Frosted Furniture

Mid century modern pendant light features a frosted glass lantern shade with an intersecting metal disc with gold exterior and white interior in the styl...

Wonderful and large ice glass sconce by Kalmar. It is made of five massive ice glass blocks and it holds five small base bulbs. Can be used with or without an integrated switch. A...

This exquisite Art Deco chandelier was hand-crafted in France during that artful period between 1925 and the end of the 1930s. Made of clear frosted molded glass and adorned with cur...

The Flute Pendant hangs from an adjustable stainless-steel cable and is crafted from hand-finished borosilicate glass. With options of clear, frosted or smoked glass and a selection ...

These very large wall mounted lamps were created in Sweden during the 1950s. They were most likely produced by ASEA. The ends of the lamps ar...

Italian Modern Center Table By Oscar Tusquets. We offer this iconic Italian modern Oscar Tusquets Astrolabio for Aleph-Driade Center Table or dining table. This table was designed by...

This adorable glass wall- or ceiling light made of thick hand-blown frosted glass features a design with darker and brighter stripes, manufactured by famous German glass manufacturer...

Commercial size pendant measuring 24" wide. Large glass shade of frosted glass and milk glass lamp shade. Brushed aluminium stem, ceiling cap and fitter. Shade hangs off tripod wire ...

This graphic and dramatic pair of modernist sconces were realized in Murano, Italy, the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. Th...

Lampade da Parete Fontana Arte 1960. For each wall sconce we have two lights, one diffuser emitting light toward the bottom of the lamp and the other toward the top. They are made of...

Space Age brass four-light chandelier with large frosted glass globes, Italy, 1960s Measures: Overall height 30" / 76 cm, adjustable height Height without chain and canopy 16" / 4...

Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Silver Glass Vase, ca 1999. Measures 8” high, base 3-1/2” wide, and mouth 2-1/4” wide. There is a small scratch of silver finish/coating on glass (we've posted an image of the interior and exterior at the area of the scratch). There is also a faint area of small blemishes at the base See images for more detail. If there’s one thing karim rashid hates, it’s trophies. The 40-year-old designer has more than 40 of them, from big international ones like the 1999 George Nelson Award (given for breakthrough furniture design), to quaint little Canadian ones like Designer of the Year 2001. “It came with a little pin,” says Rashid, “and a … a … very nice …” He tries to describe the shape of the award with his hands but gives up. “It’s time that whole trophy thing changes. It’s kitsch. They’re functionless things.” Rashid was asked to design one for the DaimlerChrysler Design Awards (he’s a past recipient). “I was going to make it electro-luminescent. When the lights go out, it has a sensor so it turns on,” he says. But the trophy-as-night-light, a reminder of one’s worth in the darkest hours, didn’t impress Chrysler’s people. He never heard back. They may well be gnawing their knuckles over that decision right now because Rashid’s conquest of the realm of product design is all but complete. A lush and suitably worshipful retrospective of his work, Karim Rashid: I Want to Change the World (Thames & Hudson; 249 pages), hits Australasian bookstores this month. There was a crowd around anything with his stamp on it-including stools, chess sets and storage units-at the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. More than 2 million North Americans are throwing their rubbish into a receptacle he designed, while 750,000 or so park their rears on one of his cheapo plastic chairs. It’s not just in North America. He has been dubbed Der Poet des Plastiks by a retailer in Germany and the prolifico progettista Americano by Interni magazine in Italy. Trophies he may despise, but accolades Rashid can handle. The problem with being the Most Famous Industrial Designer in All the Americas is that you’re still less famous than someone who got kicked off Survivor the first week. Most people cannot name the designer of one nonclothing item in their homes. Rashid, who was born in Egypt, raised in Canada and is living in New York City, is more than happy to bring an end to this anonymity. Not just because he wants to be famous, although there seems to be that, but because he believes design should be a bigger part of the social discourse. “I have been almost alone in this country, trying to make design become a public subject,” he says. His chief method of persuasion is to make the banal better so that people notice design more. He likes creating expensive furniture and perfume bottles just fine, but what really gets his juices going is the everyday: manhole covers, a cremation urn, disposable cigarette lighters, garbage bins, salt and pepper shakers, plastic pens. “I want American Standard to come to me to do the toilets for Home Depot,” he says. In many ways Rashid is more like an itinerant industrial evangelist than a designer. He traveled 200 days last year. He claims to have been to every major mall in America, where he signs his products in high-end design stores and trolls about observing humans interacting with the objects around them. He has taught at design schools for more than a decade, and his work has been in 11 art shows in the past eight months. But mostly he has proselytized the corporate barbarians. And like any good missionary, he has learned to speak the language of his converts. One of the first things he does when he gets new clients is tour their factories to understand their manufacturing capacity. He also visits the retail outlets to see how the product might be displayed. And he really knows how to sell, especially himself. “I work with a guy in L.A.,” says Rashid, declining to name him. “He made a lot of really bad furniture. His business was hand-to-mouth. I proposed seven or eight projects. The pieces I’ve done for him have already become iconic.” The subtitle of his monograph, I Want to Change the World, is not ironic, just characteristically immodest. “Most industrial-design studios try to interpret a client’s needs and come up with a style,” says Paul Rowan, co-founder of housewares manufacturer Umbra. “Karim has his own personal vision.” It helps that Rashid’s vision incorporates things that Rowan needs, like a design that will stack and ship easily and that creates little waste in the making. Rashid’s father was a set designer for Canadian TV who rearranged the family furniture every Sunday. So perhaps it was ordained that Karim would grow up to become one of the pioneers in non-cheesy plastic, making objects that have energy and personality but aren’t wacky. He, like many of his generation, has championed the could-only-be-designed-with-computers blob. But his is not just a blob for its own sake. His Oh Chair...

