Avid collectors of 1950s sculpture, table lamps and decorative objects have no doubt encountered the quirky mid-century modern creations of Frederic Weinberg, even if they didn’t know his name. Weinberg is best known for his extensive range of wall-mounted sculptures, clocks, lighting and semi-abstract paintings that bring playful figurative art into the home.
Weinberg, a Philadelphia-based artist and industrial designer, trained at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts. Throughout the 1950s, he designed, produced and sold a wide variety of functional and decorative items under his company, Frederic Weinberg Co.
Working with wire, iron and gilded bronze, Weinberg crafted furniture and furnishings for use in homes, businesses and institutions. His most notable pieces included swivel stools with a wrought-iron base and seats made with leather, sheepskin or woven wicker; Atomic Age–style clocks; and sculptural table lamps constructed with paper shades and metal frames shaped like lutes and guitars.
Weinberg also made figurative wall sculptures depicting everything from ancient Roman gladiators and Etruscan-style horses to musicians and dancers to fencers and football players. Figuration also features heavily in his bent iron, brass and fiberglass sculptures, many of which he based on his semi-abstract paintings.
Although little is known about Weinberg’s design career, his pieces are highly sought by modern art collectors and interior designers. Philadelphia designer Ron Rowe and his partner Glenn Nadeau even mounted an extensive showcase of Weinberg’s rarest works in their Cherry Hill, New Jersey, home.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of vintage Frederic Weinberg wall decorations, decorative objects and seating.
$1,695Sale Price|32% Off
1950s Frederick Weinberg Table Lamp, USA
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Rare table lamp designed and fabricated by Frederick Weinberg with characteristic steel mesh and fiberglass shade. Raw metal structure assembled with brass welding. Well aged w...
Metal
Atomic Ball Adjustable Lamp by Frederic Weinberg
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Fraser, MI
Adjustable Table Lamp by Frederic Weinberg. Restored. Glass, Lacquer and Steel construction. Rewired.
Steel
Monumental Frederick Weinberg Style FAIP Yellow & Beige Figurative Table Lamp
By Frederic Weinberg, F.A.I.P. 1
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Frederick Weinberg attributed "Fine Art In Plaster" Standing Females Table Lamp. Featuring a tall, handcrafted, elongated bottle form in textured h...
Brass
Pair of Frederic Weinberg Comedy and Tragedy Table Lamps
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Kansas City, MO
Pair of matching Frederic Weinberg Comedy and Tragedy Table Lamps. Heavy plaster masks and solid steel frame with original wood balls. No shades.
Steel
Frederic Weinberg Bucking Zebra Table Lamp Set, Midcentury, Signed
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Extremely rare bucking zebra plaster table lamps by iconic midcentury Philadelphia based designer - Frederic Weinberg. With manufacturers label. These are the real deal. Philadelphia based artist and Industrial designer Frederic Weinberg produced and sold a wide variety of striking decorative and functional pieces items under a company bearing his name. More then 50 years after ceasing production, Weinberg’s designs remain as fresh and vital as ever. His extremely stylized figures and masterfully playful use of line and negative space to convey form are an absolute delight. Very little else is known about the man and his company. The majority of pieces attributed to him lack his signature / label. His table lamps and horse figures are thought to be earlier productions, circa 1946-1950, and marked examples are extremely rare and highly coveted. Ruffled lampshades and vintage Chanel satin bows...
Plaster
Mid Century Tripd Iron and Brass Table Lamp
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in San Diego, CA
Iron Mid-Century iron and brass tripod table lamp. USA, 1950s
Metal
Modern Ceramic Table Lamp by Frederic Bourdiec
By Frédéric Bourdiec
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Modern ceramic table lamp by the french artist Frederic Bourdiec, taking inspiration in architecture to imagine light pieces as imaginary buildings a...
Ceramic
Vintage Frederick Cooper Porcelain Table Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage Frederick cooper hand-painted porcelain vase table lamp. Hand-painted floral porcelain table lamp. Black wood base. Brass st...
Porcelain
A Small Adjustable Crystal Ball Lamp after Jacques Adnet
By Tarquin Bilgen Antiques
Located in London, GB
+VAT England, modern A crystal ball lamp with a silver base, after a design by Jacques Adnet. Lead time: 6-8 weeks. Please enquire for stock availability. Height of lamp 14.00cm H...
Chrome
Pair of Frederic Weinberg Backlit Wall Sculpture
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Frederic Weinberg backlit wall sculpture. Weinberg had his factory and Showroom in Philadelphia, first on Arch Street and later in his ...
Clay, Plaster
Atomic 1950s Table Lamp by ASEA, Sweden
By ASEA
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Early 1950s table lamp with fully adjustable partially perforated Aluminium shade. The concentric atomic styled base is made from black coated brass. The stem with its adjustable joi...
