Mid-Century Tulip Lamp with Red Shade
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in Dekalb, IL
Designed for both function and flair, this lamp embodies the bold, futuristic aesthetic of mid-century California lighting design.
Brass, Enamel
Red Mid-Century Modern Minimalist Floor Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cool minimalist floor lamp in red enamel. Bold tone with simple lines for a unique look. Available with lampshade for additional $99.
Metal
$2,620Sale Price|20% Off
1970s Table Lamp Model L419 by Michael Red for Vistosi
By Michael Red
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Iconic Italian Mid-Century Modern desk or table lamp desined by Michael Red for Vistosi, in the model L419, (it has no label).
Murano Glass
1950s Mid Century Italian Red Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A fun, cast iron and steel floor lamp with original red enamelled steel shade. Unmarked but likely manufactured by Stilux - Milano. Italian, c. 1950s.
Steel, Iron
Mid-Century Red Desk Lamp Italy 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage adjustable gooseneck desk lamp made in Italy in the '70s. The lamp is completely metal, has a heavy, stable bottom. Fully rotatable tilts in height. Requires a standard Ediso...
Metal
Mid Century Modern Red Gooseneck Desk Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century modern, brass gooseneck, desk lamp with red shrink paint base and shade circa 1950's
Brass, Metal
1960s Mid-Century Italian Red Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian red table lamp made with red mirrored barrel made and gold salts. The table lamp is a stunning piece with an incredible shape. An elegant and simple item that wil...
Silver Plate
Mid Century Red Space Age Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Mid century space age floor lamp in red colour.
Metal
Italian Mid Century Red Lacquer Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A single circa 1950's Italian red lacquered wood table lamp. Measurements: Height: 27” Height to shade rest: 36.5" Diameter: 8.5"
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Red Ceramic Desk Lamp
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Red Ceramic Desk Lamp
Ceramic
Mid 20th Century Chinese Red & Gold Urn Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-20th Century Chinese table lamp consists of a metal urn body, brass hardware, and ebonized wood base.
Metal
Red Adjustable Mid Century Cosack Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Big red Cosack space age table lamp with flexible arm. The arm and shade can be positioned in any way desirable, see pictures. Also the shade itself be repositioned. The lamp require...
Metal
American Mid-Century Red Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century red and multicolored textured porcelain narrow tapered shaped table lamp with a light wood round base and top section.
Porcelain, Wood
Mid-Century Red Table Lamp / Napako, 1970's
By Napako
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia - made of lacquered metal - re-polished - fully functional - good, original condition.
Metal
Mid-Century Red Table Lamp, Josef Hurka, 1950s
By Josef Hurka, Napako
Located in Praha, CZ
Napako produced this Mid-Century red table lamp in 1960. It is made out of steel and was designed by Josef Hurka.
Red Sphere Table Lamp, Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Table lamp on a veneered tripod base with a red spherical lampshade with nickel-plated ring. Attributed to Luciano Vistosi, c1960's.
Nickel
Mid-Century-Style Red Glazed Ceramic and Brass Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century-style vase form body, resting on a footed circular brass base and mounted with brass hardware.
Brass
$2,093Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Wooden Segmented Floor Lamp Red
Located in Mortsel, BE
The wooden segmented floor lamp is a unique and playful lighting fixture that offers endless possibilities for customization. Made up of multiple segments, the lamp can be turned and...
Wood
Mid-Century Flying Saucer Adjustable Red Desk Lamp, Italian
Located in London, GB
The sleek flat base, a hallmark of mid-century aesthetics, provides stability and a sense of balance to the lamp's unique form.
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Red Leather Wrapped Floor Lamp With Bamboo Accent
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fantastic Mid Century Modern iron floor lamp wrapped in red leather and detailed with wonderful honeyed light brown thick bamboo sections at the waist and base over a tripod of pro...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Red Table Lamp, Adjustable Metal, Slovenia, 1980
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Red desk/table lamp fully adjustable in all ways. Shade can be adjusted to each way as the height and angle. Beatiful vintage lamp in red.
Metal, Aluminum
Large Mid-Century Red Ceramic Lamp, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Large mid-century red ceramic lamp - 1950s.
Ceramic
Vintage Mid Century Modern Red Ceramic Cylinder & Lucite Modernist Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Red Ceramic Cylinder & Lucite Modernist Table Lamp.
