Mid-Century Modern Lighting
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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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
Glass Bubbled Pendant designed by Helena Tynell for Glasshutte Limburg
Located in Antwerp, BE
Small Amber colored crystal hand blown bubble glass lamp-shade. Brass on top. Metal E27 socket.
Hellin Helena Tynell, born as Helena Turpeinen on December 10, 1918 in Äänekoski, Fin...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
4 MID-CENTURY-MODERN Wall APPLIQUES by JACQUES BINY ed. LUMINALITE France 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
A set of 4 beautiful and highly decorative Mid-Century-Modern orientable wall sconces, in the style of an iconic model by Pierre Guariche, attributed to Jacques Biny, produced by Lum...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
6-Head Glass and Brass Frame Chandelier, 1960s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
6-Head Glass and Brass Frame Chandelier, 1960s, Italy
Lampshade is in very good vintage condition.
This lamp works with E27 light bulbs.
Wired and suitable to use with 220V and 11...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Mid-century Green Metal and Brass Pair of Sconces, 1950s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Mid-century Green Metal and Brass Pair of Sconces, 1950s, Italy
Minimal design
Very high quality.
Fully functional.
Lamps are in very good vintage condition.
Wear consistent with a...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Murano Chandelier / ceiling light Original Palmette, clear glasses
By Mazzega
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Luxury and GENUINE Murano Glass chandelier. HAND MADE IN MURANO. It made by 36 Murano clear glasses in a gold painted metal frame. The chandelier also has a Murano clear glass base...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Space Age Orange “Moon” Table Lamp in the Style of Verner Panton, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning and unique space-age table lamp in the iconic style of Verner Panton, featuring a sculptural vibrant orange pleated shade suspended within a chromed metal ring. This strikin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Italian Murano three-Tier 48 AMBER Ferns Glass chandelier
By Mazzega
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Beautiful and huge Italian Murano Chandelier composed of 48 splendid AMBER glasses that give a very elegant look. The glasses of this chandelier are real works of art, the weight of ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Swedish Designer, Wall Light, Parchment, Sweden, 1988
Located in High Point, NC
A beige parchment paper wall light with floral decor designed and produced in Sweden, dated 1988.
Seemingly missing part of floral decor.
Overall Dimensions (Inches): 11.2"H x 11.2...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Parchment Paper
Mania
Model Single Sconce by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
'Mania' Model Single Sconce by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960s, Italy
Very nice high quality wall lamp.
Lamp is in very good vintage condition.
This lamp work with 2x E27 ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Italian vintage Murano chandelier - 52 amber green petals
By Mazzega
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Huge Italian vintage Murano chandelier made by 52 glasses, green colors, nickel metal structure. The glasses are very high quality, the photos do not do the beauty, luster of these ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Large Italian 1950s Brass and Opaline Glass Wall Sconces, Pair
Located in Rome, IT
This pair of large Italian wall sconces from the 1950s combines a minimalist silhouette with refined materials. Each light features a gently curved brass arm that rises from a circul...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern German Cocoon Pendant Lamp by Friedel Wauer for Goldkant
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare 4-piece Cocoon pendant lamp by Goldkant Leuchten, based on a design by Friedel Wauer from the 1960s.
A pendant lamp that can be used as a floor lamp. The lamp consists of four ...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern German Orsa Cocoon Pendant Lamp Friedel Wauer Goldkant
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Cocoon pendant lamp by Goldkant Leuchten, based on a design by Friedel Wauer from the 1960s.
The Cocoon material provides diffuse, atmospheric light. At the same time, t...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Large Italian Brass Wall Sconce with Conical Opaline Glass Shades, 1950
Located in Rome, IT
Produced in Italy during the 1950s, this large wall-mounted light centres on a circular brass backplate—10 cm (3.94 in) in diameter—from which a bent brass arm descends in a shallow ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
White Porcelain Opaline Glass Brass Wall Lamps Sconces
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Porcelain and brass wall lamp.
White porcelain, brass and cast iron
Opaline / Milk glass.
2 conductors, no ground.
