Rare Moss Triple Shade Acrylic / Lucite Floor Lamp, classic mid century modern
By Moss Lamp Co. 1
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare Moss Triple Shade Acrylic / Lucite Floor Lamp, classic mid century modern, Almost oriental in design (pagoda shades) Amazing original condition,, a true survivor..
Acrylic, Fiberglass, Lucite
$599Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Modern Brass and Wood Floor Lamp With Double Fiberglass Drum Shade
Located in San Carlos, CA
For sale we have a gorgeous mid century modern floor brass floor lamp with wood accent.
Brass
Mid-Century Standing Lamp with Milk Glass Shade
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1950s; (likely) Majestic Lamp Co. - Los Angeles Mid-century modern floor lamp with tiered fiberglass shade.
Brass, Enamel
Double Shade Fiberglass Lamp Style of Grossman Bobrick Geller MOMA Mid-Century
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Mitchell Bobrick
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare Mid-Century Modernist lamp design. Active fibrous and translucent shades made in El Segundo, California, from late 1940s-early 1950s. Lamp Heads Dia: 15 x D: 6 in.
Brass, Steel
$1,560Sale Price|40% Off
Restored Googie Asymmetric Pole Floor Lamp w/ Side Table & Fiberglass Shade
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautifully restored Paul Frankl-inspired rattan pole lamp featuring 6 decorative rattan poles centered around a rattan post all fixed to a mahogany and rattan circular base, ci...
Rattan
$2,335Sale Price|20% Off
Brutalist iron chain and fiberglass floor lamp, Netherlands 1960s
By Jean Touret, Atelier Marolles
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...
Wrought Iron
Mitchell Bobrick for Controlight Rare Floor Lamp Mid century Modern
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A 1950s Floor lamp designed by Mitchell Bobrick For Controlight. Sculptural, featuring a birch base, ceramic cone body, iron legs, and a pivoting pressed fiberglass light diffuser sh...
Iron
$750Sale Price|54% Off
Mid- Century Modern Two-Tier Table Floor Lamp
Located in Plainview, NY
A quality Mid-Century Modern two-tier table floor lamp. The Black framed floor lamp features a rectangular base holding one cherry wood table / tray.
Metal
$12,500
Castiglioni Floor Lamp
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful, rare Castiglioni floor lamp. Spun fiberglass "shade" with a chrome base and floor controls. Some minor foxing to the base of the lamp that is consistent with age.
Chrome
$3,000
1970 Table Floor Lamp
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Table Floor Lamp made in fiberglass. With dimmer. The original shade have some scratches. working at perfection.
Fiberglass
$7,007
Rare Floor Lamp, 1950s
By Bohlmarks
Located in Stockholm, SE
Large fiberglass shade, brass stem with black nylon cord grip and cast iron tripod base.
Brass
Tripod Floor Lamp with Brass Ring
By Gerald Thurston
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Black Floor Lamp with Brass Floor Ring. Glass Diffuser covers the bulb and acts as the holder for the original fiberglass shade. Lamp is a three way so throws off plenty of light! ...
Metal, Brass
Russel Wright Pivoting Floor Lamp for Fairmont Lamp Company
By Russel Wright
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Russel Wright pivoting floor lamp for Fairmont Lamp Company, circa 1954. Amazingly very original example! Original Fiberglass shade, original paint and patina on brass! Lamp moves in...
Metal, Brass
Space Age Rocket Floor Lamp from Novoplast Sered, 1960s
Located in Żory, PL
This floor rocket lamp was produced in the 1960s in Czechoslovakia. It features yellow fiberglass shade on three wooden legs. The lamp is fully functional.
Fiberglass, Wood
1970s Space Age Midcentury Floor Lamp "Rocket", Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Iconic retro design floor lamp. An interesting design piece from the 1960's called 'Rocket'. Designed and produced in former Czechoslovakia. Diameter of the shade is 16 cm and height...
