Space Age Lighting
SPACE AGE STYLE
Vintage Space Age furniture captured post–World War II optimism with swooping shapes, bowed lines and experimentation with new materials including plastic and fiberglass.
From the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957 to the landing of Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon in 1969, the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States propelled advancements in technology that transformed culture. Space Age design encompassed fashion, architecture, cars, furniture and objects for the home, bringing wonder and hope for the future into everyday life.
Coinciding with Pop art, Space Age style featured bold colors and forms. Eero Aarnio’s Ball chair, which debuted in 1966, used molded fiberglass for a capsule-like space while Verner Panton’s 1959 Panton chair was a single piece of molded plastic for a gravity-defying S shape. Red versions of Olivier Mourgue’s 1964 Djinn chair were futuristic enough to appear on the space station in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Today, Joe Colombo is revered as a master of modern Italian design thanks to the provocative modular furniture pieces he created, such as the Tube chair and the Elda armchair, both of which embody the future-forward spirit of the Space Age.
The Space Age spirit extended to home building too. The futuristic Case Study Houses, which were designed by the likes of Pierre Koenig, Charles and Ray Eames, Richard Neutra and Whitney R. Smith, are considered a high point of modernism and the Southern California lifestyle.
Sometimes the nods to space exploration were more literal, like moon and star motifs or the 1965 Eclisse lamp by Vico Magistretti that saw the mid-century Italian designer integrating a movable inner shade to “eclipse” the light source. Alongside the pioneering moon missions, JVC manufactured the Videosphere portable television reminiscent of the Apollo 11 space helmets.
Although the style faded in the 1970s — with the 1975 joining of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts signaling a new era of cooperation and the global oil crisis impacting the availability of plastics — the era’s innovations influenced designers into the 21st century such as Zaha Hadid and Djivan Schapira.
Find a collection of vintage Space Age seating, tables, lighting and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Space Age
Ceramic Flower Wall Light, Germany, 1960
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
Ceramic wall flower light in Fat Lava style. Manufactured by Pan Leuchten, Germany in the 1960s.
The style of the glaze is called 'Fat Lava'. Which means the glaze is thick on some ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Joe Colombo Spider Lamp Red Oluce Made in Italy Early Edition
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Vancouver, BC
With a lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, and adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium, renowned designer Joe Colombo’s Spider Lamp was...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Mid Century Brown and White Space Age Mushroom Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Big space age mushroom table lamp with large white shade and metal base. The acrylic glass mushroom shade produces a nice and warm light. The lamp requires one E27/26 (standard) ligh...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Rare 1960s Orbit or Ceiling Lamp with 9 Opaline Glasses
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
This vintage ceiling lamp features twelve milk glass balls with E14 bulb sockets and a gilded frame.
Very elegant and decorative.
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Brown White Red Ceramic Wall Lights Hustadt Keramik, Germany
Located in Rijssen, NL
Multicolor ceramic wall lights in Fat Lava style. Manufactured by Hustadt Leuchten Keramik, Germany in the 1970s.
The style of the glaze is called 'Fat Lava'. Which means the glaz...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Space Age Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Small bubble glass table lamp, 1970s
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Small bubble glass table lamp, 1970s
Conditions: Good
Materials: Puleglass
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Glass
Large Wooden Floor Lamp Temde Attributed, 1960s Switzerland
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
A very beautiful and decorative lamp from the 1960s. Probably from Temde/Switzerland.
The lampshade has some minor flaws inside. Can't be seen from the outside.
We therefore sell t...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Lamps Art Glass by Barbini Murano, Italy, 1980s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of table or bedside lamps by the artist glassmaker Barbini at Murano. very particular glass. Sign on the glass, original stamp. Two position, horizontal or vertical. Famous manu...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century White Willem Hagoort Floor Lamp, 1970's
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Very rare space age floor lamp by Willem Hagoort with acrylic glass shade in white colour. The lamp has a beautifully modern appeal with its white shade and base, though it is a vint...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Brass Floor Lamps by La Murrina Murano Glass, Italy, 1990s
By La Murrina
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Impressive and very decorative floor lamp or huge table lamp by the editor La Murrina Murano. Blown glass sphere with iron oxid, which gives it this bronze color. Simple and elegant ...
