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
Returnable Items Only
Italian Designer, Table Lamp, Steel, Metal, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A steel and black-lacquered metal table lamp designed and produced in Italy, 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 19 “ H x 7.75 “ Diameter
Bulb Specifications: E-14 Bulb
Number of S...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Steel
Magnificent Murano Glass Chandeliers, 101 Pink Tube Glasses
By Venini
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage chandelier in Murano glass and nickel plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 101 large pink glass tubes in a star shape. Can be used as a chandelier with chain...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Midcentury Pendant /Czechoslovakia, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of glass, chrome
2x E27 or E26 socket
With aged patina
Re-polished
Original condition.
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Unique Mid-Century Metal Table Lamp, Restored
Located in Praha, CZ
One of a kind vintage black & white metal table lamp from former Czechoslovakia. The lamp was completely restored.
Bulbs: 1 x E26-E27.
US plug adapter included.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Bronze Cobra Snake Sconces - 1960s
Located in Brussels , BE
Extremely elegant and original sconces.
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Eleonore Peduzzi Riva Vacuna Murano Glass Table Lamp for Artemide, 1968
Located in Milan, IT
Eleonore Peduzzi Riva Vacuna Murano glass Table lamp for Artemide, 1968.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Isamu Noguchi Akari 7A Table Lamp
Located in Dronten, NL
Model number 7A table or floor lamp by Isamu Noguchi for Akari.
Original version manufactured by Ozeki & co in Japan.
Rice paper, enameled metal. Retains manufacturer's original st...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
1. of 3 Square Woven Glass Flush Mount Light or Wall Lamp, Germany 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
1. of 3 Square Woven Glass Flush Mount Light or Wall Lamp, Germany 1960s
This lamp need 1 x E27 Edison screw fit bulb is wired, in working condition and runs both on 110 / 230 volt....
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair Ernst Palme Floral Glass Brass Wall Ceiling Light Flush Mount Sconces 1960s
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Pair stunning Murano crystal glass flower wall lights or flush mount ceiling lamps by Ernst Palme, Germany 1960s to 1970s. The midcentury lights have a patinated gilt brass base, eac...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Jane & Gordon Martz, Table Lamps, Walnut, Ceramic, Linen Marshal Studios, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of walnut and ceramic table lamps designed by Jane & Gordon Martz. Produced by Marshall Studios, Veedersburg, Indiana, c. 1955.
Bases are sculpted walnut, with ceramic inlays...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
Vintage Milky Glass Desk Lamp, Designed by Ivan Jakeš, 1970´s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Glass lamp made of white milk glass, it was designed by Ivan Jakeš in the early 1970s and was produced by OS Valašské Mezirící. The lamp has a very pleasant dim light and can also be...
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Milk Glass
Pair of Mid-century Modern Italian Brass Table Lamps, 1970s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Beautiful pair of bedside lamps, Italian manufacture from the 70s. Cast brass, the bases measure cm: W14 x D9 x H23.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
20th Century 1970 Pair Brass Swedish Floor Lamps by Bergboms
By Bergboms
Located in Madrid, ES
A pair of swedish floor lamps in brass, by Bergboms, the lamps have an arm that supports a small column ending in a ball, which supports the lampshade
in this case the lampshade is i...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian mid-century modern Cubosfera Alessandro Mendini Fidenza Vetraria, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern glass table lamp Cubosfera by Alessandro Mendini for Fidenza Vetraria, 1960s
Cubic table lamp mod. Cubosfera entirely made of glass. The structure is compo...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
"Area" floor lamp designed by Mario Bellini for Artemide, Italy, 1970s
Located in Brussels , BE
The dimensions are the ones of the base.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Szarvasi Hala Style Industrial Drafting Clamp-on Lamp with Olive Green Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Hungarian industrial clamp on table lamp with olive enameled metal shade, chrome hardware and a solid aluminum clamp. In original condition with visiblewear and scratchin...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Rattan Ceiling Lamp by Breuer for Troy Lighting, USA, c. 2000s
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a rare, limited edition Organic Modern chandelier by the Breuer Collection for Troy Lighting. Featuring a hand-woven donut shape this elegant chandelier is constructed fr...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
White Acrylic Pendant Golf Ball Lamp by Aloys F. Gangkofner, Erco Leuchten 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Ceiling lamp by Aloys F. Gangkofner for Erco Leuchten, Germany Lüdenscheid, 1960s.
A very rare, interesting and decorative lamp.
Fully functional.
With an E27 socket. Works with 2...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Brass and Brown Glass Hand Blown Murano Glass Wall Lights, 1960
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of high end wall sconces made of hand blown clear and opal and brown (smoked) Murano glass on a messing hardware designed and produced by J.T. Kalmar, Austria in the 1960s. Mini...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Impressive three-Tier Murano SMOKED Glass Tube Chandeliers - 52 glasses
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage chandeliers in Murano glass and nickel-plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 52 large SMOKED glass tubes in a star shape.
Period: late XX century...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Large Italian Murano Glass Blue and Ice Color Tronchi Chandelier
Located in Rome, IT
This extraordinary chandeliers is composed by light blue and ice color Murano glass 'Tronchi'
by 20 cm high.
