Stilnovo Flush Mount Ceiling Light, Italy circa 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light Made in Italy in 1960s.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
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Stilnovo Flush Mount Ceiling Light, Italy circa 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light Made in Italy in 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Flush Mount Ceiling Lights, Italy circa 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light Made in Italy in 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Flush Mount Ceiling Lights, Italy circa 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light Made in Italy in 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
1960s Stilnovo Six Murano Ball Brass Ceiling Light
By Stilnovo
Located in Florence, Tuscany
An exceptional Stilnovo solid brass 1960s ceiling light. Made with six brass bastoncini, each with a hand-blown murano glass ball light at the end.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
1950s Stilnovo Opaline Glass & Black Metal Ceiling Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1950s Stilnovo Opaline Glass & Black Metal Ceiling Lamp.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Flush Mount Ceiling Light, Italy circa 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light Made in Italy in 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
1960s UFO Frosted Ceiling Pendant Lamp Style Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s UFO Frosted Ceiling Pendant Lamp Unmarked style of Stilnovo 20 diameter x 7 h (shade) cord 26 adjustable Preowned vintage unrestored condition, please see images provided.
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Stilnovo Flush Mount Ceiling Lights, Italy circa 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light Made in Italy in 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Ceiling Lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This exceptional Stilnovo pendant lamp is a striking example of Mid-Century Italian design.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Flush Mount Ceiling Light, Italy circa 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light Made in Italy in 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
Model 1245 Flush Mount Ceiling Lights by Stilnovo
$2,880Sale Price / item|20% Off
Model 1245 Flush Mount Ceiling Lights by Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model 1245 flush mount ceiling lights manufactured by Stilnovo in Italy, late 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Copper
1960s Stilnovo Hexagonal Flush Mount Ceiling Light Model 1183
By Stilnovo
Located in New York, NY
1960s Stilnovo hexagonal flush mount ceiling light with white enameled metal structure, textured glass diffuser, and brass mounts.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rare Ceiling or Wall-Mounted Sputnik by Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Hanover, MA
Splendid original 1950's Italian ceiling flush or wall mounted sputnik fixture produced by Stilnovo with 12 arms and made of solid brass.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Brass
Stilnovo Flush Mount Ceiling Light Large, Italy circa 1970s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light, Large. Made in Italy in 1970s.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal
Metal and Glass Ceiling Lamps by Stilnovo, Italy, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Milan, IT
Model 1152 ceiling lamp manufactured by Stilnovo. Enameled light blue metal piece with frosted lens- shaped glass.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Flush Mount
Materials
Aluminum
Stilnovo Style Flush Mount Ceiling Light, Italy, Vintage 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo style flush mount ceiling light. Designed and made in Italy, 1960s Textured glass, brass, enameled aluminum.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
Stilnovo Flush Mount Ceiling Light Large, Italy circa 1970s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light, Large. Made in Italy in 1970s.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal
Stilnovo Style Flush Mount Ceiling Light, Italy, Vintage 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo style flush mount ceiling light. Designed and made in Italy, 1960s Textured glass, brass, enameled aluminum.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
Stilnovo UFO Ceiling Pendant, Opaline Glass & Brass, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo UFO ceiling pendant. Designed and made in Italy, 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Flush Mount Ceiling Light Large, Italy circa 1970s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light, Large. Made in Italy in 1970s.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal
Stilnovo Style Wall or Ceiling Light, Italy circa 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo style flush mount wall or ceiling light. Glass, brass, enameled metal.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Metal Ceiling Lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This vintage pendant lamp by Stilnovo is a stunning example of Italian mid-century design from the 1960s. The lamp features an orange metal shade with clean, geometric lines and a mi...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Stilnovo Inspired Ceiling Light, Articulating Arm, Frosted Glass
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modernist ceiling light demonstrates the refined mechanical aesthetic of Italian lighting design from the 1950s-1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Orange Glass Ceiling Lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
