Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Vintage Murano Glass Globe Table Lamp 'circa 1970s'
Located in London, GB
A 1970s Italian Murano glass globe table lamp. Modernist and elegant, this blown Murano table lamp provides a source of lighting which is...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Seguso Ocean Blue, Clear Murano Lamps
By Seguso
Located in New York, NY
Pair of stunning hand blown Murano glass lamps featuring a sky/ocean blue color which fades to clear, mounted o custom lucite bases. TRewired for use in USA. 100W max bulb.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Table or Wall Lamp "Eco" by Luciano Annichini for Artemide, Italy 1963
Located in Vienna, AT
Table or Wall Lamp "Eco" by Luciano Annichini for Artemide, Italy 1963.
White lacquered table or wall lamp 'Eco' (which means "echo" in Italian) des...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Martz Lamps by Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios, Ceramic Table Lamps
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Unusual ceramic table lamps by famed ceramicist duo Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios. Wonderful matte light green color with blue speckles and tan stripes.
Overall:
23...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Opaline Caged Art Glass Monumental Table Floor Lamp Regency
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury Barovier and Toso Murano opaline caged art glass monumental table or floor lamp. Monumental!
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Large Ceramic Lamp Made by Jordi Aguadé i Clos, Spain 1970's
Located in Barcelona, Cataluna
Large ceramic lamp made by Jordi Aiguadé. Around 1970.
In brown color and with a very organic shape. The size is spectacular.
It is in great condition.
Lampshade, the structure is the original and the textile has been changed, which is a raffia.
Born in Barcelona in 1925, Jordi Aguadé...
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1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Desk Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Desk lamp Panna Cotta white color flexible chrome neck.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Black & White Murano Swirl Glass Table Lamp by Renato Toso for Leucos, 1970s
Located in Lisboa, PT
This is a unique Italian Murano glass table lamp. Black and white hand blown glass features a swirl / spiral pattern around the edge of both the glass sha...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Achille Castiglioni for Flos Italian Modern 'Taccia' Table Lamp, Large, Silver
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Italian modern 'Taccia' table lamp designed by Achille Castiglioni for Flos in the 1960s. The aluminum and polished steel metal base is topped with an inverted glass...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Pair of Mid-Century Tall Murano Lamps
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a stunning pair of mid-century Murano lamps that have been accented with gold leaf bases. The white swirled and gold powder-infused glass is in excellent condition and unusua...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Mattheo Thun 'Laguna 26' Table Lamp for Artemide
Located in Glendale, CA
Mattheo Thun 'Laguna 26' table lamp for Artemide.
This lyrical design casts a warm and softly diffused light in its surrounding environment. Executed in hand blown milky white glas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Counterbalance Brass Desk Lamp, Midcentury style
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This exquisite desk lamp with a solid brass counterbalance is designed to enhance your workspace without taking up room on your desk. Its twin bulb system in the shade provides both ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Aluminum, Metal
Midcentury Wood Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of wood, fabric
1x 60 W, E27 or E26 socket
Fully functional
Original condition.
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Large 44cm brass and oak wood Table Light Made Temde Lights, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
table light
Producer:
Temde lights, Germany
Origin:
Germany
Age:
1970s
Original vintage table light made of brass and a wooden oak base element. The objec...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
1966 Gino Sarfatti 1st Edition of Model 600/C for Arteluce, Italy
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Original 1966 600/C 1st edition table lamp from Gino Sarfatti for Arteuce.
Come with original 220 volt 60 watt light bulb and European wall plug.
For US ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of table lamps by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte in glass and brass
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Amazing pair of table lamps crafted in brass and beautiful red and blue colored glass, attributed to the designs of Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, as shown by a pair of documented f...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Hans Kogl Style Golden Florentiner Murano Table Light Sconces, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Table light with murano glass shade
Origin:
Italy
Age:
1970s.
This modernist light was produced in Italy in the 1970s . It is made from solid met...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Test Tubes Lamps with Bubbling Colored Liquid
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Unique collection of 14 glass lamps of different shapes and sizes with a test tube, chemical aspect, with colored liquid inside.
