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Pair of Italian Picture Lights
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian circa 1960's bronze library lights with 2 candelabra lights. Measurements
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1960s Retro Library Lights

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Bronze

Retro Pair of Italian Picture Lights
Pair of Italian Picture Lights
H 12 in W 12 in D 12 in
Vintage French Petite Spot Lights/ Wall Sconces, Pair
By Jacques Biny
Located in East Hampton, NY
Attributed to Jacques Biny, these fully articulating petite spot lights with exterior silk wiring
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Library Lights

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Brass, Metal

"A2" Wall Lights by Paavo Tynell for Idman, Finland 1970s
By Paavo Tynell
Located in Utrecht, NL
likely goes for these “A2” wall lights as well. The lamps still have Idman Oy’s manufacturer’s mark. The
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1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Retro Library Lights

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Sheet Metal

Vintage Wall Sconces With Leather Shade Bedside Lighting, Set 2, Germany, 1950s
Located in Bastogne, BE
lamps will perfectly complement the interior of your living room, bedroom or library. They are durable
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1950s German Retro Library Lights

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Brass

Paavo Tynell Model "2350" Wall Light for Taito Oy Helsinki, Finland, 1950s
By Taito Oy, Paavo Tynell
Located in Utrecht, NL
perforated and polished brass as material. Model “2350” is one of the most unusual looking wall lights in
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1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Retro Library Lights

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Brass

Caccia Dominioni Pier Luigi Italian Mid Century Wall Light in Brass 1960s
By Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Located in bari, IT
Magistretti (1967-75), the Vanoni Library in Morbegno (1965-66), the Oxford Building in Corso Milano in Monza
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Library Lights

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Brass

Large Bronze Library Light with Shades
Located in New York, NY
French circa 1950's gilt bronze chandelier with painted tole lamps, 12 lights. Body supported by
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1950s French Retro Library Lights

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Metal

Large Conical Milk Glass Library Pendant Light - 5 Available
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large, midcentury, library pendant lights circa 1960's feature conical milk glass shades on
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Retro Library Lights

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Aluminum

Vintage Brass 3 Light French Horn Library Candelabra Bouillotte Floor Lamp
Located in Dayton, OH
lights topped with an arrow shaped / weather vane finial. Measures: 10” x 10” x 60.5” / Shade - 13.5
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Late 20th Century French Provincial Retro Library Lights

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Metal, Brass

Flush Mount Ceiling Lights by Lisa Johansson-Pape
By Lisa Johansson-Pape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Flush mount ceiling lights by Lisa Johansson-Pape. Designed and manufactured in Finland for the
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1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Retro Library Lights

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Metal

Light Up Library Glass Globe on Metal Base by Barrere and Thomas France, 1950s
By Barrère & Thomas, Paris
Located in Atlanta, GA
1950s. Geographer J. Forest designed it. This library glass globe is covered with print paper rotating
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1950s French Art Deco Retro Library Lights

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Metal, Aluminum, Chrome

Paavo Tynell "80112-25" Ceiling Lights for Idman Oy, Finland, 1950s
By Idman Oy, Paavo Tynell
Located in Utrecht, NL
Paimio Sanatorium and the Viipuri Library. Tynell was especially appraised through his involvement
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1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Retro Library Lights

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Metal

Austrian Midcentury Brass Floor Lamp with Pink Flamingo Shade
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, AT
Flamingo and green floral decor. Its style and quality of manufacturing is very close to lights produced
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Retro Library Lights

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Metal, Brass

MidCentury Adjustable Tension Spot Floor Pole Lamp Attr. to Hala Zeist
By Hala Zeist
Located in Vienna, AT
the 1960s, it looks very close to lights produced by Hala Zeist, Netherlands 1960s. This lamp must
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1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Retro Library Lights

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Metal

Vintage Georgian Revival Flame Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A delightful Vintage flame mahogany Georgian Revival library breakfront bookcase, dating from the
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Mid-20th Century Georgian Retro Library Lights

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Mahogany

Craster from North. Northumberland. Modern British. Scottish Colorist Tradition.
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
the National Library of Wales, the Welsh Contemporary Art Society, the Welsh Arts Council, the
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Retro Library Lights

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Oil

Space Field, Digital Iris Print Muse X Large Photograph on Heavy Paper
By Victor Raphael
Located in Surfside, FL
Collaboration: From Zero to Infinity Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, Jean-Pierre
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Retro Library Lights

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Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Space Field, Digital Iris Print Muse X Large Photograph on Heavy Paper
By Victor Raphael
Located in Surfside, FL
Collaboration: From Zero to Infinity Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, Jean-Pierre
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Retro Library Lights

