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Table Lamps, Butterfly Lamps, Contemporary, White Plaster and Gold Leaf Base
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Located in New York, NY
Decorative pair of butterfly lamps. Made of metal, covered with white plaster and the bases are
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Gold Leaf, Metal
H 33.75 in W 15 in D 11 in
20th century French Butterfly Brass Table Lamp, 1950s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Pretty brass butterfly lamp from the 1950s.
Half lampshade in yellow fabric and brass rim.
Nice
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Butterfly Alabaster Table Lamp
By Matlight Milano
Located in Milan, IT
characterizes this table lamp. Flaunting a stunning lustrous look and unique veins, a couple of alabaster cups
Category
2010s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster
Piero Fornasetti Farfalle Butterfly Table Lamp
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
-expression, Piero Fornasetti. The brass lamp features screen-printed green, blue, pink and yellow butterflies
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Pair of lamps with Murano glass butterflies
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Pair of rare " butterflies" Murano glass lamps
Dimensions given without shade
No shade included
Category
1990s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Playful Pair of Porcelain Table Lamps with Butterflies
Located in New York, NY
Pair of porcelain table lamps having white bodies with hand painted butterflies, and foliate
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Martin Brothers Early Stoneware Oil Lamp Base with Butterflies
By Martin Brothers
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and early stoneware oil lamp base incised with butterflies by Robert Wallace Martin for the
Category
Antique 1870s English Aesthetic Movement Table Lamps
Materials
Stoneware
Lamps Pair Porcelain Narrow Floral Butterflies Bottle Shape Customshades
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An unusual pair of narrow 3”, naturalistic, bottle shaped lamps with flowers and butterflies on
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
H 16.93 in W 14.57 in D 3.15 in
Liz Marsh Designs Pair of Decoupage Butterfly Study Lamps
By Liz Marsh
Located in Houston, TX
Hand made with care in Houston, Texas. This pair of glass lamps features a selection of 18th
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Liz Marsh Designs Pair of Fluttering Butterflies Decoupage Lamps
By Liz Marsh
Located in Houston, TX
Hand made with care in Houston, Texas. This glass lamp features a selection of earth-tone beautiful
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mao Period Table Lamps Chinoiserie Amphora Elephants Butterflies Flowers
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering a Pair of midcentury Mao Period Porcelain Amphora Chinese Table Lamps with Shades
Category
Vintage 1960s Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Butterflies & Poppies Hand Painted Thai Porcelain Table Lamps - 2 pc
Located in Middletown, MD
An eclectic pair of matching table lamps featuring a rich vibrant hand-painted floral motif on a
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Alvino Bagni Bitossi Bamboo and Butterfly Pottery Table Lamps, Pair
By Bitossi, Alvino Bagni
Located in Garnerville, NY
Stunning pair of Alvino Bagni Bitossi Italian pottery table lamps. Decorated and glazed in a
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Pottery
Liz Marsh Designs Pair of Decoupage Butterfly Study II Lamps
By Liz Marsh
Located in Houston, TX
Hand made with care in Houston, Texas. This pair of glass lamps features a selection of 18th
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Very Large Mid-Century Modern Cylindrical Butterfly Motife Table Lamp
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Mid-Century Modern lamp having a cylindrical shaped white etched glass base adorned with gold
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
'Butterfly' Alabaster Table Lamp in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
By Edition Modern, Pierre Chareau
Located in Glendale, CA
'Butterfly' Alabaster table lamp in the Manner of Pierre Chareau.
Handcrafted in Los Angeles in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Steel
Modern Vintage Table Lamp Ceramic Brass Floral Fauna Butterfly Flowers 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
butterfly and flowers decor 1980s.
This amazing and charming table lamp from ceramic and brass shows a
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Important Chinese blue ceramic lamp with butterflies, Quing Thongzhi, China 1865
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important Chinese lamp in blue ceramic decorated with butterflies and flowers.
China.
