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Brutalist Table Lamps

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

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 Mid-Century Modern Cubist Pottery Table Lamps
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist pottery table lamps. These cubist form table lamps feature sculptural matte cream pottery bases imprinted with geometric for...
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1960s Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass

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...
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1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic, Fabric

Brutalist Organic Large Vine Branch Lamp, France, 1950s
Located in Zaandam, NL
Gorgeous Brutalist organic vine branch lamp, France 1950s. This lamp is in great condition considering its age. The shade is new and has a diameter of 50 cm. The lamp has been rewire...
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1950s French Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Wood

Lampe de table brutaliste en bois tourné, Charles Dudouyt style, France, 1950
Located in Meyrin, Switzerland
Lampe de table brutaliste en bois tourné, Dudouyt style, France, années 1950. Bon état, quelques traces minimes d’usage du temps. Le câble de la lampe a été remplacer par un nouveau...
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps

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Wood

Richard Barr Brutalist Torch Cut Steel Lamp for Laurel
Located in Chicago, IL
Richard Barr Table Lamp for the STUDIO Collection by Laurel, United States, c.1965. Beautiful torch cut and welded brutalist form. This one has an original patina to the metal.
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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Table Lamps

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Metal

Ceramic Table Lamp by Noomi Backhausen for Soholm, 1960
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful ceramic table lamp by Noomi Backhausen for Soholm Pottery, Denmark 1960s. The warm colors of the ceramic with the shade complement each other very well and illuminate beau...
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1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic

World War Two Trench Art, Brass Shell Case Table Lamp, USA, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Brass table lamp made of a naval artillery shell dated production year 1943. The shell is meticulously incised with lines to create a brick pattern. Marked at the bottom 3" MK7 MOD 1...
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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass

Pair of Palm Tree Form Lamps by Christian Techoueyres for Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of French brass table lamps by Christian Techoueyes for Maison Jansen. Palm tree forms in laminated and brass "planters" circa ...
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1970s French Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass

Lampe brutaliste en fer forgé dans le goût des Ateliers de Marolles
Located in Meyrin, Switzerland
Lampe feux en fer forgé dans le goût des Ateliers de Marolles et de Jean Touret, France 1955. Design brutaliste et détails élégants pour cette lampe à deux feux. Les culots pour les ampoules ont été modernisés. Bon état, patine vintage...
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1950s French Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Metal

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 ...
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1960s American Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Pair of Grey and Brown Ceramic Table Lamp for Soholm, Denmark 1960s (Copy)
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...
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1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic

1970’s Rare Tiki Mayan Gods Large Pottery Table Lamp
Located in Charleston, SC
This stunning and funky fresh 1970’s Rare Tiki Mayan Gods Large pottery Table Lamp is in excellent condition with neutral shades of brown and black and cream. It features double sna...
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1970s American Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Pottery

Brutalist Ceramic Table Lamp by Bodil Marie Nielsen, Denmark, 1960s
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
The ceramic base of this Bodil Marie Nielsen lamp exemplifies the Danish Brutalist style of the 1960s, characterized by its raw, tactile forms and organic textures. Crafted from ston...
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1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic

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".
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1980s American Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass, Bronze, Chrome

Brutalist Danish Studio Pottery Table Lamp, 1979
Located in Hamburg, DE
Great Danish studio Pottery table lamp from 1979. The lamp convinces with its elegant shape. The slim shaft that merges into the bulbous foot is striking. The ceramic foot shows a g...
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20th Century Danish Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Italian Brutalist Table Lamp Attributed to Biancardi and Jordan Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brutalisam is a architectural style known for the use in the bold geometric design. This lamp is in the original condition and build by hand and it is 35 lb .
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1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

1 of the 2 Ceramic Table Lamps, Noomi Backhausen for Soholm, Denmark 1960s
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful ceramic table lamp by Noomi Backhausen for Soholm, Denmark 1960s. Combined with a custom made lampshade by R. Houben. The green and brown ceramics and the beige lampshade ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic

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...
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1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic

A Brutalist Chain Link Wrought Iron Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A tall wrought iron chain link table lamp in the brutalist manner. The decorative bulb holder with bronze unit inside and elephant grey re wired silk cord. Polished wrought iron fini...
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Late 20th Century European Brutalist Table Lamps

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Wrought Iron

Italian 1970s Brutalist Table Lamp in Reconstituted Stone and Brass
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
A striking example of Italian Brutalist lighting from the 1970s, this table lamp combines architectural rigor with handcrafted character. Made from reconstituted stone and brass, it ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Stone, Brass

