Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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 legendary 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.
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.
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Color: Black
Large 1950s Wall Light Sculpture with Fish and Shells
By Moysia
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large 1950s wall light sculpture with fish and shells.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Serge Mouille Mid-Century Modern Black Saturn Wall Lamp
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sconce wall lamp model 'Saturn Wall Lamp' designed by Serge Mouille in 1957.
Manufactured by Editions Serge Mouille in France. The production of lamps, wall lights and floor lamps a...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Brass
'LP Grand Suspended' Pendant Lamp for Louis Poulsen in Matte Black
Located in Glendale, CA
'LP Grand Suspended' pendant lamp for Louis Poulsen in Matte Black.
The circular luminaire emits a combination of softly diffused, glare-free, downwardly directed light and reflec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Stainless Steel, Aluminum
Serge Mouille - Flame Wall Sconce
Located in Stratford, CT
DESCRIPTION:
An elegant twist of metal results in a lamp that illuminates upwards while creating playful shadows through the elongated metal with tapered ending. Totally unique, this...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Serge Mouille Mid-Century Modern Black Curved Bibliothèque Ceiling Lamp Set
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ceiling lamp model 'Curved Bibliothèque ceiling lamp' designed by Serge Mouille in 1953.
Manufactured by Editions Serge Mouille in France. The production of lamps, wall lights and f...
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2010s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Bronze
Italian Mid-Century Glass and Brass Applique attribuite to Carlo Mollino, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century glass and brass applique, attributed to Carlo Mollino, possibly made by Colli, circa 1960
Set of four colored wall lamps with brass structure and cylindrical glas...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Rene Mathieu Swing Arm Black Steel & Brass Sconce, French, Mid-Century Modern
By Rene Mathieu
Located in Miami, FL
Superb brass & black finished steel push on swing arm sconce by Rene Mathieu, adjustable sconce.
US rewired and in working condition, takes 1 light, 60 watts max bulb.
Custom back-...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Swedish Adjustable Wall Light Task Light Black Lacquer Metal Brass Sweden 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
An adjustable functionalist wall light / task light. Designed and produced in Sweden, 1940s-1950s.
Features brass and black-lacquered metal.
Dimensions listed are as its illust...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Square Limburg Flush Mount Lights Sconces, Textured Glass Black Metal 1970, Pair
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A pair of square modernist flush mount light fixtures or sconces by Glashütte Limburg, manufactured in midcentury, circa 1970 (late 1960s or early 1970s). A black lacquered metal bac...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Large Serge Mouille 'Appliqué Deux Bras Pivotants un Courbe' Wall Lamp in Black
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Serge Mouille 2-arm wall lamp with straight and curved rotating arms. Originally designed in 1953, this iconic lamp is still made by Edition Serge Mouille in France using many ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Brass
LUcrown "PS" Sconce by Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by 1950s Italian Design, this custom sconce is a companion piece to our large LUcrown chandelier. Single medium based socket. Dark patinated steel finish (shade) and lightly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Steel, Brass
Elegant Pair of Mid-Century Modern French Sconces by Maison Arlus
By Arlus
Located in Paris, FR
Very elegant French Mid-Century Modern pair of sconces with a brass reflector and satin white opalines by Maison Arlus editions, France, circa 1955.
In a very good general conditi...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Single Wall Light by Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Single wall light by Stilnovo. Manufactured in Italy, circa 1950's. Enameled metal, brass. Rewired for U.S. standards. Shade adjust to va...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Serge Mouille Mid-Century Modern Black Five Rotating Straight Arms Wall Lamp
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp model 'Four Rotating Straight Arms Wall Lamp' designed by Serge Mouille in 1954.
Manufactured by Editions Serge Mouille in France. The production of lamps, wall lights and...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Brass
Serge Mouille Mid-Century Modern Black Conche Wall Lamp Set
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sconce wall lamp model 'Conche Wall Lamp' designed by Serge Mouille in 1962.
Manufactured by Editions Serge Mouille in France. The production of lamps, wall lights and floor lamps a...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Bronze
Pair of "RAAK" Black Adjustable Wall Lamps, 1960s
By RAAK
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wall lights by RAAK Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1960s. Adjustable to any direction you choose, to use as ambience lighting or as direct spot. Can also be used without aluminum shade....
