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Green Metal Cast Iron Banker's Table Desk Lamp
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Green metal desk light / banker’s lamp
2,5 meter black cotton flex, plug and switch
Also
Category
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Iron
Banker's/ Desk Lamp by "Pittsburgh Lamp Co." Reverse Painted Shade, ca. 1920's
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Petaluma, CA
their lamps to recognize their work. So much more fun than the usual green shade bankers lamp that you
Category
Vintage 1920s American Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 15 in W 8.5 in D 7.5 in
Art Deco Bankers Lamp, 1930s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
an enameled metal cap. The heavy base gives the lamp a solid place. Fully adjustable and a fantastic
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Iron
Art Deco bankers lamp, 1930s, Bohemia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Characteristic desk lamp, Bauhaus style, designed in 1930. The lamp has a chromium plated base and
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Iron
Art Deco bankers lamp, 1930s, Bohemia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Characteristic desk lamp, Bauhaus style, designed in 1930. The lamp has a chromium plated base and
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Art Deco bankers lamp, 1930s, Bohemia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Characteristic desk lamp, Bauhaus style, designed in 1930. The lamp has a chromium plated base and
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Antique Edwardian Rise & Fall Bankers Desk Lamp.
Located in London, GB
Uncover the timeless charm of our Edwardian Brass & Metal Original Bankers Desk Lamp. This
Category
Antique Early 1900s Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel
Art Deco Austrian Banker's Lamp by Astral
By Astral
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Adjustable workshop / banker's lamp by Astral (Austria circa late 1930s - early 1940s) featuring a
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Industrial Bauhaus Art Deco Period Black Metal Desk or Banker's Lamp by Erpees
By Erpees
Located in Lisse, NL
Wonderful and stylish Erpees table lamp from 1920-1930.
If you have an Art Deco or midcentury desk
Category
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Iron
H 17 in W 12 in D 14.5 in
Art Deco Adjustable Banker Lamp, 1930s, Bohemia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Characteristic desk lamp, Bauhaus style, designed in 1930. The lamp has a chromium plated base and
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Art Deco Adjustable Banker Lamp, 1930s, Bohemia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Characteristic desk lamp, Bauhaus style, designed in 1930. The lamp has a chromium plated base and
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Chrome
Modernist Banker's Lamp Early 20th Century. Big Size
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
with dimensions larger than normal in office or banker or bookstore style lamps.
It is a lamp halfway
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1930s Art Deco Brass Banker Table Lamp, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Beautiful set of two Art Deco / Functionalist table or bedside lamps.
Set was cleaned, polished and
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Golden Bankers Table Lamp on Marble Foot, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Lovely Elegant Brass and Marble Table Lamp, 1960s
The lamp comes with E27 Edison screw fit bulb
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
Art Deco Adjustable Banker Lamp, 1930s, Bohemia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Characteristic desk lamp, Bauhaus style, designed in 1930 and made in Bohemia. The lamp has a
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Metallic Thread, Chrome
1930s Art Deco Brass Banker Table Lamp, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Newly rewired
- Repolished
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Tiffany Style Leaded Glass Bankers Desk Lamp Table Lamp, 1950s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
" / 70 cm
Diameter 17" / 43 cm
Tall Banker’s desk lamp, dark brown metal, with a multi-colour glass
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
1930s Art Deco Brass Banker Table Lamp with Glass Shade, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Newly rewired
- Repolished
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 9.85 in W 14.18 in D 11.03 in
Very Handsome Chrome and Black Bankers Lamp by Raymor Imported from Italy
By Raymor
Located in San Francisco, CA
What a very handsome bankers lamp, that's chrome and black metal imported from Italy by Raymor
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
H 24 in W 14.63 in D 9.63 in
French "Fare" Desk/Banker's Lamp Chrome Adjustable Art Deco from 1930s
By Art Decor
Located in Beirut, LB
desk lamp in chrome with an adjustable arm metal trough shade
Two points of articulation allow the
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Chrome
H 23.63 in W 7.49 in D 7.29 in
Vintage Industrial Art Deco Copper Metal Desk Table Lamp. c.1930
Located in London, GB
An elegantly formed copper bankers desk lamp made in England. c.1930
Curved shade with fixed
Category
Vintage 1930s British Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Adjustable Chrome Bankers Desk Light with Inkwell or Pen Desk Tidy 1920
Located in London, GB
chrome Bankers desk light with ink well or pen holder is a fine example of the period. The inkwell or pen
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
H 11.42 in W 7.88 in D 3.43 in
Koranda table lamp, austria 1930
By Koranda Austria
Located in Schwerin, MV
Well-preserved banker's lamp/table lamp from the 1930s in the Bauhaus style. Manufacturer probably
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
French Art Deco Brass Adjustable Desk Lamp, 1930s
Located in Barntrup, DE
banker's or piano Art Deco desk lamp is mounted on an adjustable swan neck support arm, attached to a
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique American Amronlite Sheaffer Fountain Pen Desk Lamp Deluxe
By Amronlite
Located in Forney, TX
A fine antique American Art Deco Amronlite Sheaffer Fountain Pen banker's style desk lamp deluxe
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
Caret MF1 Silk Grey Portable Table Lamp, by Matteo Fogale for &Tradition
By Matteo Fogale
Located in Dubai, AE
Caret reimagines the linear silhouettes of the classic, green-shaded designs – known as 'bankers lamps
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 8.67 in W 5.91 in D 3.94 in
Caret MF1 Dark Burgundy Portable Table Lamp, by Matteo Fogale for &Tradition
By Matteo Fogale
Located in Dubai, AE
Caret reimagines the linear silhouettes of the classic, green-shaded designs – known as 'bankers lamps
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 8.67 in W 5.91 in D 3.94 in
Mid Century Modern Dazor Saucer Desk Lamp. Atomic Age Lighting
By Dazor
Located in Peoria, AZ
the warm fiberglass difuser is unmatched!
