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Period: Mid-20th Century
Kalmar Floor Lamp with Cantilever Reading Light
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Floor lamp with white enamel torchiere shade over cantilever reading light with mustard yellow enameled shade that can be adjusted for height by simply slipping it up or down the chr...
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Enamel, Chrome
(3) Venini Fasce Orizzontale Globe Pendants or Shades
By Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Smoked glass shades with vibrant red, green and blue horizontal stripe. These are easily converted to hanging globes, which we can do on spec for an additional fee. Can be purchased ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair Vintage Italian Brass and Black Enamel Table Lamps
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The stem and base are comprised of alternating polished brass and black enameled brass bands.
An elegant design with a slightly Space Age feel. Wired with a single upright socket. ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Carole Stupell Quartz Crystal Specimen Table Lamp
By Carole Stupell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large example of Carole Stupell's classic studio-made table lamp. The natural Quartz crystal rests on a two-tier bean-shaped silvered wood base.
The original custom shade mirrors t...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Quartz
Maison Charles, Pair of ‘Vase Roseaux’ Table Lamps
By Maison Charles et Fils
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Classic pair of table lamps by Maison Charles, epitomizing the whimsical French taste in decoration during the last quarter of the 20th c.
A quasi-traditional Louis XVI-style neoc...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Large 1960s French Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large sculptural organic modern table lamp. The hand built gourd-shaped body decorated with cutout designs. The pottery base measures 23"h, 28" to top of socket, 42" total with shad...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Carl Fagerlund Table Lamps for Orrefors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Clear crystal lamps in molded honeycomb hourglass design. Signed "Carl Fagerlund Orrefors" on the underside.
Category
Vintage 1960s Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Walter Von Nesson 'Skyscraper' Floor Lamp
By Jule Bouy, Walter Von Nessen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Silvered metal floor lamp, circa 1930. Measure: Base is 10" x 10".
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
French Wrought Iron Floor Lamp, after Poillerat
By Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
High quality period 1940s French wrought-iron floor lamp. The craftsmanship of the metalwork is top notch. Unmarked. Retains original European socket.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Oversized Silvered Palm Tree Tole Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large, glamorous 1940s silvered palm tree table or floor lamp.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Sheet Metal
Polaroid Desk Lamp by Walter Dorwin Teague
By Walter Dorwin Teague
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Iconic Machine Age design in aluminum, enameled metal and bakelite. Rare complete lamp with original celluloid diffuser, socket and switch, in great working condition. Paper label on...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Machine Age Table Lamps
Materials
Acrylic
Pair of William Lescaze Sconces
By William Lescaze
Located in Brooklyn, NY
White porcelain wall lights designed by the great Swiss modernist architect. This pair is nicely minimalist, eschewing the usual pull chain...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Porcelain
Joseph-Andre Motte J-2 Floor Lamp
By Joseph-André Motte, Disderot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Solid staved mahogany in a sensual hourglass form. The J2 model was designed to accommodate a fabric shade. Produced and distributed by Disderot, Paris. Shade not included.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Mahogany
Pair Ercole Barovier Rugiada Table Lamps
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A rare pair of ‘Dew Glass’ table lamps, produced by Barovier & Toso. Ercole Barovier invented the Rugiada technique in 1938, and the process was patented and exclusive to the company. It involves the application of colorless glass grit and shards onto the surface of clear glass during production.
When the object is then heated, the particles are partially melted and fuse to the solid surface...
