Lighting
Mid-20th Century Dutch Space Age Lighting
Metal, Aluminum
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Copper
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Lighting
Enamel, Iron
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Lighting
Brass, Iron
1930s Vintage Lighting
Glass
Mid-20th Century Ukrainian Industrial Lighting
Brass, Enamel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Philippine Lighting
Wire
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Textile, Bakelite, Beech
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Beech, Teak
1960s Swedish Vintage Lighting
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Metal, Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Rope, Stained Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass
1950s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1950s Vintage Lighting
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Wood, Teak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass, Enamel
1950s Swedish Vintage Lighting
Metal
1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
1960s German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Raffia, Plastic, Walnut
1960s German Vintage Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau Lighting
Bronze
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Lighting
Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Copper
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Wicker
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Lighting
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Aluminum, Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Lighting
Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Aluminum
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
1960s Danish Vintage Lighting
Metal, Copper
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Opal, Metal
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.