Category
1990s Italian Space Age Lighting
Materials
Brass
Guzzini Space Ace Floor Lamp, 1970s, Italy
By Guzzini
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice floor lamp. Chrome tulip shaped upright, comes with a Acrylic shade.
Typical Space Ace era. Design by Guzzini 1970s, Italy.
1 Large E27 bulb needed. Good condition.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Acrylic
Pair 1970s Peill & Putzler Cube Sconce's Wall Light Ice Glass Space Age Design
Located in Buffalo, NY
Pair 1970s Peill & Putzler Cube Sconce's Wall Light Ice Glass Space Age Design.. Very similar to designs by Italian designer Gaetano Sciolari..Nice original condition.
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
1965 Arteluce Large Chrome & Acrylic Table Lamp by Massimo Vignelli Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern 1965 Arteluce Model 526/G large Chrome & Acrylic table lamp by Massimo Vignelli Italy.
Concave chrome base holds 3 Light socket and topped with large white Lucite...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Space Age Table Lamp by Aldo Nason for Mazzega in Murano Glass Italy, circa 1970
By Mazzega, Aldo Nason
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Space Age table lamp designed by Aldo Nason for Mazzega, circa 1970 in Murano glass in the 'Pulegoso' technique and chrome hardware.
This lamp could easily be converted into a small...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Brass
Space Age Sconce in Murano Glass by Carlo Nason for Mazzega
By Carlo Nason, Mazzega
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Space Age sconces made in clear and purple Murano glass and chromed metal, Italy, circa 1970
design attributed to Carlo Nason and manufactured by Mazzega.
It takes 4 e14 bulbs.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Space Age Mid-Century Mazzega Murano Glass Chandelier, 70s
By AVMazzega
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
A classic murano chandelier by or in style of Mazzega. The lamp has three glass made shades and has a chrome frame with a wooden element. The...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Claus Bolby Space Age Yellow Flame Wall Light, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Spectacular Danish Mid-Century Modern atomic age wall light consisting of rectangular sticks of yellow and smoke colored acrylic resin creating a sculptural flame like wall light. By...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Floor Lamp Flower Murano Glass, Italy, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Floor lamp flower, grey Murano blown glass cone. Famous Italian design like Mazzega, Venini, Vistosi, La Murrina, Poliarte, Carlo Aldo Nason.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Nickel
8 Unused Mid-Century Modern Lanterns by Doria, Germany, circa 1970
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Set of 8 chandeliers or lanterns manufactured by Doria Leuchten in Germany in opaline glass and blue and yellow lacquered metal,
circa 1970s
Unused and still holding the original t...
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Opaline Glass
Space Age Dome Pendant Light
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this all-original Space Age dome pendant light featuring spun aluminum construction with outer chrome finish and inner ivory white finish. Distinctive are t...
Category
1960s American Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
2 Space Age Sconces Designed by Aldo Nason for Mazzega in Murano Glass, ca. 1968
By Aldo Nason, Mazzega
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Gorgeous sconces designed by Aldo Nason for Mazzega circa 1970 in Murano Italy.
Manufactured in opalescent blue Murano glass and chrome and black hardware this sconce is a great exa...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Brass
Red Mid Century Desk Lamp Swing Arm Table Lamp- Chrome Space Age Light, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Red mid century desk lamp with adjustable swing arm. The arm can be fixated in any way desirable. The lamp is made out of metal and has...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Space Art Chrome & Acrylic Light Panel Sconce, Italy 1970’s
Located in New York, NY
Chic wall sculpture.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Italian Space Age Chromed Steel Decorative Wall Lamp, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age chromed steel decorative wall lamp, 1970s.
Wall lamp with chromed steel support and geometric sculpture with parallelepipeds of various sizes welded together, with...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Steel
Cubosfera pair of lamps, Alessandro Mendini, Fidenza Vetraria
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pair of table lamps model Cubosfera, design by Alessandro Mendini for Fidenza Vetraria, Italy. An iconic example of Italian design, these lamps consist of two molded clear glass halv...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of 15 space age flush mount lamps by Cosack Leuchten, Germany 1960s
Located in ECHT, NL
Large set of 15 space age flush mount lamps. The have a trumpet or tulip style shape. The measure 10cm in diameter and 11 cm in height (height measured without a bulb). Suitable for e27 LED, halogen and normal bulbs.