A round brass ceiling light with three dotted opaline glass shades. It features organic shapes and curves and was manufactured by ASEA in Sweden during the 1940s or early 1950s in a ...

Pair of Italian 1940's bronze light fixtures with 6 interior candelabra lights, original patina and frosted glass insets. Sold individually. Measurements: Drop: 26" Length: 20" Widt...

A beautiful Art Deco style bronze chandelier with floral and foliate motifs on arms, stem, and canopy. Five bronze arms, each with frosted floral glass shade and a socket for the E 2...

The Cintola Pendant works beautifully as a feature light for kitchens, bedrooms or living spaces. The hand-blown glass diffusers are available in a range of three colours to draw att...

A larger version of the Cintola Wall Light, the Twin adds vertical height and presence to the rounded profile of its sibling. Available in a range of standard and custom finishes, al...

A larger version of the Cintola Wall Light, the Twin adds vertical height and presence to the rounded profile of its sibling. The light is available in a range of standard and custom...

Mid-Century Modern Foyer console in Frosted Lucite, Italy 1970's. The legs have beveled edges.

A circa 1950's English silver-plated light fixture with two downward shades; four interior lights in each shade. Measurements: Length: 56" Height: 40" Width: 17".   

A beautiful pair of frosted Acrylic and cast cement Memphis table lamps. This lamps are in the Manner of Ron Arad. Dim: 19" High 9.75" ...

A set of English circa 1950s Anglo-Indian style single-light sconces with carved wood backplates and frosted blue glass hurricanes. Sold per pair....

The Cintola Pendant works beautifully as a feature light for kitchens, bedrooms or living spaces. The hand-blown glass diffusers are available in a range of three colours to draw att...

The bulb table lamp was designed by Ingo Maurer and produced by M-design in Munich in the 1970s. It is made of a dark brown metal stand and a blown opal glass lamp shade...

A fine, large Louis XVI style fire-gilded chandelier, France, late 18th century. This wonderful piece is finely elaborate in precise detail decorated with elegant foliate, flowers an...

Murano glass “selle” chandelier with a chrome structure with alternating white frosted glass pendants and white frosted glass pendants wi...

A larger version of the Cintola Wall Light, the Twin adds vertical height and presence to the rounded profile of its sibling. Available in a range of standard and custom finishes, al...

An important pair of French Art Deco large Jean Perzel sconces from France circa 1930. These unique sconces feature patinated brass, clear and frosted glass with textured edges. Sign...

Wrought iron and cut frosted glass two-light pendant chandelier with night watchman, from ca 1910. Gorgeous masterfully crafted wrought iron pendant chandelier...

This superb Art Deco period pendant light with molded, frosted, octagonal glass bowl features a floral design in white. The beautifully shaped frosted glass shade with the enameled d...

Beautiful pair of minimal, elegant mid-century wall sconces, Made in Italy during the 1960s. Reminds to Ignazio Gardella style. The light bases are made of varnished metal and are ve...

Black enamel industrial lamp. Clear Frosted glass. Weight 3.0 kg / 6.6 lb. Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards for incande...

This beautiful French Art Nouveau chandelier features a brass central body and five arms, made of bronze and richly decorated with roses and rose leaves. Each arm has a white frosted...

Inspired by slender, natural forms, the Reed Wall Lights are designed to deliver soft accents to an interior lighting scheme. Used in conjunction with the Reed portable luminaires, t...

