Tension Lamp by AOAO
$3,635 / item
Tension Lamp by AOAO
Located in Geneve, CH
Tension Lamp by AOAO Dimensions: W 48 x D 42 x H 20 cm.
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Ceramic
$3,635 / item
Tension Lamp by AOAO
Located in Geneve, CH
Tension Lamp by AOAO Dimensions: W 48 x D 42 x H 20 cm.
Ceramic
Extremly Rare Brass Tension Lamp from Florian Schulz, Model S 100
By Florian Schulz
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Extremely rare and high quality brass lamp, Model S 100, 1970s-1980s. The lamp has a beautiful patina and a few traces of use, everything in the ready to live condition. Ceili...
Brass
1980s Tarcisio Colzani for Porada Arredi Tension Floor Lamp with Accessories
By Porada Arredi, Tarcisio Colzani
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Post Modern Tension Floor Lamp, designed by Tarcisio Colzani for Porada in the 1980s.
Steel, Wire
Mid Century Modern UFO Saucer Tension Pole Lamp! Laurel After Gio Ponti Rare
By Laurel Lamp Company, Gio Ponti
Located in Peoria, AZ
This MAGNIFICENT Mid Century Tension Pole Lamp is one of the legendary "Saucer" design!
Metal
Raymond Loewy Era Stiffel Mid-Century Modern Tension Pole Floor Lamp
By Raymond Loewy, Stiffel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exceptional mid-century modern tension pole floor lamp is an attributed Stiffel design, dating to the Raymond Loewy era of American industrial design.
Metal
Lightolier Lytespan Tension Pole Lamp! Mid Century Modern 1950s Gerald Thurston
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier
Located in Peoria, AZ
LIGHTOLIER MID CENTURY MODERN LYTESPAN 1959 TENSION POLE LAMP! ICONIC 3 GOLD SHADES WITH HANDLES!
Metal
Monumental! Italian Mid Century Modern Art Tension Pole Lamp Stilnovo 50s Brass
By Stilnovo, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Peoria, AZ
This lamp blends the American Tension Pole with Italian panache!
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Mid Century Brass Triple Light Floor to Ceiling Tension Pole Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century brass triple light floor-to-ceiling tension pole lamp with a heavy Googie style. This lamp features a unique tension pole lamp with an adjustable brass pole that is adjus...
Brass
Mid Century Danish Modern Tension Pole Lamp 1950s , Lightolier 3 Glass Shades
By Lightolier
Located in Buffalo, NY
This Danish Modern Tension Pole Lamp is one of the hardest to come by and one of the most coveted!
Metal, Brass
Floor to Ceiling Lamp 'Tension' by Francesco Fois for Reggiani, 1960s
By Francesco Fois, Reggiani
Located in Padova, IT
Absolute gorgeous Italian design in chrome-plated metal with three movable spots. This lamp is adjustable in height to max. 360 cm. Industrial and minimalistic design with great app...
Metal, Chrome
Italian Design Bigo Floor Ceiling Tension Pole Lamp by Valenti, Italy 1980s
By Valenti
Located in Renens, CH
The lamp is tensioned between ceiling and floor, using a height adjustable metal tube, and provides support for the extendable arm (up to 255 cm).
Aluminum
Mid Century Tension Pole Lamp with three shades attr. to Stilnovo, Italy 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find an exceptionally rare Mid Century Modern Tension Pole Lamp with 3 adjustable shades. Manufacturing of the lamp is attributed to Stilnovo.
Metal, Brass
Mid Century Industrial Mechanical Adjustable Tension Desk Lamp by Tensor, 1980's
By Tensor
Located in Deland, FL
About: Introducing a Tensor adjustable desk or table lamp with perfect 1970's Industrial styling that is small in size but great for tight space for its small footprint. Enameled bas...
Metal, Wire
FLOS Kelvin Edge LED Tension Table Lamp in Titanium by Antonio Citterio
By Flos, Antonio Citterio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The newest addition to the popular Kelvin LED family, the Kelvin Edge offers the innovation and sleek design of the collection in a smaller package—without sacrificing output. Featur...
Aluminum
FLOS Kelvin Edge LED Tension Table Lamp in White by Antonio Citterio
By Flos, Antonio Citterio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The newest addition to the popular Kelvin LED family , the Kelvin Edge offers the innovation and sleek design of the collection in a smaller package—without sacrificing output. Featu...
