Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe mid-century modern American 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.
Postwar American architects and designers were animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist “International Style” architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the ’30s 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, respectively, pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair. George Nelson and his design team created Bubble lamp shades using a new translucent polymer skin. Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were re-purposed: the Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs that used surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century 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, blonde-wood furniture — and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern American furniture 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
Josef Frank Table Lamp 'Tisch-Überall' Mod. 1092 by Kalmar, Brass Leather, 1950s
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A gorgeous and rare table lamp model 'Tisch-Überall' no. 1092 designed by Josef Frank in 1934 or earlier for Haus & Garten. The offered piece was manufactured by J.T. Kalmar, Vienna,...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Glazed Ceramic Green, Brown and Yellow Table Lamps
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Vintage ceramic table lamps glazed in a mix of colors. Topped here with new lampshades with various Dedar fabrics.
Price displayed per lamp.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Designer, Table Lamp, Stained Wood, Shell, Sweden, 1940s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A table lamp in stained wood with an adjustable shell diffuser. Designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Shell, Wood
Snoppy Lamp Green, by Achille Castigioni for Flos
Located in Valladolid, ES
Snoopy lamp for FLOS by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, 1967
Design piece, an icon of interior design and the midcentury world. This piece has become a design icon because it ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Carrara Marble
Dynamite Lamp by Patricia Bustos Studio
Located in MADRID, MD
The dynamite lamp is the most emphatic of all. Hair, opal ball and a rattan circle that are held together by a brass band as if they were a cartridge of explosives. Pure gunpowder ab...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
A Pair of Adjustable Brass Table Lamp by Staff Leuchten
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of brass table lamps with shades that adjust 180 degrees to aim the light in multiple directions. Made in Germany by Staff. Each lamp will take a 60 watt bulb.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Marco Zanuso Model 275 Table Lamp for Oluce
By Oluce, Marco Zanuso
Located in Glendale, CA
Marco Zanuso Model 275 table lamp for Oluce. Executed in white metal and opal perspex diffuser, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury era. Orig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Stilnovo Table Lamp in Lacquered Brass and Glass, Italy 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Catania, IT
Though Bruno Gatta (1904–76) founded Stilnovo way back in 1946, it is still one of the most instantly recognizable names in lighting. Gatta began his business in Milan, and, like man...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Large Gordon & Jane Martz Sgrafitto Lamp
Located in San Mateo, CA
Ceramic table lamp by Gordon & Jane Martz for Marshall Studios. This lamp has a flat brown glaze with incised designs. The glaze has a texture of very fine sand. This has the origina...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
Table Lamp Model GMA 700, Anonymous, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model GMA 700, anonymous,
Sweden, 1950s.
Brass and leather.
Measures: Height: 47 cm / 1' 6 1/2"
Diameter: 36 cm / 1' 2".
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stilnovo D491, Italy, 1950's Desk Lamp, Marble and Brass, with Label
By Stilnovo
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Stilnovo, Italy, Desk lamp, 1950's, model D491 in enamelled black metal shade on articulating brass stem supported by marble base. Label to interior of shade. The shade articulates w...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
Italian Midcentury Rostrato Crystal Glass Table Lamp in Barovier Toso Style 1950
Located in Clivio, Varese
Gorgeous hand-crafted table lamp made of crystal Murano glass in the rostrato technique in the Barovier & Toso style.
The big and heavy glass base is of beautiful shiny crystal glas...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Italian Black Resin Table Lamp Elmetto by E.Martinelli for Martinelli Luce, 1976
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian black resin table lamp Elmetto by E.Martinelli for Martinelli Luce, 1976
Black resin table lamp Elmetto, with a conical base and an adjustable hemispherical diffuser with a ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Sheaf of Wheat Gilt Metal Midcentury Table Lamps Mounted on Lucite Bases
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of gilt metal table lamps from the mid 20th century, depicting a sheaf of wheat on lucite bases. Created during the mid-century period, each of this pair of gilt metal table l...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1980s Sinerpica Table Lamp by Michele de Lucchi
Located in Renens, CH
Vintage Sinerpica table lamp by Italian architect Michele de Lucchi for the Memphis movement in the early 1980s. De Lucchi was one of the co-founders of the postmodern design group M...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Danish Mid Century Round Ceramic Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Odense, DK
An mid 20th century round ceramic table lamp. Made in Denmark. Beautiful glaze that complementary the overall impression of this modern table lamp.
Great vintage condition.
Me...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century American Polished Brass Lightolier Table Lamp by Gerald Thurston
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A tall, vintage Mid-Century Modern American table lamp made of hand crafted polished brass, designed by Gerald Thurston and produced by Lightolier, in good condition. The desk light ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
1950s Belgium Val Saint Lambert Purple Swirled Twisted Glass Lamp Base
Located in London, GB
1950s Belgium Val Saint Lambert purple and clear crystal glass twisted lamp base. The lamp base fades from a deep purple at the top to become clearer towards the base. The lamp base ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
1970s Tramo Large Swivel Table Lamp, Spain
By Miguel Milà, Tramo
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Strurdy well made table lamp by Miguel Milá for Tramo.
