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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
Space Age Brassed Metal Vintage Coffee Table Sofa Table Three Rings circa 1970
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage coffee table or sofa table from brass plated metal and smoked glass plate circa 1970. The brass plated metal base features three ring like elements as trinity. Th...
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1970s Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Metal

Space Age Sputnik Chandelier
Located in Athens, Attiki
Midcentury Sputnik chandelier with 90cm diameter and 15 light bulbs. Very good condition.
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Metal

Scandinavian Design Gold Metal Pair of Sconces, 1970s, Sweden
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Scandinavian Design Gold Metal Pair of Sconces, 1970s, Sweden Elegant rare high quality wall lamps. Lamps are in very good vintage condition. Wear consistent with age and use Thes...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Metal

Sofa by Emilio Guarnacci
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Very rare sofa by Emilio Guarnacci, Italy circa 1969. Reupholstered with white curly wool. Perfect condition. The sofa seems to float as the feet are not visible. Very decorative and...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Wool

Purple Herda Space Age Eyeball Desk Lamp, 1970's
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Rare purple space age eyeball desk lamp by the Dutch company Herda. The shade can be positioned in any way desirable (up, down, left, right). The lamp...
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20th Century Space Age Furniture

Space Age Armchair and Coffee Table in Fiberglass 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
The chair has a smooth, green, bowl-like seat with a matte finish, designed for comfort while maintaining an artistic, sculptural look. The base is black, wide, and rounded, providin...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Fiberglass

1960's Italian Chrome Table Lamp
Located in Praha, CZ
Beautiful modernist table lamp in the round in glass and chrome. In very good original condition with some interior rubbing to the chrome. Bulb: 1 x E27 or E26.
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Chrome

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...
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Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture

Materials

Metal

1970s Space Age Metal Pendant by LUDIB Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Red metal ring pendant with brass perforated strip by LUDIB Bratislava - Good original condition with minor signs of use - 2x, E26 or E27 bulbs
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1970s Slovak Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Metal, Brass

Pair of Orange Square Ceramic Wall Lights, Germany, 1970
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of Orange square-shaped ceramic wall lights/flush mounts in Fat Lava style. in Germany in the 1970s. The base of the light is square and there is a beautiful ceramic cross on to...
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1970s German Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Ceramic

Pierre Guariche Vintage Pair of "Gamma" Bergere Chairs for Meurop, 1960’s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gamma Pierre Guariche Vintage Pair of Chairs for Meurop, 1960’s Designed by Pierre Guariche for the Belgian furniture manufacturer Meurop Removable seat cushions This set is a chara...
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1960s Belgian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery, Foam, Polyester

Mario Bellini 'Quattro Gatti' Nesting Tables C&B in Mustard Yellow Resin 1960s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
A rare and collectible example of radical Italian design, this original set of Quattro Gatti nesting tables was designed by Mario Bellini and produced by C&B Italia in the late 1960s...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Plastic

1960 Giovanni Banci Organic Italian Design Space Age Chrome Sculpture Table Lamp
Located in Brescia, IT
Sculpture Table Lamp Giovanni Banci _ Florence Italy, 1960 Giant Chrome Metal Table Lamp Organic Shape 2 Lights ( E27) Perfect Working Order
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Metal, Chrome

Incredible lamp in the style of Gianfranco Fini 1970s
Located in Cerignola, IT
Incredible lamp italian 1970s amber-colored plexiglass. Reminiscent of Newlamp's space age style lamps The lamp can be used as a floor or table lamp. It consists of 3 cubes, and ins...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Opaline Glass, Plexiglass

Ateljé Lyktan Orange 'Bucket' Space Age Pendant Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Orange vintage space age 'bucket' pendant lamp by Ateljé Lyktan. The shade is nicely shaped and consists out of thick metal. The lamp requires one E27/26 lightbulb. Additional infor...
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20th Century Space Age Furniture