Fiberglass, Oak
$2,360Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Floor Lamp by Luci
By luci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Floor lamp by Luci has a combination of chrome, metal, and marble base. The shade is made of fiberglass which gives a beautiful warm light. Base dimensions are 18 x 16 inches.
Metal
Unique Midcentury Modern Gooseneck Floor Lamp with Tray Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A lamp unlike any other we have encountered. Double shade gooseneck floor lamp with tray table. All original with shallow tapered fiberglass tapered conical shades. Shades pivot in e...
Metal
Floor Lamp Sigla René Kemna for Sirrah, Italy, 1980s
By Sirrah, Rene Kemna 1
Located in Rijssen, NL
This floor lamp was designed by Rene Kemna for Sirrah in Italy in the 1980s. The structure allow the light and shade to articulate into various positions (head of lamp swivels 360 de...
Metal
Adjustable Floor Lamp Model Faro by Guzzini, Italy 70s
By iGuzzini, Harvey Guzzini
Located in Lucija, SI
Rare and superb Mid Century Floor Lamp, model Faro, designed by Harvey Guzzini and produced in Italy by IGuzzini, between 1970 and 1976. Adjustable height living room lamp on a chrom...
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Pata de Elefante Large Floor Lamp, Sculptural Parota Wood Base
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pata de Elefante Large Floor Lamp — Atomic Collection by Isabel Moncada Floor-standing and fully commanding, the Pata de Elefante Large brings the iconic ""Elephant's Foot"" silhoue...
Fiberglass, Linen, Textile, Wood
Seldom Seen Modernist / Industrial Dazor Model 2004 UFO adjustable floor lamp
By Dazor
Located in Buffalo, NY
Seldom seen Mid century modern / industrial / Space Age Dazor Model 2004 UFO adjustable floor lamp. 48" tall.
Metal, Brass
Apolo Floor Lamp by Isabel Moncada, Parota Wood & Brass Design
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
Its obelisk-like silhouette reaches skyward, while hand-forged brass details and a gold-lacquered interior shade create a warm, atmospheric glow. A statement piece rooted in mid-cent...
Brass
'Wo-Tum-Bu 1' Japanese Paper & Hand Poured Concrete Floor Lamp for Ingo Maurer
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Glendale, CA
'Wo-Tum-Bu 1' Japanese paper & hand poured concrete floor lamp for Ingo Maurer Designed and produced by Ingo Maurer, one of the most celebrated German lighting icons since 1966....
Concrete, Stainless Steel
Monumental Ceramic Totem Floor Lamp by Potiers of Accolay, France, Circa 1970
By Accolay Pottery
Located in leucate, FR
With its organic lines and distinctive design, this lamp embodies the aesthetic of the 1970s and will find its place in a modern, bohemian, or mid-century interior.
Ceramic, Resin
Early Bill Lam Fiberglass Floor Table Lamp Tripod
By Bill Lam
Located in Sarasota, FL
Early Bill Lam fiberglass table lamp by Lam Inc. Tripod legs with fiberglass shade.
Fiberglass, Walnut
$698Sale Price|20% Off
midcentury height adjustable Fibre floorlight, 1960s
Located in Zevenaar, NL
The structure is composed of a sleek, black metal pole and base, ideal for contemporary interiors. The lamp likely draws inspiration from mid-century modern or Scandinavian design pr...
Metal
Large four foot tall Modeline style white cylinder table or floor lamp
By Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Ferndale, MI
Four foot one inch tall cylinder of soft white accent lighting . Works either as table lamp or double as a floor lamp . Soft white mood lighting shines through recently restored sha...
Steel
Light-Up Fiberglass Cylinder Round Pedestal Thick Lucite "Lens" Shade Floor Lamp
By Karl Springer
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Light-Up Fiberglass Cylinder Round Pedestal Thick Lucite "Lens" Shade Floor Lamp
Fiberglass, Lucite
Unavailable
H 64.5 in Dm 18 in
American Mid-Century Modern Majestic Floor Lamp with Integral Glass Table
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in Port Hope, ON
This fabulous American Mid-Century Modern, black cerused oak floor lamp with chrome accents, original glass reflector and thick circular glass integral table by Majestic is near mint.
