Brutalist Lighting
BRUTALIST STYLE
The design of brutalist furniture encompasses that which is crafted, hewn and worked by hand — an aesthetic rebuke (or, at least, a counterpoint) to furniture that is created using 21st-century materials and technology. Lately, the word “brutalist” has been adopted by the realms of furniture design and the decorative arts to refer to chairs, cabinets, tables and accessory pieces such as mirror frames and lighting that are made of rougher, deeply textured metals and other materials that are the visual and palpable antithesis of the sleek, smooth and suave.
ORIGINS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN
- Brutalism emerged during the mid-20th century
- Term coined by architecture critic Reyner Banham
- Originated in the United Kingdom
- Brutalist architecture gained popularity in the United States beginning in the early 1960s
- Inaugural brutalist projects include Unité d'habitation and the city of Chandigarh, India, both of which owe to influential architect Charles-Édouard “Le Corbusier” Jeanneret
- Le Corbusier’s cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, designed hundreds of chairs, tables, cabinets and lamps for Chandigarh
- Informed by the Bauhaus, constructivism, modernism and the International Style; part of mid-century modernism
- Contrasted starkly with Beaux Arts style
CHARACTERISTICS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN
- Use of industrial materials — tubular steel, concrete, glass, granite
- Prioritizes functionalism, minimalism and utilization of negative space
- Spare silhouettes, pronounced geometric shapes
- Stripped-down, natural look; rugged textures, modular construction
- Interiors featuring airy visual flow and reliance on neutral palettes
BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE BRUTALIST FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The term brutalism — which derives from the French word brut, meaning “raw” — was coined by architecture critic Reyner Banham to describe an architectural style that emerged in the 1950s featuring monumental buildings, usually made of unornamented concrete, whose design was meant to project an air of strength and solidity.
Le Corbusier essentially created the brutalist style; its best-known iterations in the United States are the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was designed by Marcel Breuer, and Paul Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building. The severe style might have been the most criticized architectural movement of the 20th century, even if it was an honest attempt to celebrate the beauty of raw material. But while the brutalist government buildings in Washington, D.C., seemingly bask in their un-beauty, brutalist interior design and decor is much more lyrical, at times taking on a whimsical, romantic quality that its exterior counterparts lack.
Paul Evans is Exhibit A for brutalist furniture design. His Sculpture Front cabinets laced with high-relief patinated steel mounts have become collector's items nonpareil, while the chairs, coffee table and dining table in his later Cityscape series and Sculpted Bronze series for Directional Furniture are perhaps the most expressive, attention-grabbing pieces in American modern design. Other exemplary brutalist designers are Silas Seandel, the idiosyncratic New York furniture designer and sculptor whose works in metal — in particular his tables — have a kind of brawny lyricism, and Curtis Jere, a nom-de-trade for the California team of Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels, the bold makers of expressive scorched and sheared copper and brass mirror frames and wall-mounted sculptures.
Brutalist furniture and sculptures remain popular with interior designers and can lend unique, eccentric, human notes to an art and design collection in any home.
Find authentic vintage brutalist chairs, coffee tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Brutalist
Brutalist square flush mount, Germany 1970s
Located in Herentals, BE
Square molded glass flush mount in the style of Glashutte Limburg.
The ceiling lamp is equipped with 1 E 27 porcelain fitting and a black metal mounting plate.
If shipping costs are ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Metal
Danish Modern Tall Sculptural Ceramic Table Lamp by Jeppe Hagedorn-Olsen, 1960s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Tall Danish mid-century ceramic table lamp by Danish ceramist Jeppe Hagedorn-Olsen (1929-2011).
Made ca 1960´s.
The lamp base has a slightly body shaped form with shoulders and wais...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric
1 of the 2 XXL Brass Wall Sconces by Holm Sorensen, 1960
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 2 Beautiful Brass Wall Sconces by Holm Sorensen, manufactured in Denmark during the 1960s.
Please note that the price is for one piece, two pieces available.
Cleaned and w...
Category
1660s Danish Antique Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Brass
French Sunburst Leafed Light Fixture in Gilt Iron, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Terrific handcrafted gold gilt wrought iron sunburst leafed flush mount ceiling light. France, 1950s.