The minimalist construction emphasizes the purity of the shape and highlights Stilnovo’s mastery of combining innovative design with high-quality materials.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light model 1243, Italy circa 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light model 1243. Italy 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Copper
6 Arms Green Brass Ceiling Lamp Attributed Stilnovo, 1960s, Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
6 Arms Green Brass Ceiling Lamp Attributed Stilnovo, 1960s, Italy Lampshade is in very good vintage condition.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Metal
Mid-Century Opal Glass Ceiling Lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This elegant Italian ceiling lamp by Stilnovo from the 1960s is a stunning example of mid-century modern design.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Round Ceiling Light Metal Lacquered Curved Glass Stilnovo Design, Midcentury
$923Sale Price|20% Off
Round Ceiling Light Metal Lacquered Curved Glass Stilnovo Design, Midcentury
By Stilnovo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round ceiling light metal lacquered curved glass Stilnovo design, midcentury.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light model 1243, Italy circa 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light model 1243. Italy 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Copper, Metal
Mid-Century Opal Glass Ceiling Lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This elegant Italian ceiling lamp by Stilnovo from the 1960s is a stunning example of mid-century modern design.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Style Midcentury Italian Brass & Lacquered Aluminium Ceiling Lamp 1950s
$4,521Sale Price|20% Off
Stilnovo Style Midcentury Italian Brass & Lacquered Aluminium Ceiling Lamp 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Midcentury Italian brass and lacquered aluminium ceiling lamp, style of Stilnovo, circa 1958.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Model 1245 Flush Mount Ceiling Light by Stilnovo, 1950s, Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Flush mount ceiling light by Stilnovo, 1950s, Italy model 1245 Enameled metal, copper, brushed aluminum and opal glass Retains original manufacturers label.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Copper
Stilnovo Space Age Ceiling Lamp in Brass and Painted Aluminium
$847Sale Price / item|20% Off
Stilnovo Space Age Ceiling Lamp in Brass and Painted Aluminium
By Stilnovo
Located in Milano, IT
A beautiful space age chandelier produced by Stilnovo in the 1970s, of fine Italian manufacture.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Modernist Stilnovo Style Metal and glass Ceiling Flushmount Light, Italy 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Extra large light with glass shades. ceiling light Origin: Italy Age: 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Style Flush Mount Ceiling Light, Metal & Glass, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo style flush mount ceiling light. Italy 1960s Rewired for US.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Flush Mount
Materials
Metal
Stilnovo Two Pendants Brass and Opaline Glass Ceiling Lamp, Italy 1950s
$3,767Sale Price|20% Off
Stilnovo Two Pendants Brass and Opaline Glass Ceiling Lamp, Italy 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Stilnovo Two Pendants Brass and Opaline Glass Ceiling Lamp, Italy 1950s
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo style Flush Mount Ceiling Light, Opaline Glass & Chrome, Italy 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo style flush mount ceiling light Made in Italy, 1960s Opaline glass, chrome plated metal.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Brass and Ball Glass Ceiling Lamp, attributed to Stilnovo, 1960s, Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Brass and Ball Glass Ceiling Lamp, attributed to Stilnovo, 1960s, Italy Lampshade is in very good vintage condition. 4 available This lamp works with E14 light bulbs.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Space Age Ceiling Lamp in Chromed Brass, Stilnovo Style, Italy, 1970s
By Stilnovo
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Space Age Multi Lights Ceiling Lamp in the Style of Stilnovo, Italy 1970's This rare and exquisite multi lights ceiling lamp, designed and manufactured in Italy during the 1970s.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Stilnovo large 24 lights-arms brass ceiling lamp chandelier, Shanghai, 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Rome, IT
Stilnovo large "Shanghai" chandelier ceiling lamp with 24 arms tipped with brass conicals.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass, Wire
Stilnovo Three Discs Ceiling Lamp in Brass and Glass, Italy 1950s
$9,419Sale Price|20% Off
Stilnovo Three Discs Ceiling Lamp in Brass and Glass, Italy 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Stilnovo three discs ceiling lamp in brass and glass, Italy 1950s Reference : Botteghe Storiche di Milanesi, Milan, 2006, p. 21 for the five-armed variation from the Car...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Sconces or Ceiling lights Pair, Textured Glass & Brass, Italy 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo sconces, a pair. Designed and manufactured in Italy 1960s. Textured glass, patinated brass, enameled metal. Take 2 candelabra bulbs each. Priced and sold as a pair. Complime...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Flush Mount Ceiling Lights Large, a Pair Italy circa 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stilnovo flush mount ceiling lights, Large. Made in Italy in 1970s.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Italian Design Ceiling Lamp Stilnovo Glass and Brass 1950s Lantern
$1,412Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Italian Design Ceiling Lamp Stilnovo Glass and Brass 1950s Lantern
