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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Italian Pendant Light in Burnished Metal
Located in Montevarchi, IT
Pollux is a handcrafted pendant lamp in metal, made in Italy. Its compact vertical form is defined by a perforated cylindrical body, characterized by precise horizontal cut-outs tha...
Metal
1960s Italian Brass Pendant Light
By Arredoluce
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A dramatic brass ceiling fixture with nine adjustable tubes encircling a brass disc.
Brass
Mathieu Matégot Style Midcentury Brass Chandelier Pendant Lamp, France, 1950s
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful modernist brass and white perforated metal chandelier, France, 1950s. In the style of Mathieu Mategot. Has been professionally ...
Metal, Brass
Small Kalmar pendant with structure glass around 1950s
By J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Wien, Au
Small Kalmar pendant with structure glass around 1950s Brass polished and stove enameled
Brass
Mid-Century Pendant Lamp by J.T. Kalmar for Kalmar, 1950s
By Kalmar Lighting, J.T. Kalmar
Located in Brussel, BE
Beautiful Mid-Century chandelier, pendant lamp made of a brass base with two glass-molded lampshades. Designed in Vienna by Austrian designer-entrepreneur Julius Theodor Kalmar and e...
Metal, Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Pendant Light in Chrome and Brass
Located in Chicago, US
Striking mid-century modern pendant light featuring a sculptural arrangement of overlapping chrome circles with brass pinheads connecting them. The layered circular forms create a dy...
Brass, Chrome
Midcentury Height Adjustable Counterweight Pendant Lamp By Kalmar
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, AT
A height adjustable brass counter balance pendant lamp by J.T. Kalmar manufactured in midcentury in 1950. Fitted with three E27 sockets.
Brass
French Designer, Pendant Light, Metal, Brass, France, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and yellow-lacquered metal pendant light designed and produced in France, c. 1950s. In good vintage condition, with visible wear consistent with age and use. Minor chips to ...
Metal, Brass
Rare Stilnovo Mid-Century Modern Pendant Lamp
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Stilnovo, pendant lamp, lacquered aluminum, satin glass, brass, steel, Italy, 1950s/60s This rare pendant lamp by Stilnovo dates back to the 1950s-1960s and is distinguished by a c...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Italian Mid-Century Modern Large Pendant Light 135cm/53.15in.
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pendant light / chandelier, glass, brass, lacquered steel, acrylic, Italy, 1950s/1960s This lighting pendant, a mid-century Italian design from the 1950s or 60s, reflects postwar I...
Brass
Cylindrical Metal Grated Pendant Light Fixture by Feldman Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cylindrical statement lighting from the Los Angeles-based Feldman Company. Their sculptural pieces spanned a broad spectrum of mid-century trends, including modernism, the so-called ...
Brass
Curtis Jeré Brutalist Pendant Lamp, Steel, Mid-Century Modern, 1950s
By Tom Greene, Curtis Jeré, C. Jeré Artisan House
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A brutalist metal pendant lamp with a cylindrical shape and irregular edges by Curtis Jeré. The main shape of the fixture has a striated frame with contrasting edges; a slightly wide...
Steel
Brass Candelabra Floor Lamp with Silk Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass floor lamp features a patinated bronze base and ribbed stem with new silk shade. The lamp has five curved arms under the lamp shade each with one bulb. Dimensions 20" diameter...
Brass, Bronze
Greta Von Nessen Brass Desk Lamp for Nessen Studios
By Nessen Studio, Greta Von Nessen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Desk lamp designed by Greta von Nessen c.1960s, USA, for Nessen Studios. The lamp features a white enameled trumpet shade that pivots up and down, with a curved brass arm that rotate...
Brass, Enamel
Brass Swing-Arm Table Lamp with Enamel Shade, Mid-20th Century Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass table lamp with enamel shade blends industrial functionality with sleek and sculptural lines. The lamp features a brass swing-arm and a perforated shade allowing for a decorati...
Brass, Enamel
Cedric Hartman Parallel Bar Brass and Stainless Steel Floor Lamp
By Cedric Hartman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in the 1970s, this brass and stainless steel floor lamp by Cedric Hartman is an enduring design classic. The modernist lamp features a triangular brass shade attached to two...
Brass, Stainless Steel