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
Pair of Painted Aluminium Wall Lamps, 1950s
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of wall lamps in painted aluminum from the 1950s.
They are made of painted aluminum. The frame is elongated and can accommodate a single light. These wall lamps are great for m...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Black Gesto Wall Lamp by Bruno Gecchelin for Skipper, 1975
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Large Gesto wall lamp by Bruno Gecchelin for Skipper.
After the successful Mezzaluna series Bruno Gecchelin created Gesto in 1975. Initially it was produced as a floor lamp with a...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern Green Glass Sconces in Style of Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Mid-Century Modern glass wall lights with half-moon shaped panels of glass forming a semicircle around a single light fixture. Producing ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
BL10 Wall Lamp, Chrome
Located in Berkeley, CA
BL10 wall lamp – chrome
Initially adopted by tailors due to its flexible arm and the possibility to direct the light without making shadows, the Bestlite BL1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Cobra Wall Lamp, Black
Located in Berkeley, CA
The distinctive Cobra wall lamp is designed by Greta M. Grossman in the 1950s, taking its name from the oval shade, playfully resembling the snake’s ho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Mirrored Glass Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair of very unusual Mid-Century Modern mirrored glass and gilt metal sconces.
Category
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Flower Sconces at Cost Price
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Pair of "Bijoux" all sconces in patinated brass and alabaster flower.
Frabce, 2016.
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Italian, Wall Lights, Brass, Black Lacquer Metal, Teak, Milk Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of wall light / sconces. Designed and produced in Italy, 1950s. Features brass, black-lacquered metal, teak, and Milk Glass.
Lights presents with beautiful all original pat...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Wall Lights Shield Shaped Steel Brass Black Enamel 1980s Italian Design
Located in London, GB
Pair of Vintage 1980’s Italian design wall lamps. Title “Parabola”
This pair of shield shaped sconcers have a sort of tribal / metropolitan feel and a very pleasant elegant and unusual look.
They are extremely original, made of brass structure, black enamelled steel metal shades with perforated holes that create a nice effect on the walls. Two light bulbs each up to 60 watts. Wired for USA and EU.
The shield shape of this pair of wall lights it’s inspired to some Iconic mid century Italian Design with a great 80’s post...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Brass
Tall Maison Lunel Sconce
By Lunel
Located in Miami, FL
Tall Maison Lunel sconce, 80 inches tall
Can also be use as a floor lamp
US rewired, new shade, refinished.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Steel
Set of 2 Vintage Square Glass and Chrome Wall Lamps, 1970s
Located in Steenwijk, NL
Very nice and decorative wall lamps in the style of Peill and Putzler and Mazzega. This square shaped wall lamp has a chrome wall plate with double layered thick structured purple pr...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Chrome
Italian Mid-Century Steel Iceberg Wall Lamp by Nanda Vigo for Arredoluce, 1970s
By Nanda Vigo, Arredoluce
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century steel iceberg wall lamp by Nanda Vigo for Arredoluce, 1970s.
Iceberg square wall lamp in satin finished steel. The white neon is ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Steel
Vintage Danish Art Glass Wall Sconces by Holmegaard & Dantofte, 1970s
By Holmegaard
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A set of Danish black iron and colored glass sconces. Manufactured and designed in the 1970s as a collaboration between Dantofte and Holmegaard. Measurements: H 16/14 cm (6.2/5.8 inc...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Iron
Serge Mouille Mid-Century Modern Black Four Rotating Straight Arms Wall Lamp
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp model 'Four Rotating Straight Arms Wall Lamp' designed by Serge Mouille in 1954.
Manufactured by Editions Serge Mouille in France. The production of lamps, wall lights and...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Stilnovo, Modernist Wall Lights, Faceted Glass Tiles Darkened Brass, Italy 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of wall lights, design and production attributed to Stilnovo, Italy, 1950s. Features darkened brass and faceted glass tiles.
Other designers of the period include Angelo Le...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Danish Modern Wall Sconce in Blue Glass & Brass from Vitrika
By Vitrika
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Up-light sconce produced by Vitrika in Denmark during the 1960s. It is called Bodegalampet (Design no.: 17019) and is made from brass set with a conical blue cased opaline glass shad...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
1970s Gaetano Sciolari Modern Architectural Plafonnier Chrome Wall Sconce Italy
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Sciolari Style Architectural Plafonnier Chrome Vintage Wall Sconce
18 in diameter x 3.5H
Unmarked
New chrome plating.