Diameter wall mount 10.5 cm / 4”
for use inside only
Measures: W...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Iron
Set of six Kazuhide Takahama Saori wall lights 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful set of Saori wall lights was designed in the early 1970s by Kazuhide Takahama for Sirrah edition. It perfectly illustrates Japanese minimalism, balancing geometric pre...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
$2,144 / item
Fantastic pair of Murano Glass Tube wall sconces - 5 smoked glass tube
By Mazzega
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Italian vintage pair of wall sconces in Murano glass and nickel-plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 5 large smoked glass tubes in a star shape for each lamp.
P...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Large White Chandelier by Emil Stejnar for Rupert Nikoll, 1960s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This striking chandelier was designed by Emil Stejnar for the renowned Vienna-based lighting manufacturer Rupert Nikoll in the 1960s. Stejnar is celebrated for his poetic and celesti...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Copper Ceiling Lamp, Italy, 1960s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This striking mid-century ceiling lamp was crafted in Italy during the 1960s and exemplifies the elegant simplicity of the era’s design aesthetic. The lamp features a beautifully age...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Copper
Expertly Restored - Mid-Century Modern Sculpted Lamp by R
J Manufacturing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designer
R & J Manufacturing
Manufacturer
R & J Manufacturing
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Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history b...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Albano Poli by Poliarte wall lighting XXL 4 glass murano , Italy 1970
By Poliarte, Albano Poli
Located in La xara, VC
Exceptional Albano poli wall lighting bicolore glass Murano with structure . The Design and the quality of the glass make this piece the best of the italian Design .
This unique Alb...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel
$1,096 Sale Price
61% Off
Vintage Danish Etude Glass Pendant Lamp Michael Bang Royal Copenhagen Holmegaard
Located in Hamburg, DE
Danish glass pendant lamp from the renowned manufacturer Holmegaard / Royal Copenhagen, based on a design by Michael Bang from the 1970s.
A classic design featuring high-quality mat...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
Austrian Mid-Century "Citrus" Murano Glass Wall Sconce by Kalmar, 1970s
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Beauty and pretty Austrian Mid-Century "Kalmar" Wall Sconce, model "Citrus" 4663/2. This Sconce was designed and manufactured during the 1970s in Austria by Kalmar Franken KG. Excell...
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of 1950s Italian Wall Sconces in Brass, Black Steel and Opaline Glass
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of Italian wall sconces made in the 1950s, featuring a combination of brass, black-painted steel and opaline glass. Each lamp consists of a circular brass wall plate connected t...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rattan Large Pendant Hanging Light / Lantern, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
A cool handcrafted rattan large ceiling pendant hanging light with chinoiserie accents, Spain, 1960s.
This large lantern has an eye-catching design featuring a semi-spherical rattan ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Wicker, Paper, Rattan
$2,282 Sale Price
20% Off
1990s Mid-Century Modern Barovier Style Murano Glass and Brass Wall Sconces
By Barovier
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Two brass and murano glass wall sconces designed and handcrafted in Italy in the Nineties in the manner of Barovier, fully restored electrical parts, they work both 110-240 volts and...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Murano Glass Flush Mount Ceiling Light Style Barovier
Toso Mid-Century 70/80s
Located in Palermo, IT
Italian flush mount with a Murano glass diffuser hand blown in Graniglia technique to produce granular texture. Made in Italy in the style of Barovier e Toso, circa 1970/80s. Murano ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Elegant Murano Poliedri Chandelier-Carlo Scarpa design-clear and smoked glasses
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Elegant Italian chandelier made from 32 beautiful Murano clear and smoked glasses "polyhedrons". Structure in gold and brass colored metal. Overall, this chandelier is both a functi...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Swedish Designer, Pendant Light, Alabaster, Rope, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
An alabaster and brown rope pendant light likely designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1930s.
Loss to edge as illustrated.
Wear consistent with age and use.
Overall Dimensions (inch...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Alabaster
Handsewn fabric shade pendant , design by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Handsewn fabric shade, pattern by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, hanging on a fabric-covered wire, brass-parts in the requested finish
Height is customisable
All electrical componen...
