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
Vintage Flexible Red Spage Age Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Vintage small space age table lamp in red colour with flexible arm. The arm and shade can be positioned in any way desirable. The lamp is made out of metal. The lamp requires one E27...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Chromed steel and perspex floor lamp, Italy 1970s
Located in modena, Emilia-Romagna
Imposing floor lamp made in Space Age style. The lampshade is constructed of two overlapping Perspex hemispheres with a chrome-plated steel edge.
Solid Steel stem with over 4 cm diam...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Steel
Brown Space Age Desk Lamp with Adjustable Arm, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Space age table lamp with easily adjustable arm and shade. The black arm allows you to position the lamp in any way desirable. The lamp requires one E27/26 (standard) lightbulb and c...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Paul Tilche Sirrah Lamps
By Sirrah, Paolo Tilche
Located in Cerignola, IT
Kinetic lamp designed by Paolo Tilche and made by Sirrah.
You can place it in different ways, you can cover the light according to your taste .
Lacquered white lamp interior enhancin...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Steel
Floor Lamp Metal and Blue Murano Glass Donuts by Mazzega, Italy, 1970s
By Mazzega
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Floor lamp in metal white lacquered and chrome with blue blown buble Murano glass donuts shades by the manufacture Mazzega. Famous design like Carlo Aldo N...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Casper Lamp Murano Glass and Metal by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt, Italy, 1980s
By Toni Zuccheri, VeArt
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Very rare table, desk or sculpture lamp in blown bubble Murano glass, black band with purple reflects by the master glass artist Toni Zuccheri for the manufacture VeArt. Famous desig...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Style Chandelier with 70s allure in brass finished in gloss
Located in Porto, PT
Miyake Chandelier is a maximalist suspension lamp with 70s allure. The mid-century modern eyeball chandelier is the perfect lighting fixture for bol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Space Age Lighting
Materials
Brass
Large Italian Four-Light Chromed and Painted Metal Table Lamp
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This large four-lights lamp was designed in Italy in the 1960s. It is made of bent chromed metal and bent painted metal; the lamp features a versatile electrical system with frontal ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
1970s Black Space Age Metal Pendant by LUDIB Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Black metal ring pendant with brass perforated strip by LUDIB Bratislava
- Good original condition with minor signs of use
- 2x, E26 or E27 bulbs
Category
1970s Slovak Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Brown Metal Glass Space Age Wall Lights, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of unusual shaped brown metal with light brown glass back plate Space Age wall lights from Italy, 1970s.
Unique 1970s design. This unique pair n...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Glass
Small White Space Age Mushroom Pendant Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Small white space age mushroom pendant lamp. The mushroom shade is made out of acrylic glass and produces a warm, cosy light. The lamp requires one ...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vintage Mid-Century Space Age Pendant by Herda, Retro 70s
By Herda
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Beautiful space age pendant by the Dutch brand Herda (two available). The lamp has an acrylic outer shade and an aluminium inner shade. The lamp requires one E27 lightbulb.
[Dimen...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Stunning Murano Glass Tubes Chandelier Flushmount by Doria Leuchten, Germany
Located in Brussels, BE
Stunning german chandelier by Doria Lunchten- Germany
No piece missing.
Murano glass and aluminum tubes.
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Space Age Vintage Chromed Metal Table Lamp Mushroom Panton 1970s Scandinavia
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage table lamp mushroom like Verner Panton style from chromed metal 1970s Scandinavia.
An amazing cute table lamp from chromed metal mushroom like spreads warm light t...
Category
Late 20th Century Scandinavian Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Black Metal and Aluminum Shade 1970s Tubino Table Lamp by Castiglioni for Flos
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Iconic "Tubino" table lamp, designed by the Castilgioni brothers in 1949 and produced by Arredoluce since 1950. This lamp is a later edition of Flos, produced in the 1970s, however r...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
Space Age UFO Chandelier, Europe, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Very good original condition
3x60W, E25-E27
US wiring compatible.
