Lighting
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass, Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Lighting
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Lighting
Aluminum, Steel
18th Century Louis XV Antique Lighting
Giltwood
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Metal
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Lighting
Aluminum, Steel
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Lighting
Wrought Iron
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass, Gold Leaf
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Lighting
Plastic
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Metal
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Steel
2010s American Modern Lighting
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Scandinavian Modern Lighting
Brass
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Textile
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Copper, Chrome
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Gold, Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Lighting
Metal
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Lighting
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Plaster
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Lighting
Art Glass
20th Century North American Lighting
Stained Glass
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Aluminum
1990s Dutch Lighting
Steel
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Lighting
Aluminum, Chrome
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Art Glass
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Wicker, Rattan, Paper
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Lighting
Brass
20th Century French Lighting
Crystal
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Lighting
Brass
1960s Austrian Space Age Vintage Lighting
Plastic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Carrara Marble
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Crystal, Brass
20th Century North American Art Nouveau Lighting
Stained Glass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Lighting
Silk
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Metal
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1960s European Vintage Lighting
Alabaster, Brass
1970s German Japonisme Vintage Lighting
Bamboo, Paper
2010s Italian Other Lighting
Blown Glass
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Metal, Brass
2010s American Organic Modern Lighting
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Lighting
Bronze
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Blown Glass
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Chrome
1930s Swedish Bauhaus Vintage Lighting
Brass, Steel, Chrome
Early 1900s Antique Lighting
Silver, Ormolu
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Murano Glass
20th Century German Japonisme Lighting
Bamboo, Paper, Rope
1960s Italian Futurist Vintage Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Metal, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Ceramic
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Nickel
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Lighting
Metal
1940s Swedish Vintage 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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This Paavo Tynell Chandelier Is a Radiant Bouquet
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
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.