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Modern Lighting

MODERN STYLE

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”

Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.

Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chaircrafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.

It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.

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Style: Modern
8.6ft Tall Pop Art White Indoor Giraffe with Chandelier
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Giraffe in Love" is the new product born from artist/designer Marcantonio. It is a dreamy indoor giraffe holding a classic Marie-Thérèse style chandeli...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Fiberglass

Linear Plaster Chandelier with Characters by Glustin Luminaires
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Unique chandelier designed by Glustin Luminaires, geometrical and linear structure made of plaster covered metal with three floors and ten characters in various positions also in pla...
Category

2010s French Modern Lighting

Materials

Plaster

Konsthantverk Svep Large Iron Oxide Ceiling Lamp
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ceiling lamp model Stoby designed by Konsthantverk and manufactured by themselves. The production of lamps, wall lights and floor lamps are manufactured using craftsman’s technique...
Category

2010s Swedish Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

Murano Glass Iridescent Torch Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of sconces, Italian, from the island of Murano. This hand blown pair has a beautiful iridescent finish to the glass and is supported on brass structures. They have been newly wi...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Konsthantverk Svep Small Raw Brass Ceiling Lamp
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ceiling lamp model Stoby designed by Konsthantverk and manufactured by themselves. The production of lamps, wall lights and floor lamps are manufactured using craftsman’s techniq...
Category

2010s Swedish Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

Cuore N.6 Ceiling Light by Gaspare Asaro. Polished Brass Finish
Located in New York, NY
The Cuore collection was conceived with the goal of creating fixtures that are unexpected yet clean and harmoniously balanced. This is highlighted by the organically styled shades sp...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

Green Spatters Murano Glass Wall Sconces
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Free shaped wall sconces made of layers of green splatter like Murano glass pieces covering a metal structure with three sources of light.
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Foscarini Rituals 2 Suspension Lamp White by Ludovica & Roberto Palomba
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The rituals lamps recall the paper lanterns used in oriental culture, but they are made of blown glass, a material boasting a thousand-year Venetian tradition in different yet complementing shapes. The rituals 2...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass

Case - Pendant Small
Located in London, GB
Case comprises of delicate brass arms encased in crystal glass tubes. All joined with solid brass sphere connectors to allow for multiple configurations and size options.
Category

2010s British Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

Papillona Floor Lamp, Tobia Scarpa, Flos
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Conditions: Good Materials: Aluminum, Prismatic glass Era: 1980 Measurements: 27x25x192 cm The "Papillona" floor lamp by Tobia Scarpa for Flos is a masterpiece of design that embodie...
Category

1970s Italian Vintage Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal

A model K2-16 pendant lamp by Paavo Tynell for Idman
Located in San Francisco, CA
A model K2-16 pendant lamp by Paavo Tynell for Idman. The lamp has an opaline glass cylinder diffuser with an elegant copper shade with twin dot perforations. The lamp is marked by I...
Category

1950s Finnish Vintage Modern Lighting

Materials

Copper

Contemporary Gilt Metal Fabric Shaded Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
4 Contemporary matte brass finish wall sconces with extended torch bodies. (PRICED EACH).
Category

20th Century American Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal, Brass

Foscarini Solar Outdoor Floor Lamp in Brown by Jean Marie Massaud
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Floor lamp with diffused and direct down light. Rotational molded polyethylene diffuser, porcelain stoneware top shelf, polyester powder coated zinc alloy die cast base. Adjustable l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal

Odyssey Paris Wall Sconce by Schwung
Located in Geneve, CH
Odyssey Paris Wall Sconce by Schwung. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 14.4 x H 30.5 cm. Materials: Lacquered burnished brass., glass. Available in black gunmetal, polished nickel, lacquered ...
Category

2010s Polish Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

Vistosi Giogali Small Three-Tier Cascade Chandelier by Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The Giogali collection is a decorative lighting system based on a single element: the handmade glass link. Featured Cascade chandelier in crystal. Metal parts in chrome. E26 lighting.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Italian Modern Chandelier by Targetti Sankey
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Vintage Italian chandelier by Targetti Sankey, in the style of designer Ludovico Diaz de Sentillana, who worked in colorful art glass for both decoration and illumination. Hanging on...
Category