Exquisite pair of bespoke wall lights in blown Murano glass in the style of Barovier, with an organic Art Deco design feather leaf curved shape. Entirely handcrafted in Italy, the hi...

Fine brass and satin glass table and wall light by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, circa 1960. The design is a modernist variation on classical oil table lamps....

The ECLIPSE wall sconce represents a perfect fusion of nature and contemporary craftsmanship. The raw alabaster plates, left in their natural form, create a fascinating interaction b...

A celebration of floral grace and Italian craftsmanship, this exquisite pair of wall lights transforms lighting into a sculptural experience. Inspired by mid-century modern design an...

A Multiforme product for Cosulich Interiors & Antiques, created by the Italian Designer Leo De Carlo. This sculpture floor lamp is entirely customizable to your personalization, in c...

This beautiful Art Deco molded, frosted, and painted thick glass ceiling light features a floral design in purple, yellow, orange, blue, and green colors, signed “Loys Lucha”. The ou...

A pair of circa 1940s reverse-etched frosted glass lanterns with nickel-plated body and three interior lights. Sold individually. Measurements: Diameter 13" Minimum drop 27".

19th century peanut storage jar with the original frosted lid. The condition is very good. This was from a old five and dime drug store. The condition is very good. The bubbles and a...

French Art Nouveau period bronze and cut frosted glass flush mount, from circa 1920. This adorable ceiling light fixture features a round massive bronze frame throughout adorned wit...

Vintage Ice cube bucket in thick lucite with handles. Beautiful and functional ice bucketI which features a frosted acrylic insert that also has handles as well. This piece is an ess...

Set of six French circa 1960's polished bronze light fixtures with milk glass insets. Sold individually. Measurements: Diameter: 20" Drop: 16" (adjustable)

Large pair of rectangular vintage frosted translucent Lucite wall mirrors. Mirrors can be acquired separately or as a pair and measurements can be altered as per buyer request. Cust...

Set of four circa 1940s Italian bronze lanterns with frosted glass insets. Sold per pair. Measurements: Height 20" Width 11.5" Depth 5".

Solid wood constructed barcart with hand-cut joinery, tempered glass panels, and fine metal accents. Handmade in Los Angeles, California. Shown in ebonized oak, copper with smoked...

Italian modern pendant with frosted white ribbed Murano glass globes, mounted on polished brass frame / Designed by Fabio Bergomi for Fabio Ltd / Made in Italy 2 lights / E26 or E27...

French Art Deco vase by Etling (Paris), France, ca.1920. Thick frosted molded glass showing a young lady with antelopes. Height: 11"(28cm), Diameter: 9.45"(24cm). Molded signature "Etling France" under the base (see photo). Rare model. Edmond Etling is an editor of decorative arts in Paris, who has excelled in 1920-1930 in France. His company was founded in 1909. He had two basic principles: first always be in the style of the day and the other, engaging the artists in fashion. Thus Etling brand covers an impressive list of artists : Lucille Sevin, (author of vases and statuettes of female nudes), Geneviève Granger (vases and female nudes wearing boyish), Géza Hiecz (animals and birds), George Beal...

Art Deco brass and cut white frosted glass flush mount, circa 1930. This classic and elegant ceiling light fixture features a round brass frame with a beautifully shaped white froste...

Deco inspired and hand-finished, the Cintola Maxi is a stand-out feature luminaire. Just like the Cintola Pendant, the Maxi Pendant comes in three differe...

Italian modern chandelier or flush mount shown with smoked amber curved Murano glass shade with a beveled edge and frosted conical glass, mounted on solid polished brass hardware / D...

On Sale for limited time...! from $8350 to $5950 This pair of French Art Deco sconces are known as the "Waterfall" from the 1930's by Marius Ernest Sabino (1878-1961) in great condit...

Awesome vintage Modern frosted Lucite kudu sculpture by David Fisher for Austin Sculptures. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage an...

Pair of rare Rene Lalique Art Deco frosted and clear glass wall sconces with relief sparrow birds. Embossed signature R. Lalique lower right. Bronze rectangular backplate...

Nice brass and frosted glass light fixture by Kalmar, manufactured in Mid-Century, circa 1970 (late 1960s or eraly 1970s). One bulb E26 / E27 for 75W max.

Only one light is available. One of three pendant lamps by Kalmar, Austria, 1960s. They are made of frosted glasses and chrome (or nickel) plated brass. One medium screw base bulb per light. The total drop can be altered to any length for free. US canopies and matching sconces are also available. The price is per light. They are sold individually, as pair or as set of three lights.