Wonderful Mid Century Pair Italian Murano Art Glass Wall Sconces Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Roslyn, NY
The fixtures are supported on white backplates with attachments to mount on to a US junction box. Each backplate has 2 light sockets, one is a regular A base Edison bulb (top), the o...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Wonderful Mid Century Pair Italian Murano Art Glass Wall Sconces Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Roslyn, NY
The fixtures are supported on white backplates with attachments to mount on to a US junction box. Each backplate has 2 light sockets, one is a regular A base Edison bulb (top), the o...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
1950s Italian Brass Linear Wall Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Hanover, MA
If required we can fabricate a brass backplate should you need to cover a junction box.
Brass
Rare Antiques Set Of Seven Mid Century Large French Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
remember we have over three thousand antiques sconces and over one thousand lights in our store, we can not put every thing on 1stdib, if you need a specific pair of antique sconces ...
Brass
1960s Helena Tynell Model #A668 Bubble Glass Flush Mount for Limburg
By Limburg, Helena Tynell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounts over a standard US junction box. Accommodates 2x max 75W equivalent standard medium base (e26) LED bulb (not included).
Metal
Max Ingrand Fontana Arte Semi Flush Mount Chandelier Mod. 1748 Glass Brass, 1957
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Vienna, AT
We can provide round brass canopies for covering the junction box if required. Polishing can be done in our workshop if requested. 6 bulbs per light (e14, 40 W max).
Brass
1960s Hans Agne Jakobsson #V149 Glass & Brass Wall Lamp for Markaryd
By AB Markaryd, Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally rewired for US electrical with custom period-style 4 inch brass backplates for mounting over a standard US junction box. Not UL listed, but recommended UL listing pos...
Brass
1950s Italian White Perforated Sconce Attributed to Gino Sarfatti
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce, Jacques Biny
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally repainted and rewired for US electrical with custom period styled brass backplate for mounting over standard US junction boxes. Accommodates a single US candelabra bas...
Brass, Metal
1960s Hans Agne Jakobsson #V149 Glass & Brass Wall Lamp for Markaryd
By AB Markaryd, Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally rewired for US electrical with custom period-style 3.5" backplates for mounting over US junction box. Not UL listed, but recommended UL listing possible from authoriz...
Brass
Pair of 1970s Orion Ice Glass Wall/Ceiling Lamps in the Manner of Helena Tynell
By Helena Tynell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounts to a standard junction box. Not UL listed, but recommended UL listing possible from authorized 3rd party vendor upon request for an additional fee.
Glass
1960s Sergio Mazza Brass 'Sigma' Wall or Ceiling Lights for Artemide
By Artemide, Sergio Mazza
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounts to a standard US junction box. Dimmable according to switch. Not UL Listed but UL recommended through authorized third party vendor for an additional cost.
Brass
Pair of 1950s Italian White Perforated Sconces Attributed to Gino Sarfatti
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce, Jacques Biny
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally repainted and rewired for US electrical with custom period styled brass backplate for mounting over standard US junction boxes. Accommodates a single US candelabra bas...
Metal, Brass
1970s Hillebrand Murano Ice Glass Round Flush Mount
By Hillebrand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounts over a standard US junction box. Accommodates 3x max 75W equivalent standard medium base (e26) LED bulbs.
Metal
$5,500 / item
1950s Mauri Almari 'K2-48' Brass Pendant for Idman
By Mauri Almari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom 4.5 inch diameter period-style brass canopy added for mounting over a standard American junction box. 60 inches of black cloth cord can be cut to desired length.
Brass
1960s Achille Castiglioni & Pier Giacomo 'Light Ball' Wall or Ceiling Lamp
By Flos, Achille Castiglioni
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounts to standard US junction box. Accommodates a single e26 medium base max 75w equivalent bulb.
Brass
1960s Sculptural Yellow Wall Light Attributed to Jacques Biny
By Jacques Biny
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally rewired for US electrical and modified with period-style 3.5 inch round backplate to mount to a standard US junction box. Accommodates 1x 60w max equivalent standard U...
Metal, Brass
Max Ingrand Fontana Arte Semi Flush Mount Chandelier Mod. 1748 Glass Brass, 1957
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Vienna, AT
We can provide round brass canopies for covering the junction box if required. 6 bulbs per light (e14, 40 W max).
Brass
Large 1950s Cosack Leuchten Model 9590 Articulating Wall Lamp
By Cosack Leuchten
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounts to standard US junction box. Backplate measures backplate: 4.25in. x 6.75in.
Metal, Brass
1950s Aldo Londi Ceramic Bitossi Pendant Lamp for Italian Raymor
By Raymor, Aldo Londi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Includes new custom period-style black metal canopy to accommodate a standard US junction box. Accommodates a single medium base (e26) max 75w equivalent LED bulb.
Ceramic
1960s Helena Tynell Bubble Glass Flush Mount for Limburg
By Helena Tynell, Limburg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounts over a standard US junction box. Accommodates 1x max 75W equivalent standard medium base (e26) LED bulb (not included).
