Mid-Century Modern 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 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: Silver
Chic Grand Kaiser Primat Ice Textured Crystal Plafoniere / Flush Mount
Located in Kingston, NY
Chic Grand Primat Ice textured crystal drum Plafoniere / flush mount by Kaiser Leuchten. Silvered frame and 38 ice crystal glass tubes.
Made in Germany...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair Bakalowits Sconces Wall Lamps Faceted Crystal Glass Silver Metal 1960s
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Beautiful midcentury pair of Bakalowits sconces or wall lamps, Austria, circa 1960s. The high quality lights are made of silvered brass metal with a very nice characteristic patina and faceted crystal glass. They are 25 cm / 9.84 inches wide, 16 cm / 6.30 inches tall and 16 cm / 6.30 inches deep. Each lamp takes three E14 standard screw bulbs to illuminate. Wiring is very good so they are fine working and ready to use. Both have an integrated threat-switch which can easily activated if needed or desired. When illuminated they give a sparkling warm glow.
For more fantastic matching Mid-Century Modern or Scandinavian Modern interior design and antique vintage lighting...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Vintage Silver Chandelier/Zukov, 1950s
By Zukov
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
made of metal, glass
re-polished
fully functional
original condition.
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Pair of 1970's Maison Arlus Silver Hand Wall Sconces
By Arlus
Located in Hastings, GB
An Incredibly rare pair of new old stock Maison Arlus hand wall lights, finished in bright chrome, these lights have never been used and are in as new condi...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Partisans Gweilo Zhou V GR Silver Anodised for Parachilna
By PARTISANS
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gweilo Zhou V GR by Partisans
It’s name means ghost in chinese. Makes sense when you look at it, right? Made from hand-molded acrylic.
Suspension lamp. Hand-moulded, transparent ac...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Acrylic
20th Century Lino Sabattini Pair of Table Lamps in Silver for Christofle, 70s
Located in Turin, Turin
Lino Sabattini was an Italian artist. He worked at a brassware store, where he also learned metalworking techniques. At the age of 30 he moved to Milan, where he opened a small works...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
1950s Modernist Space Age Silver Dome Pendant Lamp
By Bauhaus
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Modernist Space Age Aluminum Pendant Lamp
unmarked
14 diameter x 35 h
original vintage unrestored condition
See all images provided.
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Silver Pop Art Space Age Mirror Wall Light by Eglo Light Germany, 1980s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall light
Producer:
EGLO Lights, Germany
Origin:
Germany
Age:
1980s
original vintage wall light designed and produced by EGLO Leuchten in Germany in the 1980s...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Stilnovo Silver and Etched Glass Chandelier made in Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Montréal, QC
Four light silver chandelier manufactured in the 1950s and attributed to Stilnovo. Enamelled brass body, silver plated brass fittings, etched glass globes, silver plated steel stem.
...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass, Enamel, Steel
Silver Pop Art Space Age Mirror Wall Light by Eglo Light Germany, 1980s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall light
Producer:
EGLO Lights, Germany
Origin:
Germany
Age:
1980s
original vintage wall light designed and produced by EGLO Leuchten i...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Stig Lindberg 'Grazia' for Gustavsberg Table Lamp Sweden 1960 Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Table lamp by Stig lindberg model from serie Grazia" made for Gustavsberg in Sweden around 1960.
White glaze, silver decoration of plant ornamentation. Marked "Made in Sweden Gustavsberg 217". Height 21 cm without the shade structure...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver
Mat Silver Colored Semi Pendant Lamp by Bonderup & Torsten Thorup for F&M
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This famous model 'Semi' or 'witch hat' pendant lamp was designed by Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup for Fog & Mørup in 1968. An iconic pendant that is ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
1960s Stilnovo Silver Demilune Aluminum Pendant Lamp Milan Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Stilnovo silver Demilune Aluminum pendant lamp Milan Italy
Unmarked, attribution Stilnovo.
Silver dome in aluminum and plexiglass.
