$2,695
H 22.25 in W 15 in D 15 in
Antique Arts & Crafts Table Lamp With Reverse Painted Lake Scene, Circa 1920s
By Handel Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Arts & Crafts period table lamp with reverse-painted glass dome shade with a lake scene In the manner of Handel By Pittsburgh Lamp Co.
Metal
Reverse Painted Classique Floral Table Lamp
By Classique
Located in Toledo, OH
Reverse Painted Classique Floral Table Lamp, circa 1920s.
Bronze
$3,150
H 27 in Dm 17.5 in
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Glass and Silver Plate Table Lamp, Early 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Pairpoint reverse painted glass table lamp, dated circa 1915 - 1920, showcases a cheerful floral design shade on a green onyx and silver plate base. In excellent original antique c...
Onyx, Silver Plate
Phoenix Sunset Landscape Table Lamp, France, circa 1920s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Phoenix sunset landscape table lamp, circa 1920s reverse painted glass shade with a patinated metal base shade depicting a rural cottage sunset landscape 21 total inches high, shade...
Metal
Pittsburgh Glass Company Nicolas Kopp Reverse Glass Painting Shade & Lamp
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Pittsburgh Glass Company Lamp" Landscape, Reverse Glass Paintng The landscape painting on the reverse side of the glass shade is an exceptionally fine example of...
Brass
European Deco Modern Black Glass Gazelle Table Lamp / Wiener Werkstatte
By Dagobert Peche
Located in Chicago, IL
European Deco Modern reverse painted black glass gazelle table lamp. style of Wiener Werkstatte
Glass
$8,850Sale Price|25% Off
H 34 in Dm 11 in
Pairpoint Monumental Hand-Painted Orientalist Oil Lamp, Pyramids, Palms c 1905
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pairpoint Monumental Hand-Painted Orientalist Oil Lamp, Pyramids, Palms c 1905 Rare oil lamp, USA, c. 1905. obverse-painted glass, patinated metal Measures: 33½ height × 10 diameter ...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Japanese Nippon Vase As A Lamp
Located in Tampa, FL
Japanese Nippon converted vase lamp, turn of the century to circa 1920s. This fabulous and richly decorated lamp began its life as a hand painted Nippon vase, later expertly converte...
Porcelain
Art Deco Silver and Enamel "Risque" Cigarette Case. Circa 1920
Located in Incline Village, NV
in the lower right hand corner (faint but discernible (see image)). A side table with a kerosene lamp completes the coverlet decor.
Silver, Enamel
1920s Moe Bridges Boudoir Lamp
Located in Mobile, AL
Art Deco Boudoir lamp by Moe Bridges, circa 1920s. Base is signed "Moe Bridges Co. PAT 62028 Milwaukee", Reversed painted glass shade signed by artist.
Metal
1928 Rare Spirit of Modernism Frankart Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
An iconic and sought-after art deco lamp by Frankart. Signed Frankart on reverse of base along with a patent number and 28, which is the year the lamp was designed. Lamp measures a...
Unavailable
H 1.25 in W 13.5 in D 13.5 in
Mid Century Marianna Von Allesch Eglomise Reverse Painted Glass Platter or Tray
By Marianna von Allesch
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful mid century era reverse painted glass platter or tray by Marianna Von Allesch.
Glass, Paint
Reverse Painted Table Lamp by Pittsburg
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Petaluma, CA
This crisp-scenic is done in the standard tradition of Pittsburg lamps. They were known for painting their lamps on the outside as well as the inside. This gives the lamp extra dep...
Silver Plate
Artist Signed Pairpoint Reverse Painted Lamp, circa 1920s
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Kingston, NY
Artist signed Pairpoint reverse painted table lamp with a jungle motif depicting parrots. The base is signed Pairpoint and the shade is initialled H.F.. The glass is in great conditi...