It requires 3 E-14 bulbs. Not included.
Wall Sconce Ceil...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Square Limburg Sconces Flush Mount Lights, Textured Glass Black Metal
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A pair of square modernist sconces or flush mount light fixtures by Glashütte Limburg, manufactured in midcentury, circa 1970 (late 1960s or early 1970s). A black lacquered metal bac...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Pair of Mid Century Large Torcheres Wall Sconces by Maison Lunel
By Lunel
Located in Madrid, ES
A pair of Maison Lunel wall lights, in the shape of a torchero, made of gold brass and black lacquered metal, with crystal lampshades, a completely renovated electrical system.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
STILUX Milano Midcentury Black Articulating Wall Light, 1950s
By Stilux
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This 1950s articulating reading light was designed and manufactured in Italy by Stilux Milano. Executed in black lacquered metal and brass. ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Sakura Flush Mount / Sconce by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian flush mount with Murano glass globes mounted on solid brass frame
Designed by Fabio Bergomi / Made in Italy 7 lights / E12 or E14 type / max 40W each
Diameter: 22 inches / ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Minimalist Modern Gothic Style Wrought Iron Exterior Lantern Wall Sconce, Grey
Located in Santa Paula, CA
With clean lines and minimal ornamentation typical of a mid-century design, this unique lantern displays characteristics of Brutalist architecture as well, with its raw, fortress-lik...
Category
2010s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Wrought Iron
Wing Wall Lamp in Black and Chrome by Bruno Gecchelin for O-Luce, 1970s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Bruno Gecchelin designed this halogen wall lamp wing for Italian lighting manufacturer O-Luce in 1973.
The shade is in excellent condition, certai...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Stock of Louis Kalff Philips Wall Sconces in Black and White
By Philips, Louis Kalff
Located in Voorburg, NL
Very subtle Minimalist design by Louis Kallf for Philips (marked) from the Netherlands, 1950s. This metal wall lamp with Perspex white shade really stands out in Dutch design and has...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Steel
Italian Mid-Century Modern Black Pantograph Wall Lamp with Adjustable, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Black pantograph wall lamp with adjustable arm in matt black metal and metal sheet lampshade, silver on the outside and blue on the inside, 1970s.
Excellent condition, plant checked...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Set of Two Wall Lamps by Emil Stejnar for Rupert Nikol, 1950s
By Emil Stejnar
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Austria in 1950s.
Lacquered brass with age patina.
Crystal in perfect condition.
40W, E25-E27 bulbs.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Black Murano Uplight Sconce by Barovier e Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian uplight wall sconce with black murano glass shade and clear graniglia glass leaf mounted on brass frame / Made in Italy by Barovier e T...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Pair of 1960s Wall Sconces in the Style of Hans - Agne Jakobsson, Skandinavia
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A stunning pair of brass and small air bubble smoked grey glass wall sconces. Each consisting of a stylish Mid-Century Modern style design. Each fixture requires a European E14 / 110...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage French Petite Spot Lights/ Wall Sconces, Pair
By Jacques Biny
Located in East Hampton, NY
Attributed to Jacques Biny, these fully articulating petite spot lights with exterior silk wiring (see detail images). Very whimsical and perfect for library, art, shelves, etc.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Metal
Pair of Custom Brass and Black Metal Mid-Century Style Sconces by Adesso Imports
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom brass and black metal mid-century style sconces by Adesso Imports. Can be done in different metals.
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
1980 French J.C. Peiré Pair of Black & White Ceramic Biceps Wall Lights
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Outstanding black & white ceramic wall sconces by J.C. Peiré, France.
Measures: 13.4" x 7" x 7" in. (34 x 18 x 18 cm).
Lighting: takes two...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Ceramic
Lulux Sconces by Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom-made Classic nickel, brass and aluminium Lulux sconces in satin nickel brass and painted aluminum in a custom color. Inspired by 1950s, Italian midcentury design. Single mediu...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Nickel
Cobra Wall Lamp, Hard Wired, Black
Located in Berkeley, CA
The distinctive cobra wall lamp is designed by Greta M. Grossman in the 1950s, taking its name from the oval shade, playfully resembling the snake’s ho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Vittoriano Viganò 'VV Cinquanta' Sconces in Black and Brass for Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Vittoriano Viganò 'VV Cinquanta' sconces in black and brass for Astep.