The bulb inside the lamp...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Industrial Architectural Drawing Lamp by Louis Baldinger
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool architectural drawing desk lamp by Louis Baldinger, circa 1980s. The piece is in good vintage condition and made of green painted sheet metal with brass accents and bars. The lamp is fully articulated at lamp hood and center of stem and measures 16"W x 8.5"D x 20 to 33"H. We also have a matching floor lamp available under a seperate listing.
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Louis Baldinger was an immigrant brass turner, who founded the company that bears his name in 1893. The company operated out of a small storefront plant in the historic Williamsburg section of old Brooklyn and specialized in creating and manufacturing beautiful decorative gas lighting fixtures. Deliveries were made to customers literally by horse-drawn wagon, throughout New York's cobblestone streets. In 1955, Daniel Baldinger, grandson of the company's founder, became president of the family business. The company grew tremendously and expanded into new markets during the latter part of the twentieth century. In 1985, Daniel's son Howard joined the company to become the fourth generation Baldinger in the business. Under Daniel Baldinger's leadership, the company solidified its position as a world-class manufacturer of high quality decorative lighting fixtures, with residential and corporate clients worldwide. He relocated and expanded the company's manufacturing plant to the Astoria section of Queens, where it has employed generations of highly skilled immigrant metal workers. One hallmark of Mr. Baldinger's efforts began in 1982 when architect Michael Graves chose Louis Baldinger & Sons as the manufacturer of the custom designed lighting fixtures for his seminal, Post-Modern Humana Building in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1986, with the project complete, the public and design-community response to the building and its lighting led Daniel Baldinger to found Baldinger Architectural Lighting, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Louis Baldinger & Sons, Inc. Baldinger Architectural Lighting, Inc. provides high quality, American made lighting fixtures designed by some of the world's most respected architects and designers. The company's first standard product release was its pace-setting Michael Graves Collection of wall sconces and ceiling fixtures. Since its inception in 1986, Baldinger Architectural Lighting, Inc. has gone on to launch a selection of lighting fixtures designed by the most prominent architects and designers in the world such as Michael Graves, Andree Putman, Richard Meier, Kevin...
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20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp attributed to Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
Chrome table lamp with encased glass stem in the manner of Jacques Adnet.
SHADE AND REWIRING IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SALE.
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Selection of Sculptural Mid Century Modern Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Sculptural Mid Century Modern Lamps, circa 1960's. From left to right, they are: 1) Sculptural nickel lamp, American, circa 1960's. It measures 27.5" height x 21" width....
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Midcentury Celadon Green Table Lamp Made in Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Table lamp in celadon green glazed porcelain with an organic pumpkin shape and a brass stem to hold the brand new lampshade in black.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Lumenform Italian 1970s Modern Chrome Table Lamp
By Lumenform
Located in New York, NY
Italian 1970s chrome drum shade table lamp by noted lighting company Lumenform. White enamel interior with a single side socket. Two separate pie...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Jane and Gordon Martz Minimalist Table Lamp, Ceramic and Walnut
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Wonderful minimalist table lamp in ceramic by famed ceramicist duo Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios. Color is an off white/ faint light grey in a darker setting.
Dimensi...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
Fog & Mørup Small Fried-Egg Table Lamps, Denmark 1950s
By Fog & Mørup
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare set of small table lights. They are made from brass and frosted/partially painted single layered glass. Please notice they diffrent bases. Th...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Vetri Murano Swirl Lamp
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Vetri Murano swirl lamp.
Handblown Vetri Murano lamp with swirl shade.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Table Lamp by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
By Bitossi
Located in Weesp, NL
Rare ceramic Italian Mid-Century Modern table lamp designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi.
This big, 98 cm or 38.58 inches, and beautiful table lamp is in perfect condition. The silk sha...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Brass Table Lamp, Desk Lamp, JBS Hillebrand, Germany, 1950s
Located in Schwerin, MV
Wonderful lamp in the Bauhaus style from the 1950s: Large table lamps from the company Joseph Brumberg Sundern (JBS) from West Germany (Sauerla...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Midcentury Hungarian Studio Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Vienna, Austria
The lamp base comes from the Hungarian studio ceramic era, 1950s. The hand formed ceramic is glassed orange with dark accents.
The lampshade has been covered in a cotton fabric wit...