Brutalist Aluminium Table Lamps by Willy Luyckx
Located in Antwerp, BE
Brutalist Aluminium Table Lamps by Willy Luyckx for Alucliar, Belgium, 1970s – Several Variants Available 5 brutalist aluminium table lamps designed by Belgian artist Willy Luyckx f...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Brutalist Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Silas Seandel Bronze Table Lamp - Signed and Dated 1972
Located in Raleigh, NC
Silas Seandel table lamp in welded and torch-cut bronze, signed and dated 1972. A rare and unique example showcasing Seandel's sculptural metalwork techniques. Bronze elements are w...
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1970s Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Bronze

Elegant Hourglass Form Verdigris Stewart James for Hansen Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist verdigris finish on bronze hourglass form table lamp base. Designed by Stewart James for Hansen Lighting Company, circa 1950s. Fine, untouched, original, ready to use condi...
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1950s American Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Bronze

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...
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1970s Danish Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Stoneware

Lampe Cubes by Cinabre Gallery, solid Bronze and hand carved polished Selenite
Located in London, GB
These amazing brutalist style table lamps, hand made by Cinabre Gallery, consisting of hand cast bronze base and cube spacers with 3 hand carved and hand polished Selenite cubes each...
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2010s French Brutalist Table Lamps

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Crystal, Bronze

Brutalist Oak Lamp, France 1950 s
Located in New York, NY
Solid wood base heavily carved in natural patterns with a dark patina. Base size only 14x6x6. As shown 18x24.
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass

Ceramic Table Lamp with Custom Silk Lampshade by Rene Houben
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful ceramic table lamp, combined with a custom silk lampshade made by Rene Houben. The warm colors of the ceramic with the custom made shade complement each other very well an...
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1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Pair Mid Century Modern Sculptural Chrome w Black Plinth Bases Laurel Lamp Co.
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant pair of tall slender and sleek with a lot of sexy style. Chromed abstract figural central figures sitting on black plinths. 5 x 5 x 39h to the top of the finial. I...
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1960s American Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Steel, Chrome

Very Large Stunning Brutalist Postmodern MCM Ceramic Handmade Lamp 70s, 3 lights
Located in Basel, BS
Very stunning 1970s large French, brutalist handmade lamp featuring a 3 light switch, you can have one light, two lights, or all three on with the pull of the chain. **We have a video of the lighting functions available to send to you upon request. We can message it to you here on the 1st Dibs system. Beautifully handmade with attention to beautiful craft and drip detailing. This is a wonderful presence and statement piece in any designer space. Fast shipping in 5-14 days, via insured airmail with our top rated...
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1970s French Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass

Carved Black Ebony Table Lamp, France 1960 s
Located in New York, NY
Solid Ebony table lamp with a hand-polished finish 11x5x4 Base only
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ebony

Tall Marcello Fantoni for Raymor Bronzed Brutalist "Branch" Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Marcello Fantoni for Raymor Brutalist Bronzed Metal and Walnut Table Lamp. Featuring a sculptural and welded, torch cut Bronzed metal, branch like, organic tree form desi...
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1950s Italian Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Metal

Bernard Rooke Pottery Lamp, UK 1970 s
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist pottery lamp by Bernard Rooke in dual glaze. Size is of the base only. No shade included.
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Late 20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass

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
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps

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Stone

Claude Victor Boeltz 24 Karat Gold-Plated Exploded Photograph Frame
Located in Hastings, GB
Claude Victor Boeltz sculptural 24-karat gold-plated exploded photograph frame with lamp and rock crystal inclusions. The natural rock quartz crystal wands...
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps

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Bronze

Ceramic Table Lamp for Soholm with Unique New Handmade Felt Shade, Denmark 1960
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful ceramic table lamp by Haico Nietzsche for Soholm, Denmark 1960s. Combined with a custom handmade felt lampshade. The beige ceramic base has a subtle concave shape. The sha...
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1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Brutalist cylindrical table lamp by Fantoni
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Single brutalist style table lamps with pierced metal detail by Fantoni.
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1960s Italian Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Metal

Contemporary Ceramic Lamp Labyrinth, Italy
By Roberto Razeni
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Huge labyrinth sculpture ceramic or terracotta lamps by the artist Roberto Razeni. Each lamp is different, unique piece. Demo shade not included. M...
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2010s Italian Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic, Terracotta

Vintage Regency Punch Cut Palm Tree Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Infuse your interior with the eternal summer and high-glamour aesthetic of the Hollywood Regency era with this striking vintage palm tree table lamp. Expertly constructed from punch-...
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Late 20th Century American Brutalist Table Lamps

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Stone

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.
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass, Copper

Pair of Brutalist Style Lamps
Located in Water Mill, NY
Pair of Brutalist lamps with iron black rods.
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Late 20th Century Brutalist Table Lamps

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Iron

Bijan, Laurel Brutalist Brass Lamps
Located in New York, NY
American Mid Century pair of Brutalist pinwheel torch cut brass lamps on matte black cube bases. Rewired for use in the USA with black silk cord. 100W max bulbs. Bijan of California ...
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20th Century American Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass

