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Hammered Brutalist Chandelier by Moe Bridges, c1971
Hammered Brutalist Chandelier by Moe Bridges, c1971

$1,200.00

This chandelier is a fine example of a trend within a trend within a trend. The streamlined Modernism of the 1950s and '60s produced a more ornamental and experimental version of itself called the Contemporary style in the late 1960s and 1970s. A controversial and much debated sub-trend of the C...

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Moe Light "Contemporary Eclectic" Brutalist Pendant, c1970
Moe Light "Contemporary Eclectic" Brutalist Pendant, c1970

$785.00

This rugged and almost unfinished sculptural look is often called Brutalist today, though when Moe Light offered this series in the early 1970s they referred to it "contemporary eclectic." While it is slightly more aggressive emotionally, this style can almost be seen as a sort of Modernist Arts...

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Torch-Cut Brutalist Pendant by T.A. Greene for Feldman, c1970
Torch-Cut Brutalist Pendant by T.A. Greene for Feldman, c1970

$3,250.00

Tom Greene designed a series striking torch-cut brass and copper lighting fixtures for The Feldman Company (and others) that have today become closely associated with a raw and aggressive style of the late 1960s and early 1970s known as Brutalist. Feldman was a lighting manufacturer and importer...

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Dramatic Fredrick Ramond Torch-Cut Chandelier, c1972
Dramatic Fredrick Ramond Torch-Cut Chandelier, c1972

$2,850.00

This more restrained torch-cut chandelier is evocative of the look popularized by Tom Greene in a series striking fixture designs produced for several different lighting companies in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Less aggressively cut, with fewer of the heavy dripping-edge effects found in Gre...

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Organic Torch-Cut Brutalist Brass Pendant, c1970
Organic Torch-Cut Brutalist Brass Pendant, c1970

$2,500.00

Tom Greene designed a series striking torch-cut brass and copper lighting fixtures for several lighting companies that had a wide influence and have today become associated with a raw and aggressive style of the late 1960s and early 1970s known as Brutalist. With no identifying marks or labels, ...

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Contemporary Square-Tube Chrome & Lucite Chandelier, 1976
Contemporary Square-Tube Chrome & Lucite Chandelier, 1976

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$1,250.00

Almost anthropomorphic with its cute little light bulbs peeking out from smoky Lucite windows, this awesome Contemporary chandelier features square-tube construction and a grand total of nine sockets creating both upward and downward light for generous illumination. For lovers of vintage ligh...

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Contemporary Chandelier w/Crackle Glass Globes, c1975
Contemporary Chandelier w/Crackle Glass Globes, c1975

$950.00

A perfect combination of the 1970s' love for lighting with gleaming chrome, abstract geometry, and ice-like glass effects makes this striking Contemporary chandelier the center of the swinging party. Crackle glass globes in chrome-plated rings encircle a single downlight concealed in the center ...

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Chrome & Smoky Glass Chandelier by Fredrick Ramond, c1975
Chrome & Smoky Glass Chandelier by Fredrick Ramond, c1975

$1,800.00

The distinctively angular or faceted chandelier designs of Fredrick Ramond during the 1970s - like this fine example (which happens to be even further enhanced by the awesome chrome finish and smoky glass panels) - have found a newly appreciative fan base among early adopters in the resurging ar...

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Chrome & Smoky Glass Chandelier by Fredrick Ramond, c1975
Chrome & Smoky Glass Chandelier by Fredrick Ramond, c1975

$1,800.00

The distinctively angular or faceted chandelier designs of Fredrick Ramond during the 1970s - like this fine example (which happens to be even further enhanced by the awesome chrome finish and smoky glass panels) - have found a newly appreciative fan base among early adopters in the resurging ar...

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Brass & Smoky Glass Chandelier by Fredrick Ramond, c1975
Brass & Smoky Glass Chandelier by Fredrick Ramond, c1975

$1,800.00

The distinctively angular or faceted chandelier designs of Fredrick Ramond during the 1970s - like this fine example (which happens to be even further enhanced by the awesome brass finish and smoky glass panels) - have found a newly appreciative fan base among early adopters in the resurging are...

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338-CD Brentwood Pendant by Lightcraft of CA, c1969
338-CD Brentwood Pendant by Lightcraft of CA, c1969

$425.00

Here's how Lightcraft of California described the Brentwood series in 1969: "Walnut tones, satin black metal and brushed chrome accents are combined to offer the finest in contemporary styling." This example is all original, right down to the smoky topaz glass. We're guessing that "walnut tones"...

