Modern Table Lamps
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Period: 1950s
Coppia di lampade att. a Stilnovo Stilux Arredoluce Lux
Located in Lugo, IT
Coppia di lampade da tavolo o comodino in ottone e diffusore in metallo.
Patina
Buone condizioni.
Grazie
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Danish Modern Le Klint oak wood table lamp, 1950s, Denmark
By Le Klint, Esben Klint
Located in Værløse, DK
An oak wood table lamp in excellent vintage condition designed by Esben Klint in 1957 for Le Klint. It has a beautiful dark patina and is rare piece for a beautiful space.
* An da...
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1950s Danish Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic, Oak
Set of Ceramic Table Lamps by Esben Klint for Le Klint, 1950s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
A pair of exquisite ceramic desk lamps designed by Esben Klint for Le Klint in 1949 and produced by Palshus in the 1950s.
* A set of two (2) brown ceramic desk lamps with hand-pleat...
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1950s Danish Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Plastic
ceramic table lamp by Boleslaw Daniskowski
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
an unusual danikowski ceramic lamp one of a kind
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1950s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic lamp by Louis Giraud, Vallauris, France, 1950's
By Louis Giraud
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic black table lamp by Louis Giraud, signed, 1950's
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
French Perforated Metal Table Lamp by Mathieu Matégot, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
A rare "Baghdad" table lamp designed by the notable Mathieu Matégot in the 1950s in his staple enamelled perforated metal. This piece stands out through its unique sculptural form an...
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1950s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Lamp Venini By Fulvio Bianconi, Emerald Green, Circa 1950
Located in Paris, FR
Rare glass lamp by Flavio Bianconi, for Venini from the 1950s. with applications of delicate twists and handles.
Fluted baluster foot height 31cm. With the 39 cm socket
On base, tra...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Table Lamp by Yasha Heifetz
Located in San Francisco, CA
Hand hammered and bent copper and oak table lamp by Yasha Heifetz.
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Copper
Table Lamp by Jane & Gordon Martz
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stoneware table lamp in matte white by Jane & Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios. Etched “Martz” on the back. New wiring and plug. Shade not included.
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stoneware
Gilbert Valentin 's Rare Sculpture Lamp 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
Gilbert VALENTIN (1928-2000)
Atelier LES ARCHANGES
Extremely rare lamp sculpture anthropomorphic enamelled black granite.
A great power emanates from this artwork.
Collectible ceram...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Danish Modern Le Klint desk Lamp, 1960s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
A pair of table lamps designed by Aage Petersen for Le Klint in 1950 featuring black metal bases and the classic white Le Klint shades. The set is in very fine vintage condition.
*...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Stoneware Table Lamps by Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of tall stoneware table lamps by Jane & Gordon Martz. The teak turned wood light fitting is affixed to the matte light green stoneware base. B...
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stoneware, Teak
Sasso Table Lamp in Yellow and Grey by Mimmo Rotella, Venini
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Biomorphe light sculpture in thick-walled glass with dimmer, clear glass with yellow, dab-like, irregular, close glass melting downs black opaquen. A luminous sculpture characterized...
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
French Opaline Lamp
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Beautiful aqua blue opaline glass lamp with gilded metal banding and base. Off-white linen shade. Wired for USA.
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Mid Century Tall Rembrandt Table Lamps
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Pair of slender lamps in brass and enameled metal. Simple and elegant in their minimalist design. Opaque glass shades diffuse light and support larger shade. In excellent vintage con...
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Guido Gambone Ceramic Pottery Table Lamp in Volcanic/Lava Glaze for "La Tirrena"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guido Gambone moved to Florence permanently in 1950 and he founded the shop/studio "La Tierrena" and was opened till 1967, in via palazzo Dei diavoli 2, in Firenze, two years before ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Designer, Sizeable Table Lamps, Beige-lacquered Metal, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of sizeable metal table lamps designed and produced in Sweden, 1950s.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 22.75 x 9.93 x 9.93 (Height x Width x Depth)
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Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Tall Murano Glass Table Lamp by Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tall Murano glass table lamp by Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso. Rewired; with new custom silk shade.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Turquoise ceramic table lamp by Accolay, France c.1955
Located in Holmfirth, GB
A turquoise ceramic table lamp by Accolay. Stamped to the underside.
France, late 1950s. Excellent condition, rewired in braided black cable, PAT rested and supplied with an off whi...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Gustave Gautier and Jacques Biny Fine French Adjustable Floor Lamp
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Made of black lacquered metal and brass, with a (new) shade and adjustable stem. By Gustave Gautiet France
Category
1950s Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Monumental Table or Sideborad Lamp by Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Located in PARIS, FR
A monumental table or sidebord lamp attributes to Luigi Caccia Dominioni. With all the characteristics of the designer : a disc-shaped lampshade in painted iron on an opaline glass g...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron
Val. St. Lambert Art Glass Table Lamp, Large Size
Located in Norwalk, CT
An unusually tall example of the elegant glass table lamps by Belgian glassworks, Val Saint Lambert. Featuring hand blown-glass crafted into twiste...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
1950s Cubist Heifetz Ceramic Abstract Face Lamps With Shades, a Pair
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a pair of abstract, ceramic face table lamps by Yasha Heifetz, circa the 1950s. One lamp showcases a woman and the other t...
