Flos Lampadina LED Table Lamp in Violet by Achille Castiglioni
By Achille Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Flos Lampadina LED Table Lamp in Violet by Achille Castiglioni Its name means, literally, “bulb,” and it’s easy to see why with one look at this playful 1972 Achille Castiglioni des...
Stainless Steel
Flos Lampadina LED Table Lamp in Green by Achille Castiglioni
By Achille Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Flos Lampadina LED Table Lamp in Green by Achille Castiglioni Its name means, literally, “bulb,” and it’s easy to see why with one look at this playful 1972 Achille Castiglioni de...
Stainless Steel
Flos Lampadina LED Table Lamp in Turquoise by Achille Castiglioni
By Achille Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Flos Lampadina LED Table Lamp in Turquoise by Achille Castiglioni Its name means, literally, “bulb,” and it’s easy to see why with one look at this playful 1972 Achille Castiglioni ...
Stainless Steel
Flos Lampadina LED Table Lamp in White by Achille Castiglioni
By Achille Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Flos Lampadina LED Table Lamp in White by Achille Castiglioni Its name means, literally, “bulb,” and it’s easy to see why with one look at this playful 1972 Achille Castiglioni desi...
Stainless Steel
FLOS Lampadina LED Table Lamp in Black by Achille Castiglioni
By Achille Castiglioni, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Its name means, literally, “bulb,” and it’s easy to see why with one look at this playful Achille Castiglioni design. This unique table lamp provides direct and diffused light throug...
Stainless Steel
Italian Table Lamp Lampadina by Achille Castiglioni for Flos, 1972
By Flos, Achille Castiglioni
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian aluminium and bakelite table lamp Lampadina by Achille Castiglioni for Flos, 1972 with anodized aluminum base which works as electric cable rewinder.
Aluminum
Sold
H 10.24 in Dm 5.52 in
Italian Lampadina table lamp, Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni for Flos, 1972
By Flos, Achille Castiglioni
Located in MIlano, IT
Lampadina model table or bedside lamp, with aluminum base, composed of two parallel discs, between which the electric cable is wound.
Metal
Sold
H 10.24 in Dm 5.12 in
Mid-Century Modern Lampadina Table Lamp by Achille Castiglioni for Flos, 1980s
By Flos, Achille Castiglioni
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern Lampadina table lamp by Achille Castiglioni for Flos, 1972 Lampadina table lamp with direct and diffused light with anodized aluminum base with rewinding ...
Metal
$1,735
H 19.1 in Dm 14.7 in
FLOS Taccia Small Table Lamp in Black by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
By Flos, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Castiglioni brothers often created designs that challenged our perspective, and the Taccia, which gives the illusion of an upside-down hanging lamp, is an inspired example of tha...
Aluminum
$4,255
H 21.25 in Dm 19.48 in
FLOS Taccia Led in Silver w/ Glass Diffuser, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
By Flos, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Castiglioni brothers often created designs that challenged our perspective, and the Taccia, which gives the illusion of an upside-down hanging lamp, is an inspired example of tha...
Aluminum
Piccola Table Lamp in Purple by Pablo Designs
By Pablo Pardo, Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Piccola is limited only by your imagination. Its soft pliable base is covered in supple Italian glove leather and can be tilted to any angle while its hand-spun aluminum shade floats...
Aluminum
Flos Céramique Down Table Lamp in Moss Green
By Ronan Bouroullec, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Ronan Bouroullec, Céramique is a family of lamps that puts the spotlight on the quality of workmanship of the material. The «Céramique» lamp collection was designed by R...
Ceramic
$1,840 / item
H 14.52 in W 15.51 in D 15.51 in
FLOS Snoopy Table Lamp in Green by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The masterful table lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni gets a dazzling makeover. Collectors now have a new reason to cherish the Snoopy table lamp by Achille and Pier Gi...
Marble, Steel
Venini Balloton Table Light in Aquamarine with Shade
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Balloton table lamp, designed and manufactured by Venini, is available in three different colors and features an handmade blown glass body with fabric shade. Indoor use only. Dime...
Blown Glass
$410 / item
H 7.9 in Dm 4.9 in
Charlotte Perriand 'Pivotante À Poser' Table Lamp in Light Blue for Nemo
By Charlotte Perriand, Nemo Lighting 1, Cassina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charlotte Perriand 'Pivotante À Poser' table lamp in light blue for Nemo. Originally designed in 1950 by the iconic Charlotte Perriand, these newly produced authorized re-editions ...
