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Lighting For Sale
Item type: Antique and Vintage
Antique Black Lacquered Elephant Lamp on Stand with Original Shade, Circa 1900.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Black Lacquered Elephant Lamp on Stand with Original Shade, Circa 1900.
Category

Early 20th Century Lighting

Materials

Lacquer

Functionalist nickel plated table lamp by Franta Anýž, 1930
By Jaroslav Anyz, Franta Anyz
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Iconic table lamp produced by the Franta Anýž Company and designed by Jaroslav Anýž, his son in early 1930s. This desk lamp is renowned for its distinctive joints, patented to allow the lampshade to pivot in any direction, with adjustable height. Franta Anýž, an influential figure in Czech design, studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague. His notable achievements include work at Pragotron, camera design for Flexaret, and winning a gold medal at the Salon International des Inventions in Geneva in 1965 for his Beta 21 watch...
Category

1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Lighting

Materials

Steel, Nickel

Pair of brass table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pair of table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass, lacquered brass and original fabric shades. Stamped. Josef Frank was a true European...
Category

1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass

Antique Circa 1900 Commercial Bronze Beaux Arts
Located in Mississauga, CA
Rare early 1900s cast commercial bronze combination gas electric pendant. The quality on this light is incredible and it would have been in a prominent building like a bank or public...
Category

Early 1900s American Beaux Arts Antique Lighting

Materials

Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Baccarat Crystal And Ormolu Montgolfière Chand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Montgolfière chandelier. This elegant six arm seven light hot air balloon shaped chandelier is centered at th...
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

Coppia di Applique da parete Vetro di Murano di Carlo Nason per Mazzega anni 60
Located in Catania, IT
Coppia di applique da parete in vetro di Murano disegnate da Carlo Nason e prodotte da Mazzega negli anni '60. La struttura delle applique è in acciaio cromato e hanno quattro sfacce...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Steel

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Crystal Plafonnier Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal plafonnier chandelier. The circular five light plafonnier is centered by a charming berried finial belo...
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

Hand Painted Lord Remillard Table Lamp by MacKenzie Childs
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice hand painted "Lord Remillard" table lamp by MacKenzie Childs, circa 1990s. The lamp is made of Poplar and Maple woods, hand decorated with artisan paints, mosaic paper, brass stamping, brass beads and a MacKenzie-Childs brass logo plate on bottom. It is complimented with handmade and decorated majolica finial with gold lustre embellishments. A 17"D x 10"H black hard shade with handmade polka dot...
Category

Late 20th Century American Lighting

Materials

Wood

Large, imposing vintage 1950s wrought-iron lamp.
Located in PARIS, FR
Large, imposing vintage 1950s wrought-iron lamp. Heavy weight, measures 63cm and 39cm without shade. Personal delivery or free delivery in Paris.
Category

1950s French Vintage Lighting

Materials

Wrought Iron

Metal and Back Glass Applique, 1970s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Metal and glass wall lamp, 1970s. Slight wear due to age and use. European socket (up to 250V).
Category

1970s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Lighting

Materials

Metal

French Mid Century Ceiling Light with Three Floral Shades
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
French Mid Century Ceiling Light with Three Floral Shades   This delightful French Three Light bronzed ceiling light features th...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal

Suspension lamp mod. Lampiatta by Stilnovo, De Pas D'Urbino Lomazzi, 1971
Located in Milano, IT
Lampiatta model hanging lamp designed by De Pas, D'Urbino, Lomazzi, in 1971 for Stilnovo. The lampshade is made of metal painted white both inside and outside. It bears the original ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal

Aluminum lamp by Etienne Fermigier
Located in PARIS, FR
Chrome-plated metal desk lamp by designer Etienne Fermigier for Disderot, 1970s. Visible signs of wear, as shown in the photos, to be noted. LP1268
Category

Mid-20th Century Lighting

Materials

Aluminum

Vintage Brass and Marble Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A stunning vintage brass and marble floor lamp, most likely made in Italy and dating from the 1970’s. It is beautifully made, the brass frame sits on a gorgeous marble base. There a...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Marble, Brass

1 of 3 -Set of 2 PetiteMurano Ice Glass Vanity Sconces by Kaiser, Germany, 1970s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Gorgeous set of 2 petite Murano glass sconces by Kaiser Leuchten, Germany, circa 1970s. Heavy quality and in very good condition. Cleaned, well-wired, and ready to use. Each fixtur...
Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Large Vintage Italian Chrome Table Lamp by Franco Albini
Located in London, GB
A stunning and very large vintage Italian chrome table lamp by Franco Albini and Franca Helg. This was manufactured in Italy by Sirrah, it dates from the 1970’s. This is the very ra...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Chrome

Floor Lamp, Swedish modern, 1940ts
Located in Hammarö, SE
Nice lamp, Swedish modern.
Category

20th Century Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

Rare Yasha Heifetz Mounted Lavender Glazed Ceramic Nautilus Shell Lamp, 1950s
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rare Yasha Heifetz Mounted Lavender Glazed Ceramic Nautilus Shell Lamp, Circa 1950s. A beautiful biomorphic rendering of a nautilus shell with mottled...
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Mid-Century Ceiling Lamp, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Ceiling Lamp, 1960s
Category

