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Original, Early Vintage Tubular Easy Chair with Original Fabric, circa 1930
By Thonet, Willem H. Gispen, Paul Schuitema
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
for Amsterdam, Haarlem and IJmuiden for lamps, chairs, small items as tables and office desks, small
Category
Vintage 1930s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
1955, Arne Jacobsen, Set of Six Rare Vintage Laminated 3107 Butterfly Chair
By Fritz Hansen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
lamps, chairs, small items as tables and office desks, small not too heavy couches. Rest of Holland €133
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Steel
RESTORED CUSTOM HAND DYED CIGAR BROWN LEATHER LARGE SiDEBOARD CONSOLE TABLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
seafront, the owner had some very fancy lamps on either end with little feet and was using it as a media
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Leather
Jacques Adnet Daybed, with Saint-Gobain, Circa 1950, France
By Jacques Adnet, Saint Gobain
Located in Girona, Spain
heyday of the Art Deco era, and in the 1950s, in association with Hermès, created chairs, lamps, desks
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Materials
Steel
Italian bookcase cabinet in grissinato wood
By Midcentury Italian school
Located in Milano, IT
1950s Italian bookcase cabinet - A masterpiece of mid-century design with concealed elements and
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Freeform Amber Colored Bubble Glass Vase 1960s
Located in Meer, VAN
display on a sideboard, desk or cabinet. Wonderful in the sun!
In wonderful vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Crystal ashtray, Fontana Arte, Italy, 1950s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Conversano, IT
vision that made Fontana Arte one of the most important design institutions of the twentieth century. In
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Crystal
Pietro Chiesa Crystal ashtray for Fontana Arte, Italy 1940
By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa
Located in Conversano, IT
reflections. In good vintage condition, with natural minor signs of age and light surface oxidations
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Crystal
Pair of Dieter Waeckerlin Clamp Spotlights, 1960s Swiss Modernist Design
By Dieter Waeckerlin
Located in Dronten, NL
a perfect fit for modern interiors seeking an authentic mid-century accent.
Waeckerlin is best
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Set of Two Metal Stilnovo Mod. 232 Sconces Designed By Bruno Gatta, Italy 1962
By Bruno Gatta, Stilnovo
Located in Echt, NL
(1970) by Cini Boeri, the Fante Desk Lamp (1978) by De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi, and the Valigia Desk Lamp
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Alvar Aalto Writing Table Model K81 in Birch, Artek 1940s
By Huonekalu-Ja Rakennustyötedas Oy, Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, FI
A rare Mid-Century Modern writing desk in full birch model K81 manufactured by Huonekalu- ja
Category
Vintage 1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Birch
Rare 1948 James Mont Designed Wide Tufted Seat Lounge Chair Oval Back Cushion
By James Mont
Located in St. Louis, MO
Circa 1948, documented, by famed NYC designer James Mont, this mid-century modern wide tufted seat
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Foam, Sycamore
Wall light white metal by Elio Martinelli for Martinelli Luce, Italia, 1960
By Elio Martinelli, Martinelli Luce
Located in Nicolosi, IT
by Elio Martinelli for Martinelli Luce in the 1960s is an iconic piece of Mid-Century Modern style
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Midcentury George Nelson Gentlemens Secretary Chest
By George Nelson
Located in Pasadena, TX
.
Among Nelson`s own creations are classic works of 1950s design, including the bubble lamp, ball clock
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$3,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Jacques Adnet Black Stitched Leather Wicker Bar Cart Trolley Table
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
heyday of the Art Deco era, and in the 1950s, in association with Hermès, created chairs, lamps, desks
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Multicolored Wall Unit by Tjerk Rijenga for Pilastro, the Netherlands 1960
s
By Pilastro, Tjerk Reijenga
Located in Steenwijk, NL
desk lamp are all to be found in this set. All parts are considered to be in a very good condition with
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Modern Set of 3 Wall Lights in Brass Candela Per Sundstedt Sweden
By Per Sundstedt
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Fagerhult), where he created the Hinken pendant lamp and Candela's bestseller. In the mid-1960s, he designed
Category
Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Teak Model RY-100 Wall Unit / Room Divider by Hans Wegner for Ry Møbler, c. 1965
By Hans J. Wegner, Ry Møbler
Located in Deland, FL
cabinets. The two locks and one key all function as does the lamp located inside the secretary desk and
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal
1960s Replogle
Comprehensive
Illuminated Globe on Walnut Base
By Replogle Globes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
perfect desk accessory that additionally has a functional lighting mechanism (wiring is new, and lamp is
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Aluminum
Art Deco Bear Over Circus Ball, Car Mascot Hood Ornament, France, 1920
By Marcel-André Bouraine
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
large amount of furniture, from the end of the 19th century to the mid-20th century. In 1970, the brand
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Haeger Modern Ceramic Drip Glaze Vase Vessel Raku Collection
By Haeger
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
popular TV lamps of the 1950s. In fact, the Mid-Century Modern tendency runs strong in Haeger; collectors
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Gianfranco Frattini Nesting Tables, space age design, Cassina, Italy circa 1970s
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in leucate, FR
to mid-century modern design. He was part of the Italian design movement in the post-war period
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Materials
Smoked Glass, Wood
Art Deco Hermès Paris "Ric et Rac" Dogs Car Mascot / Hood Ornament. Pol Rab 1920
By Pol Rab, Hermès
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
& Rac.