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Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Space Field, Digital Iris Print Muse X Large Photograph on Heavy Paper
By Victor Raphael
Located in Surfside, FL
Collaboration: From Zero to Infinity Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, Jean-Pierre
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Retro Library Lights

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Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Space Field, Digital Iris Print Muse X Large Photograph on Heavy Paper
By Victor Raphael
Located in Surfside, FL
Collaboration: From Zero to Infinity Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, Jean-Pierre
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Retro Library Lights

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Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Space Field, Digital Iris Print Muse X Large Photograph on Heavy Paper
By Victor Raphael
Located in Surfside, FL
Collaboration: From Zero to Infinity Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, Jean-Pierre
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Retro Library Lights

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Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Hans Weiss Custom Headboard for King Bed
By Hans Weiss
Located in Hanover, MA
apartment. Top of 'wall' inset with florescent lights with opaque glass panel reflectors. Walnut framing
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Brass

Beau Temps en Aout - Deauville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
By André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Vie Vénitienne) (1959), Sully Prudhomme's Private Diary ( Journal Intime) (1960), Honfleur Lights
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1980s Modern Retro Library Lights

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Canvas, Oil

Ultimate Lounge Chair by Eckart Muthesius
By Eckart Muthesius
Located in Munich, DE
was only made in two pieces for the library. It had build in lights and a cigaret space and ashtray
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1980s German Art Deco Retro Library Lights

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Leather

Ultimate Lounge Chair by Eckart Muthesius
Ultimate Lounge Chair by Eckart Muthesius
H 37.41 in W 35.04 in D 42.52 in
'Lakeshore Drive, Chicago', Modernist Cityscape, Woman Artist, Crocker Museum
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A mid-century, Modernist view of Chicago, seen in the evening with the lights of numerous buildings
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1960s Modern Retro Library Lights

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Large Conceptual "Last Book of Life" Photo Etching 1970s Pop Art
By Les Levine
Located in Surfside, FL
sodium vapour lights. This meant that the spectator was confronted with their own act of looking
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1970s Conceptual Retro Library Lights

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Etching, Photogravure

Large Conceptual "Last Book of Life" Photo Etching 1970s Pop Art
By Les Levine
Located in Surfside, FL
sodium vapour lights. This meant that the spectator was confronted with their own act of looking
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1970s Conceptual Retro Library Lights

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Etching, Photogravure

Large Conceptual "Last Book of Life" Photo Etching 1970s Pop Art
By Les Levine
Located in Surfside, FL
sodium vapour lights. This meant that the spectator was confronted with their own act of looking
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1970s Conceptual Retro Library Lights

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Etching, Photogravure

Large Conceptual "Last Book of Life" Photo Etching 1970s Pop Art
By Les Levine
Located in Surfside, FL
a room as the inside of a featureless white cube illuminated by two bright sodium vapour lights
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1970s Conceptual Retro Library Lights

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Etching, Photogravure

Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Sculpture Woman Artist Judith Brown
By Judith Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
, Woodstock, Vermont Eternal Lights: for Congregation Beth-El, South Orange, New Jersey; for Congregation
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Retro Library Lights

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Paper, Watercolor

Rare Judaica Jewish Folk Art Sukkot Papercut Jerusalem Mizrach Archie Granot
By Archie Granot
Located in Surfside, FL
"The Art of Matrimony: Thirty Splendid Marriage Contracts from The Jewish Theological Seminary Library
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1980s Folk Art Retro Library Lights

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Mixed Media

Ocean Terminal I
By Craig McPherson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Craig McPherson captures a night view of the neon lights from commercial signs reflected in the
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1990s Contemporary Retro Library Lights

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Mezzotint

Coco Chanel Lies on Divan, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
picture library, it was noted that Mark Shaw “crept as close to Chanel as anyone is ever likely to get
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

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Giclée

Coco Chanel Lies on Divan, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
picture library, it was noted that Mark Shaw “crept as close to Chanel as anyone is ever likely to get
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

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Giclée

Coco Chanel Lies on Divan, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
picture library, it was noted that Mark Shaw “crept as close to Chanel as anyone is ever likely to get
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

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Giclée

Coco Chanel Lies on Divan, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
picture library, it was noted that Mark Shaw “crept as close to Chanel as anyone is ever likely to get
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Coco Chanel Lies on Divan, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
picture library, it was noted that Mark Shaw “crept as close to Chanel as anyone is ever likely to get
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Large Ink Drawing Abstract Expressionist Rooster Woman Artist
By Judith Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
Health Center, Woodstock, Vermont Eternal Lights: for Congregation Beth-El, South Orange, New Jersey; for
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Retro Library Lights

