Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp by Eva Renée Nele, Swiss Design, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
The Space Age of E. R. Nele floor lamp has 7 fires worn on a tapered tulip foot. The manufacturer's label Temde Leuchten is still present.
Metal
$1,326Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Post modern Floor Lamp in the Style of Fontana Arte, 80s / 90s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Roma, IT
The structure of the fire-painted floor lamp has a rough texture and the color of the graphite gray enamel has small streaks that reflect the light.
Metal, Chrome
$3,600 / item
Sascha Brastoff
By Sascha Brastoff
Located in New York, NY
Sascha Brastoff Ceramic Mid Century Modern Table Lamp. A Sascha Brastoff "Original Abstract Series" Mid Century Modern Table Lamp. Tall ceramic cylindrical shape with banding of mix...
Ceramic
Murano chandelier with Gold Alloy
Located in MADRID, ES
Murano chandelier with Gold Alloy This chandelier belongs to the Mid-Century Modern style, specifically within the Italian Neoclassical or Hollywood Regency aesthetic of the 1950s. ...
Brass, Iron, Gold Leaf
$881Sale Price|20% Off
Louis Sognot. Huge French Riviera style pendant lamp, Italy, 1970s
By Louis Sognot
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Structure made of fire-cured cane and rattan, with varnished wicker diffuser.
Metal, Steel, Chrome
$760Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Classical Greek Cameo Art Pottery Lamp Base Attr. Weller, C1930
By Weller Pottery
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Classical Greek Cameo Art Pottery Lamp Base Attr. Weller, C1930 Measures - 26.5" height x 6.25" diameter An antique lamp base offers urn form cameo art pottery vase attribute...
Metal
Louis Sognot. French Riviera style cane & rattan pendant lamp, Italy, 1960s
By Louis Sognot
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
French Riviera style pendant lamp by Louis Sognot, Italy, 1960s. Made of cane and fire-cured rattan, with an inner diffuser in beige textured hard paper.
Wicker, Cane, Rattan, Paper
Mid-Century Dutch Blown Smoked Glass Flush Mount Druppel Lamp by Dijkstra
By Dijkstra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Blown smoked glass ceiling lamp by Dutch Mid-Century lighting manufacturer Dijkstra Lampen captures the organic aesthetic of 1960s Scandinavian design. The hand-blown smoke glass glo...
Aluminum
Rare & Stylish Mid-Century Modern Glass & Metal Lined Pendant / Ceiling Lamp
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Lisse, NL
Timeless and good size mid-century pendant. This rare ceiling lamp from the mid-century era could be the perfect lighting solution for an entrance or any other small living space. T...
Metal
Set of Six Vintage Industrial Ceiling Lamps, Handcrafted Metal, 1950s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
At nuclear power plants, mines, chemical enterprise, defense industries and other facilities where the risk of explosion and fire is high, explosion-proof lamps are used. Their desig...
Metal
Gorgoni Gianluigi Style Pair of Italian Ceiling Wall Lamps in Lacquered Aluminum
By Gianluigi Gorgoni
Located in Prato, Tuscany
An elegant and iconic pair of Italian wall or ceiling lamps, crafted from fire-lacquered aluminum in a refined milk-white finish.
Aluminum
Chinese Export Style Armorial Garniture Porcelain Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
Known as a spill vase or trumpet-form garniture—based on its flared top, cylindrical body and stepped base—such a piece was historically used on mantels to hold rolled paper "spills"...
Porcelain, Paint
No Left Turn
By Shelly Fink
Located in New York, NY
Sheldon Fink (American, 1925-2002), "No Lrft Turn" Artist Proof, Lithograph signed on Paper, 14 x 17, Late 20th Century, 1969 Depicts a 'fictional' New York City intersection, with a...
Lithograph
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.