Tripod Stilnovo Lamp, Italy, 1970s
By Stilnovo
Located in Roma, IT
Tripod Stilnovo Lamp, Metal and Murano Glass, 1970s. H 110c D38 cm. Good conditions!
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1950s Stilnovo tripod floor lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Montréal, QC
Stilnovo tripod floor lamp, Italy, 1950s. Lacquered steel legs, brass framed yellow laminate mid
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Steel
Three-Light Tripod Stilnovo Style Floor Lamp
$4,800 / item
Three-Light Tripod Stilnovo Style Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Fantastic tripod floor lamp attributed to Stilnovo with three articulating creamy white shades
Category
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stilnovo, Adjustable Tripod Floor Lamp, Italy, 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Tripod floor lamp in lacquered metal and brass, Stilnovo 1950. The black lacquered shaft rests on a
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Stilnovo Adjustable Tripod Floor Lamp with Opaline Glass Shade
By Stilnovo
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Elegant 1950s floor lamp by Stilnovo, featuring a refined combination of sculptural simplicity and
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
1952 Table Lamp with Brass Tripod Base Attributed to Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Echt, NL
Stilnovo table lamp in excellent condition. Elegant brass tripod base. Semi-transparent
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Unique tripod floor lamp by Stilnovo with white shades, Italy 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Antwerpen, VAN
Elegant mid-century tripod floor lamp in the style of Stilnovo, made in the 1950s. It features
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Very Rare Table Tripod Lamp in style Stilnovo, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Praha, CZ
- Very rare type - Nice style of lighting
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp in Black Lacquered Metal and Brass, 1950s
$2,748Sale Price|20% Off
Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp in Black Lacquered Metal and Brass, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Barcelona, ES
Stilnovo Floor Lamp A black lacquered metal and brass adjustable tripod floor lamp attributed to
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Stilnovo Tripod Oriental Lanterna Floor Lamp hand Painted Opal Glass Brass
By Stilnovo
Located in Milano, IT
An elegant tripod floor lamp, manufactured in Italy circa 1950s, showcasing the refined aesthetic
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Large Tripod Table Lamp in Brass and Red Metal, Italy, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous Mid-Century tripod table lamp in red enameled metal and solid brass. This incredibly
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo, Italian Brass, Lacquer and Triplex Opaline Glass Tripod Lamp 50s
By Stilnovo
Located in Catania, CT
Great vintage condition with original patina for this Italian tripod floor lamp made from brass
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp in Brass, Opaline Glass, Metal, Italy 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous Mid-Century tripod floor lamp designed and manufactured by Stilnovo in Italy during the
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Iron, Brass
Mid Century Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp with Opaline Glass, Italy 1950's
By Stilnovo
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Beautiful Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp, Italy, 1950s. Black lacquered steel legs with brass accents
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Midcentury Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp in Brass, Metal, Opaline Glass Italy 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Roma, IT
opaline glass diffuser. This stylish lamp was designed by Stilnovo and produced in Italy during the 1950s
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp with Frosted Hand Blown Cased Glass Shades 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Dallas, TX
Sculptural tripod floor lamp with six cased Murano glass shades. Completely rewired with new
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Tripod Table Lamp in Teak, Opaline Glass and Brass Stilnovo Style, Italy 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing tripod table lamp in teak, opaline glass and brass in the style of Stilnovo
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1960s Modern Wood Tripod Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Modern Wood Tripod Floor Lamp attributed Stilnovo unmarked 45 x 18.5 diameter Preowned
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Tripod and methacrylate table lamp attributed to a Stilnovo production
$464Sale Price|27% Off
Tripod and methacrylate table lamp attributed to a Stilnovo production
By Gino Sarfatti, Oluce, Bruno Gatta, Stilnovo, Arteluce
Located in Lugo, IT
Tripod and methacrylate table lamp attributed to a production of Stilnovo. Good condition. Thanks
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1950's Italian Design Opaline Tripod Floor Lamp
$2,606Sale Price|20% Off
1950's Italian Design Opaline Tripod Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Midcentury Modern Italian Design in the manner of Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp. Made in Italy
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Midcentury Brass and Lacquered Metal Tripod Italian Table Lamp, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Roma, IT
during the 1950s and it is attributed to Stilnovo. Wonderful table lamp with a tripod base and a
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Midcentury Brass and Lacquered Metal Tripod Italian Table Lamp, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Roma, IT
