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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Recognized Seller Listings
Pair of brass table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pair of table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
Brass, lacquered brass and original fabric shades.
Stamped.
Josef Frank was a true European...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Wall Light in Brass and Glass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wall light, glass and brass, Europe, 1970s.
Ornate brass and glass wall light with two-light points and small decorative structured glass globes. The chandelier is beautifully decor...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Floor lamp ‘Bridge’ designed by Severin Hansen Jr. for Haslev Möbler, Denmark
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp ‘Bridge’ designed by Severin Hansen Jr. for Haslev Möbler,
Denmark, 1950s.
Beech and plastic shades.
This Danish floor lamp ‘Bridge’ was designed by Severin Hansen in th...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Plastic, Beech
Ceiling lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ceiling lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan,
Sweden, 1970s.
Brass and opal glass.
H: 34.5 cm
D: 48 cm
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Table Lamp Model 2468 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
Brass with cotton shades.
Stamped.
Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable.
H: 54 cm
W: 42 cm
Shade D: 15 cm
Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”.
Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design.
Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style.
What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist.
Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria.
When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household.
In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism.
Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired.
Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Designer, Wall Lights, Brass, Teak, Metal, Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of teak, brass, opaline glass and metal wall lights designed and produced in Italy, 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 8.5” H x 5” W x 7” D
Back Plate Dimensions (inches): 3...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Brass Floor lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan,
Sweden, 1950s.
Brass with a fabric shade.
Stamped.
Measurements:
H: 102 cm / 3' 4''
D: 26 cm / 10 1/4''
Diameter of shade...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Murano Glass Tube and Brass Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
Italian pair of Murano glass and brass sconces. Nine crystal clear Murano glass tubes arranged in a semicircle on a brass ringed base. Each sconce holds four candelabra base bulbs an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Raak Amsterdam Hand-Blown Venetian Glass Pendants
By RAAK
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Raak Amsterdam, pendants, model 'B-1217', Venetian glass, metal, The Netherlands, 1960s.
Set of hand-blown Venetian glass pendants designed by...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Floor Lamp Model G-075 Designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms, Sweden, 1960s
By Eje Ahlgren
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp model G-075 designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms,
Sweden. 1960s.
Brass.
Stamped.
This floor lamp, made with a fully adjustable shade, was manufactured in brass by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Large RAAK Pendants Model 'B-1011' in Aluminum and Perspex
By RAAK
Located in Waalwijk, NL
RAAK, set of pendants model 'B-1011', in metal and perspex, the Netherlands, 1970s.
Large set of pendants in anodized aluminum and perspex. These lanterns have an octagonal shape an...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Floor Lamp Model G-075 Designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms, Sweden, 1960s
By Eje Ahlgren
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp model G-075 designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms,
Sweden. 1960s.
Brass.
This floor lamp with fully adjustable shade was manufactured in brass by Bergboms and designed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Murano Glass Wall Sconces by Venini
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful pair of Murano glass wall sconces by Venini. Six crystal clear glass "triete" prisms attached to a chrome structure. Each sconces holds two candelabra bulbs, and is wired t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Floor Lamp Model 2564 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp model 2564 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
White lacquered brass and Lacquered Paper.
Stamped.
This elegant brass floor lamp is adjustable in h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Brass Modern Sconce, Made in Italy
Located in Culver City, CA
Elegant all brass form with wonderful patina.
Made in Italy
*Please Note: This fixture is made to order in Italy, and comes newly wired (eu wiring). It is not UL Listed. Standard L...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Murano Glass Chandelier/Pendant Light
Located in Austin, TX
An assortment of lightly colored Murano glass curving pieces overlap to create this unique, contemporary, Murano glass chandelier or pendant light. Polished brass rod and canopy. Rew...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Modernist Italian Murano Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
The thick luminous white stamped glass of this stunning pair of sconces will sparkle when lit or turned off. We couldn't resist their sophisticated pattern and clean 1960's glamorous...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
1950s Baguès Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Our chandelier can be identified as Baguès, circa 1950, based on a similar model published in the magazine Plasir de France that very year. Stylistically, it represents what Baguès w...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Ceiling Lamp Designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Lacquered Steel, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ceiling lamp designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson,
Sweden. 1950s.
