Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Vintage murano glass ceiling or wall lamp Italy 1980s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage murano glass ceiling or wall lamp made in Italy in the 1980s.
The lamp is in excellent vintage condition, with no damage.
Dimensions:
Width: 35 cm / 13,77 inches
Height: 10 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
1 of the 5 Pairs Of Glass Brass Wall Sconces Flush Mounts Cosack Lights, 1970s
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of original glass wall sconces or flush mounts Cosack Lights, Germany, 1970s
Original 1970s modernist wall light with four glass lighting elements. This light was designed and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Graniglia Flush Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian flush mount with a Murano glass diffuser hand blown in Graniglia technique to produce granular texture, mounted on gold plated finish frame / Made in Italy in the style of Ba...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Gold Plate
One of Four Huge Kalmar Chandeliers Pendant Lights, Brass Glass, 1970s
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
One of four extremely rare Sputnik or atomic light fixture 'RS 16 HL' by J.T. Kalmar, manufactured in midcentury, Austria, circa 1970 (late 1960...
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Palmette Chandelier by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Palmette chandelier shown in clear Murano glass leaves mounted on unlacquered natural brass finish frame with frosted bottom glass diffuser...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass
Sconce in Hand Carved Grey Marble, Piedra Lighting Collection
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Piedra lighting takes its inspiration from the stone masks of the ancient civilization of Teotihuacán. Carved in the Mexican city of Tecali, which ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Marble
Set of 3 Large Austrian Vintage Textured Organic Ice Glass Wall Lights Sconces
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of three beautiful rare sculptural Murano ice glass sconces.
Austria, 1960s.
Lamp sockets: 1x E27 (US E26 medium base).
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Hillebrand bubble iced glass ceiling lamp , 1970’s
Located in Delft, NL
Hillebrand bubble iced glass ceiling lamp , 1970’s
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Glass
Scandinavian Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1950s
Located in Oslo, NO
Wonderful ceiling light with decorated glass shade and base in porcelain. Designed and made in Norway from circa 1950s first half. The lamp is fully working and in very good vintage ...
Category
1950s Scandinavian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
Murano Spiral Flush Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian flush mount or wall light of a frosted Murano glass shade with elegant pink and gray spirals / Made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: diameter 20 inches, height 8 inche...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Pair of Star Pattern Limburg Style Flush Mount Ceiling Lights, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Pair of beautiful flush mount. Made in Germany by Glashütte Limburg. Gorgeous textured glass Flush mount with metal fixture. Each fixture requires one European E27 Edison or medium b...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
Starry Sky Flush Mount Ceiling Lights by Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy
By Paavo Tynell, Taito Oy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Starry Sky Flush Mount Ceiling Lights by Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy. Designed and manufactured in Finland, circa the 1950s. Enameled metal, custo...
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1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Kalmar Sconces Flush Mount Lights 'RS 6 WA', Glass Brass, 1970
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A pair of large six-arm wall lamps or flush mount light fixtures model 'RS 6 WA' by J.T. Kalmar, Austria, manufactured in midcentury in 1970s.
The fixtures are made of polished bras...
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Large Austrian Vintage Textured Ice Glass Wall Ceiling Light Flush Mount, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare square blue Murano glass flush mount.
Austria, 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
Kalmar Murano Flush Mount Ceiling Light Glass & Brass, Austria, 1960s
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant white flush mount with textured Murano glass with brass finals on a metal hardware illuminates beautifully and offers a lot of light. Gem from the time. With this light you m...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass
Leola Flushmount Wall light Sciolari stlye Chrome Brass, Germany, 1970s
Located in Aachen, NRW
A stunning three-light fixture in brass can be used as a wall or ceiling light.
Sockets: 5 x E27 standard bulbs - max 60 watts each
Light bulbs are not included. It is possible to i...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Chrome, Brass
Hans Kogl Golden Florentiner Leaf Wall Ceiling Light Sconces, Italy, 1970s No 2
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall light, ceiling light.
Origin:
Germany.
Age:
1970s.