20th Century Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Chrome

Jacques Darbaud Table Lamp, circa 2020, France
Located in Girona, Spain
Jacques Darbaud table lamp. Very decorative. Bisque ceramic. Signed. circa 2020, France. Very good condition. Jacques Darbaud aka Darbaud is an artist, bor...
Category

2010s French Modern Lighting

Materials

Ceramic

FLOS Miss K Transparent Table Lamp by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Part of the Miss K family, this version of the popular Philippe Starck creation offers a hint of feminine softness, the result of its soft fabric outer diffuser...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Plastic, Fabric

TAMBURO Floor Lamp by Afra & Tobia SCARPA, 1973
Located in Berlin, Berlin
The floor lamp, designed by Afra & Tobia Scarpa. Italy, FLOS, 1973. The TAMBURO floor light designed for inside and outside spaces. Cast aluminium, light- and medium green coloured ...
Category

1970s Italian Vintage Modern Lighting

Materials

Aluminum

Contemporary ring pendant cupper nickel plated with led
Located in Roeselare, BE
This pendant in ring form is made of cupper and nickel plated. Arms and canopy in brass chemical blackened. Flexible silicone leds inside of the ring, 16watt/meter, 1800lmn per met...
Category

2010s Belgian Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass, Copper

Pink Murano Glass Flower Chandelier
Located in Austin, TX
Murano Glass pink flower chandelier by Cenedese. This stunning piece has such a light, delicate pink color and brings such a warmth to any spac...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Contemporary Wide Golden Brass Elbow Wall Light by Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Wide Brass Elbow Wall Light by Henry Wilson Dimensions: W 13 x D 9.5 x H 20.5 cm Materials: Brass. Available in blackened, aluminum, and brass. Elbo...
Category

2010s Australian Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of Glass and Brass Esperia Table Lamps
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of table lamps made by Esperia, each made of a triangular foot in blown clear glass, with a streak of dark grey in the center. Some air bubbles are visible in the glass, which i...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

21st-Century, glass and crystal suspension
Located in Calenzano, FI
Suspension in golden brass and ribed clear glass, green crystal ball. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. It can be combined ...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Ceramic table lamp by Roger Capron and Jean Derval, France, 1960's
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic lamp with two faces by Roger Capron and Jean Derval, stamped
Category

1960s French Vintage Modern Lighting

Materials

Ceramic

Modernist Rose Hand-Blown Murano Glass & Brass Sconces with Elongated Drop
Located in New York, NY
This gleaming and elegant Pair of Modernist Smoked Rose Hand-Blown Murano Glass & Brass Sconces W/ Elongated Drop originates from Italy during the 21st Century. Featuring a beautiful...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

Large 'Triple Block' Model #230 Alabaster Sconce in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
Located in Glendale, CA
Large 'Triple Block' Model #230 Alabaster Sconce in the Manner of Pierre Chareau Handcrafted in Los Angeles in the workshop of noted French designer and ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Lighting

Materials

Alabaster, Steel

Terra Picture Light by Hatsu
Located in Geneve, CH
Terra Picture Light by Hatsu Dimensions: D 7 x W 33 x H 7 cm Materials: Ceramic, metal. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for...
Category

2010s Indian Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal

Serge Mouille - Black Floor Lamp with 1 Arm - Ships from NY!
Located in Stratford, CT
Description: Clean, simple lines describe the elegance of this Serge Mouille floor lamp. A long, slender arm supported by a tapered triangular base allows the swiveling shade to illu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Lighting

Materials

Metal, Aluminum, Brass

Vertical Brass Chandelier with Alabaster Globes
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
New design by Glustin Luminaires, following our works with alabaster, we offer this new variation made of a vertical brass stem which supports various sized enlightened alabaster glo...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

