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.
On 1stDibs, find Feldman Lighting Company lighting and decorative objects.
Modernist Brutalist Gold Chandelier Tom Green for Feldman
By Tom Greene
Located in Hastings, GB
LA based designer and sculptor Tom Greene hand crafted this brutalist chandelier for 'Feldman Lighting Company' in the late 1960s/1970s The design features staggered tiers of torch c...
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
Striking Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari Italy, 1970
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Rome, IT
An impressive chrome and nickel brushed Sciolari chandeliers, belonging to the series inspired by a trip of Gaetano Sciolari in New York. The chandelier is composed of 18 tubes that...
Brass
Elegant brutalist chandelier by Tom Green for Feldman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very nice Hands craft brutalist chandelier, design by the iconic Tom Green, the patina is so much nicer in person
Brass
Tom Greene Brutalist Chandelier, 1960s
By Feldman Lighting Co., Tom Greene
Located in South Jordan, UT
Unique, Brutalist mid century pendant chandelier designed by Tom Greene for Feldman Lighting Co. in the 1960s. Beautiful craftsmanship with a lovely patinated brass, this chandelier ...
Brass
$2,250
H 40 in Dm 11 in
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
$6,790Sale Price|40% Off
H 25.6 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
Midcentury Italian Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari, circa 1970
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Vilnius, LT
Italian midcentury chrome, brass and plexiglass chandelier designed by Gaetano Sciolari in 1970s. The design of this chandelier is made in chrome half-round elements with brass stri...
Brass, Chrome
Sciolari Italian Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian midcentury chandelier by Sciolari. Chandelier have adjustable height second height is 36 inches. Combination of brass and chrome, 12 candelabra light.
Brass
$1,429Sale Price|50% Off
H 31.5 in Dm 25.6 in
Mid - Century Modern Futuristic Chandelier by J. T. Kalmar, Austria 1950’s
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Trieste, IT
Mid – Century Modern Chandelier by Kalmar, Austria 1950’s Vienna, circa 1950. Futuristic construction made of 6 dispersion glasses, 6 acrylic plastic shades, attached to a strong bra...
Brass
$1,190
H 32.68 in Dm 18.12 in
Rare Midcentury Chandelier designed by Jaroslav Bejvl, Kamenicky Senov, 1970s
By Kamenicky Senov, Jaroslav Bejvl
Located in Praha, CZ
- very nice style of lighting - rare type
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Crystal & Brass Tier Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition : Newly Rewired, Shows Minor Patina on Brass Materials: Brass, Original Crystals
Crystal, Brass
Vintage Space Age Atomic Chrome Sputnik Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Newly Rewired Materials: Polished Chrome, Glass Bulbs This striking polished chrome chandelier captures the optimistic spirit of the Space Age era, when society looked t...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Pyramid Style Floor Lamp by Sascha Brastoff
By Sascha Brastoff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Painted Metal, Original Shade Dimensions: 55"H x 8.25"W x 6.50"D Shade: 24.50"H x 18.25"W x 14"D
Metal
Mid-Century Regency Glass Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Newly Rewired, New Linen Shade Materials: Reverse Painted Glass, Gilt Metal Base, New Linen Shade This stunning Mid-Century floor lamp, crafted in the 1950s, features a r...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Newly Rewired, New Linen Shade Dimensions: Lamp: 35”H x .9.50”W x 9.50”D Shade: 12"H x 18"W x 18"D Materials: Polished Chrome, New Linen Shade
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Brass & Lucite Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Patinated Brass, Lucite Base, New Shade Condition: Newly Rewired, New Shade
Brass
