Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
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.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Creator: Oluce
Tito Agnoli Model #387 'Agnoli' Floor Lamp in Nickel and Travertine for Oluce
By Oluce, Tito Agnoli
Located in Glendale, CA
Tito Agnoli model #387 'Agnoli' floor lamp in nickel and travertine for Oluce.
Designed in 1954, this ultra-refined lamp is now considered to be a key forerunner of minimalism. Exe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Travertine, Metal, Nickel
Tito Agnoli for Oluce Mod."387" Floor Lamp, Italy 1954
By Tito Agnoli, Oluce
Located in Naples, IT
Iconic floor lamp designed by Italian designer Tito Agnoli for the OLuce Company in the 1960s. Travertine base and nickel-plated metal frame. Height-adjustable diffuser.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Travertine, Metal
Snow Floor Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, Italy, 1973
Located in Barcelona, ES
Floor lamp model Snow designed in 1973 by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, Italy. Black metal stem with Carrara marble base and white acrylic shade. Early edition with the conical marble ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Metal
Giuseppe Ostuni model 301M floor lamp Oluce Italy 1953
By Oluce, Giuseppe Ostuni
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Reading lamp designed by Giuseppe Ostuni for Oluce in 1953. The lamps is in fully original with striking patina to the lamp. Adjustable in every direction and also in height. The lam...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
Giuseppe Ostuni Model 352 'G.O.' Floor Lamp in Black for Oluce
By Oluce, Giuseppe Ostuni
Located in Glendale, CA
Giuseppe Ostuni Model 352 'G.O.' floor lamp in black for Oluce.
Originally designed by Giuseppe Ostuni in the 1960s, this iconic re-edition is still crafted by Oluce in Italy using...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Beautiful floor lamp mod 380 design Giuseppe Ostuni & Renato Forti for Oluce
Located in Monaco, MC
Elegant floor lamp in brass and black varnished metal design by Guiseppe Ostuni and Renato Forti for Oluce.
Italy circa 1960
Lovely patina on the brass.
Lampshade in beige fabri...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Joe Colombo Model #3320/R 'Coupé' Floor Lamp in Black for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo Model #3320/R 'Coupé' floor lamp in black for Oluce.
Comprising a lacquered metal base, adjustable chrome stem, and adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminum, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury and a defining icon for Colombo. The dome can be rotated up/down and right/left. Originally designed in 1967, this iconic lamp is still made by Oluce in Italy using many of the original manufacturing techniques with scrupulous attention to detail, materials, and craftsmanship.
The Coupé series was initially conceived as a variation of the Spider family, of which it has kept its base and stem. In 1968, Coupé won the ”International Design Award” of the American Institute of Interior Designers in Chicago. It is part of the permanent collection at both the MoMA in New York and the ”Neue Sammlung” Museum in Munich.
Price is per item. Available to order in unlimited quantities in choice of white or black. The Coupé is also available as the smaller Mini Coupé ‘Model 2201’ table lamp, a larger 'Model 2202' table lamp, a straight floor lamp 'Model 3321,' or a pivoting wall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Joe Colombo Model #3320/R 'Coupé' Floor Lamp in White for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo Model #3320/R 'Coupé' floor lamp in white for Oluce.
Comprising a lacquered metal base, adjustable chrome stem, and adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminum, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury and a defining icon for Colombo. The dome can be rotated up/down and right/left. Originally designed in 1967, this iconic lamp is still made by Oluce in Italy using many of the original manufacturing techniques with scrupulous attention to detail, materials, and craftsmanship.
The Coupé series was initially conceived as a variation of the Spider family, of which it has kept its base and stem. In 1968, Coupé won the ”International Design Award” of the American Institute of Interior Designers in Chicago. It is part of the permanent collection at both the MoMA in New York and the ”Neue Sammlung” Museum in Munich.
Price is per item. Available to order in unlimited quantities in choice of white or black. The Coupé is also available as the smaller Mini Coupé ‘Model 2201’ table lamp, a larger 'Model 2202' table lamp, a straight floor lamp 'Model 3321,' or a pivoting wall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Joe Colombo Model #626 'Colombo' Floor Lamp in Anodic Bronze and Black for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo Model #626 'Colombo' floor lamp in anodic bronze and black for Oluce.
