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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$3,000
H 23.5 in W 12 in D 12 in
Brutalist Swag Pendant Light Lamp Tom Greene Brass Feldman Co Mid-Century Modern
By Feldman Lighting Co., Tom Greene
Located in Wayne, NJ
Brutalist Swag Pendant Light Lamp Tom Greene Brass Feldman Co. This plugs into a wall outlet. It has approx 13' Cord/chain.
Brass
Vintage 1960s Brutalist Torch-Cut Brass Chandelier by Tom Greene
By Tom Greene
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Amazing vintage chandelier designed by Tom Greene for Feldman Co., circa 1960s. In good working condition. It has original patina. Just a wonderful piece hard to find.
Brass
Torch Cut Brass Brutalist Chandelier by Tom Greene for Feldman
By Tom Greene, Feldman Lighting Co.
Located in Dallas, TX
This torch cut brutalist chandelier was designed by Tom Greene and made by Feldman Lighting of Los Angeles. Its long narrow torch cut brass pendant is enhanced with layered cut brass...
Brass
$2,674
H 37.01 in Dm 16.93 in
Gaetano Sciolari Chandelier 12 Spot Brass Pendant Lamp, Italy, circa 1970
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Brass 12 scone pendant lamp / chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari for Sciolari Lighting, Italy - circa 1970.
Brass
$4,279Sale Price|20% Off
H 39.38 in Dm 13.78 in
Venini Chandelier Midcentury in Gilded Glass and Brass Elegant, 1950
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Elegant chandelier from the Venini factory in glass and brass from the 1950s. The chandelier is in perfect original condition. The pendant is composed of 24 parallelepipeds with a triangular base in solid gilded glass. The glasses are hand ground in various sizes. The glass pendants are inserted in different crowns that frame the brass structure, where they create beautiful plays of light. In the central area, the chandelier, is composed of 16 pendants of various sizes. The longest pendant measures 53 cm while the average one measures 43 cm. The two measures are inserted in a staggered way. In the area below and inside there are 8 colored pendants of the same size (23 cm) that frame the structure. The chandelier has a tubular brass structure. Halfway through the structure, at different heights, 24 brass tubes radiate, acting as bearing elements for the insertion of the glass. Each tube is numbered to facilitate the insertion of the latter. The pendant consists of 8 lights placed 4 at the top and 4 at the bottom, to radiate the best of the room. All the glasses are made of solid gold-coloured glass. Once you access this chandelier will amaze you by the great beauty...
Brass
1975s Mid Century Modern Brass Cloud Chandelier by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Iconic chandelier designed by Curtis Jere in the United States, ( this chandelier is signed by the makers ). Amazing chandelier made of polished brass interlocking cylinder design, f...
Brass
Italian Mid Century Modern Brass Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari
By Sciolari Lighting, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An early 1960's chandelier designed by Gaetano Sciolari for Sciolari Lighting. Nice vintage condition with some warm dark spot to brass. Appropriate bulbs included with some extra re...
Brass
Curtis Jeré Brutalist Pendant Lamp, Steel, Mid-Century Modern, 1950s
By Tom Greene, C. Jeré Artisan House, Curtis Jeré
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
Midcentury Italian Chandelier in Brass, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small chandelier in polished brass. It consists of 3 adjustable brass pipes/shades connected to a center disc. It's chain supported and still retain its original brass canopy/ceiling...
Brass
Tom Greene for Feldman Lighting Torch Cut Brass Pendant
By Feldman Lighting Co., Tom Greene
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
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Chandelier / Pendant by Tom Greene, Patinated Brass
By Tom Greene
Located in Stamford, CT
Small Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Chandelier / Pendant by Tom Greene, Patinated Brass Tom Greene for Feldman Lighting Co. Patinated Brass United States, 1960s 40" H x 11" Dia...
Brass
Gino Paroldo, Fontana Arte, Italian Mid-Century Modern, Chandelier, Brass, Glass
By Gino Paroldo
Located in Stamford, CT
Gino Paroldo, Fontana Arte, Italian Mid-Century Modern, Chandelier or Ceiling Pendant, Brass, Glass, 1960s This modern Italian ceiling fixture, attributed to Gino Paroldo for Fontan...
Brass
Small Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandelier / Pendant, Slumped Glass and Brass
Located in Stamford, CT
Small Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandelier / Pendant, Slumped Glass and Brass Slumped Glass, Brass Sweden, 1950s 20 Height x 15.5 Diameter 4 x e17 midsize candelabra sockets.
Glass
Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Swedish Modern, 9 Light Chandelier, Brass, Sweden c. 1960s
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Stamford, CT
Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Swedish Modern, 9 Light Chandelier, Brass, Sweden c. 1960s Rare chandelier or pendant designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson in Sweden circa 1960s. Having it's origin...
Brass
Angelo Lelli, Arredoluce, Italian Mid-Century Modern, Chandelier, Brass, 1960s
By Arredoluce
Located in Stamford, CT
Angelo Lelli, Arredoluce, Italian Mid-Century Modern, Chandelier, Brass, 1960s Modern brass chandelier designed by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce in Italy, c. 1960s. Brass, Glass I...
Brass
Swedish Mid-Century Modern, Pendant, Glass, Brass, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stamford, CT
Swedish Mid-Century Modern, Pendant, Glass, Brass, Sweden, 1950s Swedish modern chandelier or pendant designed and produced in Sweden in the ...
Brass
