Original Vintage Art Deco Style Advertising Poster for Lattermann Driving School
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Lattermann Driving School featuring a great Art Deco style illustration of a smiling blonde lady wearing white driving gloves and a white ...
Paper
$1,314 / item
B3 Yellow Wall Lamp by Disderot
Located in Geneve, CH
This lamp, originally designed as a floodlight before the invention of the spotlight, gives a strong light that you can focus. It can project its light downward for reading and for r...
Brass, Bronze
$1,314 / item
B3 Red Wall Lamp by Disderot
Located in Geneve, CH
This lamp, originally designed as a floodlight before the invention of the spotlight, gives a strong light that you can focus. It can project its light downward for reading and for r...
Brass, Bronze
$1,314 / item
B3 Dark Grey Wall Lamp by Disderot
Located in Geneve, CH
This lamp, originally designed as a floodlight before the invention of the spotlight, gives a strong light that you can focus. It can project its light downward for reading and for r...
Brass, Bronze
$1,314 / item
B3 Sky Blue Wall Lamp by Disderot
Located in Geneve, CH
This lamp, originally designed as a floodlight before the invention of the spotlight, gives a strong light that you can focus. It can project its light downward for reading and for r...
Brass, Bronze
$1,314 / item
B3 Black Wall Lamp by Disderot
Located in Geneve, CH
This lamp, originally designed as a floodlight before the invention of the spotlight, gives a strong light that you can focus. It can project its light downward for reading and for r...
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Chapman 1970s Faux Horn and Brass Table Lamps, Wired for the USA
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
Alternatively, they can be placed on bedside tables, offering a soft light for reading and a sophisticated touch to bedroom decor.
Brass
$1,828Sale Price|20% Off
"From one bridge to another" abstract varnishes pigment on wood 160x90cm
By Olivier Ebel
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
abstract "From one bridge to another" varnish pigment wood panel 160x90cm black worked in successive layers in the manner of a lacquer the interpretation of a background based on ra...
Varnish, Pigment, Other Medium
Deneb
By William T. Wiley
Located in Fairlawn, OH
There's a passage of text, reading in part: "the light that touches our faces has fallen for sixteen thousand years -- maybe there's something behind it, and maybe there isn't."
Lithograph
Hikaru Mori "Lota" Table Lamp for Nemo Cassina, Italy
By Hikaru Mori, Nemo Lighting 1
Located in Delft, NL
The lamp has two ways of shining Direct, semi-concentrated light for reading and diffused light (filtered through the opal body) when the top is oriented vertically.
Metal
Italian Murano Glass Table Lamp in Amber, 24-Karat Gold & Brass, 1980s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Ideal as an elegant accent light or warm reading lamp, this Venetian creation brings timeless Italian sophistication and master artisan craftsmanship straight into the home.
Brass
Scandinavian Modern Landform Armchair Made with Wood and Textile, Handmade
Located in Seroa, PT
A design piece that combines comfort and aesthetics, the Landform armchair will fill your relaxing and reading areas with excellence. The light and delicate design delivers a unique ...
Textile, Wood, Leather
Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Brighton Come Down London Seaside Resort
Located in London, GB
Stunning design featuring a smiling lady wearing a fashionable orange bathing suit and a green and yellow striped sun hat leaning back on the beach and looking at the viewer against ...
Paper
$6,603Sale Price|20% Off
Ultra Rare Floor Lamp, Estiluz Spain, 1970s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Whether you need soft lighting for a cozy evening or brighter light for reading, this lamp adapts perfectly to your requirements.
Steel, Chrome
$2,742Sale Price|20% Off
U-Boat 42mm Automatic Black Ceramic Wristwatch with 25 Jewels
Located in Vannes, FR
The luminous indexes ensure easy reading even in low-light conditions, allowing you to consult the time with ease at any time of day.
Black Diamond, Ruby
Audrey Hepburn Exits Studio Car, 1953 - Mark Shaw Editioned Giclée Print
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Next to her, directly outside the car, stands another woman in a light trench coat reading something in her hands.
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Exits Studio Car, 1953 - Mark Shaw Editioned Giclée Print
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Next to her, directly outside the car, is another woman in a light trench coat reading something in her hands.
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Exits Studio Car, 1953 - Mark Shaw Editioned Giclée Print
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Next to her, directly outside the car, stands another woman in a light trench coat reading something in her hands.
Giclée
$4,800
'Ragged' Abstract Geometric Wall Piece Wood/Paint/Textile in Black, White, Grays
By Jean Feinberg
Located in Wellesley, MA
Measuring approximately 24 x 24 inches each, these 3-dimensional constructions are fresh and sparkling, with whites reading as light, blacks engagingly dramatic accents, and solids a...
Gesso, Textile, Plywood, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel, Other Medium
'Once Again' Abstract Geometric Wall Piece Wood/Paint in Gray, White, Neutrals
By Jean Feinberg
Located in Wellesley, MA
Measuring approximately 24 x 24 inches each, these 3-dimensional constructions are fresh and sparkling, with whites reading as light, blacks engagingly dramatic accents, and solids a...
Oil, Gesso, Wood Panel
$4,800
'Unraveled' Abstract Geometric Wall Piece Wood /Paint/Textile Black/White/Grays
By Jean Feinberg
Located in Wellesley, MA
Measuring approximately 24 x 24 inches each, these 3-dimensional constructions are fresh and sparkling, with whites reading as light, blacks engagingly dramatic accents, and solids a...
Mixed Media, Burlap, Muslin, Oil, Wood Panel, Gesso
$4,800
'Untitled' Abstract Geometric Wall Piece Wood/Paint/Textile Black, White, Grays
By Jean Feinberg
Located in Wellesley, MA
Measuring approximately 24 x 24 inches each, these 3-dimensional constructions are fresh and sparkling, with whites reading as light, blacks engagingly dramatic accents, and solids a...
Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel, Muslin
Of Uncertain Age, by Mike Berg
By Mike Berg 1
Located in Istanbul, TR
Artists' Choice, Gallery Simone Stern, New Orleans, LA. 1984 The First Eight Years, Artists’ Choice Museum, New York, NY 1983 Bodies and Souls, Kornblee Gallery, New York, NY. Pain...
Canvas
In the Sky a Fashionable Melancholy I, by Mike Berg
By Mike Berg 1
Located in Istanbul, TR
Artists' Choice, Gallery Simone Stern, New Orleans, LA. 1984 The First Eight Years, Artists’ Choice Museum, New York, NY 1983 Bodies and Souls, Kornblee Gallery, New York, NY. Pain...
Silk
Guillerme et Chambron, Pair of Side Tables with Lamps, France, Midcentury
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in New York, NY
This pair of midcentury, polished light oak reading tables by the celebrated French designer Robert Guillerme, was created as part of a line of design he produced for the company Vot...
Ceramic, Oak
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.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.