This modernist light was produced in Germany in the 1970s by Hans Kögl. It is made from s...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
round 36cm metal Gino Sarfatti Style wall Ceiling Light Flushmount, Italy 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
ceiling light, uplight flush mount also useable as wall light
Origin:
Italy
Age:
1950s
This vintage modernist light was produced in the 1950s in Italy. The light...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
XXL Round White Mat Opaline Glass Flush Mount Lights Wall Sconce by BEGA Limburg
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Extra extra large German Opaline Industrial ceiling lamp from BEGA Limburg
Metal base with white opaline glass
5x E27 / E26
Weight: 6.00 kg / 13.2 lb
Priced per individua...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Fine French 1950s Glass and Chrome Cylindrical Flush Mount by Perzel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Perzel - A fine French Mid-Century cylinder-shaped flush mount / ceiling light in enameled glass with three chrome studs that support a prismatic glass lens (holophane).
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Mid Century Modern Kalmar Sunburst Brass Vintage Flush Mount, 1950s, Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
This presented flush mount was made of curved polished brass and features 12-arms with 12 sockets E 14.
Also the shape is elegant and looks like sunbursts.
The lighting was designed...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass
Castiglioni Metal "Light Ball" Italian Sconce for Arteluce and Flos, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Incredibly rare first edition of the famous "Light Ball" applique by Castiglioni in white metal and opal glass. This fantastic lamp was designed by Castiglioni for Arteluce and produced in Italy by Flos in the 1960s.
This fantastic lamp was designed by Castiglioni for Arteluce and produced in Italy by Flos in the 1960s.
This fantastic light is unique because of the materials, made of white enameled metal and opal glass. It can be mounted on the wall or on the ceiling.
The wall light has been tested, it uses an E27 light bulb. It is signed on the backplate by both Arteluce and Flos.
A fantastic piece that will grace a mid-century living room or bathroom.
Measures (cms):
diameter - 42
height - 32
Literature: Casa Amica, 27 June 1972, p. 105 Octagon 30 September 1973, p. 149 Sergio Polano, Achille Castiglioni all the works, Electa, Milano, 2001, p. 224 Giuliana Gramigna, repertoire 1950-2000, Allemandi, Torino, 2003, p. 121.
The beginnings of Flos (meaning “flower” in Latin) blossomed from a brilliant idea: to create objects, starting with a light bulb, that would change the way of life for both the Italian market and the foreign markets.
Dino Gavina and the small Eisenkeil manufacturing facility in Merano, had already been creating furniture alongside design masters such as Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Afra and Tobia Scarpa. But by the early 1960s, Gavina became convinced the time had come to create new lamps.
Using the same technology – conceived in the USA and tested at Eisenkeil – used for the Cocoon lampthe Castiglioni brothers and the Scarpa duo began creating lamps such as the Taraxacum or the Fantasma, with many other beautiful and surprising lamps to follow.
And so, from day one, Flos was already reinventing the idea of artificial lighting.
Achille Castiglioni (born February 16, 1918, Milan–died December 2, 2002, Milan) was a prolific furniture, lighting, and product Italian designer renown for his ironic, joyful, creative and functional designs that, at times, intersected with ideas explored by conceptual artists.
Achille Castiglioni was born into a family with deep appreciation for the arts, as he was the third son of sculptor and coin engraver Giannino Castiglioni and his wife Livia Bolla. He first studied the classics at the Liceo Classico Giuseppe Parini, but then switched to study art at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. In 1937, he decided to follow the steps of his two elder brothers, architects Livio and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, by enrolling in the Faculty of Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, graduating in 1944–after having to interrupt his studies when he was stationed in Greece and Sicily during World War II.
In 1944, immediately after graduating, Achille Castiglioni joined his brothers Livio and Pier Giacomo in the design studio that they had founded with Livio’s classmate Luigi Caccia Dominioni in 1937 in Milan. Fortunately for Achille, from the very beginning Livio and Pier Giacomo decided to focus almost entirely on designing exhibitions, furniture, housewares, and appliances since architectural commissions were difficult to come by during the war. This product-design focus, and the deep fraternal bound among the three brothers, would later allow the young Achille to experiment early in his career with emerging techniques and new materials that could communicate a fresh aesthetic sensibility suited for the positive outlook of the post-war European market.
