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Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
More than a lamp, it is a spectacular sculpture, ebony wood with brass details and hand-painted
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp
H 33.47 in W 22.84 in D 10.63 in
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Biomorphic Walnut and Brass Table Lamp by Modeline
By Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome mid-century modern sculptural biomorphic walnut table lamp with brass accents and wearing
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Walnut & Brass Accent Table Lamp by Laurel
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dimensions 35.50in H x 8.50in W x 8.50in D Lamp Shade: 11in H x 15in W
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Brass & Chrome Table Lamps
By Robert Sonneman, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Burbank, CA
Vintage Mid-century Modern table lamps for sale. From the 1950’s, and in complimenting chrome and
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Chrome

Brass Plated Sculptural Laurel Lamp Co. Table Lamps Mid-Century Modern Pair of
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of sculptural Mid-Century Modern table lamps end or night table lamps or console lamps
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Steel

Vintage Round Brass Table Lamp Spider Legs Mid-Century Modern, 1970
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern round brass urn shape table lamp with spider legs. In perfect 3 way working
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Vintage Round Brass and Ebonized Wood Table Lamp Mid-Century Modern
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern round brass and ebonized wood brass table lamp. In perfect working condition
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Brass Candelabra Table Lamp by Chapman, 1970s
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a magnificent, brass candelabra and table lamp, by Chapman, circa the
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Brass table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern large brass table lamp in Asian style.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Rembrandt Mid-Century Brass and Marble Table Lamp
By Rembrandt Lamp Company
Located in Germantown, MD
Vintage French Porcelain and Brass Jar Floral Table Lamp in very good vintage condition. Measure 7
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Stunning Marbro Brass Peacock Form Table Lamp Mid-Century Modern
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous vintage brass Marbro table lamp depicting 2 peacocks sitting on a tree stump. We love the
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Majestic Lamp Co. Table Lamps
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Rare, early pair of lamps from the Majestic Lamp Co. Brass-plated copper swirl over ebonized oak
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Large Frosted Glass Lucite Brass Bauer Vase Table Lamp, Mid-Century Modern
By Bauer Lamp Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large 36" tall vase shape Mid-Century Modern table lamp by Bauer.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Pair of Tall Walnut & Brass Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps attrib Laurel Lamp co
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of Mid-Century Modern Sculptural table lamps attributed to the Laurel Lamp Co. Tall
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Functional Mid-Century Modern Style Brass Desk Lamp, Re Edition
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
A very functional desk lamp, other versions are offered Most components according to the UL
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2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mantodeus Table Lamp Mid-Century Modern Style Re-Edition
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
A well balanced table lamp, consists of hand-formed, sand-casted base, and a turned counter- weight
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2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Expertly Restored - Mid-Century Modern Sculpted Brass Table Lamp by Laurel
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. ________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Walnut & Brass Table Lamps Bowling Pin Form Tony Paul Laurel
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of mid century walnut & brass table lamps attributed to the laurel lamp co. In the
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Cubist Chess Motif Table Lamp
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Mid-Century Modern square column table lamp. Aged brass metal body features cubist style relief
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid Century Modern Brass Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Mid Century Modern Brass Hour Glass Shaped Table Lamp. Mid Century Brass Table lamp in the hour
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid Century Danish Modern Table Lamp! Laurel Thurston 1950s Brass Tripod Walnut
By Gerald Thurston, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Peoria, AZ
RARE ROCKET TRIPOD! MID CENTURY MODERN BRASS & WALNUT LAUREL LAMP! ATOMIC AGE ELEGANCE
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Large Scale Walnut & Brass Lamp Attributed to Laurel Lamp Mfg
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome Mid-Century Modern large scale walnut and brass table lamp which has been attributed to
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Mushroom Table Lamp by Designline in Brass / Gold Color
By Design Line, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A handsome table lamp in a conical mushroom form after Laurel Lamp Company. The lamp features a
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Brass

Small Scale Mid-Century Modern Walnut and Brass Lamp Style of Laurel Lamp Mfg
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome small-scale Mid-Century Modern lamp in walnut with brass detail in the style of Laurel
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Wood & Brass Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern brass & wood table lamp. Three sculpted wood surrounds with brass column mid
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

1950s Authentic Mid-Century Modern Double Shade Table Lamp by Majestic Lamp Comp
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in Monrovia, CA
1950 Majestic double shade table lamp. Authentic Mid-Century Modern majestic table lamp by Majestic
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Marbro Lamp Co. Painted Orange Ceramic Table Lamp
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Wilmington, DE
Offered is a large vintage Mid-Century Modern table lamp by Marbro. This unique lamp features a
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Modeline Lamp
By Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A tall mid century table lamp by Modeline. Three solid walnut panels have modern shaped cut-outs
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Lucite, Wood

Sculptural Mid-Century Modern Brushed Brass and Walnut Wood Veneer Lamp, Laurel
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Sculptural Mid-Century Modern brushed brass and walnut wood veneer tall table lamp. By Laurel Lamp
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Metal

Mid 20th Century Plate Brass Table Lamps by Laurel Lamp Co., C.1950s
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 20th century plate brass table lamps by Laurel Lamp Co. C.1950s Classic Mid-Century Modern
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Geometric Table Lamp by Westwood Studios
By Tony Paul, Westwood Lamps
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bold, Mid-Century Modern, art pottery, table lamp by Westwood Studios, attributed to designer Tony
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Classic Pair Sculpted Walnut Mid Century Modern Table Lamps by Modeline Lamp Co.
By Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Pair Sculpted Walnut Mid Century Modern Table Lamps by Modeline Lamp Co.
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Tulip Table Lamp by Designline in Brass with White Glass
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp after Laurel Lamp company. It features a brushed brass cast
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Brass