Lacquered steel.
Measurements:
Height of each arm: 74 cm/ 2' 5 9/32"
Height of lamp, as pictured: 30 cm/ 11 13/16"
Dia...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Tommi Parzinger Floor Lamp for Parzinger Originals
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Whimsical enameled steel floor lamp by Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, circa 1960. The enameling on the steel standard gives the appearance the metal is covered in silver leaf. In...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Trio of Custom Acanthus Leaf Sconces by Tommi Parzinger
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Lovely and elegant group of brass candelabra sconces featuring an acanthus leaf motif were designed by Tommi Parzinger from one of his most important commissions, the Appleman resid...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Rare Large Sconces Model 1568
Located in New York, NY
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte rare large pair of sconces model 1568 with thick large curved crystal glass plates consisting of polished outer frame and inner satin-finished glass with...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pendants with Milky Glass Sphere
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pendants, glass, metal, Europe, 1960s
A milk glass pendant with contrasting black wiring that creates a convivial and easy feel. The opaque glass sphere creates a beautiful and warm...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Exquisite Belgian Table Lamp with Mounted Agate 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Exquisitely crafted table lamp in bronze with mounted polished agate specimen, Belgium 1970's. The coloration of the agate, with black, beige and amber, is very chic. This lamp ha...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Agate, Bronze
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce '516' Table Lamp
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, table lamp, model ‘516’, brass, marble, enameled aluminum, Italy, 1948
This desk lamp, model 516, is designed by the influential designer in the field of...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
Large table vase lamp, Carlo Nason for Mazzega
By Mazzega, Carlo Nason
Located in Milan, IT
Murano glass lamp/vase, design by Carlo Nason, Mazzega production, 1970s. Large object composed of interlocking, smoky/amber-colored glass sectors and a filigree glass element. The l...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
French Designer, Wall Light, Brass, Glass, France, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A two-armed brass and opaline glass wall light designed and produced in France, 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 5.5”H x 13” W x 8” D
Back Plate Dimensions (inches): 2.75 H x 2....
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Lampadario in vetro acidato e ottone, Stilnovo anni '50
By Stilnovo
Located in Milan, IT
Elegante pendente in vetro acidato e satinato, coroncine in ottone traforato, etichetta del produttore. Stilnovo, Milano anni '50.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Vintage Mid-Century Italian Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of sconces from Italy made of iron with two arms capped with hand-blown Murano glass globes. Gold leafed accents. They have been newly wired to fit US standards. Five sconces ar...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Set of 14 Blown Clear and White Glass Lanterns, Italy, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
ITALY, 1970s
A collection of 14 blown white and clear glass lanterns, with chromed metal mounts. Each individual piece is mouth blown resulting in different alignments of the white a...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Ross Bellah Prototype Floor Lamp
By Ross Bellah
Located in New York, NY
Adjustable (up-and-down and pivoting) floor lamp with a Constructivist iron base surmounted by a quirky, almost anthropomorphic hand-molded fiberglass diffuser–an early use of fiberglass in product design. A one-off by Ross Bellah, made in the 1940’s with a design that straddles the Machine Age 1930’s and the Organic Design 1940’s. Bellah (1907-2004), along with his partner Carl Anderson...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Iron
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
Böhlmarks, Adjustable Table Lamp or Wall Light, Brass, Metal, Sweden, 1950s
By Bohlmarks
Located in High Point, NC
An adjustable wall light or table lamp. Designed and produced by Böhlmarks, Sweden, 1950s. In brass and red-lacquered metal.
Other designers of the period include Jean Royere, Pa...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Red Iron Double Sconces After Jean Royere, France 1950
By Jean Royère
Located in New York, NY
Pair of sconces in red painted steel, nice patina. Reminiscent of the creations of Jean Royere. Two pairs are available.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Iron
Stilnovo Pair of Rare Pendants, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in New York, NY
Pair of rare pendants each with opaline glass globe shades held by brushed aluminum and brass fittings suspended by cable and original brushed aluminum canopy. This iconic Stilnovo m...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
WYETH Original Tall Bronze 'Rope' Table Lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Wyeth Original, spare, sinuous table lamp made from a continuous coil of thinly gauged bronze tubing. Available in polished, brushed, darkened or blackened bronze finishes. Produce...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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
Swedish Designer, Chandelier, Brass, Glass, Teak, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A five-armed brass, teak and etched opaline glass chandelier, designed and produced in Sweden, 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 25.5” H x 25” Diameter
...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Style Murano Glass Chandelier
Located in Austin, TX
Spectacular, Mid-Century Modern style, oval-shaped chandelier. Five levels of alternating smoked and clear crystal glass "tronchi" elements make this piece a bold and sophisticated s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Leather and Brass Adjustable Floor Lamps by Jacques Adnet, France, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Adjustable pair of standing lamps by Jacques Adnet, Leather over brass.