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India Ink, Handmade Paper

Mark Shaw Adjusts Jeanne Moreau's Hair, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
lack of intimidating, distracting flash and lights allowed him to capture an unusually relaxed Chanel
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

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Giclée

Mark Shaw Adjusts Jeanne Moreau's Hair, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
lack of intimidating, distracting flash and lights allowed him to capture an unusually relaxed Chanel
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Mark Shaw Adjusts Jeanne Moreau's Hair, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
lack of intimidating, distracting flash and lights allowed him to capture an unusually relaxed Chanel
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Mark Shaw Adjusts Jeanne Moreau's Hair, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
lack of intimidating, distracting flash and lights allowed him to capture an unusually relaxed Chanel
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Mark Shaw Adjusts Jeanne Moreau's Hair, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
lack of intimidating, distracting flash and lights allowed him to capture an unusually relaxed Chanel
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

At Dawn - Graphite Drawing by Robert Kipniss
By Robert Kipniss
Located in Larchmont, NY
the burr in varying degrees to produce the gradations of lights and darks of the final design. The
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1970s American Realist Retro Library Lights

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Paper, Pencil

Coco Chanel and Jeanne Moreau Behind Flowers, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
the grain and contrast of the photographs, the lack of intimidating, distracting flash and lights
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

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Giclée

'The Dealer' original signed color lithograph from the Gambler Series
Located in Milwaukee, WI
is framed from behind by the arch of a blackjack table, which is itself lined by glistening lights of
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1970s Contemporary Retro Library Lights

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Paper, Lithograph

Coco Chanel and Jeanne Moreau Behind Flowers, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
the grain and contrast of the photographs, the lack of intimidating, distracting flash and lights
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Coco Chanel and Jeanne Moreau Behind Flowers, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
the grain and contrast of the photographs, the lack of intimidating, distracting flash and lights
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Coco Chanel and Jeanne Moreau Behind Flowers, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
the grain and contrast of the photographs, the lack of intimidating, distracting flash and lights
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Coco Chanel and Jeanne Moreau Behind Flowers, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
the grain and contrast of the photographs, the lack of intimidating, distracting flash and lights
Category

1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Coco Chanel Visits with Jeanne Moreau, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
intimidating, distracting flash and lights allowed him to capture an unusually relaxed Chanel. Image size is 22
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Coco Chanel Visits with Jeanne Moreau, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
intimidating, distracting flash and lights allowed him to capture an unusually relaxed Chanel. Image size is 32
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Coco Chanel Visits with Jeanne Moreau, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
intimidating, distracting flash and lights allowed him to capture an unusually relaxed Chanel. Image size is 40
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Coco Chanel Visits with Jeanne Moreau, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
intimidating, distracting flash and lights allowed him to capture an unusually relaxed Chanel. Image size is 10
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Coco Chanel Visits with Jeanne Moreau, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
intimidating, distracting flash and lights allowed him to capture an unusually relaxed Chanel. Image size is
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1950s Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Giclée

Large Conceptual "Last Book of Life" Photo Etching 1970s Pop Art Photograph
By Les Levine
Located in Surfside, FL
sodium vapour lights. This meant that the spectator was confronted with their own act of looking
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1970s Conceptual Retro Library Lights

Materials

Etching, Photogravure

MCM 1 Piece Kroehler China Hutch Cabinet Glass Shelves Carved Handles
By Kroehler Mfg. Co.
Located in Topeka, KS
, brass plated sculpted handles and hinges, lights, vertical carved door handles with waxed or whitewash
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Metal

Pair of Italian Brass Extendable Library Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of Italian brass extendable library lamps with a warm and rich patina. Dimensions
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Library Lights

Materials

Brass

Pair of Polished Aluminum and Copper Ship's Corridor Lamps
Located in Woodbury, CT
mounted indoors or out. Perfect in a bathroom or library! Original glass, priced and sold as a pair only.
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1950s American Retro Library Lights

Materials

Aluminum, Copper

New York Stock Exchange
By Frederick Mershimer
Located in New York, NY
right Titled and numbered, lower left (The windows behind the columns, the subway lights, and the
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1980s Contemporary Retro Library Lights

Materials

Etching

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Retro Library Lights For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of retro library lights for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique retro library lights was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and glass. There are all kinds of retro library lights available, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. mid-century modern, Art Deco and Scandinavian Modern retro library lights are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made retro library lights over the years, but those made by Paavo Tynell, Berber Tribes of Morocco and Eckart Muthesius are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Retro Library Lights?

Prices for retro library lights start at $350 and top out at $23,805 with the average selling for $1,995.