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.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Number in Set: Set of 4
Piatto Wall Lamp
Located in Westport, CT
Introducing the Piatto wall lamp-—a wildly sculptural light that creates instant drama wherever it goes. Fabricated of spun mesh and solid brass and rooted in French Modernism; Blueprint Lighting's reverent nod to the legacy of Mathieu Matégot. Shown here in Vampire enamel mesh and our hand-finished Oil-Rubbed Bronze hardware, but available in 36 colors and 6 metal finishes. What will you create?
Sconces and wall lights...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Brutalist Sconces, Italy 1960s
Located in Greding, DE
Set of four brown patinated metal wall lamps with disc and leaf shaped elements and two sockets.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Florian Schulz Onos 55 Counterbalance Pendant Lamp in Polished Brass or nickel
Located in Berlin, DE
Iconic design by Florian Schulz. This lamp is in perfect condition and available in nickel or polished brass. The height is adjustable, socket: E27.
To be on the safe side, the lam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Pair of Wall Lamps in brass Model V-324 by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Oslo, NO
Modernist wall lamps in polished brass. This is Model V-324, designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson and made by Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB in Markaryd. Both lamps are fully working and in good ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni 'Minibox' Table Lamp in Black for Stilnovo
By Stilnovo, Gae Aulenti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni 'Minibox' table lamp in black for Stilnovo
Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Large Italian Modern Chandelier 12 Lights, Stilnovo Style
By Stilnovo
Located in Lyon, FR
Beautiful modern chandelier Stilnovo style, structure in brass with opaline light.
12 big exterior globe.
Diameter opaline 14 cm. Bulb E14...
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Three Tier Palmette Sconce by Fabio Ltd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Palmette wall light with 23 clear Murano glass leaves mounted on chrome finish metal frame by Fabio Ltd / Made in Italy
3 lights / E12 or E14 type / max 40W each
Height: 20 i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Model POW 117 Potence Wall Lamp by Pierre Chareau for MCDE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in 1922, this wall lamp is symbolic of Pierre Chareau's cubist inspiration. Like a statue, it stares out from the two alabaster panels forming the face, the metal forming th...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Alabaster, Stainless Steel
Beautiful Murano Glass Tube Chandeliers - 36 clear amber glass tube
By Venini
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage chandeliers in Murano glass and nickel-plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 36 large clear amber glass tubes in a star shape.
Period:late XX cen...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Gold Glass and Brass Wall Light, 1990
Located in Rome, IT
Majestic leaf in Murano glass of a wonderful gold color, made even more beautiful by the polished brass base.
The applique is composed of a brass structure that is attached to the w...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Model SMA 119B Mask Wall Lamp by Pierre Chareau for MCDE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in 1923, the rigorous geometry and single volume of this wall lamp reveal the mineral nature of alabaster and Pierre Chareau's minimalist choice, enhanced by the black metal...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Alabaster, Stainless Steel
Set of Six Pierre Forssell Wall Lights
Located in New York, NY
A great set of 1950s "Pendulum" Swedish brass sconces by Pierre Forssell for Skultuna. Rewired. Matching ball screws for the electrical box. No need for pictured nail once ...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
White Opaline Glass Brass Top Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Opaline glass pendant.
2 meter Black wire
Weight: 2.00 kg / 4.4 lb
Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards for incandescent li...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Charming Amazing Murano glass Chandeliers - 185 PINK poliedri
By Venini
Located in Budapest, HU
Elegant Italian pendant light made from 185 pink Murano glasses "poliedri". Structure in gold and brass colored metal. Period:late xx century
Dimensions: 40,70 inches (105 cm) height...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Large Clear Happy Pendant Light, Line Voltage, Hand Blown Glass - Made to Order
Located in Aliso Viejo, CA
Large clear happy pendant by Siemon & Salazar, made to order.
Measures: 6” T x 7” W.
These works play with the reflective and malleable qualities ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
20th Century Pair of Italian Vintage Murano Glass Tulip Wall Lights, Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century modern Italian pair of small tulip wall lights, lamps made of hand blown smoked Murano Glass, in good condition. Each of the appliques, sconces are particulariz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Huge Italian Murano Glass Spiral Chandeliers, 83 Pink Glass Petals
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Beautiful and huge Italian Murano Chandeliers each composed by 83 splendid glass petals (pink and white “lattimo”) that give a very elegant look. The glasses of this chandelier are r...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Coupé 3320' Black by Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Coupé 3320' designed by Joe Colombo in 1967.