Made by German company Cosack in the 1960s. All the lamps are in good used condition with minimal signs of age and use.
They come without a bulb. The socket is a standard e27 screw socket. They are intended for hardwiring to a wall or ceiling junction box. The lamps are suitable for both European and US use depending on the voltage of the bulb used.
Cosack Leuchten
Founded in 1848 by the 3 brothers...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Rare Space Age Lightolier Desk Table Lamp
By Lightolier
Located in San Diego, CA
Adjustable desk table desk lamp made in Japan with rotating shade and goes up and down, in perfect working condition. The plastic has been polished looks great the chrome pole shows ...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Mod 5-Light Chrome and Glass Ball Chandelier
By Moe Light, Lightolier
Located in New York, NY
Chic and decorative mod midcentury chandelier having 5 art glass ball globe shades, each having an opaline white to clear fade surface, with a bright chrome body and dramatic curved ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Hand Blown Bubble Glass and Brass Table Lamp by Doria Leuchten, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
Doria hand blown glass sphere on brass base lamp, Germany, circa 1970. This exceptional artefact of modern design reflects the extreme interest in modernism across Europe during this...
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Brass
"Nizwa" Mixed Clay Floor Lamp
Located in Lisboa, PT
Nizwa mixed clay floor lamp resting on a circular bronze base. Barracuda edition, made in Portugal.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Space Age Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Space Age Style UFO Table Lamp, Kamenicky Senov, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Czechoslovakia
- Maker: Kamenicky Senov, labeled
- Very good original condition
- Glass with bubbles.
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Brass
Amazing Space Age 'UFO' Flying Saucer Table Lamp in Glass and Metal, Italy 1960s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Large and impressive table lamp with the iconic 'flying saucer' shape typical of late 60s / early 70s creations.
This lamp is made of a perfectly crafted base made of chromed metal ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Chandelier Attr to Venini in Murano Glass, Italy, circa 1970
By Venini
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Mid-Century Modern chandelier in clear and frosted hand blown Murano glass attributed to Venini, Italy, circa 1970.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Sölken Luchten Chrome dome table lamp 1970 Germany
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Space Ace Chrome dome table lamp. One large E27 bulb needed
very good condition . Germany 1970s
Please don't hesitate to reach out ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Red Flexible Arm Space Age Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Red space age desk lamp with flexible arm. The arm and shade can be positioned in any way desirable. The lamp is made out of metal and plastic. The lamp requires one E27/26 (standard...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Multi-Pendant Modern Chandelier Light Fixture, Verner Panton, 1970s, Finland.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Multi-Pendant Modern Chandelier Light Fixture, Verner Panton, 1970s, Finland. Mid-Century Modern Space Age Chandelier. Scandinavian. Circumfere...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Space Age Lighting
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Smoked Glass & Chrome Plated Metal 1960s 3-lights pendant by F. Poli for Seguso
By Seguso, Flavio Poli
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Important 3-light pendant lamp with Murano smoked glass shades and chrome plated metal structure made by the Seguso glassworks based on a design by Flavio Poli. Excellent condition...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Mid Century Mushroom Pendant Lamp by Herda, 1970s
By Herda
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
A space age pendant lamp by Herda with a beige, acrylic glass mushroom shade. The height of the lamp can be adjusted with the rise-and-fall system.
Additional information:
Materials...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Space Age Vintage Orange Metal Chandelier Pendant Brylle Jacobsen 1970s, Denmark
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage chandelier or pendant model Moon designed 1970s Denmark by Flemming Brylle & Preben Jacobsen from metal in lipstick like orange coral color tone with ivory colored ...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Geometrical Cast Opaque Orange Glass Fixtures, Peill Putzler
Located in Rijssen, NL
There’s something about orange that screams this particular era. And this 1970s pair of Peil & Putzler ceiling pendant lamps is very orange! Image 2 is the lamp with the light on.
...
Category
1970s European Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Space Age Italian Metal and Plastic Table Lamp from 60s
Located in Catania, CT
Vintage condition with trace of age and use for this Italian table lamp made from lacquered metal and plastic. Space age from 60s. Full working with EU standard, adaptable on demand ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of Two Space Age Table Lamps by Stepan Tabery, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Set of two red glass table lamp designed by Stepan Tabery for Osvetlovaci sklo, Valasske Mezirici.
