Nautilus Brass Table Lamp, Custom Made Snake Skin Pattern Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This brass base with a nautilus shell fits perfectly with the custom made shade with a snake skin pattern, bronze inner shade and brown trimming by R. Houben. René Houben i...
Ceramic
Ceramic Table Lamp Dark Brown, New Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This glazed ceramic base with dark brown tones fits perfectly with the custom made beige silk lamp shade, with beige silk inner shade. René Houben is a renowned Dutch desi...
Ceramic
Pair of Brass Glass Table Lamps R. Rooke, Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
By Carl Fagerlund
Located in Rijssen, NL
This brass and glass bases (beautiful craftsmanship) fits perfectly with the custom made off white shade, white inner shade. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates per...
Ceramic
Brown Ceramic Walnut Wood Table Lamp, New Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
The ceramic foot rests on a walnut wood base. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form...
Ceramic
Neutral Textured Ceramic Table Lamp, Natural Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Illuminates beautifully. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form.
Ceramic
Brown Ceramic Walnut Wood Table Lamp, New Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
The ceramic foot rests on a walnut wood base. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form...
Ceramic
XXL Sapphire Blue Ceramic FLoor Table Lamp, Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
This large vintage ceramic lamp bases are hard to find. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s characte...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Caramel Glazed Ceramic Lamps, Custom Matching Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for one piece, we have two pieces available. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s c...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Kaiser Green Curved Ceramic Lamp, Custom Lampshades by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for one piece, we have two pieces available. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s c...
Ceramic
Brown Glazed Ceramic Table Lamp, Neutral Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
Two light bulbs required one in the base and one in the lamp shade. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s chara...
Ceramic
XL Ceramic Greige Terracotta Floor Lamp, Neutral Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This lamp can be combined with more of our beautiful neutral lamps, please notice the last pictures. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored...
Ceramic
Large Celestial Ceramic Lamp Hole, Custom Pink Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Combined with a beautiful matching silk shade with eight sides. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character...
Ceramic
Multi color Ceramic Table Lamp, New Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970s
Located in Rijssen, NL
Illuminates beautifully. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form.
Ceramic
Large Pistachio Green Ceramic Table Lamp, Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This base with pistachio and beige tones fits perfectly with the custom made beige silk lamp shade with sand colored trimming , and white silk inner shade. René Houben is a...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Gold Glazed Ceramic Curved Lamps, Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for one piece, we have two pieces available. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s c...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Kaiser Green Curved Ceramic Lamp, Custom Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for one piece, we have two pieces available. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s c...
Ceramic
Pair of Bitossi Ceramic FLoor Table Lamps, Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for a pair. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form. ...
Ceramic
Pair of Bitossi Ceramic FLoor Table Lamps, Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for a pair. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form. ...
Ceramic
Halifax Brown Ceramic Table Lamp, Custom Made Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form.
Ceramic
Ceramic Floor Lamp by B. Rooke, Custom Made Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Rijssen, NL
René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form.
Ceramic
Bitossi Brown Gold Silver Ceramic Lamp, Custom Natural Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
We also have a beautiful matching lamp from Bitossi available, please notice the last images. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that com...
Ceramic
XL Multicolor Squat Bulbous Ceramic Lamp, Green Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This base with a unique shape and multicolor ceramics fits perfectly with the custom made lamp shade with a green color and blue trimming with bronze innershade. A bold piece. René...
Ceramic
XL Multi Color Ceramic FLoor Table Lamp, Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Large ceramic lamp bases are very rare to find. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and fo...
Ceramic
Large B. Rooke Ceramic Lamp, 1960s with Custom Made Silk Lampshade by René Hoube
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Rijssen, NL
With a special custom made lamp shade by René Houben. With warm bronze or gold inner-shade.
Brass
1 of the 2 Bitossi Gold Glazed Ceramic Lamps, Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for one piece, we have two pieces available. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s c...
Ceramic
1 of 2 Green Ceramic Lamps, Custom Green Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for one piece, we have several pieces available in different shades of green. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shad...
Ceramic
XL Neutral Ceramic Floor Table Lamp, Natural Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Illuminates beautifully. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form.
Ceramic
Red Volcanic Ceramic Table Lamp, Custom Orange Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This lamp can be combined with more of our beautiful orange colored lamps, please notice the last pictures. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly t...
Ceramic
Cherry Red Sculptural Ceramic Lamp, Custom White Tapered Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
We also have another shade available, please notice the last image. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s chara...
Ceramic
Bitossi Aqua Ceramic Table Lamp, Blue Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
This lamp can be combined with more of our beautiful blue colored lamps, please notice the last pictures. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tai...
Ceramic
1 of the Several Green Ceramic Lamps, Custom Beige Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for one piece, we have several pieces available in different shades of green. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shad...
Ceramic
Red Black Ceramic Table Lamp, Custom Orange Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This lamp can be combined with more of our beautiful orange colored lamps, please notice the last pictures. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly t...