Prime quality material and thick solid hardware.
Black bakelite ( not plastic ).
Extremely agile it does move, slide...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Pair of Glass Table Lamps by Peil & Putzler, Germany, 1970s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Wonderful pair of midcentury mushroom table lamps by Peill & Putzler, Germany, 1970s.
Made of a single piece of blown and cased glass.
Manufacturer: Peill & Putzler
Stunning gla...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Opal
Marcello Fantoni Signed Mid-Century Italian Raymor Glazed Ceramic Table Light
Located in Studio City, CA
Beautifully designed and textured yellow green glazed studio ceramic lamp by Italian ceramics master or designer Marcello Fantoni for Raymor. Very rare and hard to find style and col...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Table Lamp Italy 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Vienna, AT
Table lamp Italy 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Large Table Lamps in Rosewood by Luxus, 1960s
Located in Karlstad, SE
Set of two large (50cm/19,7" without shade) cylinder-shaped table lamps by Luxus, Sweden.
The lamps come with new high-end shades.
Condition: Very good vintage condition apart ...
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Rosewood
Pair Ebonised Wood and Brass Table Lamps, James Mont
By James Mont
Located in Hollywood, FL
With stylized Greek key motif, on a graduated base with brass accents.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1950s Table Lamp Wrought Iron and Brass Finish
Located in London, GB
1950s table lamp in the style of Jean Royère
With a wrought iron body and brass balls finish
Features linen lampshade and has been newly rewired with an in-line manual switch.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Ceramic Table Lamp by Pierre Lèbe
By Virebent 1, Pierre Lebe
Located in London, GB
A ceramic table lamp by Pierre Lèbe (1929-2008) for Maison Virebent.
France, third quarter of the 20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Japanese Bamboo Spokes Lantern Lamp
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful Japanese lantern-shaped table lamp. Made of thin bamboo spokes with a cylinder paper shade. Takes one standard size light E27 bulb. It has an organic feel and will provid...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bamboo
Midcentury Rattan and Birch Table Lamp, JT Kalmar 'attr.' 1950s
By J.T. Kalmar, Stilnovo
Located in Nümbrecht, NRW
This unusual rattan or wicker table lamp was designed and manufactured in Austria in the 1950s. It features a minimalist birch tripod base with a beehive shaped rattan lampshade in t...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Rattan, Birch
Table Lamp Attributed to Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Carpaneto Piacentino, Italy
Stilnovo table lamp with an incredible high shade. The gray and black base holds a newly high shade in beige fabric and pink velvet details.
Measure: Base height: 32 cm.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Patroclo Table Lamps by Gae Aulenti for Artemide
By Gae Aulenti, Artemide
Located in Carpaneto Piacentino, Italy
Couple of "Patroclo" table lamps designed by Gae Aulenti for Artemide, Italy, 1975
The body of the two lamps is made in smoke blown glass, the diffuser is partially covered by an ir...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Roger Capron French Ceramic Table Lamp Octagon Shape Incised Decoration
By Roger Capron
Located in Chicago, IL
Roger Capron French ceramic table lamp in octagon form with cream, gray ochre glaze and incised decoration. This form is rare and with an abstract decoration incised in the clay with...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Heavy Full Brass Table Lamp by Gunther Lambert Collection, 1960s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Heavy full brass Mid-Century Modern table lamp by Gunther Lambert Collection, 1960, Germany
Very high quality.
Fully functional.
Original cable and plug. This lamp is suitable ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Einar Johansen for Søholm Sculptural Table Lamp Blue Danish Midcentury, 1960s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Sculptural table lamp by Einar Johansen for Søholm Stentøj, Denmark, circa 1960s.
The sculptural shape and the shiny blue glaze with brown elements gives the lamp a very vivid expre...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric
Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce Table Lamp in Marble and Brushed Steel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, table lamp model ‘500’, marble, brushed steel, chrome-plated steel, mirrored glass, Italy, circa 1969
This unique table lamp is designed by Italian des...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Steel
Vico Magistretti 'Atollo' Medium White Glass Table Lamp by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo has become the archetype of the table l...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Opaline Glass
Rare Vintage Fornasetti Sun and Moon Floor Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Vintage Italian floor lamp in gilt wood and metal with reverse painted depictions of the Sun and Moon, designed by Piero Fornasetti, manufactured by Antonangelli Illuminazione in Mil...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Mid Century Modern Stainless Table Lamps Robert Sonneman for Kovacs
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple yet elegant pair of chrome barrel shaped table lamps by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Wiring is sound, shades included b...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel, Chrome
'Sofi' Metal and Wood Table Lamp by Alvaro Benitez
Located in Glendale, CA
'Sofi' metal and wood table lamp by Alvaro Benitez. Hand-fabricated by Los Angeles based designer and lighting professional Alvaro Benitez, these highly refined table lamps are remin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid Century Modern Table Desk Lamp Leucos Murano Milk Glass Italian Design 1980s
By Leucos
Located in Palermo, IT
Wonderful and large table or desk lamp "ibis" model, produced by the Italian company Leucos between the end of the 70's and the beginning of the 80's. The lamp has a black enamelled ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Joe Colombo 'Domo' Brass Table Lamp by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp designed by Joe Colombo in 1965.
