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Stilnovo Floor Lamp Diabolo

Original 50's Italian Tricolor Counterweight “Diabolo” Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
Original Italian 'Triennale' floor lamp attributed to Stilnovo, dating to the mid-1950s. Features a
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

Modern Italian Floor Lamp "Chiara" with Three Vintage Style Diabolos
By Stilnovo
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Modern Italian floor lamp "Chiara" composed of a brass structure and three green lacquered metal
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Marble, Metal, Brass

Space age diabolo floor lamp, Italy 1970s
By Parker Knoll, Stilnovo, Roger Ferraud
Located in ECHT, NL
Large diabolo or hourglass shaped floor lamp. Skillfully made of metal wire with a plastic and
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Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Wire

Space age diabolo floor lamp, Italy 1970s
Space age diabolo floor lamp, Italy 1970s
$1,660 Sale Price
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H 47.25 in Dm 11.82 in

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Purple Diabolo Floor Lamp, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in MIJDRECHT, NL
Purple Diabolo floor lamp in style of Stillnovo, 1960s.
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Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Aluminum, Steel

Purple Diabolo Floor Lamp, 1960s
Purple Diabolo Floor Lamp, 1960s
H 63 in W 19.69 in D 9.85 in
Stilnovo Diabolo Painted and Brass Floor Lamp, circa 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Stilnovo Diabolo red and cream paint, brass and marble floor lamp, mid-20th century
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Italian Midcentury Blue Diabolo Brass Floor Lamp in the Style of Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Vienna, AT
Huge and rare adjustable brass floor lamp. The height of the lamp can be adjusted by means of
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Metal

Italian Diabolo Floor Lamp
By Arteluce, Stilnovo, Otto Kolb
Located in Paris, FR
This Italian floor lamp is made in the style of Stilnovo/ Otto Kolb from the 50s. Central brass
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Late 20th Century Italian Industrial Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Italian Diabolo Floor Lamp
Italian Diabolo Floor Lamp
H 74.81 in W 63 in D 19.69 in
Stilnovo Style Diabolo Floor Lamp in Metal Shade with Brass Accents
Located in Nijlen, VAN
Stilnovo Style Diabolo Floor Lamp in Metal Shade with Brass Accents Large Italian Diabolo floor
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Vintage 1970s Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Stilnovo Articulating Arm Floor Lamp with Diabolo Shade
By Stilnovo
Located in Hanover, MA
Joyously stylish Italian 1950's standing lamp by Stilnovo on a gorgeous brown marble base which
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Vintage 1950s Italian Floor Lamps

Vintage Diabolo Floor Lamp, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Mindblowing Mid-Century Modern floor lamp attributed to Stilnovo, Arredoluce,... Perforated
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Brass, Enamel

Vintage Diabolo Floor Lamp, 1950s
Vintage Diabolo Floor Lamp, 1950s
H 72.84 in W 7.88 in D 29.93 in
Vintage Italian Design Floor Lamp Brass Yellow Diabolo 1950 Midcentury Stilnovo
By Stilnovo, Arredoluce
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous minimalist Italian design floor lamp in style of Stilnovo 1950. Frame made out of
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Vintage Italian Design Floor Lamp Brass Yellow Diabolo 1950 Stilnovo Style
By Stilnovo, Arredoluce
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous minimalist Italian design floor lamp in style of Stilnovo 1950. Frame made out of
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

French Floor Lamp with Diabolo Shaped Shade
By Stilnovo
Located in Dronten, NL
This versatile floor lamp is completely adjustable and the diabolo shaped shade pivots. It is a
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel, Chrome

French Floor Lamp with Diabolo Shaped Shade
French Floor Lamp with Diabolo Shaped Shade
H 68.9 in W 9.85 in D 39.38 in

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Orbitale Brass Chandelier 3 Rotating Balanced Arms, Stilnovo Style, Twin Shades
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Pair of Modern Solid Brass Sconces in the Style of Hans Agne Jakobsson, EL135
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Pair of Articulated Sconce Mid-Century Modern Solid Brass Black and White
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Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Modern Italian Chandelier, Stilnovo Style "Pita" 5 arms
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Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Beautiful modern chandelier Stilnovo style beige color, structure in brass with metal lampshades. E14 and E27 socket
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Italian Modern Chandelier "Pita" 6 Arms Green and White in Style of Stilnovo
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LUhans Indoor Outdoor Sconce 'Pat Cop'
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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 Floor-lamps for You

The modern floor lamp is an evolution of torchères — tall floor candelabras that originated in France as a revolutionary development in lighting homes toward the end of the 17th century. Owing to the advent of electricity and the introduction of new materials as a part of lighting design, floor lamps have taken on new forms and configurations over the years. 

In the early 1920s, Art Deco lighting artisans worked with dark woods and modern metals, introducing unique designs that still inspire the look of modern floor lamps developed by contemporary firms such as Luxxu

Popular mid-century floor lamps include everything from the enchanting fixtures by the Italian lighting artisans at Stilnovo to the distinctly functional Grasshopper floor lamp created by Scandinavian design pioneer Greta Magnusson-Grossman to the Paracarro floor lamp by the Venetian master glass workers at Mazzega. Among the more celebrated names in mid-century lighting design are Milanese innovators Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, who, along with their eldest brother, Livio, worked for their own firm as architects and designers. While Livio departed the practice in 1952, Achille and Pier Giacomo would go on to design the Arco floor lamp, the Toio floor lamp and more for legendary lighting brands such as FLOS

Today’s upscale interiors frequently integrate the otherworldly custom lighting solutions created by a wealth of contemporary firms and designers such as Spain’s Masquespacio, whose Wink floor lamps integrate gold as well as fabric fringes. 

Visual artists and industrial designers have a penchant for floor lamps, possibly because they’re so often a clever marriage of design and the functions of lighting. A good floor lamp can change the mood of any room while adding a touch of elegance to your entire space. Find yours now on 1stDibs.