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 7
Murano Pebble Pendant by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian pendant with a large glossy white Murano pebble glass shade mounted on brass frame / designed by Fabio Bergomi for Fabio Ltd / Made in Italy
Measures: Diameter 23.5 inches, h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
'Caboche Plus' Ceiling Light by Urquiola & Gerotto for Foscarini in Transparent
Located in Glendale, CA
'Caboche Plus' Ceiling Light by Urquiola & Gerotto for Foscarini in Transparent
Designed by Patricia Urquiola and Eliana Gerotta and produced by Foscarini, the Italian lighting firm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
1 of the 8 of Large Tulipan Wall Lamps or Sconces by J.T. Kalmar 'H 21.2', 1960s
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 8 unique elegant 'Tulipan' glass wall sconces by J.T. Kalmar, Austria, Vienna, manufactured in midcentury, circa 1970 (late 1960s-early 1970s). With tulip shaped hand blown ...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Murano Pebble Pendant by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian pendant with a large glossy white Murano pebble glass shade mounted on brass frame / designed by Fabio Bergomi for Fabio Ltd / Made in Italy
Measures: Diameter 23.5 inches, h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
1 of the 12 Handmade Brass and Glass Wall Lights or Sconces by J.T. Kalmar
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 12 wall lights by J.T. Kalmar, Vienna, Austria, manufactured in circa 1960. This pair is handmade and high end. Each wall light has a half round wave textured glass shade wi...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Antique Church Opaline Pendant Light
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique Church Opaline Pendant Light – AB
An original opaline glass pendant light. The light has a milk glass opaline shade and original brass hanging gallery. The gallery finish ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Vico Magistretti Suspension Lamps 'Sonora' Large White Opaline Glass by Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Suspension lamp 'Sonora' designed by Vico Magistretti in 1976.
Suspension lamp giving direct and diffused light, opaline blown Murano glass diffuser. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
T...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
A MID-CENTURY-MODERN MODERNIST SPACE-AGE Ceiling Light by STILNOVO, Italy 1960
Located in PARIS, FR
A spectacular aerial suspension or chandelier, Modernist, Space-Age, Forme-Libre, UFO-inspired ovoid body in white diffusing Perspex, structure and finishes in bronze or gilded brass...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 2042/3 Champagne Mount for Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 2042/3
Design by Gino Sarfatti
The two blown opaline glass spheres are gently held in place by two Black, or Champagne, painted aluminum rings. Each ring has a small cut, enabl...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 237/1 Black Mount by Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 237/1
Design by Gino Sarfatti
The single blown opaline glass sphere is gently held by a Black or Champagne painted aluminium ring. The aluminum ring has a small cut, enabling t...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 2065 Black White Diffuser, Black Hardware, by Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gino Sarfatti lamp model 2065.
Black white diffuser, black hardware, black cable.
Manufactured by Astep
Model 2065
Design by Gino Sarfatti
The 2065 is made of two joined opaline met...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Plastic
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 2042/6 Champagne Mount
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gino Sarfatti lamp model 2042/6.
Champagne Mount.
Manufactured by Astep.
Model 2042/6
Design by Gino Sarfatti
With Le Sfere Plafone, Model 2042/6 from 1963, another of Gino Sa...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Rostrato Sconce by Barovier e Toso, 20 Available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original vintage Italian wall lights with clear Murano glass hand blown to create a beaked textured effect using Rostrato technique, mounted on brass bracket / Designed by Barovier e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Gold Leaf Sconce by Barovier e Toso, 30 Available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original vintage Italian leaf shaped wall light with hand blown Murano glass infused with 24-karat gold flecks mounted on brass bracket / Designed by Barovier e Toso, circa 1960s wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
LUMfk Sconce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The fantastic LUMfk Sconce is a patinated brass and champagne toned fringe wall sconce inspired by mid century Italian design. This sconce is create...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Gino Sarfatti Wall Lamp Model 2065 White Diffuser, Black Hardware
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gino Sarfatti wall lamp Model 2065 wall.