QING dynasty
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Antique 1860s Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Wood, Ceramic
H 17.33 in Dm 9.85 in
Pair of Italian Table Lamps with Butterflies in Murano Glass, circa 1970
Located in London, GB
A fantastic pair of Italian table lamps in amber Murano glass, decorated with Gold Butterflies and
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
H 27.56 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Limited Edition I Ricchi Poveri ’Five Butterflies’ Table Lamp for Ingo Maurer
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Glendale, CA
Limited Edition I Ricchi Poveri ’Five Butterflies’ Table Lamp for Ingo Maurer
This playful and
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21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
H 25.6 in W 4 in D 4 in
Danish Art Nouveau Butterfly Table Lamp by L. Hjorth Ceramic Bornholm 1920s
By Lauritz Adolph Hjorth
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Art Nouveau table lamp by the Danish ceramic studio L. Hjorth on the island of Bornholm.
The Lamp
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Vintage 1920s Danish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Wood Chinese Table Lamp, with Hand Carved Butterfly Decoration Pa, China 1880
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a table lamps in wood, handcarved. With butterfly decor pattern. It has been made in china
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Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
French Mid-Century Table Lamp, Black with a Decof of Butterflies, c. 1970
Located in Labrit, Landes
Black and golden table lamp black lacquered wood.
Decor of butterflies flying on plants.
French
Category
Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
H 25.2 in W 17.72 in D 13 in
Pink Decalcomania Lamp
Located in New York, NY
With decoration featuring flowers from the garden, birds, butterflies and lady bugs; on a gilt base
Category
20th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Pair of Vintage Chinese Porcelain Ceramic Table Lamps with Pink Lamp Shades
By Chelsea House
Located in Miami, FL
butterflies on the back. Old red-iron Chinese symbol on the bottom of the porcelain.
These lovely lamps have
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Antique Chinoiserie Table Lamp
Located in Søborg, DK
An antique Chinoiserie table lamp in a classic period design.
Richly decorated base with
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Vintage 1910s English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Schneider Art Deco Lamp
By Charles Schneider
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco lamp around 1930.
Foot in wrought iron attributed to Fag (Marcel Vasseur).
Tulip in
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Schneider Art Deco Lamp
By Charles Schneider
Located in NANTES, FR
Double art deco tulip lamp in wrought iron Ginkgo Biloba leaf decor Schneider tulips orange red
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Piero Fornasetti Farfalle Table Lamp
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
butterflies set against a cream background with brass accents. The lamp is labelled at the base and comes with
Category
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Rare Vintage Fornasetti Table Lamp
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table lamp with painted metal decorated with book motif and butterfly
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Royal Blue Chinoiserie Decalcomania Lamp
Located in New York, NY
, butterflies, dragons, floral sprays, and more; on a turned giltwood base.
Provenance: From the Collection of
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Lamp Signed Schneider
By Charles Schneider
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco lamp circa 1925 wrought iron base decorated with roses.
Tulip in white and pink speckled
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Decorator Églomisé Decoupage Chinoiserie Lamp
Located in Lambertville, NJ
figures and floral and foliate design with butterflies. The top and base are gold leaf. The lamp has two
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Giltwood, Glass
21st Century Monarch Table Lamp Alabaster Brass
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
, inspiring them to create this table lamp that reflects the butterfly's ethereal beauty and symbolic
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
19th Century Large Cantonese Porcelain Lamp
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with this impressively sized Cantonese porcelain lamp in a cylindrical shape, dating
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Bronze Vase as a Lamp
Located in London, GB
An unusual Japanese bronze vase, with butterfly handles, now as a lamp.
Currently wired for the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Decalcomania Vase Lamp
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 20th Century large decalcomania vase lamp of baluster form depicting oriental figures, birds
Category
Early 20th Century Irish Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Bronze Candlestick Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1930s American patinated bronze table lamps with butterfly shaped shades
Category
Vintage 1930s American Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Post modern ceramic table lamp, Netherlands 1980s
By Memphis Milano, Ingo Maurer, Gaetano Pesce
Located in ECHT, NL
Post modern table lamp. Made from ceramics. It consist of two ceramic tiles that have the shape of
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair 19th Century Rose Medallion Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
ground, wonderful exotic floral decoration, butterflies and birds.