Category
1950s Unknown Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Val Robbins "Trio of Shore Birds" Hand Carved Walnut Table Lamp, C. 1960
By Val Robbins
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Val Robbins hand crafted abstract shore birds solid walnut table lamp. circa 1960. Featuring three hand carved dark solid walnut birds, with or...
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Walnut
Lamp Oscar Torlasco Double Joint
By Oscar Torlasco, Lumi
Located in Catania, IT
Lampada da tavolo anni 50 opera del designer Oscar Torlasco per Lumi Milano. La lampada è in patina ed è funzionante, ciò nonostante sarebbe opportuno sostituire l’impianto dell’epoc...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Tall Murano Glass Table Lamp by Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tall Murano glass table lamp by Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso. Rewired; with new custom silk shade.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Table Lamp, Aluminum, by Giardi e Barzaghi, 1955-57
Located in Berlin, DE
Fine table lamp made of perforated aluminum, lacquered grey. Chromed metal structure.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Ceramic Lamp by Accolay
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Accolay ceramic lamp signed YK, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Brass Table Lamp Arredoluce Monza 'Attribution'
By Arredoluce
Located in Catania, IT
1950s brass table lamp attributed to Arredoluce Monza.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Large Murano Flavio Poli for Seguso Sommerso 1950s Aubergine Fin Lamp
By Flavio Poli
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptionally rare size, this Murano glass lamp using the Sommerso technique of layered colored glass, height 28" (top of glass) 43" (top of shade),...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Stiffel Fluted Walnut and Brass Table Lamp, 1950s
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Table lamp with four-point base in fluted walnut and brass by Stiffel, 1950s.
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Impressive Thai Celadon Green Porcelain Crackle Lamps
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of large-scale green Thai Celadon-marked lamps. Ceramic/porcelain bases measure approx. 18" H, 10" D, with shades approx. 37" H, 18" D (shades). These lamps are very impressi...
Category
1950s Thai Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Fontana Arte 3247TA Table Lamp in White Frosted Blown Glass, Designed in 1954
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Family of floor and table lamps with diffuser in frosted white blown glass and structure in nickel-plated metal.
The diffuser is available in white frosted blown glass...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Le Tanneur Burgundy Leather Table Lamp, France, 1950
By Le Tanneur
Located in Paris, FR
Elegant burgundy leather table lamp by Le Tanneur with a beautiful contrast black stitching detail on its base. Original parchment lampshade with its burgundy leather top and bottom ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Leather, Parchment Paper
Midcentury Italian Table Lamp by Lorenzo Burchiellaro
Located in Milan, Italy
Patinated metal lamp in cast aluminum. Work by Lorenzo Burchiellaro, Italy, circa 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Vintage Brass Desk Lamp, 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage brass desk lamp with a dark metal dome
Category
1950s Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Classic Marbro Turquoise Venetian Lamp
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A beautiful Venetian ribbed glass lamp. Original base and fittings. Signed Venetian/Marbro.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Barovier & Toso Monumental Handblown Blue Glass Table Lamp, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Monumental handblown blue glass table lamp, footed with channelled body by Barovier & Toso, Murano Italy, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Large-Scale Glass Lamps Italy, 1950s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of large-scale (total height 37") glass amber colored lamps, with a simple swerling pattern.
Marked Italy, circa 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Studio Made French Hand-Painted Porcelain Table Lamp, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Studio made sage green porcelain table lamp with hand-painted blue flowers, on a gilded base, French, 1950s.
Measures: Shade diameter: 14 inches.
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Paint, Giltwood, Porcelain
Design Technics Studio Ceramic Table Lamp, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Hand-thrown ceramic table lamp, organic design, by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, American, 1950s.
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Fratelli Toso Attributed Monumental Glass Table Lamp, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Monumental handblown glass table lamp with controlled bubbles and aventurine with brass band at bottom and marble base attributed to Fratelli Toso, Murano Italy, 1950s.
Measures: ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble
Flavio Poli for Seguso Monumental, Murano Glass Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great Murano lamp by Flavio Poli. Over all measures diameter 14 total high 27 inches. Shade not included.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Hand Decorated Studio Made Table Lamp, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Ceramic hand decorated studio made table lamp, Italian, 1950s (signed by artist on bottom with orginal "La Rinascente" Label).
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Waylande Gregory "Madonna and Child" Ceramic Lamps
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of stylized "Madonna and Child" ceramic lamps.
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Murano Glass Table Lamp by Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tall Murano glass table lamp by Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso. Rewired; with new custom silk shade.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Gilt Metal Torch-Pierced Metal Table Lamp Attributed to Fantoni
Located in NYC, NY
Gilt metal torch-pierced table lamp with four candle lamp lights to sides and socket on top. There is a riveted on "Made in Italy" label on the side.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Whimsical Artisan Made Butterfly Lamp
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A unique and decorative lamp depicting a tortoise shell butterfly on a custom silver plate base. Provides a touch of ambient light when lit. Note the antennae made from safety pins....
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate
Modern table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique 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, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern table lamps 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 table lamps, popular names associated with this style include Artemide, Flos, Pablo Designs, and Vistosi. 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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