There are 13 E 27 light bulbs .
Available also a pair.
With the same gla...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Flower Shaped 1970s Swedish Braided Brown Pendant
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Flower shaped organic modern braided warm brown rattan pendant. Eight sides in two layers with olive green edges and light brown thread to form a soft organic modern shape. Black fit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Rattan, Braid
MidCentury Italian Floor Lamp with flowing white and yellow diffuser, 1960s.
Located in Sacile, PN
Italian Floor Lamp with white round marble base, opaline and yellow metacrylate diffuser flowing between two wooden rods.
This lamp is a fine example of the Italian production of th...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Marble
1 of 2 Stunning Murano Glass Tubes Flushmount by Doria, Germany, 1960s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Fantastic big midcentury chandelier by Doria, Germany, manufactured, circa 1960-1969. Many Murano glass cylinders suspended from the fixture.
High quality and in very good conditi...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Kinkeldey Crystal Ice Glass Pendant Lamp, 1960s, Germany
By Kinkeldey
Located in Hagenbach, DE
A Kinkeldey ice glass chandelier made in Germany in the 1960s. The light is made of an aluminium body and five ice glass parts.
Measurements:
Height 40 cm
Diameter 19 cm
...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
1 of 2 Extra Large Tulipan Glass Chandelier by Kalmar, Austria, 1960s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Wonderful onion-shaped -Tulipan glass chandelier. 155 hand-blown glasses suspended on a white painted metal frame.
Best of design from the 1960s by Kalmar, Austria. High quality of t...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Monumental Isamu Noguchi Akari 23N Floor Lamp
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Isamu Noguchi Akari 23N floor lamp. Executed in handmade washi paper and bamboo ribs with original Noguchi Akari manufacturer's stamp and metal legs. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vivai del Sud Style Ceramic Snail Table Lamp, Italy, 1960s
Located in Naples, IT
White ceramic table lamp, brass and natural raffia dome circa 1960. The snail sculpture has a grace and charm of extraordinary beauty.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Murano Pink Petal Ceilng Chandeliers
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Spectacular ceiling lamp with 32 Murano pink glass petals (pink with white spot) in golden painted metal frame. Elegant lighting object.
Period: late XX century
Dimensions: 19,20 inc...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Isamu Noguchi Akari UF4-L10 Light Sculpture Floor Lamp
Located in Dronten, NL
Akari UF4-L10 floor lamp designed by Isamu Noguchi, 1951. Manufactured by Ozeki & Co. in Japan.
Bambu structure covered by washi paper supported by a coated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Large Round French Ceramic Table Lamp in in Rose Red Glaze
Located in København K, 84
Large round mid-century french table lamp in rose red glazed porcelain. Elegant shape with an almost inflated feel to it. A sophisticated playful drop of color to the cool nordic int...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Space Age Coffee Table in Smoked Glass Plexiglass Base with Murano 1970
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Stunning space age 1970s coffee table in smoked glass and plexiglass with a beautiful Murano blown glass ball that lights up creating an incredible optical effect.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Plexiglass, Murano Glass, Smoked Glass
Sculptural "Shroom" Rattan Floor Lamp
Located in Oxford, GB
This stunning rattan floor lamp is an exquisite mid-century modern piece, expertly crafted with an organic shroom shape and a lacquered finish. From the woven cane shade to its awe-i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Rattan
Space Age Orbit Ceiling Lamp with Five Amber Glass Balls, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Elegant Mid-Century Modern chandelier.
Executed in massive brass. The chandelier needs 5 x E14 Edison screw fit bulb.
They are wired, in working condition and run both on 110 ...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of French Riviera Table Lamps in Wicker and Rattan, Italy 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Marvellous pair of midcentury wicker and rattan table lamps. These delightful French Riviera style table lamps were designed and made in Italy in the 1960s.
Fully hand-crafted with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Straw, Rattan
Lesbo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti from Artemide
Located in Lucca, IT
Lesbo table lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti from Artemide is Iconic lamp.
Lamp in Bown Glass and Metal c1966s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
George Nelson "Half Nelson" Mid Century Table Lamp Produced by Koch & Lowy 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare table / desk mid century lamp mode "Half Nelson" in enameled aluminum designed by George Nelson and produced by Koch & Lowy, USA 1960s. In good vintage and original conditi...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Murano Millefiori Flower Basket Italian Art Glass Paperweight Night Light
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, large vintage Murano handblown white filigrana basket with flower murrines Italian art glass paperweight on lighted base. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. It has d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Murrine, Wood, Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
gio ponti sun wall light sealing lamp
By Arredoluce, Gio Ponti
Located in Medesano, IT
Sole wall lamp by Gio Ponti, Arredoluce. It is an iconic lamp with a modern design designed in 1963 by the famous Italian designer Gio Ponti. Combining modern shapes with traditional...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Large Octagonal Brass Glass Lights, Glashütte Limburg, 1970's
Located in Rijssen, NL
This beautiful and unique octagonal glass light flush mount or wall light is manufactured in Germany during the 1970s, (early 1970s). Nice craftsmanship. Minimal, geometric and simpl...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Glass Wall Sconces by J.T. Kalmar, Austria
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of beautiful and elegant modern wall lights or sconces, manufactured by J.T. Kalmar Austria in the 1970s. Lovely design, executed to a very high standard.