Materials

Metal

Chandelier with 5 pendants 1970s model Lampadina production Tronconi
Located in SAN PIETRO MOSEZZO, NO
Ceiling chandelier with 5 pendants produced by TRONCONI in the 1970s, in perfect space age style. The five pendants are tungsten bulb-shaped with opal glass and lacquered metal fram...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Metal

Italian Glass and Chrome Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Mid century table lamp with a chrome base and a glass globe shade. Cool vintage table lamp which emits a nice dimmed light. Good condition, te...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Chrome

Space Age Vintage Foldable Ivory Plastic Table Luigi Massoni Guzzini 1970s Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage ivory foldable tray or table from plastic designed by Luigi Massoni Grafico Studio Zeto for Guzzini 1970s Italy. This foldable tray table is very useful as a breakf...
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Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Galaxy Contemporary Italian Alabaster Marble Globe Chandelier
Located in Rome, IT
Galaxy contemporary Italian alabaster marble globe chandelier. Exclusive production of Tuscany alabaster,...
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2010s European Space Age Furniture

Materials

Alabaster

Space Age Vintage White Table Lamp Desk Lamp Gianfranco Frattini, 1970s, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage white table lamp or desk lamp model Abele from white lacquered metal by Gianfranco Frattini for Luci Milan 1979. The table l...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Metal

Floor Lamp Metal Chrome Murano Glass by Aldo Nason for Mazzega, Italy, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Rare Floor lamp ghost model metal chrome and blown bubble Murano glass by Aldo Nason, the Carlo Nason brother for the manufacture Mazzega Murano. Famous manufacture like Venini, Vist...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Metal, Chrome

Space Age Red Plexiglass Vintage Magazine Rack, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age red vintage magazine rack from plastic designed and made circa 1970. The magazine rack features two compartments for the newspapers. Also it sh...
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1970s Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Plexiglass

Spigolo Parete Model Metal Pair of Wall Lamps by Quattrifolio, 1970s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Spigolo Parete Model White Metal Pair of Wall Lamps by Quattrifolio, 1970s, Italy Very nice high quality wall lamps. Lamps are in very good vintage condition. These lamps works wi...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Modern Chandelier Attr to Venini in Murano Glass, Italy, circa 1970
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Mid-Century Modern chandelier in clear and frosted hand blown Murano glass attributed to Venini, Italy, circa 1970.  
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Murano Glass

Italian Space Age Floor or Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
Floor or table lamp attributed to Carlo Nason and Mazzega. Made in Italy in 1970s. The two-way switch allows to light the upper, lower or both bulbs. 2x40W, E25-E27 bulbs Very good o...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Chrome

Wall or Ceiling Light, Sculptural Glass, 1970s
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
A r wall or ceiling light in sculptural glass, circa 1970s, Germany. Statement piece. A clear design, with modern materials and special textures. This modernist design is focused on ...
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1970s German Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Glass

Space Age Vintage Orange and White Plastic Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
This Space Age vintage orange and white table lamp shows a chromed metal band. Also the vintage orange table lamp features one E 27 socket...
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1970s Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Metal

Orange Space Age Patio Table Model "Diablo" by Kovinoplastika, Yugoslavia 1970s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a Space Age Plastic garden table manufactured by Kovinoplastika. The model is called Diablo and it comes in bright orange color. Made in Yugoslavia in 1...
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1970s Serbian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Plastic

Canary yellow table lamp, 1960s German space age
Located in San Francisco, US
Immerse yourself in the optimistic futurism of the Space Age with this exceptional Mid-Century Modern table lamp. Standing approximately 2 feet tall, this German-designed masterpiece...
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1960s German Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Enamel, Chrome

Triple Eyeball Floor Lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce, 1960s / Marble base
Located in Buffalo, NY
Triple Eyeball Floor Lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce, 1960s / Marble base.. 3 adjustable magnetic chrome spheres,, Classic Modernist Design.. 3 SEPERATE ON/OFF SWITCHES AFFIXED T...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Marble, Metal, Chrome