This stunning ceiling light fixure has a foliate su...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf, Iron
$2,635 Sale Price
20% Off
Brutalist Brass and Ceramic Table Lamp c. 1970
s
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Brutalist style table lamp, in good, original, clean and working condition. This unusual lamp features a wood plinth base, the lamp body has brass lotus leaves on the bot...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Brass
Brutalist Stoneware Table Lamp, Brown Glazed Ceramic, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Glasgow, GB
This Brutalist stoneware table lamp was designed by Jette Hellerøe for Axella of Denmark, in the 1970s. Its sculptural form—featuring a wide circular base, elongated stem, and minima...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Stoneware
$436 Sale Price
20% Off
Large brutalist flush mount or wall lamp, Philips Netherlands 1960
By Philips
Located in Herentals, BE
Extra large flush mount or wall lamp made of thick glass with a fingerprint motif and an ice glass effect.
The ceiling lamp has a square shape with rounded corners and is 37 by 37 cm...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Metal
$785 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Grey and Brown Ceramic Table Lamps, Soholm Denmark 1960s
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 2 beautiful ceramic table lamps by Haico from Soholm, Denmark 1960s. Combined with a custom lampshade.
The brown and dark grey ceramic base has a beautiful shape with geom...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Italian Brutalist Spider Amethyst Murano Glass Body Sconce with Web
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Extremely rare color and webbing! Housing one light. Will be newly rewired with certified UL US sockets for the USA and appropriate sockets for all other countries and ready to hang....
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage MCM Torch Cut Chandelier After Tom Greene
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exceptional vintage chandelier embodies the dramatic textural aesthetic of the Brutalist movement popular in the 1960s, drawing clear inspiration from works by artists like Tom ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Brass, Copper
Monumental Bijan of California for Laurel Brazed Brass "Setterah" Table Lamp
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Bijan of California for Laurel Lamp Company “Setarrah” H-927 Table Lamp. Featuring a tubular (3/8D) Brass column, "original Brass sculpture" with four handcrafted torch ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
James de Wulf Supernova Chandelier Lighting, Available Now
Located in Paia, HI
The latest piece in James de Wulf's lighting series. The last stages of a star finds itself exploding into a supernova; boundless energy erupted into a moment of beauty. In this inte...
Category
2010s American Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Steel
Brutalist Chandelier
By Moe Lighting
Located in New York, NY
Six sided Brutalist chandelier having six exterior candlestick arm lights, and three interior candle bulb lights. The fixture has textured gold toned cast brass panels (each 10 inch ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Brass
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Italian Brutalist Spider Amber Glass Body Sconce
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Housing one light. Will be rewired with certified US UL sockets for the USA and appropriate sockets for all other countries and ready to hang! Wrought iron body with an amber Murano ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Svend Aage for Holm Sorensen Brutalist Acid Treated Brass Pendant Lamps
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of Svend Aage for Holm Sorensen Brutalist acid treated brass pendant lamps. Manufactured in Denmark during the 1960s. Original and well kept. Each Brutalist pendant ceiling ligh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Brass
Oak Floor Lamp in the Style of Charles Dudouyt, France, 1940s
Located in Almelo, NL
Oak Floor Lamp in the Style of Charles Dudouyt, France, 1940s
An authentic French 1940s oak floor lamp with original wiring and bayonet fitting — a sculptural statement piece that b...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Sconce by Poliarte, Italy, circa 1960
By Poliarte
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Brutalist style sconces in clear and orange Murano glass by Albano Poli for Poliarte, Italy, circa 1960.
There are one in "clear" glass and one in orange-clear galss combination avai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Set Of 2 Mid-Century Brutalist Style Table Lamps Italian Design 1960s
Located in Palermo, IT
Set of 2 Mid-Century Italian brutalist style table lamps, 1960s.
Made using mainly iron and copper, they best represent the typical object...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Copper, Iron
$316 Sale Price / set
70% Off
Set of 2 Brutalist Ceramic Table Lamps by Emiel Laskaris, Belgium, 1960
Located in Herentals, BE
Set of 2 matching lamp bases in ceramic.
The lamp bases are made by Emiel Laskaris, a Greek ceramist who had his own ceramics studio in Belgium in Sint-Niklaas.
The lamp bases have...
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1960s Belgian Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
$3,459 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair Of Italian Brutalist Bronze Sconces
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Italian Brutalist Bronze Sconces.
Our featured pair of Italian modern sconces were designed in Italy in the 1980's of perforated bronze in the Brutalist style to give off a ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$4,465 / set
1970s Travertine Table Lamp with Geometric Base
Located in ROUEN, FR
Elegant 1970s Italian Brutalist table lamp with a solid and rare « Travertina Giallo » base featuring geometric carved lines.
