Drafting Lamp
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1950s American Industrial Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Vintage 1950s American Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Metallic Thread
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Steel
20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps
Oak
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome, Aluminum, Metal
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Wood
2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps
Early 20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1940s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Teak
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Steel, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
20th Century American Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1950s Swiss Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome, Steel
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1920s French Industrial Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1970s Floor Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1970s French Industrial Table Lamps
Steel
Vintage 1930s French Industrial Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Vintage 1970s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel, Aluminum
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1950s French Industrial Wall Lights and Sconces
Steel
Vintage 1950s French Industrial Wall Lights and Sconces
Antique 1880s English Gothic Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Metal
20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1940s Belgian Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome, Steel
Vintage 1960s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome, Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1960s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century American International Style Table Lamps
Steel
Early 20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Steel
20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Iron
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Finding the Right Lighting for You
The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.
Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.
Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.
Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.
As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.
There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.
With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.
The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
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The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Ettore Sottsass Captures a Shooting Star in This Rare 1970s Floor Lamp
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.
You Don’t Need a Fictional Fairy to Get This Real Pinocchio Lamp
Warm chalet style meets cool Bauhaus functionality in Pietro Cascella’s cleverly carved creation.
Why Is Italy Such a Hotbed of Cool Design?
Patrizio Chiarparini of Brooklyn’s Duplex gallery sheds light on the lasting legacy of Italy’s postwar furniture boom.
With a High-Tech Flagship and Cool Collabs, Lladró Is Breaking the Mold for Porcelain Production
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
Christopher Tennant’s Lamps and Dioramas Evoke Sunny Days and Seaside Locales
The former magazine editor blends elements of the Far East and America’s eastern shores, bringing wit and delight to his handmade, upcycled designs.
Paavo Tynell’s Snowflake Chandelier Warms Up Any Room
This circa 1950 piece by the legendary Finnish lighting designer spent the past several decades in a family's home in Michigan.
NASA Parachutes Inspired Lighting Designer Bec Brittain’s New Collection
In "Paraciphers," now on view at Emma Scully Gallery in New York, Brittain introduces works that were more than a decade in the making.