Ceramic
XL Multi Color Ceramic FLoor Table Lamp, Silk Lampshade by R. Houben (Copy)
Located in Rijssen, NL
Large ceramic lamp bases are very rare to find. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and fo...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Inge Lise Koefoed Lamps, Custom Made White Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for one piece, we have two pieces available. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s c...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Large Blue Glazed Ceramic Lamps, Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for one piece, we have two pieces available. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s c...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Bitossi Ceramic Lamps for Bergboms, Lampshades by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for one piece, the size is based on the tallest one. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each p...
Ceramic
Large Greige Light Camel Ceramic Table Lamp, Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This base with natural greige/tan and light camel tones fits perfectly with the custom made textured silk lamp shade, with dark green trimming and beige silk inner shade. ...
Ceramic
Cherry Red Sculptural Ceramic Lamp, Custom Beige Circular Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
We also have another shade available, please notice the last image. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s chara...
Ceramic
XL Multicolor Squat Bulbous Ceramic Lamp, Blue Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
The shape of the shade is very unique. A bold piece. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form. ...
Ceramic
Ceramic Table Lamp by B. Rooke, New Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Rijssen, NL
We have many other beautiful ceramic lamps by Rooke in our collection, please notice the last picture. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailor...
Ceramic
XL Diamondshape Ceramic Table Floor Lamp, New Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
Illuminates beautifully. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form.
Ceramic
Elongated Ovoid Green Ceramic Floor Lamp with custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
We have more lamp shades in combination with this base available, please check our collection. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that co...
Ceramic
Glass Table Lamp Camel Brown With Walnut Base, New Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This glass base with dark camel tones fits perfectly with the custom made ocher silk shade, with sand trimming (in the color of the walnut base) and beige silk inner shade. ...
Ceramic
Pair of Extra Large Glass Shaped Table Lamps with Lampshades, Design R Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Dimensions: Height 41 inch/ 104 cm x diameter cm, bulb-B22 Max 60 Watt, lead time approximate 2-4 weeks. René Houben is a renowned Dutch light designer. René has been designing uniq...
Brass
1 of the 2 XL Shaped Table Lamp with Custom Made Silk Lamp R Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Dimensions: Height 38 inch, 96 cm x diameter cm, bulb-B22 Max 60 Watt, lead time approximate 2-4 weeks. René Houben is a renowned Dutch light designer. René has been designing uniqu...
Brass
Pair of Extra Large Glass Shaped Table Lamp with Custom Made Silk Lamp R Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Dimensions: Height 41 inch/ 104 cm x diameter cm, bulb-B22 Max 60 Watt, lead time approximate 2-4 weeks. xa0 René Houben is a renowned Dutch light designer. René has been designing ...
Brass
Pair of Extra Large Glass Shaped Table Lamp with Custom Made Silk Lamp R Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Dimensions: Height 41 inch/ 104 cm x diameter cm, bulb-B22 Max 60 Watt, lead time approximate 2-4 weeks. René Houben is a renowned Dutch light designer. René has been designing uniq...
Brass
Large Green Ceramic Floor Table Lamp, New Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970s
Located in Rijssen, NL
Illuminates beautifully. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form.
Ceramic
Orange Red Vulcanic Glazed Ceramic Floor Lamp, Brown Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This lamp can be combined with more of our beautiful orange colored lamps, please notice the last pictures. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly t...
Ceramic
Holm & Andersen Sculptural Orange Table Lamp, Custom Made Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
We have more table and floor lamps in beautiful orange and red tones available, please notice the last pictures. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfec...
Ceramic
Neutral XL Textured Ceramic Floor Table Lamp, Natural Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Illuminates beautifully. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form.
Ceramic
Orange Red Volcanic Glazed Ceramic Floor Lamp, Brown Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This lamp can be combined with more of our beautiful orange colored lamps, please notice the last pictures. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly t...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Bitossi Gold Ceramic Lamps, Rattan Double Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for one piece, we have two pieces available. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s c...
Ceramic
Ceramic Table Lamp by B. Rooke, New Ochre Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Rijssen, NL
We have many other beautiful ceramic lamps by Rooke in our collection, please notice our other products. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tail...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Green Ceramic Lamps, Custom Multicolor Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Please notice the price is for one piece, two pieces available. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character...
Ceramic
Aqua and Brown Ceramic Table Lamp, Silk Blue Lampshade by R. Houben, 1950
Located in Rijssen, NL
This lamp can be combined with more of our beautiful blue colored lamps, please notice the last pictures. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tai...
Ceramic
Blue Marbled Glazed Ceramic Table Lamp, Custom Made Blue Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
We have more beautiful floor table lamps which fit perfectly with this one, please notice the last pictures. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly ...
Ceramic
XL Ceramic Floor Lamp Glass Pebble Bands, Gray Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This lamp can be combined with more of our beautiful neutral lamps, please notice the last pictures. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored...
Ceramic
XL Vaullaris White Lamp with Floral Relief, Custom Made Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This lamp can be combined with more of our beautiful neutral lamps, please notice the last pictures. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored...
Ceramic
XL Beige Blue Ceramic Floor Table Lamp, New Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
With bronze inner shade. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form.
Ceramic
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.