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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 chair — crafted 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
Satin Carlo Moretti Contemporary Murano Glass with Wood Base Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Table lamp with wooden base and light source over which a mouth blown transparent and white milk glass round sphere lies. The lamp is adjustable and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Wood, Milk Glass, Blown Glass
KONNECT Pendant P10
Located in Renton, WA
Inspired by modernist architecture, the KONNECT series offers a dynamic blend of functional illumination and customizable art decor. Its panel-based LED system allows you to craft a ...
Category
2010s Taiwanese Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Custom Pair of Plaster Torchères or Floor Lamps in the Serge Roche Manner
Located in New York, NY
Custom pair of plaster torchères in the Serge Roche manner.
Please note that these are customizable.
The turnaround time on these is 8-10 weeks.
NOT...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Lighting
Materials
Plaster
Modernist Steel and Zinc Hanging Lamps by Ron Rezek c.1980
By Ron Rezek
Located in New York, NY
Ronald John Rezek (born October 31, 1946, Oakland, California, USA) is a design entrepreneur who started five successful companies and has designed hundreds of contemporary light fix...
Category
20th Century American Modern Lighting
Materials
Zinc
Vistosi Armonia Pendant Light in Crystal Amber Glass & Black & Brass Metal Base
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A collection with contemporary connotations that contains precious historical features: that of glass processings such as the “balloton” and the straight and twisted rigadin.
Spec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Nidus x Bruno Lambart Floor Lamp
Located in Düsseldorf, DE
The first piece and start to our collection. Originally designed by Bruno Lambart for his studio and immortalised in his legendary photograph of the office formation, we rediscovered...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Textured Murano Glass Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of sconces from the island of Murano made of textured hand-blown glass with a structure of brass. This pair has been newly wired to fit US standards.
This pair is currently loc...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Fused Bulls Eye Glass and Brass Wall Light or Flush Mount
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
Stunning bulls eye glass and brass wall lights or flush mount. The generous three centimeter thick pieces of glass that are used in this lamp collection are synonymous with ice. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch 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
Wide Brass Elbow Wall Light by Henry Wilson
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
Pink Murano Glass Torchiere Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of sconces, Italian, from the Island of Murano outside of Venice. The torchiere sconces feature hand blown pink pearlescent glass components on a polished brass structure. They ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Cuore N.3 Ceiling Light by Gaspare Asaro. Peltro and Bronze 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
Slamp Kalatos Chandelier Black Gold by Adriano Rachele
Located in Pomezia, Rome
Inspired by the art of weaving, part of humanity from prehistoric times in the form of baskets and cane sacks, Kalatos revisits these archetypes with a modern take using Slamp’s adva...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Other
Alfredo Häberli Nox Wireless Lamp for Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nox
Design by Alfredo Häberli
Distinctive to Nox is its wireless charging system with induction technology, enabling this sophisticated and highly versatile lamp to be used unplugged...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Opaline Glass
"Il Pezzo 3 Long Chandelier" - length 103cm/40.5” - nickel - 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 struc...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Gold, Brass
Pair of Glass and Brass Esperia Table Lamps
By Esperia
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
Peter Preller for Tecta Modernist Floor Lamp in Weathering Steel, 1980s
Located in Prague, New Town
Modernist floor lamp designed by German designer and interior architect Peter Preller. Produced by Tecta in the 1980s. Weathering steel, removable brass shade. Manufacturer’s label '...
Category
1980s German Vintage Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Steel
Toni Cordero "Anchise" Lamp for Artemide
By Toni Cordero, Artemide
Located in Berlin, DE
Unusual, extraordinary and exciting floor lamp by Toni Cordero. Very interesting combination of different materials.
Toni Cordero was born in Lanzo Torinese in 1937. He took his architecture degree in Turin, and in 1962 opened his first design office. His architectural work includes Turin’s ”Delle Alpi” stadium with the collaboration of Hutter, Ossola and Majowiecki, a building based on advanced timber technology in Turin’s Mandria Park in 1997 and the Staff International factory in Noventa-Vicenza in 1996. Among his many important interior design projects we can cite: the Olivetti head offices in Ivrea (1997); the chain of Kenzo boutiques in Europe and the USA (1981); the renovation of the Gio Ponti Montecatini building in Milan, and the conversion of a London place of worship into an apartment hotel and gallery; the 1983 restorations of the Hotel Splendido...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Chrome
Vistosi Armonia Pendant Light in Amber Smoke Glass
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A collection with contemporary connotations that contains precious historical features: that of glass processings such as the “balloton” and the straight and twisted rigadin.