The vases can be converted to lamps
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Vase Mounted as Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
guardian scene on front and back side. Butterflies, birds and flowers on the remaining two sides. Bright
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
21st Century Fly Table Lamp Brass Artisanal Glass
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
Butterflies have the typical four-stage insect life cycle. During its metamorphosis from the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
19th Century Chinese Famille Verte Vase / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good late 19th century Chinese famille verte vase / lamp, having a yellow ground with exotic
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
American Mission Heintz Art Metal Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
American Mission bronze patinated table lamp with silver deposit floral design base and filigree
Category
20th Century American Mission Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Famille Noire Porcelain Vase Lamp
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century famille noire porcelain vase, decorated with butterflies and abundant fruit
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Schneider Art Deco Wrought Iron Lamp
By Charles Schneider
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco lamp around 1930.
Foot in wrought iron, tulip in white glass paste speckled.
Electrified
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white porcelains with flowers and butterfly decoration, mounted as lamps with polish brass
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Pair 19th Century Rose Medallion porcelain vases / lamps.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An unusual and rare pair of 19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion porcelain vases / lamps. Each with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Asian Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Porcelain Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming French 19th century Louis XVI st. porcelain lamp. The lamp displays a beautiful and very
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Chinoiserie, Table, Desk Lamps, Red Jappanned Wood, Giltwood, 1940s
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Red Chinoiserie Table / Desk Lamps, Chinese Motif, Bronze Butterfly Finial
A finely
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Mid 20th Century Chrysanthemum Cloisonne Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Canton, MA
Mid 20th Century chrysanthemum cloisonne table lamps, a pair. Brick red background with orange and
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Large Pair 19th Century Rose Medallion Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century Chinese Rose medallion vases / lamps. Each with wonderful
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Liz Marsh Designs Decoupage Insect Study Petite Lamp
By Liz Marsh
Located in Houston, TX
Hand made with care in Houston, Texas. This glass lamp features a selection of 18th century hand
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair 19th Rose Medallion Ormolu Mounted Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful quality pair of mid 19th century Chinese Cantonese / Rose medallion vases / lamps, each
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Crackle Glaze Ceramic Lamp w/ Painted Peacock & Flower Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
lamp is incised and intricately hand painted with a colorful scene of peacocks, butterflies and flowers
Category
Early 20th Century French Japonisme Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Oriental Style Enamel Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French, oriental style cloisonné enamel vases / lamps, each having wonderful
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
American, Art Deco Large Brass Table Lamp With Organic Carvings
Located in London, GB
boasts delicate flower and butterflies’ carvings, the neck of the lamp shows three brass butterflies in
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Bronze Porcelain Hurricane Oil Lamp
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a hurricane oil lamp made of bronze and porcelain. It depicts a cylindrical shaped
Category
Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair 19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
and butterflies. Raised in gilded wooden bases.
BATCH 72. C/C
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Murano Glass and Brass MidCentury Italian Table Lamp, 1980
Located in Rome, IT
Original and characteristic table lamps in resin and brass. One of a kind design, designed and
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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Butterfly Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of butterfly lamps available for sale. Each of these unique butterfly lamps was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and glass. There are 52 antique and vintage butterfly lamps for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 7 modern editions to choose from as well. Butterfly lamps have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of butterfly lamps to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Art Nouveau butterfly lamps are of considerable interest. If space is limited, there are small butterfly lamps measuring 5 inches across. Butterfly lamps have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Fondica, Fornasetti and Van Briggle are consistently popular.
How Much are Butterfly Lamps?
Butterfly lamps can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,650, while the lowest priced sells for $74 and the highest can go for as much as $23,483.
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.
Questions About Butterfly Lamps
- Do all lampshades fit all lamps?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022No, not all lampshades fit all lamps. There are many different varieties of both lampshades and lamps, and it is important to make sure you pair them properly. For a selection of vintage and contemporary lampshades, lamps and other lighting fixtures, browse 1stDIbs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes and no. Tiffany Lamps are still available, but they’re recreations of old designs and not new models. Tiffany & Co. split off from the lamps division a long time ago with Tiffany Studios taking on the lamp design and products. Tiffany Studios closed in 1930 and there are no new designs. Today you can still purchase new Tiffany Lamps based on the old designs. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic Tiffany Lamp pieces from some of the world’s top sellers.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022There are many different ways to tell if a table lamp is vintage. Your best option is to look for a manufacturer label that will give you information on the designer, the date, serial number and other information that you can then Google. It’s also a good idea to look at the condition of the lamp to see what shape it’s in and if it has all of its original pieces. Shop a large collection of vintage table lamps from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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