Wiring: European (U.S. rewiring on request)
height of ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Starburst Sunburst Wall Mirror / Light Fixture in Gilt Metal
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rare handcrafted parcel-gilt iron sunburst / starburst shaped wall mirror, Spain, 1940s-1950s.
This Brutalist mirror has two layers of rays in different sizes with jagged pointed edg...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf, Iron
$2,587 Sale Price
20% Off
Danish Modern Brutalist Ceramic Table Lamp by Judi Kunst, Brown and Blue, 1970s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Danish Modern brutalist ceramic table lamp by Judi Kunst. Made ca. 1970s.
Judi Kunst was run by Judith and Iver Christensen and located at Kelstrup Strand close to Haderslev in Jutl...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric
Contemporary Brutalist Pendant Pyppe Single III Brass, Taupe, Travertine by UTU
Located in Lisbon, PT
Pairing smooth and rough surfaces that contrast with one another, Art Deco inspired Pyppe lamp collection gives way to a new approach in shape and balance. Emphasizing the tension be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Travertine, Metal, Brass
Brutalist iron chain and fiberglass floor lamp, Netherlands 1960s
Located in ECHT, NL
Large handcrafted Brutalist floor lamp. The base is made from an antique wrought iron chain. The shade is made from fiberglass coated in ground quartz. It has a lunar appearance espe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
$2,395 Sale Price
20% Off
CLAUDE VICTOR BOELTZ 70
s French
exploded bronze
lamp
Located in Sherborne, GB
CLAUDE VICTOR BOELTZ Sculptural golden gilt-plated exploded bronze lamp with rock crystal inclusions. The natural rock quartz crystal wands are set into t...
Category
1970s French Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Agate, Rock Crystal, Brass, Bronze
$1,636 Sale Price
57% Off
Mid Century Floor Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
French Brutalist floor lamp with a unique copper shade. This piece is extremely sculptural and offers a very soft glow. It is wired for the US.
Category
1960s European Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Metal, Copper
$8,500
Brutalist Cast and Wrought Iron Table Lamp - France 1970
s
By Franz West
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist cast and wrought iron table lamp in the style of Franz West. Made of welded and assembled solid iron pieces.
European socket and wiring.
This lamp will ship from France an...
Category
1970s French Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Stoneware Table / Floor Lamp by Ole Bjørn Krüger, Own Studio, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Odense, DK
Unique stoneware table or floor lamp by Ole Bjørn Krüger (1922-2007) made at his own studio in the 1970s. The base is made from a large hollow stoneware vessel with lava-like glazing...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Stoneware
Danish Modern Sculptural Ceramic Table Lamp by Jeppe Hagedorn-Olsen, 1960s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Danish mid-century ceramic table lamp by Danish ceramist Jeppe Hagedorn-Olsen (1929-2011).
Made ca 1960´s.
The lamp base has a slightly body shaped form with shoulders and waist. ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric
Abstract Copper Table Lamp, France 1960
s
Located in New York, NY
Heavy hammered copper table lamp with an abstract decor. Base size only 16x10x4. 18x26 as shown.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Brass, Copper
Brutalist brass and steel Anchise floor lamp by Toni Cordero for Artemide
By Toni Cordero, Artemide
Located in London, GB
The collectible Anchise floor lamp by Toni Cordero, designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1990. Featuring a stone-like, cast-bronze base and conical stem with both brass and it's...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
1950s Three-Light Foliage Branch Wall Sconce in Gilt Iron, Organic Design
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of a Kind Naturalistic Gilt Iron Wall Sconce, Spain 1950s
Large size.
Eye-catching three-arm branch wall light / foliage wall sconce with ambe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Iron, Gold Leaf, Metal
1 of the 2 Metal Brutalist Pendant Lamps by Sven Aage for Holm Sorensen, 1960
Located in Rijssen, NL
Original 1960's modernist suspension made in Denmark by Holm Sørensen and designed by Sven Aage Holm Sorensen. High quality Danish craftsmanship from the 1960s. Fantastic design in b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Brass
1 of the 3 Ceramic Brown Blue Pendants, Denmark 1960s
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
Stunning set of three round ceramic hanging lamps with a beautiful pattern, made with rich colored ceramics, manufactured around the 1960s in Denmark.
The pendants have holes in the...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Truly Stunning Antique Wooden Hat Stretcher Stand Table Lamp
Located in Søborg, DK
Truly stunning antique wooden hat stretcher stand table lamp with an impressive size.
We have painstakingly converted this beautiful wood...
