent that sits at th...
Brass, Steel
$10,537 / item
Vesper Pendant Lamp by Morghen Studio
By Morghen Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Vesper Pendant Lamp by Morghen Studio Dimensions: 190 x 80 x 80 cm Materials: Satin brass, LED light, Silicone. Standard features: Light source: COB LED - 24v DC - 12w - 2700k - dim...
Brass
$5,374 / item
Pill Floor Lamp by Square in Circle
Located in Geneve, CH
Pill floor lamp by square in circle. Dimensions: D 14 x W 20 x H 145 cm. Materials: brushed brass / black marble / white frosted glass. Other finishes available. A minimal floor lam...
Metal, Brass
$1,486 / item
Lilly Table Lamp by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Lilly Table Lamp by Dainte Dimensions: Ø 22 x H 70 cm. Materials: Crystal and brass. The Lily Collection is minimal, modern, and textured. It embodies the lily flower’s pure beauty...
Crystal, Brass
$3,688 / item
Olimpia Lamp by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Olimpia Lamp by Secondome Edizioni Limited Edition Of 90 pieces + 3 A.P. Designer: ZAVEN. Dimensions: D 28 x W 28 x H 45 cm. Materials: Hand-blown glass and brass. Collection / Produ...
Brass
$4,511 / item
Balance Floor Lamp by Square in Circle
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance Floor Lamp by Square in Circle Dimensions: D 40 x H 147 cm Materials:Brushed brass / white frosted glass / white powder coated metal / honed black Other finishes available. ...
Metal, Brass
1970s Cascading Waterfall Chrome Waterfall Floor Lamp Attr Sonneman
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Toronto, ON
Stunning chrome cascading waterfall floor lamp attributed to Robert Sonneman. It was made in the 1970s. T This table lamp has a gorgeous waterfall form which features five cascading ...
Brass
$2,395 / item
Grua Lamp by Nomade Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Grua lamp by Nomade Atelier Dimensions: D15 x W 62 x H 50 cm Material: Brass, walnut, stone, leather, LED Lighting Weight: 10 kg All our lamps can be wired according to each co...
Stone, Brass
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.