1950s Table Lamps

Giuseppe Ostuni for O-Luce, large set of '181' wall light, Italy, 1950s This stunning design by Giuseppe Ostuni is applicable in many different ways. Attach the lamp to a desk or a ...

A rare run of up to 15 table lamps. Simple balanced design. Ideal for home or hospitality project. France, c1950s. Metal and opaque etched glass shades. PRICED AND SOLD IND...

Signed stoneware and glazed ceramic table lamp by Einar Johansen produced by Soholm Ceramics, Denmark ca. 1950's. Very good condition with...

An elegant Art Deco style table or desk lamp, made of copper colored metal. At the bottom of the stem a crystal cut knop. The lamp has a two E27 lamp fittings. The lamp is in working...

Circa 1950. We offer this Vintage Eagle Electric bullet-shape bakelite reading lamp that clamps onto a headboard. Lamp works perfectly and the conditions are totally new. We have 6 lamps...

Probably the best combination ever: Marble, brass and metal, especially if the metal is red and black and the Marble white. And most important: all in their original colours. A colle...

Giuseppe Ostuni for O-Luce, large set of '181' wall lamps, Italy, 1950s This large set of wall lights is applicable to many different ways. Attach the lamp to a desk or a table and use it as a desk light, fix it to case piece or secure to the wall. Its dark metal, cylindrical shade is minimalistic and modest. You can place one piece for Directional light, or several to lighten up a complete space.  Giuseppe Ostuni (1907-1994) can be considered one of the most influential designers in modern lighting design. Born in Trieste, Italy in 1907, Giuseppe and his older brother Angelo Ostuni (1904-1981) grew up in turbulent times; in 1915 Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire during the First World War. Only a few years later in 1922, Benito Mussolini became head of the Italian government and began to establish his fascist regime that would last till 1943. During the last year of the Second World War, Giuseppe Ostuni and his family lived with his brother Angelo in Milan. There, Giuseppe started to repair lampshades that had been damaged during the war. New lampshades were made with limited resources, all by hand, due to the lack of available materials. As an autodidact, he designed modern and convenient lighting through intense study and ‘learning by doing’. Soon after, Giuseppe set up his own workshop in 1947, and in 1948 he officially registered his company ‘O-LUCE’. Together with his brother Angelo, who made a great part of the lighting drawings, he worked on numerous designs and worked together with leading designers as Franco Buzzi, Tito Angoli...

Floor/table lamp model J13 by Joseph-André Motte for Disderot. This elegant lamp from the 1950s has been recreated by Disderot with a Japanese influence and Minimalist style, this ex...

This elegant neoclassical table lamp is made of two rare red celluloid parts separated by brass. This is a French work, circa 1950.

This was Yves Saint Laurent favourite working lamp to draw his sketches. Note that only the reflector can nove as an uplighter or a downlighter. We can made the angle length to your...

Serge Mouille desk lamp with the double brass "rotule". Acting as an uplighter or a downlighter. Available in black or white.

Steel construction painted with aluminum shade fitted with one E14 bulb. Designed by Josef Hurka for Napako in the 1954. In excellent condition, minor surface age wear. Rewired with...