Lighting
1880s American Industrial Antique Lighting
Metal
Mid-18th Century European Baroque Antique Lighting
Crystal, Brass, Wire
19th Century French Victorian Antique Lighting
Brass
Late 19th Century Antique Lighting
Metal
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Lighting
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting
Cast Stone
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Lighting
Bronze, Brass
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Lighting
Copper, Iron
19th Century Asian Moorish Antique Lighting
Brass
Late 19th Century English Antique Lighting
Copper
Late 19th Century French Islamic Antique Lighting
Enamel
18th Century Italian Rustic Antique Lighting
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Lighting
Alabaster, Brass
19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Lighting
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Antique Lighting
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Lighting
Enamel, Zinc
19th Century English Antique Lighting
Brass
19th Century Victorian Antique Lighting
Hardwood, Porcelain
Mid-19th Century French Gothic Antique Lighting
Bronze
19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Lighting
Metal, Gold
19th Century Austrian Antique Lighting
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Lighting
Metal, Bronze, Copper, Tin
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Lighting
Bronze
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Lighting
Porcelain
Late 19th Century European Antique Lighting
Rock Crystal, Brass
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Lighting
Oak
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Lighting
Crystal
19th Century French Rococo Antique Lighting
Bronze
1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Lighting
Bronze
Late 19th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Lighting
Brass
19th Century American Antique Lighting
Bronze, Copper
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Lighting
Bronze
19th Century Unknown Moorish Antique Lighting
Brass
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Lighting
Metal
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Lighting
Crystal
Late 19th Century European Late Victorian Antique Lighting
Brass
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Lighting
Porcelain
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Lighting
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Lighting
Bronze
19th Century German Renaissance Antique Lighting
Bronze
1890s Italian Renaissance Antique Lighting
Wrought Iron
1890s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Lighting
Brass
19th Century Italian Antique Lighting
Bronze
1660s Italian Modern Antique Lighting
Glass, Plastic
19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting
Bronze
19th Century Antique Lighting
Bronze
1890s African Moorish Antique Lighting
Copper
1890s Italian Antique Lighting
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
19th Century French Antique Lighting
Alabaster
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Lighting
Softwood, Paint
1840s French Restauration Antique Lighting
Bronze
Mid-18th Century English Baroque Antique Lighting
Brass
1880s German Rustic Antique Lighting
Metal
19th Century Italian Antique Lighting
Wrought Iron
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Lighting
Brass
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Lighting
Iron
19th Century French Antique Lighting
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Lighting
Ormolu
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.