Category
1890s Danish Antique Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Pine
$592 Sale Price
53% Off
Large Curved Ceramic Lamp in Metallic Glaze, France 1950’s
Located in New York, NY
Dynamic ceramic lamp with concentric rings emanating from an ex-centered hole acting as the focal point. Salt metallic glaze. Base only 12x7x3. Illegible signature to base.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Wrought Iron Ceiling Light by Josef Schmirler, Vienna
Located in Barntrup, DE
Beautiful flower-shaped wrought iron single-light ceiling lamp by Josef Schmirler Kunstschmiede (blacksmith's artwork), Vienna, Austria, circa the 1960s. With maker's mark and stamp....
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Salvino Marsura Brutalist Floor Lamp
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful Brutalist lamp designed by Salvino Marsura in the 1970s, of fine Italian manufacture.
The floor lamp is made entirely of burnished wrought iron, simply charming.
The base...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
$3,353 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Brutalist Textured Resin and Chrome Table Lamps, Mid Century
Located in Oceanside, US
Sculptural Brutalist-style set of table lamps featuring a heavily textured base in dark resin/stone composite, set on a polished chrome plinth with matching chrome hardware. The orga...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Brutalist Pendant Light by Nanny Still - McKinney for Raak Finland c 1960
s
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist hanging pendant by noted artist Nanny Still - McKinney made in Finland for Raak. The cylindrical copper clad body features a serie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Copper
Exceptionally Large Albert Tormos Stone “Sphere” lamp, France 1960
s
Located in New York, NY
Solid carved Pierre du Gard table lamp in a spherical shape with holes letting the light through. Amazing scale
Category
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Stone
Henri Fernandez Signed Agate and Brass Wall Lights
Located in Hastings, GB
An incredible pair of extremely rare wall lights, hand crafted and signed by the artist and sculptor Henri Fernandez. Drawing inspiration from the natural world and re-imagining them...
Category
1970s French Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Agate, Brass
$10,905 / set
Contemporary Pair of Labyrinth Ceramic Lamps by Roberto Renzi. Italy
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Contemporary Brutalist Monolithe Geometric Labyrinth stone style table lamps in natural white ceramic or terracotta, beautiful brut material by the italian designer artist Roberto Re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of mid century black oak and steel Laurel lamps
Located in Liberty, NY
Great pair of steel and black oak Laurel lamps.
The measurement of 40" height is to top of harps, they measure 27.5" to top of sockets.
Nice vintage condition, the harps show some o...
Category
1960s American Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Steel
Pair 1950s French Mid Century ModernBrutalist Metalwork Flower Form Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 1950's French Brutalist Flower Form Wall Sconces. Unique sconces with original rust detail.
Category
1950s French Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Metal
$1,472 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Brutalist Steel Chandelier with 48-Light Bulbs, Berlin, 1960s
Located in Almelo, NL
Mid-Century Modernist extreme large chandelier with 48-light bulbs. The fixture is made of metal with a steel-brass patina. Therefore an interesting color is visible on the metal. 48 large light bulbs...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Steel
Vintage Brutalist Chandelier by Tom Greene
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage six arm Brutalist Chandelier by Tom Greene. Each arm ends with a tulip shaped flower encasing the light bulb. The central stem is wrapped in leaves. A very unique and unusual...
Category
20th Century American Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Brass
1970’s Brutalist Sonneman Cityscape Sconce
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice Brutalist 1970’s Sonneman Lighting Cityscape sconce. It is in working condition. One interior panel has masking tape or paper on the interior of a panel giving it a softer glo...
Category
1970s American Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Brass, Steel
Mid Century Marcello Fantoni Style Brutalist Chrome Sculpture Lamp, Circa 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Midcentury unique welded brutalist sculpture lamp rendered in chrome plated steel, different from all angles, Italy, circa 1970s.
shade for d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
1980s Signed Brutalist Bronze Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of 1980s solid bronze Brutalist style table lamps with chrome shades. The lamps are well made and very heavy "signed and dated 1987".
Category
1980s American Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Chrome
$3,800 / set
Sun lamp of forged nails with gold leaf and milk glass
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Completely original mid-century French ceiling lamp with a fantastic sun design that exudes elegance and character in any space, thanks to the formidable craftsmanship of perfectly p...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
$958 Sale Price
20% Off
Floor lamp "Oeuf" signed by artist designer Michel Froment
Located in NICE, FR
Iconic work in the Brutalist and Neo-Pop style by the French artist and designer Michel Froment.
This luminous ‘fried egg’ sculpture is a sought-after work of art for collectors wit...