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1950s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Large Ceramic Martz Table Lamp by Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A truly monumental lamp by famed ceramicist duo Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios. This lamp features a massive ceramic body with big walnut neck and matching finial. Cerami...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Domus, 1960s
By Domus
Located in Hagenbach, DE
A wooden table lamp by Domus made in the 1960s. The body of the lamp is wood. The lamp has a typical Scandinavian design. The light bulb is dimmable with the black regulator.
Very...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Textile, Teak
Mid Century Paul Hanson Italian Ceramic Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large scale ceramic ginger jar form lamps featuring a matte mottled glaze in colors of brown, rust, wasabi green and white. Rewired for use in the USA with bronze double pull...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Red Allglass Table Lamp Designed by Stefan Tabery, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of opaline glass
Re-polished
Fully functional
Original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Opaline Glass
Stemlite Opaque White Glass Ball Shade Table Lamp by Bill Curry for Design Line
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous Stemlite opaque white glass ball shade table lamp by Bill Curry for Design Line. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage an...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Italian Table Lamp by Michele De Lucchi & Gallardo Fassina for Artemide
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina designed these retractable and adjustable Table or Desk light for Artemide, Italy. Designed by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina, the T...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Model 'Round' Desk Lamp by Michel de Lucchi for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1983
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage table lamp by Beiffeplast, Italy. Bold 1980s design with blue and green enameled metal and textured glass shade. Spiky rubberized light bulb.Dimensions:27 x 25 x 12 cm.Perfec...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Blenko Smoky Blue Glass Bottle Lamp
By Blenko Glass
Located in New York, NY
Blenko smoke blue glass lamp with circular wood base. Original hardware and finial. Overall height measures 27 inches, lamp body, 14 inches height.
Signed with paper label on harp, ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Ingo Maurer Table Lamp 1960s
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Čelinac, BA
Ingo Maurer table lamp 1960s. Made in Germany, base made chromed metal and plastic shade.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Jane and Gordon Martz Ceramic Table Lamp for Marshall Studios
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Beautiful table lamp designed by Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios. Features a flat speckled sea foam glaze with incised details. Wonderful shape and color palette.
Dimen...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Large Murano Glass flush mount by Roberto Pamio for Leucos, Italy 1970's
Located in Renens, CH
Beautiful flush mount which boasts a large circular handblown Murano glass diffuser with beautifully undulating deep blue swirls in the glass.
Inside the glass shade the lamp featur...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
1970s Original Table Lamp Model n. 7671 (First Series) by Egon Hillebrand
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Stunning original halogen table lamp model n. 7671 (first series, so rare to find it) by Egon Hillebrand for Hillebrand. Made in Germany. This table lamp works perfectly and is...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Jane and Gordon Martz Table Lamp for Marshall Studios
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Unusual Martz table lamp designed by Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios. Wonderful color palette and form.
Dimensions
Overall
20.25” tall
13” wide
Ceramic
8.25” t...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Vetri Rio Lamp Giusto Toso Murano Art Glass opaline 1960s Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vetri Rio Lamp Giusto Toso Murano Art Glass opaline 1960s Venini.
Murano Vetri blown milk glass lamp with attached clear glass chamber and attached opalesce...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass, Milk Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass, Glass
Bright Yellow Glazed Ceramic Studio Pottery Table Lamp on Walnut Base
Located in San Diego, CA
A bright yellow glazed ceramic studio pottery table lamp with walnut base, circa 1960s. The lamp measures 11.5"D x 26"H (to top of finial; 18"h to the top of light socket). This lamp...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Large French Mid- 20th Century Blue and Beige Glazed Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
Very decorative table lamp in a stunning array of blue and beige colors. This Mid-Century Modern ceramic table lamp has notable sculptural work and would look great in any setting.
...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Pear Shaped Art Glass Table Lamp Made In Italy
Located in Toronto, ON
Unique Pear/Gourd shaped art glass table lamp made in the 1970s attributed to Murano. It is shaped like a pear giving a hour glass silhouette. The art glass is a mix of white and cle...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Design Ceramic Table Lamp, French, circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This design lamp is made of a glazed white and black ceramic. This table lamp has a new black shintz shade gilt inside. This is a French work, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric
PAF Studio Jazz Table Lamp Design by F.A. Porsche, Milano Italy, 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Jazz desk lamp designed by Ferdinand Alexander Porsche for PAF in 1989.