The design of the 'Colombo' floor lamp, first created in 1970, responds to the demands for clean s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Joe Colombo Model #626 'Colombo' Floor Lamp in Black and Chrome for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo Model #626 'Colombo' floor lamp in black and chrome for Oluce.
The design of the 'Colombo' floor lamp, first created in 1970, responds to the demands for clean shapes a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Giuseppe Ostuni Model 352 'G.O.' Floor Lamp in Black for Oluce
By Giuseppe Ostuni, Oluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Giuseppe Ostuni Model 352 'G.O.' floor lamp in black for Oluce.
Originally designed by Giuseppe Ostuni in the 1960s, this iconic re-edition is still crafted by Oluce in Italy using...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
339-2 PX floor lamp by Angelo and Giuseppe Ostuni for Oluce, Italy 1952
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare 339-2 PX two armed floor lamp by Angelo and Giuseppe Ostuni & Renato Forti for Oluce, Italy 1952. This floor lamp features a marble base with two brass stems holding the origina...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
Alida Floor Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alida floor lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa the 1970s. This rare model consists of an acrylic dome shade which has an illusion of floati...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Mod. "3319 Spider'" by Joe Colombo for Oluce White Metal Floor Lamp 1965 Italy
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Palermo, IT
Rare floor lamp mod. "Spider 3319" by Joe Colombo for Oluce, 1965.
Direct light lamp, base in sand-coloured painted metal, chromed rod, orientable and adjustable reflector, in sand-c...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Nendo Floor Lamp 'Switch' Black Metal by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Switch' designed by Nendo in 2007.
Floor lamp giving direct and indirect light. Metal structure and reflector. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Japanese designer Nendo, rev...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage floor lamp by Giuseppe Ostuni for Oluce, 1950s
By Giuseppe Ostuni, Oluce
Located in Palermo, IT
About This Piece
Vintage Design
Adjustable arms, fully functional
* The cable in this item may be original and may need to be replaced unless otherwise specified.
Creator Giuseppe Os...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Spider' Marble and Metal by Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Agnoli' designed by Tito Agnoli in 1954.
Floor lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium. Manufac...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Giuseppe Ostuni adjustable brass floor lamp for Oluce, Italy 1950s
By Giuseppe Ostuni, Oluce
Located in Milan, IT
Giuseppe Ostuni adjustable brass floor lamp for Oluce, Italy 1950s
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stefano Casciani Floor Lamp 'Lu-Lu' Murano Glass and Metal by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Lu-Lu' designed by Stefano Casciani in 1996.
Floor lamp with Murano glass diffuser and brushed metal base.Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
The geometries chosen by Stefano ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Angelo Ostuni and Renato Forti 399 Floor Lamp in Metal and Iron by Oluce 1960s
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Floor lamp model 399 (from cornalux series) with structure in nickel-plated metal, lacquered metal and cast iron.
The lamp bulb is adjustable in height achieved by a bracket that allows the lamp to be slid up and down the lamp stem.
This lamp was designed by the Italian duo formed by Angelo Ostuni & Renato Forti and manufactured by O-Luce in 1958.
Measurements: H 141 x Ø 24 diameter (base 20cm).
Founded in 1945 by Giuseppe Ostuni, Oluce is the oldest Italian design company still operating in the lighting world, a unique production excellence which translates passionate aesthetic and technological research into the potential of light into actual form. Over the years, Oluce has succeeded in building a collection structured like a tale, rich and multifaceted, inhabited by products that transcend fashion to become Italian design icons.
Its relationship with the design world begins
In 1951, Oluce successfully took part in the IX Triennale, presenting – in the lighting section curated by Achille, Livio and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni – a Luminator designed by Franco Buzzi. As was typical at that time, the company instantly gained visibility on the international panorama thanks to Domus magazine. Major success was then reasserted by Tito Agnoli with nominations at the second edition of the Compasso d’Oro awards, in 1955, for his two lamps (the 363 floor lamp and a special bookshelf model). In 1956 these were followed in rapid succession by two more nominations: one for a remarkable table lamp in polyvinyl slats and another for a pendant lamp (mod. 4461) with double perspex shade. Then, there was the noteworthy 255/387 lamp (known as ”Agnoli”), a spot light supported...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Iron
Joe Colombo Coupé 3320 Floor Lamp by Oluce, Black
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic "Coupé 3320 R" adjustable black arch floor lamp designed by Joe Colombo in 1967. This vintage modern original by Oluce is made in Italy and features a weighted black base and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Bruno Gecchelin Gesto Terra Floor Lamp Gruppo Skipper, 1974
By Bruno Gecchelin, Oluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Monumental Gesto Terra floor lamp designed by Bruno Geccheling for Gruppo Skipper, Italy 1974. This rare large arc shaped floor lamp has a rectangular whit...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal, Chrome
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Coupé 3320' Black by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Coupé 3320' designed by Joe Colombo in 1967.
