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Bronze Modernist Lighting Bolt Chandelier with Holophane Glass Fixtures
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage 1970s bronze modernist lighting bolt chandelier with ripped Holophane glass fixtures and
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Bronze
1960's Modernist Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a great example of modernist lighting design masterfully accomplished in the 1950's. The
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Floor Lamp, Designed by Bergbom & Co
By Bergboms
Located in Stockholm, SE
/ 17 ¾’’
L: 146 cm / 4' 9".
Bergboms—also known as Bergbom & Co AB—was a Swedish modernist lighting
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Leather, Canvas
Modernist Spring Table Lamp by Sonneman Lighting Company
By Sonneman Lighting
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This modernist spring table lamp features a black steel cube with a chrome socket surrounded by a
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Pair of Ceramic Lamps by Thurston
By Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in New York, NY
of ceramic body 20 inches.
Unusual and not often seen form from recognized master of Modernist
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Three Sculptural Danish Wall Lights in Brass and Racing Green by Lyfa
By Poul Henningsen, Lyfa
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
manufacturing modernist lighting in the 1960s-1970s. They won many design awards.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
Chandelier by Carl Fagerlund
By Carl Fagerlund, Orrefors
Located in Dronten, NL
the work of Scandinavian modernist lighting designer Carl Fagerlund. Initially an instructor of
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
Tito Agnoli Wall-to-Ceiling Lamp for Oluce, c1960
By Tito Agnoli, Oluce
Located in London, GB
An icon of modernist lighting design, Peruvian-born Tito Agnoli studied architecture in Italy and
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Modernist Pendelleuchten
Located in Beirut, LB
French art Deco modernist pendant light. The structure is metallic. The glassware is in tones and
Category
Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts Französisch Art déco Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Glas
Pair, Mid Century Laurel Lamp Company Mahogany Figural Table Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
Engelhard. The company specialized in the production of high-quality, modernist lighting fixtures that were
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Gerald Thurston 1950s Hourglass Tri-color Ceramic Lamps
By Gerald Thurston
Located in San Francisco, CA
with brass mounts; Gerald Thurston was one of the most creative American lighting designers of the
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Vintage FLOS Table Lamps, Made In Italy
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
chandelier as a modernist lighting form.
DIMENSIONS: 24" high x 19.5" wide (the shade) x 6" deep (base).
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Metal
1960 Germany Limburg Petite Flush Mount Ceiling Light Textured Glass
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
, modernist.
Lighting: takes one large Edison E27 base screw bulb.
Wattage: we recommend up to 40w per bulb
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Glass
Pair of Stilux Milano Mid-Century Modernist Articulated Wall Lights, Italy 1950s
By Gino Sarfatti, Stilux
Located in London, GB
in the mid-20th century, Stilux was a leading Italian Modernist lighting design company, renowned for
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 4.73 in W 3.94 in D 6.7 in
1960 Germany Limburg Flush Mount Ceiling Light Textured Glass
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
, modernist.
Lighting: takes two large Edison E27 base screw bulbs.
Wattage: we recommend up to 40w per bulb
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Glass
Glashütte Limburg Glass Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1960
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
, modernist.
Lighting: takes two large Edison E27 base screw bulbs.
Wattage: we recommend up to 40w per bulb
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Glass
Vintage Flower Light by Willy Daro for Massive Lighting, Belgium 1970s
By Massive Lighting
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Vintage Flower Light by Willy Daro for Massive Lighting, Belgium 1970s
Golden ceiling lamp or wall
Category
20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
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H 6.3 in W 14.97 in D 14.97 in
60s tablelamp for Bergboms
By Bergboms
Located in Amstelveen, Noord
Bergboms—also called Bergbom & Co AB—was a modernist, Swedish lighting manufacturer established in
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
1960 German Doria Large Flush Mount Chandelier with Murano Glass Tubes
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
: clear, white.
Style: mid century, modernist.
Lighting: takes six small Edison E14 and one large E27
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Gorgeous Mid-Century Modernist Sconce or Flush Mount by Kalmar
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in Kingston, NY
This gorgeous Mid-Century Modernist sconce or wall ceiling flush mount was designed by Kalmar. It
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
Modernist Italian Pair of Table Lamp Black Murano Glass Sciolari Design
By Sciolari Lighting
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Modernist Italian Pair of table lamp black Murano glass Sciolari design
only glass cm.42x15.
