1954 Lighting

Mathieu Mategot Lamp

Max Ingrand Fontana Arte Pendant

Cold Painted Lamp

Transformer Table

Frosted Glass Italian Lamp

1954 Furniture

Stilnovo Wall Lamp Sconce

Artiforte Lamp

Table Lamp / Angelo Lelli / 1954

$11,082 / set

Table Lamp / Angelo Lelli / 1954

By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce

Located in Berlin, DE

The table lamps with their industrial look were designed by the Italian designer Angelo Lelli in 1954 for Arredoluce. The lamp, model 12445 Cartuccia, are very elaborately made. The...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Mathieu Matégot, Java Table Lamp, 1954

$9,350

Mathieu Matégot, Java Table Lamp, 1954

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A rare yellow Java lamp designed by Mathieu Mategot in 1954. Featuring his signature perforated metal shade and delicate, curved design.

Category

Vintage 1950s French Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Iron

1954 English Ship's Signal Lantern by Davey

$719

1954 English Ship's Signal Lantern by Davey

Located in Norwell, MA

This is a hand held copper Signal lantern with Fresnel lens and a thumb operated shutter to send messages. Hinged top with brass clasp. Also contains original burner. Dimensions: 9&q...

Materials

Travertine, Nickel

Pair of Neoclassical Bronze Table Lamps with Classical Bases & New Shades, 1954

$4,500 / set

Pair of Neoclassical Bronze Table Lamps with Classical Bases & New Shades, 1954

Located in New York, NY

A compelling pair of neoclassical table lamps distinguished by their architectural presence and richly modeled bronze bases. Each lamp is conceived as a miniature column, rising from...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Tito Agnoli Floor Lamp “ Oluce “ Travertine Base Metal Crome 1954 Italy

$3,966

Tito Agnoli Floor Lamp “ Oluce “ Travertine Base Metal Crome 1954 Italy

By Tito Agnoli

Located in Milano, IT

OLUCE Floor Lamp.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Other Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Family of floor and table lamps with diffuser in frosted white blown glass and structure in nickel-plated metal. The diffuser is available in white frosted blown glass with a nick...

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Recent Sales

Serge Mouille "Trépied" Table Lamp, 1954

Unavailable

H 15.75 in W 9.85 in D 13.78 in

Serge Mouille "Trépied" Table Lamp, 1954

By Serge Mouille

Located in Vienna, AT

The French designer Serge Mouille designed his iconic "three-legs table lamp "Trépied" in 1954. The delicate lamp with the precisely worked legs is made of, iron tubes, aluminum and ...

Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Iron

Mathieu Matégot Java Table Lamp, 1954, France

Unavailable

H 10.63 in Dm 7.09 in

Mathieu Matégot Java Table Lamp, 1954, France

Located in Morbio Inferiore, CH

Iper rare table lamp by Mathieu Matégot for design collectors. Original conditions.

Category

Vintage 1950s Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Yellow Perspex Table Lamp by Stilnovo, 1954

Unavailable

H 9.06 in Dm 6.3 in

Yellow Perspex Table Lamp by Stilnovo, 1954

By Stilnovo

Located in Berlin, DE

Rare table lamp by Stilnovo in yellow perspex Perspex shade measures: Diameter 10cm, height 17cm.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Large Perfolux Floor Lamp Produced by Hiemstra Evolux, 1954

Unavailable

H 72.84 in Dm 23.63 in

Large Perfolux Floor Lamp Produced by Hiemstra Evolux, 1954

By Hiemstra Evolux

Located in Paris, FR

Very rare and large Floor Lamp named Perfolux designed by 2 designers who were brothers in law: Hiemstra & Evenblij and produced by the manufacturer Hiemstra Evolux in 1954. The...

Category

Vintage 1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Colorful Pendant Lamp Attr. to Stilnovo Italy 1954

Unavailable

H 28.75 in Dm 15.75 in

Colorful Pendant Lamp Attr. to Stilnovo Italy 1954

By Stilnovo

Located in Frankfurt / Dreieich, DE

Very nice colorful metal and brass pendant from Italy 1954. With three perforated metal lampshades in turquoise, red and black. Each lamp requires a light bulb (or LED) with an E27...

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal, Brass

Pair of Giuseppe Ostuni Sconces Made in Italy, 1954

Unavailable

H 8 in Dm 6 in

Pair of Giuseppe Ostuni Sconces Made in Italy, 1954

By Giuseppe Ostuni, O-Luce

Located in New York, NY

Exciting pair of sconces designed by Giuseppe Ostuni and made in 1954 in Milan by O-Luce. Original cream color lacquered shade on a brass frame. Rare form. First pair I've seen in mo...

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Sold

H 69.3 in Dm 18.12 in

Model 2482 Floor Lamp Manufactured by Fontana Arte in 1954

By Fontana Arte

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Model 2482 floor lamp whose design was kept in Fontana Arte's Historical Archive, manufactured by Fontana Arte in 1954. White lacquered metal base, satin opaline blown glass shade, d...

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Floor Lamps

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H 34.5 in Dm 10 in

Tony Paul Ceramic, Brass and Walnut Table Lamp, circa 1954

By Tony Paul

Located in Camden, ME

A Tony Paul ceramic, brass and walnut table lamp. The lamp is in excellent condition and has been professionally rewired with a silk wrapped cord.

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Steel

French Fir Deep Framed Wall Mirrors, Mid-Century Modern, 1940s, Pair

$300

H 9.33 in W 7.33 in D 1.25 in

French Fir Deep Framed Wall Mirrors, Mid-Century Modern, 1940s, Pair

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Sold as Pair or Singles French 1940's Small Mirror

Category

Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Fir

Mustard Velvet Daybed with V-Shaped Beechwood Base, Model V

$3,990 / item

H 15.75 in W 74.81 in D 29.14 in

Mustard Velvet Daybed with V-Shaped Beechwood Base, Model V

By Dusty Deco

Located in Los Angeles, CA

DD V daybed is an exclusive daybed made by hand in Bosnia and Herzegovina by skilled craftsmen with long experience in wood and upholstery. Both frame and the characteristic V-shaped...

Category

2010s Bosnian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Velvet

$9,915

H 27.56 in Dm 11.82 in

Original Mathieu Matégot "Java" Pendant in Red Lacquer, 1950s

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Paris, FR

This striking piece of design, the "Java" pendant by Mathieu Matégot in red, is a brilliant testament to the designer's mastery of form and material. Crafted in the 1950s, this piece...

Category

Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

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1954 Lighting For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic piece of 1954 lighting available at 1stDibs. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and glass. There are 724 variations of the antique or vintage item from our selection of 1954 lighting you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a choice in our collection of 1954 lighting — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. An object in our assortment of 1954 lighting made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Scandinavian Modern — is very popular. Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, Maison Lunel and Arlus each produced at least one beautiful option in this array of 1954 lighting that is worth considering.

How Much is a 1954 Lighting?

A piece of 1954 lighting can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,741, while the lowest priced sells for $250 and the highest can go for as much as $85,000.

Finding the Right Lighting for You

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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