Viganò was the art director of Arteluce, the company founded by his creative partner Gino Sarfatti, a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Stilnovo Style Diabolo Model Brass Table Lamp with Carrara Marble Base
By Stilnovo
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Brass table lamp, the lamp holder is made of metal externally painted black and internally creamy white, has two attacks for direct light and indirect light, the lamp body can rotate 360 °, while the two brass bars are connected by a joint that allows you to adjust the height and turn the lamp to the right or left, all to be able to position it according to your wishes or your needs of furniture; the massive base is made with the "Bianco di Carrara" a type of marble that is extracted from the quarries of the Apuan Alps in the territory of Carrara (Italy), universally known as one of the most valuable marbles in the world. It is one of the varieties of the famous "Pietra viva" and it is not by chance that all the greatest sculptors and artists in history (Michelangelo, Donatello, Bernini, Canova) have created their most famous works with this excellent variety of marble, with such elegant colors that it seems almost ethereal. The lamp, which was built in an artisan workshop in Milan between 1960 and 1963 is in perfect style Stilnovo Diabolo model, a product 100% made in Italy. Founded in Milan by Bruno Gatta, in 1946, Stilnovo was for years the most important reality in the world of lighting equipment design. It was a laboratory and a hotbed of ideas during the post-war reconstruction and the following economic boom; the most prestigious names in Italian design have collaborated with Stilnovo, such as Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Joe Colombo, Danilo and Corrado Aroldi, Roberto Beretta, Antonio Macchi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Pairs of Articulating Sconces Model 2085
By Stilnovo
Located in New York, NY
Stilnovo set of six articulating sconces model 2085 with black lacquered perforated metal shades which pivot vertically on brass arms attached to original backplates. Retains original manufacturers label marked STILNOVO. Recently restored and rewired to U.S. standards with custom backplates.
Sold and priced as pairs.
Literature:
Thomas Brauniger, Stilnovo Apparecchi per l'illuminazione, Luminaires...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Metal
2 Pairs of Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Metal & Brass Sconces by Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in New York, NY
2 pairs of Italian Mid-Century Modern wall sconces / lights by Stilnovo. The sconces reflectors are in black enameled metal with solid brass hardware and pivot to multiple angles to ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Set of Three Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Copper Sconces, 1960s
Located in Munich, DE
Set of three extremely rare and highly decorative Mid-Century Modern sconces. Designed & manufactured probably in Scandinavia, 1960s.
Executed in partly enameled and perforated co...
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1960s Scandinavian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Copper
Serge Mouille "Cocotte" Table or Wall Lamp in Black
Located in Glendale, CA
Serge Mouille "Cocotte" table or wall lamp in black. Originally designed in 1957, this iconic lamp is still made by Edition Serge Mouille in France using many of the same small-scale...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Steel, Aluminum, Brass
Maison Lancel French Mid-Century Modern Pair 2 Light Chrome & Wood Wall Sconces
Located in Miami, FL
Very elegant pair of circa 1960 2 Light chrome and black sconces for Maison Lancel, France.
Wired for US and in working condition. Each wall sconce takes 2-light bulb with max. 40 w...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Pair of French Sconces by Maison Lunel
By Lunel
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of opposite 3 arms sconces designed by Lunel, Paris, France.
Circa 1960.
US wired and in working condition each Sconce takes 3 max. 40 watts per bulb.
Measures: Back plate 3 inc...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Andre Arbus Pair of Bronze Sconces , 4 Pairs Available, Priced by Pair
By André Arbus
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of French sconces figuring hands holding a torche André Arbus style. Coming from an hotel in Paris 4 pairs available, Priced by pair. US rewired and in working condition. One li...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Mid-century Modern wall lights and sconces for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern wall lights and sconces for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage wall lights and sconces created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, mirrors, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern wall lights and sconces made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall lights and sconces, popular names associated with this style include J.T. Kalmar, Glashütte Limburg, Kalmar Lighting, and Serge Mouille. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for wall lights and sconces differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $65 and tops out at $119,007 while the average work can sell for $1,956.
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