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Classic Oak & Brass Contemporary Chandelier, c1972
Classic Oak & Brass Contemporary Chandelier, c1972

$475.00

This classic contemporary-style chandelier is so archetypal - so smack down the middle of what everybody in the lighting world was doing in the early 1970s - that we just knew we were going to find it in our archive of period trade catalogs. But no luck. With all the smoky, woody, brushed-an...

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Classic Oak & Brass Contemporary Chandelier, c1972
Classic Oak & Brass Contemporary Chandelier, c1972

$475.00

This classic contemporary-style chandelier is so archetypal - so smack down the middle of what everybody in the lighting world was doing in the early 1970s - that we just knew we were going to find it in our archive of period trade catalogs. But no luck. With all the smoky, woody, brushed-an...

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Contemporary Lightolier Chandelier of the Swingin' '70s
Contemporary Lightolier Chandelier of the Swingin' '70s

$1,150.00

While not quite enough time has passed for some of us to see the charm and sophistication of lighting from the 1970s, the same was said about each period style by the generations that followed, and each has come back to find a new and appreciative audience again. The 1970s are enjoying just such...

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Imported Ruby Dual-Glass Mid-Century Pendant, c1960
Imported Ruby Dual-Glass Mid-Century Pendant, c1960

$425.00

A colorful stunner of mid-century Scandinavian glass, this high-style combination of satin inner shade and transparent red outer bowl was imported. A larger 9" diameter version was offered by Prescolite in its 1962 catalog alongside a full array of other modern European classics. Originally avai...

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Satin Coral M-2156 Teardrop Pendant by Moe, c1958
Satin Coral M-2156 Teardrop Pendant by Moe, c1958

$275.00

A familiar favorite of the mid-century era, Moe Light's take on the clean-lined Scandinavian glass pendant had the look of an elegantly adapted bowling pin, and came in 4 colors: Satin White, Satin Turquoise, Satin Yellow, and Satin Coral, here. Widely distributed, yet still one of our favorite ...

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Imported Dual-Color Mid-Century Pendant, c1960
Imported Dual-Color Mid-Century Pendant, c1960

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$275.00

A prime example of what made mid-century Scandinavian lighting design so exciting to the American market, this sophisticated metal double-cone pendant looks a bit like a jet engine or futuristic rocket ship. Imported and offered by Prescolite with a brass center cone in its 1962 catalog alongsid...

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Stunning Contemporary Ice Drum Chandelier, c1973
Stunning Contemporary Ice Drum Chandelier, c1973

$2,800.00

If Santa was a '70s-chic hipster, he'd have this icy confection suspended over the dining room table in his swinging North Pole pad. Dripping with cool sparkle and Contemporary caché, this stunning drum fixture is the quintessence of the crystalline, high-end, imported sculptural lights popular ...

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Classic White NOS Lightolier Louvered Dome, c1965
Classic White NOS Lightolier Louvered Dome, c1965

$650.00

Elegant, highly functional, and well proportioned, this classic dome pendant was a popular Lightolier design available for many years and in a variety of colors and finishes. This new-old-stock example is in mint condition and features a gleaming white enamel finish. The design's distinctive con...

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Hmmmm... Where Do We Even Begin?  c1970
Hmmmm... Where Do We Even Begin? c1970

$1,250.00

Whether you consider this piece a scintillating chandelier, a suspended work of sculptural art, or the dilithium crystal core of a Klingon Bird of Prey warpdrive, you've got to respect its out-of-this-world styling. Ruby red Lucite cylinders pierce an acrylic ring around a single glowing bulb to...

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Swanky Blue Slag Glass Flower Dome, c1972
Swanky Blue Slag Glass Flower Dome, c1972

$350.00

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, virtually anything that had a piece of opalescent or colored glass in it was called a "Tiffany" light - and this at a time when Tiffany's real lamps were woefully under-appreciated. This example takes the power of the flower and translates it for dining room or...

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Mid-Century Swag Pendant w/Green Plastic  "Spaghetti" Globe, c1965
Mid-Century Swag Pendant w/Green Plastic "Spaghetti" Globe, c1965

$375.00

We would love to jump in our time machine and go back to the 1960s - the plastic decade - to see the original machinery producing the once-reviled-and-now-revived Lucite "spaghetti" lights like this wonderful green 13" example. This is a fixture that speaks so strongly of its time (a time still w...

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