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Swedish Designer, Wall Lights, Fabric, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of yellow green fabric wall lights designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (Inches): 5.0"H x 12.0"W x 5.0"D
Back Plate Dimensions (Inches): Measurement...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Fabric
Rupert Nikoll Table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Rupert Nikoll Table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1950s
Brass polished and stove enameled
The fabric shade is replaced ( new )
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Zop Pendant Lamp Heikki Turunen Stockmann Orno, Finland
Located in Hamburg, DE
Pendant lamp by Finnish manufacturer Stockmann-Orno, based on a design by Heikki Turunen from the 1960s.
A classic of Finnish design. The lower part of the lamp is divided into slat...
Category
20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Spanish Crown Sunburst 3 units flush mount XL Gilt Metal , circa 1950
Located in La xara, VC
Large Spanish crown light in gilt metal and frosted glass, Spain, 1950s. Midcentury antique gilt iron frame or pendant with laurel leaf motifs surrounding a central frosted glass dif...
Category
1650s Spanish Antique Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf, Iron
$2,243 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Flush Mount Tiered Round Chandelier Pink and Clear Murano Glass, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Flush mount tiered round chandelier, in stock
Composed of 240 textured glass elements in clear and soft pink hues. Can be flush mounted or hang on a chain with canopy.
Measures: 4...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Mid-Century Modern Chandelier, Brass and Textured Glass, 1960s, One of Two
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A large and fantastic light fixture by J.T. Kalmar, Vienna, Austria, manufactured in midcentury, circa 1970 (late 1960s or early 1970s).
Two lights are available. The price is per li...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
“Galaxy” Chandelier in Brass and Fumé Murano Glass
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This extraordinary Midcentury Modern Sputnik chandelier features eight copper-finished brass arms with ball finials and twelve additional arms holding hand-blown smoked Murano glass ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
$8,339 / item
Large Leather, Vellum and Rope Italian Chandelier, Max Ingrand, Italy 1940s
By Max Ingrand
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful chandelier crafted from a captivating combination of parchment with beautiful knotted hemp details, completed by a rope cord. This stunning organic piece was made in Italy ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Leather, Hemp, Rope
Dutch White Opaline Glass Vintage Brass Cast Iron Sconces Wall Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Cast Iron & Brass wall light
White opaline glass globe
Diameter cast iron wall piece: 10.5 cm / 4”, 2 holes to secure
Weight: 2.20 kg / 4.9 lb
Priced per individual item. All lamp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Iron
Exceptional Brass Table Lamp with Adjustable Lampshade by Cosack, Germany 1970s
Located in München, BY
Exceptional and elegant Mid-Century Modern brass table lamp with adjustable lampshade. Designed and manufactured by Gebrüder Cosack, Germany 1970s.
Executed in massive brass sheet a...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Dutch White Reeded Opaline and Brass Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Dutch opaline glass pendant
Brass top
2 meter black wire
Weight : 1.85 kg / 4.1 lb
Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards for inca...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
White Opaline and Brass Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Opaline glass pendant
Brass top
2 meter / 80" black wire
Weight : 1.90 kg / 4.2 lb
Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards for inca...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
$470 / item
Danish Designer - Nautical Brass Pendant Lamp w.Green Shade, 1960s
By Lyfa
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A very rare nautical/martime pendant ceiling lamp composed of a high-quality brass base, adjustable opaline inner-shade with brass accents and a gorgeous teal green aluminum outer sh...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Pair of Large Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers, Brass and Textured Glass, 1960s
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A pair large and fantastic light fixtures by J.T. Kalmar, Vienna, Austria, manufactured in midcentury, circa 1970 (late 1960s or early 1970s).
