Bouillotte Swan
1980s Chapman Bouillotte Style Lamp w/ Swans
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Marietta, GA
Classic bouillotte style lamp by Chapman, dated 1982. Original patina to the brass, with a green
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Vintage 1980s American Other Table Lamps
Materials
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Pair of 19th Century Bronze Dolphin and Swan Bouillotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large and regal pair of late 19th century Bouillotte lamps with dolphin base and swan arms
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Tôle
Wonderful Vintage French Bronze Swan Red Tole Shade Bouillotte Lamp 3 Lights
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful vintage large Louis XVI style French bronze swan and red Tole shade Bouillotte lamp
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20th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Tôle
Wonderful French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Three-Arm Swan Bouillotte Lamp Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful french Louis XVI style gilt bronze three-arm swan arm bouillotte lamp with green tole
Category
20th Century French Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Wonderful French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Three-Arm Bouillotte Lamp Swan Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful large French neoclassical Louis XVI gilt bronze bouillotte lamp with three acanthus
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Tôle
Wonderful French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Three-Arm Bouillotte Lamp Swan Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful large French neoclassical Louis XVI gilt bronze bouillotte lamp with three acanthus
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle, Bronze
Empire Bouillotte Lamp
Located in New Haven, CT
swans.
The base, which would hold the Bouillotte game pieces is cutout in Athenians and is finely
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Empire Style Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Buchanan, MI
An Empire style bronze bouillotte lamp, having three swan form candle arms, raised on a circular
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Antique 19th Century French First Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Tôle
French Empire Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century French Empire Bouillotte two candelabra lamp with shade. Parcel gilt base, two
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Bouillotte Lamp, France, circa 1800
Located in Delft, NL
Bronze Bouillotte lamp, France circa 1800.
Bronze Bouillotte Lamp with red and gold painted
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Gilt Bronze Empire Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Gilt bronze double swan arms bouillotte desk/table lamp with ovel red shade.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Iron
19th Century Empire Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very stylish 19th century Empire style 'Bouillotte' table lamp in gilt bronze, lit by three
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Bronze Swan Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style bronze doré 2 arm bouillotte table lamp with swan form arms beneath a red tole
Category
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Bronze Swan Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style 20th century bronze doré 2 swan arm round base bouillotte table lamp with oval
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Bronze “Bouillotte” Lamp with Red Tôle Shade
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Empire style bronze 3-arm “Bouillotte” lamp with red Tôle shade. Classic Empire symbols of the
Category
20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Sheet Metal
Early 20th Century Bouillotte Lamp With Candle Stick Arms
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Nice lamp with bronze swan arms reaching out. Tole shade.
Category
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Restauration Style Bouillotte Lamp in Gilt Bronze, 1900 Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Restauration style bouillotte lamp in gilt bronze with three fires.
Circular base with foliage
Category
Early 20th Century French Restauration Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Bronze Swan Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style (20th Century) bronze dore 2 swan arm round base bouillotte table lamp with
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20th Century Unknown French Provincial Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Bronze Swan Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style (20th Century) bronze dore 3 arm bouillotte table lamp with swan motif.
Category
20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Bouillotte Lamp, Bee and Laurel Leaf Decoration, Painted Green Tôle Shade
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Bouillotte lamp, Bee and Laurel leaf decorations in gilt, painted green tôle shade.
Empire
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Bronze
French Empire Style Brass Bouillotte Lamp with Black and Gilt Tole Shade
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful quality brass bouillotte lamp with gilt decorated metal shade. Fine details throughout
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Parcel Gilt Bouilotte Style Two-Light Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Parcel gilt two-light bouillotte style lamp, Jeanne Reed's Ltd, 21st century, adjustable-height
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Iron
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Brass Counter Balanced Floor Lamp by Chapman
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Miami, FL
We offer a brass counter balanced floor lamp with a triangular shade and integral brass switch raised on a tube pole and slanted square base by Chapman.
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By Maison Lucien Gau
Located in Halle, DE
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Antique Pine Farm Table, Three Drawers
Located in Port Chester, NY
A classic dark pine farm table with three deep drawers in the apron. The table top is in good condition with nice color and patina. Iron drop handles are replaced. Apron height of 23...
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French Empire Neoclassical Bronze Three Candelabras Bouillotte Lamp Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
An Empire / neoclassical bronze three candelabras light Bouillotte lamp with tole shade
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20th Century Italian Regency Table Lamps
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Bronze
Pair Brass Stiffel Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of brass stiffel lamps. Lamps have three sockets and well designed.
Shades included.