Pair of Laurel Sculptural Silver, Brass and Lucite Lamps Mid-Century Modern
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in North Miami, FL
These very sculptural pair of Mid-Century Modern Laurel lamps are unusual, they have brushed
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Lovely Pair of Brushed Brass Laurel Lamps Mid-century Danish Modern
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Lovely pair of mid-century modern brushed brass laurel lamps with walnut details.
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Brass & Lucite Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
: Patinated Brass, Lucite Base, New Shade
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Adjustable Two-Fixture Brass Table Lamp by Laurel
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Uncommon Laurel pivoting two fixture brass and off-white painted metal table lamp. The stems splay
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Iconic Laurel Walnut & Brass Mid Century Modern Table Lamp Richard Barr Thurston
By Laurel Lamp Company, Richard Barr, Gerald Thurston
Located in Peoria, AZ
Magnificent! Brass & Walnut Mid Century Modern Table Lamp By Laurel Lamp Company Circa 1957
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Mid-20th Century Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Sculpted Walnut & Brass Tripod Table Lamp by Modeline
By Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. ________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps Rembrandt Hollywood Regency, Pair
By Rembrandt Lamp Company
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
Chicago. Standing a huge 95cm tall, these impressive lamps are classic American Mid-Century Modern. The
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Pair of Mid Century Brass Table Lamps by Laurel Lamp Company, 1960's
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Iconic "The Chessmen" table lamps featured on the Dick Van Dyke show. Manufactured by Laurel Lamp
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Elegant Mid-Century Modern Brass Table Lamp with Shade
By Stiffel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant brass table lamp with recent shade, includes harp, finial, and accommodates modern bulbs
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Rare Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp, Nubian Man Hitting Gong, Moss Lamp Co
By Moss Lamp Co. 1
Located in Buffalo, NY
, brass hanging gong.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Copper

Expertly Restored - Mid-Century Modern Sculpted Walnut Table Lamps by Modernera
By Modernera Lamp Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern Sculpted Walnut Table Lamps by Modernera Co. Dimensions 35in H x 7in W Lamp
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps by Designline in Brass & White Glass
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A handsome matching pair of table lamps in a conical mushroom form after Laurel Lamp Company. The
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Vintage Brass Toned Mid Century Modern Table Lamp.
Located in Seattle, WA
Beautiful Vintage Table Lamp with Walnut Toned Wood Accents and Brass Tone Base. Light Bulb not
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Beautiful rare Mid Century Modern brass table lamp
Located in München, DE
Beautiful large Mid Century Modern brass table lamp. The screen is infinitely adjustable. Very
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Spiral Wood Table Lamps by Light House Co.
By Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Stylish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp in Brass
Located in Søborg, DK
Vintage Mid-Century Modern table lamp with a very stylish period design. Three legged steel base
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Extraordinary Mid-Century Modern Brass Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
A beautiful mid-century table lamp made in Italy in the 1960s. It is fascinating with its beautiful
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Cylindrical table lamps made of solid brass of excellent workmanship.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Expertly Restored - Mid-Century Sculpted Brass Table Lamp by Laurel
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials Patinated metal, faux wood, new shade Dimensions 32in H x 5.50in W x 5.50in D Lamp shade
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Rare MOSS Articulating Fiberglass Reflector Table Lamp Mid Century Modern 1950s
By Moss Lamp Co. 1
Located in Peoria, AZ
RARE MCM ICON! MOSS FIBERGLASS REFLECTOR SHADE AND CONE TABLE LAMP! (APPROX. 17" TALL By 15
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair Quite Large Table Lamps by Westwood Lamp Company Mid Century Modern
By Tony Paul, Westwood Lamps
Located in Fraser, MI
Westwood Lamp Company. Sharp mid-century modern design. Original Antique Brass Finish. Wood Obelisks have
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Vintage 1960s Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Brass Table Lamps, Pair, 1960s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
beautiful color. The table lamps are made of polished brass. Measurements: Base diameter 18 cm
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Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Brass Table Lamps, Pair, 1960s
Mid-Century Modern Brass Table Lamps, Pair, 1960s
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H 19.3 in Dm 7.09 in
Original Mid-Century Modern Petite Bakalowits Crystal Table Lamp, 1960
By Bakalowits & Söhne, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
A very nice and well manufactured table lamp with hand-cut crystal hangings, one flame. suitable
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Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Crystal, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Brass Table Lamp, France, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful brass Minimalist structure table lamp with large opaline diffuser, France, 1950s The
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Brass Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This extraordinary Mid-Century Modern table lamp is in great condition is hand-crafted out of brass
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Brass Table Lamp
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Brass Table Lamp
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H 19 in W 23 in D 8 in
Pair Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Chrome and Lucite Torso Brass Laurel Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Outstanding pair of brutalist chrome and lucite torso Laurel Lamps. The original black painted
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Lamps Brass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large pair of solid brass lamps with an antique brass patina finish in the manner of Tommy
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Vintage 1980s North American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

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Mid Modern Brass Table Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of mid modern brass table lamps available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and glass, all mid modern brass table lamps available were constructed with great care. There are 8277 antique and vintage mid modern brass table lamps for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 317 modern editions to choose from as well. There are all kinds of mid modern brass table lamps available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavian Modern and Modern mid modern brass table lamps are consistently popular styles. Many mid modern brass table lamps are appealing in their simplicity, but Laurel Lamp Company, Gerald Thurston and Lightolier produced popular mid modern brass table lamps that are worth a look.

How Much are Mid Modern Brass Table Lamps?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,018, while they’re typically $1 on the low end and $66,267 highest priced.

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 legendary 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.

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 table-lamps for You

Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.

Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.

After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.

After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons

Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today

If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.

Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.

Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.