Ceramic, Lucite
Mid Century Red Metal Table Lamp by Kaiser, 1960s, Germany
By Kaiser Idell
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Characteristic of mid-century modern design, the lamp features a clean, functional silhouette with an adjustable arm and shade, allowing for flexible light direction.
Metal
A modernist gooseneck floor lamp in cherry red, mid 20th century
By Alsy Manufacturing 1
Located in View Park, CA
An mcm gooseneck floor lamp in cherry red, mid 20th century. Attributed to Alsy.
Metal
Stilnovo Italian Red Mid-Century Cone Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in North Miami, FL
Fabulous original Italian designer floor lamp with all working parts in great shape. Vivid RED cone and handle, brass with aged patina and Carrara marble disc base.
Marble, Brass, Metal, Bronze, Enamel
KAISER Idell Table Lamp, 6786, Rare Red, Bauhaus, Mid-Century, Germany
By Kaiser Idell
Located in Berlin, BE
One of three absolutely classic table lamps from the early mid-century. The offer is for the rare red one, which is in good condition with a fe signs of use (documented on the photos).
Metal
Mid century red desk Lamp, Stilux Milan Italy 1960 ca.
By Stilux
Located in Firenze, IT
Desk / Table Lamp with structure in brass and lacquered aluminum Prod. Stilux, Italy, ca. 1950 Bright red color. H 52 cm - 40 × 28 cm Condition: excellent, few signs of aging on ...
Aluminum, Brass
Mid Century Modern Hoogervorst Red Metal Desk Lamp, 1960s, the Netherlands
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Mid Century Modern Hoogervorst Red Metal Desk Lamp, 1960s, the Netherlands Lampshade is in good condition and very clean.
Metal
$2,051Sale Price|20% Off
Oscar Torlasco, Mid-Century red table lamp, Lumi, Italy 1954
By Lumi, Oscar Torlasco
Located in Firenze, IT
Rare brass and lacquered red aluminum table / desk lamp designed by Oscar Torlasco Produced by Lumi, Italy, 1954 Triple light bulbs. Ref: 1950 Bib. Furniture Magazine, Jan 19...
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp, Red Shade, Metal, German Design, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid Century table lamp with red shade. The simple drum shade is covered in red and has a roof made of white parchment.
Metal
1950s Mid-Century Modern Brass and Red Glass Paste Italian Floor Lamp
By Mazzega
Located in Aci Castello, IT
The 1950s Floor Lamp is a stunning exemplar of Italian design ingenuity and mid-century modern aesthetics.
Brass
$544Sale Price|20% Off
Bold Red Swedish Mid-Century Ceramic Table Lamp. 1960s.
By Bitossi
Located in Bromma, SE
Colorful, Bold Red Mid-century Modern Ceramic Table Lamp. Hand thrown stoneware during the 1960s.
Brass
Mid-Century French Cocotte Desk Lamp, Red and White, 1950s
By Jean Boris Lacroix
Located in London, GB
Mid-century French white and red small cocotte desk lamp in the manner of Boris Lacroix.
Metal, Enamel
Mid Century Modern Metal Tripod Table Lamp with Red Fiberglass Shade
By Frederic Weinberg, Kurt Versen
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage table or accent lamp features Atomic Modern style tripod base in brass colored metal and threaded conical fiberglass shade in red with white and brass threads. The lamp's for...
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp from 1970s, Red and White Coloured
Located in Nagykovácsi, Central Hungary
Sometimes the simplest forms are the best. This desk lamp is a great example of that. It consists of a flat, curved body and a cylindrical head. The vibrant red color of the lamp hea...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Red Table Lamp by Veneta Lumi, Italy, 1970
By Veneta Lumi
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Stunning red table lamp by Veneta Lumi. Made in Italy. The lamp works perfectly and it's in excellent condition. Dimension diameter 6,29 x 13,77 height inches diameter cm 16 x ...
Metal
Mid-Century Modernist Red Metal Desk or Table Lamp
By AK Kaiser
Located in London, GB
Red enamel and nickel-plated desk lamp with an over sized on/off red button incorporated in the base in the style of the Bauhaus Kaiser lamps from 1960s.