Large 1970s German Peill & Putzler Opal Striped Glass Flush Mount Ceiling Light
Located in London, England
Large 1970s German Peill & Putzler plafoniere, space-age, opal glass with a lighter striped pattern flush mount ceiling light. The opal striped-glass circular shade is fixed onto th...
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Mid-20th Century German Space Age Furniture

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Metal

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...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Space Age Furniture

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Steel, Chrome

Dutch Cermamic Wall Sconces/ Lights, 1970s
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
Back to nature... with this special set of 2 wall lamps. Made of ceramic and with beautiful 'earthly' organic shapes. This beautiful set comes from the 1970s, space age design. Perfe...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Ceramic

"Nizwa" Mixed Clay Floor Lamp
Located in Lisboa, PT
Nizwa mixed clay floor lamp resting on a circular bronze base. Barracuda edition, made in Portugal.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Space Age Furniture

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Bronze

Plastic & Nickel Table Lamp 'Professional' by G. Scolari for Valenti, 1970
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Table lamp "Professional" made from nickel-plated metal and white perspex with pivotable lampshade. The lamp remains in an overall good vintage condition: patina and wear consistent ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Metal, Nickel

Set of 4 Italian Spage Age Plexiglass Dining Chairs, 1970s
Located in amstelveen, NL
Midcentury space-age design dining chairs from the 1970s. Featuring a chromed tubular base with smoked plexiglass backrests, and new upholstered orange fabric cushions. Fabric by La ...
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1970s European Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Chrome

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...
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1960s German Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Chrome

Op Art Ice Glass Vase by Claus Josef Riedel, Austria, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
A wonderful Brutalism style geometric Op Art ice glass vase from the 1970s. Designed and executed by Claus Josef Riedel in Austria. Made of thick and solid „melting“ crystal glass. L...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Space Age Furniture

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Crystal

Mid Century Space Age Orange 'Bug Eye' Massive Pendant Light by Luigi Colani
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Iconic orange bug eye pendant lamp by Massive, often attributed to Luigi Colani.The lamp requires one E27/26 lightbulbs. Dimensions: ø: 28 cm Height ...
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1970s European Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Metal

Space Age Floor Lamp in Stilnovo Style, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Extraordinary floor lamp with small table and adjustable shade. Very good original condition. Rewired: 1x60W, E25-E27 bulb US plug adapter included
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1960s European Vintage Space Age Furniture

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
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Blown Glass

Silver Plated Metal 1970s Candleholder by Lino Sabattini
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Very good condition. Very high quality. Manifacture's mark on the handle.
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Silver Plate

Space Age Vintage White Coffee Table with Glass Top, circa 1970
Located in Vienna, AT
Space age vintage coffee table with wooden legs set in a tripod shape and painted in white, while holding a glass plate in a typical 1970s style. The glass top has a thickness of 1.4...
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Late 20th Century Space Age Furniture

Materials

Glass, Wood

Vintage Beige Metal Space Age Pendant Lamp, 1970's
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Beautiful beige vintage space age pendant lamp. The lamp has shiny beige lacquer. It can easily pulled up and down with the rise-and-fall mechanism. The lamp is made out of metal and...
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20th Century Space Age Furniture

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Metal

Big Midcentury Space Age Table Lamp, Sputnik or Atom, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Germany - circa 1970s - Good original condition jr.
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1970s German Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Metal

Afra and Tobia Scarpa Brown Soriana Lounge Chair and Ottoman for Cassina, 1969
Located in Vicenza, IT
Soriana lounge chair and ottoman, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa, and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina in 1969. Re-upholstered with brown velvet. Winner of the “Compas...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Chrome

Mid Century Batik Textile Flower Power Art
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid century batik textile art. Height 37.4" - 95 cm. Width 28.7" - 73 cm.
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20th Century European Space Age Furniture

