Molecule Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
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Glow Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Zodiac Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques—became a passion to create original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Nova Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Hana Flush Mount by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Brass
Riegel Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Odyssey Santorini SM by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
: From the beginning, Schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Hana Table Lamp by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Odyssey Santorini SM by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Odyssey Santorini LG by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Odyssey LG Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process From the beginning, Schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Sunset Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Odyssey LG Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process From the beginning, Schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Naples Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Orion Oval Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Armstrong Linear Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Orion Round Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Globe Single Pendant by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Spider Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Miron Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Molecule Single Pendant by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Molecule Linear Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Oslo Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Miron Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
passion to create original designs. Process From the beginning, Schwung home has striven for cutting-edge
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Cloud 250 Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home has striven for cutting-edge
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Adrion Wall Sconce LG by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Adrion Wall Sconce MD by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Pulsar Wall Sconce 250 by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Pulsar Wall Sconce 150 by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Adrion Wall Sconce Sm by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Pulsar Wall Sconce 200 by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Gold Sunset Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Odyssey 1 Floor Lamp by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
passion to create original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting
Category
2010s Polish Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
RD15 6 Arms Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, hand-crafted in
Category
2010s Polish Modern Lanterns
Materials
Brass
RD15 12 Arms Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in
Category
2010s Polish Modern Lanterns
Materials
Brass
Oslo Triple Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques—became a passion to create original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Armstrong Triple Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Flush Mount Armstrong Light by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Orion 6 Flush Mount by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Molecule 8 Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. Emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Molecule Spark Flush Mount by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Globe Dual Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Molecule Cluster 19 Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in Europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Universe Brass Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, Schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Modern Lanterns
Materials
Brass
Odyssey Paris Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Odyssey Paris Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Miron Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Odyssey Linear LG Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Molecule Single Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. Emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Globe Cluster 10 Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Armstrong Dual Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Dawn Dual Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in Europe. Emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Oslo Dual Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in Europe. Emphasizing brass
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Dawn Dual Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting, handcrafted in Europe. emphasising brass
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Oslo Dual Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques, became a passion to create original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Oslo Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
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Contemporary Brass Floor Lamp by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process From the beginning, Schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Glass
Black Medium Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Black Medium Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Black Medium Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Black Medium Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Black Medium Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Black Medium Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home has striven for cutting-edge
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Brass Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Brass Floor Lamp by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
passion to create original designs. Process From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge
Category
2010s Polish Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home has striven for cutting-edge
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Odyssey MD Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, Schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Dries 30 Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Zosia Black Gunmetal Table Lamp by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Zosia Polished Nickel Table Lamp by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality
Category
2010s Polish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Balance 150 x 150 Brass Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting-edge and quality lighting
Category
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Milan 1 Arm Brass Floor Lamp by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home has striven for cutting
Category
2010s Polish Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Odyssey Round LG Brass Opal Chandelier by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
trading antiques-became a passion to create original designs. Process: From the beginning, schwung home
Category
2010s Polish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
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Schwung Home For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the schwung home you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each schwung home for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, metal and brass. A schwung home, designed in the modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
How Much is a Schwung Home?
Prices for a schwung home start at $328 and top out at $15,348 with the average selling for $1,872.
A Close Look at Modern Furniture
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
Finding the Right Lighting for You
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.
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Damon Liss and Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects collaborated on this serene getaway for a minimalism-minded Manhattan family of four.
Desert Modern Designer Arthur Elrod Finally Gets His Day in the Sun
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.
Artelinea, Mexico City’s One-Stop Contemporary Design Shop, Paves the Way for a New Wave of Mexican Designers
Wielding her influence on the international scene, founding partner Andrea Cesarman expands the platform for Mexican artisans.
From the Hamptons to Palm Springs, FormArch’s Homes Embody Both Comfort and Cool
The houses from this New York studio cloak modernist tendencies within what are often more traditional trappings.