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Rare Pair of Nessen "X" Shaped Table Lamps
By Nessen Lighting
Located in East Hampton, NY
up to 60 watts each (120 per lamp). Original electrical and dimmer in fine working condition. Paper
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Chinese Old Pair Symbolic Longevity Effigy Lighting Lanterns
Located in South Burlington, VT
the 20th century. Top right and left scalloped shaped appendages possibly emulate human coiffure
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lanterns
Materials
Iron
Italian Designer, Floor Lamp, Walnut, Paper, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A sizeable arch-shaped walnut and off-white paper floor lamp designed and produced in Italy, c
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Floor Lamps
Materials
Walnut, Paper
Group of Three Contemporary Paper Covered Table Lamps
Located in Bridgeport, CT
All made of white plastic covered with handmade paper in white with natural tan tones. Two are egg
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Chic Gourd Shaped Table Lamp with Custom White Parchment Shade
By Accolay Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chic gourd shaped table lamp with custom white parchment shade. The shade itself is 8 in. diameter
Category
Mid-20th Century French Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Parchment Paper
Basketweave Wicker Paper Ginger Jar Table Lamp
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Large ginger jar shaped table lamp features full veneer of woven paper wicker. Brass socket and
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Chic Gourd Shaped Table Lamp with Custom White Parchment Shade
By Accolay Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chic gourd shaped table lamp with custom white parchment shade. The shade itself is 8 in. diameter
Category
Mid-20th Century French Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Parchment Paper, Ceramic
Chic Gourd Shaped Table Lamp with Custom White Parchment Shade
By Accolay Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chic gourd shaped table lamp with custom white parchment shade. The shade itself is 8 in. diameter
Category
Mid-20th Century French Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Parchment Paper
Ultra Cool Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sphere Shaped Cardboard Table Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern Incredible vintage corrugated cardboard sphere shaped Table Lamp. This Classic
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Cream Alabaster Urn Shaped Lamps with Hand Painted Parchment Shades, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cream alabaster urn shaped lamps with hand painted parchment shades. The lamps have been newly
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster
Moorish Style Frederick Cooper Hammered Copper Urn Shaped Double Handled Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful Moorish style Frederick Cooper hammered copper urn or jug shaped double handled lamp with
Category
Late 20th Century American Moorish Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron, Copper
H 29.5 in W 24 in D 24 in
Vase Shaped Terra Cotta Table Lamp by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Large Terra Cotta vase shaped table lamp by the French artist Olivia Cognet
Since moving to Los
Category
2010s French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Rattan lamp and paper lampshade circa 1960 Louis Sognot
By Louis Sognot
Located in TARBES, FR
Table lamp in rattan and paper lampshade, good condition, its aestheticism is typical of the period
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Rattan
1980 Space Age Tan Fiberglass Paper Mache Spheres Pendant Lamp Light Fixture
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Space Age Style one light indoor pendant in tan color Paper Mache and Fiberglass
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Floor lamp by Mario Bellini for Artemide, 1970s iconic Design
By Mario Bellini
Located in Saint Leonards-on-sea, England
cast iron base.
Handkerchief-shaped lampshade made of soft synthetic fabric.
The shade with the socket
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Moooi Perch Light Bird Led Floor Lamp by Umut Yamac, Netherlands, 2017
By Umut Yumac, Moooi
Located in Palermo, IT
brass with a bird in polycarbonate (PC) and synthetic paper, the Moooi lamp is characterized by an
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Maria Group + Spockdesign “Cornette” Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
employed by these talented artists. The use of hand-shaped washi paper is particularly noteworthy, as each
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Lebanese Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Asian Tower Floor Lamp
Located in Pasadena, CA
A vintage Asian square-shaped wooden floor lamp from the mid-20th century, with rice paper panels
Category
20th Century Asian Floor Lamps
Materials
Wood, Paper
Kigelia Floor Lamp in Walnut with base in bronzed brass by Lorenza Bozzoli
By Lorenza Bozzoli
Located in Lentate sul Seveso, Monza e Brianza
repeated rhombus-shaped modular elements made of solid wood with a dark solid walnut finish and a classic
Category
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
H 72.05 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Rare Early 1A Akari Table Lamp by Isamu Noguchi for Ozeki, 1952
Located in Echt, NL
and an oval shaped shade from the Akari series.