Metal, Aluminum
$2,326
H 25.6 in Dm 19.69 in
Iconic "Taccia" Table Lamp by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos, 1960s
By Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Flos, Achille Castiglioni, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brescia, Brescia
An iconic piece of Italian design, this Taccia table lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos. It has been gently displayed only in a showroom window for a short period,...
Metal, Aluminum
$3,457
H 25.4 in W 19.49 in D 19.49 in
Original Achille Castiglioni ‘Taccia’ Table Lamp for Flos, Italy, 1962
By Flos, Achille Castiglioni
Located in London, GB
An iconic ‘Taccia’ table lamp, designed by Achille Castiglioni for Flos in 1962. One of the most recognisable lighting designs of post-war Italian modernism, the Taccia combines an a...
Metal, Aluminum
$908 / item
H 13.8 in W 11.4 in D 18.9 in
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Table Lamp in Green and Black with Base for Stilnovo
By Joe Colombo, Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' table lamp in green and black with base for Stilnovo Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Mi...
Aluminum
$696 / item
H 7.4 in W 1.8 in D 7.7 in
Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni 'Minibox' Table Lamp in Green for Stilnovo
By Gae Aulenti, Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni 'Minibox' table lamp in green for Stilnovo Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the M...
Metal
1990s Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Taccia Lamp for Flos
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Flos
Located in Camden, ME
Designed in 1962 by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and manufactured by Flos in Italy, the Taccia table lamp is a landmark of twentieth-century industrial modernism. This 1990s ...
Aluminum, Chrome
Blitz table lamp green Stilnovo Italian modern
By Stilnovo, Trabucco, Vecchi, Volpi
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Steel table or desk lamp designed by Trabucco, Vecchi & Volpi for Stilnovo. It was designed in the 70s. Color is green, cable is black. Sculptural form made by bending one steel pla...
Steel
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
H 25 in W 20 in D 20 in
Achille Castiglioni for Flos Italian Modern 'Taccia' Table Lamp, Large, Silver
By Flos, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Italian modern 'Taccia' table lamp designed by Achille Castiglioni for Flos in the 1960s. The aluminum and polished steel metal base is topped with an inverted glass bowl diffuser sh...
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
$1,735 / item
H 19.1 in Dm 14.7 in
FLOS Taccia Small Table Lamp in Silver by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Castiglioni brothers often created designs that challenged our perspective, and the Taccia, which gives the illusion of an upside-down hanging lamp, is an inspired example of tha...
Aluminum
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Green
By Stilnovo, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Green. Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Midcentury...
Steel
$2,750 / item
H 17.72 in Dm 14.97 in
Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Amber by Yiannis Ghikas
By Miniforms, Yiannis Ghikas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
Blown Glass
Restored Rare Snake Arm Rattan Rocking Child Chair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A rare Paul Frankl inspired one-strand snake arm childrens size rattan rocking chair with stick rattan seat. Professionally restored to original specifications. We only purchase a...
Wicker, Rattan
Set of Two Mid-Century Table Lamps/ Drukov, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia - Made of metal, glass - Re-polished - Fully functional - Good, original condition. -There is an otherwise strong light bulb in the lamps so that you ca...
Metal
$24,500
H 36 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
Robert Swain Painting, Abstract, Acrylic on Canvas, Pink, Blue, Signed, 1970s
By Robert Swain
Located in New York, NY
Robert Swain Painting, Abstract, Acrylic on Canvas, Pink, Blue, Green, Signed. Medium scale optical grid painting in a spectrum of colors by Manhattan artist Robert Swain (born 1940)...
Canvas, Acrylic
Pair of Contemporary Modern Scalloped Swivel Lounge Chairs
By Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This pair of unique modern lounge chairs make an elegant addition to any living room or office setting. Swivel bases and scalloped rounded seat backs add to the charm of this plush m...
Fabric, Upholstery
$571
H 37.8 in W 19.69 in D 1.97 in
Italian mid-century modern Wall mirror in wood and black leather, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Wall mirror in wood and black leather, 1960s Wall mirror with thick wooden frame. The shape of the mirror is symmetrical and geometric, in fact it reminds ...
Leather, Mirror, Wood
$381Sale Price / set|31% Off
H 16.15 in W 14.97 in D 12.6 in
French Pair of Polycarbonate & Chrome Coffee Table or Nightstand Table, c. 1980
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of two little table, very pratical to use in different ways: side or end tables, coffee tables when they are joined or nightstands. They also can be easily stored if you have a ...
