Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Period: 1950s
Pair of Rare Table Lamps in the Style of Maison Baguès, France, 1950s
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
Rare pair of clear glass and bronze flower table lamps in the style of Maison Baguès, France, circa 1950s.
Socket: each 1 x E27 or E26 (US) ...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Mid-Century Flying Saucer Adjustable Red Desk Lamp, Italian
Located in London, GB
The sleek flat base, a hallmark of mid-century aesthetics, provides stability and a sense of balance to the lamp's unique form. Adding a touch of elegance to the design is the beauti...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Golden Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Rinnovel, 1950s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Rare and iconic lamp conceived by the creative genius of Ettore Sottsass and produced by Rinnovel.
Distinctive aluminium cone lampshade with a shining golden color, supported by a m...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of brass table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pair of table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
Brass, lacquered brass and original fabric shades.
Stamped.
Josef Frank was a true European...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Rare Yasha Heifetz Mounted Lavender Glazed Ceramic Nautilus Shell Lamp, 1950s
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rare Yasha Heifetz Mounted Lavender Glazed Ceramic Nautilus Shell Lamp, Circa 1950s. A beautiful biomorphic rendering of a nautilus shell with mottled...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Table Lamp Model 2468 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
Brass with cotton shades.
Stamped.
Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable.
H: 54 cm
W: 42 cm
Shade D: 15 cm
Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”.
Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design.
Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style.
What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist.
Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria.
When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household.
In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism.
Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired.
Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Lovely Set of Italian Design Table Lamps in Minimalist Stilnovo Style Brass 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous pair of Italian 1950 design table lamps/lights in the style of stilnovo.
Patinated brass frame with white metal shades. The shades can be ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Yki Nummi Table Lamp for Orno Finland
By Yki Nummi
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A terrific Minimalist table lamp by Yki Nummi for Orno Finland, circa 1955.
Taupe enamel paint over aluminum.
This lamp has an adjustable height an...
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1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Gorgeous Midcentury Pottery Table Lamp by Fog & Mørup
By Aluminia, Fog & Mørup
Located in Søborg, DK
Absolutely gorgeous midcentury pottery table lamp by Fog & Mørup of Copenhagen for Aluminia of Denmark.
This beautiful table lamp has such a classic midcentury design to the shape an...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Pottery
Vintage German Design, Kaiser Leuchten 6840 Desk Lamp, 1950s
Located in Renens, CH
Desk or table lamp by Christian Dell (model 6840), who designed this light in the early 1930s (Bauhaus Period), with production continuing until the 1970s.
It features a aluminum la...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Stiffel Midcentury White Porcelain and Brass Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Buchanan, NY
This single vintage brass and porcelain Stiffel table lamp features a charming pineapple brass detail atop a white porcelain base. In very good vintage condition, it adds a touch of ...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stilnovo, Mid-Century Modern Red Glass and Brass Table Lamp, 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Milan, IT
Model 852 table lamp
A perfect example of Stilnovo's exploration in both shapes and materials during the Italian Fifties, this lamp presents a monolithic main frosted glass diffuser...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Italian table lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Neck is 360 adjustable
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Yasha Heifetz Sculptural Abstract Copper HAND Table Lamp
By Heifetz
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid Century Modern Yasha Heifetz Sculptural Abstract Copper HAND Table Lamp,, Retains original lamp shade and finial,, Signed Heifetz on base,,Classic Modernist design,, Seldom seen ...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Copper
Mathieu Matégot Metal and Brass, Desk Lamp, 1950s
Located in LYON, FR
Very rare French table lamp designed by Mathieu Matégot, executed by Atelier-Matégot. A beautiful lampshade in the shape of a diabolo, perforated metal which made Matégot famous. The...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
American Mid-Century Modern Pair of White and Pink Ceramic Table Lamps
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern pair of American ceramic table lamps. Typical from this period.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Large Desk Lamp by Helo Leuchten Germany, 1950s
Located in Schwerin, MV
Large Helo table lamp with a very large shade and copper-plated brass areas - a timeless classic from the 1950s. Stylistically, the design of the lamp is based on the Bauhaus period....
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
Mid Century Modern Yasha Heifetz Sculptural Abstract Brass Figure Table Lamp
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid Century Modern Yasha Heifetz Sculptural Abstract Brass Figure Table Lamp.. (woman in dress) .Retains super rare original lamp shade,,finial,, signed Heifetz ,, Great example,,CLA...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Monumental "FISH" Table Lamp Attributed to Heifetz.. Iron and Brass, Modernist
By Heifetz
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental table lamp attributed to Heifetz. Manufactured and designed in the US somewhere within the mid-twentieth century. Iron, brass,Classic Modernist Fish motif,,
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron
Vintage 1950’s Rose-Brown Desk Lamp w/ Pen Holder Coils
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Mid-Century Modern desk lamp with an angled, curled-under base that has two coiled, brass pen holders; echoing the brass, adjustable, hose neck. The...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Barovier & Toso Murano Blown Glass Periwinkle Color Midcentury Table Lamp, 1950
Located in Rome, IT
Splendid Murano table lamps punched Barovier & Toso. A supreme light periwinkle color. Stylish and very special design due to these large semi-spheres attached to the large cup.