Category
1970s Italian Minimalist Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Metal
1960 German Doria Large Chandelier with Murano Glass Tubes
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
.
Style: mid century, modernist.
Lighting: takes ten small Edison E14 base screw bulbs.
Wattage: we
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modernist Chandelier in the Style of Kalmar
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century chandelier in the style Kalmar.
It consists of 21 squares each glass with an intricate sunburst design that has been hand etched into the glass.
Each square is individu...
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Glass
Pair or Single, Large Modernist Ten-Arm Austrian Chandelier, Kalmar
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in New York City, NY
Pair or single available
Very large modernist highly architectural ten arm chandelier comprising
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Pr. Sculptural Chrome Modernist Table Lamps
By George Kovacs, Sonneman Lighting
Located in New York, NY
Pair of chrome table lamps having interlocking curved elements with white interiors. Each lamp features an inner socket, and an upper socket. The white paint finish one one lamp has ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Huge Modernist Brass and Glass Ten-Arm Austrian Chandelier, Kalmar
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in New York City, NY
Very large Art Moderne highly architectural ten-arm chandelier comprising bi level rectangular boxes of interlacing lines in a grid pattern mounted in a polished brass armature.
The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Pair of Large Hansen Modernist Black Marble Table Lamps, USA 1960's
By Hansen Lighting Co.
Located in New York, NY
Large pair of Hansen table lamps in beautifully veined marble with brass hardware. Shades are for photographic purposes. A single is also available separately.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Brass
Modernist Wall Sconces Sciolari Design Round Steel Brass Glass Italian Design
By Sciolari Lighting
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Modernist wall sconces Sciolari design round steel brass glass Italian design, 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass, Steel
H 10.24 in W 5.52 in D 5.91 in
Carl Fagerlund Ceiling Light for Orrefors Glass and Brass, Sweden, 1960
By Carl Fagerlund
Located in Paris, FR
museums, churches and corporate headquarters house the work of Scandinavian modernist lighting designer
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian Vintage Modernist Brass and Glass Sciolari Wall Lights Sconces
By Sciolari Lighting
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of beautiful sculptural minimalist glass and brass sconces.
Italy, 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Minimalist Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
H 9.85 in W 8.27 in D 5.91 in
pair of tablelamps by Modernist J.T.Kalmar Vienna 1950
By J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Vienna, Vienna
pair of tablelamps
Modernist J.T,Kalmar
Vienna 1950
brass base
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
Seldom Seen Modernist Silver and Crystal Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari, Sciolari Lighting
Located in Buffalo, NY
traditional space. Gaetano Sciolari was a famous mid-century lighting designer who designs are very much in
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Lead, Silver Plate
Ten-Tier Cascading Chandelier by Tapio Wirkkala for Oy Airam AB, Finland
By Tapio Wirkkala
Located in South Charleston, WV
examples to be found anywhere and a very fine example of vintage modernist lighting at it's apex.
Brass
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass, Steel
1960s Italian Modernist Brass Chrome Ceiling Lamp Profili Industria Lampadari
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A rare 1960s Modernist chandelier by Profili Industria Lampadari, Rome, Italy as part of their
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Chrome, Brass
H 39.38 in Dm 22.84 in
Sische Glass and Chrome Chandelier, 1960s Modernist Design, Kalmar Style
By J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Rijssen, NL
This ceiling light was designed by Simon and Schelle, featuring a rectangular chrome base and four massive glasses in the shape of a four lobed flower.
Dimensions:
Height only the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
Modernist Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modernist lamp. Adjustable.
Category
20th Century French Vintage Modernist Lighting
1 of 2 Sische Glass and Brass Chandelier, 1960s Modernist Design, Kalmar Style
By J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Rijssen, NL
This ceiling light was designed by Simon and Schelle, featuring a rectangular brass base and six massive glasses in the shape of a three lobed flower.
