Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Bronze
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Bronze
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Crystal, Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
20th Century Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Bronze
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Bronze
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Bronze
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Bronze
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Glass, Walnut
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Spanish Space Age Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal
1950s Italian Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Chrome
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Aluminum, Brass, Metal
Late 20th Century Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Blown Glass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal, Wire
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Crystal, Brass, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Glass, Wood
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal
1950s French Brutalist Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Bamboo, Wicker
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Spanish Brutalist Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal, Aluminum
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf, Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Iron, Gold Leaf, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Blown Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Brass
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
Gold Leaf, Wrought Iron, Iron
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Vintage Mid Century Ceiling Light Fixture
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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
- 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 legendary 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.
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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