Bronze
Reverse Painted Boudoir Lamp
Located in Petaluma, CA
This very colorful little reverse painted boudoir lamp was done by the Moe Bridges Company. The base is properly signed and the shade is guaranteed to be by the same company. This ...
Metal
Reverse Painted Lamp by "Pittsburgh"
Located in Petaluma, CA
This very unusual and dramatic lamp is certainly one of Pittsburgh's finest examples of their reverse painted lamps. The shade is divided into interesting scenic panels separated by...
Pair of Reverse Painted Boudoir Lamps
Located in Petaluma, CA
Very nicely made, hard to find pair of reverse painted boudoir lamps. Beautiful scenery and lovely metal work make for a great package.
Metal
Pair of Reverse Painted Chinese Glass Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two reverse painted Chinese glass lamps with Chinese motif. Brass base with detail. Measurements without the lamp shades, 32 inches H x 9 inches W x 7 inches D.
Glass
Reverse Painted Drapery Glass Pairpoint Boudoir Lamp
Located in Petaluma, CA
A very nice example of the work of the well known Pairpoint Corp. This nice little lamp has the desired closed top and has the lovely drapery glass. The base is signed and is nicely ...
Metal
Reverse Painted Table Lamp, Moe Bridges Co. Geese Flying in the Moonlight
Located in Petaluma, CA
We sell lots of antique table lamps in our shop. We mainly sell Tiffany and other leaded glass lamps. On occasion we will buy this style of lamp known as "reverse painted"....
Metal
Reverse Painted "Seagull Lamp" by the Pairpoint Corperation
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Petaluma, CA
This has always been considered one of this company's more exotic and artistic lamps. Pictures do not get the full Scope of the color and presence this lamp offers. The shade is arti...
Sold
H 20.5 in Dm 15.875 in
Pairpoint Reverse Painted "Copley" Lamp Shade with Mahogany and Brass Base
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Antique scenic Pairpoint reverse painted "Copley" lamp shade with Pairpoint mahogany and brass lamp base. This gorgeous antique lamp was made by the renowned Pairpoint Manufacturing ...
Brass
Sold
H 22 in Dm 14 in
Wonderful Pairpoint Puffy Hollyhock Lamp Reverse Painted Vibrant Colors Art Deco
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful Pairpoint Puffy Hollyhock table lamp, c. 1920's. This beautiful Pairpoint puffy shade depicts hollyhocks in full bloom against a cheerful background. Hollyhocks are paint...
Silver Plate
Monumental Marbro Table Lamps with Floral Sponge Styled Ceramic Urn Vessels
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in South Charleston, WV
The ceramic lamps have either a painted or glazed finish over them that resembles the famous sponge ware of the 1920s.
Plaster
Italian Marble and Alabaster Carved Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carved white marble of two cherubs flanking baluster shape urn with swags of fruit sitting on a yellow marble base with a carved alabaster shade. Having remnants of old paint, Italia...
Alabaster, Marble
Tall Fornasetti Style Hollywood Regency Gold and Silver Lamp
By Fornasetti
Located in Houston, TX
Gorgeous Fonasetti style lamp with reverse painted glass in gold and silver leaf.
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Handel Reverse Painted Bird & Flora Table Lamp
By Handel Co.
Located in Fulton, CA
Exceptional art glass table lamp by Handel Company, circa. 1920. Reverse glass "chipped Ice" shade with original bronze patina metal base. Beautifully hand-painted "Oriental Pheasant...
Metal
Sold
H 15 in W 8.5 in D 7.5 in
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
This beautiful little lamp can be used as a desk lamp by just adjusting the lower knuckle to the highest point, which we did for our measurement, or you can lower it with that same ...
Metal
Reverse Painted Table Lamp
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Petaluma, CA
The Pairpoint Corporation out of New Bedford, Massachusetts, produced some of the most beautiful painted glass shades ever made between 1907-1929. This particular shade is known as ...