Spec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Floor Lamp from the 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
The original floor lamp manufactured in Kamenicky Senov by Preciosa (Czech Rep.). The frame is made from brass and steel covered around with glass rods.
Powered with a 100cm long tube light...
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Steel
Contemporary Handmade Ceramic Graham Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a kind ceramic lamp, hand built and assembled by hand. The lamp base is made with speckled clay manufactured regionally to the East Coast with custom made matte finish white g...
Category
2010s American Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Custom Pair of French Plaster Lamps in the Manner of Alberto Giacometti
Located in New York, NY
Custom pair of plaster lamps in the manner of Alberto Giacometti.
The lamp shades are not included. One pair is currently available.
Lead Time for custom made is 8-10 weeks.
NOTE: W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Lighting
Materials
Plaster
Tiffany Contemporary Floor Lamp 80 Koral Silk, Antiqued Brass, Silvered Glass
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
TIFFANY
The first one,
Audrey inspired the iconic
Introducing Sabrina's breathtaking collection of Tiffany lamps.
Year after year Sabrina Landini perpetuates its exceptional expe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
FLOS Splugen Brau Pendant Light by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Invoking the busy, bustling energy of a beehive, the Splügen Braü—a creation by the famed Castiglioni brothers—feels both charming and decidedly powerful....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Custom Pair of Two-Arm Plaster Sconces in the Giacometti Manner
Located in New York, NY
Custom pair of two-arm plaster sconces in the Giacometti manner.
Please note that the sconces takes E-12 candelabra bulbs, 40 watts.
These sconces are customizable in sizes, amount o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Lighting
Materials
Plaster
Amber and Blue Murano Glass Geometric Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Amber and blue Murano glass geometric lamps signed by maestro Alberto Dona. We love the stacked block effect of the hand blown glass elements. They have been newly wired to fit US st...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Tall Coastal Seashell Encrusted Column Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Tall Coastal Seashell Encrusted Column Lamps
USA, Later 20th Century
A stunning pair of tall coastal seashell-encrusted column lamps. Made in the USA during the late 20th c...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vistosi Tread Wall Sconce in Crystal Transparent Glass And Matt Gold Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The “technicity” of the metal element combined with the blown glass diffuser gives Tread an “industrial” style. An object reminiscent of vintage electrical equipment for its particul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
FLOS Ariette 3 Large Dimmable Wall Lamp by Tobia Scarpa
By Flos, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
It looks like a stunning wall sculpture: organic, airy, and breathtaking, the Ariette wall lamp is a work of art by Tobia Scarpa. Providing diffused light, it features a synthetic fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Fabric, Plastic
SLAMP Fiorella Medium Suspension Light - White by Nigel Coates
By Nigel Coates, Slamp
Located in Pomezia, Rome
Suggestive, realistic and welcoming; Fiorella’s natural details conjure up a world covered in flora. SLAMP’s expressive powers and fresh figurativeness meet in a flurry of reflective...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Other
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires, this other version of the spider chandelier has longer arms on the...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian modern glass brass chandelier Triclinio Vico Magistretti Artemide, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern glass brass chandelier Triclinio Vico Magistretti Artemide, 1970s
Ceiling lamp or chandelier mod. Triclinio, with structure composed of three lights with rounded cylin...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Textured Murano Glass Wall Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
Murano glass sconces with a smoke color to the textured glass and black glass sphere finials. The “stampato” glass is textured with ridges and is curved in design, making a superb de...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Pink Murano Glass Flush Mount
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Large flush mount fixture made of a pink Murano glass center plate and small leaves all around.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Brass Ring Pendant Led
Located in Roeselare, BE
Pendant in brass in ring form with flexible led strips, power supply either on distance, or in the ring itself or in the canopy.
Overall height can be chosen.
Category
2010s Belgian Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Brass and Alabaster Mobile Chandelier by Glustin Luminaires
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Mobile kinetic chandelier made of patinated brass with a round counterweight and two enlighten alabaster globes.
Original design by Glustin Luminaires.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Serpentine Vertical Ceramic Wall Sconce - Single
By Farrah Sit
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In this ceramic wall sconce, generous curves are paired with crisp edges and the repetition of geometry to create a flow. The sconce snakes up and off the wall, a sculptural lighting...