Brass, Aluminum
$2,040Sale Price|20% Off
H 31 in W 15 in D 15 in
Glorious MId Century Modern Atomic Table Lamp. Mint Green Fiberglass Shade 1950s
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Peoria, AZ
WoW! 1955 Porcelain & Fiberglass Mid Century Modern Atomic/Sputnik Table Lamp Original Fiberglass Shade Squiggle/Splatter Design Populuxe Styling! Dimensions: 31" tall by 15" wid...
Metal
Super Cool Mid-Century Modern Frederick Weinberg Guitar Wall Sconce
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A collectible Mid-Century Modern wall sconce in the shape of a stylized guitar made of iron, brass and stretched Naugahyde by Frederick Weinberg. One bulb inside. Looks great illumin...
Iron
Pair of Lucite and Chrome Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Pair of clear acrylic and polish chrome table lamps. Attribute to Ritts Co. The acrylic is great condition, shows minor wear consistent with age(minor crazing). Newly rewire...
Chrome
$1,024Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 12 in D 12 in
Glorious MId Century Danish Modern Atomic Fiberglass Shade Table Lamp 1950s
By Frederic Weinberg, Hansen Lighting Co.
Located in Peoria, AZ
Sweet! Mid Century Modern Fiberglass Tripod Table / Accent Lamp! Rare design! This is a marvelous mid century lamp that features a Danish Modern styled design with fiberglass bod...
Fiberglass, Wood
Frederic Weinberg Bird Cage Shaped Planter Hanging Fixture with Onion Dome Top
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Chicago, IL
This bird cage shaped hanging fixture was originally designed by Frederic Weinberg as a planter. A slight variation of this design was also available as an actual bird cage, but I can find no reference to it having been offered by Frederic Weinberg as a ceiling fixture. So I assume it was converted to a hanging fixture for its original owner, where it hung in the center of a circular staircase. The form is of a stylized tower with an onion dome...
Wrought Iron
Pair of Bronze and Lucite Table Lamps
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
An artful pair regency style table lamps. 27 " H
Brass, Iron
Pair Frederick Weinberg Abstract Figurative Bronze Table Lamps, C. 1950
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of early Frederic Weinberg Abstract Dancer Bronze Table Lamps. Featuring figurative, open, solid cast Bronze designs with Black enameled oval wooden necks and newly replaced cus...
Bronze, Brass
MCM Brass and Parchment Table Lamp by Frederic Weinberg
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in San Diego, CA
Super cool MCM brass and parchment table lamp by Frederic Weinberg, circa 1950s. The minimalist lamp has Picasso styled figures circling the shade, sitting on a bent brass wire frame...
Brass
Modernist Frederic Weinberg Figural Iron Hairpin Table Lamp 1950s
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Troy, MI
Rare table lamp designed by Frederic Weinberg circa 1950s Cubist female figure in plaster with black finish, framed in an iron hairpin base. Newer shade
Iron
Midcentury Frederick Weinberg Table Lamp
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Gorgeous sculpted lamp with painted metal and wood forms akin to Miro. Black and seafoam green base together with original three tier shade proves to be a m...
Metal
Frederick Weinberg Sculptural Figure Table Lamp Circa 1950
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Southampton, NJ
A fetching sculptural figure table lamp designed by Frederick Weinberg circa 1950 having cast aluminum sculpture with deep brown tone. A beautiful ad...
Aluminum, Brass
Sold
H 31.75 in W 12 in D 4 in
Mid-Century Modern Frederick Weinberg Wire Parchment Sculpture Guitar Lamp
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
From Le Shoppe Too in Michigan comes amazing throwback to the mid century modern era with this corded lamp in the shape of a guitar or mandolin made by Frederick Weinberg. The shade ...
Wire
Frederick Weinberg Sculptural Figure Table Lamp in Matte Black, 1950's
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Very cool black sculptural small table lamp by Frederick Weinberg for FAIP, 1950's Professionally restored and rewired. Shade not included.
Plaster
Mid Century Frederic Weinberg Black Wrought Iron Table Lamp, 1950s
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Mid-Century Modern Frederic Weinberg bent triangular wrought iron table lamp. Professionally rewired, shade not included.
Wrought Iron
Frederick Weinberg Bronze Sagittarius Sculpture Lamp
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare vintage Frederick Weinberg lamp with unusual original shade and bronze Sagittarius sculptural figure. Overall: 18" wide, 14" deep, 35"...
Sold
H 29 in W 6.5 in D 4 in
1950s Pair of Frederick Weinberg Sculpted Solid Bronze "Dancer" Table Lamps
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Rare pair of Frederick Weinberg Solid Bronze Dancer Table Lamps. Featuring solid Bronze sculpted Dancers on a rectangular Black enameled Steel base. ...
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Frederic Weinberg Female Sculptural Table Lamp, circa 1950s
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Sculptural female figural table lamp made of plaster, Mid-Century, circa 1950s. Rewired.
Plaster
Frederick Weinberg Sculptural Table Lamp
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Sculptural table lamp by Frederick Weinberg, circa late 1950s. This figural example is silver toned plaster and is in excellent original condition.
Plaster