Midcentury brass and lacquered metal tripod table lamp, Italy, 1950s Wonderful table lamp with a
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Red Lacquered Metal and Brass Conical Italian Table Lamp with Tripod, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing table lamp in lacquered metal and brass with tripod base. This fantastic piece was designed
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Stilnovo Style Tripod Cone Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid Century table lamp with a characteristic umbrella and foot. A design of French or Italian
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1950s Brass & Perspex Tripod Table Lamp by Stilux Milano
By Stilnovo, Stilux
Located in Glendale, CA
1950s Brass & Perspex Tripod Table Lamp by Stilux Milano. This elegantly sculptural table lamp is
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Elegant Vintage White Opaline Glass and Black Iron Floor Lamp by Stilnovo, Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. This is a beautiful Stilnovo floor lamp on tripod legs made in brass, black
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Mid-Century Italian Minimalist Design Floor Lamp Brass 1950 Black White Tripod
By Stilnovo, Arredoluce
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Minimalist Italian design floor lamps in the style of Stilnovo with black & white shades Mid
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Midcentury Style Brass and Black and White Lacquered Tripod Floor Lamp Stilnovo
$1,705Sale Price / item|20% Off
Midcentury Style Brass and Black and White Lacquered Tripod Floor Lamp Stilnovo
Located in Berlin, DE
This floor lamp from Italy in the style of Stilnovo is in excellent condition and shows great
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Mid-Century Rattan Wicker and Birch Tripod Table Lamp, Sweden, 1950s
By Stilnovo, J.T. Kalmar
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This unusual rattan or wicker table lamp was designed and manufactured in Sweden in the 1950s. It
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Rattan, Birch
TRIPOD Kalmar STILNOVO Style Hollywood Regency Brass Table Light, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, J.T. Kalmar, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
designed and produced in the 1950s in Austria. The super rare and Minimalist tripod form stand element is
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Beautiful Original Hollywood Regency Bauhaus Brass Tripod Table Light, Austria 1
$2,369Sale Price|20% Off
Beautiful Original Hollywood Regency Bauhaus Brass Tripod Table Light, Austria 1
By Stilnovo, J.T. Kalmar
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: table light Origin: Austria Age: 1960s This original vintage table light was designed and produced in the 1960s in Austria. the super rare and minima...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Tripod Lamp
Unavailable|$3,900
Stilnovo Tripod Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Wonderful table lamp or short floor lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, circa 1955. A very interesting
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1950s Tripod Table Lamp, Stilnovo Style, Brass Lucite
Unavailable|$568
1950s Tripod Table Lamp, Stilnovo Style, Brass Lucite
By Stilnovo
Located in Bremen, DE
Very stylish Original 1950s table lamp, unusual design with brass tripod feet and handle, white
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Early Italian Tripod Floor Lamp
Unavailable|$4,800
Early Italian Tripod Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Southampton, NY
An early and rare Italian tripod floor lamp with solid brass legs and enameled metal neck and
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Tripod Floor Lamp in the Manner of Stilnovo, Italy, 1950s
Unavailable|$2,250
Midcentury Tripod Floor Lamp in the Manner of Stilnovo, Italy, 1950s
Located in Vienna, Vienna
a tubular connection in the middle, the 3 lamp shades, equipped with a small and a regular socket
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Pair of French Mid Century Tripod Table Lamps Lights, Stilnovo Style, 1950s,
By Maison Lunel
Located in Bremen, DE
Pair of midcentury table lamps, France, 1950s, unusual tripod design with a rose gold copper base
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Copper
20th Century Stilnovo Tripod Lamp by Arteluce
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern Stilnovo tall table lamp Arteluce tripod lamp with adjustable shade in white
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Tripod Floor Lamp by Stilnovo
Sold|$7,500
Tripod Floor Lamp by Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tripod floor lamp by Stilnovo with white glass shade and painted metal legs and brass hardware
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Tripod Floor Lamp by Stilnovo
Sold|$4,800
Tripod Floor Lamp by Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Floor lamp with "tripod" style base. Three metal and brass legs support a white brushed satin glass
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Three Light Tripod Floor Lamp
Sold|$11,350
Stilnovo Three Light Tripod Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very rare Stilnovo black and off-white three light tripod floor lamp. This well executed large
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Enamel
A Rare Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp
Sold|$9,000
A Rare Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Dallas, TX
A rare Stilnovo black and off-white three light tripod floor lamp with moveable arms from the 1960
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp, Italy, 1960s
Sold|$2,800
Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
More floor lamp from Stilnovo with milk glass.