Floor lamp giving direct light, metal lacquered base and structure, revolving and height adjustable chromium-plated arc, lacq...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
1970s Italian Chrome Brass Murano Glass Pendant Light Mazzega Carlo Nason Style
By Mazzega, Carlo Nason
Located in London, GB
An unusual 1970s chrome, brass, wood and Murano glass hanging ceiling light in the style of Carlo Nason for Mazzega. The central Murano glass circular shade with an amber and white ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Leather Table Lamp, Black, Doma, Saddle Lamp Collection
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
The lamps in this collection are inspired by Colombia’s equestrian heritage, layered with a jewel-toned color palette that takes inspiration from the works of
Colombian artist Fernan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vintage Italian Murano Wall Lights, Pink Glass Petals
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair of Vintage Italian Murano wall sconces. Wall lights have 16 pink glasses (for each applique) in a nickel-plated metal frame. Decorative object of great importance.
Period: late...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Leather Arched Sconce, Emerald Green, Small, Doma, Saddle Lamp Collection
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
The lamps in this collection are inspired by Colombia’s equestrian heritage, layered with a jewel-toned color palette that takes inspiration from the works of
Colombian artist Ferna...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
XL 6-Globe Chandelier by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The XL 6-globe chandelier features six arms that are centered on a brass rod. Three of the globes are angled down with brass shades. The other three have powdercoated shades.
The ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Sconces in Murano Glass by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Pair of sconces in sculpted Murano glass
Creation by Studio Glustin.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Bollicine Sputnik Chandelier by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian modern Sputnik chandelier with clear drop shaped Murano glasses hand blown with bubbles within the glass in Bollicine technique, mounted on chrome frame / Designed by Fabio B...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Verner Panton 'Panthella 250' Table Lamp in Brass for Louis Poulsen
Located in Tilburg, NL
Verner Panton 'Panthella' Table Lamp for Louis Poulsen. Designed 1971, current production.
Designed in 1971, Panthella stands out as one of Verner Panton’s design icons with its unique expression where both the stand and the shade served as a reflector, thanks to the organic shapes that are characteristic of the Danish designer. The Panthella 250...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Metal, Aluminum
Brass Candlesticks by Jens Quistgaard
Located in San Francisco, CA
Candlesticks made of brass and stamped accordingly.
Priced per pair and two pairs are available.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Table Lamp by Marianne Koplin, Germany - 1970s
Located in Berlin, DE
Table Lamp by German designer Marianne Koplin, Germany 1970s.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Paper
Vico Magistretti 'Atollo' Small White Glass Table Lamp by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977.
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo has become the archetype of the table ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Opaline Glass
Vintage Donut sconces
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Superb "Donut" wall sconce in plexiglass that can also be used as a suspension.
10 pieces available.
Italy, 1980s
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Plexiglass
Huge Italian Murano Glass Spiral Chandeliers, 83 Amber Glass Petals
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Beautiful and huge Italian Murano Chandeliers each composed by 83 splendid glass petals (amber with white spot) that give a very elegant look. The glasses of this chandelier are real...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Joe Colombo Table Lamp 'Spider' Black by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp 'Spider' designed by Joe Colombo in 1965.
Table lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium.
Manufa...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Model CHE 110 Chinese Lamp for MCDE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Composed of a fixed central alabaster panel and two side panels that pivot in each direction. Painted black metal structure. Wall Mounting available.
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Alabaster, Stainless Steel
Custom Clear Bubble Murano Glass Disc Flush Mount Light
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom clear bubble Murano glass disc flush mount light. Ones are shown in burnished brass and polished chrome. Custom orders are availa...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Brass
Murano Pebble Pendant by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian pendant with a large gray Murano pebble glass shade mounted on brass frame / designed by Fabio Bergomi for Fabio Ltd / Made in Italy
Measures: Di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Long Chandelier in Patinated Brass by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Long chandelier in patinated brass and opaline glass.
Creation by Studio Glustin.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Grand Planetario Brass Chandelier 8 Arms, Brass Shades, Silvio Piattelli Design
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This unique chandelier is inspired by the solar system, with each arm representing a planet, and the central sphere symbolizing the sun. It has a diameter of 60 in. (152 cm).
The ch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Model POT 131 Potence Table Lamp by Pierre Chareau for MCDE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in 1922, this pivoting lamp is symbolic of Pierre Chareau's cubist inspiration. Like a statue, it stares out from the two alabaster panels forming ...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Alabaster, Stainless Steel
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 a sand blasted textured Murano glass diffuser / Made in Italy
Di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Large Charlotte Perriand 'Applique À Volet Pivotant Plié' Wall Light in Aluminum
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Charlotte Perriand 'Applique À Volet Pivotant Plié' Wall Light in Aluminum.