Floor lamp giving direct light, metal lacquered base and structure, revolving and height adjustable chromium-plated arc, lacq...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Giuseppe Ostuni Rare Adjustable Floor Lamp, Brass, Acrylic, O-Luce, Italy, 1950s
By Giuseppe Ostuni, Oluce
Located in Rovereta, SM
A rare model two-armed adjustable functionalist floor lamp.
Designed by Guiseppe Ostuni and produced by O-Luce, Italy, 1950s.
Rare execution with original acrylic lampshades.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mariana Pellegrino Soto Two Arms Floor Lamp 'Alba' by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Alba' designed by Mariana Pellegrino Soto in 2017.
Floor lamp giving diffused light in polished opaline blown-glass. Satin brass or anodic bronze finish structure with r...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mariana Pellegrino Soto Floor Lamp 'Amanita' by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Amanita' designed by Mariana Pellegrino Soto in 1970.
Floor led lamp, with dimmable switch, giving direct light. Base and sloped stem in anodic bronze, adjustable reflector in satin gold. PMMA transparent closing disk.
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Amanita is a reading lamp by Mariana Pellegrino Soto consisting of two discs: the first, the slimmest, functions as the base, while the second and thicker of the two houses the LED bulb. The two metal discs are connected and spaced by a slim, oblique stem in the shape of a ‘Z’.
Materials and color:
Anodic bronze
PMMA transparent
Dimensions:
D 24 cm x W cm x H 135 cm
Technical information:
1 x max 18W (LED)
Not UL Listed.
Founded in 1945, Oluce is the oldest Italian design company in the lighting sector still in operation today. Oluce lighting’s design aesthetic is crisp, linear, and decorative. A subtle, intellectual beauty that over the years has led the company to produce some of the more recognizable and admired iconic lighting in the world. Oluce, already participating at the 9th Triennale in Milan, throughout its long history, has received numerous acknowledgements including two Golden Compass awards, two Design Awards and the Gold Medal at the 13th Triennale in Milan. Its lamps appear in the most important permanent design collections worldwide.
Oluce’s expertise reveals its unparalleled manufacturing excellence which transforms into objects an untiring technological research into the potential of light. Each lamp is a milestone along this journey. Over time, from unusual materials, original designs and new lighting sources ensued revolutionary iconic designs by Tito Agnoli, Joe Colombo, Marco Zanuso, Ostuni e Forti, and Vico Magistretti, who since the 50s, have been rewriting the history of lighting. Recent collections reaffirm Oluce design and decorative approach, expressed through the signs by Italian and international designers such as Angeletti & Ruzza, Francesco Rota, Nendo, Victor Vasilev...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Coupé 3320' Black by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Coupé 3320' designed by Joe Colombo in 1967.
Floor lamp giving direct light, metal lacquered base and structure, revolving and height adjustable chromium-plated arc, lac...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Colombo 626' by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Colombo 626' designed by Joe Colombo in 1970.
Floor lamp with dimmer giving direct and indirect light, lacquered steel base, chromium-plated s...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Coupé' Black by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
This stunning 'Coupé' floor lamp was designed by the legendary Joe Colombo in 1967 and is manufactured by Oluce, the oldest Italian design company in ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Mist-o Floor Lamp 'Las' by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Las' designed by Mariana Pellegrino Soto in 2017.
Floor lamp with three direct and indirect lights. Painted aluminium bearing structure and metal reflector.
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Its modern and graphical aluminium structure and sharp lasered profile underline a careful design and analysis, developing in horizontal and vertical lines. The three lighting solutions conceal an LED source and define its profile with a regular and insistent rhythm: two light sources point upwards to create diffused light, and one points downwards, which is ideal for reading.
The lamp by mist-o is a sculptural presence modelled from metal paying homage to the great early twentieth-century constructions such as that portrayed in the famous photo...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Giuseppe Ostuni Model 352 'G.O.' Floor Lamp in Scarlet Red for Oluce
By Oluce, Giuseppe Ostuni
Located in Glendale, CA
Giuseppe Ostuni Model 352 'G.O.' floor lamp in scarlet red for Oluce.