Chrome
Unavailable
H 98.43 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
1990s Fiberglass floor lamp “Postkrisi F60” by Catellani & Smith, Italy
By Cattelani & Smith
Located in Wilnis, UT
A very rare floor lamp, model “Postkrisi F 60”, manufactured by Cattelani & Smith in Italy around 1990. The piece has a minimalist, chrome plated metal base on a flat food and round...
Metal
Magnificent Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp, 1950’s - 1960’s
Located in Hampstead, QC
Mid-Century Modern floor lamp with side table combined into one unit.
Metal, Brass
Unusual, Decorative Solid Brass Floor Lamp with Vintage Shade
Located in San Francisco, CA
I'm guessing about the age of the lamp -- it could just as easily be from the 30's as the 50's although the shade is definitely MCM -- Mid-Century Modern -- (it didn't come with the...
Brass
Bill Lam Floor Lamp
By Bill Lam
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extremely rare lamp by Bill Lam. This lamp has birchwood base and brass standard. The shade is fiberglass.
Brass
Spun Aluminum Floor Lamp
Located in Valley Stream, NY
Beautiful vintage spun aluminum with bond oak accents, 4 x 18 x 8 fiberglass shade has 13" extension from pole, 3-way 100 watts or compact florescent, LED ready. RELOCATION SAL...
Aluminum
MCM Italian Floral Petal Base Pendant Floor Lamp
Located in Pasadena, CA
This Mid-Century Modern Italian floor lamp is an absolute showstopper. The sculptural floral petal-inspired shade glows with a warm amber hue, casting a soft, ambient light that inst...
Metal
Floor Lamp, Switzerland, circa 1960
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This floor lamp looks and works great in most positions and finding that just right angle is part of the charm of this sweet simple design. It can be leveraged upward as seen here an...
Aluminum, Nickel, Steel
Control Floor Lamp by Mitchell Bobrick
By Mitchell Bobrick
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Designed by Bobrick in the early 1950s for his company, control light. Adjustable fiberglass shade, painted aluminium shade with aluminium grid and veneered base.
First Edition H. Klingle Lugano Floor Lamp for Artimeta, 1957
By Artimeta, H. Klingele 1
Located in Brussels, BE
First edition of a Rare and beautiful floor lamp designed by H. Klingele for Artimeta Soest, Hollanf 1957. This floor lamp, model Lugano, has a black lacquered metal frame with very ...
Metal
Bill Lam Table Lamp
By Bill Lam
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Super-rare, early vintage table lamp designed by Bill Lam. From his on workshop located outside Boston in Brookline, MA., circa 1950. Beautifully patinated birchwood base, brass, an...
Unavailable
H 56 in W 24 in D 19 in
Midcentury Floor Lamp with Wooden Table in the Style of Greta Grossman
By Greta Magnusson Grossman
Located in Mount Penn, PA
A vintage floor lamp, produced, circa 1950s in the style of Swedish designer Greta Grossman, with red Fiberglass lamp shade, affixed to a curved stem on hairpin legs in brass with bl...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Floor / Bridge Lamp Fiberglass & Walnut
By J.T. Kalmar, Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Fulton, CA
Very unusual Mid-Century Modern floor lamp with fiberglass shade and deffuser with spaceship design.
Brass
Fiberglass Floor Lamp, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Wonderful 1950s standard lamp with a large fiberglass shade, brass stem with black nylon cord grip and cast iron tripod base. Very Fine midcentury design combining Stark modernist el...
Brass
Sold
H 49.22 in Dm 6.7 in
Very Rare Midcentury Italian Modern Floor Lamp with Fiberglass Shade and Metal
Located in München, DE
Very rare midcentury Italian modern floor lamp with fiberglass shade. Frame in black lacquered metal. Legs in typical hairpin style. Beautiful Minimalist design. Made in Italy. 100% ...
