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Magnificent Pair of Orange Oversized Squatty Danish Lava Drip Glaze Lamps Modern
By Sunset Lamps
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Over the top gorgeous pair of orange huge squatty lava drip glaze lamps. These are gigantic
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Huge Squatty Drip Glaze Lamp Mid-century Danish Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Over the top gorgeous huge squatty lava drip glaze lamp. This is one gigantic colorful piece of art
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Magnificent Orange Oversized Squatty Danish Lava Drip Glaze Lamps Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Over the top gorgeous orange huge squatty lava drip glaze lamp. This gigantic colorful ceramic
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Lava Glazed Large Scale Table Lamp New Faux Silk Drum Shade
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous Mid-Century Modern lava glazed large scale squatty table lamp with new black faux silk
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

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Stunning Huge Squatty Drip Glaze Lamp Mid-century Danish Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Over the top gorgeous huge squatty lava drip glaze lamp. This is one gigantic colorful piece of
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

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Pair Available- Breathtaking Restored Art Deco Commode by Widdicomb, circa 1938
By Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in Atlanta, GA
These magnificent commodes are shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready. ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Sliding Glass Door Bookcase Cabinet Robert Heritage
By Robert Heritage
Located in Leicester, GB
We can ship directly to you - please contact us with your country & postcode for an accurate delivery price. Shipping to the US £450 in a custom made crate A beautiful long slim gla...
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Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Hardwood

Mid-Century Modern Sliding Glass Door Bookcase Cabinet Robert Heritage
Mid-Century Modern Sliding Glass Door Bookcase Cabinet Robert Heritage
$567 Sale Price
30% Off
H 40.16 in W 60.24 in D 10.63 in
Murano Round Green Glass and Brass Modern Wall Light and Sconces, 2020
Located in Rome, IT
Very special Murano glass wall light, stylish and elegant, their design truly unique in their kind. Beautiful coloring. The wall light is composed of a brass stem where a system for...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Sistema Solare, Luxury Ivory Onyx and Brass 8 Rotating Orbitale Arms Chandelier
By Stilnovo, Silvio Piattelli, Bruno Gatta
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Luxury chandelier, made from thin pieces of translucent onyx. Ideal to be hung over a dining table, with versatile configurations. Featured on Netflix series Designing Miami, 1st epi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...

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Onyx, Brass

Organic Modern Small Table Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Ivory Fluted Shade
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
PATA DE ELEFANTE SMALL table lamp was designed for the Atomic collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada. Named Pata de Elefante –Elephant's Foot– for the prominent shape at its ba...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Wood, Fabric, Linen, Fiberglass

Murano Sputnik Spherical Green Glass and Brass Chandelier, 1990
Located in Rome, IT
A fantastic emerald green sputnik, with a surprising design and for its very low height, which allows it to fit in both high and low ceilings. Very elegant, it will furnish and decor...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

"Spikes" Wall Sconces by Studio Glustin
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Pair of long sconces in brass and sculpted Murano glass. Creation by Studio Glustin.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and...

Materials

Brass

"Spikes" Wall Sconces by Studio Glustin
"Spikes" Wall Sconces by Studio Glustin
$9,334 / set
H 39.38 in W 6.3 in D 5.52 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Textile

'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
$1,320 Sale Price / item
20% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
Italy Late 19th Century Inlaid Walnut Buffet with Drawer or Low Cabinet
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a pleasant credenza or low cabinet, handmade in walnut with an inlaid in the same wood. The top has very beautiful drawing that distinguishes this antique buffet. Hand made...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Buffets

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Walnut

Coralina II Nightstand Glossy Lacquered and Antique Brass Handle
Located in Frazão, Porto
Elegant and sophisticated, the bedside table Coralina is characterized by a curved structure in lacquered finish, on which the drawers in are inserted.‎ This bedside table also allow...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Night Stands

Materials

Brass, Stainless Steel

Coralina II Nightstand Glossy Lacquered and Antique Brass Handle
Coralina II Nightstand Glossy Lacquered and Antique Brass Handle
$3,240 / item
H 21.66 in W 23.63 in D 19.3 in
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires, this other version of the spider chandelier has longer arms on the sides giving the oval shape. The metal arms paint...
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2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal, Brass

French Pine Farm Table from Burgundy
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French farm table crafted circa 1890 from richly patinated solid pine. The top elegantly showcases over 150 years of life, which originated in Burgundy. The apron houses one drawer;s...
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Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Dining Room Tables

Materials

Metal

French Pine Farm Table from Burgundy
French Pine Farm Table from Burgundy
$5,500
H 29.5 in W 99 in D 28.75 in
Swedish 19th Century Painted Pine Marriage Trunk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A large 19th century iron bound painted marriage trunk. The exterior of this truck is painted blue with colorful flower baskets and arrangements on its facade with the monogram, “B S...
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Other Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Iron

Swedish 19th Century Painted Pine Marriage Trunk
Swedish 19th Century Painted Pine Marriage Trunk
$4,200
H 25 in W 61.13 in D 25.13 in
Danish Modern Dyrlund Rosewood Credenza Cabinet Sideboard
By Dyrlund
Located in Miami, FL
A large and handsome cabinet. The thick rounded edges are solid rosewood as are the pulls on the deep drawers. Beautiful active grain on all surfaces with a glossy finish. Very solid...
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Vintage 1970s Danish Cabinets

Materials

Wood

Pair of Chinese Blue and White Lamps with dragon motif
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese blue and white lamps with dragon motif. 20th Century. 8" diam. 15" to top of vase 25.5" overall height
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Fabulous Pair of Large-Scale Blown Murano Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful pair of monumental vintage blown Murano lamps, circa 1970. Exquisite form and color. Stunning Jewelry! Excellent restored condition. The lamps have been rewired using cle...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

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A Close Look at Mid-century-modern Furniture

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.

Finding the Right Table-lamps for You

Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.

Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.

After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.

After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons

Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today

If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.

Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.

Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.