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Pao Lamp

Pao Portable Lamp, Red, by Naoto Fukasawa, for Hay
By Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Dubai, AE
The Pao portable lamp is an exciting collaboration with Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa. Named
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

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Plastic

Pao Portable Lamp, Cream White, by Naoto Fukasawa, for Hay
By Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Dubai, AE
The Pao portable lamp is an exciting collaboration with Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa. Named
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

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Plastic

Pao Portable Lamp, Cool Grey , by Naoto Fukasawa, for Hay
By Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Dubai, AE
The Pao portable lamp is an exciting collaboration with Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa. Named
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

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Plastic

Pao Steel Floor Lamp, Soft Black, by Naoto Fukasawa, for Hay
By Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Dubai, AE
An exciting collaboration with Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa, the Pao Floor Lamp is named after
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Arteluce "Pao" Table Lamp by Matteo Thun
By Ron Rezek
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage mushroom table lamp designed by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, Made in Italy.  
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Vintage 1980s North American Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pao table lamp by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, 1993
By Arteluce, Matteo Thun
Located in Athens, Attiki
Pao table light by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, 1993. Matteo Thun’s work is driven by the search for
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Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Glass, Lacquer, Opaline Glass

Pao Portable Lamp, Soft Black, by Naoto Fukasawa, for Hay
By Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Dubai, AE
The Pao portable lamp is an exciting collaboration with Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa. Named
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Plastic

Pao 2, table lamp in glass and wood, Arteluce, Italy 1993
By Arteluce, Matteo Thun
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautiful high table lamp, model PAO 2, with a satin-finished glass base, base in laquered wood
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1990s Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

PAO Floor Lamp by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, Italy 1990
By Arteluce, Matteo Thun
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A beautiful elegant floor lamp, designed by Matteo Thun and manufactured by Flos in Italy around
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1990s Italian Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Restored Mid-Century Box Frame Rattan Table Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Restored Mid-Century rattan pao table lamp in box shape fixed to a square wood base 1950, United
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Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps

Materials

Rattan

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Pao Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic pao lamp available at 1stDibs. A pao lamp — often made from plastic, glass and metal — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a pao lamp, we have 5 options in-stock, while there are 5 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer pao lamp, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A pao lamp, designed in the Scandinavian Modern or modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one pao lamp that is appealing in its simplicity, but Naoto Fukasawa, Arteluce and Matteo Thun produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Pao Lamp?

Prices for a pao lamp start at $177 and top out at $2,899 with the average selling for $697.

Finding the Right Lighting for You

The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.

Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.

Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat. 

Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.

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With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.

The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.

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