White diffuser, black structure.
Manufactured by Astep
Model 2065
Design by Gino Sarfatti
The 2065 is made of two joined opaline methacrylat...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
LU Swing Sconce Plug-In
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful plug-in version of our Lumfardo Luminaires brass LU swing sconce in patinated brass. Wired with an E26 medium based socket. Light bulb provided as w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Serge Mouille Modern Black Two Rotating Straight-Curved Arms Wall Lamp
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp model 'Two Rotating Straight-Curved Arms Wall Lamp' designed by Serge Mouille in 1954.
Manufactured by Editions Serge Mouille in France. The production of lamps, wall ligh...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 2042/3 Champagne Mount for Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 2042/3
Design by Gino Sarfatti
The two blown opaline glass spheres are gently held in place by two Black, or Champagne, painted aluminum rings. Each ring has a small cut, enabl...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Olvidada Contemporary Double Lamp by Pepe Cortes for BD, Barcelona
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Olvidada double lamp designed by Pepe Cortes.
Manufactured by BD Barcelona
Steel structure and lamp holder nucleas with a brass scotch polished finish.
Linestras 9W LED.
Measures:...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Serge Mouille Mid-Century Modern Black One Rotating Stright Arm Wall Lamp
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp model "One Rotating Stright Arm Wall Lamp" designed by Serge Mouille in 1954.
Manufactured by Editions Serge Mouille in France. The production of lamps, wall lights and fl...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Bronze, Steel
Giuseppe Ostuni Model 352 'G.O.' Floor Lamp in Black for Oluce
By Giuseppe Ostuni, Oluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Giuseppe Ostuni Model 352 'G.O.' floor lamp in black for Oluce.
Originally designed by Giuseppe Ostuni in the 1960s, this iconic re-edition is still crafted by Oluce in Italy using...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Huge White Tulip Petals Murano Chandelier or Ceiling Light
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing Italian murano glass chandelier made by clear / white "lattimo" murano glass petals.
By Veneziani Arte.
Frame available chrome or gold 24-karat
Dimensions: H- 21.2 inches (5...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Modern Chandelier in Brass and Enamel by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wildly sculptural chandelier shown in un-lacquered natural brass with black shades fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic chan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Italian Modern Chandelier in Brass and Enamel by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wildly sculptural chandelier shown in un-lacquered natural brass with black shades fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic chan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Italian Modern Chandelier in Brass and Opaline Glass by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant sculptural chandelier shown in un-lacquered natural brass with opaline milky glass globes fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light shown in unlacquered natural brass with opaline milky glass globes fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Chandelier in Brass and Opaline Glass by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant sculptural chandelier shown in un-lacquered natural brass with opaline milky glass globes fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light shown in unlacquered natural brass with opaline milky glass globes fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light shown in unlacquered natural brass with opaline milky glass globe fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light shown in unlacquered natural brass with opaline milky glass globe fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Camarena Sculptural Brass Casting Wall Sconce
Located in İstiklal, TR
CAMARENA Sculptural Brass Casting Wall Sconce – a masterpiece of contemporary design and refined illumination. This extraordinary wall sconce transcends the ordinary, seamlessly blen...
Category
2010s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce / Flush Mount by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light or flush mount shown in polished brass with opaline milky glass globe fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light shown in unlacquered natural brass with opaline milky glass globe fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce / Flush Mount by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light or flush mount shown in polished brass with opaline milky glass globe fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce / Flush Mount by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light or flush mount shown in polished brass with opaline milky glass globe fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce / Flush Mount by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light or flush mount shown in antique brass with opaline milky glass globe fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light shown in unlacquered natural brass with opaline milky glass globe fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce / Flush Mount by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light or flush mount shown in antique brass with opaline milky glass globe fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light shown in unlacquered natural brass with opaline milky glass globe fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Mantodeus Table Lamp Mid-Century Modern Style Re-Edition
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
A well balanced table lamp, consists of hand-formed, sand-casted base, and a turned counter- weight. Several finishes. Picture shows varnished brass and neon-cord.
