Space Age Furniture
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.
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Style: Space Age
Period: Mid-20th Century
Toy Lounge Chair- Rossi Molinari
Located in Antwerpen, BE
The “Toy” lounge chair designed by Rossi Molinari is a reflection of the Space Age of the late 1960s.
Produced in Italy in 1968 for Totem.
It is made up of a clear acrylic box...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
Afra & Tobia Scarpa Light Blue Alcantara Soriana Chaise Lounge for Cassina, 1969
Located in Vicenza, IT
Afra & Tobia Scarpa “Soriana” chaise longue, Alcantara and metal, Italy, 1969.
The Soriana lounge chair is low and soft and invites the sitter to sink in. Its peculiar feature is the...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Cristal 1960s Vase Mod. 3586 by T. Wirkkala for Karhula- Iittala
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Vintage cristal vase mod. 3586 designed by T. Wirkkala for Karhula- Iittala. Good condition: alone slightly opaque at the edge.
Category
1960s Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Glass
1970s German Peill & Pützler Grey Glass & Chrome Bell Shaped Pendant Light
Located in London, GB
A stunning 1970s Modernist German Peill & Pützler bell-shaped hanging ceiling glass pendant light. Designed by German designer Aloys Ferdinand Gangkofner.
The heavy, and thick, mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Iconic Artemide 'Dedalo' Umbrella Stand Designed by Emma Gismondi, 1960s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
The Artemide Dedalo umbrella holder, designed by Emma Gismondi Schweinberger in the mid-Sixties, is a true icon of the Space Age design movement. Crafted for Artemide Milano, this pi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Murano, 1950, Italian, Attributed to Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Rare Olivier Mourgue Montreal armchairs dark blue velvet
Located in Paris, FR
This is a very rare collectible pair of historic french design chairs
Olivier Mourgue (1939-)
Pair of Montreal armchairs
Mobilier National-Atelier de recherche et création, Airbor...
Category
1960s French Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Space Age Plastic & Glass Floor Lamp, Germany
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage, space age red plastic floor lamp with 6 glass balls and step-on switch. Made it Germany in the 1970's. Bulbs: 6 x E 14.
US adapter included.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Space Age Furniture
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Black and White Pendant by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos
Located in Argelato, BO
BLACK & WHITE pendant lamp
(with Pier Giacomo Castiglioni)
Production: Flos
"The Black & White lamp owes its name to the two types of light it emits. Diffused lighting is obtained b...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Unique Mannequin Pop Art Fashion Sculpture, Schläppi Switzerland 1960's
By Schlappi
Located in Den Haag, NL
Unique Pop Art Fashion mannequin. Made by Schlappi circa 1960's.
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass
Iconic Mobile Bar Cart by Franco Cattelan for Xilema Italy, Space Age Icon 1960s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
The Mobile Drinks Trolley by Franco Cattelan, manufactured by Xilema in Vicenza, Italy, during 1969-1970, is a rare and highly sought-after example of ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Harvey Guzzini Cabras Vintage Yellow pendant light
Located in Београд, RS
Harvey Guzzini "Cabras" Pendant Lamp – Yellow
The original "Cabras" pendant lamp, designed by Harvey Guzzini, is a perfect blend of classic elegance and futuristic 1970s design. It ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Slovenian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
Robo space age bar cart by Joe Colombo for Elco , 1960s.
By Elco, Joe Colombo
Located in Athens, Attiki
Robo space age bar cart by Joe Colombo for Elco , 1960s.
This rare find has an internal layer than can be adjusted to create different storage compa...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Metal, Black Leather Castiglia Chairs by A. Castiglioni for Zanotta, Set of 4
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Set of 4 stackable armchairs in chromed tubular metal, seat and back in black leather and spring structure for a comfortable seat. Model "2062 Castiglia" designed by A. Castiglioni a...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Djinn Chair by Olivier Mourgue for Airborne
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
An original Djinn chair by Olivier Mourgue for Airborrne, now freshly recovered in alpaca.
A classic space age design with a twist, originally seen in red jersey on the set of 2001 a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Space Age Furniture
Materials
Steel
Appliques murale Erco en verre et bakelite Allemagne 1960 Vintage Space Age
By ERCO Leuchten, Erco
Located in London, England
Paires d'appliques en verre travaillé sur support en bakélite noir pouvant réceptionner 2 ampoules à 60 watts .
En superbe état
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Glass, Bakelite
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 Furniture
Materials
Glass
1970s Space Age Danish Saturn Louis Poulsen Outdoor Wall Light by Joachim Lepper
Located in London, GB
An absolutely stunning outdoor (fine for indoor too) wall light manufactured by the Danish lighting manufacturer Louis Poulsen. This is the largest "maxi" version in the model "Satu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Space Age Vintage Silver Aluminum Glass Coffee Table Sofa Table Knut Hesterberg
Located in Vienna, AT
A Space Age vintage silver aluminum glass coffee table or sofa table, which was designed by Knut Hesterberg for Ronald Schmitt, circa 1964, Germany.