Category
1960s European Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Steel
Harvey Guzzini Birghitta lamp by Fabio Lenci - 1970s
By Artemide, Fabio Lenci
Located in Saarbrücken, DE
- rare red version & chrome base
- big 70 cm version
- very good condition without cracks or chips
- slight signs of use
- original 1970s piece
- collectible design
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Chrome Topo Table Lamp by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Stilnovo
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The Topo Table Lamp, designed by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo in the 1970s, stands as a truly unique and special piece that epitomizes the innovative spiri...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Italian space age opaline glass table lamp by Vistosi, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age opaline glass table lamp by Vistosi, 1970s
Fantastic table lamp with a round base in opaline glass. The rounded shape has a slight upward curve. At the base there i...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Opaline Glass
Space Age Desk Lamp with Adjustable Arm, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Space age table lamp with easily adjustable arm and shade. The black arm allows you to position the lamp in any way desirable. The lamp requires one E27/26 (standard) lightbulb and c...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Spiral lucite and chromed metal table lamp by Gaetano Missaglia, Italy 1968
Located in Renens, CH
Rare lighting sculpture by Italian designer and sculptor Gaetano Missaglia
for his own company Missaglia at the end of the 1960's.
The light source which is situated inside the chro...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Triangle Shaped Brass and Glass Wall Lights from the 1980s
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
Triangle shaped wall lights in brass and chrome with glass details. Manufactured in Germany during the 1980s.
Nice craftsmanship. Minimal, geometric and simply shaped design.
Please...
Category
Late 20th Century German Space Age Lighting
Materials
Brass, Chrome
1960s Large Doria Leuchten Polished Chrome & Bubble Glass Flush Ceiling Mount
Located in London, GB
A large 1960s space-age ceiling flush mount light fixture manufactured by Doria Leuchten, Germany. The polished chrome supporting circular frame requires 5 E14 screw in bulbs prefera...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Flexible Arm Brown Space Age Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Vintage space age table lamp in brown colour with flexible arm. The arm and shade can be positioned in any way desirable. The lamp is made out of metal. The lamp requires one E27/26 ...
Category
20th Century Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Ten Chrome Balls Cascading Spiral Chandelier
Located in Hanover, MA
Original vintage 1960s suspension pendant with ten chrome balls cascading in spiral formation suspended by black cloth wire from a 14 inch chrome ceiling canopy. Tubular chrome pipe...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Space Age Lighting
Claus Bolby Space Age Brass & Acrylic Wall Sconces, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare pair of Danish Space Age or Brutalist wall lamps designed by Claus Bolby and manufactured by his own lighting company Cebo Industri in Silkeborg, Denmark in the late 60s to ea...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Brass
Space Age Vintage Silver Chromed Duo Pair Table Lamps, 1970s, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage duo pair of table lamps from chromed metal in silver color 1970s Italy.
A gorgeous new arrival, the pair of table lamps in silver color from chromed metal with a t...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Sculptural Chiseled Glass Lamp - A. Poli for Poliarte - Italy - 1970s
By Albano Poli
Located in Milano, IT
This extraordinary floor lamp from the 1970s is an elegant expression of Italian sculptural design, and is attributed to Albano Poli for Poliarte, a renowned Veronese manufacturer ac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Italian 12 Lights 1970s Chandelier in Faceted Glass and Chromed Plated Metal
By Reggiani
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This beautiful chandelier is made of a Chrome plated metal structure equipped with 12 lamps (sockets E14) and is covered by 36 faceted glass shades distributed...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Ingo Maurer, mod. Hexagon table lamp, M Design Italy 1970s
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Firenze, IT
Hollywood regency / space age mod. Hexagon table lamp
Ingo Maurer, M Design Italy 1970s
Chromed metal, black lampshade included
Label on the base
With lampshade: H 59 × 35 cm dia...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
1970s Italian Chrome Eyeball and Lucite Pendant
Located in Hanover, MA
Nice chrome pendant from mid-1970s, Italy with a long chrome stem and a fatter torpedo shaped center out of which extends four lengths of black spiral cable which tethers four chrome...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Large Hanging Lamp 'Alvise' by Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Amazing large hanging lamp 'Alvise' designed by Luigi Massoni and produced by Harvey Guzzini in the 60s / 70s.