Materials

Textile

Bubble Glass and Brass Pair of Sconces by Limburg (Glashütte), 1970s, Germany
Located in Bilzen, BE
Pair of Space Age wall lights in bubble glass and brass from "Limburg", (Germany) signed inside with a label from the 70s. Electrically, fully safe and functional. Total height 24 c...
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1970s German Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Brass

Cast Aluminium Round 1970s Mirror, Lorenzo Burchiellaro for Studio Burchiellaro
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Cast aluminium round 1970s mirror by Lorenzo Burchiellaro for Studio Burchiellaro. Very good condition.
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Space Side Table in 100% Recycled Plastic Designed by Squares & Things
Located in London, London
Maddy, the founder of squares & things was inspired by the Space Age and the sweeping architecture of Oscar Neimeyer's buildings for her second collection of furniture - SPACE Collec...
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2010s British Space Age Furniture

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Plastic

Arteluce Brown Metal & Sandblasted Glass '60s 2042/3 Ceiling Lamp by G. Sarfatti
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Brown/bronze aluminum structure with 3 sandblasted glass shades. This ceiling lamp was designed by Gino Sarfatti in 1963 and produced by Arteluce. this item is original and belongs t...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Space Age Italian short pile brown carpet, with orange and beige decoration 1970
Located in MIlano, IT
Space Age Italian short pile brown carpet, with orange and beige decoration, 1970. Short-pile rug of rectangular shape, with a design on a dark brown background and a curvilinear geometric pattern in shades of brown, orange and beige, typical of the Space Age period. About 1970s. Good general condition, marks remain visible on the bottom and there is a small crease on one of the corners. Measurements in cm 275x200x1h Carpet dated from the seventies but kept and preserved very well by the previous owners. In perfect space age style as can be seen from the curved geometric design and the colors used, typical of the seventies. With this carpet you will feel like you are completely immersed in that era and taking a leap...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Wool

Acrylic Glass Mid Century Space Age UFO Pendant Lamp, 1970's
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Smoked acrylic glass mid century space age UFO pendant lamp. The lamp has an smoked glass outer shade and a patterned aluminium inner shade. Together they create a magnificent 'space...
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20th Century Space Age Furniture

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Style Mushroom Table Lamp
Located in Saddle River, NJ
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Style Italian Mushroom Table Lamp This vintage table lamp is a must-have for anyone looking to add a touch of retro style to their home. The ...
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1960s Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Murano Glass

Mid Century Vintage Space Age Pendant Light Ceiling Lamp by Herda, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
A space age pendant lamp by Herda with transparent shade. The shade consists of acrylic glass in a copper-like colour. The height of the lamp can be adjusted with the rise-and-fall s...
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20th Century Space Age Furniture

Materials

Metal

Rare Space Age Chandelier by Napako, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
Excellent condition 1x100W, E25-E27 bulb US wiring compatible.
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1970s Czech Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Metal

Space age stacked ceramic ashtrays / vide poche / centerpiece, Italy 1970s
Located in Firenze, IT
Space age stacked black glazed ceramic ashtrays / vide poche / centerpiece Italy 1970s Set of 3 ashtrays / vide poche / centerpiece H 8.5 cm - 33 cm diam. Conditions: excellent c...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Ceramic

Africanist mirror, Pierre Dariel dit Dolt, 1940s.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Beaded mirror africanist mirror with a frame made of gilded wood, by Pierre Dariel dit Dolt. France, 1940s.
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1940s French Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Mirror

Pair of Lacquered Column Lamp by Guy Lefevre, France, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of black lacquered lightning column or floor lamps by Guy Lefevre. Gilt interiors, sandblasted glass top. To note two different size height 112 x 30 x 30 cm and 71.5 x 30 x 30 c...
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1970s French Vintage Space Age Furniture

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Glass, Wood, Lacquer

Italian space age white metal Vaga table lamp by Franco Mirenzi, Valenti, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age white metal Vaga table lamp by Franco Mirenzi, Valenti, 1970s. Vaga model table lamp, entirely in white painted metal, with a dome-shaped, inclined diffuser, which ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

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.

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