The Castiglioni brothers’ important collaboration with Phonola and Brionvega
In 1940, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Livio Castiglioni, and Luigi Caccia Dominioni, in collaboration withe the Phonola company, presented in the VII Triennale di Milano (Milan Triennial), titled Exhibition of the Radio, a research study of radio devices that included the Fimi Phonola 547 radio, the first radio encased in Bakelite instead of wood. Shortly after the exhibition, Luigi Caccia Dominioni suspended his professional activity to serve in the military during World War II and left the studio.
The development of the FImi Phonola 547 radio would prove fruitful for the three brothers, as it allowed Livio Castiglioni to cement his role as the leading design consultant for Phonola from 1940 until 1960, and for Brionvega, from 1960 until 1964. These relationships brought in further collaboration among the three brothers, and would eventually result in several designs for radio and sound appliances with innovative materials and shapes for which Achille Castiglioni played a key role, such as the RR 226 stereo system for Brinovega (1965), the radio phonograph RR 126 for Brinovega (1965), and the radio and record player RR 128 for Brionvega (1966)
In 1952, Livio decided to build his own practice, independent from Achille and Pier Giacomo, to pursue a deeper exploration of radio waves, music, and technology. But the three brothers would continued to collaborate closely in several projects, and the partnership between Achille and Pier Giacomo became so tight that from 1952 until 1968, when Pier Giacomo died, they co-authored most of their designs.
Achille Castiglioni Long Career as Light Designer
During this period, the Castiglioni brothers participated in the Italian Exhibition of Furniture (RIMA), where they successfully introduced a series of curved-plywood furniture, and presented important designs, such as the Tubino lamp (1949), originally produced by Italian light maker Arteluce from 1949 until 1974, and reintroduced by FLOS since the late 1970s; and the Luminator lamp (1955), originally produced by Gilardi & Barzaghi, but reintroduced by FLOS in the late 1960s.
A new, successful, and long-lasting collaboration developed in 1960, when Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni were reached by entrepreneurial Italian designer Dino Gavina and business man Arturo Eisenkeil with the idea to create a completely new kind of lighting fixtures utilizing a polyamide. The material, which they called “cocoon,” in the hands of the Castiglioni brothers would become a popular and iconic innovation in the 1960s and serve as the successful foundation of Italian lighting company FLOS–founded by Gavina and Eisenkeil in 1962.
Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni designed a series of “cocoon” lights utilizing the spray-on polyamide plastic as a coating layer onto a metal frame. Among the most popular Castiglioni “cocoon” lights are: the Taraxacum and the Viscontea ceiling lamps (1960), and the Gatto table lamp (1961).
Other of the important lamp designs by Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni for FLOS are the Beehive -or Splügen Braü lamp (1961), Toio –or Toy lamp...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
Leola Flushmount Sciolari Light Fixture Dark Brass, Germany, 1980s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Stunning five-light flush mount light fixture in brass can be used as wall or ceiling light.
Sockets: 5 x E27 standard bulbs - max 60 watts each
Light bulbs are not included. It is ...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Stilux Sconces White Lucite and Brass, Italian Lighting, 1970s
By Stilux
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful pair of mid-century sconces in white white perspex, aluminum and brass, produced by Stilux in the 70s in Italy.
These beautiful wall lamps feature an elegant curved hook...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
One of the Three Brass and Blown Murano Glass Wall Light or Flushmounts, 1960s
By Hillebrand
Located in Rijssen, NL
Stunning high-end brass and Murano glass wall light by Hillebrand. Manufactured in the late 1960s-early 1970s. The brass backplate holds a huge heavy blown glass with three brass bra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Ceramic Ceiling or Wall Lamp, Germany, Around 1970s
Located in Wien, AT
Ceramic ceiling or wall lamp, Germany, around 1970s.
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Large Rare 1960s G.C.M.E. Brass & Textured Glass Flush Mount
By G.C.M.E
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Rare 1960s G.C.M.E. Brass & Textured Glass Flush Mount. Executed in brass-colored anodized aluminum with pressed textured glass diffuser. A highly functional and sculptural flu...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Hive Flushmount by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian modern Murano flushmount with glossy gray Murano glass shades, mounted on solid brass frame in satin finish, designed by Fabio Bergomi for Fabio Ltd / Made in Italy
6 lights ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass
Psychedelic Lava Glas Amber Cream Flush Wall or Ceiling Light 1970s, Belgium
Located in Andernach, DE
Beautifully designed flush mount wall or ceiling lamp, atrributed to Massive Lighting of Belgium in the late 70s.