Lamp...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
LUnnone Sconce AS
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Perforated LUnnone sconce by Lumfardo Luminaires in an aged silver finish. The sconce can be either mounted with the larger shade facing up or facing do...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver
Stilux Tubular Steel Minimalist Sculptural Chandelier 1970s Silver
By Stilux
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Stilux tubular steel minimalist sculptural chandelier 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Italian Vintage Barovier Toso Crystal Textured Murano Glass Satin Silver Sconces
Located in New York, NY
An extraordinary Venetian organic sculpture pair of crystal clear Murano glass modern wall lights by Barovier Toso, with a cone shape, realized using the Rostrato technique that Baro...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs Lighting 1987 Silver Finish Floor Lamp America
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant adjustable Steel floor lamp in Silver Finish from the 1987 designed by Robert Sonneman and made by George Kovacs Lighting.
Uses a Halogen bulb with max. 40 watts.
Comes with ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel, Iron
Murano Italian Mid-Century Glass and Silver Metal Pendant Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century (1940s) pendant chandelier consisting of stylized transparent glass leaves blossoming off sphere-capped silver metal tubular rods with light sockets radiating fro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Model EB 27 Wall Light by Eduard-Wilfrid Buquet
By Tecnolumen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model EB 27 wall light by Eduard-Wilfrid Buquet. Originally designed in 1927. Current production manufactured in Germany for Tecnolumen. Silver plated m...
Category
2010s German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver
Mid-Century /Modern Silver plated Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A simple design of a double arm sconce with a Feather designed applique on top . All cast in Bronze and hi-polished Silver Plated finish . They are produced after the style of Tommy...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Maison Charles Ear of Corn Lamp, c1970
Located in London, GB
Pair of silvered and gold gilt bronze lamps, each depicting an ear of corn.
France c1970.
Re wired and fully functional. Each lamp takes 2 x bulbs.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate
Disderot Style Sconce AS
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sharp looking aged silver perforated sconces in the style of French designer Disderot. In painted perforated steel and silver plated brass. Priced individually. Lightbulbs and mounti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver, Brass, Steel
Mazzega 1960s Italian Art Deco Design White and Silver Murano Glass Bowl Sconce
By Mazzega
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern Venetian wall light of organic design with Hollywood glamour, vintage creation by Mazzega in Art Deco style, entirely handcrafted, ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver, Brass
Vintage Decalcomania Lamp Silver Leaf and Botanical Vines, Circa 1960's
Located in Rochester, NY
Vintage decalcomania lamp decorated with the silver leaf and botanical vines. Circa 1960's. Crystal ball finial. Decalcomania is a decorative technique by which engravings and prints...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver Leaf
Achille Castiglioni for Flos Italian Modern 'Taccia' Table Lamp, Large, Silver
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Italian modern 'Taccia' table lamp designed by Achille Castiglioni for Flos in the 1960s. The aluminum and polished steel metal base is topped with an inverted glass...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Mid-Century Silver, Black and Crystal Atr. to Sciolari
Located in Canton, MA
Mid-Century Modern chandelier. Aged silverplate with long hanging beaded crystals and dramatic black candlecovers. Polished, restored, and rewired. Ready to hang.
Dimensions:
He...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver
Artisan Murano Glass Table Lamp with Silver Leaf Accents
Located in New York, NY
Murano sommerso clear and white, ribbed glass table lamp with bullicante and gold leaf inclusions. Carved wood base & ball finial finished in antiqued silver leaf. In the manner of B...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome, Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf
Rare 'Crystal Palace' Wall or Ceiling Lamp for RAAK, 1970s, 3 available
By RAAK
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This very special and hard to find lamp, the 'Crystal Palace', was made by RAAK in the 1970s. It is made of crystal glass and the crystal 'fingers' are silver-colored at the back. Th...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Silver Glass Flushmount Light by Emil Stejnar for H. Richter, 1950’s
By Emil Stejnar
Located in Hastings, GB
Emil Stejnar (Austria) sunburst flushmount light, designed for the H. Richter company 1950’s.
