Bitossi Silver Ceramic Lamp, Custom Natural Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
We also have a natural shade available, please notice the last images. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s ch...
Ceramic
P. Schneider Valentine Geode Lamp, Custom Made Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This decorative base by Paul Schneider with burgundy, purple, cream and white tones fits perfectly with the custom made silk shade with trimming in matching color. René Hou...
Ceramic
Green Ceramic Curved Lamp, Custom Made Shimmering Green Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This base with green colored ceramics and a sculptural shape and a brass standard fits perfectly with the custom made green shade with bronze inner shade. René Houben is a renowned ...
Ceramic
Large White Brique Ceramic Floor Table Lamp, Octagonal 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
XL Brown Ceramic Floor Table 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
XL Iridescent Anthracite Ceramic FLoor Table Lamp, Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This base with iridescent anthracite and beige shades (whit wonderful patterns) fits perfectly with the custom made beige silk lamp shade, and beige inner shade. René Houb...
Ceramic
White Brique Ceramic Floor Table Lamp, Neutral Silk 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 Table Lamp Earth Tones Emboidery Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
By Bernard Rooke
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
XXL Orange Sculptural Floor Lamp, Custom Made 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
XXL Orange 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
Figurative Flower Bowl 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
Large Blue Ceramic Lamp with Red Dots, Custom Matching Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Combined with a beautiful matching teal colored silk shade, custom made. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s ...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Soholm Ceramic Floor Table Lamps Fish Motif, Lampshade by R. Houben
By Soholm Pottery
Located in Rijssen, NL
This ceramic base made by Soholm fits perfectly with the custom made green shade with blue trimming. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored...
Ceramic
Large Ceramic Table Lamp by B. Rooke, New Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Rijssen, NL
This base with brown beige and terra tones fits perfectly with the beige custom made silk shade with beige silk inner shade. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He cr...
Ceramic
Peill Putzler Green Ceramic Disc Shaped Lamp, Custom Made Shade by R. Houben
By Peill & Putzler
Located in Rijssen, NL
The shade is custom made by Rene Houben. The lampbase is made of a ‘cast opaque green glass’ with an inner white glaze, in the shape of a disc.
Blown Glass
XL Ceramic Floor Table Lamp Cobalt Blue, Multicolor Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This ceramic base with blue tones fits perfectly with the custom made ochre lamp shade with multicolor details. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfect...
Ceramic
Brown Ceramic Table Lamp, Neutral Lampshade by R. Houben, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
These lamps can be combined with more of our neutral ceramic lamps, please notice the last picture. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades th...
Ceramic
XL Sea Blue Floor 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 Celestial Ceramic Lamp Hole, Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Combined with a beautiful matching silk shade. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form. ...
Ceramic
Cobalt Blue Glazed Sculptural Ceramic Lamp, Custom Made Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This base with a unique shape and cobalt blue glazed ceramics fits perfectly with the custom made lamp shade with a beige color and blue trimming. A bold piece. René Houben is a re...
Ceramic
Blue Glazed Bulbous Ceramic Lamp, Custom Beige Tapered Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This base with a unique shape and blue glazed ceramics fits perfectly with the custom made lamp shade with a beige color and a tapered shape. A bold piece. René Houben is a renowne...
Ceramic
Bitossi Bergboms Green Beige Ceramic Table Lamp, Matching Shade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
A playful combination and a real eye catcher. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each piece’s character and form...
Ceramic
XL Multicolor Squat Bulbous Ceramic Lamp, Neutral 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 off white tones and a brown triming. A bold piece. René Houben is a renowne...
Ceramic
Beige Green Gray Marble Table Lamp, Silk Beige Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
This base with light green, beige and brown/grey tones fits perfectly with the custom made beige silk lamp shade with brown colored trimming , and white inner shade. René H...
Ceramic
Green Speckled Glazed Ceramic Lamp, Custom Made Brown Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
We also have other shades/trimmings available, please notice the last pictures. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored shades that complement each p...
Ceramic
Ceramic Textured Lamp by Soholm, Custom Dusty Pink Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Combined with a beautiful matching silk shade with eight sides in a dusty rose color with lilac trimming. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer. He creates perfectly tailored sha...
Ceramic
Multi Color Ceramic FLoor Table Lamp, Silk Beige 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
Multicolor 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
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
XL Ceramic 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
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
Pair of Bitossi Ceramic FLoor Table Lamps, Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kähler Tapered Ceramic Lamp, Ochre Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Also a beautiful combination with one of the other ceramic table lamps from R. Houben, see last image. René Houben is a renowned Dutch designer.
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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.