Utilizzed in the film Star Trek
The lampshade is made of a small...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Arteluce, Pair of Magnetic Table Lamps by Antonio Macci Cassia, Model 541
By Arteluce
Located in London, GB
Antonio Macci Cassia for Arteluce, Italy, 1968, model 541 table/desk lamp, a pair available of these articulating lights, magnetised contact means...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Fontana Arte 1960 Italy Milan Very Rare Table Desk Lamp In Glass And Hardware
Located in Miami, FL
Geometric table lamp designed by Fontana Arte.
An extraordinary piece of Italian decorative arts, created in Milano by Fontana Arte, back in the 1960. Crafted with translucent cut glass and nickeled steel. The main body is composed by two rectangular beveled pieces of greenish glass carved with incused circles and frosted finishes.
Fontana-Arte
FontanaArte is an Italian company founded in Milan in 1932 by Luigi Fontana and Giò Ponti (1891-1979). The company is known for the processing of curved glass and for the production of lighting equipment, becoming over the years a prominent name for Italian design. Fontana-Arte marked the “history of light and furnishings” in Italy and worldwide. Born of the idea of an architect, the company has always kept strong ties with the design world, gradually involving leading Italian and international architects and lighting designers. With them, the company has created a true cultural project of architecture, lighting and furniture. This design culture, mainly involving fine materials (above all glass), has seen interaction between technology and aesthetic appeal as its main focus, generating a series of timeless objects, with splendid shapes, some of which have become design classics, exhibited in leading museums around the world. Giò Ponti invites Pietro Chiesa (1892 – 1942) to join him in the art direction. Chiesa is a distinguished glass master who enlists the craftsmen from his own workshop to join him to the company. Gio Ponti designed the 0024 pendant lamp and the Bilia table lamp in 1931. Pietro Chiesa‘s most famous lamp at that time is the Luminator, designed in 1933, in 1937 the 006. In 1954, Max Ingrand, a French glass master and decorator, renowned for his stunning stained-glass church windows, becomes the art director. He designed the Fontana table lamp. Gio Ponti becomes again art director in 1967 and he designs a new collection of lamps, the Pirellina and Pirellone table...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
PH80 Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
The iconic PH80 table lamp with a white acrylic glass shade, manufactured by Louis Poulsen.
Design: Poul Henningsen
Very good condition, no damage.
...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Royal 7 Midcentury Table Lamps by Ingelise Koefoed for Fog & Mørup
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of Royal 7 Midcentury Table Lamps by Ingelise Koefoed for Fog & Mørup
Tall and impressive table lamps with very decorative bold design by Danish ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Harris Strong Walnut & Tile Lamp
Located in Marietta, GA
I don’t buy single lamps very often, but I really liked the color of the ceramic tiles, in this particular lamp. Oiled walnut base, and side pieces, with a collage of tile pieces in ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Walnut, Ceramic
Early 20th Century Religious Table Lamp, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th century religious table lamp.
Manufactured in France, circa 1940.
In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Materi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Sciolari Brass and Faux Tortoise Lucite Table Lamp Vintage, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
This unique piece by the Italian designer Sciolari is signed on the bottom of the lamp by the proprietary brand, as the photos show. The lamp hat is hexagonal and is made of brass an...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Spanish Postmodern Pair of "Scorpio" Table Lamps by Fase, Madrid, 1980s
By Fase
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Pair of "Scorpio" table lamps by Fase, from 1980s. These pieces were made during the 1980s in Madrid by “Fase”. And there was sort production of this model "Scorpio".
“Fase” origina...
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1980s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Rare Japanese Fishing Floating Glass Ball with Iron Frame
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and very rare Japanese fishing blown glass ball with special iron frame, freshly rewired new socket and cord lampshade not included it's 18 ...
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20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Iron
Ceramic Lamp Base from Alingsås, Sweden
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
A beautiful and big ceramic lamp, known as "Royal" from Alingsås ceramics, Sweden. It has an elegant shape with a warm, sandy colour with some rich brown details, there is one bloc o...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century Modern table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century 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, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern table lamps made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original table lamps, popular names associated with this style include Gordon & Jane Martz, Laurel Lamp Company, Marshall Studios, and Bitossi. 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 table lamps differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $69,000 while the average work can sell for $2,096.
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