Aluminum
FLOS Kelvin Edge LED Tension Table Lamp in Black by Antonio Citterio
By Antonio Citterio, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The newest addition to the popular Kelvin LED family, the Kelvin Edge offers the innovation and sleek design of the collection in a smaller package—without sacrificing output. Featur...
Aluminum
FLOS Kelvin Edge LED Tension Table Lamp in Chrome by Antonio Citterio
By Antonio Citterio, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The newest addition to the popular Kelvin LED family , the Kelvin Edge offers the innovation and sleek design of the collection in a smaller package—without sacrificing output. Featu...
Aluminum
Original Stiffel Tension Rod Brass Floor Light
By Stiffel
Located in North Miami, FL
Vintage midcentury lamp from the 1950s consists of 6 illuminating arms on an all brass adjustable tension pole.
Brass
Mid Century Lytespan Tension Floor Lamp By Thurston for Lightolier c 1950/1960's
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier
Located in New York, NY
Iconic and rare Lytespan Mid Century tension pole floor lamp designed by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier c. 1950/1960's.
Aluminum, Brass
1980s Black Lightolier Desk Lamp
By Lightolier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The tension arm makes the lamp adjustable to many configurations.
Metal
Bronze Table Lamp by Jacques Jarrige "Pebbles"
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
Each rounded element appears to rest gently on the next, creating a sense of rhythm and tension, as though the lamp were caught in a moment of poised movement.
Bronze
Montjuic floor lamps by Santiago Calatrava Artemide, 1990
By Santiago Calatrava
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The project reflects the architectural and structural approach typical of the author, translating into luminous form a research based on balance, tension and dynamism. The lamp is ch...
Plastic
René Broissand, Zoomorphic Floor Lamp in Aluminum and Marble, 1972
By René Broissand
Located in NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FR
The ascending structure follows a sinuous, unbroken line that generates vertical tension throughout, culminating in a lamp holder integrated so naturally into the composition that it...
Marble, Metal
Metal Pirro Cuniberti Arco floor lamp for Sirrah 1970
By Pirro Cuniberti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Floor lamp with tension between floor and ceiling, designed by Pirro Cuniberti for Sirrah in the Sixties.
Metal, Stainless Steel
Rare “Watapunga” table lamp by Ingo Maurer & Dagmar Mombach, 1998
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Weesp, NL
When illuminated, it emits a warm, atmospheric glow that enhances the lamp’s ethereal character. A key feature is the adjustable aluminium reflector, allowing the light to be directe...
Metal, Aluminum
Original Green Minibox Lamp by Aulenti & Castiglioni for Stilnovo, 1980s
By Gae Aulenti, Stilnovo
Located in Rotterdam, NL
We found the following description of the green Minibox in Stilnovo catalogue No. 55: "Swiveling table lamp at low tension of lacquered metal. Reflector fastened by magnet.
Metal
Brazilian Modern Floor Lamp with Five Bulbs in Chrome, Glass & Marble, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
The result is a carefully balanced composition in which mass and levity are held in tension. The lamp has been professionally rewired for use in the United States and remains in exc...
Marble, Stainless Steel, Chrome
1st Edition Accademia Table Lamp by Cini Boeri for Artemide, Italy, 1978
By Cini Boeri, Artemide
Located in Milano, IT
The interplay of sharp angles and balanced proportions creates a sense of visual tension, elevating the lamp beyond its functional role into a statement object.
Metal
Gianni Pinna Table Lamp in Wood with Green Decorative Part, Italy 1970s
By Gianni Pinna
Located in Hellouw, NL
Created in the 1970s, this sculptural lamp showcases a tension between precision and expression.
Wood
Rare Accademia Floor Lamp, Designed by Cini Boeri for Artemide, Italy, 1978
By Cini Boeri, Artemide
Located in Milano, IT
The triangular geometry creates visual tension and balance, reinforcing the lamp’s sculptural and monumental character.
Steel
Italian Suspended Murano Glass and Chrome Base Table Lamps - a Pair
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of chrome table lamps with tension wiring holding frosted murano glass shades suspended in air.
Chrome
Hikaru Mori "Lota" Table Lamp for Nemo Cassina, Italy
By Nemo Lighting 1, Hikaru Mori
Located in Delft, NL
Hikaru Mori "Lota" table lamp for Nemo Cassina, 1994, Italy Original low-tension table lamp with small moveable cone-shaped top made of thermo resistant materials and Tedur opal dif...