The lights consist of a white painted m...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Peill
Putzler Biomorphic Flush Mount Light Amber Glass Wave Koch Lowy, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Peill & Putzler Amber Glass Wave Flush Mount or Wall Light by Koch & Lowy, Germany, 1970s
A beautiful amber glass “wave” flush mount or wall sconce designed by Koch & Lowy for Peill...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1970s Chrome Three “Eyeball “ Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This chrome floor lamp has three adjustable chrome globe eyeball shades that pivot and swivel with a three way switch to choose your lighting and direction. Cool mid century design i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Uno Kristiansson Table Lamps, Turned Solid Pine, Luxus Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of sculptural, solid pine table lamps designed by Uno Kristiansson around 1966 and made by Luxus. The body of the design is turned pine wood. Although the form of the lamps i...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Pine
Pair of Gamma Wall Lights by Sergio Mazza for Artemide, 1960s, Italy
By Artemide, Sergio Mazza
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This striking pair of Gamma wall lights was designed by Sergio Mazza for Artemide in the 1960s and showcases the refined modernism of mid-century Italian design. Each fixture feature...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Vintage German Space Age Glass Ball Pendant Lamp from Peill
Putzler, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Glass pendant lamp from renowned manufacturer Peill & Putzler.
An elegant and simple design. A simple sphere with orange-coated glass forms the body of the lamp and serves as a diff...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Swedish Designer, Flush Mount, Fabric, Brass, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and beige embroidery fabric flush mount designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1950s.
Fraying lace trim in multiple areas.
Stain present as illustrated.
Heavy patina on brass...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Rare Brass Version Model 2093 Wall Lights by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, 1960s
Located in Brescia, Brescia
A superb pair of original Model 2093 wall lights designed by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte in the 1960s — with two identical sets currently available. These are among the most iconic ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Two very elegant, beautiful mid-century modern pendant lamps made of capiz shell
Located in München, DE
A pair of very elegant, stunningly beautiful floral pendant lamps made of capiz shells.
The lampshades are handcrafted in the Philippines in the 1960s from brass and capiz shells. Ea...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Scandinavian Flush Mount Ceiling Light, 1950s, UL-ready
Located in Oslo, NO
This 1950s flush-mount fixture is a beautiful and subtle example of Scandinavian design during the functionalist and mid-century movements, when clean aesthetics and everyday practic...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
White Opaline Glass Vintage Brass Cast Iron Sconces Wall Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Cast Iron & Brass wall light
White opaline glass globe
Diameter cast iron wall piece: 10.5 cm / 4”, 2 holes to secure
Weight: 2.20 kg / 4.9 lb
Priced per individual item. All lamp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Iron
Venini Vintage Chandelier with Murano Tessuto Glass Globe and Brass, 1970s
By Venini
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Venini Vintage Chandelier with Murano Tessuto Glass Globe and Brass, 1970s
Italian Chandelier from Venini manufacturing with large glass sphere with shiny white stripes. Leaves beau...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Modern Italian Brass and Murano Glass Textured Light Pink Wall Sconces
Located in Puglia, Puglia
These light pink glass wall lamps stand out for their refined simplicity and artisanal craftsmanship. The blown glass diffuser, featuring a delicately textured, bubble-like surface, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Chandelier Mazzega Murano, Italy - 85 glass petals
By Mazzega
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Handblown glass chandelier, composed of 85 curved, clear glass pieces, which are arranged on 7 tiers, suspended from a nickel metal structure.
Period: late xx century
Dimensions: 4...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Vintage Murano Amber Felci Glass Wall Sconces
By Mazzega
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Fantastic pair of vintage Murano wall sconce made by 6 Murano Amber Felci glasses for each applique in a chrome metal frame.
Period: late xx century
Dimensions: 18,50 inches height (...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-century Round Cocoon Globe Pendant Light with Brass Detail, 1960s
Located in Steinheim am Albuch, BW
Gorgeous and timeless mid-century modern 'Cocoon' pendant lamp from the 1960s.
The lamp features a round shade made of soft resin that envelops a metal frame and has a beautiful vint...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of blue and beige Murano glass sconces
By Vistosi
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of mid-century modern Murano glass wall sconces, Italy circa 1990s. Vistosi style, Murano.
The pair of Italian sconces is made of petrol blue and beige glass and Murano glass el...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
$2,900 / set
Mid-century Modern lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern 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, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern lighting made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original lighting, popular names associated with this style include Fabio Ltd, J.T. Kalmar, Stilnovo, and Glashütte Limburg. 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 $60 and tops out at $649,671 while the average work can sell for $2,162.
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