Metal
American Mid-Century Modern Period Floor Lamp with Original Whip-Stitched Shade
Located in San Francisco, CA
Cool American Mid-Century Modern period floor lamp; black painted iron base capped by its original teal blue two-tier fiberglass whip-stitched shade.
Iron
Paul Mayen Lamp in Wrought Iron with Fiberglass Shade
By Paul Mayen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Paul Mayen lamp in wrought iron with fiberglass shade. Hair pin legs support this fret work cylinder lined in fiberglass to shield the light source. One of Mayen's early successful l...
Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Adjustable Task Floor Lamp
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid-century task floor lamp with fiberglass shade.
Metal
Paul Mayén, Floor Lamp, Iron, Fiberglass, USA, 1950s
By Paul Mayen
Located in High Point, NC
A black-lacquered iron and brown fiberglass floor lamp designed and produced by Paul Mayén, USA, 1950s. Dimensions of Lamp with Shade (inches): 57.625"H x 12.0"W x 12.0"D Bulb Spec...
Iron
Fiberglass & Wood Rocket Floor Lamp from Novoplast Sered, 1960s
Located in Żory, PL
This floor rocket lamp was produced in the 1960s in Czechoslovakia. It features yellow fiberglass shade on three wooden legs. The lamp is fully functional, requires one bulb.
Fiberglass, Wood
Heywood Wakefield Floor lamp w/ Drum shade
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Beautiful black lacquer Heywood Wakefield floor lamp. The elegantly tapered body of the lamp is crowned with a spun fiberglass drum shade. Unique vintage touches can be seen througho...
Brass
Milo Baughman Mid-Century Floor Lamp
By Milo Baughman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sleek fiberglass floor lamp with frosted glass ball shade. Newly rewired
Brass
Mid Century Telescoping Floor Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid Century Modern Enameled black steel floor lamp with brass accents.
Steel, Brass
Sold
H 40.95 in W 12.6 in D 12.6 in
Vintage Midcentury-Modern Space Age Fiberglass Moonlight Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Zagreb, HR
A stunning space-age Mid-Century-Modern moon floor lamp. Made from a fiberglass shade that lights up in a moonlight effect, and sits on top of a metal base.
Metal
Fiberglass 1950s Two Shade Floorlamp
By Deutsche WK-Möbel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage midcentury fiberglass lamp. Atomic era design featuring two fluted shades on a sculptural iron base. Measures: 50 W x 164 H x 50 D cm.
Brass
Sold
H 57 in W 25 in D 10 in
Rare Vintage Postmodern Steel Floor Lamp with Fiberglass Reflector, Circa 1960s
Located in Portland, OR
This sophisticated Mid-Century Modern floor lamp was realized in the United States circa 1950.
Steel
Cocoon floor lamp Mid-Century Hustadt Leuchten, Germany 1960
Located in The Hague, NL
Beautiful, rare Cocoon floorlamp by Hustadt Leuchten, Germany. Japandi, minimalistic design with intriguing use of materials. The shade is made of very special sculptured fiberglass,...
Chrome
Sold
H 64.18 in W 17.72 in D 6.3 in
Mid-Century floorlamp fiberglass braided rope and wood - France 1970-
Located in The Hague, NL
Wrapped in a delicate woven rope grid over a translucent fiberglass shade, the lamp creates a warm, diffused glow while adding texture and depth to any interior.
Wood, Rattan, Fiberglass
Mid Century Modern Kurt Versen Flip Floor Lamp
By Kurt Versen
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful And Iconic Flip Floor Lamp By Kurt Versen In Satin Brass. Lamp Doubles As A Reading Lamp When Down And A Torcheire When Up. Original Fiberglass Shade With Amazing Color. B...