Originally designed by Giuseppe Ostuni in the 1960s, this iconic re-edition is still crafted by Oluce in Italy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Spider' Marble and Metal by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Agnoli' designed by Tito Agnoli in 1954.
Floor lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium. Manufact...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Coupé' Black by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Coupé' designed by Joe Colombo in 1967.
Floor lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium. Manufact...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Tito Agnoli Floor Lamp 'Agnoli' Marble and Metal by Oluce
By Tito Agnoli, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Agnoli' designed by Tito Agnoli in 1954.
Floor lamp giving direct light, Travertino marble base, stem and height adjustable reflector mat nickel-plated. Manufactured by O...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Metal
Joe Colombo Model #3319 'Spider' Floor Lamp in Black for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo model #3319 'Spider' floor lamp in black for Oluce.
Executed in black metal and chrome, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury and an icon for Colombo. A highly adjustable floor lamp, the shade can be rotated up/down and right/left. Originally designed in 1965, this iconic light is still made...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
Victor Vaisilev Brass Floor Lamp 'Superluna' by Oluce
By Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp "Superluna" designed by Victor Vaisilev in 2015.
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Making his debut with Oluce, Victor Vaisilev proposes the...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Victor Vaisilev Black Floor Lamp 'Superluna' by Oluce
By Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp "Superluna" designed by Victor Vaisilev in 2015.
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Making his debut with Oluce, Victor Vaisilev proposes the...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Ostuni and Forti 1953 Floor Lamp by Oluce
By Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
The lamp 1953 designed, by Ostuni e Forti, has two models, floor and table, varying in proportion and size but identical in their design which shifts the whole lampshade section from...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Giuseppe Ostuni Model 352 'G.O.' Floor Lamp in Bronze for Oluce
By Oluce, Giuseppe Ostuni
Located in Glendale, CA
Giuseppe Ostuni Model 352 'G.O.' floor lamp in bronze for Oluce.
Originally designed by Giuseppe Ostuni in the 1960s, this iconic re-edition is still crafted by Oluce in Italy usin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Bronze
20th Century Giuseppe Ostuni Oluce Floor Lamp Mod. 340PX Brass Methacrylate, 50s
By Oluce, Giuseppe Ostuni
Located in Turin, Turin
Founded in 1945 by Giuseppe Ostuni, Oluce is, in the field of lighting, the oldest Italian design company still active, a unique manufacturing excellence that translates into form pa...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
Vico Magistretti Outdoor Lamp 'Lyndon 350 M' by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor lamp 'Lyndon 350 M' designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977. Outside floor lamp. Zinc-plated black lacquered metal structure, globes in transparent polycarbonate. Manufactured b...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mariana Pellegrino Soto One Arm Floor Lamp 'Alba' by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Alba' designed by Mariana Pellegrino Soto in 2017.
Floor lamp giving diffused light in polished opaline blown-glass. Satin brass or anodic bronze finish structure with r...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Stefano Casciani Floor Lamp 'Lu-Lu' Murano Glass and Metal by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Lu-Lu' designed by Stefano Casciani in 1996.
Floor lamp with Murano glass diffuser and brushed metal base.Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
The geometries chosen by Stefa...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Coupé 3320' White by Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Coupé 3320' designed by Joe Colombo in 1967.
Floor lamp giving direct light, metal lacquered base and structure, revolving and height adjustable chromium-plated arc, lac...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Joe Colombo Limited Edition Floor Lamp 'Coupé' Gold by Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Coupé' designed by Joe Colombo in 1967.
Floor lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium. Manufact...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Nendo Floor Lamp 'Switch' Satin Gold Edition by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Switch' designed by Nendo in 2007.
Floor lamp giving direct and indirect light. Metal structure and reflector. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Japanese designer Nendo, revisits the shape of the Classic abat-jour by renewing both its materials and its function. The archetypal shape of the cylindrical lampshade is transformed by using metal while its function as a diffuser is combined with that of a ‘switch’, hence its name. In fact, the lamp is switched on and off by turning the sheet metal lampshade, inextricably blending shape and function, aesthetics and functionality.
Materials and color:
Satin gold metal
Variations:
Available in black color.
Available as a table lamp model.
