Alcove Marin Wall Lamp by Violaine d'Harcourt
Located in Geneve, CH
Alcove Marin Wall Lamp by Violaine d'Harcourt Dimensions: D 7 x W 12 x H 33 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Wall light made in Portugal, bulb included: LED E14 1W non-dimmable. Available in...
Ceramic
Alcove Bronze Wall Lamp by Violaine d'Harcourt
Located in Geneve, CH
Alcove Bronze Wall Lamp by Violaine d'Harcourt Dimensions: D 7 x W 12 x H 33 cm. Materials: Ceramic Wall light made in Portugal, bulb included: LED E14 1W non-dimmable. Available in...
Ceramic
Alcove Carmin Wall Lamp by Violaine d'Harcourt
Located in Geneve, CH
Alcove Carmin Wall Lamp by Violaine d'Harcourt Dimensions: D 7 x W 12 x H 33 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Wall light made in Portugal, bulb included: LED E14 1W non-dimmable. Available i...
Ceramic
$1,900Sale Price / set|50% Off
Pair of Pierre Disderot Verre Lumiere French 1980s Gold Wall Lamps
By Pierre Disderot, Verre Lumière
Located in New York, NY
An original pair of French Post Modern gold plated steel modernist wall lamps designed by Pierre Disderot for Verre Lumiere, 1982. Rewired. A sleek Post Deco design. Signed. Verre L...
Gold, Steel
Hoteller LED & Ambient Wall Light in Satin Nickel by Aggiolight
Located in Geneve, CH
Hoteller LED & Ambient Wall Light in Satin Nickel by Aggiolight. Dimensions: W 20 x D 25 x H 30 cm. Materials: Satin Nickel. The Hoteller wall light series represents the definitiv...
Nickel
Nice LED & Ambient Wall Light in Antique Bronze by Aggiolight
Located in Geneve, CH
Nice LED & Ambient Wall Light in Antique Bronze by Aggiolight. Dimensions: W 30 x D 37 x H 32 cm. Materials: Antique Bronze. The Nice wall light is a versatile hybrid fixture desig...
Bronze
$481 / item
Handled LED Wall Light by Aggiolight
Located in Geneve, CH
Handled LED Wall Light by Aggiolight. Dimensions: W 7 x D 5 x H 17 cm. Materials: Precision-machined metal structure in Polished Chrome. The Handled series by Aggiolight is a sophi...
Chrome
Vintage Wall Lamp from Paulmann, 1980s
Located in Montecalvoli, IT
Discover this vintage wall lamp from Paulmann from the 1980s in postmodern Memphis style. The colourful design made of metal in red and yellow and transparent Vintage wall lamp from ...
Metal
Italian D.I.W. “Pen” Wall Lamp in Aqua Opaline Glass, 1960s
Located in Toronto, CA
Rare and highly sculptural Italian wall light by D.I.W., inspired by the form of a fountain pen and produced in the 1960s–1970s. This distinctive sconce features a tubular aqua opali...
Metal, Chrome
Ettore Sottsass Fiorucci Memphis Black Glass Wall Light 3x Targetti Sankey, 1980
By Vittorio Fiorucci, Ettore Sottsass, Targetti Sankey
Located in Vienna, AT
Three (3x) Ettore Sottsass designed for Fiorucci, produced by Targetti Sankey, Italy 1980 Please note, unlike the ad says it's a set of 3 pieces; if you need just 2 please inquire....
Aluminum
Stainless Steel Atmospheric Lighting Wall Lamp by Studio Lugo
Located in Geneve, CH
Stainless Steel Atmospheric Lighting Wall Lamp by Studio Lugo Dimensions: W 36 x D 15.7 x H 60 cm Materials: Stainless Steel, Horse Hair. Finishing: Matt Varnish. Weight: 10 kg. All...
Stainless Steel
Set Of 2 Embryo Wall Lights in Glazed White Stoneware by Robin Kerr
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Embryo Wall Lights in Glazed White Stoneware by Robin Kerr Unique Pieces Dimensions: D 37 x W 37 x H 15 cm. Materials: Stoneware. All our lamps can be wired according to ea...
Stoneware
Chimera Silver Plated Brass and Linen Wall Lamp by NASSI
Located in Geneve, CH
Chimera Silver Plated Brass and Linen Wall Lamp by NASSI Limited Edition of 10 Dimensions: W 20 x H 20 cm. Materials: Silver-plated brass, linen. Chimera is a lamp made of fragment...
Brass
$1,671 / item
Mirror Disc Large Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirror Disc Large Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: W 64 x D 5.5 x H 64 cm Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Ma...