This example features the earliest manufacturer's
Category
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Large Nelson Bubble Table or Floor Lamp for Howard Miller
By George Nelson
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very early large cigar shaped bubble table or floor lamp with metal tri pod base having small
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Pair of Blue Glass and Brass Table Lamps
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary pair of table lamps each with large shaped blue glass in teardrop form
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Brass Floor Lamp by Rupert Nikoll
By Rupert Nikoll
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass tripod construction fitted with one E27 socket with switch, original parchment cone-shaped
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck X-Lamp Floor Lamp
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
executed in bamboo and brass with a heavy X-shaped brass base that can be balanced in multiple positions
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
TMM Floor Lamp by Miguel Milá for Santa & Cole
By Miguel Milà, Santa & Cole
Located in Los Angeles, CA
with time. A cross-shaped base supports a square shaft that becomes circular in the middle, allowing
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
'Origami' White Plaster Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
'Origami' white plaster lamp, by Liz Marsh. Geometric abstract shaped table lamp artist-sculpted to
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Rarest Mid Century Cardboard Table Lamp! Gregory Van Pelt Frank Gehry Art 1960s
By Gregory Van Pelt, Frank Gehry
Located in Peoria, AZ
beautiful example of the card board lamp by Gregory Van Pelt! The base of this lamp is shaped almost like
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Paper
H 18 in W 14 in D 14 in
"Nonne" or "Nun" Floor Lamp by Carl Aubock, Vienna, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
black lacquered Iron Base with a ivory colored, cylinder shaped, paper lamp shade.
It comes with a
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Iron
Hoshigame Table Lamp Designed by Issey Miyake for Artemide
By Issey Miyake, Artemide
Located in Athens, Attiki
art of lighting has a conceptual and technological heritage at the Miyake Design Studio, dating back
Category
2010s Italian Japonisme Table Lamps
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Mid Century Tripod Floor or Table Lamp in Teak and Parchment 1960s
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Tilburg, NL
that are connected to a teardrop-shaped solid teak vertical element. It holds a large parchment sphere
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Teak, Parchment Paper
Michel Jaubert sculptural table lamp France 1970
By Michel Jaubert
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice sculptural shaped table lamp designed and made by Michel Jaubert, France 1970. Amazing
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Rare Early 10D Akari Floor Lamp by Isamu Noguchi for Ozeki, 1950s
By Ozeki & Co. Ltd. 1, Isamu Noguchi
Located in Echt, NL
shaped shade from the Akari series.
This example features the earliest manufacturer's mark, a red sun
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
J.T. Kalmar Dornstab Floor Lamp, Austria, 1950
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice shaped floor lamp by J.T. Kalmar and manufactured by Kalmar, Austria 1950. This floor
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Willy Daro Brass Table Lamps with Mounted Seashell, a pair
By Willy Daro
Located in Atlanta, GA
mounted on a square polished brass base.
The lampshades are geometrically shaped in dark brown color with
Category
Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
A Very Fine Pair of Empire Parcel Gilt Bronze Three Light Candelabra / Lamps
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
made parchment shades with bronze painted banding and retaining their original flambeau shaped finials
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Table Lamps by The Majestic Lamp Co.
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in Weesp, NL
. Paired with oval-shaped off-white parchment lampshades, adorned with contrasting stitching on the top and
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Carl Auböck 'Horseshoe' Table Lamp
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
table lamps are executed in bamboo and brass with a heavy horseshoe-shaped solid brass base. Includes
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair, Van Teal Geometric Lucite, Chrome Table Lamps & Shades Mid-Century Modern
By Hivo Van Teal
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Van Teal Mid-Century Modern transparent geometric shaped Lucite pieces stacked table lamps
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Czech Modernist Desk Lamp by Helena Frantova for Okolo
By Helena Frantova
Located in Vienna, AT
Solid brass table or wall lamp with a torch shaped design from the 1950s.
Fitted with one E14
Category
Vintage 1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Small Modernist Desk Lamp by Helena Frantova for Okolo
By Helena Frantova
Located in Vienna, AT
Steel chromed table or wall lamp with a torch shaped design from the 1950s.