Metal
Pair of 1970s Doria Leuchten Brass and Ice Glass Wall Lamps
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounts over a standard US junction box. Each lamp accommodates 2x max 75W equivalent standard candelabra base LED bulbs.
Metal, Brass
Extra Large Polish Vintage Industrial Cage Ceiling Light by Polam-Wilkasy
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
A polished aluminium enclosure gives the light a striking architectural presence, topped with a dramatic oversized junction box bearing cast manufacturer’s marks, technical specifica...
Aluminum
1960s Hans Agne Jakobsson #V149 Glass & Brass Wall Lamp for Markaryd
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson, AB Markaryd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally rewired for US electrical with custom period-style 3.5 inch brass backplates for mounting over a standard US junction box. Not UL listed, but recommended UL listing p...
Brass
$4,900 / set
Italian Wall Sconces after Gio Ponti
By (After) Gio Ponti
Located in South Charleston, WV
The plates have been produced to allow direct wall connection or, through the use of standard wall junction boxes - see the nuts to either side of the stems.
Brass
1960s Hans-Agne Jakobsson Model V-220 Brass & Glass Sconce for Markaryd
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson, AB Markaryd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally rewired for US electrical with custom modified backplates for mounting over US junction box. Each lamp accommodates a single 75w equivalent LED bulb (LED only).
Brass
1960s Luigi Caccia Dominioni LSP6 'Tommy' Wall or Ceiling Light for Azucena
By Azucena, Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally modified for US electrical to mount to standard U.S. junction box. Accommodates 2x max 75w equivalent LED medium base bulbs.
Brass
1960s Finnish Glass & Metal Wall or Ceiling Lamp in the Manner of Tapio Wirkkala
By Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounts over a standard US junction box with a 3.8-inch backplate. Accommodates 1x max 75W equivalent standard medium base (e26) LED bulb (not included).
Metal
Pair of 1970s Goffredo Reggiani 'Eyeball' Adjustable Perforated Metal Wall Lamps
By Goffredo Reggiani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounts over a standard US junction box. Accommodates one max 60W equivalent standard candelabra base (e12) LED bulbs.
Metal, Brass, Magnets
Large Vintage Industrial Vitreous Enamel Black Factory Ceiling Lighting
By Elektrosvit
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
The piece features a high-gloss black vitreous enamel shade, paired with a vented steel neck and a substantial aluminium junction box stamped with the manufacturer’s distinctive mid-...
Enamel, Steel
1960s Model 16513 Cylindrical Pendants by Eila & John Meiling for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black metal canopy accommodates a U.S. junction box. Repainted outside to match original design.
Metal
Mid-Century Industrial Opaline Pendant Light by Elektrosvit
By Elektrosvit
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
The heavy aluminium junction box, stamped with the original Elektrosvit insignia, further reinforces their provenance and character.
Aluminum
Sergio Mazza Ceiling or Wall Light for Artemide, Chrome & Glass, 1960s
By Artemide, Sergio Mazza
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounts to a standard US junction box. Not UL listed, but recommended UL listing possible from authorized 3rd party vendor upon request for an additional fee.
Aluminum, Chrome
Stilnovo Chandelier, 12-Globe Opaline Glass & Black Metal, 1950s Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular ceiling canopy mounts to standard US junction box. Accommodates twelve max 40w equivalent US candelabra LED bulbs.
Metal, Brass
Pair of Black 1950s Perforated Metal Diabolo Sconces attributed to Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally rewired for US electrical with new period-style wall plate that mounts to a standard U.S. junction box. Each lamp accommodates 1x max 75W equivalent LED bulb.
Metal, Brass
1960s Round Metal and Opaline Glass Ceiling Lamp by Bruno Gatta for Stilnovo
By Stilnovo, Bruno Gatta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounts to a standard US junction box. Each lamp accommodates 3x 60w equivalent standard candelabra base (e12) LED bulbs.
Metal
$4,500 / item
1960s Max Ingrand '1963' Wall Light for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Period-style brass backplate accommodates a standard US junction box. Accommodates one 75w max LED medium base bulb.
Brass
Max Ingrand Fontana Arte Semi Flush Mount Chandelier Mod. 1462 Glass Brass, 1960
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Vienna, AT
We can also provide a round brass canopy for covering the junction box if required. Polishing can be done in our workshop if requested. 6 bulbs per light (e14, 40 W max).
Brass
Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce Opaline Glass Chandelier 1958, Italy
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Vienna, AT
The opaline glass elements are piercing through, as well as a red brass (junction) box with a weight to counterbalance the glass.
Brass
1950s Gino Sarfatti Model #3030 Opaline Glass Wall or Ceiling Lamps for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally rewired for US electrical and mounts over a US junction box. Accommodates a single medium base max 60W equivalent LED bulb.