Mid-Century Modern side table Walnut Crotch floor lamp
Located in Wayne, NJ
Mid-Century Modern side table floor lamp. 42" to the bottom of lamp , fiberglass shade
Sold
H 62.6 in W 14.57 in D 19.69 in
Mid century organic Design Floor Lamp by Josef Hůrka, 1960s / Napako
By Josef Hurka, Napako
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1960s - Design: J. Hurka - Maker: Napako (metal label) - Original condition with patina (see the pictures) - fibreglass shade - Published in Napako catalogue. jr
Metal
Sold
H 104 in W 20 in D 20 in
Mid Century Modern Lightolier 3 Shade Tension Pole Lamp Gerald Thurston 1950s
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier
Located in Peoria, AZ
STUNNING & RARE! 1956 MID CENTURY MODERN LIGHTOLIER TENSION POLE LAMP! THREE SHADES ORANGE WHITE BLACK GERALD THURSTON DESIGN FITS 8 FT. CEILING Mid Century Pole lamps are one...
Metal
Sold
H 45.67 in W 12.6 in D 12.6 in
Mid-Century Space Age Design Rocket Floor Lamp by Novoplast Czechoslovakia 1950s
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage midcentury Space Age Design ROCKET floor lamp by Novoplast. Made in Czechoslovakia, 1950's / 60's. Yellow fiber plastic shade with wooden tripod legs. Original condition with...
Fiberglass, Teak
Sold
H 64.97 in W 14.97 in D 14.97 in
Mid Century Red Floor Lamp Medusa, Designed by Luigi Massoni, Guzzini Italy 70s
By Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Lucija, SI
Mid Century adjustable red Floor Lamp, model Medusa, was designed by Luigi Massoni and produced by Guzzini Italy in '70s. The shade is made of red- white plastic and the base with s...
Steel, Chrome
Floor Lamp by Gunnar Adolfson
By Gunnar Adolfson
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Floor Lamp by Gunnar Adolfson. This early floor lamp retains the original fiberglass shade.
Steel
Sold
H 46.07 in Dm 11.82 in
Freestanding Space Age Rocket Lamp In Pink Fiberglass, Czechoslovakia 1960s
Located in Zohor, SK
Rare Space Age floor lamp produced by Novoplast, Dolná Streda (former Czechoslovakia) in the 1960s. Typical for the Space Age era when designers were often insprired by new materials...
Fiberglass, Teak
Floor Lamp by Salvatorre Gregorietti
By Salvatore Gregorietti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Floor Lamp by Salvatorre Gregorietti with a fiberglass shade, brass body, and travertine base.
Travertine, Brass
Midcentury Dual Light Gooseneck Floor Lamp with Table
Located in Astoria, NY
A floor lamp with two lights, each with single socket and cone form fiberglass shade, supported by adjustable gooseneck, on lengthy black enamel stems, joined by a round table in lam...
Brass, Metal
Teak Danish Modern Touchier Floor Lamp
Located in Fulton, CA
Solid turned teak floor lamp with fiberglass "Tourchier" style shade. Original push button floor switch. Very good original condition.
Fiberglass, Teak
Rare Dutch Mid Century Design Lamp
Located in Southampton, GB
A true one off, sculptural floor lamp. We have admired this in the home of a leading Dutch dealer for some time and was fortunate enough to purchase it recently. Designed from a fold...
Brass
Russel Wright Pivoting Floor Lamp by Fairmont Lamp Company
By Russel Wright
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very original Russel wright floor lamp from the early 1950s. Done for Fairmont Lamp Company for the easier living line. Stem of the lamp pivots in multiple directions for ease of dir...
Metal, Brass
Vintage Danish Modern Walnut Floor Lamp with Matching Table Lamp
By Rispal
Located in Chattanooga, TN
The lamps shades pictured ARE NOT included with purchase. Mid-Century Modern solid walnut wood Danish modern floor lamp and matching table lamp. We’ve never had a matching lamp set ...
Fiberglass, Teak
Vintage Mid Century Modern George Nelson Cigar Tripod Bubble Lamp
By George Nelson
Located in Wheat Ridge, CO
This Mid-Century Modern George Nelson Bubble light will add a touch of softness and luminosity to any interior! Delightful cigar shape on a tripod base and on / off push button switc...