Dimensions:
D 40 cm x W 40 cm x H 140 cm
Technical information:
2 x max 100 W (E27)
Founded in 1945, Oluce is the oldest Italian design company in the lighting sector still in operation today. Oluce lighting’s design aesthetic is crisp, linear, and decorative. A subtle, intellectual beauty that over the years has led the company to produce some of the more recognizable and admired iconic lighting in the world. Oluce, already participating at the 9th Triennale in Milan, throughout its long history, has received numerous acknowledgements including two Golden Compass awards, two Design Awards and the Gold Medal at the 13th Triennale in Milan. Its lamps appear in the most important permanent design collections worldwide.
Oluce’s expertise reveals its unparalleled manufacturing excellence which transforms into objects an untiring technological research into the potential of light. Each lamp is a milestone along this journey. Over time, from unusual materials, original designs and new lighting sources ensued revolutionary iconic designs by Tito Agnoli, Joe Colombo, Marco Zanuso, Ostuni e Forti, and Vico Magistretti, who since the 1950s, have been rewriting the history of lighting. Recent collections reaffirm Oluce design and decorative approach, expressed through the signs by Italian and international designers such as Angeletti & Ruzza, Francesco Rota, Nendo, Victor Vasilev...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
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Metal
Mid-Century Floor Lamp "Snow" by Vico Magistretti for Oluce Italy 1970
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Rare floor lamp designed by Vico Magistretti and manufactured by Oluce, Italy, 1973.
The Snow floor lamp by Vico Magistretti for ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal
Coupe 3321 Floor Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Coupe" 3321 floor lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Current production. Lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem. Special semi-cylindrical reflector, tilts and turns on a black plast...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
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Chrome, Metal, Aluminum
Federica Farina Outdoor Lamp 'Otto' by Oluce
By Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor lamp 'Otto' designed by Federica Farina in 2019. Outdoor lamp giving indirect led light with adjustable reflector and stem in painted Indian brown metal. Manufactured by Oluc...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
20th Century Giuseppe Ostuni Oluce Floor Lamp in Brass and Plexi Diffuser, 50s
By Giuseppe Ostuni, Oluce
Located in Turin, Turin
Founded in 1945 by Giuseppe Ostuni, Oluce is, in the field of lighting, the oldest Italian design company still active, a unique manufacturing excellence that translates into form pa...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
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Brass
Pascal Floor Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal floor lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce. Originally designed in Italy, 1983. Oluce's newest offering of this model comes ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Spider Floor Lamp Model 3319 by Joe Colombo for O-Luce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Floor lamp giving direct light. Lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminum. Current production originally designed by Joe Colombo for O-Lu...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
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Metal, Aluminum
Model 301C Floor Lamp by Giuseppe Ostuni for Oluce
By Giuseppe Ostuni, Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Model 301C Floor Lamp' by Giuseppe Ostuni for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, in 1950. Beautiful and rare floor lamp with a sanded marble base with an extractable and ana...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
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Marble, Aluminum, Brass
Bruno Gecchelin Wing Floor Lamp for Oluce, Italy, 1970s
By Oluce, Bruno Gecchelin
Located in Miami, FL
Wing floor lamp with black steel base, tubular chrome arc stem and adjustable black plastic head designed by Bruno Gecchelin in 1973 for Oluce, Italy. The...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp Limited Edition 'Coupé' Gold by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Coupé' designed by Joe Colombo in 1967.
Floor lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium. Manufact...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Rare Model 378 Floor Lamp by Tito Agnoli for Oluce
By Tito Agnoli, Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Model 378 floor lamp by Tito Agnoli for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy circa the 1960s. A trio of acrylic cylinders on individually an...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Stone, Sandstone, Brass
Mariana Pellegrino Soto Outdoor Lamp 'Amanita' by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor lamp 'Amanita' designed by Mariana Pellegrino in 2019. Outdoor led lamp giving direct light in painted metal with sloped conical stem. Indian ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Joe Colombo Coupe Floor Lamp Oluce Production, 1967, Italy
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Coupè floor lamp, designed by Joe Colombo with a structure in lacquered metal. Oluce production, 1967, Italy.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid-century Modern floor lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern floor lamps for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage floor lamps created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, tables, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern floor lamps made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original floor lamps, popular names associated with this style include Stilnovo, Angelo Lelii, J.T. Kalmar, and Oluce. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for floor lamps differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $144 and tops out at $150,000 while the average work can sell for $2,844.
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