The...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Akari Model 1AS Light Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi
By Akari, Isamu Noguchi
Located in Glendale, CA
Akari model 1AS light sculpture by Isamu Noguchi. The shade is made from handmade washi paper and bamboo ribs with original Noguchi Akari manufacturer's stamp. Akari light sculptures...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Jane & Gordon Martz, Table Lamps, Walnut, Ceramic, Linen Marshal Studios, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of walnut and ceramic table lamps designed by Jane & Gordon Martz. Produced by Marshall Studios, Veedersburg, Indiana, c. 1955.
Bases are sculpted walnut, with ceramic inlays...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
Gerald Thurston for Lightolier Beige "Cricket" Desk Lamp, Circa 1955
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Original Classic Gerald Thurston for Lightolier Beige Cricket Table Lamp, Wall Lamp. Featuring an adjustable perforated dome Bakelite Shade in Coffe...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Italian Designer, Table Lamp, Steel, Metal, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A steel and black-lacquered metal table lamp designed and produced in Italy, 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 19 “ H x 7.75 “ Diameter
Bulb Specifications: E-14 Bulb
Number of S...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Steel
Pair of Vintage Table Lamps by Hala Zeist
By Hala Zeist
Located in London, GB
A stunning pair of vintage table lamps by Hala Zeist, made in Germany and dating from the 1950’s.
The quality is superb and they have an incredibly stylish design. They are made fro...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Murano White Sommerso Glass Lamps with Bullicante and Avventurina 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional pair of 1950's Murano sommerso white and clear glass table lamps containing exaggerated bullicante with avventurina and hardware finished in golden brass. Although not at...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
French Mid Century Black Desk Table Lamp by Serge Mouille & Isamu Noguchi, 1959
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare mid century "Tuyaux" desk lamp in black lacquered aluminum by Serge Mouille & Isamu Noguchi produced by Steph Simon France, 1959.
In good original condition.
Dimensions:...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Ceramic lamp by Colette Gueden
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ceramic lamp by Colette Gueden (1905-2000)
France ca. 1950
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Industrial French Vintage Jielde Table Lamp in Green Patina (2 available)
By Jielde
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Industrial French vintage table lamp from the renowned brand Jielde, complete with a maker's stamp. Established in 1950 by Jean Louis Domecq, Jielde is celebrated for its finely craf...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Iron
Hand Blown Table Lamp by Barovier & Toso Gold Murano Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in Rijssen, NL
This elegant Mid-Century Modern table lamp was hand-blown in Murano, Italy by studio Barovier & Toso, circa 1950.
The lamp shows a beautiful pilar with several leaves in a vibrant ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Gold
Mid-Century Mpdern Italian Table lamp
Located in Madrid, ES
A MidCentury Italian table lamp.Metal frame, Chromed shaft and black enemeled base.Excellent condition.Free shipping
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Italian Elegance: Table Lamp with Green Marble Base
Located in Rome, IT
This table lamp is a pristine example of Italian design from the 1950s, encapsulating an era renowned for its innovative and stylish approach to everyday objects. The lamp stands in ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Metal
Rare ASEA mid century table lamp, model E1272, Sweden, 1950s
By ASEA
Located in Forserum, SE
Rare ASEA table lamp, model E1272, dating back to the 1950s, featuring a rounded base crafted from solid wood. The disc shaped metal shade is adjustable and held just place by a bras...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Original Serge Mouille Mid Century "Cocotte" Desk / Table Lamp in Metal, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare mid century "Cocotte" desk / table lamp in black lacquered metal and brass by Serge Mouille in original condition produced by in France, 1950s. Steph Simon edition.
Dimen...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Danish Ceramic Table Lamp Grooved White Glaze Brass Details, Mid-century 1950s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Vintage Danish ceramic table lamp with decorative grooved body. Made ca. 1950s.
The lamp is unsigned but it could be either from the ceramic workshop Schollert or Eslau or in the st...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric
Rupert Nikoll table lamp with cherry wood and fabric shade vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Rupert Nikoll table lamp with cherry wood and fabric shade vienna around 1950s
Brass polished and stove enameled
Cherry wood polished
The fabric shade is replaced (New)
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Black & White Ceramic Ribbed Bottle-Shaped Table Lamp, 1950s
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very dapper and uncommon 1950s bottle-shaped ceramic table lamp with white ribbed body and black tapered neck.
Handsome lines, perfect proportions, and a Truman Capote-approved bl...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Beautiful small Mid Century Modern metal and brass table lamp with teak base
Located in München, DE
Beautiful Mid Century Modern metal and brass table lamp.
Great minimalist 1950s design. Made in Germany.
Very rare with a rectangular shade, steplessly rotatable.
Very high quality, ...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rare Table Lamp "Palafitta" design Ettore Sottsass for Arredoluce
Located in Rovereta, SM
Lamp "Palafitta" model "12639" Brass and Plexiglas .