Category
2010s American Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Huge Purple Murano Glass Disc Chandelier in Double Pyramid Shape
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Huge purple Murano glass disc chandelier in double pyramid shape. Customization is available in different sizes, finishes and glas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Contemporary Italian wall sconce "Tile" in alabaster and bronze
Located in Milano, IT
The Tile wall light, with its clean and simple lines, has a very contemporary flavor that is in strong contrast with the more traditional materials that make it up, such as veined al...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Centric Wall Sconce in Solid Brass and Teal Enamel Mesh Blueprint Lighting, 2019
Located in New York, NY
The Centric wall sconce is a stately take on French modernism, featuring a spun metal mesh shade nestled into a large solid brass bowl. Part of our Axial family of products, the Cent...
Category
2010s American Modern Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Large 'Single Block' Model #230 Alabaster Sconce in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
Located in Glendale, CA
Large 'Single Block' Model #230 Alabaster Sconce in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
Handcrafted in Los Angeles in the workshop of noted French designer and antiques dealer Denis de le ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Lighting
Materials
Alabaster, Steel
'Vertigo' Pendant by Corbett Lighting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This single pendant made by Corbett Lighting features metal rings around a fiberglass shade. Each ring is a rust color brown outside and reflective gold inside.
Please confirm locati...
Category
20th Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Custom Pair of Gaston Double-Arm Plaster Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Custom pair of Gaston double-arm plaster sconces.
The sconces each take (2) E-12 candelabra bulbs, 40 watts.
Note: these sconces can be customizable in any size, material, color.
Pl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Lighting
Materials
Plaster
Igra Carlo Moretti Contemporary Mouth Blown Murano Clear Glass Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Table lamp of clear mouth blown Murano glass, anthracite painted iron and natural brass designed in 1984 by Carlo Moretti and Paolo Martinuzzi.
60 watt incandescent bulb, 42 watt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Iron
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
Parchment, Brass and Glass Table Lamp by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Ventola table lamp by the artist Diego Mardegan exclusively for Glustin Luminaires.
Beautiful two ways shade made of a brass structure, parchemin paper and waxed fabric hold by an...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Bonnie Config 3 Contemporary Linear LED Chandelier, Solid Brass @ 140cm/55"
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylised 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
Mid-Century Brass and Hand-Stitched Leather Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Brass and Hand-Stitched Leather Floor Lamp with Shade.
Category
20th Century French Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Henry Holland Studio Swan Blue & White Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
The Swan stands tall and elegant and majestic like it's namesake. She'll glide into any space and be centre of attention. I'd say she shines bright like a diamond but I'm worried we'...
Category
2010s English Modern Lighting
Materials
Earthenware
Terme Outdoor Wall Lantern
Located in Milan, IT
This simple wall lantern topped with an ornate domed decoration will be an eye-catching accent to add on a front porch or in multiples to illuminate an outdoor dinner on a terrace. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel
Signal Flush Mount, White and Nickel, from Souda, Made to Order
By Souda
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modern Sconce or Flush Mount. Composed of a spun metal shade that reflects light filtered through a perforated metal diffuser, the subtle warmth of the signal sconce is perfectly bal...
Category
2010s American Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Clear Textured Murano Glass with Brass Setting
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Tall cleared textured Murano glass wall sconces with light bronze finished brass setting.
Three lights per sconce.
Price per sconce
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Vistosi Giogali AP 2 Wall Light with Glossy Chrome Base by Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A decorative lighting system based on a single element, the handmade glass hook. It is available in different colors, as standard table, ceiling, pendant, wall fixture and floor. It ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
FLOS Spun T2 Halogen Table Lamp in Glossy Black by Sebastian Wrong
By Flos, Sebastian Wrong
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Sebastian Wrong in 2003, the Spun Light-T table lamp reflects the best of modern manufacturing technology combined with elegance, craftsmanship, and dynamic fluid aesthet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Modern Bowl Chandelier
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern bowl chandelier with a textured white composite canopy above a bronze-finished steel bowl. With a painted chain and ceiling canopy.
Dimensions: 43" W x 43" D x 31" H
108" chandelier chain & hooks
Brass ceiling rosette...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
"Drop" sconces in alabaster by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Pair of sconces in patinated brass and enlightened alabaster.
Creation by Studio Glustin.
France, 2024.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Lighting
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
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
Pink Wavy Murano Glass Wall Sconces
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Wavy wall sconces made of a metal structure with LED lighting, covered with five Murano glass coloured panels. These sconces can be attached in any di...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Modern lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern 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, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used 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 Vistosi, Artemide, Flos, and DOOQ. 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.
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