Lighting
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Nickel
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Plastic, Pine
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Lighting
Oak
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Lighting
Alabaster, Metal, Bronze, Brass
2010s American Modern Lighting
Stone, Brass
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Lighting
Alabaster, Brass, Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Travertine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Aluminum, Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Chrome
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Murano Glass
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Lighting
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Rococo Lighting
Rattan
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Lighting
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Bronze
2010s Mexican Rustic Lighting
Rattan, Palmwood
Early 20th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Lighting
Iron, Wrought Iron
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Metal
1960s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Lighting
Metal
2010s American Modern Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Mercury Glass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Glass, Blown Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Murano Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Aluminum, Brass
1960s French Art Nouveau Vintage Lighting
Glass
2010s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Lighting
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Iron, Metal, Gold Leaf
2010s Canadian Modern Lighting
Brass
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Lighting
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Travertine, Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
2010s American Modern Lighting
Brass
2010s European Lighting
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Marble, Brass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Steel
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Brass
2010s American Modern Lighting
Steel, Brass, Aluminum, Nickel
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Scandinavian Modern Lighting
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Lighting
Metal, Steel, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Art Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Lighting
Brass
2010s Italian Lighting
Limestone
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lighting
Ceramic, Fabric
2010s American Modern Lighting
Steel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Lighting
Metal
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Lighting
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
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.