Perfect Gift for any vintage & antique car fan, any automobilia collector.
Car be used as a desk
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Postmodern Halogen Desk Table Lamp 1980s
By George Kovacs, Ettore Sottsass, Robert Sonneman
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Postmodern desk or bankers lamp in the style of Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs from the
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
New Old Stock, Large Opaline Murano Glass Table Desk Light Cenedese Vetri, 1960s
By Gino Cenedese, Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
, Italy
Age:
1960s
This fantastic vintage table light was designed and produced by
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
New Old Stock, Opaline Murano Glass "Rose" Table Desk Light Cenedese Vetri 1960s
By Gino Cenedese, Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
:
Murano, Italy
Age:
1960s
Description:
This fantastic vintage table light was designed
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Vintage desk lamp adjustable gooseneck lamp, 70s 80s
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
F Line Brooklyn black desk lamp vintage retro mcm.
Vintage chrome and black metal desk lamp.
Black
Category
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Mid Century Hala P-144 Desk Lamp
By Hala Zeist
Located in BAARLO, LI
A Hala desk lamp model 144 designed by H.Th.A. Busquet for Hala Netherlands in the 1930s. This
Category
Vintage 1930s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Nickel
Vintage Green German Mid-Century Modern Metal desk lamp with flexible shade
Located in Berlin, Germany
Vintage Green German Mid-Century Modern Metal desk lamp with flexible shade
This desk lamp was
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Black
Brass Disderot Desk Lamp
By Pierre Guariche
Located in Woodford Green, GB
Mid century black & brass adjustable desk lamp attributed to Pierre Guariche for Disderot, France
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Laurel-Style Articulating Desk Lamp, 1950s
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
You'll find both form and function in this articulating desk lamp, in the style of Laurel, from the
Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
Mid Century Space Age Yellow Tubular Desk Lamp
By Targetti Sankey
Located in Woodford Green, GB
Space age tubular 'Elbow' desk lamp by E.Bellini for Targetti Sankey, produced in Italy in the 70's
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid century rocket desk lamp by Drevo Humpolec, Czechoslovakia, 1960´s
By Dřevo Humpolec
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Mid century desk lamp, associated with “Brussels period” and world-renowned EXPO58. It was made in
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Milk Glass, Wood
Vintage Brown Desk Lamp, 1960s
Located in Chesham, GB
This brown desk lamp from 1960s can be fixed to a desk or shelf using a vice.
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Grey Metal Desk Lamp, 1970s
Located in Zbiroh, CZ
Metal desk lamp, grey color, in original, very good condition. Screw E 27. After wiring review
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Black and Chrome Gooseneck Desk Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A lovely Mid-Century Modern desk lamp with black metal base and shade and a chrome stem/gooseneck
Category
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Vintage patinated aluminium and chrome desk lamp
Located in Heerhugowaard, NL
Vintage overly patinated table lamp from the 1960s, origin unknown.
This lamp is made from a tube
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Koch
Lowy Style Swing Arm Brass/Chrome Table, Desk Lamp
By Koch
Lowy
Located in Miami, FL
You are looking at two high quality table or desk lamps very much in the style of Koch & Lowy but
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Vintage Dark Brown Bauhaus Desk Lamp, 1960s
Located in Sint Joris Weert, BE
Dark brown metal Bauhaus style desk lamp.