Duval Brasseur Large Gold Agate Angel Fish Lamp
Located in Hastings, GB
Fantastic angel fish sculpture by Duval Brasseur, a single large slice of agate covers the single lamp fitting, and this is illuminated when switched on. This piece is of large propo...
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1970s French Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Agate, Brass

Aurora Table Lamp by Luciano Frigerio for Frigerio di Desio
Located in Conversano, IT
Rare and precious "Aurora" table lamp, designed by Luciano Frigerio in the 1970s, an authentic expression of his unmistakable stylistic language that blends sculptural art with funct...
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1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass

Vintage Sculptural Artisanal Terracotta Lamp
Located in Surbiton, GB
An unattributed studio pottery lamp with a sculptural handmade terracotta base featuring textured impressions highlighted with a white underglaze. The base is accompanied by a remova...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Large White Peter Ellery Table Lamp, UK 1960 s
Located in New York, NY
Large white glazed “Scraffito” Table lamp. Base size only 18x9x4.
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Mid-20th Century British Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Pair of Unusual Resin Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of unusual resin table lamps with integrated brass fragments and colored "gems".
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1980s Italian Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass

Italian Brutalist Large Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A Brutalist table lamp in steel with handmade silk shade in black.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Brutalist Table Lamps

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Steel

Brutalist Carved Limestone table lamp - Circa 1980s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Brutalist Carved Limestone table lamp - Circa 1980s Arsène Galisson Style - France Measures : 17x9 cm H: 30,5cm Weight : ~ 7 kg Material : Stone
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20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps

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Stone

Cerri Nestore Table Lamp in Travertine, 1970s. Made in Italy.
Located in Stockholm, SE
The Cerri Nestore Table Lamp in Travertine, crafted in the 1970s in Italy, exudes bold elegance. Each piece features meticulous groove detailing cut into the travertine. The design b...
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1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Travertine, Brass

Italian Midcentury Ceramic of Venice Table Lamp Attributed to Marcello Fantoni
Located in Sharon, CT
A large cylindrical lamp with a Gondoleer and a facode of Venice loosely encised and glazed, signed (?).
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1950s Italian Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass

1 of the 2 Soholm Ceramic Table Lamps with Custom Lampshades, Noomi Backhausen
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful ceramic table lamp by Noomi Backhausen for Soholm, model Erika. Denmark 1960s. Combined with a custom made lampshade with beautiful pattern. The green and brown ceramics a...
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1960s Danish Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Fracted Resin Table Lamp style to Pierre Giraudon
Located in Buzzò, Emilia-Romagna
very rare shape and color, with original shade and patina brass from 1960, never touched, the basement is 30x30x12 cm, perfect condiion
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1970s French Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Brass

pair table lamps in travertin from the 70s
Located in Kiel, SH
pair travertin table lamps from the 70s by an unknown company. Probably made in belgium.
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1970s Belgian Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Travertine

Modernist Table Lamp in Glass Paste and Wrought Iron, Circa 1950-1960
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
We offer this elegant table lamp, dated from the 1950s-1960s, a perfect example of the modernist design of the era. Ideal for adding a touch of sophistication to your interior, this...
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps

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Iron, Wrought Iron

Brutalist Lamp Base in Stainless Steel, 1970
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Large Brutalist lamp in solid stainless steel, France 1970. The block of metal has been worked in the mass, mirror polished on one side and raw on the other. A bowl/ashtray forms the...
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1970s French Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Steel

Pair of Brutalist Murano glass table lamps
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Brutalist Murano glass table lamps, made of a block of turquoise glass Wired for europe and USA one H 31 cm, the other 29 cm
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

Brutalist travertine table lamp, Italy 1970s
Located in Firenze, IT
Hollywood regency travertine table lamp Italy 1970s Travertine base, chromed metal H: 48 cm - 14 x 18 cm Conditions: excellent, no defects
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1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Travertine, Metal

Early Volcanic Brutalist Plaster and Mica Lamp
Located in New Windsor, NY
Tactile chalk/plaster body table lamp with finial. Amazing surface, circa 1960. Possibly French origin. Gray body with white "cobweb" like decoration highlighted with a rope like acc...
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1960s French Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Plaster

Italian Brutalist Table Lamp by Marsura Salvino, Signed
Located in Milano, IT
Magnificent Italian Brutalist table lamp created by the great sculptor Marsura Salvino, from the 1970s. the lamp is totally created in wrought iron and...
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1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Table Lamps

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Iron

Brutalist table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Brutalist 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, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Brutalist table lamps made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, 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 Bernard Rooke, Longobard, kilzi, and Pierre Casenove. 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 $223 and tops out at $13,369 while the average work can sell for $1,842.