Each wall light has 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Steel
Large Stunning Kaiser Sputnik Glass Globes Chandelier, Germany, 1970s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Stunning Sputnik brass chandelier with 12 glass globes by Kaiser Leuchten, Germany, 1970s.
High quality and in very good condition. Cleaned, well-wired, and ready to use.
The fixtu...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Large 1960s Sergio Mazza Glass and Metal Ceiling or Wall Lamp for Artemide
By Artemide, Sergio Mazza
Located in Glendale, CA
1960s Sergio Mazza ceiling or wall light for Artemide. A Minimalist Italian design executed in chrome, white painted metal and pressed glass.
Born in Italy in 1931, Sergio Mazza c...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Aldo van den Nieuwelaar Ming table lamp Nila 1968
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Extremely rare modernist table lamp designed by Aldo van den Nieuwelaar and manufactured by Nila lights, Tilburg in The Netherlands in 1968. The lamp is made of a white plastic square structure with a plexiglass diffuser that can spread light all around or, on the back, it just focuses on the corners for a cool 3D effect. This lamp is one of the few original productions of the Ming lamp...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Plastic, Plexiglass
French 1960s Aluminum Chandeliers by Cesar Putzeys
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fine French 1960s aluminum chandelier by Cesar Putzeys.
Matching sconces are available.
Creation Cesar Putzeys, 1966.
Reference: Exposition "Lumiere ; je pense a vous!" Par...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Large & Great Condition 3 Light Mid-Century Modern Glass Flush Mount W Teak Wood
Located in Lisse, NL
Great Mid-Century Modern design ceiling light with teak wood and circular pattern in the glass shade.
This vintage light fixture has a beautiful look and feel and you will hardly ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Gino Sarfatti, Adjustable Table Lamp, White Metal, Leather, Arteluce, Italy 1966
Located in High Point, NC
An adjustable table lamp, designed and produced by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy, 1966.
White-lacquered metal socket is mounted on the base in form of a leather pouch filled w...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Muranoglass Pendant With Clear Dots Vistosi
By Vistosi
Located in Mortsel, BE
Immerse yourself in the enchanting beauty of this Murano glass pendant by Vistosi. Crafted with meticulous artistry, it showcases a captivating design that will leave you in awe. The...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Rare Eight Arms Chandelier by Josef Frank for Kalmar
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass construction with 8 arm and silk shades fitted each with E27 sockets, designed by Josef Frank in the 1930s for Kalmar Vienna. This one was produced in the 1950s.
The brass part...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Swedish Modern Floor Lamp in Brass, 1940s
Located in Karlstad, SE
Lovely Swedish modern floor lamp manufactured in Sweden, 1940s.
The lamp consists of a base and rod in brass, supporting a swivel arm that holds the shade.
The height is adjustab...
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Brass & Parchment Floor Lamp, Italy 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Brass reading floor lamp with its original hand stitched parchment shade.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair French Brass And Opal Wall Lights / Sconces By Maison Lunel From The 1950s
By Lunel
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Beautiful pair brass wall lights with opal shades by the French Maison Lunel.
Both lamps, fixture and opal shades, are in good condition.
These lamps are in our opinion absolute an e...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Opal, Metal, Brass
Mid Century, German, Seed Glass / Chrome Flushmount
Located in New York, NY
Modernist lightly tinted seed glass flushmount with a chrome mounting plate. Flushmount requires 4 bulbs, 40W max if LED. Professionally Rewired for use in USA.
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Transparent Glass Pendant Lamp by Koch & Lowy for Peill and Putzler, 1960
Located in Hagenbach, DE
A round pendant lamp by Koch & Lowy for Peill and Putzler made in Germany in the 1960s. It is fascinating with its beautiful transparent glass. The lamp has a Space Age design.
The ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
Pair of Italian Murano Glass Wall Sconces by Barovier & Toso, 1970
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of charming Murano glass sconces with brass fittings.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Jane & Gordon Martz, Table Lamp, Ceramic, Walnut, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed ceramic and walnut table lamp designed by Jane & Gordon Martz and produced by Marshall Studios, USA, c. 1950s.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 14” H x 10” Diameter
Dimen...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
1 of the 6 Faceted Crystal and Gilt Sconces by Kinkeldey, Germany, 1970s
By Kinkeldey
Located in Rijssen, NL
A set of brass plated frames and thick diamond crystal sconces by the famed maker, Kinkeldey. Two-light sources. Very elegant light fixtures, comfortable with all decor periods. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Gold Plate
Italian Midcentury Glass and Brass 8-Arm Chandelier Mazzega Attributed, 1960s
By Mazzega
Located in Hagenbach, DE
An extraordinary chandelier attributed to Mazzega and made in Italy in the 1960s. It is fascinating with its eight brass arms, each of it with a heavy Murano glass element.
The li...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, 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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