Alvise has an large white acrylic lampshade, with a diffuser cone insi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
1970’s Swiss REGENT Acrylic Pendant Lamp
By Regent
Located in Bern, CH
1970’s Regent Pendant Lamp. Beige acrylic shade with height adjustable cable and chrome handle for lifting or lowering the lamp as desired. Lovely warm lighting.
In the style if Harv...
Category
Late 20th Century Swiss Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Space Age Vintage Orange Silver Metal Desk Lamp 1960s Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage desk lamp from metal in orange and silver color tones 1960s Germany.
A wonderful table lamp or desk lamp in playful orange color with a flexible silver stem and a rectangular base from the 1960s.
The table lamp shows an on/off switch at the rectangular base and a flexible stem in silver. Perfect to turn the shade in each direction.
One E 14 socket
Through the bold color it works wonderfully as color splash in your office, working space, executive office or workspace studio.
Could also be perfect as colorful bedside table...
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Table lamp Pokrok Zilina, Space Age, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Very nice style of lighting.
Category
1960s Slovak Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Space Age Chandelier by Napako, Czechoslovakia, 1970s
By Napako
Located in Praha, CZ
- Very good original condition
- Minor losses on color.
- Chrome with age patina - polished
- 3x60W, E25-E27 bulbs
- US wiring compatible.
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Glass
Space Age Vintage Wall Light Flush Mount Helena Tynell for Limburg 1970s Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage wall light or flush mount from iridescent amber bubble glass by Helena Tynell for Glashütte Limburg 1970s.
The flush mount shows a golden metal base and a wonderfu...
Category
Late 20th Century German Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Bubble Glass Table or Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
Space Age yellow glass table or floor lamp made in Czechoslovakia in 1970s. Perfect original condition.
1x75W, E25-E27 bulb
US plug adapter included
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
1 of the 7 Hand Blown Glass Tube Pedant Lights by Staff Lights 1970s, Germany
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 7 f original 1970s tubular light produced in Germany by Staf, 1970 Germany. High quality glass lights with hand blown shades. All original condition.
This item is in excelle...
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Sintesi Terra Floor Lamp by Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide, 1970s
Located in Brussel, BE
Sintesi Terra articulated floor lamp made in black & white powder-coated steel, Designed by Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide in the 1970’s.
Designer : Ernesto Gismondi
Produced by : Ar...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Steel
Lamp "Tomo" by Toshiyuki Kita for Luci, Italy 1984.
Located in Lot/Drogenbos, BE
Light Floor model "Tomo" version in the Black, Red, Yellow colors.
The lamp is adjustable in all directions, also in height up to 180cm, switch with foot with halogen lamp is includ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Steel
1970s Brutalist Space Age Light Sculptures by Albano Poli for Poliarte, Italy
By Poliarte, Albano Poli
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
1970s Brutalist Space Age design table lamp light sculptures by Albano Poli (the founder of Poliarte) for Italian artisan lighting company Poliarte.
These Italian lighting sculpture are made of square and stacked coloured Murano glass pieces mounted on a stainless steel base
Complemented with the 2 smaller pair of Albano Poli Murano glass cubes table lamps this set forms a formation in the dark
The 3 lamps are sold as a complete set
Size listed is for the single large table lamp...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel
Space age rare table lamp, Italy 1970s
Located in Firenze, IT
Space age rare table lamp
aluminum, ABS
Double lamp bulbs both sides.
32 cm H - 62 x 13 cm
Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use, smal...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Space Age Vintage Metal Trumpet Table Lamp the Style of Goffedo Reggiani
Located in Vienna, AT
A Space Age vintage trumpet table lamp, which was designed in the style of Goffredo Reggiani, circa 1970.
