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.
Lightolier Vintage Patinated Copper Pendant
By Lightolier
Located in Chicago, IL
Lightolier Vintage Patinated Copper Pendant light fixture complete with glass lens that sits in center. This is a light weight luminaire made with ...
Metal
Vintage Lightolier Brass 36 Light Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari / Arredoluce
By Gaetano Sciolari, Lightolier
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Lightolier Brass 36 Light Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari Manner of Arredoluce
Brass
Vintage Brass Wall or Ceiling Mountable Lamp Fixture Panel / Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré, Gaetano Sciolari, Lightolier
Located in Chicago, IL
An interesting Vintage Mountable Brass Panel Structure of Lighting in the manner of Sciolari. Possibly imported from Italy. Uncertain. There is no "on and off" switch so it was proba...
Brass
Vintage 1950s Copper Ceiling Pendant Lamp
By Paavo Tynell, Lightolier
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Copper Ceiling Pendant Lamp, in the style of Paavo Tynell. Possibly designed by Tynell but not documented to him. Photos at end show some similar designs and details as refe...
Copper
Brutalist Brass Table Lamp with Abstract Nail Applique Relief by Laurel
By Silas Seandel
Located in Chicago, IL
Brutalist brass table lamp with abstract nail applique relief by Laurel Some loss to brass finish towards bottom as shown. some minor pitting and...
Brass
Casella Polished Brass Desk Lamp / Cedric Hartman
By Casella Lighting
Located in Chicago, IL
Casella Polished brass desk lamp. The switch cover appears to be missing. Will need to replace the switch cover. in order to turn the white stem knob I did check and the white stem knob does turn and turn on the lamp correctly. manner of Cedric Hartman & Karl Spinger
Brass
1970s Tom Greene for Feldman Metal Brutalist Pendant Light
By Feldman Lighting Co., Tom Greene
Located in Stamford, CT
1970s Brutalist style pendant light by Tom Greene for Feldman. Burnished brass with cut-out detailing. Newly rewired with new double socket fittings. Fixture takes two standard bulbs...
Brass
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
Brutalist Wall Sculpture Light Sconce Tom Greene Brass Feldman Mid-Century
By Tom Greene, Feldman Lighting Co.
Located in Wayne, NJ
Brutalist Mid-Century Modern Tom Greene brass huge wall sconce by Feldman. It doubles as a wall sculpture, when not not turned on. This plugs into an electrical outlet...
Brass
Brutalist Brass Pendant Light Svend Aage Holm Sorensen for Holm Sorensen Denmark
By Bent Karlby, Svend Aage Holm Sørensen, Jo Hammerborg, Werner Schou
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Vintage Pendant Light in brutalist style. Design by Svend Aage Holm Sørensen, for Holm Sørensen, Denmark. manufacturer's label present. Made of Brass, Acid Tainted and Cut by Hand. ...
Metal, Brass
Holm Sorensen Tiered Brutalist Brass Pendant, 1960s
By Daniel Dhaeseleer, Curtis Jeré, Paul Evans, Holm Sørensen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Danish midcentury modern Brutalist pendant consisting of two perforated panels of acid treated and torch cut brass, Holm Sørensen's signature processing method to accentuate the nuan...
Metal, Brass
Vintage Tom Greene Brutalist Torch Cut Brass Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exceptional vintage chandelier is a quintessential masterpiece by Tom Greene, showcasing the raw, expressive power of the Brutalist movement. Hand-crafted from substantial, corr...
Brass