Metal
Vintage Rocket Floor Lamp from Novoplast Sered, 1960s
Located in Żory, PL
This rocket floor lamp was produced in the 1960s in Czechoslovakia. It features a yellow fiberglass shade on three wooden legs. The lamp is fully functional and requires one bulb.
Fiberglass, Wood
Mid-Century Kurt Versen Flip-Top Lamp
By Kurt Versen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Original fiberglass shade on a chrome and black enameled lamp body. Shade points up or down to the desired effect. Wonderful design that complements Art Deco, Machine age and Mid-Cen...
Space Age Rocket Floor Lamp from Novoplast Sered, 1960s
Located in Żory, PL
This floor rocket lamp was produced in the 1960s in Czechoslovakia. It features yellow fiberglass shade on three wooden legs. The lamp is fully functional and has a new wire.
Fiberglass, Wood
Tricia Floor Lamp by Salvatore Gregorietti for Valenti
By Valenti, Salvatore Gregorietti
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Brass floor lamp with fiberglass lampshade designed by Salvatore Gregorietti for Valenti in the 1970s. Three sources of light under the shade, and an additional one on top in the re...
Brass
1970s Space Age Midcentury Floor Lamp "Rocket", Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Iconic retro design floor lamp - This is an interesting design piece from the 1960's called 'Rocket' - Designed and produced in former Czechoslovakia - The lamp has a trio of oa...
Fiberglass, Oak
Vintage Space Age 4-light floor lamp, circa 1960s
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Space Age 4-light floor lamp, circa 1960s. The design features a substantial metal frame with beautifully patinated silver and gold tones and fiberglass shades. Three sculptu...
Metal
German Midcentury Tripod Floor Lamp, Cooon Lampshade, 50s 60s
Located in Berlin, BE
Pretty, small tripod lamp with cocoon lampshade. Black metal frame. New wiring with attractive switch in Pepita pattern. This lamp is suitable for all stylish interiors and creat...
Metal
Annig Sarian 4059 Floor Lamp Kartell, Italy, 1970
By Annig Sarian, Kartell
Located in London, GB
An early edition of Annig Sarian’s impressive 4059 (or KD 59) floor lamp for Italian design giant Kartell, Italy, 1970. Nothing much is written about Sarian, but Kartell was famous f...
Chrome
Annig Sarian 4059 Floor Lamp Kartell, Italy, 1970
By Annig Sarian, Kartell
Located in London, GB
An early edition of Annig Sarian’s impressive 4059 (or KD 59) floor lamp for Italian design giant Kartell, Italy, 1970. Nothing much is written about Sarian, but Kartell was famous f...
Chrome
Gerald Thurston Style Tripod Floor Lamp with Brass Ring
By Gerald Thurston
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gerald Thurston Style Iron and Brass Tri-Pod three-way Floor Lamp. Original Shade in nice shape. Shade sits on a Glass Reflector. Original Finish shows minor marks on brass, but over...
Metal, Brass
Dafne Floor Lamp by Olaf von Bohr for Valenti, 1970s
By Olaf von Bohr, Valenti
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Astonishing floor lamp Dafne designed by Olaf von Bohr for Italian manufacturer Valenti. The shade from the lamp is made of fiberglass; it consists of two parts which together for...
Metal
Lugano Floor Lamp H. Klingele Artimeta, Holland, 1957
By H. Klingele 1
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare and impressive floor lamp designed by H. Klingele for Artimeta Soest, Holland, 1957. This floor lamp, model Lugano, has a black painted frame with very nice decorative flat feet...
Metal
Salvatore Gregorietti Tricia Floor Lamp Lamperti, Italy, 1960
By Lamperti, Salvatore Gregorietti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Large impressive floor lamp designed by Salvatore Gregorietti and manufactured by Lamperti, Italy 1960. This lamp has a nice fiberglass shade and a brass stem with a weighted travert...
Travertine, Brass
Sold
H 104 in W 15 in D 15 in
Mid Century Danish Modern Matrix Tension Pole Lamp 1950s Stiffel 3 Shades!