Table Lamp by Daniela Puppa for Fontana Arte, 1990 Italy
Located in Den Haag, NL
Daniela Puppa (1947) for Fontana Arte, table lamp model 2850, Aluminum and yellow sandblasted glass, circa 1990, Italy. Signed . Very good condition . 6 small bulbs needed .
Category

1990s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Glass

2000s Pair of Modern Alabaster Beige and Tan Wall Sconces
Located in New York, NY
2000s beige colored alabaster wall sconces. Each sconce takes one bulb. Please note, this item is located in our Scranton, PA location.
Category

Early 2000s Modern Lighting

Materials

Alabaster

Butterfly Contemporary Wall light Sculpture, Art Silvered Glass, Crystal Color
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
BUTTERFLY The free dance movement For more than 22 years, Sabrina Landini pays homage to glass surfaces in her expression of silvered masterworks, the hallmark of her collection. S...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

DOME Pendant M 'Chrome, Copper'
Located in Renton, WA
DOME Pendant fuses simplistic ideologies with precision craftsmanship. Balanced with a clean classic silhouette, the DOME Pendant features a dramatic oversized lampshade...
Category

2010s Taiwanese Modern Lighting

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Vistosi Puppet Pendant Light in Topaz
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Collection of lamps with blown glass diffuser with an original irregularly lined ‘dégradé’ finish. The arms of the chandelier are hung individually to customer demand. Light sourc...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass

VeniceM Roots Chandelier in Burnished Brass and Glass by Massimo Tonetto
Located in Mogliano Veneto, TV
Suspended lamp with diffused light. Dark burnished brass structure and white Murano blown glass diffusers. Location: Interior Light source: 10×5W G9 LED 350lm 2700°K Voltage: 11...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

John Vesey Classic Design Table Lamp With Metal Shade
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful nickel and brass modern table or desk lamp in the manner of John Vesey. Art Deco modern design with double light with original pulls.
Category

20th Century American Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass, Nickel

Deer Antler Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary light fixture combines the rustic beauty of nature with modern elegance. Crafted from a naturally shed deer antler, the piece boasts a unique story, showing the sub...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Lighting

Materials

Antler, Glass

Pair of Gold Infused Murano Glass Cubist Table Lamps, Made-to-Order
Located in New York, NY
Amazing pair of gold infused Murano glass Cubist table lamps available for custom orders. Each glass block is handmade and speckled with gold flakes which create warm and elegant gli...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass, Gold

Unique Disk Pendant by Hatsu
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique disk pendant by Hatsu Dimensions: W 65 x D 65 x H 60 cm Materials: powdercoated sheet, plated steel LED temperature color: 3000K L...
Category

2010s Indian Modern Lighting

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Carlo Nason for Mazzega Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1970s Italian Mazzega table lamp by Carlo Nason in hand blown glass and chrome. chrome-plated hardware. Fully rewired with a single E26 medium based socket each lamp. Ready to be use...
Category

1970s Italian Vintage Modern Lighting

Materials

Chrome

"Il Pezzo 3 Long Chandelier" - length 103cm/40.5” - bronze - crystal - LEDs
Located in Firenze, IT
Inspired by Arabic calligraphic art and the icon of the classical candelabrum is Il Pezzo 3, a collection of lamps with a hand-forged brass structure and elegant “candles” crafted fr...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Gold, Brass

Multi Layers Murano Glass Wall Sconces
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
This Murano glass wall sconce features a large, curved sheet that hides four light sources, layered with an additional four pieces that enhance its depth while softening the illumina...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Satin Brass Wall Sconce with Black Walnut Shelf Hardwired Ivory Linen Shade
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Midcentury inspired satin brass sconce with black walnut shelf. A nod to midcentury lines, the Gustav Sconce is a shining example of balanced design...
Category

2010s American Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

OLO W2 Wall Sconce
Located in Renton, WA
OLO W2 Wall Sconces always originates from a circle or a line. Using the basic elements to create the picture of a light, Designer White challenges our every imagination by series th...
Category

2010s Taiwanese Modern Lighting

Materials

Steel

Bonnie Contemporary LED Small Pendant, Solid Brass or Chromed, Handmade/finished
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence. Each organic flower-like form is st...
Category

