Initially known as Spanish Metal Arts — a supplier of fencing for stately homes on Long Island — the principals at New York furniture manufacturer Brueton were artistically minded from the start, ensuring that their furniture company would become a major player in the world of stylish, modern stainless steel-based design. The company’s sculptural glass-topped dining tables and vintage mid-century modern chrome-framed armchairs are welcome additions to any contemporary interior.
Brueton got its start with the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building in Manhattan. When award-winning architect Gordon Bunshaft of engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) was designing what would become a modernist marvel in the 1950s — a structure that traded sleek glass facades for the stone columns typically associated with banks — SOM worked with Spanish Metal Arts’s Bruno Saudino and Tony Vitale to furnish the property.
For Bruno and Tony, it marked the start of the aptly named Brueton — the pair produced understated side tables and seating made of glass and aluminum for SOM’s project. Revolutionary for its time, instead of traditional narrow windows, the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building was practically transparent — allowing passers-by to see the vault from the outside. (Celebrated photographer Ezra Stoller, who chronicled iconic New York buildings like Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building and the soaring silhouette of Eero Saarinen’s TWA Terminal, shot the building in 1954.)
Much like the material associated with so many of its offerings, Brueton built a reputation of being a strong, dependable and polished manufacturer. The brand worked with designers such as J. Wade Beam, who created cylindrical tables of polished chrome and exquisite marble mirrors during the 1970s, as well as Massimo and Lella Vignelli, a pair of innovative polymaths who left a profound mark on design and wider visual culture.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Brueton case pieces and storage cabinets, tables and seating on 1stDibs.
"Arquitectura" Skyscraper Steel Metal Table Lamp by Sergio Orozco for Brueton
By Brueton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Arquitectura" Skyscraper Steel Metal Table Lamp by Sergio Orozco for Brueton. Item features a polished metal shade, brushed metal base, clean Modernist ...
Steel
$2,750
Brueton Cubic Table Lamp
By Brueton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A nice architectural form exhibiting quality workmanship.
Chrome
Original L4 Ceramic Table Lamp by Daniel Orozco
Located in Geneve, CH
Original L4 ceramic table lamp by Daniel Orozco Material: Ceramic. Dimensions: D 30 x H 50 cm White ceramic table lamp, with white peaks and palm screen. Handmade by Mexican artisan...
Ceramic
Pair of Cubic Style Rock Crystal Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of rose quartz rock crystal table lamps with polish brass base and insert decorations. By Phoenix Gallery NYC. The height to the top of the rock crystal is 18.5" in.
Alfetta Table Lamp by Sergio Mazza for Artemide, Italy, 1960s
By Artemide, Sergio Mazza
Located in Hagenbach, DE
The Alfetta table lamp was designed by Sergio Mazza for Artemide in the 1960s and is a refined example of Italian mid-century lighting design. Known for his precise and rational aest...
Metal
$4,868 / set
H 36.23 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Contemporary Pair of Lamps Blue Lagoon Cubic Murano Glass and Brass, Italy
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Huge pair of contemporary table or bedside lamps cubic pressed blue lagoon Murano glass block and brass base. Few exclusive production. In the style of Mazzega, Veronese, Poliarte, V...
Brass
$2,407 / set
H 11.82 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
Pair of Cubic Table Lamps in the style of Poliarte in Pink Glass 1960
By Poliarte
Located in London, GB
Pink square glass in the style of Poliarte 1960's table lamps consist a solid cast glass cubic base of clear glass with swirls of pink and air bubbles. The unusual shades are made of...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$7,153
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 23.63 in
ALBANELLA table lamp, Ermanno Lampa & Sergio Brazzoli for Harvey Guzzini
By Sandro Brazzoli, Harvey Guzzini, Ermanno Lampa
Located in Neuss, NW
Original ALBANELLA table lamp by Ermanno Lampa & Sergio Brazzoli for Harvey Guzzini from the 1970s. High-quality corpus in white acrylic with black border. The lamp has a small dent ...
Acrylic
$3,735 / set
H 9.85 in Dm 10.24 in
Table lamp Alfetta by Sergio Mazza for Artemide, Italy 1966, Set of 2
By Sergio Mazza, Artemide
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Pair of table lamp Alfetta by Sergio Mazza for Artemide in Italy in the 1966. The lamp uses Holophane glass. The term "Holophane" is used in a general sense to describe transparent m...
Metal
$5,041
H 14.97 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Magnolia Table Lamp by Sergio Mazza for Quattrifoglio, Italy 1971
By Sergio Mazza, Quattrifolio
Located in Roma, IT
Iconic table lamp realized by Sergio Mazza for Quattrifoglio in 1971. Incamiciato lattimo glass and chromed metal. Excellent condition. Ref. G. Gramigna, Repertorio del design ita...
Metal
Skyscraper Lamp by Chapman, c.1975
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Skyscraper Lamp by Chapman, c.1975.
Metal
$6,500
H 18.5 in W 23.5 in D 18 in
Albanella Table Lamp by Sergio Brazzoli & Ermanno Lampa for Guzzini
By Ermanno Lampa, Harvey Guzzini, Sandro Brazzoli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Albanella Table Lamp by Sergio Brazzoli & Ermanno Lampa for Guzzini. Manufactured in Italy, circa 1970s. Plastic, rubber, metal. Original cord. Ta...
Metal
Profiterole floor/table lamp by Sergio Asti for “Martinelli Luce”
By Martinelli Luce, Sergio Asti
Located in HAARLEM, NL
Sergio Asti for “Martinelli Luce”, “Profiterole” floor or table lamp. Italy 1968. The Profiterole lamp, designed by Italian designer Sergio Asti (1926-2021) for Martinelli Luce, beau...
Plastic, Fiberglass
$5,800 / set
H 18 in W 8.5 in D 8.5 in
Iconic and Rare Pair of Cubic Gaetano Sciolari Table Lamps , Italy, 1970
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Buffalo, NY
Iconic and rare Pair of Cubic Gaetano Sciolari table lamps , Italy, 1970,,,Wonderful original condition,,40 years in the business ,,have never come across the table version of this l...
Chrome
Sold
H 30 in W 84 in D 20 in
Postmodern Brueton Maidda Illuminated Console Table in Black Marble J Wade Beam
By Brueton, J. Wade Beam
Located in Brooklyn, NY
From the precise edges of the inverted pyramidal wood top, to the sculptural stone base, to the flawlessly executed stainless steel cylinder that...
Belgian Black Marble, Stainless Steel
Pair of "Arquitectura" Lamps Designed by Sergio Orozco for Brueton
By Sergio Orozco, Brueton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Striking pair of modernist table lamps by Columbian designer Sergio Orozco with cantilevered steel construction and polished steel shades. Great weight a...
Steel