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Wonderful French Large Louis XVI Bronze Three-Arm Bouillotte Lamp Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
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Framed Japanese Painting on Silk, Court Figures in a Garden Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautifully painted in detail. Soft, elegant style of painting. Acid free mounting with UV plexiglass.
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Vintage Knob Creek Asian Chinoiserie Porcelain Table Lamps, a Pair
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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French Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Elegant three light circle 1900 bouillotte table lamp with adjustable shade.
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Antique Early 1900s French Empire Table Lamps
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French Empire Neoclassical Bronze Three Candelabras Bouillotte Lamp Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French Empire / neoclassical bronze three candelabras Bouillotte lamp with two Edison sockets and dark forest green tole shade.
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20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
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Bronze
Bronze Bouillotte Lamp with Red Tole Shade, French, circa 1800
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bronze two light bouillotte lamp with original patina and red tole painted shade with black and green accents. The exterior paint on the shade is original, the interior of the shade ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Tole Peinte and Gilt Urn Cachepot
Located in Stamford, CT
A very charming early 19th century French tole peinte vase or urn with a gilt figure of a dancing maiden with one breast exposed playing a sistrum, ancient musical instrument. The ur...
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Fine Sevres Porcelain and Ormolu Antique French Clock
By Vincenti et Cie
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A fine, early antique French clock by André Hoffmann of Paris, the movement by Vincenti et Cie, circa 1850. It is beautifully made in ormolu (fire gilded bronze doré) mounted with ex...
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19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Crane, Pine & Camelia
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H 46.25 in W 19.5 in D 0.01 in
Pair of Bouillotte Lamps
Located in London, GB
Pair of bouillotte lamps in toleware and bronze, in the French Empire manner.
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Bronze
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Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Classic French bouillotte lamp with swan heads and a arrow finial in the empire style
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Brass
2-Light Brass Bouillotte (Gaming) Lamp, France, Circa:1930
Located in Alexandria, VA
Swan arms - original tole shade - good patina.
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps
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Chapman Bouillotte Brass Double Swan Table Lamp Tole Shade
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Toledo, OH
Chapman solid brass double arm table lamp with swan motif and a pair of candleholders. Hand painted
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French Empire Style Swan Arms Bouillotte Desk Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Three-arm bronze painted green lacquer shade desk lamp.
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French Bronze 1900s Bouillotte Table Lamp with Swan Heads and Green Metal Shade
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French turn of the century bronze three-light bouillotte table lamp from the early 20th century
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French Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
BEAUTIFUL FRENCH BRONZE BOUILLOTTE LAMP WITH 3 SWAN BRONZE ARMS
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Brass Bouillotte Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A rustic bouillotte lamp in brass. Made in Sweden early 20th Century. The 2 candleholders in shape
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Bronze Continental Bouillotte lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful, fine quality bronze Russian/Continental bouillotte lamp of swan motif with peacocks
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Antique 19th Century Russian Table Lamps
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Pair of French Empire Bouillotte Lamps
Located in Westwood, NJ
A pair of French Empire style silvered three lite swan arm Bouillotte lamps with stenciled shades
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Antique Early 1900s European Empire Table Lamps
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Pair of English Bouillotte Wall Sconces
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of English Bouillotte Style wall sconces, circa 1940s, spectacular solid brass shafts
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Empire Style Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
Green shade, two arms with figural swan design, dish base.
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French, 1920's, Bronze Bouillotte Desk Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Elegant bouillotte table/desk lamp consists of three swan arm candle lights which extending from a
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Vintage 1920s French Empire Table Lamps
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19th Century Brass and Tole Bouillotte Lamp
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century bouillotte lamp in the Louis XVI taste, the steel shaft with brass laurel ring
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French Bronze Empire Style Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
features swan arm design with adjustable metal lampshade.
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French Early 20th Century Dore Bronze Bouillotte Desk Lamp
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Antique Rembrandt Bronze Bouillotte Table Lamp with Mica Shade, circa 1920
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Brass Swan Neck Bouillotte Lamp with Tole Shade, French, 19th Century
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Bouillotte Swan For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the bouillotte swan you’re looking for. A bouillotte swan — often made from metal, bronze and brass — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the bouillotte swan you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A bouillotte swan is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Empire, Louis XVI and Neoclassical styles are sought with frequency. A well-made bouillotte swan has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Chapman Manufacturing Company are consistently popular.
How Much is a Bouillotte Swan?
A bouillotte swan can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,336, while the lowest priced sells for $975 and the highest can go for as much as $3,950.
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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.
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