The light that emanates from Feldman Lighting Company’s decorative chandeliers, pendants and sconces — encased in sculpted bronze and copper and frequently featuring motifs drawn from the natural world — embodies the brutalist movement of the mid-20th century.
The Los Angeles firm’s best known fixtures were produced in various styles from the late 1940s until the 1980s, and its most notable designer, Tom Greene was a graduate of UCLA’s dental school and originally worked as a dental prosthetist.
Beginning in the 1950s, when he wasn't at work in his dental lab, Greene would craft small jewelry pieces utilizing techniques that were typically reserved for making dental crowns and other prosthetics. Unsatisfied with jewelry as a medium, Greene stepped it up and began crafting free-form sculptures from brass and bronze, using an oxyacetylene torch to cut and heat the metal, and hammering it into shape with artisan tools (a torch-cut lamp of Greene’s appeared on Star Trek during the 1960s). He also worked with the ancient technique of lost-wax casting, which sees metal objects and furnishings cast from wax models.
Greene began producing fixtures for Lightolier and Feldman Lighting in the 1970s after seeing much success selling his pieces through Los Angeles furniture retailer and manufacturer Monteverdi-Young. Greene made numerous custom pieces for Feldman to adorn the Hollywood Regency-themed interiors of its Beverly Hills clientele.
The Feldman Lighting company folded by the mid-1980s and its vintage fixtures are highly valued by interior designers and collectors today.
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$5,294
H 47.25 in Dm 22.45 in
Cone Shaped Brass Pendant Lamp with Counterweight by Florian Schulz, 1970s
By Florian Schulz
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Designed by Florian Schulz and crafted in Germany in the 1970s, this counter balance pendant light captivates with its elegant and functional design. The lamp features a rare cone-sh...
Brass
Mid-Century Bell-Shaped Glass and Brass Pendant Light, 1960s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Vintage Mid-century Modern bell-shaped amber color transparent glass single light pendant lamp, Denmark, 1960s. Dimensions: height: 63 cm / 24.8 in; diameter: 30 cm / 11.81 in. One s...
Brass
$1,700
H 11.03 in Dm 11.03 in
1960s Mid-Century Modern Polished Brass Pendant by Hans Agne Jakobsson Sweden
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in København K, 84
Swedish interior decorator and furniture designer Hans-Agne Jakobsson (1919-2009) is best remembered for his softly glowing, glare-free lighting fixtures, which were inspired by the ...
Brass
$882
H 13.39 in Dm 8.67 in
Scandinavian mid-century brass pendant lamp by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms, Sweden
By Eje Ahlgren, Bergboms
Located in Forserum, SE
A minimalist pendant lamp designed by Eje Ahlgren for the Swedish lighting manufacturer Bergboms in the 1960s. Constructed from a cone shaped brass shade, a brass canopy up by the ce...
Brass
$677Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 13.78 in Dm 8.67 in
Brass Church Cone Pendant Light, Mid-Century Modern, Germany, 1950s
Located in Hannover, DE
These simple and timeless lights come from a church that was built in the 1950s. The lamps hung on a small cable and gave off a beautiful golden light. The lamps have been carefully ...
Brass
Polished Brass Pendant Lamp in the Style of Paavo Tynell, 1950s
By Paavo Tynell
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Very rare pendant lamp in the style of Paavo Tynell, made in Finland in the 1950s. The lighting is made of full of brass. It has many small holes which are creating beautiful light. ...
Brass
$472
H 33.08 in W 25.2 in D 25.2 in
cristallux hustadt vintage PENDANT LAMP acrylic and brass 1970s space age hangin
Located in Mannheim, DE
Impressive 1970s pendant light made of off white to translucent gold acrylic and brass. Adjustable height. Bronce colored coiled electric wire and canopy. Hustadt label in the canopy...
Acrylic
$1,175 / item
H 19.69 in Dm 8.27 in
Architectural Brass Church Pendant Light, Mid-Century Modern 1960s, 10 Available
Located in Hannover, DE
An exceptional series of ten architectural brass pendant lights, originally commissioned for ecclesiastical use, combining understated sophistication with remarkable durability. Thei...
Brass
Mid-century Modern Heavy Brass Pendant Lamp, 1960s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Mid-century Modern Heavy Brass Pendant Lamp, 1960s, Italy Lampshade is in very good vintage condition. This lamp works with E27 light bulbs. Wired and suitable to use with 220V an...
Brass
Polished Brass Pendant Lamp in the Style of Paavo Tynell, 1950s
By Paavo Tynell
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Very rare pendant lamp in the style of Paavo Tynell, made in Finland in the 1950s. The lighting is made of full of brass. It has many small holes which are creating beautiful light. ...
Brass
1950s Italian Glass UFO Pendant with Twisted Brass Stem
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Hanover, MA
Gorgeous early 1950's Italian chandelier in the manner of Pietro Chiesa and Max Ingrand of Fontana Arte in the form of a flying saucer with clear crystal top and textured glass ventu...
Brass
1950's Italian Flying Saucer Pendant After Pietro Chiesa
Located in Hanover, MA
A stunning pendant fixture in the manner of Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte. Etched glass top reflector over satin glass bowl with ornamented long brass rod and fittings, including or...
French Modernist Bronze & Glass Pendant
By Atelier Jean Perzel
Located in Hanover, MA
Stunningly gorgeous French art deco pendant/chandelier in the form of a bronze goblet with copper finial and four curved glass panels which are illuminated from within the bowl....tw...
Bronze, Copper
"Aurora" Pendant by Arteluce
By Perry King and Santiago Miranda, Arteluce
Located in Hanover, MA
Perry King & Santiago Miranda designed the 'Aurora' pendant light for Arteluce, by then a division of FLOS. The Aurora provides direct and diffused light with three 50w halogen sp...
Glass
Tom Greene for Feldman Lighting Torch Cut Brass Pendant
By Tom Greene, Feldman Lighting Co.
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE Designed by Thomas A. Greene for T. A. Greene Company and retailed by Feldman Lighting of Los Angeles. Pendant itself is 24 inches high by 10 inches diameter. With existing chain the drop is 30 inches. If requested we can change the color of the candle sleeves to metallic gold instead of the original matte black. Thomas A. Greene was a pioneering and artistic African American designer and businessman. He started his career making dental prosthetics and jewelry and then moved onto larger sculptural pieces. He produced lighting for Feldman and Monteverdi & Young. Tom Greene's lighting and metal sculpture designs are found in many countries, as well as in the U.S. Here is just a small cross-section of his clients: Gruen Lighting, MGM Studios, 20th Century Fox Studios, EuroDisneyland-France, Monte Carlo Hotel-Las Vegas, Hyatt Regency, Trump Towers Casino, Luxor Hotel and Casino, Bellagio Hotel, Disney Tokyo, The Grove, Westin Hotel in Maui and in Kauai, Beverly Hills City Hall, Conrad Hilton...
Brass
Sciolari Style Pentagonal Brass & Chrome Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari, Fredrick Ramond
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage 1970's pentagonal form chandelier in the style of Gaetano Sciolari made from formed mirror polished stainless steel sheet and brass, probably manufactured by Fredrick Ramond ...
Brass, Stainless Steel, Chrome