Category
1990s French Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Metal
James de Wulf Ball Pendant Lighting
Located in Paia, HI
Industrial style pendant with steel that is burnt black in a forge. These pendants were designed with underwater mines in mind. Comes with 10 feet of burnt black chain, matching cano...
Category
2010s American Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Steel
$1,988 / item
Bernard Rooke Brutalist Dragon Fly and Leaf Floor Lamp Organic Style 1960-1970
Located in London, GB
An organic and Brutalist style Floor Lamp with Dragon Fly and Leaf design. No chips or cracks. Easily rewired for all regions.
Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke has exhibited his "Brutalist" ceramics and painting both in the UK and abroad with work in many collections both public and private including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nuffield Foundation, Röhsska Museum in Sweden and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum in Norway. Bernard Rooke attended Ipswich School of Art studying painting and lithography before going on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art. It was while studying here that he decided to take up pottery. Although unfamiliar with this craft and tradition, he found that working with clay provided new opportunities for freedom of interpretation and creativity. In 1960 Rooke set up his first pottery in Forest Hill in South London along with Alan Wallwork. It was a very small room with enough space for a small electric kiln. He was initially using mainly hand building, coiling, blocking and slabbing techniques. While researching ideas, he was supporting himself by part-time lecturing at London University, Goldsmiths College and St Mary's College. In addition, Rooke's membership of 'The Craftsman Potters' Association' enabled him to show his work in a shop in Carnaby Street in London. In 1967, both the need for a larger working space and becoming disillusioned with living in London spurred Rooke into moving out of the city and to an old mill building in Swilland in Suffolk. Rooke wanted to widen the range of work so as to become more commercial. With the birth of his son, Aaron, and much needed work to be done on the mill, it was important to be able to make a living. In 1968, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel commissioned Rooke to make 120 standard lamps, 120 table lamps as well as a 24 foot long ceramic mural and another 9 foot high, which incorporated interior lighting. The money from the commission helped to pay for much needed restoration work on the mill. By the 1970s, a gallery space was opened in the windmill and run by Susan Rooke, Bernard's wife, selling work to locals and tourists as well as to American airmen based nearby. The vision for Mill Gallery was beginning to develop and alongside this a reputation was building bringing in a good source of income. Sons Aaron and Felix were becoming more involved with the running of the pottery, giving Bernard more time to develop new ideas and designs and more time to continue with his painting. In 2004, the Rooke family decided not to sell to the public through the gallery anymore and close the pottery to concentrate more on painting and printmaking. In 2017 Bernard's lighting was featured in the Exhibition: “Glass, Light, Paint & Clay” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition featured four artists: Bernard Rooke, John Maltby...
Category
1960s English Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Pottery
Midcentury Brutalist and Sculptural Massive Lamp 50s, France, Années 50
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Design Massive Lamp.
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Brutalist style.
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"Sculptura" is an assembly of architectural elements & Light.
Sculptura is an architectural elements assemblage from the 1950’s combined with light to form an unique sculpture.
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Each piece is unique and made with vintage architectural elements...
Category
1950s European Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Petter Ellery Earth Tone Ceramic Table Lamps, UK 1960
s
By Peter Ellery
Located in New York, NY
Brown glazed “Scraffito” Table lamps. Base size only
16x10x4.
Category
Mid-20th Century British Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Burl Wood Table Lamp, France 1960
s
Located in New York, NY
Hand-carved burlwood lamp with a engraved finish. Base only 12x8
Category
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Burl
Musical Motif Brutalist Wrought Iron Chandelier Made in Hungary
Located in New York, NY
Great Brutalist wrought iron six light chandelier having a musical note, clef, and staff motif. Marked Made in Hungary, circa 1970's, newly professionally rewired.
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Two Textured Hard Wired Brutalist Art Deco Italian Burst Flame Sconces in Iron
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Pair of two hard wired Italian brutalist sconces. Each sconce is made of cast or forged iron and features two protruding "fans" or bow tie. The pieces are textured and reach out on either side. Pieces can be considered Art Deco, or Brutalist style. Metal is patinated metal and chiselled or scraped. Reminiscent of Donald Drumm or Tom Ahlström and Hans Ehrich. Back includes a hand forged hook...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Brutalist Lighting
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
$1,875 Sale Price / set
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Brutalist lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Brutalist lighting 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 lighting created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Brutalist lighting made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original lighting, popular names associated with this style include Longobard, Holm Sørensen, Laurel Lamp Company, and Marcello Fantoni. 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 lighting differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $67 and tops out at $78,000 while the average work can sell for $2,500.
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