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
Brutalist Chandelier by Tom Greene for Feldman, Torch Cut Brass, 1960
By Tom Greene, Feldman Lighting Co.
Located in London, GB
Substantial and Impressive torch cut and patinated brass chandelier by Tom Greene for Feldman. A work of art, this Mid-century piece encapsulates both Greene's sculptural brutalist a...
Brass
Torch Cut Brass Brutalist Chandelier by Tom Greene for Feldman
By Feldman Lighting Co., Tom Greene
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
$2,250
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
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
$22,800 / item
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
Custom Brass Mid Century Style Abstract Chandelier by Adesso Imports
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom brass abstract chandelier. Can be done in other metals.
Brass
Italian Modernist Brass Chandelier, 1950s
By Roberto Aloi, Stilnovo
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Italian modernist brass chandelier from the 1950s. Black lacquered spiral structure with six tubular brass socket covers arranged in seemingly random positions. Nice original co...
Brass
Tom Greene Brutalist Chandelier, 1960s
By Tom Greene, Feldman Lighting Co.
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
$3,325Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 43 in W 30 in D 16 in
Cleaving Chandelier by Gregory Nangle, Steel & Bronze, Brutalist USA
By Gregory Nangle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The Cleaving Chandelier is a New Brutalist, Geometric ,Hanging Pendant Chandelier utilizing Stark Lines and Mysterious Angles.Our Cleaving Chandelier is Hand Fabricated in Steel and ...
Bronze, Steel
Verner Panton SP-2 Spiral Chandelier in Gold by Verpan
By Verner Panton, Verpan
Located in Dallas, TX
Phenomenal Spiral Chandelier designed by Verner Panton in 1969 and produced by Verpan in the metallic Gold Finish. The spirals move with the natural airflow in the room creating a hypnotic effect that inhibits your depth perception while looking at the fixture. It is truly a light sculpture and looks like blobs of molten gold...
Plastic
Six Armed Brass Pendant by Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy
By Paavo Tynell, Taito Oy
Located in Dallas, TX
Incredble six adjustable light brass pendant, model 1994/6 designed by Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy, 1950s. Constructed of solid brass with white lacquer interiors, recently professiona...
Brass
Artichoke Chandelier by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen in Patinated Copper
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Dallas, TX
Artichoke Chandelier designed by Poul Henningsen, early production, 1958 for Louis Poulsen of Denmark. Patinated copper, enameled copper, aluminum and enameled aluminum.
Aluminum, Copper
Large Bubble Sputnik Chandelier in Chrome by Motoko Ishii, 1960s
By Motoko Ishii
Located in Dallas, TX
Extraordinary chrome sputnik chandelier designed by Motoko Ishii and produced by Staff Leuchten of Germany and distributed by Lightolier to the American Market. All original decorative blown glass bubbles are intact and free of damage. Motoko Ishii is a female Japanese lighting designer. From 1965 to 1967 she worked at lighting-design offices in Finland and Germany. Returning to Japan in 1968, she established the Ishii Motoko...
Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Brass Floor Lamp with Trio of Perforated Conical Shades
Located in Dallas, TX
This striking 1950s Mid‑Century Modern tripod floor lamp features three perforated conical brass shades, each fitted with pull‑chain sockets and accented by decorative brass spheres....
Brass
Brutalist Melt Coated Welded Steel Rod Candlbra
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Dallas, TX
A commanding Brutalist sculptural candelabra, meticulously handcrafted from intersecting melt coated welded steel rods. This piece embodies the raw, industrial aesthetic of mid-centu...
Steel