Alabaster, Copper
$1,649 / item
Square Slim 96 Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Square Slim 96 Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: D 8 x W 8 x H 96 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt Wh...
Alabaster, Copper
$1,637 / item
Mirror Disc Medium Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirror Disc Medium Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: W 50 x D 5.5 x H 50 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, ...
Alabaster, Copper
$1,236 / item
Square Slim 64 Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Square Slim 64 Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: D 8 x W 8 x H 64 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt Wh...
Alabaster, Copper
$2,278 / item
Mirror Disc XL Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirror Disc XL Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: W 80 x D 5.5 x H 80 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt...
Alabaster, Copper
$2,977 / item
Roller WS Large Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Roller WS Small Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: ⌀ 10 x H 90 cm (Customizable Height) Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Ma...
Alabaster, Copper
$1,236 / item
Wireless Oval Large Table Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Wireless Oval Large Table Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: ⌀ 28 x H 17.5 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt...
Alabaster, Copper
$1,042 / item
Wireless Moon Large Table Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Wireless Moon Large Table Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: ⌀ 24 x H 22 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt W...
Alabaster, Copper
$3,527 / item
Paestrum Ceramic Wall Light by Lucile Gracile
Located in Geneve, CH
Paestrum Ceramic Wall Light by Lucile Gracile Dimensions: D 42 x W 35 x H 15 cm Materials: Glazed ceramic, platinum. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to...
Platinum
Wireless Oval Small Table Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Wireless Oval Small Table Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: ⌀ 18 x H 11.5 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt...
Alabaster, Copper
$1,007 / item
Wireless Glans Table Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Wireless Glans Table Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: ⌀ 12,5 x H 29 cm (Customizable Height) Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, ...
Alabaster, Copper
Wireless Moon Small Table Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Wireless Moon Small Table Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: ⌀ 18 x H 16 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt W...
Alabaster, Copper
$2,622 / item
Capsa WS Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Capsa WS Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: D 16 x W 5 x H 54 cm (Customizable Height) Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Mat...
Alabaster, Copper
$2,805 / item
Ad Geo Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Ad Geo Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: D 15 x W 9 x H 70 cm (Customizable Height) Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt ...
Alabaster, Copper
$2,152 / set
Set Of 2 Nuvol WS Wall Lamps by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Nuvol WS Wall Lamps by United Alabaster Dimensions: ⌀ 33 + ⌀ 23 x H 37 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, M...
Alabaster, Copper
$2,725 / item
Kavanagh WS Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Kavanagh WS Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: W 12 x D 6 x H 53 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt Whit...
Alabaster, Copper
$9,688 / item
Signature WS Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Signature WS Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: W 15 x D 11 x H 138 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt W...
Alabaster, Copper
$1,775 / item
AD 1930 Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
AD 1930 Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: D 9 x W 15 x H 70 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt White an...
Alabaster, Copper
$973 / item
Square Slim 32 Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Square Slim 32 Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: D 8 x W 8 x H 32 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt Wh...
Alabaster, Copper
Mirror Disc Wall Lamp by United Alabaster, Alabaster & Copper, Spain
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirror Disc Small Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: W 48 x D 5.5 x H 48 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, M...
Alabaster, Copper
$1,271 / item
Saturn Cycle Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Saturn Cycle Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: W 20 x D 12 x H 20 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt Wh...
Alabaster, Copper
$2,759 / item
BX2 Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
BX2 Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: D 12 x W 42 x H 42 cm. Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Black, Matt White and D...
Alabaster, Copper
$2,427 / item
Roller WS Small Wall Lamp by United Alabaster
Located in Geneve, CH
Roller WS Small Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: ⌀ 10 x H 60 cm (Customizable Height) Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Ma...
Alabaster, Copper
Tecton Grille Wall Lamp in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980
Located in Geneve, CH
Tecton Grille Wall Lamp in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980. Dimensions: W 30 x D 6 x H 30 cm. Materials: Travertine. Custom finishes available upon request, including...
Travertine
Italian postmodern Icaro wall lamp by Carlo Forcolini for Artemide 1 of 10
By Artemide, Carlo Forcolini
Located in Nienstädt, DE
Elegant wall lamps by the Italian manufacturer Artemide, designed by Carlo Forcolini in the 1980s. The Artemide Icaro is a 1980s design classic, distinguished by its elegance and hi...
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
$2,393 / item
Plankton Light Sculpture by Elina Ulvio
Located in Geneve, CH
Plankton Light Sculpture by Elina Ulvio. Dimensions: W 64 x D 4 x H 64 cm. Materials: Perforated aluminium, LED tube string light. All our lamps can be wired according to each count...
