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Pair of Emil Stejnar Style Sconces
By Emil Stejnar
Located in Miami, FL
Pair sconces from Austria by Emil Stejnar. Backplate: 1.5" W, 3" H. Wired for US and in working condition. Have a look on our impressive collection of French and Italian Mid-Cen...
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20th Century Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Lights Australia

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Vintage Pair of Emil Stejnar Style Sconces
Pair of Emil Stejnar Style Sconces
H 13 in W 10 in D 3.5 in
Paul Secon for Sompex-Clear Wire Pendant Lamp, Germany, 1970s
By Sompex, Paul Secon
Located in Aachen, NRW
, UK, Europe, Asia, Australia,..) 2 Wall lights are also available. The current total Height can be
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Lights Australia

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Acrylic

'Firefly' Brass and Perforated Metal Wall Sconce by Daydream, Australia, 1950s
By Daydream Production
Located in Melbourne, AU
A restored, collectable Daydream wall light. The 'Firefly' model, as you can see in original
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1950s Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Lights Australia

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Brass, Sheet Metal

Brown Evans and Co 'BECO' Wall Lights Melbourne, 1950s
By Donald Brown
Located in Melbourne, AU
A fab pair of wall lights produced by Australia's foremost designer of architectural lighting in
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1950s Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Lights Australia

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Aluminum

Brown Evans and Co 'BECO' Wall Sconce Melbourne, 1950s
By Donald Brown
Located in Melbourne, AU
A wonderful pair of wall lights produced by Australia's foremost designer of architectural lighting
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1950s Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Lights Australia

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Aluminum

Brown Evans and Co. 'BECO' Copper Wall Sconces for Anatol Kagan, Melbourne 1950s
By Donald Brown
Located in Melbourne, AU
chandelier that matches this pair of wall lights in our other listings. Not to be missed! Cabinet de Luxe
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1950s Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Lights Australia

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Brass, Copper

1960s Pair of Kalmar Brass Sconces
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1960s pair of kalmar brass sconces. The pyramidal diffusors are made of brass. Black lacquered triangular backplate. One bulb per sconce. Height : 4.3 in. Length : 9.4 i...
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1960s Australian Vintage Wall Lights Australia

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Brass

Vintage 1960s Pair of Kalmar Brass Sconces
1960s Pair of Kalmar Brass Sconces
H 4.34 in W 9.85 in D 4.34 in
A Vintage Pair of Large Chrome and Crystal Kinkeldey Sconces
Located in Astoria, NY
A large vintage pair of Kinkeldey sconces with clear faceted crystals and chrome mounts. Reduced from: $2,850
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20th Century Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Lights Australia

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Chrome

Large Tulipan Chandelier, Pair of Wall lights, Pair of Palazzo, Kalmar, 1960s
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in Aachen, NRW
Set of one chandelier , Two Tulipan Wall lights, and 2 Palazzo Wall lights: The listed price is for
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Lights Australia

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Murano Glass

Pair of Large Kalmar Murano Glass Sconces Wall Lights Citrus, Austria, 1970s
By Kalmar Lighting
Located in Aachen, NRW
, Australia,..) The wall lights can be placed in both directions. Very good condition. Cleaned, well-wired
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1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Lights Australia

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Metal

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Vintage Wall Lights Australia For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the vintage wall lights Australia you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A vintage wall lights Australia — often made from glass, metal and murano glass — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a vintage wall lights Australia — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A vintage wall lights Australia, designed in the mid-century modern or Art Deco style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Kalmar Lighting, Glashütte Limburg and Peill & Putzler each produced at least one beautiful vintage wall lights Australia that is worth considering.

How Much is a Vintage Wall Lights Australia?

Prices for a vintage wall lights Australia start at $488 and top out at $21,405 with the average selling for $1,409.

A Close Look at Mid-century-modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

Finding the Right Sconces-wall-lights for You

From the kitchen to the bedroom and everywhere in between, there is one major part of home decor that you definitely want to master: lighting. Carefully selected vintage sconces and wall lights can do wonders in establishing mood and highlighting your distinctive personality.

We’re a long way from the candelabra-inspired chandeliers of the medieval era. Lighting is no longer merely practical, and lighting designers have been creating and reinventing lighting solutions for eons. Because of the advancements crafted by these venturesome makers, we now have the opportunity to bring unique, customizable lighting solutions into our homes.

It’s never been easier to create dramatic bedrooms, cozy kitchen areas and cheerful bars than it is today. Think of an elegant wall sconce as functional and as a work of art, adding both light and style to your hallways, whimsical kids’ rooms and elsewhere.

When choosing a lighting solution, first determine what your needs are: Will you opt for a moody or a bright feel? The room that will serve as your home office will need adequate lighting — think “the brighter, the better” for this particular setting.

For the bedroom, bedside wall lamps with warm-temperature bulbs instead of bedside table lamps could be the way to go to induce a sense of calm or intimacy. Try to match the style of the wall light or sconce that you’re installing to the overall design scheme of your room. It’s never “just a light.” You should approach the lighting of a room with a mindset that is one part practical and one part aesthetics-driven.

Let 1stDibs help you set the mood with the right antique and vintage wall lights and sconces for your home. Our collection includes every kind of fixture, from sculptural works by Austrian craftsman J.T. Kalmar to chic industrial-style wall sconces, from adjustable painted aluminum wall lamps designed by Artemide to a wide variety of minimalist mid-century modern masterpieces.