2010s Scandinavian Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

Contemporary, Sculptural Chandelier with Yellow, Red & Turquoise Components
Located in London, GB
This contemporary 21st century four-tier, twelve arm chandelier by Margit Wittig features sculptural components with organic and subtle textures, all shapes are cast individually and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

"Il Pezzo 12 Cluster Chandelier" - height 350cm/137" - bronze - crystal - LEDs
Located in Firenze, IT
Il Pezzo 12 is a female figure suspended in the air, carrying in her womb the light. It’s nimble, refined, addictive. The solid clearest crystal, brilliantly illuminated by two LEDs,...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Brass, Bronze

Lee Broom - Gemini
Located in New York, NY
Gemini explores the classic characteristics of the astrological sign as well as serving a nod to the equipment, crucibles and flasks used in alchemical work...
Category

2010s British Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

Lee Broom - Gemini
Lee Broom - Gemini
$2,950 / item
Filamento Pendant Light in Glass and Aluminum by MAYICE
By Mayice Studio, Rossana Orlandi
Located in Milan, IT
The Filamento light was designed as a modular system. Each of the 1.26-metre-long lights can be attached to one another. The studio attached four Filamento pieces together to form a ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Lighting

Materials

Glass

Bonnie Contemporary LED Small Pendant, Solid Brass, Handmade and handfinished in
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence. Each organic flower-like form is ...
Category

2010s Scandinavian Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

SLAMP - Clizia Applique - Mama Non Mama Gold - designed by Adriano Rachele
Located in Pomezia, Rome
Clizia Mama Non Mama is a suspension inspired by pure natural beauty, with almost weightless petals that bring balanced allure and a fresh feel to interi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Other

Totem Table Double CC by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Totem is a classic and highly versatile LED lighting system comprised of exquisitely blown opal glass shades designed around a modular platform. Totem’s soft, pure white geometric forms provide a charming interplay of unique and rhythmic shade groupings to add warmth and elegance to any space. Totem Table combines 3 foundational shade sizes to create up to 7 curated dual shade lamp...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass

Modernist Hand-Blown Iridescent Murano Glass Feather Chandelier w/ Brass Fitting
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Modernist Hand-Blown Iridescent Murano Glass Feather Chandelier with Brass Fittings originates from Italy, 21st Century. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Brass

Flush Mount Light 2 - Vrksa Series by Raka Studio in Ash Wood
Located in Cape Girardeau, MO
The Flush Mount Light 2 sits closely on the ceiling, it has been made using solid ash wood by bending the wood. Three cocoon-like wooden structures bear the light bulbs, dispelling l...
Category

2010s Pakistani Modern Lighting

Materials

Bentwood, Ash

Six Asymmetrical Arms Wall Sconce and Ceiling Lamp in Brass and Alabaster
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
New design by Glustin Luminaires, this wall sconce and ceiling light made of six asymmetrical brass arms joint in the center, each holding an half sphere of alabaster hosting a light.
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

Murano Glass Light Green Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Italian hand-blown Murano glass table lamps in a polished light green glass fading to clear just below 23-carat gold flecked rings. At once formal and nonchalant, these sleek lights ...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Elegant Pair of Faceted Smoke Glass Table Lamps, Made-to-Order
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Murano smoke glass faceted table lamps, Italy. Shades are sold separately. Customization of glass color and hardware finish are available. Lead-time 6-8 weeks.
Category

2010s Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Chrome

FLOS Superarchimoon Outdoor Floor Lamp in Panama by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A brilliant play on perspective, this outdoor version of the legendary Superarchimoon feels oversized and magnificent. The outer diffuser is created by weaving colored PVC tube compo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Aluminum

Joy Wall Lamps Small by Draga&Aurel Resin, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Drawing inspiration from the Space Age, Joy wall lamp emerges as an eye-catching luminous sculpture. Its vibrant colors are meticulously handcrafted in our atelier by layering epoxy ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting

Materials

Resin

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