Category
Vintage 1960s Floor Lamps
Stilnovo Style Brass Tripod Floor Lamp
Sold|$1,150
Stilnovo Style Brass Tripod Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Understated Brass Tripod Floor Lamp with Triple Glass Drop Shades and Enameled Black
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Italian Midcentury Stilnovo Style Tripod Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Astoria, NY
Italian midcentury style Stilnovo style tripod floor lamp with three perforated black enameled
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Stilnovo Rare Tripod Floor Lamp, Italy 1950s
Sold|$2,961
Stilnovo Rare Tripod Floor Lamp, Italy 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Naples, IT
Stilnovo, rare table lamp with metal and brass cap, three metal legs with brass finials. The pastel
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Vintage Tripod Stilnovo Lamps, 1950s
Sold|$1,158 / set
Pair of Vintage Tripod Stilnovo Lamps, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Wonderful pair of italian tripod base table lamps. The lamps have a brass and black metal base
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Italian 1950s Tripod Floor Lamp Attributed to Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Vienna, AT
Charming Italian midcentury tripod floor lamp with wicker magazine rack and cocoon shade and brass
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Mid-Century Stilnovo Floor Lamp with Tripod Base
By Stilnovo
Located in Buchanan, NY
Sleek Stilnovo brass floor lamp with tripod base and black drum shade. Lamp was recently rewired
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Sculptural Tripod Floor Lamp Attributed to Stilnovo, circa 1955
By Stilnovo
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A wonderful documented floor lamp attributed to Stilnovo constructed of brass, steel and glass
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel, Brass
1950s Glass and Brass Tripod Table Lamp Attributed to Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Glendale, CA
1950s glass and brass tripod table lamp attributed to Stilnovo. Executed in thick opaline glass
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
1950s Opaline Glass Sphere Tripod Table Lamp Attributed to Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Glendale, CA
1950s opaline glass sphere tripod table lamp attributed to Stilnovo. This elegantly sculptural
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Large Space Age Tripod Floor Lamp, 60s - Italian UFO Lamp Stilnovo Style
By Stilnovo
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Unique and impressive space age UFO floor lamp with an awesome flying saucer shape made in Italy in
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Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Stilnovo Midcentury Tripod White Opaline and Lacquered Metal Floor Lamp, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Palermo, IT
Tripod Stilnovo floor lamp designed and manufactured in Italy, 1950s. The lamp is made of black
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of 1950s Glass & Brass Tripod Table Lamps Attributed to Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of 1950s glass and brass tripod table lamps attributed to Stilnovo. Executed in thick opaline
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of 1950s Glass & Brass Tripod Table Lamps Attributed to Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of 1950s glass and brass tripod table lamps attributed to Stilnovo. Executed in thick opaline
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp in Brass with Carrara Marble Base, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stilnovo tripod floor lamp in brass with Carrara marble base, Italy, 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal, Brass
1950 Pair of Brass and Wood Tripod Floor Lamps Attributed to Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1950 pair of floor lamps attributed to Stilnovo Tripode brass feet with a tapered wood central
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
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Stilnovo Tripod Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the stilnovo tripod lamp you’re looking for. A stilnovo tripod lamp — often made from metal, brass and glass — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a stilnovo tripod lamp, we have 64 options in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect stilnovo tripod lamp — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right stilnovo tripod lamp, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Hollywood Regency styles are of considerable interest. A well-made stilnovo tripod lamp has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Stilnovo, Gilardi & Barzaghi and Stilux are consistently popular.
How Much is a Stilnovo Tripod Lamp?
Prices for a stilnovo tripod lamp can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $307 and can go as high as $11,184, while the average can fetch as much as $2,207.
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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