Glass, Wood
Reverse Painted Phoenix Table Lamp, Shade Signed, All Original, ca. 1920's
By Phoenix
Located in Petaluma, CA
This reverse painted table lamp we know to be produced by Phoenix. It is on the original base and also has the original heat cap and finial. This lamp is so original, that no one eve...
Iron
Antique Pittsburg Reverse Painted Bankers Desk Lamp Adjustable
Located in Toledo, OH
Antique Pittsburg reverse painted bankers desk lamp circa 1920's. Beautiful landscape on glass shade with a gilt decorative base.
Glass
Chinese Red Egolmise Table Lamp with Gold Asian Motif and Pagoda Shade
Located in Savannah, GA
This striking Chinese red eglomise table lamp features a gold reverse painted motif of flowers, a butterfly, weeping willow tress and pagodas on eight panels partitioned by notched w...
Glass, Wood
Abstract Art Pottery Table Lamp by Marianna von Alllesch
By Marianna von Allesch
Located in Cordova, SC
Fantastic, art pottery, table lamp by German-born, American artist, Marianna von Allesch features a 27.5 inch height to the top of the harp/finial, organically shaped, terra cotta, c...
Metal
Reverse Painted Lamp by Pittsburgh Lamp Co.
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Fairfax, VA
Elegant 1920's American reverse painted landscape glass with original gilded base by Pittsburgh Lamp Co.
Metal
Reverse Painted Slag Glass Table Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
Reverse painted slag glass table lamp. Eight curved panels, each with hand-painted tropical seascape variations with palm trees and sailboats. Ribbed exterior glass; shaped column ...
Metal
America Handel Lamp with Reverse Painted Glass Shade
Located in Fairfax, VA
Beautiful American reverse painted glass shade and lacquered base table lamp by Handel.
Metal
Sold
H 23 in W 13.5 in D 13.5 in
Rare Magnificent Original Large Puffy Pairpoint Reverse Glass Hummingbird Lamp
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in New York, NY
A rare magnificent original signed pairpoint puffy multi-color hummingbird table lamp beautifully sitting atop a bronze sculpted base. The open top shade is reverse painted showing, ...
Neoclassical Decoupage Italian Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Neoclassical reverse painted/decoupage single glass Italian table lamp, from 1920s-30's.
Glass, Wood
Pairpoint Lamp from the Linda Ronstadt Collection
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusually shaped reverse painted Pairpoint boudoir lamp from the collection of Linda Ronstadt.
Metal
1920's Handel Table Lamp
By Handel Co.
Located in Fairfax, VA
A great American table lamp. Made by the renowned Handle lamp company, this classic piece features a beautiful bronze design and a reverse painted shade.
Bronze
$3,900Sale Price|40% Off
H 18 in Dm 10 in
Austrian Art Nouveau Table Lamp w/ Original Hand Blown Iridescent Glass Shade
By Loetz Glass
Located in Petaluma, CA
A fine example of Art Nouveau lighting. The bronze base is richly patinated and beautifully cast with an art nouveau design. The shade is a deep green when lit and purple and green w...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Dragonfly Diachronic Confetti Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Dragonfly Table Lamp A gorgeous Tiffany Studios diachronic light blue to green Dragonfly table lamp with confetti glass wings. A true piece of Museum quality collecti...
Bronze
Antique French Art Nouveau Period Glass Lamp by Daum Studio
By Daum
Located in London, GB
This exquisite Art Nouveau lamp is by the celebrated French glasswork studio Daum which was founded in 1878 in Nancy, France. The lamp is inscribed ‘DAUM, NANCY’. The lamp is of ...
Glass
Tiffany Studios Bronze and Favrile Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Bronze and favrile Desk lamp Damascene iridescent glass with greens, blues, goals and silver. Fine reticulated and patinated bronze base. Original favrile pearl heat...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Dogwood Floral Stained Glass Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Art Glass and Bronze Dogwood Table Lamp Dogwood Band table lamp New York, USA, c. 1910 Leaded glass, Patinated bronze Height: 21.5 Inches X 16 Inches Diameter (55 × 4...