Very elegant rare silver backed flushmount wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Silverplate Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Silver plate Table lamp base - this shade is not included, but we can fabricate a shade for an additional fee. A stunning and impressive lamp for any area of the home - bedroom, gues...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate
1 (of 4) Pair of Silver Artemide Shogun Wall Lights by Mario Botta, 1980s
By Artemide, Mario Botta
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant pair of Artemide Shogun Parete wall lamps designed by Mario Botta for Artemide, Milano, Italy in 1980s. Marked on the frame. Mario Botta is a postmodern Swiss architect and designer, renowned for his striking geometric forms.
Artemide is a Italian manufacturer founded by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza in 1960. The design of the lamp is based upon the form of a samurai’s visor. The two perforated silver enameled steel sheet shades are adjustable, which creates a great light / shadow effect.
The Shogun wall lamp...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Gaetano Sciolari Sirius Silver Plated Midcentury Chandelier, Lightolier, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
An impressive Modernist chandelier from the 1960s, model Sirius", designed by Gaetano Sciolari for Lightoiler, Italy. Made from silvered brass. The chandelier has three arms and offe...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver, Brass
Gople Classic Ceiling Light in Chrome/Silver for Artemide
By Artemide
Located in Glendale, CA
Gople classic ceiling light in chrome/silver for Artemide.
The Gople lamp is the latest product in the ongoing collaboration between Artemide and Bjarke I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of Two Silver Globes "Sputnik" Design Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Two chromed "Sputnik"pendant lights. In each light goes 13x E14 light bulbs.
The lights have a diameter of 40 cm and one light is 80 cm high and the other 100 cm high.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Pair of 1960 Austria Bakalowits Wall Sconces Facetted Crystals and Silver Plated
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant sconces with faceted crystals on 4 tiers mounted on silver-plated wall frame. High quality workmanship. Made for eternity.
Manufactured by Bakalowits & Sons, Vienna, Austri...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Silver Plate
Tommi Parzinger Urn-Shaped Silver Plated Table Lamp, 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Neoclassical urn-shaped silver-plated table lamp with open back and top by Tommi Parzinger for Lightolier, Heritage Silver collection, American, 1940s.
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Bitossi for Bergboms Table Lamp, Ceramic, Dark Silver Metallic, Geometic, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Bergboms table lamp, ceramic, dark silver metallic, signed. Tall cylinder body with stepped neck glazed in a dark pewter or silver metallic and decorated with bands of ha...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Vienna Lobmeyr / Bakalowits & Sons Large Chandelier Crystal & Brass
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant large and very impressive chandelier with faceted crystals on a brass frame. Manufactured by Lobmeyr / Bakalowits & Sons in Vienna, Austria in the 1960s.
Measures: diameter...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
VeArt 1960s Italian Pair of Copper Silver Speckles Black Murano Glass Urn Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Italian vintage lamps commissioned to VeArt by Pauly & C. (VeArt-Venini and Pauly & C. labels), in black blown murano glass worked with the highest quality of technique cal...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver, Copper
Beautiful Mid Century Ceiling Lamp by the Vereinigte Werkstätten Silver-Plated
Located in München, DE
Beautiful and rare large mid century ceiling lamp by the Vereinigte Werkstätten.
Very nice mid century slat design with dome shape.
He...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
1960s European Chandelier Three Light Dangling Pendant Lamp Silver Spiral Coil
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration:
1960s European Chandelier Hanging Pendant Three Lamp Light in a Fabulous Silver Spiral Coil design
Shade has a plastic cover where the spring circular coil fi...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel
20th Century Italian Silver Pair of Murano Glass Sommerso Leaf Wall Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large silver, slightly arched, vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian pair of wall sconces made of hand blown Murano Glass Sommerso, supported by a brass structure, imitating a leaf. E...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Metal
Large Bakalowits Semi Flush Mount Chandelier Silver Crystal Glass 1950s Lobmeyr
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Large and early midcentury Bakalowits semi flushmount chandelier or ceiling light, Austria around 1950s. The precious chandelier is made of ...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass
Ercole Barovier Toso Murano Opal White Chalcedony Italian Art Glass Pendant Lamp
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Rare, extra large, vintage Murano hand blown opalescent white Italian art glass hanging pendant lamp shade with crown decoration. Documented to desi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver Leaf
Wall Lamp Sculpture Pistillo Studio Tetrarch for Valenti 1970 Silver Round
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Wall lamp sculpture Pistillo Studio Tetrarch for Valenti 1970 silver round
1-light bulb E27 max 150 watt.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Plexiglass
Table Lamp, Gae Aulenti, Livio Castiglioni, Stilnovo, 1970s, Italy
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Pambio Noranco, CH
Table lamp model "trepiu" by Gae Aulenti and Livio Castiglioni for Stilnovo in black plastic and silver and metal base.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Silver
Gerald Benney Silver Candelabra, Mid-Century Modern Design, London, 1963
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1963 by Gerald Benney, this very handsome pair of Mid-Century Modern, sterling silver candelabra, will each hold three candles, and feature a bark effect fini...