*Lampshades aren't included but available on request
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Danish Designer, Wall Lights, Brass, Rosewood, Paper, Denmark, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass, rosewood and red paper wall lights, Denmark, 1950s
Overall Dimensions (inches): 9.5" H x 5.25" W x 6.75" D
Bulb Specifications: E-14 Bulb
Number of Sockets: 1
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Murano Glass Green Disc Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Italian lamps made of Murano glass. This pair features iridescent green glass discs separated by a brass structure. They are hand-crafted and have been newly wired to fit US ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Ribbed Patinated Brass Spherical Table Lamp, France 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Grooved brass spherical lamp in patinated brass. Shade is for photographic purposes.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
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
Mazzega Style Multicolored Murano Glass Chandelier
By Mazzega
Located in Austin, TX
Italian Murano glass chandelier in the style of Mazzega with seven tiers of glass hanging on a white coated steel structure, rewired for the US. Extruded, textured glass in light and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Art Deco Murano Textured Glass and Brass Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
A glowing pair of Deco style Murano textured glass and brass sconces in an elongated tubular shape. We were drawn to the craftsmanship and lush thickness of the glass. Each sconce re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Swedish Designer, Sconce, Brass, Fabric, Teak, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass, fabric and teak sconce/ wall light designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1940s.
Sold with Lampshade. Dimensions stated are of Sconce with Lampshade.
Dimensions of Back Plate...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Ridged Murano "Avventurina" Glass Table Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Modernist pair of handblown, ridged, Murano "Avventurina" glass table lamps. Rewired for the US. Measure: The height to the top of the glass is 17.5".
Avventurina: Clear glass with ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Globe Glass and Textured Brass Chandelier
Located in Austin, TX
A breathtaking and brilliant Murano globe glass and textured brass chandelier. This illuminating piece holds eighteen ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
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
Italian Wall Light with Pulegoso Glass Bulbs
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wall light, in glass and metal, Italy, 1960s.
Wall light with two frosted glass bulbs and a black coated metal frame. It is obvious that this design is inspired on the earlier desi...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Murano Glass and Brass Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
Murano glass and brass sconces with thick hand-blown undulating glass in a light amber color with a gilt brass trim. This pair has been newly wi...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Designer, Wall Lights, Brass, Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass and opaline glass wall lights designed and produced in Italy, 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 18.5” H x 9” W x 5.5” D
Back Plate Dimensions (inches): 2.9 diamete...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Designer, Chandelier, Brass, Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A sizeable brass and opaline glass chandelier designed and produced in Italy, 1950s.
Dimensions of canopy (inches): 2.5” H x 4.5” Diameter
Socket takes standard E-14 bulbs. 15 sock...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Designer, Floor Lamp, Brass, Metal, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
An adjustable brass and cream-lacquered metal floor lamp designed and produced in Italy, 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 68” H x 20” W” 35” D
Dimensions are variable
Stated dime...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Designer, Wall Lights, Brass, Metal, Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass, black-lacquered metal and opaline glass wall lights designed and produced in Italy, 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 8.1” H x 8” W x 5.25” D
Back Plate Dimension...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Designer, Metal, Brass, Fabric, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A black-lacquered metal, brass and fabric floor lamp designed and produced in Italy, c. 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 70” H x 18” D
Stated dimensions include shade.
Bulb Speci...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Attribution, Chandelier, Brass, Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and opaline glass chandelier attributed to Stilnovo, Italy, 1950s
Dimensions of canopy (inches): 2.25” H x 3” Diameter
Socket takes standard E-14 bulbs. 3 sockets There is ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
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