1960s Vintage Lighting

Materials

Aluminum

Ten Embedded Flush Mounts, Finland, 1970s
Located in Helsinki, FI
Flush mounts, manufactured in Finland, from the 1970s. Painted metal and glass. 10 pieces, sold separately. Good vintage condition, patina and wear consistent with age and use. These...
Category

1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass, Metal

1 of 3 Mushroom Shaped Glass Lamp in Chrome, Germany 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
1 of 3 Mushroom Shaped Glass Lamp in Chrome, Germany 1960s Dimensions Height: 7.08 in. (18 cm) Diameter: 10.23 in. (26 cm) The fixture need 1 x E27 standard bulb with 60W max. Lig...
Category

1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Metal

1930’s Schoolhouse Milk Glass Flush Mount Fixture
Located in Canton, MA
1930’s schoolhouse milk glass flush mount fixture. Glass is a variation of the traditional schoolhouse shade style. Mounted on a new fixture, satin a...
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Lighting

Materials

Metal

Set of Three Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Sconces by Sylcom, 60s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Sylcom Murano production, set of three Murano Graniglia glass appliques, each composed of three leaves, each applique is equipped with two lamp holders for E14 bulbs, we can make the...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Vintage fractal resin lamp, 1970, France
Located in TOURS, FR
Rare fractal resin table lamp, 1970, France Similar to Pierre Giraudon, Marie-Claude de Fouquières, Henri Fernandez, François Godebski...
Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Resin

Italian 19th Century Tuscan St. Patinated And Gilt Iron Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An Italian 19th century Tuscan st. patinated and gilt iron chandelier. This whimsical six arm chandelier is centered by an inverted bell-shaped Giltwood final leading up to the six s...
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Lighting

Materials

Iron

Pair of Vintage Brass Table Lamps with Velvet Shades
Located in London, GB
A stylish and extremely well made pair of vintage brass table lamps with velvet shades. They were made in France, they date from around the 1970’s. The quality is outstanding, the s...
Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass

Beautiful Flygsfors table lamps design by Helena Tynell
Located in Djurhamn, SE
Flygsfors Glass Factory Flygsfors Glasbruk was a glass factory in Flygsfors in Nybro municipality, founded in 1888 and closed in 1979. It was started in Flygsfors in 1863 as a hammer...
Category

1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Glass

French Turn Of The Century Renaissance St. Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French Turn of the Century Renaissance st. Wrought Iron chandelier. The eight arm octagonal chandelier consist of a most impressive and detailed mid section displaying won...
Category

20th Century French Renaissance Lighting

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of Antique 1920's Crystal Lamps
Located in Marshville, NC
Tell me if you've ever in your life seen a pair of crystal chandelier style lamps that didn't immediately make you think of Marilyn Monroe's earrings? I surely can't be the only one!...
Category

Early 20th Century Lighting

Materials

Crystal

Mahogany Wood Foundry Table Lamps - Pair - Vintage
By Artig
Located in New York City, NY
This beautiful Mahogany Foundry Lamp pair was created in 2024 by Artig Lighting using vintage Mahogany Foundry molds from the 1920s. -New brown woven UL-listed cords, plug -E26 full...
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Lighting

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of floor lamps in brass and lacquered metal produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Hammarö, SE
Pair of floor lamps in brass and lacquered metal produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Markaryd, Sweden, 1970s. Very good condition.
Category

20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

A Pair of Louis XIV Style Twin-Light Wall-Appliques In the Manner of Boulle
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Louis XIV Style Gilt-Bronze Twin-Light Wall-Appliques Modelled With Cherubic Herms. In the Manner of André-Charles Boulle. Each modelled as a cherubic herm holding aloft a...
Category

19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Lighting

Materials

Ormolu

Svend Aage Holm Sørensen floor lamp in metal, 1950's.
Located in Espergærde, 84
Svend Aage Holm Sørensen (1913-2004), Very nice and subtle grasshopper shaped floor lamp designed by Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen, manufactured by Holm Sørensen & Co, Denmark 1950. This ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal

Antique French Empire Style Neoclassical Gilt Bronze 10-Light Chandelier
Located in London, GB
A French Empire Style Ormolu 10-Light Chandelier Constructed from gilded bronze, with hand-chased details and burnished highlights, the chandelier composed of a central dish inspired by an Ancient Roman...
Category

19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Lighting

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Renaissance St. Ormolu Five Arm Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Renaissance st. Ormolu five arm chandelier possibly by F. Barbedienne. The chandelier is centered by a most unique bottom finial with ...
Category

19th Century French Renaissance Antique Lighting

Materials

Ormolu

Memphis Suspension, Red Yellow and Pink, Italy, 1980s
Located in Brussels, BE
Memphis Suspension, Red Yellow and Pink,Italy, 1980s
Category