This lamp dates from the late 1960s and is designed in
Category
Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Red Industrialist Desk Lamp by Seifert &. from the Tilitz KG, 1960s
Located in Budapest, HU
This vintage table lamp, manufactured by Seifert & Tilitz KG in 1960s Germany, features a bright
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Black and White Cylindrical Vintage Desk Lamps 1960s
Located in London, Greater London
A pair of stylish adjustable vintage desk lamps in black and white, manufactured in Italy in the
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Enamel
Dutch Desk Lamp
Located in Mere, GB
This is an unmarked vintage desk lamp which most likely originates from the Netherlands in the
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
$480
Vintage 1960s Green Desk Lamp by GEPO Amsterdam
By Gepo
Located in Bern, CH
Vintage desk lamp designed and produced by Gepo, an Amsterdam-based company started in the 1960s
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Seneca sweden metal vintage desk lamp, 1970
s
Located in Budapest, HU
Seneca table lamp with a round, white metal base and a perforated adjustable lamp shade. Thanks to
Category
Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1970s Tan Adjustable Desk Lamp by Park Sherman
By Park Sherman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage 1970s Space Age Park Sherman fluorescent desk lamp with tan molded plastic shade
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage desk lamp by Karel Volf, 1970´s, Czechoslovakia
By Osvětlovací sklo n.p., Valašské Meuiříčí
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This lamp made was designed by Karel Volf in the early 1970s and was produced by OS Valašské
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Pair of Vintage Chrome and Lucite Column Desk Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This wonderful pair of chrome and Lucite lamps remain in very good vintage condition, with age
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Desk Lights
Located in Ulft, Gelderland
Vintage yellow desk light. Made in Germany during the 1960s. These lights remain in good condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$149 / item
Vintage Swing Arm Lamp Mfg. by Laurel Lamps After a Classic Von Nessen Design
By Laurel Lamp Company, Walter Von Nessen
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage (c.1970's) swing-arm lamp manufactured by the Laurel Lamp Company, the design is after and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Table Lamp Mushroom MASSIVE Opaline Belgium 70
s Grey White Vintage Mid-Century
By Massive Lighting
Located in Antwerpen, BE
This entertaining desk or table lamp by Belgian manufacturer MASSIVE, immediately creates a cozy
Category
Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Opaline Glass, Plastic
Vintage / Retro German Design Chrome/Orange Desk Lamp, 1970s
VEB Narva
Located in Budapest, HU
Mid-Century Modern german "mushroom" desk lamp with chrome body and orange shade from VEB
Category
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Italian Vintage Teak Desk , 1950’s
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in PÉZENAS, FR
elegant Italian desk from the 1960s, crafted in solid teak and teak veneer, embodying the refined
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Teak
1970s Cream Electrix Gooseneck Desk Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage Electrix gooseneck desk or task lamp in cream that is perfect for a minimalist or 1970s
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid century table lamp by Kamenický Šenov, Czechoslovakia, 1970´s
By Kamenicky Senov
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This mid century desk lamp was made by the Czechoslovak company Kamenický Šenov in the 1970s. It’s
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage desk lamp designed by Karel Volf for OS Valašské Meziříčí, 1970´s
By Osvětlovací sklo n.p., Valašské Meuiříčí
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Meziříčí. It´s up to 250 V. One E27 bulb is needed.
The lamp is in very good Vintage condition and
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Midcentury Articulated Brass Desk Lamp, circa 1960
By Paavo Tynell
Located in Mount Penn, PA
this vintage articulated brass desk lamp is in the style of Finnish designer Paavo Tynell.
Category
Mid-20th Century Irish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Adjustable Portuguese Desk Lamp in Metal, 1970s
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Vintage Desk Lamp. With a metal structure and functional design, its main body is composed of a
Category
Vintage 1970s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
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Vintage Mid Century Desk Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal vintage mid century desk lamp for your home. Each vintage mid century desk lamp for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and iron. There are 197 variations of the antique or vintage vintage mid century desk lamp you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect vintage mid century desk lamp — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each vintage mid century desk lamp bearing Mid-Century Modern, Industrial or Rococo hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made vintage mid century desk lamp over the years, but those crafted by Philips, Louis Kalff and Massive Lighting are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Vintage Mid Century Desk Lamp?
Prices for a vintage mid century desk lamp start at $75 and top out at $5,400 with the average selling for $504.
Finding the Right Table-lamps for You
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry Sons.
Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.
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