Psychedelic Amber lava streams running down the sides past raised sa...
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Late 20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
German Vintage Geometric Glass Ceiling or Wall Lights Flushmounts, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
ONE of... beautiful hand blown bubble glass flushmount.
Germany, 1960s.
Sockets: One x E27 (US E26).
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
Bespoke Italian Ceiling Lamp "Half Sputnik" in polished brass
Located in Milano, IT
This ceiling lamp is a reinterpretation of the classic "Sputnik" chandelier from the 1950s. It has been conceived with a smaller encumbrance while maintaining the numerous light poin...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass
1 of 3 Large Sconce or Flush Mount Light Koch & Lowy by Peill Putzler, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
1 of 4 Large Wall Sconce or Flush mount light Koch & Lowy by Peill Putzler, Germany, 1970s
Dimensions
Height: 5.12 in. x Diameter: 13 in.
Height: 13 cm x Diameter: 32 cm
A special ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Italian Ceramic Sconces / Flush Mounts, 2 Pairs Available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage mid-century Italian wall lights or flush mounts with black and white ceramic plates / Made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: diameter 12 inches, depth 3 inches
1 light / E26 or...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Franco Luce Murano Glass Chrome Six Arm Leaf Lily Chandelier
By Franco Luce
Located in Wayne, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Franco Luce Murano Glass Chrome Six Arm Leaf Lily Chandelier . The leaves vary in length and width. Approx 4 different length, which is consistent with hand blown ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
1 of 4 Huge Kalmar Ice Glass Flush Mount, Austria, 1960s
Located in Aachen, NRW
1 of 4 stunning huge flush mounts by Kalmar, Austria, manufactured in the 1960s.
Each flush mount is composed of nine-thick textured glass elements attached to a white metal frame.
...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
Huge Sunburst Brass and Glass Chandelier, Stilnovo Style, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Aachen, NRW
Stunning midcentury sunburst chandelier, in Stilnovo style made in the 1950s.
Very elegant and rare version with handmade glass shades.
High quality and in very good condition. Clea...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass
Large Catena Ceiling Fixture Murano Glasses by Kalmar, Austria, 1960
Located in Aachen, NRW
Massive Kalmar model "Catena" pattern flush mount chandelier, the Chrome backplate supporting 18 large twisted and organically curved ribbon-form pieces of foam glass. Gorgeous and d...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Large Dome Sergio Mazza Flush Mount in Brass and Glass
By Sergio Mazza
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
This round wall sconce, designed by Sergio Mazza, doubles as a ceiling fixture. It features a large curved glass adorned with his distinctive carved designs, all set within a sleek c...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
J.T. Kalmar Franken Amber and Clear Flush Mount, Austria, 1960
Located in Rijssen, NL
A rare flushmount, gorgeous and stylish ceiling lamp, manufactured by Kalmar Franken, Austria, 1960s, with a handcrafted thick ice glass plate attached to the center. With brass colo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
1960 Italy Venini 'Swirl' Chandelier with Twisted Amber & Clear Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant swirl chandelier designed by Paolo Venini with thirty-seven large, twisted, amber and clear Murano glasses suspended in two stages around a chromed brass frame, which thanks ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Ceiling lamp model 971-135/20 by Yki Nummi for Orno, Finland, 1970s
Located in Forserum, SE
A bronzed metal ceiling fixture, model 971-135/20, by Yki Nummi for the Finnish manufacturer Orno. It features a minimalist design with a cylindrical frame and a removable metal diff...
Category
1970s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
One of Two Italian Tole Flowers Polychrome Chandeliers
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two Italian tole flower polychrome chandeliers.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Tôle, Metal
Palmette Chandelier by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Palmette chandelier shown in clear Murano glass leaves mounted on unlacquered natural brass finish frame with frosted bottom glass diffusers / Made in Italy
Length 66 inches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass
Bubble Glass Wall Lamp or Flush Light
Located in München, DE
Wonderful bubble glass wall or ceiling lamp from the 1960s.