Chrome
$12,000
H 28 in W 28 in D 1.25 in
Rare 1975 Robert Swain Geometric Color "Study for 7' x 7' Painting" Signed
By Robert Swain
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A key figure in American color theory, Robert Swain (b. 1940, Austin, TX) is known for his vibrant, grid-based compositions. After studying fine art at The American University and sp...
Canvas, Acrylic
$875
H 6.5 in W 11 in D 6 in
Modernist Ceramic Platinum-Plated Crouching Man Sculpture by Jaru, circa 1970
By Jaru
Located in New York, NY
This Modernist ceramic sculptures depicts an abstracted and cubist human form sitting cross legged with his back bent forward and arms outstretched. The sculpture, realized by Jaru o...
Ceramic
$668Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.35 in W 27.17 in D 27.56 in
Wicker Shell Armchair on Metal Base French, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
French chair made in wicker in the 20th mid-century on a black painted base. Good condition with few gaps Shipping: 69 / 70 / 72 cm 5.4 kg.
Iron
Vintage Hand-Stitched Lone Star Quilt, Cotton, Early 20th Century
Located in Barrington, IL
An exquisite early 20th-century Lone Star quilt, entirely hand-stitched and hand-quilted, showcasing a radiant central star motif on an ivory ground with a delicate baby blue border....
Cotton
Abstract Composition Gouache on Paper, Miodrag, Signed
By Dordevic Miodrag
Located in Brussels, BE
Abstract Composition Gouache on Paper, Miodrag, Signed
Glass, Wood, Paint
$9,151
H 39.77 in W 31.89 in D 1.19 in
A Kinetic Optical Op-Art GOUACHE PAINTING by DORDEVIC MIODRAG, France 1960
By Dordevic Miodrag
Located in PARIS, FR
An authentic kinetic painting, a gouache on paper, Post-Modernist, Abstract Geometric, Op-Art, composition of interlocking geometric lines in shades of red, orange, gray and black, w...
Paint, Paper
$3,500
H 36 in W 28 in D 1 in
Victor Burgin Abstract Acrylic Painting, Hard Edge Geometric, 1960s, RCA, Signed
By Victor Burgin
Located in New York, NY
Victor Burgin Abstract Acrylic Painting, Hard Edge Geometric, 1960s, RCA, Signed. Acrylic on canvas, signed "V. Burgin RCA" lower right. 36 H × 28 W × 1 D in. Unframed, sold as-found...
Canvas
$5,000
H 14 in W 17.5 in D 1.5 in
Lyman Kipp - Minimalist Geometric Abstraction, original signed painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp Untitled Minimalist Geometric Abstraction, 1978 Acrylic painting on paper Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front Also accompanied by gallery issued C...
Acrylic
Vintage Flexible Red Spage Age Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Vintage small space age table lamp in red colour with flexible arm. The arm and shade can be positioned in any way desirable. The lamp is made out of metal. The lamp requires one E27...
Metal
Milanese designer and architect Achille Castiglioni sought to inject personality into all of his work, and found deep inspiration in everyday objects. A legend of Italian mid-century modernism, he created iconic, universally loved table lamps, chairs and other lighting and furniture with his likeminded brothers during the postwar years.
There was the Snoopy lamp, which brings to mind the unmistakable Peanuts character, while the shape of a common street lamp inspired the design behind the Arco floor lamp. Elsewhere, the Toio floor lamp — a provocative fixture in any living room — was made with automotive parts as well as run-of-the-mill recreational gear.
Castiglioni studied the classics at Liceo Classico Giuseppe Parini, art at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and finally architecture and design at the Polytechnic University of Milan. After graduating in 1944, Castiglioni began working with his brothers Pier Giacomo and Livio at the studio they cofounded with classmate Luigi Caccia Dominioni.
Livio left to pursue lighting design and sound technology, leaving Achille and Pier Giacomo to continue to collaborate on various projects. One such design was the iconic Taraxacum hanging lamp for FLOS which featured a resin “cocoon” created with sprayed plastic polymers that protects its steel core and allows for the diffusion of light.
Castiglioni won Italy’s highest award for industrial design — the Compasso d’Oro — seven times, and the Museum of Modern Art was home to his first individual retrospective in the United States. Castiglioni later taught at the Polytechnic University of Turin and at Polytechnic in Milan.
Castiglioni’s designs remain timeless. Some of them can be found in Tokyo’s Living Design Center Ozone, the Triennale di Milano and the Hangaram Art Museum at the Seoul Arts Center.
Find vintage Achille Castiglioni lighting, seating, tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.