While the polished aluminum base...
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Artifort Geoffrey Harcourt Swivel Lounge Chair F 975
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This stunning swivel lounge chair was designed by Geoffrey Harcourt 1968 for Artifort.
This version ist the latest and was produced 2015 with the new aluminum contemporary base.
The...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Sconce by Targetti Sankey, Italy, circa 1970
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Space Age sconce in hand blown clear and dark blue Murano glass and chromed and lacquered (white) metal, manufactured by Targetti Sankey and still retaining the original label, circa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of Two Orange Blown Peill Putzler Pendant Lights, 1970s
Located in Rijssen, NL
There’s something about orange that screams this particular era. And this 1970s pair of Peill & Putzler ceiling pendant lamps is very orange!
With a white or black cord and canopy.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Space Age Furniture
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass
Ceramic bubbly wavy floor or table lamp by Kaiser Leuchten, 1960s
Located in Zaandam, NL
Absolutely stunning large table lamp or sometimes referred to as medium floor lamp by Kaiser Leuchten, Germany 1960s. This lamp is in great condition with only 1 very tiny point on t...
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Handmade Ceramic Table Lamp, Italy, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
The lamp is in very good vintage condition.
The lamps measure 44cm up to the socket.
Please note that the shades are not included in the price.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Giancarlo Piretti Plona chairs Anonima for Castelli - Italy, 1969
Located in London, GB
Born in Bologna, Piretti (b.1940) studied at the city’s Istituto Statale d’Arte before joining manufacturer Anonima Castelli as a designer. His work married a space age sensibility w...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Leather
Murano Portable Table Lamp, 1960s
By Artemide
Located in Brussel, BE
Italian portable table / floor lamp made of Murano opaline glass with a stainless steel strapping and handle on a beige enameled base, in the style go Artemide, from the 1960’s.
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Ba...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Space age orange ceramic vase, Italy ca. 1960
Located in Firenze, IT
Orange space age ceramic vase
Italy ca. 1960
H 30 cm - 26.5 × 7.5 cm
Conditions: good consistent with age and use. Small chips on the base
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Five Harvey Guzzini, iGuzzini Lacquered Steel Sconces, Italy, circa 1960
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Five wall lights or sconces designed by Harvey Guzzini and manufactured by iGuzzini in Italy, circa 1960
Both the shade and the main body swivel to create different lighting angles ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Steel
Resin and stone cube floor lamp, Netherlands 1960s
Located in ECHT, NL
Hand crafted cube floor lamp. Made from quartz gravel cast in clear resin. Very decorative lamp that can be used as a sand alone floor or table lamp but also as a side table or plant...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Space Age Furniture
Materials
Quartz, Metal
Luigi Colani Space Age Orbis Longue Chair for COR 1960S
By Luigi Colani
Located in Čelinac, BA
Luigi Colani Orbis Longue Chair for COR 1960s
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Rare Original 1960s Kaiser Light Metal Teak Table Lamp
Located in München, DE
Original 1960s Kaiser light table lamp with teak base and infinitely swiveling metal neck.
The shade is made of metal in ivory white.
Beautiful minimalist design from the 1960s.
L...
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Large Italian Modern 1980s Murano Glass Globe & Aged Brass Sputnik Chandelier
Located in London, GB
An amazing and quite spectacular space-age & futuristic 1980s Italian Murano glass globe & aged-brass sputnik chandelier. Made in Italy. The three inter-connected aged brass globes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Brass
20th Century Space Age Style, Brushed Aluminium Floor Lamp 3 Lights, 1970s
Located in London, GB
A striking example of mid-century modern lighting and space age design, this aluminium floor lamp from the 1970s features a sleek and minimalist aesthetic. Its circular base houses a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Mid Century Modern Chromed Table Lamp, Reggiani Italy, 1950s
By Reggiani
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Vintage Chromed Table Lamp, Reggiani Italy, 1950s
Classic style vintage chromed table lamp, designed by Reggiani in Italy in the late 1950s,...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Space Age Red Ladder Desk Lamp 1960’s from the Lord Robert Boothby Estate
Located in London, GB
A Space Age Red ladder Desk light from the estate of the late Lady Wanda Boothby, the wife of Conservative peer, Lord Robert Boothby
(1900-86). Robert Jo...
Category
1960s English Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Steel
Pair Italian Gaudi Chairs Designed by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, Italy 70s
Located in Lucija, SI
This pair of Italian armchairs model Gaudi was designed by Vico Magistretti and produce by Artemide Milano in 1968
It is made from fiberglass.