Metal
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Three-Light Pole Lamp with Polished and Pierced Brass Shades
Located in Chicago, IL
Polished brass three light tension-pole floor lamp, with mounted sconce in the manner of Tommi Parzinger.
Metal, Brass
Italian modern white table lamps Kaori 1 by Kazuhide Takahama for Sirrah, 1970s
By Sirrah, Kazuhide Takahama
Located in MIlano, IT
The lampshade is made of white stretch jersey fabric, removable and washable, kept in tension by the structure. E27 lamp holder. They can be used as bedside lamps.
Metal
1920s Art Deco table lamp in disco metal by sculptor Just Andersen, Copenhagen
By Just Andersen
Located in København K, 84
The surface is adorned with a series of fine vertical lines that lend a sense of rhythm and verticality to the piece, subtly interrupted at both the top and base to create visual ten...
Metal
White Minibox Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni for Stilnovo, 1980s
By Stilnovo, Gae Aulenti
Located in Rotterdam, NL
We found the following description of the Minibox in Stilnovo catalogue No. 55: "Swiveling table lamp at low tension of lacquered metal. Reflector fastened by magnet.
Metal
'Molla' Floor Lamp by Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi for Lumenform
By Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi, Lumenform
Located in Echt, NL
A Minimalist tension mounted lamps which extends from floor to ceiling.
Chrome
Rustic Modern Design Sculpted Floor Lamp with Vertical Wooden by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Blown Glass, Beech, Oak
Oscar Torlasco Tension Pole Lamp for Lumi, 1970s
By Oscar Torlasco
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Oscar Torlasco Tension Pole Lamp for Lumi, Brass, Italy, 1970s Designed in the 1970s by Oscar Torlasco for Lumi, this floor-to-ceiling tension pole lamp is structured around a verti...
Bronze
Contemporary Sculpted Floor Lighting, "Einstein Was Right" by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Warsaw, PL
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Steel
Unique Starburst Design Branching Contemporary Floor by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Blown Glass, Wood
Suspended Sculptural Pendant Lamp, Organic Wood & Glass by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Metal
Cane Pendant Light/ Gunnel Nyman, 1940's/ Finland
By Gunnel Nyman
Located in London, GB
Somewhat classical, with its floriated brass finials and columnar stem, there is a tension between the lamp's slimline proportions and its ornamental details.
Brass
Contemporary Sculpted Wall Lighting, Poulie Poulie by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Warsaw, PL
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Blown Glass, Wood, Oak
Space In Space Double Floor Candelabrum in Brass Metal Resin by Atelier Ellery
Located in Geneve, CH
In their balance of form, light, and material, they transform the candelabrum from a utilitarian object into an intimate meditation on space, presence, and tension. Following the ‘M...
Brass
Motionless Light Double Candelabrum in Brass Resin by Atelier Ellery
Located in Geneve, CH
In their balance of form, light, and material, they transform the candelabrum from a utilitarian object into an intimate meditation on space, presence, and tension. Following the ‘M...
Brass
Unique Wood and Glass Nature Form Contemporary Art Lighting by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalogue of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Glass, Wood
Counterbalance Spherical Base Contemporary Light Sculpture by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Blown Glass
Astract Unique Sculpted Wood and Glass Globe Lighting by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalogue of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Copper
Nest Form, Triple Glass Sculpted Unique Suspension Lighting by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Oak
Balancing Arc Pendant in Dark Wood and Glass, Limited Edition by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combinaison of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Blown Glass
Modern Hand-sculpted Nest Pendant Light with Frosted Glass by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Blown Glass
Mechanics of Fluids II Monumental Sculpted Wood Lighting by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Glass
Branch-Tree Curved Form, Wood & Glass Sculptural Pendant Light by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Blown Glass
Sculptural Form Winged Branch Blackened Wood Pendant Light by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Glass, Wood
Spherical Cage Sculpted Pendant Light with Wood and Glass by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Blown Glass, Oak
Curved Arch and Suspended Spheres Contemporary Wood Pendant by Jérôme Pereira
By Jérôme Pereira
Located in Geneve, CH
A catalog of shapes with a surrealist consonance leading to a playful combination of tension and equilibrium. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Wood
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