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Pol Chambost Blue Craqueleur Lamp with Original Shade; Signed
By Pol Chambost
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Deep blue crackle glaze lamp with small fu dog medallion decoration. Original shade has matching blue trim. Ceramic vase was originally made as a lamp base. Signed to underside "Pol ...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Luciano Gaspari Glass Sculpture on Custom Lamp Pedestal
By Luciano Gaspari, Salviati
Located in Brooklyn, NY
c. 1960, Italy, the cast clear glass modernist Spazialismo work is the largest of three sizes, and weights approx. 20lbs. It was produced by murano glass maker Salviati, where Gaspar...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Tripod Floor Lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Hansen Lighting
By Hansen Lighting Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Solid brass tripod floor lamp model 206, first introduced in 1950. This example is likely from the early 1970s and retains a clean, tarnish-free high-polish brass finish with a light...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Rare Arredoluce Model 12128 Triennale Floor Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Classic Italian modern floor lamp has all the bells and whistles: chromed brass frame with elegant monotone white and black and grey shades; stitched leather on stem, lamp arms ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Large Italian Pottery Lamps
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bottle-form pottery bases with hand-incised and decorated surface. A sgriffato grid is overlaid with multicolor dots, creating an earthy yet almost mathematical landscape. Shades not...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Musical Instrument Lamps by Frederick Weinberg
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table or wall lamps in the shape of a guitar and lute. Paper shade with metal frame with back-lit bulb with a Picasso-like sculptural sensibility.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Parchment Paper
Internally Lit Pop Art "Ice Cube" Occasional Table
By Andre Cazenave
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fantastic circa 1960s cast transparent fiberglass cube table, with naturalistic textured surface, and internal lightbulb. Could also work as large tabletop lamp...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Side Tables
Materials
Fiberglass
Joe Colombo Coupe Floor Lamp Oluce Production, 1967, Italy
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Coupè floor lamp, designed by Joe Colombo with a structure in lacquered metal. Oluce production, 1967, Italy.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Ercole Barovier, Pair Massive Murano Glass Table Lamps
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Impressively sized hand-blown clear glass lamps with gold inclusions. The domed Lenti base support a long twisting glass rod. For Barovier and Toso, Italy, c. 1950. Glass measures: 2...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Gerald Thurston "Cricket" Lamp for Lightolier
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Great modernist design, can sit on table or be hung on the wall as a sconce. Pierced pivoting shade allows for direct or diffused light and brightness control.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Enamel
1930s Four-Arm Modernist Nickeled Bronze Chandelier
By Jacques Adnet, Boris Jean Lacroix
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Interesting design employing heavy gauge nickel plated bronze square tubing with ballbearing decoration. A nice expression of early French or German Functionalist minimalism. From the Collection of Alan...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Bauhaus Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Italian Six-Arm Chandelier
By Stilnovo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chic, architectural design in brass, glass and enameled metal. Six upright lights sit on a green metal grid that is suspended by three brass r...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Pair of Barbier Nickel and Travertine Table Lamps
By Maison Barbier
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Flattened travertine orb on cylindrical travertine pedestal with solid nickel hardware. Shades not included.
Lamps are 13 in. to top of socket, 10 in. to top of marble.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Table Lamps
Materials
Travertine
Robsjohn-Gibbings Chromed Tripod Table Lamp for Hansen
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early vintage example of this design Classic in chromed brass with original plexi shade and enameled reflector.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Extremely Rare Paavo Tynell Table Lamp #9220
By Paavo Tynell, Taito Oy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Extremely rare and unusual table lamp by Paavo Tynell. Brass with original paper shade. Stamped "Oy Taito" on underside of socket.
Category
Vintage 1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of French Chased Wrought Iron Sconces after Paul Kiss
By Paul Kiss
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art Deco modernist Gothic design recalls the Statue of Liberty, with its spiked crown and raised torches. Hand-worked wrought iron two-arm sconces, with original patina and milk glas...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Wrought Iron
Two Massimo Vignelli Pendant Lights for Venini
By Massimo Vignelli, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Striped cased glass pendants.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
Just Andersen Danish Bronze Chandelier
By Just Andersen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant, solid bronze chandelier with high-quality casting and wonderful hot patina in dark and medium bronze with verdigris highlights. Classic Danish deco acanthus leaf and flower ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large Ingrid Atterberg Table Lamps for Upsala Ekeby
By Upsala Ekeby, Ingrid Atterberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Glossy gold-brown and white twisting stripes over matte brown glazed base. Made as lamps.
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pedro Friedeberg Gilded Candelabrum and Chandelier
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare early work consists of hand-carved and gilded five stem candelabrum in the form of surrealistically joined hands and feet. Can be hung via the moon stem or used on the table. Si...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Candle Holders
Materials
Giltwood
Petit French Art Deco Nickeled Bronze Table Lamp
By Atelier Jean Perzel, Jacques Adnet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
France, brushed nickeled surface over bronze with adjustable dome shade, circa 1930. Retains European socket.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
West German Modernist Floor Lamp
By Beisl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stylish floor lamp effectively mixes chrome, brushed steel and black enamel textures onto drum, cylinder and cantilever forms, creating an archetypal modernist chic. Fully adjustable pivoting arm and shade. Desk lamp version also available. By Beisl Leuchten...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
French Pottery Table Lamp by Pichon
By Pichon a Uzes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rustic modern lamp with modernist sgraffito design. Thin profile. An unusual studio piece by the famous French Riviera ceramic house. Signed to unde...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Hoganas Keramik Studio Table Lamps
By Höganäs Keramik
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wonderful Japonais decoration of butterfly, lilies and dragonflies. Hand incised and painted pottery. Stamped 'Hoganas' and with artists initials.