SPA Artemide Milano Modello Gaudi Desig...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Venini Table Lamps "Tesutto" Murano Glass, circa 1970
By Venini
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Space age pair of table lamps by in hand blown clear and white 'Tessuto' technique Murano glass attributed to Venini, circa 1970.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Mod 5-Light Chrome and Glass Ball Chandelier
By Lightolier, Moe Light
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 Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Space Age Flush Mount, Italian 1960’s, Attributed to Sciolari
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Large Space Age flush mount or wall light.
Manufactured in Italy during the 1960’s in chromed metal and glass spheres in a shape reminiscent of a flying saucer.
This lamp was most...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Vintage 'Space Age' Opaline Florence Vase, Empoli, 1955s
By Empoli
Located in Verviers, BE
Vintage opaline from Florence.
This is a rare color and size, a must have for any collector.
Looks simply stunning.
The piece is in excellent condition and a real beauty!
...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Red and White Plastic Space Age Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
All plastic Space Age table lamp made in 1960s in Czechoslovakia.
1x25W, E12-E14 bulb
US wiring compatible
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Plastic
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 Furniture
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Space Age Rotating Spherical Lamp Style of Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Hanover, MA
I’ve been trying to identify who designed and produced this 'cool af' lamp since I bought it in Italy over a decade ago.
The white plexi reflectors call to mind Joe Colombo’s semi-spherical Continental bookshelves.
It would certainly be companionable with Gino Sarfatti’s model 548...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Vintage Robot Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A unique and very unusual vintage robot table lamp. This was hand made by a crafty individual in around the 1960-70’s.
Someone has made this at home fro...
Category
1960s British Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
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 Furniture
Materials
Chrome
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 Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ceramic Plates by Gio Ponti for Franco Pozzi, 1960s, Set of 5
By Gio Ponti
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Set of 5 decorative plates designed by Gio Ponti for Ceramica Franco Pozzi.
Fair condition: visible signs of wear, discolorations and some chipping. A restoration is recommended.
Label maker...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Space Age Chandelier by Aldo Nason for Mazzega, ca. 1970
By Aldo Nason, Mazzega
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Very large and increasingly rare Space Age chandelier designed by Aldo Nason for Mazzega known as the "Torpedo" series.
It consists of 18 lights made of hand blown Murano glass and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Modernist Chrome and Marble SPACE-AGE "arc" eyeball floor lamp / Italian
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Chrome and Marble SPACE-AGE "arc" eyeball floor lamp / Made In Italy,, Classic design.. Sleek. simple , elegant. Minor dimple to chrome shade. less than 8th of an inch. Ha...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Marble, Chrome
Vintage Space Age Dinner Table and Four Chairs in the Manner of Gastone Rinaldi
Located in Catania, CT
Very good original vintage condition with trace of age and use and small oxidation on the chrome for this set of a dinner table plus four chairs. Reminiscent of the style of Gastone ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Scandinavian Space age Wall Lamp in Teak, Aluminum & Faux Rubies, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Interesting wall light composed of a solid teak base with 'nipple' set on/of switch, an adjustable arm and a aluminum shade bejeweled with faux (acrylic) rubies. Possibly made by eit...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Modern Suite Chairs and Sofa, Set of 3
Located in Milano, IT
Original living room set consisting of 2 armchairs and a 2-seater sofa, upholstered with its original, flame-red skai.
The legs are made of black-painted tubular metal with unique an...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Large Italian Glass, Silvered Plastic and Fiberglass Shade 1970s Table Lamp
By Carlo Nason, AVMazzega
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This large and elegant abat-jour was produced in Italy, circa 1970s. It is made from a Murano faded glass base with an optical set of chrome plated plastic spheres and with a fibergl...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Metal, Aluminum
Italian white fiberglass & olive green seat space age stool
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Very nice stool made of white painted fiberglass/resin with olive green cushioned seat. Very good vintage condition
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Resin, Fiberglass
Nebu Round Mirror Space Ace 1960s Holland
By Nebu
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Round Mirror .Purple color . The mirror itself is a little off center
Its intended . Very good quality . Signed Nebu Holland
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wood
Stilux Italy Production Saturn Desk Lamp Vintage Years '60 Space Age
By Stilux
Located in Biella, IT
Rare and delightful stilux Milano Italy production, Saturn desk lamp years '50 in frosted glass.
Brass and alluminium.
In good vintage conditio...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Alky Chairs by Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli 1960s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Giancarlo Piretti known for his abundant creativity, has created numerous iconic designs, such as the "Alky" lounge chair for Anonima Castelli, in 1969. The unique design offers a bl...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Velvet
Set of Three Space Age Chandeliers, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Three brass and opaline glass chandeliers by Elektroinstala Decin, made in 1960s.
5x60W, E25-E27 sockets.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Brass
Space Age furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Space Age furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, seating, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Space Age furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Mazzega Murano, Artemide, Kartell, and Joe Colombo. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $650,000 while the average work can sell for $1,719.