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jacques Moniquet Silver Plated Table Lamp, Cheret Edition, circa 1975, France
By Moniquet
Located in Brussels, BE
Beautiful Jacques Moniquet table lamp, Cheret Edition Paris, circa 1975, France.
Compressed silver plated metal, new white fabric shade.
Stamped edition Cheret AAM, Paris.
Each piece...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Dandelion Sputnik Chandelier by Emil Stejnar, Austria, 1955
Located in Amsterdam, NL
'Dandelion' Sputnik chandelier by Emil Stejnar, Vienna, Austria, 1955. Produced by Rupert Nikoll. This chandelier is made of faceted glass in the shapes of snowflakes. The Sputnik-li...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver
1980 Italian Vintage Nickel Pair of Tall Silver Color Murano Glass Leaf Sconces
Located in New York, NY
1980s Vintage organic modern pair of huge Venetian leaf-shape murano glass wall lights with Art Deco Design, stunning large size, decorated in silver finish overlaid in clear glass t...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver Leaf, Nickel, Metal
Vintage Pair of English Silver Plated Eight-Light Chandeliers, circa 1950
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage pair of English silver plated eight-light chandeliers from the mid-20th century, with large scrolling arms. Created in England during the mid-20th century, each of this pair of chandeliers attracts the attention with its silver plated finish and elegant lines. Great pairs are hard to find, this one is a must have! The central baluster-shaped column resting on a sphere, supports eight large scrolling arms with simple bobèches and candle sleeves. Wired for the US, this pair of English light...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate
Table Lamp Harvey Guzzini Italian Design Lucite Steel Silver
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Harvey Guzzini table lamp Lucite steel Italian design 1970s silver.
In the upper part it has an E27 bulb max 80 watts, in the lower part inside 3 bulbs E14 Max 40 Watts.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Silver Colored Mushroom Shaped Table Lamp by Doria
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This Mid-Century Modern table lamp was made by Doria. It has a black cast iron foot in the shape of a tulip. The chrome 'bar' carrying the shade is beautifully thin and goes on above...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome, Iron
Tommi Parzinger Silver Urn Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant silver plated urn lamp, designed by Tommi Parzinger, American, circa 1950s. This example allows both uplight and backlit. Retains warm original patina. Rewired and ready to use.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Italian Pendant Light in Silver Metal, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Italian pendant light in silver metal, 1960s
Variable height.
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Cubic Perforated Table Lamp Italian Design 1970s Silver Color Steel Sonneman
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Cubic perforated table lamp Italian design 1970s silver color steel Sonneman attributed.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Silver Cerused and Brushed Aluminum Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This striking Mid-Century Modern floor lamp was realized in the United States circa 1950. It features a inverse hourglass form silver cerused body that flares at its center with an a...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Pendant Lamp in Carl Fagerlund Style made of Silver and Glass, 1960s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
This pendant lamp in the style of Swedish Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors was produced in the 1960s. The piece is made of silver/chrome metal and fe...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Mid-century Modern lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern lighting>lighting 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 lighting created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern lighting made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original lighting, popular names associated with this style include J.T. Kalmar, Fabio Ltd, Glashütte Limburg, and Kalmar Lighting. 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 lighting differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $45 and tops out at $355,000 while the average work can sell for $2,150.
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