Maria Kipp Shade
1960s Alabaster Table Lamp with Maria Kipp Shade
By Maria Kipp
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Alabaster Asian design table lamp with original Maria Kipp shade.
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
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Alabaster
1950s Ceramic Lamp with Maria Kipp Original Shade
By Maria Kipp
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1950s ceramic sculptural lamp in the style of William Haines with original Maria Kipp shade.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Large Vintage Cylinder Drum Shade by Maria Kipp
By Maria Kipp
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Vintage Cylinder Drum Shade attributed to Maria Kipp.
this lamp shade came from a very clean
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
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Fabric
Maria Kipp Table Lamp
By Maria Kipp
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Great custom white lacquer table lamp and original shade by Maria Kipp.
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Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Los Angeles Cabinmodern Maria Kipp Chenille Shade Stoneware Walnut Table Lamp
By Maria Kipp
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Stripes everywhere, a super Classic California midcentury style. Shade show some edge wear on the
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
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Stoneware
1950s Maria Kipp Table Lamp Shade, USA
By Quartite Creative Corp., Maria Kipp
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Maria Kipp chenille woven shade sitting on a well assorted US made chalkware table lamp by Quartite
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Chenille
Billy Haines style Porcelain Biscuit Lamp w/ Maria Kipp Vintage Shade
By William Billy Haines
Located in East Hampton, NY
shade.
Note: Original vintage Maria Kipp lamp shade is 18 inches diameter and 14 inches tall.
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
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By Marianna von Allesch, Maria Kipp
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Located in Palm Desert, CA
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By Maria Kipp
Located in Fulton, CA
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By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
silk string reminiscent of Maria Kipp shades.
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Located in Palm Desert, CA
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By Feldman Lighting Co.
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By William Billy Haines
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By Stiffel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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By Maria Kipp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Maria Kipp (1900–1988) was a
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Located in Philadelphia, PA
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David Cressey Lamp for Architectural Pottery with Maria Kipp Shade, circa 1960s
By David Cressey, Architectural Pottery, Maria Kipp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
abstract strokes of a soft graphite and russet reminiscent of palm fronds.
Designer-craftsman Maria Kipp
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Paul Laszlo & Maria Kipp, Modernist Table Lamp, Oak, Brass, Reed, 1950s
By Paul Laszlo, Maria Kipp
Located in High Point, NC
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Midcentury Lamp Shade by Maria Kipp
By Maria Kipp
Located in Littleton, CO
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By Maria Kipp
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A Whimsical Waylande Gregory Lamp with Original Maria Kipp Shade
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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Located in SouthPort, CT
Table lamp in brushed steel and black lacquered wood base with original Maria Kipp shade by Paul
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Paul Laszlo custom reverse painted glass lamp
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Located in Long Beach, CA
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Located in San Diego, CA
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Maria Kipp Shade For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic maria kipp shade available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, wood and fabric, every maria kipp shade was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the maria kipp shade you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A maria kipp shade, designed in the Mid-Century Modern or Hollywood Regency style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Maria Kipp, Architectural Pottery and David Cressey each produced at least one beautiful maria kipp shade that is worth considering.
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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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