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Ugo Zaccagnini Ceramic Lamp
By Ugo Zaccagnini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Interesting op-art design of stylized birds in black and white glaze over matte brown base. Recalls the early work of MC Escher. Signed to underside. Measure...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Chic Vintage French Bamboo and Nickeled Steel Table Lamp
By Ingo Maurer, Willy Daro
Located in Brooklyn, NY
C. 1960s, high quality construction with dimmer switch mounted to the heavy iron base, unsigned.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Carl Harry Stalhane Pottery Lamp
By Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Matte brown hares-fur glazed earthenware ceramic base. The variations of color give this lamp a warm, subtle distinctiveness. "Rorstrand Sweden" original label.
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Ceramic and Glass Table Lamps
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful and elegant table lamps with rose terracotta fleurs and glass and terracotta pedestal. Matching terracotta finials.
Category
Vintage 1940s Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Roger Capron Table Lamp
By Roger Capron
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wonderful example of Capron's early, hand thrown pottery, in browns and yellow glazes, with a mix of mat and high gloss finishes. Sgraffito design of an angel on side, and leaf decor...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Complimentary Pair of Lamps by Design Technics
By Design Technics
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand-thrown red clay vase bases are identical shape and size, and the glaze employ the same tone range of mixed browns. Slightly different design on each...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Handsome Pair of Italian Marble Lamps
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural pair of carved marble lamps. "Made in Italy" etched on bottom.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble
Stilnovo Enamel Metal and Brass Table Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Great fire-engine red lacquer saucer base and shade with black stem and brass hardware. Lacquer is in unusually pristine shape.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Colorful Murano Glass Lamps
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tall gourd-shaped blown glass with swirling bands of color. On brushed nickel base, with nickel hardware.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Early Napoleone Martinuzzi Table Lamp
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Zecchin Martinuzzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare and extraordinary table lamp. Twisted stem on dome base. Irridescent pink incamiciato glass with white applied "pasta" decoration and gold lea...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Pair of Crystal Orrefors Table Lamps by Carl Fagerlund
By Carl Fagerlund, Orrefors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural hourglass shape lamps. Original fittings. Orrefors paper label. 14" to top of socket.
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Table Lamps
Materials
Acrylic
Rare Wilhelm Kage Farsta Table Lamp
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wilhelm Kage unique hand thrown Studio Pottery for Gustavsberg. Each side has a different hand incised design. Pottery dimensions are 5" x 4" x 4". Stampe...
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Table Lamps
Materials
Pottery
Hansen Aluminum and Enameled Brass Floor Lamp
By Hansen Lighting Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Great architectural design. Center stem is composed of four aluminum rods held by gun metal enameled brass braces and X-base. Featuring Hansen's patented three-way rotating switch.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Floor Lamps
Pair of Carl Fagerlund Table Lamps for Orrefors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Clear crystal lamps in molded honeycomb hourglass design. Signed "Carl Fagerlund Orrefors" on the underside.
Category
Vintage 1960s Table Lamps
French Deco Floor Lamp Attributed to André Arbus
By André Arbus
Located in Brooklyn, NY
French standing lamp with tapered octagonal carved sycamore stem on solid cast bronze tripod base with stylized bronze fittings, circa 1930s.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Floor Lamps
Materials
Sycamore
Paavo Tynell Desk Lamp for Taito
By Taito Oy, Paavo Tynell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early Paavo Tynell task lamp. Stamped "Taito" to underside.
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Table Lamps
Rare Poul Kjaerholm Hanging Candelabrum
By Poul Kjærholm
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Simple, elegant steel spiral floats from invisible fishing wire. Approximately 200 of the PK-101 were produced between 1959 and 1966 for E Kold Christensen.
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Candle Holders
Materials
Steel
Large Massimo Vignelli Pendant Lamp for Venini
By Venini, Massimo Vignelli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Largest size pendant in white, tan and orange fasce glass. Early example is in pristine condition.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Three French Bronze and Glass Sconces
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of three two-arm sconces with verdigris scroll and leaf cups, bronze hardware, and large glass plume with gold inclusion.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 1940s, Venini Canister Lamps
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Great early pair of glass rod canister lamps with nickeled brass hardware and glass ball finial. Internal light gives beautiful mood lighting. Original l...
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Table Lamps
Robsjohn-Gibbings Lamp for Hansen
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Hansen Lighting Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early, simple Machine Age design. Brushed nickel stem and base with rotating three-way switch. Stamped Hansen.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Floor Lamps
Venini Brass and Cased Glass Lantern
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cobolt blue and milk glass lantern-styled ceiling lamp with brass blade armature.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