Bronze
Art Nouveau Slag Glass Table Lamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a nice sized lamp with a 17 inch diameter. The base is heavy bronze with with beautiful clean lines. The shade and slag glass are free of cracks or chips. Each glass panel ha...
Bronze
Handel Cherry Blossom Leaded Glass Lamp
Located in Toledo, OH
This stunning Handel Cherry Blossom leaded glass lamp is circa 1910. The 12" wide x 6" tall shade is decorated in pink flowers with multiple shades of green. The bronze patinaed base...
Bronze
$40,969
H 28.35 in W 30.32 in D 12.21 in
Antique Tiffany Studios Adjustable Lamp Base with Later Stained Glass Shade
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Tiffany adjustable bronze lamp base, stamped "Tiffany Studios, New York, 7984", circa 1915. The base was acquired with its current Tiffany Style stained glass shade with Dragonfly mo...
Bronze
$2,595
H 23 in W 17 in D 17 in
Antique Art Nouveau Slag Glass Table Lamp in the Manner of Handel, Circa 1920s
By Handel Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Art Nouveau period table lamp with gorgeous six-panel curved caramel slag glass shade In the manner of Handel USA, Circa 1920s Measures: 17"W x 17"D x 23"H....
Metal
$2,495
H 25 in W 16 in D 16 in
Tiffany Studios Style Arts & Crafts Bronze Table Lamp With Stained Glass Shade
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts stained glass table lamp In the manner of Tiffany Studios USA, Circa 1930s Bronze base, with stained glass shade. Measures: 16"W x 16"D x 25"H. Very ...
Bronze
$58,600
H 21 in Dm 16 in
Exquisite Tiffany Studios Bronze & Leaded Glass "Feather" Table Lamp, Circa 1915
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This superb Tiffany Studios table lamp, dating to circa 1915, represents the height of American decorative artistry in the early twentieth century. With its refined conical leaded gl...
Cast Stone, Bronze
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 32.5 in Dm 24 in
Unique Art Glass & Metal Company Leaded Glass Peony Table Lamp C. 1915
By Unique Art Glass Company, Tiffany Studios
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unique Art Glass & Metal Company (New York, active 1889-1917), circa 1915. This truly magnificent leaded glass table lamp which was produced during the time period after Louis Comfo...
Bronze
$13,548Sale Price|27% Off
H 21.66 in Dm 11.03 in
Müller Frères, Lunéville, "Anémones" Art Nouveau Glass Lamp circa 1910
By Muller Fres Luneville
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Muller Frères, Lunéville, “Anémones” Lamp Mushroom lamp in multi-layered glass with acid-etched and wheel-carved decoration of red and mauve magnolias in bloom on an opalescent backg...
Wrought Iron
Tiffany Studios Apple Blossom Table lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Apple Blossom Leaded Glass and Bronze Table Lamp, The patinated bronze base with with Acorn design in wonderful condition gives a great stature to the pink floral app...
Bronze
$40,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 20.08 in Dm 10.24 in
Émile Gallé Antique Cameo Glass Table Lamp, Art Nouveau, France, 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in CABA, AR
Rare Antique French Galle Signed Cut-Cameo Lamp with Original Signed Galle Cut-Cameo Shade, in Red and Yellow Sunset Colors. The lamp features a masterful design with a vibrant palet...
Bronze
$11,192
H 29.53 in Dm 23.63 in
Art Nouveau Lamp, Patinated Bronze and Stained Glass, Tiffany style, 1980's
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
We are delighted to offer this stunning Art Nouveau style salon lamp, a faithful reinterpretation of the "Hanging Head Dragonfly Shade and Mosaic and Turtleback Base" model created b...
Metal, Brass, Bronze
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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