Lighting
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century Ukrainian Industrial Lighting
Aluminum, Enamel
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
20th Century Belgian Lighting
Metal, Brass
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Lighting
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Crystal, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Lighting
Enamel, Iron
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Brass
2010s Indian Art Nouveau Lighting
Brass
2010s American Lighting
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
2010s Italian Lighting
Marble
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Enamel, Steel
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Lighting
Porcelain, Glass, Opaline Glass
1970s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Lighting
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
1970s German Space Age Vintage Lighting
Chrome
1970s Czech Industrial Vintage Lighting
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Lighting
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Lighting
Ceramic
Early 2000s German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Lighting
Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Lighting
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
2010s Taiwanese Modern Lighting
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Lighting
Brass
1990s Italian Space Age Lighting
Aluminum
20th Century Art Nouveau Lighting
Bronze
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Brass
2010s Italian Lighting
Steel
20th Century American Neoclassical Lighting
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Lighting
Ceramic
1950s Austrian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
Late 20th Century American Chinese Export Lighting
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary German Louis XVI Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal
1960s English Brutalist Vintage Lighting
Ceramic
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Lighting
Rock Crystal
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Lighting
Wrought Iron
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Lighting
Murano Glass
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass, Metal
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Clay, Linen
Late 20th Century German Minimalist Lighting
Brass, Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Lighting
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Lighting
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical 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.