Aluminum
Light Object 030.3 Wall Lamp in Waxed Brass by Naama Hofman
By Naama Hofman
Located in Geneve, CH
Light Object 030.3 Wall Lamp in Waxed Brass by Naama Hofman. Dimensions: W 25 x D 13 x H 25 cm. Materials: Brass, Glass. Light: Bulb: 5 Watt G9 LED 110 V/220 V. All our lamps can be...
Brass
Light Object 030.2 Wall Lamp in Waxed Brass by Naama Hofman
By Naama Hofman
Located in Geneve, CH
Light Object 030.2 Wall Lamp in Waxed Brass by Naama Hofman. Dimensions: W 25 x D 13 x H 25 cm. Materials: Brass, Glass. Light: 5 Watt G9 LED. All our lamps can be wired according t...
Brass
Light Object 030.1 Wall Lamp in Waxed Brass by Naama Hofman
By Naama Hofman
Located in Geneve, CH
Light Object 030.1 Wall Lamp in Waxed Brass by Naama Hofman. Dimensions: W 17 x D 13 x H 17 cm. Materials: Brass, Glass. Light: 5 Watt G9 LED 110V/220V. All our lamps can be wired a...
Brass
Pair of Swedish No Neon Wall Lights by Olle Andersson for Boréns, 1980s
By Boréns Aktiebolag Lighting 1, Olle Andersson
Located in Hannover, DE
A rare and highly decorative pair of Swedish “No Neon” wall lights, model 6686, designed by Olle Andersson for the renowned lighting manufacturer Boréns of Borås, Sweden, circa 1983....
Metal, Steel
Loma Wall Lamp in Stoneware Clay with Textured Natural Finish by Catalin Filip
By Catalin Filip
Located in Geneve, CH
Loma Wall Lamp in Stoneware Clay with Textured Natural Finish by Catalin Filip. Dimensions: W 15 x D 40 x H 20 cm. Materials: Stoneware Clay, textured natural ceramic exterior with a...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Magda IV Wall Lamp in Brass, Aluminum & Fluted Glass by Studio Marine Breynaert
By Marine Breynaert
Located in Geneve, CH
Magda IV Wall Lamp in Brass, Aluminum & Fluted Glass by Studio Marine Breynaert. Dimensions: W 10 x D 13.5 x H 55 cm. Materials: Solid brass, thermo-coated aluminium with clear flute...
Aluminum, Brass
Torca II Wall Lamp in Solid Brass and Oxidized Wood by Studio Marine Breynaert
By Marine Breynaert
Located in Geneve, CH
Torca II Wall Lamp in Solid Brass and Oxidized Wood by Studio Marine Breynaert. Dimensions: W 12 x D 14.5 x H 82.5 cm. Materials: Solid brass, oxidized wood, thermo-coated aluminium....
Aluminum, Brass
Magda II Wall Lamp in Brass, Aluminum & Blown Glass by Studio Marine Breynaert
By Marine Breynaert
Located in Geneve, CH
Magda II Wall Lamp in Brass, Aluminum & Blown Glass by Studio Marine Breynaert. Dimensions: W 15 x D 19 x H 23.5 cm. Materials: Solid brass, Thermo-coated aluminium with Hand-blown g...
Aluminum, Brass
Eden Wall Lamp in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Eden Wall Lamp in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 10 x W 46 x H 70 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Luxuriant “Garden of Eden” and its sins are depicted in ...
Aluminum, Other
Set of 4 Minimalist Postmodern Typ V607 Wall Lamps from Ikea, 1980s
By IKEA
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern metal wall lamps from Ikea. A minimalist design in terms of shape and color. The body of the light consists of a sheet of metal folded into a funnel shape. The fold cre...
Metal
Torca I Wall Lamp in Brass, Aluminum & Fluted Glass by Studio Marine Breynaert
By Marine Breynaert
Located in Geneve, CH
Torca I Wall Lamp in Brass, Aluminum & Fluted Glass by Studio Marine Breynaert. Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 x H 110 cm. Materials: Solid brass, Solid aluminium with clear fluted glass sh...
Aluminum, Brass
Magda I Wall Lamp in Brass, Aluminum & Fluted Glass by Studio Marine Breynaert
By Marine Breynaert
Located in Geneve, CH
Magda I Wall Lamp in Brass, Aluminum & Fluted Glass by Studio Marine Breynaert. Dimensions: W 10 x D 13.5 x H 34 cm. Materials: Solid brass, Solid aluminium with clear fluted glass s...
Aluminum, Brass
Gioiello I Wall Lamp in Stainless Steel and Glass by Studio Marine Breynaert
By Marine Breynaert
Located in Geneve, CH
Gioiello I Wall Lamp in Stainless Steel and Glass by Studio Marine Breynaert. Dimensions: W 14 x D 17 x H 25 cm. Materials: Solid stainless steel, Cast glass shade. This listing fea...