Arredoluce Edition Model created in 1957
Bibliography: - Anty Pansera, Alessandro Padoan & Alessandro Palmaghini, Arredoluce, ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Table Lamps by Harry Gitlin for Raymor
By Raymor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Table Lamps by Raymor. Designed and manufactured in the USA, circa the 1950s. Enameled steel rodded frames and moveable ball shades. The ball shades can be handled to move th...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Cut Steel
Elegant table lamp. France 1950s. Jacques Adnet. Leather, brass.
Located in Köln, NW
Jacques Adnet Elegant table lamp, France 1950s.
Hand-stiched leather.
Brass with slight signs of use due to age.
with swivel shade.
Hinged box
Good condition.
The shade is slightly d...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Beautiful Mid Century tripod raffia bast table night lamp in very good condition
Located in München, DE
Beautiful Mid Century Modern tripod raffia table or night lamp. Typical 1950s design.
Very good vintage condition and no damage to the metal frame and lampshade.
Raffia weave is impe...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Ceramic Table Lamp by Gustave Reynaud from atelier Le Mûrier, France, 1950s
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Elegant ceramic lamp by Gustave Reynaud from Ateliers Le Mûrier, France, 1950s/1960s
Classical work of the work of the French ceramist
Bayonet bulb (B22)
For sale without lampshade
N...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Lampada vintage da scrivania
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Questa lampada, prodotta in Italia a metà del secolo scorso, è interamente in metallo cromato e verniciato, regolabile tramite uno snodo nell' asta e uno alla base. Restaurata, è p...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Gerald Thurston Wall Table or Desk Cricket Lamp Midcentury , 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
White "Cricket" lamp by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier. It can be used on a table, desk or hung on a wall. The shade pivots so light can be directed in various angles. It includes th...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Stilux Italian Metal Table Lamp, 1950s
By Stilux
Located in Paris, FR
Stylish bright green Italian mid-century modern desk or table lamp by Stilux with adjustable shade and push type button at the base. This superb design is highlighted by brass and si...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Designer, Table Lamps, Metal, Chrome, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of adjustable green and white-lacquered metal and chrome table lamps designed and produced in Italy, 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 9.5” H x 7.5” W x 17.75” D
Bulb Speci...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Table Lamp Model. 407024, Pohjoismainen Sähkö Oy 1950s
Located in Helsinki, FI
A very beautiful and elegant table lamp model. 407024, manufactured by PSO in Finland in the 1950s. This lamp depicts everything that makes Finnish mid-century lighting so internatio...
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1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1950s Tall Table Lamp Tapered Goatskin Italy
By Aldo Tura
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Tall Goatskin Table Lamp Italy
Attributed to Aldo Tura
Unmarked
30.25 h x 8.5 diameter
Preowned unrestored vintage condition
No lamp shade is included.
Refer to images for con...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Goatskin
1950s Stilux Milano Metal & Wood Table Lamp
Located in Glendale, CA
1950s Stilux Milano Metal & Wood Table Lamp. Executed in painted wood, metal, and brass. Shade adjustable at two points for a flexible variety of lighting options.
Stilux was one of...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Yasha Heifetz Sculptural Abstract Brass Figure Table Lamp
By Yasha Heifetz, Heifetz
Located in Troy, MI
Uncommon table lamp designed by Yasha Heifetz
Manufactured by Heifetz Manufacturing New York circa 1950s
Abstract hammered brass figure on biomorphic oak base
Finished with a new i...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid-century modern pottery lamp from Tilgmans, Sweden.
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
A very special ceramic lamp base from Tilgmans, Sweden. This lamp is very typical of his style when it comes to patterns and glazing from the 1970s. The design is simple and honest, ...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Carole Stupell Quartz Crystal Specimen Table Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large example of Carole Stupell's classic studio-made table lamp. The natural Quartz crystal rests on a two-tier bean-shaped silvered wood base.
The original custom shade mirrors t...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Quartz
Gerald Thurston for Lightolier Taupe Cap, Restored
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Restored Gerald Thurston for Lightolier Taupe Cap.
This is not just a beautiful design but also an iconic item, making appearance in the original Blade Runner.
It is seating on sid...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Huge Mid-Century Murano Glass Table Lights by Barovier & Toso 1950'
By Barovier
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Pair of large mid-century light green color " bullicante "Murano glass table lamps with light gold rims decoration and gold dust inclusion. by Barovier, 1950s.
Perfect origi...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Roger Capron Ceramic Table Lamp
By Roger Capron
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Stunning table lamp made by Roger Capron, made of a square base with a character decor on the front face.
Artist’s stamp on the bottom back of the lamp “Capron Valloris France”.
To...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
American Designer, Table Lamp, Brass, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A two-armed brass table lamp designed and produced in the US, 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 17” H x 21.5” W x 12.75” D
Bulb Specifications: E-26 Bulb
Number of Sockets: 2
All ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid-century Modern table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern table lamps 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 table lamps 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, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern table lamps made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original table lamps, popular names associated with this style include Gordon & Jane Martz, Laurel Lamp Company, Marshall Studios, and Bitossi. 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 table lamps differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $69,000 while the average work can sell for $2,096.
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