All components acc...
Category
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce / Flush Mount by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light or flush mount shown in polished brass with opaline milky glass globes fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a class...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce / Flush Mount by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light or flush mount shown in polished brass with opaline milky glass globes fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a class...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Brass Rhubarb Leaf Sconce
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wall light featuring an unlacquered natural brass shade in the shape of a large rhubarb leaf / Made in Italy in the style of Tommaso Barbi
Measures: Height 23 inches, width 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Brass Rhubarb Leaf Sconce
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wall light featuring an unlacquered natural brass shade in the shape of a large rhubarb leaf / Made in Italy in the style of Tommaso Barbi
Measures: Height 23 inches, width 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light shown in unlacquered natural brass with opaline milky glass globe fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Brass and Opaline Glass Sconce / Flush Mount by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant wall light or flush mount shown in polished brass with opaline milky glass globe fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Model 566 Table Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Astep
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model 566 table lamp by Gino Sarfatti. Originally designed in 1956. Current production manufactured by Astep. the Model 566 embod...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
1 of 10 Louis Poulsen pendant light Albertslund by Jens Møller Jensen
Located in TERHEIJDEN, NB
These cool UFO shaped pendant lamp is designed by Jens Møller Jensen for Louis Poulsen in the 1963. This model is called Albertslund, sometimes named Orbiter but that is the largest ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
1 of 9 Red opaline glass pendant light by Hustadt Leuchten, 1960
Located in TERHEIJDEN, NB
This stunning piece of German craftsmanship is by Hustadt Leuchten made around 1960. The lamp is made from opaline glass, has a ufo shape and lights up very cool. The top is made fro...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
1 of 20 Louis Poulsen green pendant light Orbiter XL by Jens Møller Jensen
Located in TERHEIJDEN, NB
These cool large UFO shaped pendant lamp is designed by Jens Møller Jensen for Louis Poulsen in 1963. This model is called Orbiter and is the largest model of this serie. This round ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Maestoso Sconce by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wall light with clear hand blown crystals cut to three points in Triedri technique, mounted on back plate and hardware in polished nickel finish / Designed by Fabio Bergomi f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Nickel
Chrome pendants with glass plates by Julius Teododor Kalmar
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Pendants, chromed bronze structure with Murano glass plates, by Julius Teododor Kalmar (1884-1968).
Austria, CIRCA 1950.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Turned Oak 5-Arm Candelabra Style Floor Lamp - TWO AVAILABLE
Located in East Hampton, NY
Wonderful craftsmanship of this solid French oak 5-light candelabra style floor lamp with NEW paper shades. The oversized proportions and attention to detailed carving throughout ma...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Oak, Paper
Maestoso Sconce by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wall light with clear hand blown crystals cut to three points in Triedri technique, mounted on back plate and hardware in polished nickel finish / Designed by Fabio Bergomi f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Italian Modern Chandelier in Brass and Opaline Glass by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic sculptural chandelier shown in un-lacquered natural brass with opaline milky glass globes fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
With its modern and linear design, this stunning...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Table Lamp in Brass and Enamel by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant sculptural table lamp shown in un-lacquered natural brass with ivory shade fabricated in Italy by Fabio Ltd.
This is a modern, contemporary interpretation of a classic desi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Giuseppe Ostuni for O-Luce '181' Multi Applicable Light
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giuseppe Ostuni for O-Luce, large set of '181' wall light, Italy, 1950s
This stunning design by Giuseppe Ostuni is applicable in many different ways. Attach the lamp to a desk or a ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
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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Murano Curved Chandelier
Bronze And Crystal Candelabra