By Stilnovo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Mid-century Italian design ceiling lamp stilnovo glass and brass 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Brass and Opal Glass Ceiling Lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This exquisite pendant lamp, designed by Stilnovo in the 1960s, is a remarkable example of Italian mid-century modern design. Crafted from high-quality brass and opaline glass, it pe...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Wall or Ceiling Sconce Model 2055/7 by Stilnovo, Italy, 1950's
By Stilnovo
Located in Barcelona, ES
Wall or ceiling sconce model 2055/7 edited by Stilnovo, Italy, 1950's.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Acrylic and Opaline Glass Ceiling Lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This elegant Italian ceiling lamp by Stilnovo from the 1960s is a stunning example of mid-century modern design.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rare Flush Mounts By Stilnovo Black White Aluminum Ceiling Lights (2), 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Vienna, AT
One of Two 20" Stilnovo labelled ceiling lamps, Italy, circa 1950- priced per piece Nice set of 2 lights which are sold individually.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Mid-Century Brass and Opal Glass Ceiling Lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This exquisite pendant lamp, designed by Stilnovo in the 1960s, is a remarkable example of Italian mid-century modern design. Crafted from high-quality brass and opaline glass, it pe...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
3-armed Ball Glass Orbit Design Ceiling Lamp, Attr. to Stilnovo, 1950s, Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
3-armed Ball Glass Orbit Design Ceiling Lamp, Attributed to Stilnovo, 1950s, Italy Brass detailing and hardware.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
3-armed Ball Glass Orbit Design Ceiling Lamp, Attr. to Stilnovo, 1950s, Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
3-armed Ball Glass Orbit Design Ceiling Lamp, Attributed to Stilnovo, 1950s, Italy Brass detailing and hardware.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Wall or Ceiling Light by Giampiero Aloi for Stilnovo
By Giampiero Aloi, Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wall or Ceiling Light by Giampiero Aloi for Stilnovo, Italy, 1950s This wall or ceiling light by Giampiero Aloi for Stilnovo, designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1950s, exempl...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
A 18-Lights RADICAL SPACE-AGE POST-MODERN CEILING FIXTURE by STILNOVO Italy 1970
By Stilnovo
Located in PARIS, FR
A spectacular 18-light pendant light, Radical, Post-Modernist, Space-Age, circular body surrounded by 9 long tubes or adjustable arms in chrome-plated metal with 2 lights each, the w...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Modernist brass Huge Stilnovo Sciolari Style Ceiling Light, Italy, 1970s
By Stilnovo, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceiling light flushmount Origin: Italy Age: 1970s Original 1970s ceiling light made in Italy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
Brass Italian Stilnovo Style Theatre Ceiling Light Flush Mount, Italy, 1950s
By Stilnovo, Gio Ponti
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceiling light Producer: Origin Italy in the manner of Stilnovo, Gio Ponti Age: 1950s This modernist light was produced in Italy in the 1950s.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
Flushmount Light by Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Flushmount ceiling light by Stilnovo. Manufactured in Italy, circa 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Pair of Midcentury Wall or Ceiling Lamps, Flush Mounts, Stilnovo Style, 1960s
By Stilnovo, Drukov
Located in Praha, CZ
- extremely rare type - very nice style of lighitng - marked by label.
Category
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Brass Italian Stilnovo Style Atomic Space Age Ceiling Light Sconces, Italy 1970s
By Gio Ponti, Stilnovo
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceiling light Producer: Origin Italy in the manner of Stilnovo, Gio Ponti Age: 1970s This modernist light was produced in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
1960s Black Metal & Opaline Glass Ceiling Lamp by Bruno Gatta for Stilnovo
By Bruno Gatta, Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960s Black Metal & Opaline Glass Ceiling Lamp by Bruno Gatta for Stilnovo A quintessentially 1960s Italian design executed in opaline glass, black painted metal with patinated bras...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal, Brass
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Stilnovo Ceiling For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the stilnovo ceiling you’re looking for. Each stilnovo ceiling for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and glass. There are 948 variations of the antique or vintage stilnovo ceiling you’re looking for, while we also have 32 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a stilnovo ceiling — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A stilnovo ceiling is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in mid-century modern, modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are sought with frequency. Stilnovo, Bruno Gatta and Gaetano Sciolari each produced at least one beautiful stilnovo ceiling that is worth considering.
How Much is a Stilnovo Ceiling?
Prices for a stilnovo ceiling start at $1 and top out at $48,000 with the average selling for $3,354.
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
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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 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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