Metal, Nickel
Large Vintage Mid-Century Spanish Ceramic Table Lamp, Vivid Red Glaze, Manises
Located in Madrid, ES
These lamps became "de rigueur" mid-century interior design pieces, and can be seen in many period Spanish films - more recently in the productions of director Pedro Almódovar, addin...
Ceramic
Vintage Mid Century Modern Red Ceramic 2 Tier Table Lamp attr. Bitossi Italy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Red Ceramic Brutalist Pottery Sculpted 2 Tier "Fountain" Table Lamp attributed to Bitossi, Italy (Very rare model).
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp with Brass Base and Red Shade, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Small mid century table lamp with red plastic diffuser.
Metal
$168Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp, Red Metal, Europe, 1980s Design
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Vintage table lamp Colour: Red Material: Metal Period: 1980s Style: Midcentury.
Metal, Aluminum
Mid Century Modern Space Age Red Ceramic Beehive Large Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Space Age Atomic Era Red Painted Ceramic "Beehive" Large Table Lamps on Metal Bases - a Pair.
Ceramic
Mid-century modern floor lamp
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
Mid-century modern floor lamp in very nice original condition with signs of use.
Metal
Mid-Century Swedish Brass Floor Lamp w/ Red Chenille Drum Shade & Plexi Diffuser
By Möllers Armaturfabrik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Swedish floor lamp with brass base and red chenille drum shade.
Brass
$270Sale Price|20% Off
Danish Mid Century Teak Table Lamp with Red Shade, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Authentic Danish mid century table lamp from the 1960s, crafted from solid teak wood and fitted with a red pleated shade accented by refined brass detailing.
Brass
Pair of Glazed Red Ceramic Table Lamps, Mid-Century Modern Style
Located in Marbella, ES
An elegant pair of ceramic table lamps glazed in an intense coral red with a crackle effect, adding texture and depth to the finish.
Ceramic
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
Stunning Amberina Orange Red Blenko Lamp, Mid-Century Modern
By Blenko Glass
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stunning vintage amberina red and orange Blenko lamp with original finial. The original lampshade show some light wear but the vintage Blenko Glass is in perfect condition. Lamp reta...
Glass, Walnut
Italian Mid Century Red and Gold Murano Table Lamp
Located in Buchanan, NY
This beautiful ribbed Italian Murano glass lamp with captivating gold inclusions rests on a square white marble base. This mid-century beauty has been recently rewired to ensure its ...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Italian mid-century modern table lamp red fabric shade with decorations, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern table lamp red fabric shade with decorations, 1950s Round base table lamp.
Metal
Joe Colombo 'Mini Spider' Table Lamp by Oluce, Red Metal, Mid-Century
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp 'Mini Spider' designed by Joe Colombo. Design Joe Colombo, 2025 Lacquered metal base, chromed vertical stem and illuminating body that reproduces the ancient ‘hammer head...
Metal
Desk Lamp with Red Shade Mid Century Modern by Stilux Milano, 1950s
By Stilux
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare Stilux Mid Century Modern black crow foot table lamp. Beautiful design with adjustable lampshade in original condition.
Metal, Brass
Italian Mid Century Table Lamp 'Ministero', Red Enameled Metal, 1960s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
This Italian Mid Century Table Lamp, dating back to the 1950s/1960s, is a prime example of functional yet stylish design.
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Red Table Lamp by Veneta Lumi, Metal, Italy, 1970
By Veneta Lumi
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous red table lamp by Veneta Lumi . Made in Italy The lamp works perfectly and it's in excellent condition. Dimension Diameter 4,72 x 15,74 Height inches Diameter cm 12 x ...
Metal
Red Mid Century Desk Lamp Swing Arm Table Lamp- Chrome Space Age Light, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Red mid century desk lamp with adjustable swing arm.
Metal
Mid-century Italian red acrylic perspex star shaped floor or table Lamps
Located in London, Fitzrovia
An interesting and unusual group of midcentury Italian red acrylic perspex star shaped table, floor lamps or night lights in the manner of Arredoluce. 4 available. priced per item. ...
Acrylic
Beautiful large Mid Century Modern brass table lamp with red metal shade
Located in München, DE
Beautiful large Mid Century Modern brass table lamp. Large round metal shade painted red, base and rod are made of brass.
Metal, Brass
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.
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.