Lighting
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Lighting
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Lighting
Glass, Opaline Glass
1950s French Industrial Vintage Lighting
Iron
20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Bronze
1950s French Louis XVI Vintage Lighting
Bronze
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Lighting
Brass, Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Lighting
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Crystal, Bronze
1970s Belgian Industrial Vintage Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Lighting
Iron
1970s Belgian Industrial Vintage Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Marble, Metal
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Lighting
Bronze
20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Crystal, Brass
1950s Industrial Vintage Lighting
Steel
1950s French Louis XVI Vintage Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Lighting
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Lighting
Iron
Late 20th Century Italian Industrial Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Lighting
Enamel
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Lighting
Brass, Enamel
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Lighting
Brass, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Ukrainian Industrial Lighting
Enamel
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Lighting
Enamel, Iron
1950s Industrial Vintage Lighting
Steel
1940s British Industrial Vintage Lighting
Metal
1920s American Industrial Vintage Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Lighting
Steel
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Lighting
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
1930s French Louis XVI Vintage Lighting
Bronze
Early 20th Century English Industrial Lighting
Copper
Mid-20th Century Polish Industrial Lighting
Chrome, Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Lighting
Aluminum, Iron
1970s Industrial Vintage Lighting
Aluminum, Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Lighting
Aluminum, Iron
Mid-20th Century Polish Industrial Lighting
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Polish Industrial Lighting
Enamel, Iron
1960s Polish Industrial Vintage Lighting
Enamel, Iron
1950s Industrial Vintage Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century Finnish Industrial Lighting
Metal
1970s Polish Industrial Vintage Lighting
Aluminum, Iron
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Lighting
Brass, Enamel
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Lighting
Brass, Enamel
1930s German Industrial Vintage Lighting
Enamel, Iron
Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Lighting
Crystal, Bronze
1920s English Industrial Vintage Lighting
Brass
1960s Belgian Louis XVI Vintage Lighting
Brass
Early 20th Century German Industrial Lighting
Enamel, Iron
Early 2000s Louis XVI Lighting
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Lighting
Iron
1950s Czech Industrial Vintage Lighting
Enamel
Early 2000s Chinese Industrial Lighting
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Polish Industrial Lighting
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Lighting
Iron
1950s French Industrial Vintage Lighting
Brass, Enamel
1870s French Louis XVI Antique Lighting
Ormolu
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Lighting
Enamel, Iron
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.