Lighting
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Metal
2010s French Modern Lighting
Iron
1960s Vintage Lighting
Resin
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Murano Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Crystal, Brass, Nickel
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Lighting
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Spanish Lighting
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Lighting
Cement
1960s Italian Vintage Lighting
Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Nickel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Lighting
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Organic Modern Lighting
Brass
2010s American Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Lighting
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Crystal
1970s Italian Vintage Lighting
Stainless Steel
20th Century Italian Art Deco Lighting
Metal
20th Century Italian Art Deco Lighting
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Metal
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century Lighting
Metal, Brass, Wire
Mid-20th Century French Space Age Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Steel
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Chrome
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Fabric, Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Lighting
Crystal, Metal, Bronze
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Lighting
Murano Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Lighting
Murano Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Lighting
Brass
1650s Italian Other Antique Lighting
Brass
1910s English Vintage Lighting
Copper
1650s Italian Other Antique Lighting
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Onyx, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1960s American Neoclassical Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
20th Century American Lighting
Metal
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Lighting
Bronze
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Lighting
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Lighting
Plastic
1950s Japanese Vintage Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century Japanese Lighting
Metal
1960s American Vintage Lighting
Crystal, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
1960s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Lighting
Metal, Iron
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Metal, Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Lighting
Brass
Vintage and Antique Lighting for Sale: Unique Table Lamps, Floor Lamps, Sconces and Other Lighting for Your Home
The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.
Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.
Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.
Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.
As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.
There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.
With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.
The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
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Ettore Sottsass Captures a Shooting Star in This Rare 1970s Floor Lamp
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.
You Don’t Need a Fictional Fairy to Get This Real Pinocchio Lamp
Warm chalet style meets cool Bauhaus functionality in Pietro Cascella’s cleverly carved creation.
Why Is Italy Such a Hotbed of Cool Design?
Patrizio Chiarparini of Brooklyn’s Duplex gallery sheds light on the lasting legacy of Italy’s postwar furniture boom.
With a High-Tech Flagship and Cool Collabs, Lladró Is Breaking the Mold for Porcelain Production
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
Christopher Tennant’s Lamps and Dioramas Evoke Sunny Days and Seaside Locales
The former magazine editor blends elements of the Far East and America’s eastern shores, bringing wit and delight to his handmade, upcycled designs.
Paavo Tynell’s Snowflake Chandelier Warms Up Any Room
This circa 1950 piece by the legendary Finnish lighting designer spent the past several decades in a family's home in Michigan.
NASA Parachutes Inspired Lighting Designer Bec Brittain’s New Collection
In "Paraciphers," now on view at Emma Scully Gallery in New York, Brittain introduces works that were more than a decade in the making.
This Handsome Leather Pendant Light Is Crafted Using Saddle-Making Techniques
The Doma by L’Aviva Home nods to Colombia’s equestrian heritage.