Originally designed in the 1950s as the iconic CP1, these newly produced authorized re-editions ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
1 of the 2 Pair of Wedge-Shaped High End Wall Lights by J.T. Kalmar, 1970s
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful wedge-shaped high end wall lights by J.T. Kalmar, 1970s, Austria.
Quality brass frame in an elegant warm gold color,
The light will bring a touch of intimacy. Suitable for...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Triedri Sputnik Chandelier by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian sputnik chandelier with Murano glasses hand blown into three points using Triedri technique, mounted on 24-karat gold-plated frame / inspired by Venini / Made in Italy
12 lig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Contemporary Pair of Circle Brass and Murano Glass Sconces, Italy
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of brass and Murano glass wall lights lightning pannel lamps sconces. Contemporary work from a small artisanal italian design workshop. In the mood of Mid-Century Modern, Hollyw...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
J.A. Coderch 'Junco' Rattan Cane Wall Lamp for Tunds
Located in Glendale, CA
J.A. Coderch 'Junco' rattan cane wall lamp for Tunds.
Pablo Picasso declared one of J.A. Coderch's bentwood designs to be "the most wonderful pendant lamp of the world." Conceived ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Cane, Rattan
Verner Panton 'Pantop' Table Lamp in Metal and Matte Metallic for Verpan
By Verpan, Verner Panton
Located in Glendale, CA
Verner Panton 'Pantop' table lamp in metal and matte metallic for Verpan
Verner Panton was one of Denmark's most legendary modern furniture and interior designers. His innovative ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Tulip Table Lamp by DesignLine in Green with White Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp after Laurel Lamp company. It features a cast aluminum base in green powder coat with mouth blown frosted white glass shades. It takes one standard b...
Category
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
BOWEN Organic Modern Limited-Edition Walnut Wood 23" Chandelier Pendant
Located in Beaverton, OR
The BOWEN light fixture is a stunning example of contemporary Mid-Century Modern design. With its minimalist silhouette, warm walnut tones, and unique shap...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Bentwood
Striped Ceramic Straight Walled Lamp
Located in Fullerton, CA
It starts off with 1kg of clay for both the top and bottom of the lamp. Thrown on the potters wheel they are left to dry overnight and trimmed, smoothed and fitted together the next ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Murano Glass Chandelier by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
"Bees nest" chandelier in tainted Murano glass and brass structure.
Creation by Studio Glustin.
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Rue Férou by Man Ray Paradisoterrestre Edition
Located in Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT
Designed in 1972 - Paradisoterrestre Edition
Materials: brass-plated metal structure, cardboard canvas light diffuser
Colours: diffuser in white, black, green, blue
“A flash of joy and poetry. The simplest directional lampshade in history meets the objet trouvé. The perfect object was born.”
In the studio located in Rue Férou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Verner Panton 'Pantop' Table Lamp in Metal and Grey Sand for Verpan
By Verner Panton, Verpan
Located in Glendale, CA
Verner Panton 'Pantop' table lamp in metal and grey sand for Verpan
Verner Panton was one of Denmark's most legendary modern furniture and interior designers. His innovative experim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Elegant Glass Tube Chandelier, 30 Albaster White Glasses
By Venini
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage glass chandelier with albaster white glass tubes. The armor polished nickel supports 36 large glass tubes in a star shape. The alabaster technique created in Venetian...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
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 a sand blasted textured Murano glass diffuser / Made in Italy
Di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Customizable 8 Arm 16 Lights Stilnovo Style Chandelier
By Stilnovo
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Customizable Large Stilnovo inspired 8 arm chandelier with 16 lights.
Socket are E12 candelabra size rated at 60 watt for bottom section and 25 watt for top part. No wattage limi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Rostrato Murano Sconces in the Style of Barovier & Toso, Italy 1980s
Located in London, GB
Original Pair of Rostrato Murano sconces in the Style of Barovier & Toso, Italy 1980s.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
PETITE MONOLITH Italian Modern Brass & Enamel Chandelier, Blueprint Lighting
Located in New York, NY
Our Petite Monolith fixture is a more moderately scaled 5-shade version of our wildly successful Monolith chandelier. This go-anywhere design plays well in both modern and tradition...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Copper, Enamel, Stainless Steel
Flute Sconce by Studio DUNN, Made to Order
By Studio DUNN
Located in Rumford, RI
A minimalist wall sconce, this contemporary light fixture adjusts up and down and side to side. The custom-made flute is perfectly proporti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Nickel, Metal
Leather Floor Lamp, Camel, Doma, Saddle Lamp Collection
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
The lamps in this collection are inspired by Colombia’s equestrian heritage, layered with a jewel-toned color palette that takes inspiration from the works of
Colombian artist Ferna...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
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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