The table lamp shows trumpet shape, while...
Category
1970s Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Handcrafted Table Lamp in Red Ceramic Made in Italy, 1970s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
This 70s Ceramic Lamp attributable to Tarcisio Tosin exemplifies the craftsmanship and creativity of Italian design. Made from durable red ceramic, the lamp is a striking yet practic...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Midcentury Space Age Table Lamps "rockets" by Pokrok Zilina, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1960s
- Czechoslovakia
- good original condition
- marked by manufacturer
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Category
1970s Slovak Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Pair of Cosack Leuchten Chrome Double Ended Linear Sconces
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of rare 1960’s model 4166/02 linear double ended wall lamps by Gepruder Cosack Leuchten designed by architect H. W. Egger (Hans Wilfried Hegger)
Dimensions 26.5" H (excluding...
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Galaxy Contemporary Italian Alabaster Marble Globe Chandelier
Located in Rome, IT
Galaxy contemporary Italian alabaster marble globe chandelier.
Exclusive production of Tuscany alabaster,...
Category
2010s European Space Age Lighting
Materials
Alabaster
Contemporary Italian Bardiglio Marble Wall Lights or Sconces
Located in Rome, IT
Striking contemporary geometric shape Italian Bardiglio marble sconces or wall lights.
Exclusive production by Veneziani Arte , handmade with great skill of Italian craftsmanship.
P...
Category
2010s European Space Age Lighting
Materials
Marble
Chrome Ceiling Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari for Boulanger, 1970s
Located in Saarburg, RP
Silver Ceiling Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari - 1970s
The silver ceiling lamp by Gaetano Sciolari, made in 1970, is a truly iconic piece of modern lig...
Category
1970s European Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Optical Glass and Chrome Flush Mounted Light
Located in Hanover, MA
Multifaceted optic ground dome shaped lens set within a chrome plated wall or ceiling mounted fixture attributed to Pia Guidetti Crippa for Lumi Milano, circa 1960's.
Glass is perfe...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Chrome
2093-225 Floor lamp by Olivier Mourgue for Disderot France circa 1960
Located in NICE, FR
The 2093-225 floor lamp, designed by Olivier Mourgue in the 1960s, epitomizes the era’s space-age aesthetic and innovative approach to industrial design. This lamp features a sleek, ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Applique Murale Klaus Hempel par Kaiser Leushten Blanche Allemagne 1960 (Lot 2)
Located in London, England
Les appliques murales conçues par Klaus Hempel pour Kaiser Leushten incarnent l'esthétique du mouvement Space Age des années 1960. Fabriquées en métal blanc, ces créations allient fo...
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal
Gino Vistosi Vintage White Murano Glass Table Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Murano table lamp produced by Vetreria Vistosi in an opaline hand blown glass. Produced in Italy in the 1970s with a space age design
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Sculptural tubular floor lamp in chrome metal, Space Age, Reggiani style
Located in Milano, IT
Gaetano Sciolari is widely regarded as one of the most innovative, prolific and eclectic lighting designers of the Space Age period. Born and lived in Italy, he created several celeb...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Space Age green table lamp, Italy, 1970s
Located in Firenze, IT
Space age green table lamp
Italy, 1970s
Lacquered aluminum
The lamp arm can be placed in two different positions.
H 55 cm x 35 cm
Conditions: excellent, in working conditions.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Large Pair of Organs Metal Chrome Sconces by Reggiani, Italy, 1970s
By Reggiani
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Large pair of wall lights lamps sconces organs in metal chrome by Reggiani. Famous design as Sciolari, Willy Rizzo, Maison Charles, Jansen.
Measurements on photos: H 175 x W 29 x ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Space Age VIntage Plexiglass Brass Table Lamp Gino Sarfatti Arteluce Italy 1968
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage table lamp from plexiglass and brass by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy 1968.
An iconic table lamp designed by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce 1968 from smoked lucite ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Lighting
Materials
Brass
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.