Stainless Steel
Gioiello II Wall Lamp in Stainless Steel and Glass by Studio Marine Breynaert
By Marine Breynaert
Located in Geneve, CH
Gioiello II Wall Lamp in Stainless Steel and Glass by Studio Marine Breynaert. Dimensions: W 14 x D 17 x H 18 cm. Materials: Solid stainless steel, Cast glass shade. Available in be...
Stainless Steel
Amaterasu Wall Lamp in Solid Bronze, Brass and Marble by Studio Marine Breynaert
By Marine Breynaert
Located in Geneve, CH
Amaterasu Wall Lamp in Solid Bronze, Brass and Marble by Studio Marine Breynaert. Dimensions: W 41 x D 62 x H 75 cm. Materials: Solid brass, solid bronze and marble. Available in be...
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Churros Vertical Wall Lamp in Painted Solid Wood & Metal by KIMU
Located in Geneve, CH
Churros Vertical Wall Lamp in Painted Solid Wood & Metal by KIMU Unique Piece Dimensions: Ø 10 x H 40 cm. Materials: Painted wood and metal. Available in different sizes and finishe...
Metal
Churros Horizontal Wall Lamp in Painted Solid Wood & Metal by KIMU
Located in Geneve, CH
Churros Horizontal Wall Lamp in Painted Solid Wood & Metal by KIMU Unique Piece Dimensions: Ø 10 x H 40 cm. Materials: Painted wood and metal. Available in different sizes and f...
Metal
Angelo Brotto neon wall light in walnut and brass
By Angelo Brotto
Located in Antwerp, BE
Post-modern chic piece by Angelo Brotto, Italy 1970s One of the most surprising and sublime wall lights out there. The combination of geometrical shapes and luxury materials make t...
Wood
The New Old Wall Lamp in Coated Iron, Aluminum & Industrial Rice Paper by KIMU
Located in Geneve, CH
The New Old Wall Lamp in Coated Iron, Aluminum & Industrial Rice Paper by KIMU Unique Piece Dimensions: D 24,5 x W 16 x H 60 cm. Materials: Coated iron, aluminum, and rice paper. Av...
Iron, Aluminum
Lafayette Aluminium Wall Lamp, Small by Radar
Located in Geneve, CH
Lafayette Aluminium Wall Lamp, Small by Radar. Dimensions: Diameter 40 x D 20 cm. Materials: Aluminium strips on a matte black lacquered metal base. Available with visible bulb (E27)...
Metal, Aluminum
$1,076 / item
Lafayette Aluminium Wall Lamp, Large by Radar
Located in Geneve, CH
Lafayette Aluminium Wall Lamp, Large by Radar. Dimensions: Diameter 60 x D 20 cm. Materials: Aluminium strips on a matte black lacquered metal base. Available with visible bulb (E27)...
Metal, Aluminum
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.
From the kitchen to the bedroom and everywhere in between, there is one major part of home decor that you definitely want to master: lighting. Carefully selected vintage sconces and wall lights can do wonders in establishing mood and highlighting your distinctive personality.
We’re a long way from the candelabra-inspired chandeliers of the medieval era. Lighting is no longer merely practical, and lighting designers have been creating and reinventing lighting solutions for eons. Because of the advancements crafted by these venturesome makers, we now have the opportunity to bring unique, customizable lighting solutions into our homes.
It’s never been easier to create dramatic bedrooms, cozy kitchen areas and cheerful bars than it is today. Think of an elegant wall sconce as functional and as a work of art, adding both light and style to your hallways, whimsical kids’ rooms and elsewhere.
When choosing a lighting solution, first determine what your needs are: Will you opt for a moody or a bright feel? The room that will serve as your home office will need adequate lighting — think “the brighter, the better” for this particular setting.
For the bedroom, bedside wall lamps with warm-temperature bulbs instead of bedside table lamps could be the way to go to induce a sense of calm or intimacy. Try to match the style of the wall light or sconce that you’re installing to the overall design scheme of your room. It’s never “just a light.” You should approach the lighting of a room with a mindset that is one part practical and one part aesthetics-driven.
Let 1stDibs help you set the mood with the right antique and vintage wall lights and sconces for your home. Our collection includes every kind of fixture, from sculptural works by Austrian craftsman J.T. Kalmar to chic industrial-style wall sconces, from adjustable painted aluminum wall lamps designed by Artemide to a wide variety of minimalist mid-century modern masterpieces.