Fantastic design and high quality workmanship.
The lamp impresses with its spectacular pl...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
Finnish mid-century modern flushmount lamp, pohjoismainen sähkö oy
Located in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi
Introducing the PSO Mid-Century Modern Flushmount Lamp, a sleek and stylish lighting option for any vintage or modern space. This impeccable Finnish ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Spectacular Murano Glass Sunburst Flower Chandelier by Venini VeArt, Italy 1970s
By VeArt
Located in Aachen, NRW
Spectacular Murano glass and brass sunburst flower chandelier by Venini for VeArt, Italy 1970s
Stunning shape and a great light effect.
All glasses are in good condition, small signs...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass
Scandinavian Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1950s
Located in Oslo, NO
Decorative ceiling light with embossed and multicolored glass shade, with a base in porcelain. Designed and made in Norway from circa 1950s first half. The lamp is fully working and in very good vintage condition. The lamp uses...
Category
1950s Scandinavian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
Murano ceiling lamp - 32 smoked fern glasses
By Mazzega
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Spectacular ceiling lamp
p with 32 Murano smoked leaves in golden painted metal frame. Elegant lighting object.
Period: late 20th century
Dimensions: 17.50 inches (45 cm) height; 21...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Capiz Shell Wall or Flush Lamp
Located in München, DE
Beautiful floral shell wall or ceiling lamp from the 1970s.
Exceptional design and high-quality workmanship.
The design creates a fantastic play of light.
Condition:
Very good vint...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
Applique - Wall Sconce Made in Murano , Leucos by Roberto Pamio 1970's
Located in Milano, IT
Murano Lamp - Decorative Glass Light - Wall Light - Vintage lighting
Vintage flush mount lamp in hand-blown Murano glass. The lamp is round and fluid, in clear glass, with a circul...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
1960s Rund Glass Bubble Fish Flush Mount Ceiling Lamp Wall Light, White, Germany
Located in Andernach, DE
Gorgeous flush base ceiling or wall lamp in the style of Helena Tynell.
Comes in a round rocky shape with a 60s-70s abstract design of geometric fishes, arranged in an endless patte...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pendant by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Model 1933, Italy, 1961
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
An iconic design pendant by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, Model 1933, Italy, 1961. Organically shaped double lens cut panels of thick profiled polished Murano glass with sandblasted ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass
Icon Chandelier by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian modern chandelier or flushmount shown with smoked amber curved Murano glass shade with a beveled edge and frosted conical glass, mounted on dark bronzed hardware / Designed b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass
Set of 2 Space Age Table Lamps by Doria Germany, 1970s
Located in Schwerin, MV
1 pair of table lamps with ice glass balls on a chrome base from Doria - model no. 1280, West Germany. The lamp impresses with its 70s design, solid workmanship and good original con...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Flush Mount Light Fixture by Rupert Nikoll, Textured Glass Patinated Brass, 1960
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A fantastic and exceptional flush mount light by Rupert Nikoll, Vienna, manufactured in Austria in midcentury, circa 1960 (late 1950s or early 1960s).
The textured glass is similar t...
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Large Sunburst Crown Flush Mount Light Fixtures in Wrought Gilt Iron
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of large neoclassical gold gilt iron sunburst crown flushmounts / pendants, Spain, 1940s.
A pair of large (19.7 in) neoclassical style three-lig...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Iron, Gold Leaf
Pair of Large German Vintage Glass Flower Ceiling or Wall Flush Mounts 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of beautiful textured bubble glass flush mounts.
Germany, 1960s.
Measures:
Diameter 12".
Lamp sockets: Two x E27 (us E26)
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Glass
1960s Chrome 'Tromba' Ceiling Lamp Attributed to Franco Albini for Sirrah
By Sirrah, Franco Albini
Located in Glendale, CA
1960s Chrome 'Tromba' Ceiling Lamp Attributed to Franco Albini for Sirrah
Executed in chrome and white painted metal interior with a sculptural form characteristic of the most refin...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
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