Good original condition, small losses on the edge of one shade seen on photo
60w,...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Adjustable Brown Snake Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Mid century brown space age desk lamp with flexible arm. The arm and shade can be positioned in any way desirable. The lamp is made out of metal and plastic. The lamp requires one E2...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vintage 70s Space Age Arc Wall Lamp 'Globe' by Dijkstra, 1970s
By Dijkstra
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
A very rare space age arc wall lamp by Dijkstra called 'The Globe'. The transparent outer shade and aluminium inner shade produce a magnificent light together. The shade can be turne...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Yellow Flexible Space Age Eyeball Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Beautiful yellow space age eyeball table lamps. The eyeball shade can be turned in any direction desirable. The lamp requires one E14 lightbulb and currently has an EU-plug (works ou...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Italian Space Age Metal Cylinder Table Lamps by Reggiani, 1960s
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare Italian Space Age Metal Cylinder Table Lamps by Reggiani, 1960s..Great color. Beautiful glow when lit,
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Goffredo Reggiani, Satellite Chrome Chandelier from 60s
Located in Catania, CT
Vintage condition with trace of age and use for this chandelier produced by Reggiani during the 50s. Oxidation on the metal as shown in the images. Full working with EU standard, ada...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Mid Century Space Age Standing Floor Lamp Light with Bourdeaux Red Spots, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
A space age floor lamp with two bourdeaux red spots. The spots can be turned in any direction desirable and move up and down the base. The spots can be switched on simultaneously or ...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp Designed by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, Murano Glass
By Carlo Nason, Mazzega
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Space Age one-light table lamp designed by Carlo Nason for mazzega, circa 1965 in Murano opalescent glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Space Age Drive Tavolo Table Lamp Adalberto Dal Lago & Adam Thiani, Francesconi
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare Space Age table lamp by the Italian manufacturer Francesconi based on a design by Adalberto Dal Lago and Adam Thiani from the 70s.
The contrast in the shape and color of the sh...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Verner Panton Sconces in Chrome from the Flower Pot Series Wall Mount 1960s
Located in Dallas, TX
A vintage pair of Verner Panton "Flower Pot Series" wall mount sconces designed for Louis Poulsen. The original wall mount hardware is included and the chrome is in very good conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Space Age Lighting
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Saffo Table Lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide in Murano Glass 1960s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and produced by Artemide in 1967, the lamp is made with a metal ring that supports a blown glass diffuser. Thanks to it's shaded surface it can dim the...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
A 1970’s Luxurious Chromed Vintage Table Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 1970’s Luxurious Chromed Vintage Table Lamp
A very decorative chromed metal “Disc” Vintage lamp and black fabric cylindrical Lampshade
Resting on a square base
Circa 1970
H 103 cm...
Category
1970s French Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Raak Hanging Light, 1970
By RAAK
Located in Los Angeles, CA
large brushed aluminum dome pendant, height and direction adjustable, wired for US standards, one E27 socket, max. wattage 100w, bulb provided as...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome, Aluminum
Pistillo table/wall/ceiling lamp by Studio Tetrarch for Valenti, Italy 1969.
Located in Athens, Attiki
Pistillo table/wall/ceiling lamp by Studio Tetrarch for Valenti, Italy 1969.
Studio Tetrarch’s Pistillo takes its form and its name from the cluster of pistils at the heart of a flow...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Plastic
Rare MC Minimalist Space Age Yellow Accent Table Lamp
By Jacques Biny
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful clean sharp lines in Mid Century style. This space age piece is equally charming as it is inspiring. Incredibly compact, this piece is full of style. The base holds the tur...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Pair of Large Saturno Hanging Lamps by Kazuo Motozawa, 1972
Located in Rijssen, NL
A pair of large midcentury Saturno hanging lamps designed by Kazuo Motozawa for Staff in 1972. This is the large version, diameter: 19.7 inches with four bulbs. Literature: 1000 ligh...
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Space Age Sputnik Chandelier
Located in Athens, Attiki
Midcentury Sputnik chandelier with 90cm diameter and 15 light bulbs.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Space Age lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Space Age 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, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Space Age lighting made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original lighting, popular names associated with this style include Mazzega Murano, Peill & Putzler, Kaiser Leuchten, and Staff Leuchten. 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 $111 and tops out at $39,124 while the average work can sell for $1,474.