Dimensions:
Height 37.41 (95 c...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
H 37.41 in Dm 17.72 in
Mid-Century J.T. Kalmar Modernist Glass Tube Brass Pendant Lamp, Austria, 1950s
By J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful pendant lamp from the 1950s, produced by J.T. Kalmar Vienna. Brass hardware with a tube made of yellow/amber textured glass. In very good condition with nice patina on th...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
French Modernist Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant Modernist table lamp from France circa 1950s. Generously sized iron and brass base in
Category
Mid-20th Century Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
1 of the 2 Sische Glass and Brass Chandelier, 1960s Modernist Design, Kalmar Sty
By J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Rijssen, NL
This ceiling light was designed by Simon and Schelle, featuring a rectangular brass base and eight massive glasses in the shape of a four lobed flower.
Dimensions:
Height 15.75 (40c...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
H 15.75 in Dm 23.63 in
Modernist Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A Gerald Thurston designed modernist table lamp.
Category
1950s American Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Modernist Table Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modernist table lamp. Located in NYC.
Category
20th Century French Vintage Modernist Lighting
Modernist Nickel Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Modernist Nickel Lamps, American, circa 1950's. From left to right, they are: 1) Tall chrome plated
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Nickel
A Modernist Table Lamp
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual modernist table lamp, ca' 1980's. Polished steel.
Category
1980s Belgian Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel
Modernist Glass Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A modernist art glass floor lamp attributed to Carlo Nason.
The art glass pieces are illumined on
Category
1970s Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Metal
Sculptural Modernist Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Unusual sculptural Modernist floor lamp.
Patinated brass with an illuminated piece of rough cut
Category
1960s Austrian Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Large Italian Modernist Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A large Italian Modernist lamp. Three stacked glass cylinders with chrome
details in between. Can
Category
1970s Andorran Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Modernist Brass Desk Lamp
Located in Marseille, FR
Beautiful modernist desk lamp in brass, very high quality workmanship, lampshade sheathed in brass
Category
20th Century Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
Single Modernist Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A Modernist marble table lamp.
White and ivory colored marble
with patinated brass details.
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Marble, Brass
Italian Modernist Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Modernist table lamp with a tapered wood form.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Mahogany
Modernist Lucite Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A Modernist Lucite table lamp.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Lucite
Modernist Brass Chevals Lamp
Located in Water Mill, NY
Modernist brass interlocking stylized-chevals lamp.
Category
1960s French Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Brass
Unusual German Modernist Torchere
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Unusual German, 1930s modernist torchere.
Category
1930s Vintage Modernist Lighting
Modernist Marble Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A modernist marble table lamp.
White and ivory colored marble with patinated brass details.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Modernist Table Lamp
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A great French, modernist table lamp. Stainless steel in satin, brushed finish.
Category
1930s French Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel
Single Modernist Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A Modernist rectangular table lamp
Marble with walnut details.
H:35
Shade W:15 shade D:13
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Marble
Large Dutch 'Bis Lighting' Wall Lamp, 1970s
By RAAK
Located in MIJDRECHT, NL
Large wall lamp by 'BIS Lighting' Sappemeer, A small lighting company in the north of the
Category
1970s Dutch Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Modernist Italian Marble Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Nice modernist stacked marble table lamp, marked "Made in Italy" - the third segment has a chip
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Marble
Modernist Black Ceramic Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury black ceramic column form lamps with applied platinum banding. Rewired for use in the USA, 100W max.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Modernist Aluminum Torchère Floor Lamps
Located in Denton, TX
Pair of tall modernist aluminum torchère floor lamps.
Category
20th Century American Modern Vintage Modernist Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
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Vintage Modernist Lighting For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of vintage modernist lighting on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and glass, every piece of vintage modernist lighting was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for newer or older items, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An item from our selection of vintage modernist lighting, designed in the mid-century modern, modern or Art Deco style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made choice in our collection of vintage modernist lighting has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Florian Schulz, Glashütte Limburg and Doria Leuchten Germany are consistently popular.
How Much is a Vintage Modernist Lighting?
Prices for a piece of vintage modernist lighting start at $314 and top out at $13,004 with the average selling for $1,951.
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.
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 — the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson-Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of postwar 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 on 1stDibs.
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