1980s Vintage Lighting

Materials

Aluminum

"Parola" Table Lamp from Studio Tetrarch, 1968
Located in Napoli, IT
"Parola" table lamp from Studio Tetrarch, 1968 Bibliography: Casa Amica by Giuliana Gramigna.
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Aluminum

Wall lamp Estiluz A-1084, 1980's
Located in FERROL, ES
Wall light manufactured by the company Estiluz. Model A-1084. White lacquered metal. Very good condition. Width 23 cm. 6cm. heightSconce Estiluz A-1084, 1980's
Category

1980s Spanish Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Metal

Paavo Tynell, "Morsiuskimppu", 9029/5
Located in Helsinki, FI
This elegant chandelier "Morsiuskimppu" or "Bridal bouquet" model 9029/5 is designed by Paavo Tynell (1890-1973) for Taito. It is polished brass with leaf and flower decorations. F...
Category

1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass

Large Pair of Antique Brass Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A very impressive large pair of antique brass table lamps, dating from around the 1950’s. They are of superb quality, with beautiful...
Category

1950s British Victorian Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of Mid Century Modern "Ventiglio" Table Lamps by Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair of Mid Century Modern "Ventiglio" Table Lamps by Angelo Mangiarotti, for Skipper Pollux - 1980s
Category

1980s Vintage Lighting

Materials

Marble

Cini Boeri Hand Blown Murano Glass Light Pink Table Lamp
Located in London, England
An elegant table lamp made from layered and blown Murano glass and a circular cast iron metal base. Signed. A single piece of glass forms the shade, connecting to the fluted glass s...
Category

1980s Italian Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass, Reeded Glass, Blown Glass

Brilliant Leuchten AG Table Lamp
Located in Roma, IT
Postmodern table lamp produced by Brilliant Leuchten AG in the 1980s magnetic eyeball. Very original table lamp produced by Brilliant Leuchten AG in black and white plastic materia...
Category

Mid-20th Century German Post-Modern Lighting

Materials

Plastic

Bronze and alabaster sconces by Genet & Michon
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Pair of silver-plated bronze sconces with alabaster tube. By Genet & Michon. France, CIRCA 1920. Guillaume Janneau (1992), "Le Luminaire". p-57
Category

1920s French Art Deco Vintage Lighting

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp, Metal and Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp,Metal and Glass, Italy, 1950s
Category

1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Metal

Riviera Style Table Lamps
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair of Riviera style mini table lamps with original vintage shades, France circa 1950's.
Category

1950s French Vintage Lighting

Materials

Bamboo

Special glass sphere with inner glass rod table lamp, model from 1965
Located in Wien, 9
This very special unique piece is the last of a great series. The shade can be adjusted in any colour and size to either get a very modern or traditional outlook. The table lamp is a...
Category

1960s Austrian Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Crystal Plafonnier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and crystal plafonnier. The circular five light chandelier displays a decorative outer pierced ormolu band decorate...
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

1970s Vintage Italian Brass & Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and extremely well made 1970’s vintage Italian brass & chrome lamp. The quality is outstanding, the frame is beautifully designed and the metal has acquired a beautiful ...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Table Lamp Model 2468 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with cotton shades. Stamped. Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable. H: 54 cm W: 42 cm Shade D: 15 cm Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria. When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household. In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism. Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired. Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair Or Brutalist Architectural 1960s Mid Century Light Shades Ceiling Lights
Located in London, GB
This awesome pair of original mid century light shades have a particularly architectural look to them! Dating from the 1960s, they’re constructed from sheet metal which has been cut ...
Category

1960s European Vintage Lighting

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Modern Pendant Lamp by Achille Castiglioni, Italy, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Pendant Lamp by Achille Castiglioni , Italy, 1960s.
Category

1960s Italian Vintage Lighting

Materials

Resin

Lampada vetro di murano '80
Located in Roma, IT
Lampada a forma di funga di grandi dimensioni La lampada e vetro di murano di colore bianco con striature trasparenti crea una luce morbida La lampada e alta 38 cm con un diametro ...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Large Chrome & Opaline Glass floor lamp by VeArt, Italy 1970s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Large chrome & opaline glass floor lamp by VeArt, Italy 1970s. Unusual design composed of primary shaped elements such as a glass cone, a cylindrical base and column with their squar...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Chrome

19th Century English Porcelain Parrot Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In excellent condition. Very unusual. Hand painted with custom parchment shade, which is 7' in diameter.
Category

19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Lighting

Materials

Porcelain, Parchment Paper

Mid-Century Hans-Agne Jakobsson Style Copper Geometric Wall Sconce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century, Hans-Agne Jakobsson style copper geometric wall sconce. The wall mounted sconce has an asymmetrical cylinder base a single socket in...
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1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Copper

Mid-Century Modern Glass Wall Light/Ceiling Light, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Glass Wall Light/ Ceiling light, 1960s
Category

1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Glass

Italian Sconce in the Style of Stilnovo, Italy, 1960s
Located in London, GB
Original Italian Sconce in the style of Stilnovo with ivory shade. The length of the sconce is articulated. Italy 1960s.
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting

Materials

Metal, 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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