By Stiffel
Located in Peoria, AZ
HIGHLY COVETED! DANISH MODERN THREE SHADE "MATRIX" TENSION POLE LAMP! FIBERGLASS & BRASS CIRCA 1960 FITS 8 FT. CEILING Mid Century Pole lamps are one of the most fun interior de...
Metal
Mezquite Large Floor Lamp by Isabel Moncada in Shou Sugi Ban Pinewood
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
Mezquite Large Floor Lamp — De Palo Collection by Isabel Moncada A commanding floor lamp that transforms any room into a gallery. Inspired by the stately presence of a chess bishop,...
Brass
Organic Modern Table Lamp Sculptural Parota Wood Base
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pata de Elefante Small Table Lamp — Atomic Collection by Isabel Moncada Named ""Elephant's Foot"" for its bold, bulbous base, the Pata de Elefante Small is one of Isabel Moncada's m...
Fiberglass, Linen, Fabric, Wood
Classic Mid Century Modern Black Metal Floor Lamp
By Bill Curry & Design Line
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage accent metal floor lamp circa 1960's. This piece comes in a black finish and functions with a three-way switch mechanism. Drum shade is not included.
Metal
Modernist Sculpted Walnut Gondola Sofa by Adrian Pearsall
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Buffalo, NY
The aptly named Adrian Pearsall Gondola Sofa is bold in its design, so clearly translating the character of a Venetian gondola to create a unique silhouette in a sophisticated living...
Fabric, Walnut
Ceiba Floor Lamp by Isabel Moncada, Handmade in Mexico
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
Ceiba Floor Lamp — De Palo Collection by Isabel Moncada Two inverted, overlapping cones emerge from a turned Parota wood base — a silhouette of quiet elegance and organic femininity...
Wood, Fiberglass, Linen
$1,600 / set
H 30.5 in W 30.5 in D 28 in
Pr. Mid-Century Lounge Chairs Attributed to Directional Ca 1950's
By Directional, Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Pr. stylish lounge chairs made inn the 1950's, attributed to Directional Furniture Company, in the manner of Paul McCobb. Both chairs are structurally sound and sturdy, they were reu...
Upholstery
Tamarindo Floor Lamp by Isabel Moncada with Parota Wood Base
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
Tamarindo Floor Lamp — De Palo Collection by Isabel Moncada Timeless and eclectic, the Tamarindo is defined by its symmetrical, undulating Parota wood base — a rhythmic form that gi...
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
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
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
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.
The modern floor lamp is an evolution of torchères — tall floor candelabras that originated in France as a revolutionary development in lighting homes toward the end of the 17th century. Owing to the advent of electricity and the introduction of new materials as a part of lighting design, floor lamps have taken on new forms and configurations over the years.
In the early 1920s, Art Deco lighting artisans worked with dark woods and modern metals, introducing unique designs that still inspire the look of modern floor lamps developed by contemporary firms such as Luxxu.
Popular mid-century floor lamps include everything from the enchanting fixtures by the Italian lighting artisans at Stilnovo to the distinctly functional Grasshopper floor lamp created by Scandinavian design pioneer Greta Magnusson-Grossman to the Paracarro floor lamp by the Venetian master glass workers at Mazzega. Among the more celebrated names in mid-century lighting design are Milanese innovators Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, who, along with their eldest brother, Livio, worked for their own firm as architects and designers. While Livio departed the practice in 1952, Achille and Pier Giacomo would go on to design the Arco floor lamp, the Toio floor lamp and more for legendary lighting brands such as FLOS.
Today’s upscale interiors frequently integrate the otherworldly custom lighting solutions created by a wealth of contemporary firms and designers such as Spain’s Masquespacio, whose Wink floor lamps integrate gold as well as fabric fringes.
Visual artists and industrial designers have a penchant for floor lamps, possibly because they’re so often a clever marriage of design and the functions of lighting. A good floor lamp can change the mood of any room while adding a touch of elegance to your entire space. Find yours now on 1stDibs.
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