Doctors and bankers loved this lamp because it conveyed
both
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
George Nelson & Daniel Lewis for Koch Lowy "Eyeshade" Articulated Desk Lamp
By George Nelson, Koch & Lowy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
bankers lamps. This example is all original and in good working condition with original dimmer switch.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Steel
H 22.5 in W 8.5 in D 19 in
Mid-Century German Modern Gold Brass Desk Lamp with Chain from Karstadt AG
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This elegant, brass banker-type desk lamp was produced by the German manufacturer Karstadt AG in
Category
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
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H 16.15 in W 14.18 in D 6.7 in
Mid Century Modern Swing Arm Reflector Table Desk Lamp. Saucer Rare 50s Lighting
By M.G. Wheeler
Located in Peoria, AZ
lamps were very popular with bankers, jewelers, students and anyone who needed good light without glare
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Enamel
H 16 in W 20 in D 20 in
Josef Hoffmann Allegasse Armchair by Wittmann
By Wittmann, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Dronten, NL
, lamps, glass and metal work, dishes and textiles.
Hoffmann designed a wide variety of objects for the
Category
2010s Austrian Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Wool, Beech
19th Century Mahogany Writing Slope Befit with a Pair of Inkwells by J J Mechi
Located in High Wycombe, GB
.
Comes with the original heavy metal topped inkwells and notepad, modern quill and stand.Other items are
Category
Antique 19th Century British Campaign Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
H 7.88 in W 19.69 in D 10.83 in
Postmodern Halogen Desk Table Lamp 1980s
By George Kovacs, Ettore Sottsass, Robert Sonneman
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Postmodern desk or bankers lamp in the style of Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs from the
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Banker's Desk Lamp, Enameled Metal and Brass, 1940s
Located in Hudson, NY
The first patent for a banker's lamp was filed on 11 May 1909 by Harrison D. McFaddin and were
Category
Vintage 1940s Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Early 20th Century American Metal Bankers Desk Lamps, 1920
Located in London, GB
A good quality pair of early 20th century bankers lamps. Each with metal shades, square stems and
Category
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Stainless Steel Banker's lamp
Located in Budapest, HU
the style of Marlene, better known as the "banker lamp", designed by Walter Monici.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Small Blue Enameled and Chrome Bankers Lamp
Located in Bodicote, Oxfordshire
A beautiful blue enameled bankers lamp, the base is enameled on cast iron whilst the shade is on
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Iron
Vintage Postmodern Bankers Lamp by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs, 1980s
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Postmodern desk or bankers lamp by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs from the 1980s. This
Category
Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 15.25 in W 17.5 in D 4.75 in
Art Deco Table Lamp, 1930s
By Markel Corporation
Located in Bremen, DE
Art Deco Markel banker table lamp, 1930s, very rare design with the round base and U-shaped chromed
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Leather table, in the style of Jacques Adnet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Selmersheim and, from 1920-22, for Maurice Dufrene; designing accessories in metal and glass and executing
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
A bankers metal helmut top lamp.