Fitted with one E14
Category
Vintage 1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Fine Artisan Handcrafted Floor Lamp "Ribbon Floral" Tower
Located in South Burlington, VT
. Unusual ribbon shaped panels are individually handcut, hand-hammered, and hand pierced in thousands of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Showa Table Lamps
Materials
Copper
Midcentury Acrylic and Brass Light by Moss Lamps
By Moss Lamp Co. 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
L-shaped planters in front of black lattice fencing. An acrylic white asymmetrical finial tops the
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
19th Century Carved Cherub Face Lamp with Custom Parchment Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
a rectangular shaped hand painted parchment shade. Worn painted finish with beautiful distressing
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
Moorish Frederick Cooper Style Hammered Copper Bulbus Urn Shape 2 Handled Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous Moorish style hammered copper bulbus urn shaped double handled monumental table lamp and
Category
Late 20th Century American Moorish Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
H 27 in W 22.5 in D 22.5 in
Hanji Cassiopeia 7 V3: 4A3B Mobile Chandelier, handmade by Andrea Claire Studio
By Andrea Claire Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hanji 7 V3: 4A2BC - is a mobile chandelier with 7 glowing, handmade Hanji paper polyhedron shaped
Category
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
H 28 in W 86 in D 37 in
Hanji Ivy 6 V1: ABCDFG Mobile Chandelier, handmade by Andrea Claire Studio
By Andrea Claire Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hanji 6: ABCDFG - is a mobile chandelier with 6 glowing, handmade Hanji paper polyhedron shaped
Category
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Christian Liaigre Acier Table Lamp
By Christian Liaigre
Located in Chicago, IL
original paper cone-shaped shade.
This Bronze brass lamp blends in with all types of interiors, from the
Category
Early 2000s French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Big Table Lamp, Kamenický Šenov, 1970s
By Kamenicky Senov
Located in Praha, CZ
shaped by professional glassmaker
- Two different types of lighting.
Category
Vintage 1970s Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
GT4 by Gabriel Ordeig Cole for Santa & Cole
By Santa & Cole
Located in Los Angeles, CA
of stitched cardboard shaped into a large cone. It can be used in a sequence for large spaces
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
1940s Organic Modern Earthcolored Table Lamp
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Extraordinary globe shaped ceramic table lamp in warm brown, light yellow, olive green and golden
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Stoneware
Rare Ercole Barovier Efeso Table Lamp 1964
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Munich, DE
Italy. Round glass base with a blue pattern and knob-shaped prunts on the surface. It is similar to the
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Ingo Maurer 'Uchiwa' Chandelier in Original box, Unused, Germany, 1970s
By Design M, Ingo Maurer
Located in Budapest, HU
seven overlapping leaf-shaped fans made of bamboo and beige-colored rice paper, secured with brass
Category
Vintage 1970s German Japonisme Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bamboo, Rope, Paper
Eight Light Horizontal Forged Iron Chandelier, Two in Stock
Located in New York, NY
mounted U shaped horizontal bar securing hand forged rods attached to body of chandelier and with faux
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron
Antique 6-Scroll Arm European Brass Chandelier with Shades
Located in New York, NY
candleholders capped with paper shades.
Features Classic period design elements including a double globe post
Category
Early 20th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Danish Midcentury Ceramic Table Lamps by Michael Andersen
By Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Berlin, DE
by Michael Andersen & Søn in the 1960s.
Beautiful sculpturally shaped base with brown and white
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Antique Neoclassical Silver Plate Converted Candlestick Buffet Table Lamp Light
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Neoclassical style silver plate candlestick shaped buffet / table lamp with white and
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Rattan Wicker Pagoda Pendant Light or Lantern, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rattan and Wicker wire pagoda shaped pendant or chandelier, France, 1960s.
This midcentury
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wire
Early and Rare 40D Akari Pendant by Isamu Noguchi for Ozeki, 1950s
By Isamu Noguchi, Ozeki & Co. Ltd. 1
Located in Echt, NL
& Co., Ltd.
New old stock.
Model 40D is a globe shaped pendant in the Akari series.
This example
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Rattan Globe Pendant Light or Lantern with Loop Details, Spain, 1960s
By Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern rattan ball shaped lantern or pendant ceiling lamp. Spain, 1950s-1960s.
This
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wicker, Cane, Rattan, Paper
Large Early 31N Akari Pendant by Isamu Noguchi for Ozeki, 1950s
By Isamu Noguchi, Ozeki & Co. Ltd. 1
Located in Echt, NL
by Ozeki & Co., Ltd.
New old stock!
Model 31N is a large round shaped pendant in the Akari
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
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Shaped Paper Lighting For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the piece of shaped paper lighting you’re looking for. An item from our selection of shaped paper lighting — often made from metal, paper and brass — can elevate any home. Find 338 options for an antique or vintage choice in our collection of shaped paper lighting now, or shop our selection of 50 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect object in our assortment of shaped paper lighting — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. An option in this array of shaped paper lighting, designed in the mid-century modern, modern or Scandinavian Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made piece of shaped paper lighting over the years, but those crafted by Isamu Noguchi, Santa & Cole and Ingo Maurer are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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Prices for a piece of shaped paper lighting can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1 and can go as high as $68,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,285.
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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.
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