Metal
British Mid-Century Industrial Tube Light by REVO
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
The design is centred around a robust cast aluminium junction box, retaining its original REVO logo and cast specification markings — a hallmark of the company’s engineering-led appr...
Aluminum
1960s Glass and Copper Pendant Attributed to Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black painted metal canopy compatible with U.S. junction box. Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting design companies in Italy during the midcentury era.
Copper
Italian Pair Of Wall Sconces Space Age Style Metal And Tempered Crystal
By VECA
Located in Prato, Tuscany
The metal structure is designed with two light sockets placed opposite each other, along with a junction box from which the electrical wires extend.
Crystal, Metal
Space Age Style Pair Italian Wall Sconces In Chrome Metal And Tempered Crystal
By VECA
Located in Prato, Tuscany
The metal structure is designed with two light sockets placed opposite each other, along with a junction box from which the electrical wires extend.
Crystal, Metal
1950s Ignazio Gardella LP5 'Coppa Aperta' Sconce for Azucena
By Azucena, Ignazio Gardella
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally rewired for US electrical with custom period-style brass backplate for mounting to a standard U.S. junction box. Accommodates a single medium base max 75w equivalent L...
Metal, Brass
$2,109Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 15 space age flush mount lamps by Cosack Leuchten, Germany 1960s
By Cosack Leuchten
Located in ECHT, NL
They are intended for hardwiring to a wall or ceiling junction box. The lamps are suitable for both European and US use depending on the voltage of the bulb used.
Metal
$4,600Sale Price|41% Off
French 1950s Articulating Swing Arm Wall Lamp in 24-Karat Gold-Plated
By Jean Boris Lacroix
Located in Hanover, MA
Rewired and revamped for USA and fitted with a custom back plate to cover a standard junction box for UL compliance. Takes a single standard Edison screw bulb up to 75 watts.
Gold Plate, Brass, Aluminum
1960s Gino Sarfatti Model #26b Black and Brass Wall Lamp for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally rewired for US electrical with period-style brass 4.25-inch diameter backplate added to accommodate a standard US junction box. Accommodates 1x max 60W equivalent stan...
Metal, Brass
Extra Large 1960's Polish Industrial Enamel Pendant Lights by Elektrosvit
By Elektrosvit
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
The lights retain their original polished aluminium upper gallery and cast junction box, both stamped with the manufacturer’s markings and technical specifications, offering clear ev...
Enamel, Steel
Gino Sarfatti Model #608 Wall or Ceiling lamp for Arteluce c. 1971
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rewired for US electrical and mounts over a US junction box. Accommodates a single E26 medium base LED max 40W equivalent bulb.
Metal
Pair of 1950s Ignazio Gardella LP5 'Coppa Aperta' Sconces for Azucena
By Ignazio Gardella, Azucena
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally rewired for US electrical with custom period-style brass backplate for mounting to a standard U.S. junction box. Accommodates a single medium base max 75w equivalent L...
Brass, Metal
$1,250 / item
1950s Jo Hammerborg Pendant for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Jo Hammerborg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black metal canopy accommodates a U.S. junction box. Repainted inside and out to match original design.
Metal
$2,000Sale Price / item|20% Off
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconce in White for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally repainted with custom period-style backplate to accommodate a standard junction box. Accommodates a single max 40W equivalent e12 base LED candelabra bulb.
Brass, Aluminum
Pair of Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconces for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally repainted with custom period-style backplate to accommodate a standard junction box. Accommodates a single max 40W equivalent e12 base candelabra bulb.
Brass, Aluminum
$3,200Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconces in Green for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally repainted with custom period-style backplate to accommodate a standard junction box. Accommodates a single max 40W equivalent e12 base candelabra bulb.
Brass, Aluminum
$4,000Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconces in Black for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally repainted with custom period-style backplate to accommodate a standard junction box. Accommodates a single max 40W equivalent e12 base candelabra bulb.
Brass, Aluminum
$2,000Sale Price / item|20% Off
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconce in Green for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally repainted with custom period-style backplate to accommodate a standard junction box. Accommodates a single max 40W equivalent e12 base candelabra bulb.
Brass, Aluminum
$4,000Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconces in Red for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally repainted with custom period-style backplate to accommodate a standard junction box. Accommodates a single max 40W equivalent e12 base candelabra bulb.
Brass, Aluminum
$2,000Sale Price / item|20% Off
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconce in Black for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally repainted with custom period-style backplate to accommodate a standard junction box. Accommodates a single max 40W equivalent e12 base candelabra bulb.
Brass, Aluminum
$2,500 / item
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconce in Red for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Professionally repainted with custom period-style backplate to accommodate a standard junction box. Accommodates a single max 40W equivalent e12 base candelabra bulb.
Brass, Aluminum
Midcentury M. Brass & Glass Holophane Art Deco Style Pendant Light, 5 Available
By Holophane
Located in Lisse, NL
Thanks to the hook inside the height adjustable canopy, safely mounting these lights tight to your ceiling (and over your junction box) should take no more than a few minutes either.
Brass
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
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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.
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.
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