The Domo lamp was originally designed by Italian designer Joe Colombo in 1965. Back then he designed three lamps based on the same core...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Beautiful and Rare Large Mid-Century Modern Brass Table Lamp
Located in München, DE
Beautiful large Mid-Century Modern brass table lamp.
The shade is steplessly adjustable. Very classy 1950s design.
The lampshade has small holes, which looks great with the light s...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mathieu Matégot Black Baghdad Table Lamp by Atelier Matégot, France, 1960s
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Mathieu Matégot table lamp 'Baghdad' made in black painted perforated sheet metal and brass.
Production Atelier Matégot, France '60s.
Licterature: Patrick Favardin, Les décorate...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Sheet Metal
Contemporary Pair of Brass Murano Glass Sputnik Ring Lamps, Italy
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of table or bedside brass lamps and Murano glass ring. Contemporary work from a small italian artisanal workshop.
Demo shades non included. Measurements in description with d...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1970s Josef Hurka Design Table Lamp for Lidokov, Czechoslovakia
By Lidokov, Josef Hurka
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition with signs of use
- Fully functional.
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Big Violet Lamp by Romeo Rega, circa 1970
By Romeo Rega
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Violet lamp - Romeo Réga
Circa 1970
Stainless steel and plexiglass
Totality with lampshade: H70xL40,5xP40,5cm
Base : L24xP24cm.
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Biomorphic Danish Teak Lamps by Ernst Henriksen
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of unusual Danish teak lamps by Ernst Henriksen, signed, circa 1960s. In very good condition with beautiful graining.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Teak
Ceramic and Gilt Metal Sun Lamp by Pierre Casenove for Fondica, France, 1990s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Tall Sun lamp in ceramic and gilt metal bronze style by Pierre Casenove for Fondica. Famous artist who have worked for the manufacture like Nicolas Dewael, Stéphane Galerneau, Mathia...
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Marta Perla Large Table Lamp 'Siro' Satin Gold by Oluce
By Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp "Siro" designed by Marta Perla in 2019.
Table lamp giving indirect led light in metal. Matt black base, lens shaped reflector in painted satin bronze or satin gold glaze ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Table or Wall Lamp Vienna, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Table lamp or wall lamp vienna 1950s
Brass polished and stove enamelled
Rare modell.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Midcentury Swedish Marble, Opaline & Brass Table Lamps, 1940s to 1950s, Set of 2
Located in Nümbrecht, NRW
This beautiful modernist set of table or bedside lamps was designed and manufactured in Sweden in the late 1940s to 1950s.
The lights feature black marble bases, ball shaped ivory...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
1970's Vintage Crestworth Galaxy Fibre Optic Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
An amazing vintage fibre optic lamp, named the “Galaxy” and made by Crestworth in Poole, England. This dates from the 1970’s, and is a marvel to look at when lit up.
The outer she...
Category
1970s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Violet Lamp by Romeo Rega, Circa 1970
By Romeo Rega
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Violet lamp - Romeo Réga
Circa 1970
Stainless steel and plexiglass
Totality with lampshade: H 68 x L 40,5 x P 40,5 cm
Base: L 22 x P 22 cm.
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Gio Ponti 'Bilia' Table Lamp in Brass for Fontana Arte
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti 'Bilia' table lamp in brass for Fontana Arte. Executed in a brushed brass metal frame with a mouth blown white glass diffuser, transparent cord with dimmer and plug. One of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Claudio Salocchi for Lumenform Table Lamp 'Tulpa'
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Claudio Salocchi for Lumenform, table lamp 'Tulpa", marble, chrome-plated steel, acrylic, Italy, 1971.
Italian designer Claudio Salocchi based his 'Tulpa' lamp on a marble square....
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Steel
Kalmar 'Hase TL' Table Lamp of Brass & Leather
Located in Utrecht, NL
Table lamp model 'Hase TL' by Austrian Kalmar Lighting. The freestanding lamp 'Hase' from 1954 is another exemplar of the Wiener Werkbund. Using simple metal tubing and the basic ben...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Bill Curry Design Line Rare Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
California design
appears to be a custom or experimental design
plastic cylinder shade enameled steel and walnut base with walnut switch
original wiring and condition
great for...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Wave Table Lamp by Peill & Putzler, 1970s
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
The unique wave table lamp from Peill & Putzler. The lamp was designed by the Koch & Lowy team in Germany around the 1960s.
The lampshade is made of transparent glass with an inte...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Walnut And Slate Table Lamp Laurel Lamp Co.
By Jens Risom
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Elegant and simple, walnut block with grey slate panels. Brass trimmings and a period sixties lampshade complete this beautiful lamp. Rewired and polished. Hgt. of lamp is 35in. to t...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Slate