Located in NYC, NY
A bankers metal helmut top lamp with painted shade and brass base.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Emaralite Bankers Lamp
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
head of a bird perched atop the arm at the back. This is a bankers lamp supreme, and we have sold
Category
Vintage 1920s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Greenalite Banker's Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
The essential American table lamp. This classic lamp was made at the turn of the last century, and
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Emeralite Banker's Style Desk Lamp
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
to have a special bankers lamp,here is the one.The metal base is very unusual and extremely
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1940s Art Deco Banker Desk Lamp Patinated Metal Globe Specialty Co. Chicago
By Globe Lighting
Located in Chula Vista, CA
banker lamp with original glass diffuser.
Label has worn off.
Globe Specialty Co. Chicago.
Push
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Industrial Antique Belgian Astax Metal Bankers Desk Table Lamp. c.1950
Located in London, GB
A simply formed green painted desk lamp made in Belgium by Astax. c.1950
Manufactured from steel
Category
Vintage 1950s Belgian Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 18.12 in W 10.24 in D 8.67 in
Enamel and Chromium Streamline Bankers Desk Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
accents. The lamp also possesses chromium and enamel adjustable bankers.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Black Bakelite Iron Banker's Table Desk Lamp
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Black Bakelite metal desk light / banker’s lamp
2,5 meter black cotton flex, plug and pull switch
Category
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Iron
Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs Memphis Style Post Modern Bankers Desk Lamp
By Robert Sonneman, Memphis Milano, George Kovacs, Memphis Group
Located in Decatur, GA
Rare bankers lamp form, Post Modern - Memphis Milano style, desk lamp designed by Robert Sonneman
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 16 in W 13.5 in D 6.5 in
Robert Sonneman for Kovacs Postmodern Bankers Desk Lamp in Brass and Glass
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage, post modern style bankers desk lamp by Robert Sonneman for Kovacs. This post Memphis era
Category
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 15 in W 17.5 in D 4.75 in
Original BTC Bankers Desk Light, a Pair
Located in New York, NY
A modern take on the 20th century classic, this contemporary pair of Banker's lamps are a truly
Category
2010s Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
"Bankers" Desk Lamp by in the style of Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
By De Coene Frères
Located in Brussels , BE
Born from the idea of Ettore Sottsass and his Memphis Group in the early eighties, the design gained a new concept and expression through new shapes, patterns and innovative use of m...
Category
Vintage 1980s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 15.16 in W 17.33 in D 4.73 in
Vintage 1970s Minimalist Solid Brass Bankers Pharmacy Halogen Reading Floor Lamp
By Guzzini, Stilnovo, Estiluz Lighting, Gammalux
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Vintage minimalist halogen reading floor lamp
Material: solid brass - copper
Design: In the style
Category
Mid-20th Century European Minimalist Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
H 63 in W 8.2 in D 8.2 in
An Unusual Lamp in the form of an Indian with a metal shade.
Located in NYC, NY
switch surmounted by a bankers metal shade.
Category
Vintage 1950s English Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Jacobus J. Pieter Oud Table Lamp
By J.J. Pieter Oud
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful Bauhaus era table or task lamp with adjustable banker's lamp shade, designed by Dutch
Category
Vintage 1930s Dutch Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Iron
Colorful Memphis Style Desk Lamp by Tensor
By Tensor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A modern, well-crafted, Memphis-style interpretation of a bankers desk lamp by Tensor features
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
A dark brass-finished desk lamp
Located in New York, NY
ATL1768
A brass and cast metal banker's desk lamp in its original age darkened patina.
Category
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Pair of Robert Sonneman for Kovacs Postmodern Torchiere Floor Lamps, 1980s
By Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in San Francisco, CA
the distinctive black metal housing, glass diffuser, and brass elements of his iconic banker's table
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass, Metal
1980s White Table Lamp in Style of Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
with green glass to evoke classic bankers’ lamps.
In good working condition with a single halogen
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
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Metal Bankers Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal metal bankers lamp for your home. Frequently made of metal, glass and chrome, every metal bankers lamp was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer metal bankers lamp, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A metal bankers lamp, designed in the Art Deco, Art Nouveau or Arts and Crafts style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made metal bankers lamp has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Emeralite, Verdelite and Amronlite are consistently popular.
How Much is a Metal Bankers Lamp?
A metal bankers lamp can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $798, while the lowest priced sells for $150 and the highest can go for as much as $3,295.
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 Metal Bankers Lamp
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A banker’s lamp was traditionally used on bankers’ desks or in libraries or other office-type settings. The green-tinted shade helped keep the eyes feeling comfortable and protected from the glare of the bulb. Browse a collection of banker’s lamps from top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Banker’s lamps are green because it was believed that the color would be mentally soothing to encourage concentration. It was also thought to reduce eye strain. You can shop a selection of banker lamps from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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