Lighting
19th Century Dutch Antique Lighting
Brass
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Lighting
Bronze
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Lighting
Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Lighting
Giltwood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Lighting
Iron
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Lighting
Bronze, Sheet Metal, Enamel
Mid-18th Century European Rococo Antique Lighting
Gold Plate, Bronze
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Antique Lighting
Giltwood
1890s French French Provincial Antique Lighting
Brass, Iron, Tin
Late 18th Century Japanese Napoleon III Antique Lighting
Ormolu
Early 1800s French Rococo Revival Antique Lighting
Brass
Late 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Lighting
Bronze, Other
19th Century French Antique Lighting
Copper
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Lighting
Iron
19th Century English William IV Antique Lighting
Cut Glass
1890s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Lighting
Brass
17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Lighting
Crystal
19th Century French Antique Lighting
Crystal, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Lighting
Brass
1890s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Lighting
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Lighting
Bronze
1870s French Islamic Antique Lighting
Wood, Faience
Late 18th Century Italian Other Antique Lighting
Brass
19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Antique Lighting
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Rococo Antique Lighting
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Lighting
Metal
1890s French French Provincial Antique Lighting
Wrought Iron, Tôle
Late 19th Century English Empire Antique Lighting
Brass
1760s Italian Rococo Antique Lighting
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Folk Art Antique Lighting
Metal
19th Century French Antique Lighting
Crystal, Ormolu
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Lighting
Wrought Iron
1790s British Antique Lighting
Hardwood
1890s Napoleon III Antique Lighting
Crystal
1780s French Louis XVI Antique Lighting
Carrara Marble, Gold Plate, Bronze
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Lighting
Crystal
19th Century French Victorian Antique Lighting
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Lighting
Blown Glass
Late 19th Century American Antique Lighting
Blown Glass
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Lighting
Mirror
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Lighting
Brass
19th Century Antique Lighting
Iron
Mid-19th Century French Antique Lighting
Brass
1790s French Louis XVI Antique Lighting
Ormolu
19th Century Italian Antique Lighting
Crystal
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Lighting
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Lighting
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Lighting
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Antique Lighting
Spelter
19th Century Italian Antique Lighting
Crystal, Iron, Metal
15th Century and Earlier Italian Medieval Antique Lighting
Wrought Iron
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Lighting
Iron, Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Antique Lighting
Metal
Late 19th Century Sri Lankan British Colonial Antique Lighting
Brass
19th Century British Regency Antique Lighting
Ormolu
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Lighting
Wood, Paint, Parchment Paper
Early 1800s Italian Neoclassical Antique Lighting
Metal
19th Century French Greco Roman Antique Lighting
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Antique Lighting
Bronze
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Lighting
Lucite, Wood
Vintage and Antique Lighting for Sale: Unique Table Lamps, Floor Lamps, Sconces and Other Lighting for Your Home
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.
As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.
There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.
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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Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
My Father Was Obsessed with This French Art Deco Tiger Lamp
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Hans Bergström’s Monumental Chandeliers Are Made for Grand Spaces
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
This Paavo Tynell Chandelier Is a Radiant Bouquet
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Ettore Sottsass Captures a Shooting Star in This Rare 1970s Floor Lamp
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.
You Don’t Need a Fictional Fairy to Get This Real Pinocchio Lamp
Warm chalet style meets cool Bauhaus functionality in Pietro Cascella’s cleverly carved creation.
Why Is Italy Such a Hotbed of Cool Design?
Patrizio Chiarparini of Brooklyn’s Duplex gallery sheds light on the lasting legacy of Italy’s postwar furniture boom.





